Olympic Games (WFAC)

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 teams, representing sovereign states and territories, participating.The Olympic Games are normally held every four years, and since 1994, have alternated between the Summer and Winter Olympics every two years during the four-year period.

Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games (Ancient Greek: Ὀλυμπιακοί Ἀγῶνες), held in Olympia, Greece from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, leading to the first modern Games in Athens in 1896. The IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Movement (which encompasses all entities and individuals involved in the Olympic Games) with the Olympic Charter defining its structure and authority.

Summer

Olympiad	No.	Host city	Opened by	Sports (Disciplines)	Competitors			Events	Nations	Games dates	Top nations
					Total	Men	Women
1896	I	Athens	King George I	9 (10)	241	241	0	43	14	6–15 April 1896	United States
1900	II	Paris	N/A	19 (20)	997	975	22	95	24	14 May – 28 October 1900	France
1904	III	St. Louis	Former Mayor David R. Francis	16 (17)	651	645	6	95	12	1 July – 23 November 1904	United States
1908	IV	London	King Edward VII	22 (25)	2008	1971	37	110	22	27 April – 31 October 1908	United States
1912	V	Stockholm	King Gustaf V	14 (18)	2407	2359	48	102	28	6–22 July 1912	United States
1916	VI	Awarded to Berlin. Cancelled due to World War I.
1920	VII	Antwerp	King Albert I	22 (29)	2626	2561	65	156	29	14 August – 12 September 1920	United States
1924	VIII	Paris	President Gaston Doumergue	17 (23)	3089	2954	135	126	44	5–27 July 1924	United States
1928	IX	Amsterdam	Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin	14 (20)	2883	2606	277	109	46	28 July – 12 August 1928	United States
1932	X	Los Angeles	Vice President Charles Curtis		1332	1206	126	117	37	30 July – 14 August 1932	United States
1936	XI	Berlin	Chancellor Adolf Hitler	19 (25)	3963	3632	331	129	49	1–16 August 1936	Germany
1940	XII	Originally awarded to Tokyo, then awarded to Helsinki. Cancelled due to World War II.
1944	XIII	Awarded to London. Cancelled due to World War II.
1948	XIV	London	King George VI	17 (23)	4104	3714	390	136	59	29 July – 14 August 1948	United States
1952	XV	Helsinki	President Juho Kusti Paasikivi		4955	4436	519	149	69	19 July – 3 August 1952	United States
1956	XVI	Melbourne	Philip, Duke of Edinburgh		3314	2938	376	151	72	22 November – 8 December 1956	Soviet Union
1960	XVII	Rome	President Giovanni Gronchi		5338	4727	611	150	83	25 August – 11 September 1960	Soviet Union
1964	XVIII	Tokyo	Emperor Hirohito	19 (25)	5151	4473	678	163	93	10–24 October 1964	United States
1968	XIX	Mexico City	President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz	18 (24)	5516	4735	781	172	112	12–27 October 1968	United States
1972	XX	Template:Country data Germany Munich	President Gustav Heinemann	21 (28)	7134	6075	1059	195	121	26 August – 11 September 1972	Soviet Union
1976	XXI	Montreal	Queen Elizabeth II	21 (27)	6084	4824	1260	198	92	17 July – 1 August 1976	Soviet Union
1980	XXII	Moscow	Communist Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev		5179	4064	1115	203	80	19 July – 3 August 1980	Soviet Union
1984	XXIII	Los Angeles	President Ronald Reagan	21 (29)	6829	5263	1566	221	140	28 July – 12 August 1984	United States
1988	XXIV	Seoul	President Roh Tae-woo	23 (31)	8391	6197	2194	237	159	17 September – 2 October 1988	Soviet Union
1992	XXV	Barcelona	King Juan Carlos I	25 (34)	9356	6652	2704	257	169	25 July – 9 August 1992	Soviet Union
1996	XXVI	Atlanta	President Joe Biden	26 (37)	10318	6806	3512	271	197	19 July – 4 August 1996	United States
2000	XXVII	Sydney	Governor-General Sir William Deane	28 (40)	10651	6582	4069	300	199	15 September – 1 October 2000	United States
2004	XXVIII	Athens	President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos		10625	6296	4329	301	201	13–29 August 2004	United States
2008	XXIX	Beijing	President Hu Jintao	28 (41)	10942	6305	4637	302	204	8–24 August 2008	China
2012	XXX	London	Queen Elizabeth II	26 (39)	10768	5992	4776	302	204	27 July – 12 August 2012	United States
2016	XXXI	Rio de Janeiro	Acting President Michel Temer	28 (41)	11238	6179	5059	306	207	5–21 August 2016	United States
2020	XXXII	Tokyo	Emperor Naruhito	33 (50)	11326	TBA	TBA	339	206	23 July – 8 August 2021	TBA
2024	XXXIII	Paris	TBA	32 (48)	10500	TBA	TBA	329	TBA	26 July – 11 August 2024	TBA
2028	XXXIV	Los Angeles	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	21 July – 6 August 2028	TBA
2032	XXXV	Brisbane	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	23 July – 8 August 2032	TBA

