Listed here are all the summer Olympic Games bidding cities (data up until 2024). Thanks to Hank Wisniewski of Austin, Texas, U.S.A for providing the data. There is a list of trivia about the bidding cities. See the full list of winning host cities.

CITIES THAT HAVE BID on HOSTING the SUMMER OLYMPICS

(includes winning bid cities)

Argentina

  • Buenos Aires – 1936, 1956, 1968 & 2004

Australia

  • Brisbane – 1992
  • Melbourne – 1956 & 1996
  • Sydney – 2000

Austria

  • Vienna – 1964

Azerbaijan

  • Baku – 2016 & 2020

Belgium

  • Antwerp – 1920
  • Brussels – 1916, 1960 & 1964

Brazil

  • Rio de Janeiro – 1936, 2004, 2012 & 2016

Canada

  • Montreal – 1944, 1956, 1972 & 1976
  • Toronto – 1996 & 2008

China

  • Beijing – 2000 & 2008

Cuba

  • Havana – 1920, 2008 & 2012

Czechia / Czechoslovakia

  • Prague – 1924 & 2016

Egypt

  • Alexandria – 1916, 1936
  • Cairo – 2008

Finland

  • Helsinki – 1936, 1940 (chosen to host after Tokyo 1940 was canceled; eventually all 1940 Games were canceled), 1944, 1952
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France

  • Lille – 2004
  • Lyon – 1920, 1968
  • Paris – 1900, 1924, 1992, 2008, 2012 & 2024

Germany / West Germany

  • Berlin – 1908, 1916 (chosen to host but Games were canceled due to war), 1936 & 2000
  • Cologne – 1936
  • Frankfurt – 1936
  • Hamburg - 2024
  • Leipzig – 2012
  • Munich – 1972
  • Nuremburg – 1936

Greece

  • Athens – 1896, 1944, 1952, 1996 & 2004

Hungary

  • Budapest – 1916, 1920, 1936, 1944, 1960 & 2024

Ireland

  • Dublin – 1936

Italy

  • Milan – 1908
  • Rome – 1908 (chosen to host; switched to London due to eruption of Mt. Vesuvius), 1924, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1960, 2004, 2020 (withdrew before the filing deadline) & 2024

Japan

  • Nagoya – 1988
  • Osaka – 2008
  • Tokyo – 1940 (chosen to host but Games were canceled due to war), 1960, 1964, 2016 & 2020

Malaysia

  • Kuala Lumpur – 2008

Mexico

  • Mexico City – 1956, 1960 & 1968

Netherlands

  • Amsterdam – 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1952 & 1992

Qatar

  • Doha – 2016 & 2020

Russia / Soviet Union

  • Moscow – 1976, 1980 & 2012
  • Saint Petersburg – 2004

Serbia / Yugoslavia

  • Belgrade – 1992 & 1996

South Africa

  • Cape Town – 2004

South Korea

  • Seoul – 1988

Spain

  • Barcelona – 1924, 1936, 1940 & 1992
  • Madrid – 1972, 2012, 2016 & 2020
  • Seville – 2004 & 2008

Sweden

  • Stockholm – 1912, 1952 & 2004

Switzerland

  • Lausanne – 1936, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1960

Thailand

  • Bangkok – 2008

Türkiye

  • Istanbul – 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 & 2020

United Kingdom

  • London – 1908, 1944 (chosen to host but Games were canceled due to war), 1948 (chosen without vote) & 2012
  • Manchester – 1996 & 2000

United States

  • Atlanta – 1920 & 1996
  • Baltimore – 1948
  • Chicago – 1904 (chosen to host; later switched to St. Louis), 1952, 1956 & 2016
  • Cleveland – 1916, 1920
  • Detroit – 1944, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968 & 1972
  • Los Angeles – 1924, 1928, 1932, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1976, 1980, 1984, 2024 & 2028
  • Minneapolis – 1932W, 1948, 1952 & 1956
  • New York – 2012
  • Philadelphia – 1920, 1948, 1952 & 1956
  • Saint Louis – 1904
  • San Francisco – 1956
  • San Juan, Puerto Rico – 2004