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List of cities that hosted multiple editions of the Olympic Games Total City Country Region Summer Olympics Winter Olympics 3 London United Kingdom: Europe 3 (1908, 1948, 2012) Los Angeles United States: North America 3 (1932, 1984, 2028) Paris France: Europe 3 (1900, 1924, 2024) 2 Albertville: 2 (1992, 2030 [29]) Athens Greece: 2 (1896, 2004 ...
Venue Games Sports Capacity Ref. A-17 highway: 1992 Barcelona: Cycling (road team time trial): 105,000 [3]Acqua Santa Golf Club Course: 1960 Rome: Modern pentathlon (running): Not listed.
The following are lists of all Olympic venues, starting with the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, organized alphabetically, by sport, and by year.. As a multi-sport event, competitions held during a given Olympics usually take place in different venues located across the host city and its metropolitan area.
The Olympics are one of the world's oldest sporting events. Here's when the Games started, and how old they are ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics:
It is important to note that Moscow hosted 1980 Olympics as a capital of the USSR and some venues were held outside Russian SFSR: in Minsk, Kyiv and Tallinn. 05:17, 14 June 2018 512 × 240 (1.08 MB)
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.
[43] [44] [45] Russia topped the overall medal count at 7 Summer Olympics and 8 Winter Olympics, while the United States placed first at 19 Summer Olympics and 1 Winter Olympics. Medal totals of the Soviet Union/Unified Team/Russia/ROC/AIN and the United States since 1952, when the Soviet Union started to compete, are presented below.
0–9. United States at the 1896 Summer Olympics; United States at the 1900 Summer Olympics; United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics; United States at the 1906 Intercalated Games