Applications for Summer Olympics

All applications for the Summer Olympic Games are listed in the following overview .

Overview of applications for the Summer Olympics

XXXIV. 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles The decision was made at the 130th session of the IOC in Lima on September 13, 2017.
Los Angeles With the unanimous approval of the double award of the 2024 and 2028 games at the Lima session, Los Angeles received the 2028 games and Paris the 2024 games.
XXXIII. Summer Olympics 2024 in Paris The decision was made at the 130th session of the IOC in Lima on September 13, 2017.
Paris After only two candidate cities remained, the IOC decided to give the two cities the next games. As a result, Los Angeles withdrew the application for 2024 and only applied for the subsequent games of 2028. The IOC unanimously agreed to the double award at the session in Lima.
Hamburg , Rome and Budapest withdrew the application.
Initially, Boston had prevailed against Los Angeles , San Francisco and Washington at the national level , but then withdrew the application. The US NOK then decided to apply with Los Angeles .    Hamburg had prevailed against Berlin at the national level .
XXXII. Summer Olympics 2020 in Tokyo The decision was made at the 125th session of the IOC in Buenos Aires on September 7, 2013.
Applicant city	1st ballot	Runoff	2nd ballot
Tokyo	42		60
Istanbul	26th	49	36
Madrid	26th	45
the IOC did not accept the Baku and Doha applications .
Rome withdrew the application.
XXXI. 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro The decision was made at the 121st session of the IOC in Copenhagen on October 20, 2009.
Applicant city	1st ballot	2nd ballot	3rd ballot
Rio de Janeiro	26th	46	66
Madrid	28	29	32
Tokyo	22nd	20th
Chicago	18th
the IOC did not accept the applications from Baku , Doha and Prague .
Tokyo prevailed against Fukuoka at the national level . Chicago prevailed against Houston , Philadelphia , Los Angeles and San Francisco at the national level .
XXX. Summer Olympics 2012 in London . The decision was made at the 117th session of the IOC in Singapore on July 6, 2005.
Applicant city	1st ballot	2nd ballot	3rd ballot	4th ballot
London	22nd	27	39	54
Paris	21st	25th	33	50
Madrid	20th	32	31
new York	19th	16
Moscow	15th
the IOC did not accept applications from Havana , Istanbul , Leipzig and Rio de Janeiro .
Rio de Janeiro prevailed against São Paulo at the national level . Leipzig prevailed against Düsseldorf , Frankfurt am Main , Hamburg and Stuttgart at the national level . Madrid prevailed against Seville at national level . New York prevailed against San Francisco at the national level .
XXIX. 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing . The decision was made at the 112th session of the IOC in Moscow on July 13, 2001.
Applicant city	1st ballot	2nd ballot
Beijing	44	56
Toronto	20th	22nd
Paris	15th	18th
Istanbul	17th	9
Osaka	6th
the IOC did not accept applications from Bangkok , Havana , Cairo , Kuala Lumpur and Seville .
XXVIII. 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens . The decision was made at the 106th session of the IOC in Lausanne on September 5, 1997.
Applicant city	1st ballot	Runoff	2nd ballot	3rd ballot	4th ballot
Athens	32		38	52	66
Rome	23		28	35	41
Cape Town	16	62	22nd	20th
Stockholm	20th		19th
Buenos Aires	16	44
the IOC did not accept applications from Istanbul , Rio de Janeiro , San Juan , Saint Petersburg and Seville .
XXVII. 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney . The decision was made at the 101st session of the IOC in Monte-Carlo on September 23, 1993.
Applicant city	1st ballot	2nd ballot	3rd ballot	4th ballot
Sydney	30th	30th	37	45
Beijing	32	37	40	43
Manchester	11	13	11
Berlin	9	9
Istanbul	7th
Brasília , Milan and Tashkent withdrew their applications.
XXVI. 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta . The decision was made at the 96th session of the IOC in Tokyo on September 18, 1990.
Applicant city	1st ballot	2nd ballot	3rd ballot	4th ballot	5th ballot
Atlanta	19th	20th	26th	34	51
Athens	23	23	26th	30th	35
Toronto	14th	17th	18th	22nd
Melbourne	12	21st	16
Manchester	11	5
