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Athens Greece hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/top-reasons-why-the-athens-1896-olympics-were-important-for-modern-sport -
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Paris, France 1900 was the first time Paris hosted the Olympics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_Summer_Olympics -
The United States held the 3rd olympic games. https://blog.newspapers.com/1904-st-louis-olympics/ -
Rome was originally going to host the 1908 Olympics. They were behind in preparing so England stepped in to host. https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/london-s-first-olympics-1908/ -
1916 Olympics were cancelled because of WW1. The 1920 Olympics were given to Belgium in honor of those who suffered during the war. https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/antwerp-1920 -
The1960 Summer Olympics were held in Rome, 54 years after they weren't prepared to host. Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila ran the marathon barefoot. https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/rome-1960 -
The 14th winter olympics were held in Sarajevo. Bill Johnson was the first ever U.S. gold medal awinner in the downhill ski event. https://www.britannica.com/event/Sarajevo-1984-Olympic-Winter-Games -
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Tokyo hosted the Olympics in 2021 -
the Beijing 2022 Olympics started February 4. https://olympics.com/en/beijing-2022/ -
They are planning on doing Olympics in Paris in 2024
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Brisbane is going to host the Olympics in 2032
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2032_Summer_Olympics
