lf Hitler||1–16 August||49||3963||3632||331||19||25||129||Germany (GER)|||
|XII||1940||Originally awarded to Tokyo, then awarded to Helsinki|
Cancelled due to World War II
|XIII||1944||Awarded to London|
Cancelled due to World War II
|XIV||1948||London, United Kingdom||King George VI||29 July – 14 August||59||4104||3714||390||17||23||136||United States (USA)|||
|XV||1952||Helsinki, Finland||President Juho Kusti Paasikivi||19 July – 3 August||69||4955||4436||519||17||23||149||United States (USA)|||
|XVI||1956||Melbourne, Australia||Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh||22 November – 8 December||72D[›]||3314||2938||376||17||23||151E[›]||Soviet Union (URS)|||
|XVII||1960||Rome, Italy||President Giovanni Gronchi||25 August – 11 September||83||5338||4727||611||17||23||150||Soviet Union (URS)|||
|XVIII||1964||Tokyo, Japan||Emperor Hirohito||10–24 October||93||5151||4473||678||19||25||163||United States (USA)|||
|XIX||1968||Mexico City, Mexico||President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz||12–27 October||112||5516||4735||781||18||24||172||United States (USA)|||
|XX||1972||Munich, West Germany||President Gustav Heinemann||26 August – 10 September||121||7134||6075||1059||21||28||195||Soviet Union (URS)|||
|XXI||1976||Montreal, Canada||Queen Elizabeth II||17 July – 1 August||92||6084||4824||1260||21||27||198||Soviet Union (URS)|||
|XXII||1980||Moscow, Soviet Union||Chairman Leonid Brezhnev||19 July – 3 August||80||5179||4064||1115||21||27||203||Soviet Union (URS)|||
|XXIII||1984||Los Angeles, United States||President Ronald Reagan||28 July – 12 August||140||6829||5263||1566||21||29||221||United States (USA)|||
|XXIV||1988||Seoul, South Korea||President Roh Tae-woo||17 September – 2 October||159||8391||6197||2194||23||31||237||Soviet Union (URS)|||
|XXV||1992||Barcelona, Spain||King Juan Carlos I||25 July – 9 August||169||9356||6652||2704||25||34||257||Unified Team (EUN)|||
|XXVI||1996||Atlanta, United States||President Bill Clinton||19 July – 4 August||197||10318||6806||3512||26||37||271||United States (USA)|||
|XXVII||2000||Sydney, Australia||Governor-General Sir William Deane||15 September – 1 October||199||10651||6582||4069||28||40||300||United States (USA)|||
|XXVIII||2004||Athens, Greece||President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos||13–29 August||201||10625||6296||4329||28||40||301||United States (USA)|||
|XXIX||2008||Beijing, China||President Hu Jintao||8–24 August||204||10942||6305||4637||28||41||302||China (CHN)|||
|XXX||2012||London, United Kingdom||Queen Elizabeth II||27 July – 12 August||204||10768||5992||4776||26||39||302||United States (USA)|||
|XXXI||2016||Rio de Janeiro, Brazil||Acting President Michel Temer||5–21 August||207||11238||6179||5059||28||41||306||United States (USA)|||
|XXXII||2020||Tokyo, Japan||Emperor of Japan
|24 July – 9 August||Future event||33||50||339|
|XXXIII||2024||Paris, France||President of the French Republic
|26 July – 11 August||Future event|
|XXXIV||2028||Los Angeles, United States||President of the United States
|21 July – 6 August||Future event|
^ A: The IOC site for the 1900 Olympic Games gives erroneous figure of 95 events, while the IOC database for the 1900 Olympic Games lists 85. Probably this discrepancy in IOC data is consequence that the figure 95 just derived from the "1900 Olympic Games — Analysis and Summaries" publication of Bill Mallon, who used his own determination of which sports and events should be considered as Olympic.
^ B: The IOC site for the 1904 Olympic Games gives erroneous figure of 91 events, while the IOC database for the 1904 Olympic Games lists 94. Probably this discrepancy in IOC data is consequence that the figure 91 just derived from the "1904 Olympic Games — Analysis and Summaries" publication of Bill Mallon, who used his own determination of which sports and events should be considered as Olympic.
^ C: The IOC site for the 1920 Olympic Games gives erroneous figure of 154 events, while the IOC database for the 1920 Olympic Games lists 156.
^ D: Owing to Australian quarantine laws, 6 equestrian events were held in Stockholm several months before the rest of the 1956 Games in Melb