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| x name | x image | x Olympics hosted | x article |
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| x Salt Lake City |
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2002 Winter Olympics |
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. Salt Lake City has a population of 180,651 as of 2007. The Salt Lake City metropolitan area spans Salt...
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| x Berlin |
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1936 Summer Olympics |
Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city and the eighth most populous urban area in the European...
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| x St. Moritz |
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1928 Winter Olympics |
St. Moritz (German: Sankt Moritz, Romansh: San Murezzan) is an exclusive resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The highest summit in the Eastern Alps, the...
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| 1948 Winter Olympics | |||
| x London |
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1948 Summer Olympics |
London (pronounced /ˈlʌndən/) is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been an influential city for two millennia and its history goes back to its founding by the Romans. The city's core, the ancient City of London, still retains its...
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| 1908 Summer Olympics | |||
| 2012 Summer Olympics | |||
| x Athens |
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1906 Summer Olympics |
Athens (pronounced /ˈæθənz/; Greek: Αθήνα, Athina, IPA: [aˈθina]), the capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the world's oldest cities, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years.
The Greek capital has a...
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| 1896 Summer Olympics | |||
| 2004 Summer Olympics | |||
| x Chamonix |
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1924 Winter Olympics |
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc or, more commonly, Chamonix (French pronunciation: [ʃamɔni]) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.
It lies at the foot of Mont Blanc. The 1924 Winter Olympics were held at...
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| x Sydney |
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2000 Summer Olympics |
Sydney (pronounced /ˈsɪdni/) is the largest city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million (2008 estimate). It is the state capital of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British colony in Australia....
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| x Atlanta |
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1996 Summer Olympics |
Atlanta (pronounced /ətˈlæntə/ or /ætˈlæntə/) is the capital and most populous city in the state of Georgia as well as the urban core of one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States.
With a population of 537,958, Atlanta is the...
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| x Montreal |
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1976 Summer Olympics |
Montreal (French: Montréal) (pronounced [mɔ̃ʁeˈal] (help·info) in French, /ˌmʌntriˈɑːl/ (help·info) in English, is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-largest city in Canada. Montreal was the largest city in Canada...
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| x Turin |
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2006 Winter Olympics |
Turin (Italian: Torino; Piedmontese: Turin; pronounced [tyˈɾiŋ]) is a major city as well as a business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River surrounded by the Alpine...
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| x Beijing |
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2008 Summer Olympics |
Beijing (pronounced /beɪˈdʒɪŋ/ or /beɪˈʒɪŋ/ in English; Chinese: 北京; pinyin: Běijīng, IPA: [pèɪtɕíŋ]( listen); Wade-Giles: Pei3ching1 or Pei3-ching1) (also formerly known in English as Peking (/piːˈkɪŋ/ ( listen) or /peɪˈkɪŋ/)) is a metropolis in...
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| x Barcelona |
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1992 Summer Paralympics |
Barcelona (Catalan pronunciation: [bəɾsəˈlonə], Spanish: [baɾθeˈlona]) is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008. It is the eleventh...
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| 1992 Summer Olympics | |||
| x Seoul |
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1988 Summer Olympics |
Seoul (Korean pronunciation: [sʌ.ul] ( listen)) is the capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, it is one of the world's largest cities and the second largest mega city in the world. The Seoul National Capital...
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| x Los Angeles |
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1932 Summer Olympics |
Los Angeles (pronounced /lɒˈsændʒələs/ los-AN-jə-ləs; Spanish: [los ˈaŋxeles]) is the largest city in the state of California and the second largest in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles has an...
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| 1984 Summer Olympics | |||
| x Moscow |
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1980 Summer Olympics |
Moscow (Russian: Москвa, romanised: Moskva, IPA: [mɐˈskva] (help·info); see also other names) is the capital and the largest city of Russia. It is also the largest metropolitan area in Europe, and ranks among the largest urban areas in the world....
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| x Munich |
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1972 Summer Olympics |
Munich (German: München, pronounced [ˈmʏnçən] ( listen); Austro-Bavarian: Minga) is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and...
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| x Mexico City |
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1968 Summer Olympics |
The Mexican Federal District, known in Spanish as Distrito Federal (D.F.), is an area within Mexico that is not part of any of the Mexican states, but an independent self-governing city-state and the seat of the Federal Government. The core of the...
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| x Tokyo |
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1964 Summer Olympics |
Tokyo (東京, Tōkyō), officially Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to), is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and is located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that...
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| x Rome |
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1960 Summer Olympics |
Rome (English pronunciation: /roʊm/; Italian: Roma, pronounced [ˈroːma]; Latin: Roma) is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populous city, with over 2.7 million residents in a municipality of some 1,285.3 km (496.3 sq mi), while...
