WinterSports2002.com, Wednesday, October 31, 2001

Sites of the Summer and Winter Olympics

In reviving the Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin fought all attempts to permanently locate the Games in any one place.

When the Winter Olympics joined the Summer Olympics, organizers attempted to have both the Summer and Winter Games in the same calendar year and in the same region, if not the same nation.

Starting in 1994, the Summer Games and Winter Games alternated every two years, rather than both being in the same year.

Summer Games — years and sites

1896 Athens, Greece

1900 Paris, France

1904 St. Louis, USA

1908 London, England

1912 Stockholm, Sweden

1916 Not held — World War I

1920 Antwerp, Belgium

1924 Paris, France

1928 Amsterdam, Netherlands

1932 Los Angeles, USA

1936 Berlin, Germany

1940 Not held — World War II

1944 Not held — World War II

1948 London, England

1952 Helsinki, Finland

1956 Melbourne, Australia

1960 Rome, Italy

1964 Tokyo, Japan

1968 Mexico City, Mexico

1972 Munich, Germany

1976 Montreal, Canada

1980 Moscow, Soviet Union

1984 Los Angeles, USA

1988 Seoul, South Korea

1992 Barcelona, Spain

1996 Atlanta, USA

2000 Sydney, Australia

Winter Games — years and sites

1924 Chamonix, France

1928 St. Moritz, Switzerland

1932 Lake Placid, USA

1936 Garmish-Partenkirchen, Germany

1940 Not held — World War II

1944 Not hold — World War II

1948 St. Moritz, Switzerland

1952 Oslo, Norway

1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

1960 Squaw Valley, USA

1964 Innsbruck, Austria

1968 Grenoble, France

1972 Sapporo, Japan

1976 Innsbruck, Austria

1980 Lake Placid, USA

1984 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

1988 Calgary, Canada

1992 Albertville, France

1994 Lillehammer, Norway

1998 Nagano, Japan

2002 Salt Lake City, USA

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