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Summer Olympic Games The VIth Olympiad of 1916 was scheduled for Berlin. The XIIth Olympiad of 1940 was scheduled for Tokyo, later changed to Helsinki, and the XIIIth Olympiad of 1944 was scheduled for London.
Games | Year | Venue | Competitors | Sports | Events | Leading medal-winning nation |
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1 USA won 11 gold medals, but only 19 in total |
2 USA won 36 gold medals to Soviet Union's 30, but only 92 in all |
3 Former Soviet republics |
4 The Olympics were also held in 1916. |
I | 1896 | Athens, Greece | 200 | 9 | 43 | Greece (47)1 |
II | 1900 | Paris, France | 1225 | 24 | 166 | France (102) |
III | 1904 | St Louis, USA | 687 | 16 | 104 | USA (238) |
IV | 1908 | London, UK | 2035 | 21 | 110 | Great Britain (145) |
V | 1912 | Stockholm, Sweden | 2537 | 13 | 102 | Sweden (65) |
VII4 | 1920 | Antwerp, Belgium | 2668 | 21 | 154 | USA (94) |
VIII | 1924 | Paris, France | 3092 | 17 | 126 | USA (99) |
IX | 1928 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 3014 | 14 | 109 | USA (56) |
X | 1932 | Los Angeles, USA | 1408 | 14 | 117 | USA (103) |
XI | 1936 | Berlin, Germany | 4066 | 19 | 129 | Germany (89) |
XIV | 1948 | London, UK | 4099 | 17 | 136 | USA (84) |
XV | 1952 | Helsinki, Finland | 4925 | 17 | 149 | USA (76) |
XVI | 1956 | Melbourne, Australia | 3184 | 17 | 151 | Soviet Union (98) |
XVII | 1960 | Rome, Italy | 5346 | 17 | 150 | Soviet Union (99) |
XVIII | 1964 | Tokyo, Japan | 5140 | 19 | 163 | Soviet Union (96)2 |
XIX | 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico | 5530 | 18 | 172 | Soviet Union (107) |
XX | 1972 | Munich, West Germany | 7123 | 21 | 195 | Soviet Union (99) |
XXI | 1976 | Montréal, Canada | 6028 | 21 | 198 | Soviet Union (125) |
XXII | 1980 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 5217 | 21 | 204 | Soviet Union (195) |
XXIII | 1984 | Los Angeles, USA | 6797 | 21 | 221 | Soviet Union (174) |
XXIV | 1988 | Seoul, South Korea | 8465 | 23 | 237 | Soviet Union (132) |
XXV | 1992 | Barcelona, Spain | 9364 | 24 | 257 | Unified Team (111)3 |
XXVI | 1996 | Atlanta, USA | 10,744 | 29 | 271 | USA (101) |
XXVII | 2000 | Sydney, Australia | 10,651 | 28 | 300 | USA (97) |
XXVIII | 2004 | Athens, Greece | | | | |
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