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| x Melbourne |
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1956 Summer Olympics |
Melbourne, (pronounced /'mel.bən/) is the state capital of Victoria in south-eastern Australia.It is known for being the cultural capital of Australia, featuring unique arts, sports and music.
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| x Helsinki |
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1952 Summer Olympics |
Helsinki ( listen (help·info); Swedish: Helsingfors, listen (help·info)) is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of...
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| x Amsterdam |
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1928 Summer Olympics |
Amsterdam (pronounced /ˈæmstərdæm/; Dutch [ɑmstərˈdɑm] (help·info)) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country. The city, which had a population of around 1 million (with...
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| Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres | |||
| x Paris |
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1924 Summer Olympics |
Paris (pronounced /ˈpærɪs/ or /ˈpɛrəs/ in English; [paʁi] (help·info) in French) is the capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region (also known as...
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| 1900 Summer Olympics | |||
| x Nagano |
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1998 Winter Olympics |
Nagano (長野市, Nagano-shi), the capital city of Nagano Prefecture, is located in the northern part of the prefecture near the confluence of the Chikuma and the Sai rivers, on the main Japanese island of Honshū.
As of July 1, 2006, the city had an...
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| x Lillehammer |
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1994 Winter Olympics |
Lillehammer (help·info) is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of...
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| x Albertville |
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1992 Winter Olympics |
Albertville (Arpitan : Arbèrtvile) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.
The town is best known for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics.
Albertville is situated on the Arly River, close to the...
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| x Lake Placid |
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1932 Winter Olympics |
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 2,638. Lake Placid is named after nearby Lake Placid.
The Village of Lake Placid is near the center...
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| 1980 Winter Olympics | |||
| x Sarajevo |
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1984 Winter Olympics |
Sarajevo is the capital city and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 304,614 people in the four municipalities that make up the city proper, and an estimated urban area population of 421,289 people in the Sarajevo Canton as...
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| x Antwerp |
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1920 Summer Olympics |
Antwerp ( [ˈæntwɜrp] (help·info), Dutch: Antwerpen [ˈɑntˌʋɛrpə(n)] (help·info), French: Anvers) is a city and municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp province in Flanders, one of Belgium's three regions. Antwerp's total population is...
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| x Oslo |
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1952 Winter Olympics |
Oslo (help·info) (formerly Christiania) is the capital and largest city in Norway. The city was founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway. In 1624 the town was largely destroyed by a fire. The Danish-Norwegian king Christian IV rebuilt and...
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| x Grenoble |
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1968 Winter Olympics |
Grenoble is a city in southeastern France situated at the foot of the French Alps where the Drac joins the Isère River.
Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère. The proximity of the mountains make the...
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| x Squaw Valley |
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1960 Winter Olympics |
Olympic Valley (commonly known as Squaw Valley) in the U.S. state of California is an unincorporated community located in Placer County northwest of Tahoe City along Highway 89 on the banks of the Truckee River near Lake Tahoe. It is the home of the...
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| x Vancouver |
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2010 Winter Olympics |
Vancouver (pronounced /vænˈkuːvər/) is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the core of the largest metropolitan region in both British Columbia and Western Canada, although...
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| x Stockholm |
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1912 Summer Olympics |
Stockholm (help·info) (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈstɔkhɔlm]) is the capital and largest city of Sweden. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the official residence of the Swedish monarch. As of 2008, the Stockholm...
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| x Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
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1936 Winter Olympics |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a market town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region, not far from the border with Austria. A subcamp of the Dachau concentration...
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| x St. Louis |
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1904 Summer Olympics |
St. Louis (English /seɪnt ˈluːɪs/,/sænt luwi/ French: Saint-Louis or St-Louis /sɛ̃ lwi/) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri, located near the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. St. Louis is the largest...
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| x Calgary |
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1988 Winter Olympics |
Calgary is the largest city in the province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in a region of foothills and high plains, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. Calgary is the third largest...
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| x Cortina d'Ampezzo |
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1956 Winter Olympics |
Cortina d'Ampezzo (German: Hayden) is a town and municipality in the southern (Dolomitic) Alps and the province of Belluno, Veneto, northern Italy. Located in the heart of the Dolomites in an alpine valley, it is a popular winter sport resort known...
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| x Innsbruck |
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1964 Winter Olympics |
Innsbruck is the capital city of the federal state of Tyrol in western Austria. It is located in the Inn Valley at the junction with the Wipptal (Sill River), which provides access to the Brenner Pass, some 30 km south of Innsbruck. Located in the...
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| 1976 Winter Olympics | |||
| x Sapporo |
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1972 Winter Olympics |
Sapporo (札幌市, Sapporo-shi) listen (help·info) is the fifth-largest city in Japan by population. It is the capital of Hokkaidō Prefecture, located in Ishikari Subprefecture, and an ordinance-designated city of Japan.
Sapporo is best known outside...
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