Summer Olympics bids
1896
| 1896 | Games of the I Olympiad | |
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| 1st IOC Session |  Paris (1894-06-23)
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 Athens
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Unanimous decision[1] | |
1900
| 1900 | Games of the II Olympiad | |
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| 1st IOC Session | Paris (1894-06-23)
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| Paris
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Unanimous decision[2] | |
1904
| 1904 | Games of the III Olympiad | |
|---|---|---|
| 4th IOC Session | Paris (1901-05-22)
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 Chicago[3]
|
Unanimous decision[4] | |
1908
| 1908 | Games of the IV Olympiad | |
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| 6th IOC Session |  London (1904-06-22)
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 Rome[5]
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Unanimous decision[6] | |
 Berlin[7]
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| Milan
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1912
| 1912 | Games of the V Olympiad | |
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| 10th IOC Session | Berlin (1909-05-27)
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 Stockholm
|
Unanimous decision[8] | |
 Amsterdam
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1916
| 1916 | Games of the VI Olympiad[9] | |
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| 14th IOC Session | Stockholm (1912-05-27)
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| Berlin
|
Unanimous decision[10] | |
 Alexandria
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| Amsterdam
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 Brussels
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 Budapest
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| Cleveland
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1920
| 1920 | Games of the VII Olympiad | |
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| 17th IOC Session |  Lausanne (1919-04-05)
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| Antwerp[11]
|
Unanimous decision[12] | |
| Amsterdam
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| Atlanta
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| Budapest
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| Cleveland
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 Havana
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| Lyon[13]
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| Philadelphia
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1924
| 1924 | Games of the VIII Olympiad | |
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| 19th IOC Session | Lausanne (1921-06-02)
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| Paris[14]
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14 positive votes, 4 negative votes, 1 abstention (Results confirmed twice)[15] | |
| Amsterdam
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 Barcelona
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| Havana
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| Lyon
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| Los Angeles
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 Prague
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| Rome
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1928
| 1928 | Games of the IX Olympiad | |
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| 19th IOC Session | Lausanne (1921-06-02)
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| Amsterdam[16]
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14 positive votes, 4 negative votes, 1 abstention (Results confirmed twice)[15] | |
| Los Angeles
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| Rome
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1932
| 1932 | Games of the X Olympiad | |
|---|---|---|
| 21st IOC Session | Rome (1923-04-09)
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| Los Angeles
|
Unanimous decision | |
1936
| 1936 | Games of the XI Olympiad | |
|---|---|---|
| 30th IOC Session | Lausanne (1931-05-13)
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| Berlin |
46 | |
| Barcelona |
16 | |
1940
| 1940 | Games of the XII Olympiad | |
|---|---|---|
| 35th IOC Session | Berlin (1936-07-31)
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 Tokyo[17] |
Undisclosed results | |
 Helsinki
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1944
| 1944 | Games of the XIII Olympiad | |
|---|---|---|
| 38th IOC Session | London (1939-06-09)
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| London[18]
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| Athens
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| Budapest
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| Lausanne
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- ^ Athens was chosen to stage the first Modern Olympic Games in honour to the birthplace of the Ancient Olympics. [Comité International des Jeux Olympiques (1894). "Le Congrès de Paris" (PDF). Bulletin du Comité International des Jeux Olympiques (in French) (1). Retrieved 2007-04-11.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help)] - ^ At the same time Athens was selected host city for the first Olympics, Paris was chosen as the site for the II Olympiad. [Comité International des Jeux Olympiques (1894). "Le Congrès de Paris" (PDF). Bulletin du Comité International des Jeux Olympiques (in French) (1). Retrieved 2007-04-11.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help)] - ^ In 1904, the city of St. Louis would stage the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, a World's Fair. Due to fears that the Olympic Games in Chicago would compromise the fair's success, city officials pressured Chicago threatening to hold athletics competitions of their own. Chicago's committee asked the IOC to either transfer the Games to St. Louis or delay them for one year. The IOC refused to postpone the Olympics and thus approved the Games transfer. [Comité International Olympique (1903). "L'Olympiade Américaine" (PDF). Revue Olympique (in French) (9): 4–8. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help)] - ^ Comité International Olympique (1901). "Les Jeux Olympiques de 1904" (PDF). Revue Olympique (in French) (3): 30–4. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ On 1906-04-04, an eruption of Mount Vesuvius caused chaos on the volcano's surrounding area and forced the Italian government to give up the Games in order to direct vital funds to help the affected people. The IOC approached London with the hosting proposal to which the city replied positively. [Mallon, Bill. The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary (PDF). Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. pp. 2–4. ISBN 9780786405985. OCLC 42833776. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help)] - ^ Comité International Olympique (1904). "La Réunion du Comité International Olympique a Londres" (PDF). Revue Olympique (in French) (13): 70–1. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Berlin's application to host the Games of the IV Olympiad was proposed by the first German IOC member, Willibald Gebhardt. However, seeing that Rome was considered a more reliable bid by the Committee members, Gebhardt withdrew its proposal leaving an open way for Rome's election. [Comité International Olympique (1904). "La Réunion du Comité International Olympique a Londres" (PDF). Revue Olympique (in French) (13): 70–1. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help)] - ^ Comité International Olympique (1909). "La Réunion du Comité International Olympique a Berlin" (PDF). Revue Olympique (in French) (42): 90. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ The Games were cancelled due to the ongoing World War I.
- ^ Comité International Olympique (1912). "Travaux et décisions du Comité International Olympique" (PDF). Revue Olympique (in French) (80): 123. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Antwerp was entrusted with the 1920 Olympic Games in honour of the Belgians who fought, suffered and died during the war. ["Antwerp 1920". Games. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-04-09.]
- ^ Belgian Olympic Committee (1957). Official Report of the 1920 Antwerp Olympic Games (PDF) (in French). p. 13. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
- ^ Lyon intended to bid but withdrew in favour of Antwerp, postponing a new bid for the VIII Olympiad. [Comité International Olympique (1915). "La VIIe et VIIIe Olympiades" (PDF). Bulletin du Comité International Olympique (in French) (1): 1. Retrieved 2007-04-14.]
- ^ Paris landed the Games for a second time to fulfill Coubertin's wish to witness in his country a successful Olympics, which erased the flaws of the previous, before he retired from the IOC. ["1924 Olympics: Paris, France". Hickok Sports. Retrieved 2007-04-09.]
- ^ a b Comité Olympique Français. Librairie de France (ed.). Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924: rapport officiel (PDF). Paris: M. A. Avé. pp. p. 30.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ Amsterdam's proposal as host city for the IX Olympiad was made and voted together with Paris's proposal for the 1924 Olympics. [Netherlands Olympic Committee. G. Van Rossem (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of 1928 Celebrated at Amsterdam (PDF). Amsterdam: Amsterdam J. H. de Bussy, Ltd. pp. pp. 21–4.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help)] - ^ Due to the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Japan relinquished its hosting rights to the Summer Games. On 1938-07-15, the IOC relocated the Summer Games to Helsinki, but Finland's invasion by the Soviet Union in 1939, and the ensuing World War II, forced the IOC to cancel these Games. ["1948 Olympics: London, England". Hickok Sports. Retrieved 2007-04-10.]
- ^ London intended to bid for the Games of the previous Olympiad, but a late application convinced it to bid for the 1944 Games instead. [International Olympic Committee (1936). "Bulletin Officiel du Comité International Olympique" (PDF) (32): 5. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help)] These Games were also cancelled because of the ongoing World War II.