All Olympic Summergames overview 1896 - 2028



1900
2nd Olympiad
Paris
France
Period: 20.05.-28.10.1900
Opening of the games by: no official opening
Sports: 20
Events: 90
National Teams: 31
Participants:
Men:
Women:
1.224
1.201
     23
Visitors: about 110.000
Candidate Cities: Paris



1906
Intercalated Games
Athens
Greece
Period: 22.04.-02.05.1906
Opening of the games by: King Giorios I.
Sports: 13
Events: 74
National Teams: 21
Participants:
Men:
Women:
841
835
    6
Visitors: about 300.000
Candidate Cities: Athens



1912
5th Olympiad
Stockholm
Sweden
Period: 05.05.-22.07.1912
Opening of the games by: King Gustaf V.
Sports: 17
Events: 107
National Teams: 29
Participants:
Men:
Women:
2.409
2.356
      53
Visitors: about 327.290
Candidate Cities:

Stockholm, Berlin
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  1916            6th Olympiad            Games cancelled because WW I


1924
8th Olympiad
Paris
France
Period: 04.05.-27.07.1924
Opening of the games by: President Gaston Doumergue
Sports: 20
Events: 131
National Teams: 45
Participants:
Men:
Women:
3.256
3.100
   156
Visitors: about 626.000
Olympic oath athletes: Geo André
Candidate Cities:



Amsterdam, Barcelona,
Los  Angeles, Paris, Prague,  Rome




1932
10th Olympiad
Los Angeles
USA
Period: 30.07.-14.08.1932
Opening of the games by: Charles Curtis,
Vizepräsident
Sports: 18
Events: 131
National Teams: 47
Participants:
Men:
Women:
1.921
1.719
   202
Visitors: about 1.247.550
Olympic oath athletes:  George Calnan
Candidate Cities: Los Angeles

  1940 and 1944        12th and 13th Olympiad            Games cancelled because WW II


1948
14th Olympiad
London
England
Period: 29.07.-14.08.1948
Opening of the games by: King George VI.
Sports: 21
Events: 153
National Teams: 59
Participants:
Men:
Women:
4.396
3.951
   445
Visitors: about 1.247.290 
Olympic oath athletes: Donald Finlay
Last torch bearer: John Mark
Candidate Cities:



Baltimore, Lausanne,
London,  Los Angeles,
Minneapolis, 
Philiadelphia



1956
16th Olympiad
Melbourne
Australia
Period: 22.11.-08.12.1956
Opening of the games by: Prinz Philip,
The Duke of Edinburgh
Sports: 18
Events: 145
National Teams: 67
Participants:
Men:
Women:
3.189
2.818
   371
Visitors: about 1.500.000
Olympic oath athletes: John Landy
Last torch bearer: Ronald Clarke .
Candidate Cities:




Buenos Aires, Chicago, Detroit,   Los Angeles, Mexico City,  Minneapolis, Montreal,    Philadelphia, San Francisco




1960
17th Olympiad
Rome
Italy
Period: 25.08.-11.09.1960
Opening of the games by:
Präsident
Giovanni Gronchi
Sports: 19
Events: 150
National Teams: 83
Participants:
Men:
Women:
5.351
4.738
   613
Visitors: 1.436.091
Olympic oath athletes:  Adolfo Consolini
Last torch bearer: Giancarlo Peris
Candidate Cities:



Brussels,  Budapest,
Detroit,  Lausanne,
Mexico  City,
Tokyo, Rome



1968
19th Olympiad
Mexico City
Mexico
Period: 12.10.-27.10.1968
Opening of the games by:
President
Dr. Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Sports: 20
Events: 172
National Teams: 112
Participants:
Men:
Women:
5.558
4.775
   783
Visitors: about
Olympic oath athletes: Pablo Garrido
Olympic oath official: Juan Escobedo Diaz
Last torch bearer: Enriqueta Basilio
Candidate Cities:

Buenos Aires, Detroit,
Lyon,  Mexico City



1976
21th Olympiad
Montreal
Canada
Period: 17.07.-01.08.1976
Opening of the games by: Queen Elizabeth II.
Sports: 23
Events: 198
National Teams: 92
Participants:
Men:
Women:
6.072
4.812
1.260
Visitors: 3.187.173
Olympic oath athletes: Pierre St. Jean
Olympic oath official: Maurice Fauget
Last torch bearer:
Sandra Henderson, Stephane   Prefontaine
Candidate Cities:

Los Angeles,
Montreal, Moscow



1984
23th Olympiad
Los Angeles
USA
Period: 28.07.-12.08.1984
Opening of the games by: President
Ronald Reagan
Sports: 21
Events: 221
National Teams: 140
Participants:
Men:
Women:
6.791
5.224
1.567
Visitors: 5.017.524
Olympic oath athletes: Edwin Moses
Olympic oath official: Sharon Weber
Last torch bearer: Rafer Johnson
Candidate Cities: Los Angeles



1992
25th Olympiad
Barcelona
Spain
Period: 25.07.-09.08.1992
Opening of the games by: King Juan Carlos I.
Sports: 29
Events: 257
National Teams: 169
Participants:
Men:
Women:
9.380
6.659
2.721
Visitors: 3.033.064
Olympic oath athletes: Luis Doreste
Olympic oath official: Eugenio Asencio
Last torch bearer:



Herminio Menendez,
Juan Antonio, 
San Epifanio,
Antonio Rebolli
Candidate Cities:


Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belgrade,  Birmingham,
Brisbane, Paris



2000
27th Olympiad
Sydney
Australia
Period: 15.09.-01.10.2000
Opening of the games by: Sir William Deane,
Generalgouveneur 
Sports: 34
Events: 300
National Teams: 200
Participants:
Men:
Women:
10.647
  6.579
  4.068
Visitors:  
Olympic oath athletes: Rechelle Hawkes
Olympic oath official: Peter Kerr
Last torch bearer: Cathy Freeman
Candidate Cities:

Beijing, Berlin, Istanbul,
Manchester, Sydney



2008
29th Olympiad
Beijing
China
Period: 08.08.-24.08.2008
Opening of the games by:
President
Hu Jintao
.
Sports: 34
Events: 302
National Teams: 204
Participants:
Men:
Women:
10.561
  6.257
  4.304
Visitors:  
Olympic oath athletes: Zhang Yining
Olympic oath official: Huang Liping
Last torch bearer:



Li Ning



Candidate Cities:





Beijing, Istanbul,
Kairo, Osaka,
Paris, Toronto 


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2016
31th Olympiad
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Period: 05.08.-21.08.2016
Opening of the games by: President Michel Temer
Sports: 28
Events: 306
National Teams: 205
Participants:
Men:
Women:
about 11.500


Visitors: about 1.2 million
Olympic oath athletes: Robert Scheidt
Olympic oath official: Martinho Nobre
Last torch bearer:
Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima
Candidate Cities:







Chicago,
Tokyo,
Rio de Janeiro,
Madrid





2024
33th Olympiad
Paris
France
Period: 02.08. - 18.08.2024
Candidate Cities:

Los Angeles,
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