ABOUT ATHENS 2004

Dates: Aug. 13-29

The Games are returning home to the country that gave birth to the Olympic celebration more than 2,000 years ago and the city that staged the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. Greece, with a population of about 10.5 million, is one of the smallest countries to play host to Olympic Summer Games. Athens is a city of more than 3 million.

Summer Games

1896 Athens

1900 Paris

1904 St. Louis

1908 London

1912 Stockholm

1916 Canceled, World War I

1920 Antwerp, Belgium

1924 Paris

1928 Amsterdam

1932 Los Angeles

1936 Berlin

1940 Canceled, World War II

1944 Canceled, World War II

1948 London

1952 Helsinki, Finland

1956 Melbourne, Australia

1960 Rome

1964 Tokyo

1968 Mexico City

1972 Munich, Germany

1976 Montreal

1980 Moscow

1984 Los Angeles

1988 Seoul

1992 Barcelona

1996 Atlanta

2000 Sydney

2004 Athens

2008 Beijing

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ABOUT TURIN 2006

Dates: Feb. 10-26

Turin, with a population of more than 1 million, is located on the Po River in northwest Italy’s Piedmont region. The city is sometimes called the “Italian Detroit” because it is home to Fiat, the country’s largest automobile manufacturer.

Turin was awarded the Winter Games in 1999, beating out Sion, Switzerland, a city of 26,000.

Winter Games

1924 Chamonix, France

1928 St. Moritz, Switzerland

1932 Lake Placid, N.Y.

1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen,

Germany

1940 None: World War II

1944 None: World War II

1948 St. Moritz, Switzerland

1952 Oslo

1956 Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy

1960 Squaw Valley, Calif.

1964 Innsbruck, Austria

1968 Grenoble, France

1972 Sapporo, Japan

1976 Innsbruck, Austria

1980 Lake Placid, N.Y.

1984 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

1988 Calgary, Canada

1992 Albertville, France

1994 Lillehammer, Norway

1998 Nagano, Japan

2002 Salt Lake City

2006 Turin, Italy