History of the Olympic Games

The XIV summer Olympic Games were held in London (Great Britain)

Jul 29, 1948

Part was taken by 59 countries, 4099 athletes.

XV Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki (Finland)

Jul 19, 1952

Part was taken by 69 countries, 4407 men and 518 women

The XVI summer Olympic Games were held in Melbourne (Australia)

Nov 22, 1956

Part was taken by 67 countries, 3184 athletes

XVII summer Olympic Games in Rome (Italy)

Aug 25, 1960

Part was taken by 83 countries, 5383 athletes.

The XVIII summer Olympic Games were held in Tokyo, the capital of Japan

Oct 10, 1964

Part was taken by 93 countries, 5151 athletes

The XIX summer Olympic Games were held in Mexico City (Mexico)

Oct 12, 1968

Part was taken by 112 countries, 5530 athletes

The XX summer Olympic Games were held in Munich (Germany)

Aug 26, 1972

Part was taken by 121 countries, 7170 athletes

The XXI summer Olympic Games were held in Montreal (Canada)

Jul 17, 1976

Part was taken by 92 countries, 6028 athletes

The summer Olympic Games of 1980 were played in Moscow, the capital of the USSR

Jul 19, 1980

Part was taken by 80 countries, 5179 athletes

The XXIII summer Olympic Games were held in Los Angeles (USA)

Jul 28, 1984

Part was taken by 140 countries, 6829 athletes

The XXIV summer Olympic Games (officially Games of the XXIV Olympic Games) were held in Seoul

Sep 11, 1988

Part was taken by 159 countries, 8465 athletes

The XXV summer Olympic Games were held in Barcelona

Jul 25, 1992

Part was taken by 193 countries, 9356 athletes

The XXVI summer Olympic Games were held in Atlanta (the State of Georgia, the USA)

Jul 19, 1996

Part was taken by 197 countries, 10320 athletes

The XXVII summer Olympic Games — the international sporting event which was taking place in Sydney

Sep 15, 2000

Part was taken by 199 countries, 10651 athletes

The XXVIII summer Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece

Aug 14, 2004

Part was taken by 201 countries, 10625 athletes

The XXIX summer Olympic Games took place in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China

Aug 8, 2008

Part was taken by the 204th country, 11099 athletes

The summer Olympic Games 2012 playing in London, the capital of Great Britain

Jul 27, 2012

Part was taken by the 204th country, 10956 athletes

Summer Olympic Games of 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Aug 5, 2016

The expected number of the participating countries - 206, athletes - 10500