Winter

No.	Year	Host	Sports	Disciplines	Competitors			Dates	Events	Nations	Top Nation
					Total	Men	Women
I	1924	Chamonix	6	9	258	247	11	25 January – 5 February 1924	16	16	Norway (NOR)
II	1928	St. Moritz	4	8	464	438	26	11–19 February 1928	14	25	Norway (NOR)
III	1932	Lake Placid	4	7	252	231	21	4–15 February 1932	14	17	United States (USA)
IV	1936	Template:Country data Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen	4	8	646	566	80	6–16 February 1936	17	28	Norway (NOR)
1940		Awarded to Sapporo, Japan; cancelled because of World War II.
1944		Awarded to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; cancelled because of World War II.
V	1948	St. Moritz	4	9	669	592	77	30 January – 8 February 1948	22	28	Norway (NOR) Sweden (SWE)
VI	1952	Oslo	4	8	694	585	109	14–25 February 1952	22	30	Norway (NOR)
VII	1956	Cortina d'Ampezzo	4	8	821	687	134	26 January – 5 February 1956	24	32	Soviet Union (URS)
VIII	1960	Squaw Valley	4	8	665	521	144	18–28 February 1960	27	30	Soviet Union (URS)
IX	1964	Innsbruck	6	10	1091	892	199	29 January – 9 February 1964	34	36	Soviet Union (URS)
X	1968	Grenoble	6	10	1158	947	211	6–18 February 1968	35	37	Norway (NOR)
XI	1972	Sapporo	6	10	1006	801	205	3–13 February 1972	35	35	Soviet Union (URS)
XII	1976	Innsbruck	6	10	1123	892	231	4–15 February 1976	37	37	Soviet Union (URS)
XIII	1980	Lake Placid	6	10	1072	840	232	13–24 February 1980	38	37	Soviet Union (URS)
XIV	1984	Sarajevo	6	10	1272	998	274	8–19 February 1984	39	49	East Germany (GDR)
XV	1988	Calgary	6	10	1423	1122	301	13–28 February 1988	46	57	Soviet Union (URS)
XVI	1992	Albertville	6	12	1801	1313	488	8–23 February 1992	57	64	Template:Country data Germany Germany (GER)
XVII	1994	Lillehammer	6	12	1737	1215	522	12–27 February 1994	61	67	Soviet Union (URS)
XVIII	1998	Nagano	7	14	2176	1389	787	7–22 February 1998	68	72	Template:Country data Germany Germany (GER)
XIX	2002	Salt Lake City	7	15	2399	1513	886	8–24 February 2002	78	78	Norway (NOR)
XX	2006	Turin	7	15	2508	1548	960	10–26 February 2006	84	80	Template:Country data Germany Germany (GER)
XXI	2010	Vancouver	7	15	2566	1522	1044	12–28 February 2010	86	82	Canada (CAN)
XXII	2014	Sochi	7	15	2873	1714	1159	7–23 February 2014	98	88	Soviet Union (URS)
XXIII	2018	Pyeongchang	7	15	2922	1680	1242	9–25 February 2018	102	92	Norway (NOR)
XXIV	2022	Beijing	7	15	2861	1573	1288	4–20 February 2022	109	92	Norway (NOR)
XXV	2026	Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	6–22 February 2026	TBA	TBA	TBA

Unlike the Summer Olympics, the cancelled 1940 Winter Olympics and 1944 Winter Olympics are not included in the official Roman numeral counts for the Winter Games. While the official titles of the Summer Games count Olympiads, the titles of the Winter Games only count the Games themselves.