Belgrade	7th
XXV. 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona . The decision was made at the 91st session of the IOC in Lausanne on October 17, 1986.
Applicant city	1st ballot	2nd ballot	3rd ballot
Barcelona	29	37	47
Paris	19th	20th	23
Brisbane	11	9	10
Belgrade	13	11	5
Birmingham	8th	8th
Amsterdam	5
XXIV. 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul . The decision was made at the 84th session of the IOC in Baden-Baden on September 30, 1981.
Applicant city	1st ballot
Seoul	52
Nagoya	27
XXIII. 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles . The decision was made at the 80th session of the IOC in Athens on May 18, 1978.
Los Angeles was the only applicant city.
Tehran withdrew the application.
Los Angeles prevailed against New York at the national level .
XXII. 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow . The decision was made at the 75th session of the IOC in Vienna on October 23, 1974.
Applicant city	1st ballot
Moscow	39
los Angeles	20th
XXI. 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal . The decision was made at the 69th session of the IOC in Amsterdam on May 12, 1970.
Applicant city	1st ballot	2nd ballot
Montreal	25th	41
Moscow	28	28
los Angeles	17th
Florence	0
XX. 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich . The decision was made at the 64th session of the IOC in Rome on April 26, 1966.
Applicant city	1st ballot	2nd ballot
Munich	21st	31
Montreal	16	16
Madrid	16	13
Detroit	6th
XIX. 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City . The decision was made at the 60th session of the IOC in Baden-Baden on October 18, 1963.
Applicant city	1st ballot
Mexico city	30th
Detroit	14th
Lyon	12
Buenos Aires	2
XVIII. 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo . The decision was made at the 55th session of the IOC in Munich on May 26, 1959.
Applicant city	1st ballot
Tokyo	34
Detroit	10
Vienna	9
Brussels	5
XVII. 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome . The decision was made at the 50th session of the IOC in Paris on June 15, 1955.
Applicant city	1st ballot	2nd ballot	3rd ballot
Rome	15th	26th	35
Lausanne	14th	21st	24
Detroit	6th	11
Budapest	8th	1
Brussels	6th
Mexico city	6th
Tokyo	4th
Athens	0
Buenos Aires	0
Chicago	0
los Angeles	0
Minneapolis	0
new York	0
Philadelphia	0
Rio de Janeiro	0
San Francisco	0
Olympic Equestrian Games of the XVI. Olympics in Stockholm . Because of the strict quarantine regulations, the equestrian competitions could not take place in Melbourne, so the Olympic Equestrian Games were held for the first and so far only time. The decisions were made in 1953 at the 48th session of the IOC in Mexico City .
Applicant city	1st ballot
Stockholm	25th
Paris	10
Rio de Janeiro	8th
Berlin (West)	2
los Angeles	2
Buenos Aires	0
XVI. 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne . The decision was made at the 43rd session of the IOC in Rome on April 28, 1949.
Applicant city	1st ballot	2nd ballot	3rd ballot	4th ballot
Melbourne	14th	18th	19th	21st
Buenos Aires	9	12	13	20th
los Angeles	5	4th	5
Detroit	2	4th	4th
Mexico city	9	3
Chicago	1
Minneapolis	1
Philadelphia	1
Montreal	0
San Francisco	0
XV. 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki . The decision was made at the 40th session of the IOC in Stockholm on June 21, 1947.
Applicant city	1st ballot	2nd ballot
Helsinki	14th	15th
los Angeles	4th	5
Minneapolis	4th	5
Amsterdam	3	3
Detroit	2	0
Chicago	1	0
Philadelphia	1	0
Athens	0
Lausanne	0
Stockholm	0
XIV. 1948 Summer Olympics in London . The decision was made at the 39th session of the IOC in Lausanne in September 1946.
London prevailed against Baltimore , Lausanne , Los Angeles , Minneapolis and Philadelphia . The results of the ballot were not disclosed.
XIII. 1944 Summer Olympics in London .   The decision was made at the 38th session of the IOC in London on June 9, 1939.
Applicant city	1st ballot
London	20th
Rome	11
Detroit	2
Lausanne	1
Athens	0
Budapest	0
Helsinki	0
Montreal	0
XII. 1940 Summer Olympics in Helsinki .
Helsinki received second place after Tokyo had to return the Games to the IOC due to the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
