Modern Summer Olympics By Konst. Apr 6, 1896 First Olympics: Athens May 14, 1900 2nd Olympics: France Jul 1, 1904 3rd Olympics: USA Apr 27, 1908 4th Olympics: UK May 5, 1912 5th Olympics: Sweden Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 World War 1 Jul 22, 1916 6th Olympics: Germany (Cancelled due to WWI) Apr 20, 1920 7th Olympics: Belgium May 9, 1924 8th Olympics: France May 17, 1928 9th Olympics: The Netherlands Jul 30, 1932 10th Olympics: USA Aug 1, 1936 11th Olympics: Germany Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 World War 2 Jul 20, 1940 12th Olympics: Finland (Cancelled due to WWII) Jun 17, 1944 13th Olympics: UK (Cancelled due to WWII) Jul 29, 1948 14th Olympics: UK Jul 19, 1952 15th Olympics: Finland Nov 22, 1956 16th Olympics: Australia Aug 25, 1960 17th Olympics: Italy Oct 10, 1964 18th Olympics: Japan Oct 12, 1968 19th Olympics: Mexico Aug 26, 1972 20th Olympics: West Germany Jul 17, 1976 21st Olympics: Canada Jul 19, 1980 22nd Olympics: Soviet Union Jul 28, 1984 23rd Olympics: USA Sep 17, 1988 24th Olympics: South Korea Jul 25, 1992 25th Olympics: Spain Jul 19, 1996 26th Olympics: USA Sep 15, 2000 27th Olympics: Australia Aug 13, 2004 28th Olympics: Greece Aug 8, 2008 29th Olympics: China Jul 27, 2012 30th Olympics: UK Jun 25, 2015 Today Aug 5, 2016 31st Olympics: Brazil Jul 24, 2020 32nd Olympics: Japan