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* Tokyo hosted the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021, postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the SVG file, tap or hover over a city to show its name (only on the desktop). The following is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter games have usually ...
Sports-reference.com profile of the Olympics. Accessed 25 February 2011. It lists all of the events with locations for each event. Beijing2008.cn profile. Accessed 25 February 2011. (in Chinese) Olympic.org profile of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Accessed 25 February 2011. London2012.com venue profile. Accessed 25 February 2011.
Swimmer Michael Phelps and President George W. Bush on August 10, 2008, at the National Aquatic Center in Beijing.Phelps is the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. [11] [12] Dara Torres is the third-most decorated female American Olympic athlete after Jenny Thompson and Katie Ledecky, celebrated not only for her athletic achievements but also for defying age norms in competitive sports.
Upcoming Olympics locations. 2026: Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. 2028: Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. 2030: Winter Olympics in the French Alps. 2032: Summer Olympics in ...
The 2024 Summer Olympics will take place in Paris from July 26 to August 11. The Opening Ceremony will happen July 26 at the River Seine in Paris. How to watch, stream the 2024 Summer Olympics
The 1948 London Summer Olympics marked the first time that the Olympic Games were broadcast on television with a more widespread coverage. However, television sets were still not widely available to the public at this time. Gold medal game in basketball at the 1952 Olympics between the US and the USSR. The Americans won, 36–25.
The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens , Greece , and the most recent was held in 2024 in Paris , France.
List of Summer Olympics venues: 1–9 to A; List of Summer Olympics venues: B; List of Summer Olympics venues: C; List of Summer Olympics venues: D–E; List of Summer Olympics venues: F–G; List of Summer Olympics venues: H–I; List of Summer Olympics venues: J–K; List of Summer Olympics venues: L; List of Summer Olympics venues: M–N