XII. 1940 Summer Olympics in Tokyo .   The decision was made at the 35th session of the IOC in Berlin on July 31, 1936.
Applicant city	1st ballot
Tokyo	36
Helsinki	27
Alexandria	0
Athens	0
Barcelona	0
Budapest	0
Buenos Aires	0
Dublin	0
Lausanne	0
London	0
Montreal	0
Rio de Janeiro	0
Rome	0
Toronto	0
XI. 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin . The decision was made at the 29th session of the IOC in Barcelona in April 1931.
Applicant city	1st ballot
Berlin	43
Barcelona	16
Alexandria	0
Budapest	0
Buenos Aires	0
Dublin	0
Frankfurt am Main	0
Helsinki	0
Cologne	0
Lausanne	0
Nuremberg	0
Rio de Janeiro	0
Rome	0
X. 1932 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles . The decision was made at the 21st session of the IOC in Rome in April 1923.
Los Angeles received the 1932 Games after Paris and Amsterdam received the 1924 and 1928 Games.
IX. 1928 Summer Olympic Games in Amsterdam . The decision was made at the 19th session of the IOC in Lausanne on June 2, 1921.
Amsterdam prevailed against Los Angeles for the next games after 1924 .
VIII. 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris . The decision was made at the 19th session of the IOC in Lausanne on June 2, 1921.
Paris prevailed against Amsterdam , Barcelona , Los Angeles , Prague and Rome . The IOC's favorites were Amsterdam and Los Angeles , but Coubertin wanted Paris to be the host - as a compromise, Los Angeles and Amsterdam got the games that followed.
VII Summer Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920 . The decision was made at the 17th session of the IOC in Lausanne on April 5, 1919.
At Coubertin's request, Antwerp prevailed against Amsterdam , Atlanta , Budapest , Cleveland , Havana and Philadelphia . Budapest was considered the favorite, but Coubertin wanted Belgium to be a host country that had suffered particularly badly from the hostilities of the First World War .
Lyon withdrew the application.
VI. 1916 Summer Olympics in Berlin .   The decision was made at the 14th session of the IOC in Stockholm on May 27, 1912.
Berlin prevailed against Alexandria , Amsterdam , Brussels , Budapest and Cleveland .
V. 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm . The decision was made at the 10th session of the IOC in Berlin on May 27, 1909.
Stockholm was the only applicant.
Berlin withdrew the application.
IV. 1908 Summer Olympics in London . The decision was made at the 8th session of the IOC in Athens in 1906.
London get the games in a 2nd decision after Rome returned the games because of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
IV. 1908 Summer Olympics in Rome .   The decision was made at the 6th session of the IOC in London in June 1904.
Rome prevailed against Berlin and Milan .
Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens in 1906 . The games of 1906 received organizational support from the IOC, but not officially recognized.
After the Olympic Games in 1900 and 1904 did not meet expectations as part of world exhibitions , Greece was able to push through the 1906 Games in Athens against Coubertin's will in the IOC.
III. 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis . The decision was made at the 5th session of the IOC in Paris in 1903.
At the request of the US government, St. Louis was to host the Games as part of the World's Fair, as in Paris in 1900. The IOC complied with the US government's request and moved the Games from Chicago to St. Louis .
III. 1904 Summer Olympics in Chicago .   The decision was made at the 4th session of the IOC in Paris on May 22, 1901.
Chicago prevailed against New York .
II. Summer Olympics 1900 in Paris . The decision was made at the 1st session of the IOC in Paris on June 23, 1894.
Paris was supposed to be the first host at Coubertin's request, but Greece should be given special honors for inventing the Olympic Games in ancient times.
I. Summer Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 . The decision was made at the 1st session of the IOC in Paris on June 23, 1894.
Athens was entrusted by the IOC to host the first modern Olympic Games, although Coubertin had actually planned the first games for 1900 in France.

