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This guide will help you locate information for your Olympics project. Use the tabs above to navigate to the different types of information.
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Olympics in the News
News headlines about the Olympics, compiled by Google News:
Olympic Host Countries
A list of Olympic cities/countries since the 1970s, plus future games.
For the complete list, go to: Olympic.org
| 1972 Winter Sapporo, JAPAN |
1972 Summer Munich, WEST GERMANY |
1976 Winter Innsbruck, AUSTRIA |
1976 Summer Montreal, CANADA |
| 1980 Winter Lake Placid, UNITED STATES |
1980 Summer Moscow, SOVIET UNION |
1984 Winter Sarajevo, YUGOSLAVIA |
1984 Summer Los Angeles, UNITED STATES |
| 1988 Winter Calgary, CANADA |
1988 Summer Seoul, SOUTH KOREA |
1992 Winter Albertville, FRANCE |
1992 Summer Barcelona, SPAIN |
| 1994 Winter Lillehammer, NORWAY |
1996 Summer Atlanta, UNITED STATES |
1998 Winter Nagano, JAPAN |
2000 Summer Sydney, AUSTRALIA |
| 2002 Winter Salt Lake City, UNITED STATES |
2004 Summer Athens, GREECE |
2006 Winter Turin, ITALY |
2008 Summer Beijing, CHINA |
| 2010 Winter Vancouver, CANADA |
2012 Summer London, UNITED KINGDOM |
2014 Winter Sochi, RUSSIA |
2016 Summer Rio de Janiero, BRAZIL |
| 2018 Winter Pyeongchang, SOUTH KOREA |
2020 Summer Tokyo, JAPAN |
2022 Winter Beijing, CHINA |
2024 Summer Paris, FRANCE |
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2026 Winter |
2028 Summer Los Angeles, UNITED STATES |
2030 Winter |
2032 Summer |
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2034 Winter Salt Lake City, UNITED STATES |
Video: History of the Olympics
Documentary: The Real Olympics: A History of the Ancient and Modern Olympics Games available from the library's Films on Demand database.
Click on Play to view. Only accessible to UWGB affiliated users.
- Films on Demand Master Academic (Films Media Group) This link opens in a new window
Getting Started
CQ Researcher provides a thorough analysis (2012) on Hosting the Olympics. It covers the economic, social, and political issues that surround hosting the games.
Country Profiles
Background information for your assigned countries, compiled by the CIA World Factbook: