Global Sporting Events

• The 1896 Olympics were in Athens.
• The 1900 Olympics were in Paris.
• The 1904 Olympics were in St Louis.
• The 1908 Olympics were in London.
• The 1912 Olympics were in Stockholm.
• The 1920 Olympics were in Antwerp.
• There were no Olympic Games in 1916.
• The 1924 Olympics were in Paris.
• The 1928 Olympics were in Amsterdam.
• The 1932 Olympics were in Los Angeles.
• The 1936 Olympics were in Berlin.
• In 1940 and 1944 there were no Olympic Games.
• The 1948 Olympics were in London.
• The 1952 Olympics were in Helsinki.
• The 1956 Olympics were in Melbourne.
• The 1960 Olympics were in Rome.
• The 1964 Olympics were in Tokyo.
• The 1968 Olympics were in Mexico.
• The 1972 Olympics were in Munich.
• The 1976 Olympics were in Moscow.
• The 1980 Olympics were in Montreal.
• The 1984 Olympics were in Los Angeles.
• The 1988 Olympics were in Seoul.
• The 1992 Olympics were in Barcelona.
• The 1996 Olympics were in Atlanta.
• The 2000 Olympics were in Sydney.
• The 2004 Olympics were in Athens.
• The 2008 Olympics were in Beijing.
• The 2012 Olympics were in London.
• The 2016 Olympics were in Rio.
• The 2020/21 Olympics were in Tokyo.
• The 2024 Olympics were in Paris.
• The international Olympic Committee (IOC) was set up in 1984.
• The first modern Olympic Games was held in 1896 in Athens.
• The modern Olympic Games took inspiration from the Ancient Olympic Games.
• The ancient Olympic Games were festivals of sport, religion and music which took place throughout the Mediterranean region over 2000 years ago.
• The modern Olympic Games took inspiration from the Cotswold Olympic Games.
• The Cotswold Olympic Games were establish by Robert Dover in England in the 1600s and were based upon the Ancient Greek Games.
• The modern Olympic Games took inspiration from the Much Wenlock Olympian Games.
• The Much Wedlock Olympic Games where in Shropshire, England in the 1890s. They were founded by Doctor William Penny Brookes, the aim of these games was to 'promote the moral, physical, and intellectual improvement of the inhabitants of the town of Wenlock'.