It’s crunch time for the 2021 summer Olympics. The games, which are scheduled to take place in Tokyo and other parts of Japan from July 23 to Aug. “It’s now clearer than ever that these Games will be safe for the people participating and safe for the people of Japan,” he said.

From 1928 the Winter Games were held every four years in the same calendar year as the Summer Games. In 1986 IOC officials, in response to concerns over the increasing cost and logistic complications of the Olympics, voted to alter the schedule.

The 1936 Summer Olympic Games In 1931, the International Olympic Committee awarded the 1936 Summer Olympics to Berlin. The choice signaled Germany’s return to the world community after its isolation in the aftermath of defeat in World War I. The Nazi claim to control all aspects of German life also extended to sports.

The Summer Games were canceled in 1916 due to World War I and in 1940 and 1944 because of World War II. 1916: On April 11, 1916, International Olympic Committee President Pierre de Goubertin told The Associated Press the games, which were scheduled to be held in Berlin, would be canceled due to World War I.

1986

The IOC has repeatedly reaffirmed their commitment to moving forward with the Tokyo Olympics, which were delayed for a year after initially getting postponed in the early days of the pandemic. If the games do not take place this summer, the IOC has said they will be canceled entirely and will not be postponed again.

Also, by hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics, China became the ninth country in the world to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics…

Beijing, which staged the 2008 Summer Games, will host the 2022 Winter Olympics, which begin next Feb. 4. The 2024 Summer Games will take place in Paris, followed by the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. The Summer Games will return to Los Angeles, home of the 1984 Olympics, in 2028.

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Stockholm hosted the 1912 Summer Olympics and the equestrian portion of the 1956 Summer Olympics. London became the first city to have hosted three Games with the 2012 Summer Olympics….Host cities for Summer and Winter Olympic Games.

The host city is elected by a majority of the votes cast by secret ballot. Each active member has one vote. An IOC member must refrain from taking part in a vote when the vote concerns an Olympic Games host election in which a city or any other public authority in the country of which he is a national is a candidate.

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On 1 September 2018, the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, announced in a meeting in Bogor with the presidents of the IOC and the Olympic Council of Asia that Indonesia will bid to host the 2032 Olympics following the major success of the 2018 Asian Games and Para Games.