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1944 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  The 1944 Summer Olympics, which were to be officially known as the Games of the XIII Olympiad, were cancelled due to World War II. It would have been held in London, England, United Kingdom, which won ... Tokyo/Helsinki (abandoned), Summer Olympic Games London (abandoned) XIII Olympiad (1944), Succeeded by
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List of Olympic Games host cities - Wikipedia  This is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer games have usually  but not always  celebrated a four-year period known as an Olympiad. There have been 29 Summer Olympic Games held in 23 different cities, and ... The 1906 Summer Olympics were officially sanctioned and held in Athens.
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1952 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  ... event held in Helsinki, Finland, in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier selected to host the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II.
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1940 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  The Olympic Games were suspended indefinitely ... the outbreak of World War II and did not resume until the ... the year turned out to be the annual Finland-Sweden ... due to be an Olympic sport in the 1940 Games after ... Helsinki eventually held the 1952 Summer Olympics,...
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1948 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom. After a 12-year hiatus because of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin.
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1988 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia  The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games was a Winter Olympics multi-sport event celebrated in and around Calgary, Alberta, Canada between February 13 and 28, 1988. The host city was selected in 1981 over Falun, Sweden and Cortina ... It was the first Winter Olympics awarded to Canada, and the second games...
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2016 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  The 2016 Summer Olympics officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and ... With 306 sets of medals, the games featured 28 Olympic sports, including rugby ... Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, which hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics and will .... It covers 5 km2 (1.9 sq mi) in area. ...... Nation, Location, Name.
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Winter Olympic Games Host Cities - Topend Sports  List of cities that have hosted previous Winter Olympic Games. ... Beginning in 1994, the winter Olympic Games were held in completely different years (two years apart) than the summer Games. Winter ... 1952, Oslo, Norway, February 14 - 25.
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1900 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  The 1900 Summer Olympics today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad, was an ... "Paris 1900" redirects here. ... A decision was made to hold the first Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens and .... Rudolf Bauer of Hungary won the discus ... He narrowly missed making Olympic history by winning two medals in the...
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1992 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  The 1992 Summer Olympic Games officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event played in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in 1992 ... Barcelona is the second-largest city in Spain, and the birthplace of then-IOC president .... Palau Sant Jordi and Montjuc Communications Tower.
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1984 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984. When Tehran, the only other interested city on the international level, ... The USSR announced its intention not to participate on May 8, 1984, citing...
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North Korea and the 1988 Seoul Olympics - Wilson Center  Dec 12, 2011 ... On September 30, 1981, members of the International Olympic Committee, ... to select the host city of the 1988 Summer Olympics, unexpectedly...
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1896 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  The 1896 Summer Olympics officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was the first international Olympic Games held in modern history. ... The main venue was the Panathenaic Stadium, where athletics and wrestling took place; other...
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1896 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  The 1896 Summer Olympics officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was the first international Olympic Games held in modern history. ... The 1896 Olympics were regarded as a great success. ... Games in 1896. With a date established, members of the congress turned their attention to the selection of a host city.
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1896 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  The 1896 Summer Olympics officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was the first international Olympic Games held in modern history. ... The United States won the most gold medals, 11; host nation Greece won the most ... that several congressmen first proposed London as the location, but Coubertin dissented.
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1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad was an ... These were the final Olympic Games under the IOC Presidency of Michael ... Eighty nations were represented at the Moscow Games  the smallest ... at the Summer Olympics, but had appeared earlier at the 1980 Winter Olympics in...
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1900 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  The 1900 Summer Olympics today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1900 in Paris, France, and the last Summer Olympics to be held in the 19th century. No opening or closing ceremonies were held; competitions began on May ... Women took part in the games for the first time and sailor Hlne de...
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Summer Olympic Games - Wikipedia  The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad first held in 1896, is an ... Asia has hosted the Summer Olympics three times and will host again in 2020. ... Numbers declined for the 1904 Games in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, due .... The 1988 games, in Seoul, were very well planned but the games were...
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1972 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  The 1972 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1972), officially known as ... Montreal would eventually host the following Olympic games in 1976. ... Security at Olympics was heightened further beginning with the 2002 Winter ... The events of the Munich massacre were chronicled in the Oscar-winning...
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Torches and torch relays of the Olympic Summer Games from Berlin ...  Apr 21, 2016 ... The first Olympic torch relay was held for the 1936 Summer Games in Berlin. .... The day after the Opening Ceremony, a flame was lit from the cauldron in ... 19 July 1952, Olympic Stadium, Helsinki (Finland) ... Paavo Nurmi, the famous runner who won nine gold medals and .... was carried into the city.
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1936 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia  The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (German: Olympische Winterspiele 1936), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. Germany also hosted the Summer Olympics the same year in Berlin. ... 1936 is the last year in which the Summer and Winter Games were both held...