Overview of the applicant cities

Bold = host or planned host of the Olympic Games
Bold / italic = the city was intended to host, but the Olympic Games were held elsewhere or were canceled or hosted the interim games not recognized by the
IOC.Italic = the application was not accepted by the IOC accepted or the application was withdrawn

Urban and countryside	Number of games	Number of evaluations	Number of not ac.	Number of withdrawn Assessment	Years
Athens	2	7th			1896 , 1906 , 1940, 1944, 1952, 1960, 1996, 2004
Paris	3	7th			1900 , 1924 , 1956R, 1992, 2008, 2012, 2024
Chicago		5			1904 , 1952, 1956, 1960, 2016
new York		3			1904, 1960, 2012
St. Louis	1	1			1904
Berlin	1	5		1	1908, 1912 , 1916 , 1936 , 1956R, 2000
Milan		1		1	1908, 2000
Rome	1	7th		2	1908 , 1924, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1960 , 2004,2020,2024
London	3	4th			1908 , 1944 , 1948 , 2012
Stockholm	2	4th			1912 , 1952, 1956R , 2004
Alexandria		3			1916, 1936, 1940
Amsterdam	1	6th			1916, 1920, 1924, 1928 , 1952, 1992
Brussels		3			1916, 1960, 1964
Budapest		6th		1	1916, 1920, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1956, 2024
Cleveland		2			1916, 1920
Antwerp	1	1			1920
Atlanta	1	2			1920, 1996
Havana		1	2		1920, 2008 , 2012
Philadelphia		5			1920, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960
Lyon		1		1	1920 , 1968
Barcelona	1	4th			1924, 1936, 1940, 1992
los Angeles	3	12		1	1924, 1928, 1932 , 1948, 1952, 1956, 1956R, 1960, 1976, 1980, 1984 , 2024 , 2028
Prague		1	1		1924, 2016
Buenos Aires		7th			1936, 1940, 1956, 1956R, 1960, 1968, 2004
Dublin		2			1936, 1940
Frankfurt a. M.		1			1936
Helsinki	1	4th			1936, 1940 , 1944, 1952
Cologne		1			1936
Lausanne		6th			1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1960
Nuremberg		1			1936
Rio de Janeiro	1	5	2		1936, 1940, 1956R, 1960, 2004 , 2012 , 2016
Montreal	1	5			1940, 1944, 1956, 1972, 1976
Tokyo	2	5			1940 , 1960, 1964 , 2016, 2020
Toronto		3			1940, 1996, 2008
Detroit		7th			1944, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972
Baltimore		1			1948
Minneapolis		4th			1948, 1952, 1956, 1960
Melbourne	1	2			1956 , 1996
Mexico city	1	3			1956, 1960, 1968
San Francisco		2			1956, 1960
Vienna		1			1964
Madrid		4th			1972, 2012, 2016, 2020
Munich	1				1972
Florence		1			1976
Moscow	1	3			1976, 1980 , 2012
Tehran				1	1984
Seoul	1	1			1988
Nagoya		1			1988
Belgrade		2			1992, 1996
Birmingham		1			1992
Brisbane		1			1992
Manchester		2			1996, 2000
Beijing	1	2			2000, 2008
Istanbul		3	2		2000, 2004 , 2008, 2012 , 2020
Sydney	1	1			2000
Brasília				1	2000
Tashkent				1	2000
Cape Town		1			2004
Lille			1		2004
San Juan			1		2004
St. Petersburg			1		2004
Seville			1		2004
Osaka		1			2008
Bangkok			1		2008
Cairo			1		2008
Kuala Lumpur			1		2008
Leipzig			1		2012
Baku			2		2016 , 2020
Doha			2		2016 , 2020
Hamburg				1	2024

