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Olympic Games that were scheduled but cancelled, in all cases due to World War I (1916) or World War II (1940 and 1944).. On 24 March 2020, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that he and International Olympic Committee's president Thomas Bach had agreed to postpone the 2020 Summer Olympics, pending approval by the IOC, due to the rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic. [1]
In the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Games were postponed for the first time in the 124-year history of the modern Olympics. [143] The Games were held in July and August 2021, despite many concerns that the Delta variant of COVID-19 posed a serious threat. [citation needed]
At the Summer Olympics, there have been eight Olympic sports that have been discontinued. For the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , long-discontinued sports in golf (last competed in 1904) and rugby (last competed in 1924) were reinstated as Olympic sports, though rugby was as rugby sevens (having previously been rugby union).
The head organizer of the Tokyo Olympics said the Games may still be cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns.
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 celebrated a four-year period known as an Olympiad. From the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 until 1992, winter and summer Games were held in the same year.
The summer Olympics are one month away, but the road to clinching gold has been anything but smooth. Hundreds of protesters in Tokyo say they want to see the games canceled over concerns of ...
A swimming competition that was supposed to serve as a test event ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics was canceled due to poor water quality in the Seine, casting doubt over the French government’s ...
Thirdly awarded to host the V Olympic Winter Games (cancelled) 1944: Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy: Awarded to host the V Olympic Winter Games (16 votes; cancelled) 9 June 1939 38th in London [xiv] [vii] Montreal Canada: Eliminated in the first voting (12 votes) Oslo Norway: Eliminated in the first voting (2 votes) 1948: St. Moritz Switzerland