For the very first time, the Olympics were held in the year 1896 and that too for summer sports. After every 4 years, a different city hosts the Olympics and this city is wholesole responsible for the organization. After the real success of summer sports, winter sports came into picture and they both are now played in Olympics. United States has hosted summer Olympics maximum number of times i.e. 4 times.
For all the games there are several people who are world wide champions, compete and win the cup. They represent their country and make it proud with best of skills.
List of Olympic games host cities
| SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES SITES | |
| Year | City, Country |
| 1896 | Athens, Greece |
| 1900 | Paris, France |
| 1904 | St. Louis, United States |
| 1908 | London, United Kingdom |
| 1912 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1916 | Scheduled for Berlin, Germany* |
| 1920 | Antwerp, Belgium |
| 1924 | Paris, France |
| 1928 | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 1932 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 1936 | Berlin, Germany |
| 1940 | Scheduled for Tokyo, Japan* |
| 1944 | Scheduled for London, United Kingdom* |
| 1948 | London, United Kingdom |
| 1952 | Helsinki, Finland |
| 1956 | Melbourne, Australia |
| 1960 | Rome, Italy |
| 1964 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1972 | Munich, West Germany (now Germany) |
| 1976 | Montreal, Canada |
| 1980 | Moscow, U.S.S.R. |
| 1984 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 1988 | Seoul, South Korea |
| 1992 | Barcelona, Spain |
| 1996 | Atlanta, United States |
| 2000 | Sydney, Australia |
| 2004 | Athens, Greece |
| 2008 | Beijing, China |
| 2012 | London, United Kingdom |
| 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 2020 | Tokyo, Japan |
| WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES SITES | |
| Year | City, Country |
| 1924 | Chamonix, France |
| 1928 | St. Moritz, Switzerland |
| 1932 | Lake Placid, N.Y., United States |
| 1936 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
| 1940 | Scheduled for Sapporo, Japan* |
| 1944 | Scheduled for Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy* |
| 1948 | St. Moritz, Switzerland |
| 1952 | Oslo, Norway |
| 1956 | Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy |
| 1960 | Squaw Valley, California, United States |
| 1964 | Innsbruck, Austria |
| 1968 | Grenoble, France |
| 1972 | Sapporo, Japan |
| 1976 | Innsbruck, Austria |
| 1980 | Lake Placid, New York, United States |
| 1984 | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| 1988 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| 1992 | Albertville, France** |
| 1994 | Lillehammer, Norway** |
| 1998 | Nagano, Japan |
| 2002 | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| 2006 | Torino (Turin), Italy |
| 2010 | Vancouver, Canada |
| 2014 | Sochi, Russia |
| 2018 | Pyeongchang, South Korea |
| 2022 | Beijing, China |