Overview of the applicant countries

Bold = host or planned host of the Olympic Games
Bold / italic = the country was intended to host, but the Olympic Games took place elsewhere or were canceled or hosted the interim games not recognized by the IOC
Italic = the application was not accepted by the IOC accepted or the application was withdrawn

country	Cities	Number of games	Number of evaluations	Number of not ac.	Number of withdrawn Assessment	Years
Greece	Athens	2	8th			1896 , 1906 , 1940, 1944, 1952, 1960, 1996, 2004
France	Paris , Lyon , Lille	3	8th	1	1	1900 , 1920 , 1924 , 1956R, 1968, 1992, 2004 , 2008, 2012, 2024
United States	Chicago ,New York, St. Louis , Cleveland, Atlanta ,Philadelphia, Los Angeles ,Detroit,Baltimore,Minneapolis,San Francisco	5	22nd		1	1904 , 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932 , 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1956R, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984 , 1996 , 2012, 2016, 2024 , 2028
Germany	Berlin , Frankfurt a. M. , Nuremberg , Cologne , Munich , Leipzig , Hamburg	2	6th	1	2	1908, 1912 , 1916 , 1936 , 1956R, 1972 , 2000, 2012 , 2024
Italy	Milan , Rome , Florence	1	8th		3	1908 , 1924, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1960 , 1976, 2000 , 2004, 2020 , 2024
United Kingdom	London , Birmingham , Manchester	3	7th			1908 , 1944 , 1948 , 1992, 1996, 2000, 2012
Sweden	Stockholm	2	4th			1912 , 1952, 1956R , 2004
Egypt	Alexandria , Cairo		3	1		1916, 1936, 1940, 2008
Netherlands	Amsterdam	1	6th			1916, 1920, 1924, 1928 , 1952, 1992
Belgium	Brussels , Antwerp	1	4th			1916, 1920 , 1960, 1964
Hungary	Budapest		6th		1	1916, 1920, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1956, 2024
Cuba	Havana		1	2		1920, 2008 , 2012
Spain	Barcelona , Madrid , Seville	1	8th	1		1924, 1936, 1940, 1972, 1992 , 2004 , 2012, 2016, 2020
Czech Republic	Prague		1	1		1924, 2016
Argentina	Buenos Aires		7th			1936, 1940, 1956, 1956R, 1960, 1968, 2004
Ireland	Dublin		2			1936, 1940
Finland	Helsinki	1	4th			1936, 1940 , 1944, 1952
Switzerland	Lausanne		6th			1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1960
Brazil	Rio de Janeiro , Brasilia	1	5	3	1	1936, 1940, 1956R, 1960, 2000 , 2004 , 2012 , 2016
Canada	Montreal , Toronto	1	7th			1940, 1944, 1956, 1972, 1976 , 1996, 2008
Japan	Tokyo , Nagoya , Osaka	2	7th			1940 , 1960, 1964 , 1988, 2008, 2016, 2020
Australia	Melbourne , Brisbane , Sydney	2	4th			1956 , 1992, 1996, 2000
Mexico	Mexico city	1	3			1956, 1960, 1968
Austria	Vienna		1			1964
Russia	Moscow , Saint Petersburg	1	3	1		1976, 1980 , 2004 , 2012
Iran	Tehran				1	1984
Korea	Seoul	1	1			1988
Serbia	Belgrade		2			1992, 1996
People's Republic of China	Beijing	1	2			2000, 2008
Turkey	Istanbul		3	2		2000, 2004 , 2008, 2012 , 2020
Uzbekistan	Tashkent				1	2000
South Africa	Cape Town		1			2004
Puerto Rico	San Juan			1		2004
Thailand	Bangkok			1		2008
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur			1		2008
Azerbaijan	Baku			2		2016 , 2020
Qatar	Doha			2		2016 , 2020

Explanations

1. ↑ ^{a b} The 1906 Athens Games are not recognized by the IOC.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Application for the equestrian games
3. ↑ ^{a b} The 1904 Chicago Games were moved from the IOC to St. Louis at the request of the US government.
4. ↑ ^{a b} The 1916 Games in Berlin were canceled because of the First World War.
5. ↑ ^{a b} The Rome Games in 1908 were returned to the IOC by Italy after an eruption of Vesuvius.
6. ↑ ^{a b} The 1944 Games in London were canceled because of the Second World War .
7. ↑ ^{a b} Stockholm is the host of the 1956 Olympic Equestrian Games.
8. ↑ ^{a b} The Helsinki Games in 1940 were canceled because of the Second World War.
9. ↑ ^{a b} The Tokyo Games in 1940 had to be returned to the IOC by Japan after the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

See also

• Applications for Winter Olympics