![]() The cities of Los Angeles, Paris, and Athens (excluding 1906) have each hosted two Summer Olympic Games. In 2012, Great Britain hosted its third Summer Olympic Games in London, which became the first city ever to have hosted the Summer Olympic Games three times. The 2028 Games in Los Angeles will mark the fifth occasion on which the Summer Games have been hosted by the U.S. Louis, Missouri the 19 Games were both held in Los Angeles, California, and the 1996 Games were held in Atlanta, Georgia. The United States hosted the Summer Olympic Games four times: the 1904 Games were held in St. Hosting Map of Summer Olympic Games locations – countries that have hosted one Summer Olympics are shaded green, while countries that have hosted two or more are shaded blue. The United States leads the all-time medal count at the Summer Olympics, and has topped the medal table on 18 separate occasions-followed by the USSR (six times), and France, Great Britain, Germany, China, and the ex-Soviet 'Unified Team' (once each). Australia, France and Great Britain have won at least a medal at every edition of the Games, with Great Britain as the only one to win gold each time. Only five countries have participated in every Summer Olympic Games: Australia, France, Great Britain, Greece, and Switzerland. ![]() As of 2022, Paris, Los Angeles, Athens and Tokyo have each hosted twice Paris will host for the third time in 2024, followed by Los Angeles which will host the Games in 2028. London was the first city to host the Summer Olympic Games three times. The Games have been held in nineteen countries over five continents: four times in the United States ( 1904, 1932, 1984, and 1996) three times in Great Britain ( 1908, 1948, and 2012) twice each in Greece ( 18), France ( 19), Germany ( 19), Australia ( 19), and Japan ( 19) and once each in Sweden ( 1912), Belgium ( 1920), the Netherlands ( 1928), Finland ( 1952), Italy ( 1960), Mexico ( 1968), Canada ( 1976), the Soviet Union ( 1980), South Korea ( 1988), Spain ( 1992), China ( 2008), and Brazil ( 2016). ![]() ![]() The Summer Olympics have increased in scope from a 42-event competition programme in 1896 with fewer than 250 male competitors from 14 nations, to 339 events in 2021 with 11,420 competitors (almost half of whom were women) from 206 nations. The Winter Olympic Games were created out of the success of the Summer Olympic Games, which are regarded as the largest and most prestigious multi-sport international event in the world. The tradition of awarding medals began in 1904 in each Olympic event, gold medals are awarded for first place, silver medals for second place, and bronze medals for third place. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is responsible for organising the Games and for overseeing the host city's preparations. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, Greece, and the most recent Games were held in 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. The Summer Olympic Games (French: Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years.
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