Summer Olympics

By Claire Huffman

  • April 6, 1896 Athens, Greece

  • July 1, 1904 St. Louis

    U.S.A held first place with 239 medals

  • 1916 Berlin, Germany

    Cancelled because of World War 1

  • 1932 Los Angeles, California

  • 1940 Tokyo, Japan

    Cancelled because World War 2

  • 1944 London, England

    Cancelled because of World War 2

  • 1984 Los Angeles, California

  • 1992 Barcelona, Spain

    12 nations from the former Soviet Union joined forces one last time as the Unified Team.

  • 1996 Atlanta, Gerorgia

    The Atlanta Games were the largest a record 197 nations competed

  • 2000 Sydney, Australia

    Ian Thorpe of Australia wins four medals (three gold) in swimming breaking his own world record in the 400m freestyle.

  • 2004 Athens, Greece

    There were about 45,000 volunteers.

  • 2008 Beijing, China

    It was the fourth consecutive Olympics the overall medal count was won by the United States

  • 2012 London, England

    The 2012 Games was the first time in history that women were competing in all 26 sports

  • 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    The opening and the closing ceremony will take place in the Maracanã Stadium