Olympic Games Host City Bids
Listed here are all the summer Olympic Games bidding cities (data up until 2024). Thanks to Hank Wisniewski of Austin, Texas, U.S.A for providing the data. There is a list of trivia about the bidding cities. See the full list of winning host cities.
CITIES THAT HAVE BID on HOSTING the SUMMER OLYMPICS
(includes winning bid cities)
Argentina
- Buenos Aires – 1936, 1956, 1968 & 2004
Australia
- Brisbane – 1992
- Melbourne – 1956 & 1996
- Sydney – 2000
Austria
- Vienna – 1964
Azerbaijan
- Baku – 2016 & 2020
Belgium
- Antwerp – 1920
- Brussels – 1916, 1960 & 1964
Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro – 1936, 2004, 2012 & 2016
Canada
- Montreal – 1944, 1956, 1972 & 1976
- Toronto – 1996 & 2008
China
- Beijing – 2000 & 2008
Cuba
- Havana – 1920, 2008 & 2012
Czechia / Czechoslovakia
- Prague – 1924 & 2016
Egypt
- Alexandria – 1916, 1936
- Cairo – 2008
Finland
- Helsinki – 1936, 1940 (chosen to host after Tokyo 1940 was canceled; eventually all 1940 Games were canceled), 1944, 1952
Paris Olympic RingsFrance
- Lille – 2004
- Lyon – 1920, 1968
- Paris – 1900, 1924, 1992, 2008, 2012 & 2024
Germany / West Germany
- Berlin – 1908, 1916 (chosen to host but Games were canceled due to war), 1936 & 2000
- Cologne – 1936
- Frankfurt – 1936
- Hamburg - 2024
- Leipzig – 2012
- Munich – 1972
- Nuremburg – 1936
Greece
- Athens – 1896, 1944, 1952, 1996 & 2004
Hungary
- Budapest – 1916, 1920, 1936, 1944, 1960 & 2024
Ireland
- Dublin – 1936
Italy
- Milan – 1908
- Rome – 1908 (chosen to host; switched to London due to eruption of Mt. Vesuvius), 1924, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1960, 2004, 2020 (withdrew before the filing deadline) & 2024
Japan
- Nagoya – 1988
- Osaka – 2008
- Tokyo – 1940 (chosen to host but Games were canceled due to war), 1960, 1964, 2016 & 2020
Malaysia
- Kuala Lumpur – 2008
Mexico
- Mexico City – 1956, 1960 & 1968
Netherlands
- Amsterdam – 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1952 & 1992
Qatar
- Doha – 2016 & 2020
Russia / Soviet Union
- Moscow – 1976, 1980 & 2012
- Saint Petersburg – 2004
Serbia / Yugoslavia
- Belgrade – 1992 & 1996
South Africa
- Cape Town – 2004
South Korea
- Seoul – 1988
Spain
- Barcelona – 1924, 1936, 1940 & 1992
- Madrid – 1972, 2012, 2016 & 2020
- Seville – 2004 & 2008
Sweden
- Stockholm – 1912, 1952 & 2004
Switzerland
- Lausanne – 1936, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1960
Thailand
- Bangkok – 2008
Türkiye
- Istanbul – 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 & 2020
United Kingdom
- London – 1908, 1944 (chosen to host but Games were canceled due to war), 1948 (chosen without vote) & 2012
- Manchester – 1996 & 2000
United States
- Atlanta – 1920 & 1996
- Baltimore – 1948
- Chicago – 1904 (chosen to host; later switched to St. Louis), 1952, 1956 & 2016
- Cleveland – 1916, 1920
- Detroit – 1944, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968 & 1972
- Los Angeles – 1924, 1928, 1932, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1976, 1980, 1984, 2024 & 2028
- Minneapolis – 1932W, 1948, 1952 & 1956
- New York – 2012
- Philadelphia – 1920, 1948, 1952 & 1956
- Saint Louis – 1904
- San Francisco – 1956
- San Juan, Puerto Rico – 2004
Related Pages
- Olympic Games Host City Bids - listed by year
- There is a list of trivia about the bidding cities
- Host countries of the Olympics
- More information provided by Hank Wisniewski
- See also other sporting lists
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