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x Salt Lake City Aerial view of Salt Lake City, Utah from the south-west. 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 181,698 as of July 1, 2008, making it the 125th largest city in the...
x Berlin Brandenburger Tor 1936 Summer Olympics
Berlin (English pronunciation: /bərˈlɪn/; German pronunciation: [bɛɐˈliːn]  ( listen)) 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...
x St. Moritz Écône is located in Switzerland 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...
1948 Winter Olympics
x London 799px-Houses.of.parliament.overall.arp.jpg 1948 Summer Olympics
London (pronounced /ˈlʌndən/) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. London has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core,...
1908 Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics
x Athens Athens 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...
1896 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
x Chamonix Chamonix Valley Panorama 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 south-eastern France. It was the site of the 1924 Winter Olympics. The commune's population of...
x Sydney Sydney opera house and skyline 2000 Summer Olympics
Sydney (pronounced /ˈsɪdni/) is the largest city in Australia, and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney has a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million and an area of approximately 12,000 square kilometres. Its inhabitants...
x Atlanta City skyline from Buckhead 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 2008 estimated population of 537,958,...
x Montreal Montreal view from the Old Port 1976 Summer Olympics
Montreal (French: Montréal) (pronounced [mɔ̃ʁeˈal] (help·info) in French, /ˌmʌntriˈɑːl/ (help·info) in English) is the second-largest city in Canada and the largest city in the province of Quebec. Originally called Ville-Marie ('City of Mary'),...
x Turin Torino 2006 Winter Olympics
Turin (Italian: Torino pronounced [toˈri(ː)no]; 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...
x Beijing An aerial view of the Forbidden City, Beijing 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 known as Peking (/piːˈkɪŋ/  ( listen) or /peɪˈkɪŋ/)) is a metropolis in northern China and...
x Barcelona Barcelona 1992 Summer Paralympics
Barcelona (Catalan pronunciation: [bəɾsəˈlonə], Spanish: [barθeˈlona]) is the capital and the 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 11th...
1992 Summer Olympics
x Seoul Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics
Seoul (Korean pronunciation: [sʌ.ul]  ( listen)), officially the Seoul Special City, 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. The Seoul National Capital Area,...
x Los Angeles LosAngeles06 1932 Summer Olympics
Los Angeles (pronounced /lɒs ˈændʒələs/ los-AN-jə-ləs; Spanish: [los ˈaŋxeles], Spanish for "the angels") 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...
1984 Summer Olympics
x Moscow Moscow collage 1980 Summer Olympics
Moscow (pronounced /ˈmɒskaʊ/ or /ˈmɒskoʊ/ in English, Russian: Москва, 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...
x Munich Munich 1972 Summer Olympics
Munich (German: München, pronounced [ˈmʏnçən]  ( listen); Austro-Bavarian: Minga) is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and...
x Mexico City Área metropolitana de la Ciudad de México 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...
x Tokyo Imperial_Palace_Tokyo_Panorama 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...
x Rome Rome 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 populated municipality (central area), with over 2.7 million residents in 1,285.3 km (496.3 sq mi),...
x Melbourne Melbourneskyline 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.
x Helsinki Helsinki 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...
x Amsterdam Wapen_van_Amsterdam_bewerkt.PNG 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 1.36 million (with...
x Paris paris 1924 Summer Olympics
Paris (pronounced /ˈpærɪs/ in English, [paʁi]  ( listen) in French) is the capital of France and the country's most populous city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region (also known as the ...
1900 Summer Olympics
x Nagano Location of Nagano City 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...
x Lillehammer A view of Lillehammer 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...
x Albertville Albertville depuis Pallud 1992 Winter Olympics
Albertville (Arpitan : Arbèrtvile) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. The town is best known for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics. Albertville is situated on the Arly River, close to the...
x Lake Placid The lake after which the village is named 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...
1980 Winter Olympics
x Sarajevo Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics
Sarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 305,242 people in the four municipalities that make up the city proper, and a metro area population of 423,645 people in the Sarajevo Canton as of August 2009....
x Antwerp Antwerp skyline from the left riverside 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...
x Oslo Die Akershus-vesting 1952 Winter Olympics
In the period 1878¬タモ1924, Kristiania was the name used for Norway's capital Oslo (having been called Christiania since 1624). According to law of 11 July, 1924, the name was changed to Oslo, effective January 1 1925. The older part of Kristiania...
x Grenoble Grenoble 1968 Winter Olympics
Grenoble (Arpitan: Grenoblo) is a city in south-eastern 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...
x Squaw Valley Location of Squaw Valley, California 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...
x Vancouver Vancouver ib 2010 Winter Olympics
Vancouver (pronounced /vænˈkuːvər/) is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. The city is bounded by English Bay, Burrard Inlet, the Fraser River, the city of Burnaby, and the...
x Stockholm Oldtown2.jpg 1912 Summer Olympics
Stockholm (help·info) (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈstɔkːɔlm]) is the capital and largest city of Sweden. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the Riksdag (parliament), and the official residence of the Swedish monarch as well as the prime...
x Garmisch-Partenkirchen Coat of arms of Garmisch-Partenkirchen 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. Garmisch and Partenkirchen were separate...
x St. Louis Skyline of St. Louis, Missouri 1904 Summer Olympics
St. Louis (pronounced /seɪnt ˈluːɪs/ or /sænt ˈluː.i/; French: Saint-Louis or St-Louis, [sɛ̃ lwi]  ( listen)) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. With an estimated population of 354,361 in 2008, it is the principal municipality of...
x Calgary Calgary downtown.jpg 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...
x Cortina d'Ampezzo Coat of arms of Comune di Cortina d'Ampezzo 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...
x Innsbruck Coat of arms of Innsbruck 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 kilometers (19 mi) south of Innsbruck....
1976 Winter Olympics
x Sapporo Location of Sapporo City 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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