List of Olympic venues
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The following are lists of all Olympic
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

 venues
, starting with the first modern Olympic Games
1896 Summer Olympics
The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Athens, Greece, from April 6 to April 15, 1896. It was the first international Olympic Games held in the Modern era...

 in 1896, organized alphabetically, by sport, and by year.

As a multi-sport event
Multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of international significance was the modern Olympic Games.Many...

, competitions held during a given Olympics usually take place in different venues located across the host city and its metropolitan area. However, some Olympic competitions may be held outside the host metropolitan area, and instead in other regions of the host country (as it is usually the case with Football at the Summer Olympics
Football at the Summer Olympics
Association football, usually known simply as football or soccer, has been included in every Olympiad except 1896 and 1932 as a men's competition sport. Women's football was added to the official programme in 1996.-Early history:...

 and its requirements for large stadia).

One venue is designated as the "Olympic Stadium
Olympic Stadium
The Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the big centrepiece stadium of the Summer Olympic Games. Traditionally, the opening and closing ceremonies and the track and field competitions are held in the Olympic Stadium. Many, though not all, of these venues actually contain the words Olympic...

", the big centrepiece stadium
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...

 of the games. Traditionally at the Summer Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...

, the opening and closing ceremonies and the Athletics competitions are held in the Olympic Stadium. The Winter Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games
The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...

 do not usually have a central Olympic Stadium, but instead have edifices that are designated as the Olympic Stadium to host the opening and closing ceremonies.

Alphabetical

Number or letters Number of venues
1-9 2
A 31
B 43
C 33
D 21
E 20
F 21
G 19
H 34
I 7
J 11
K 22
L 39
M 45
N 19
O 67
P 50
Q 4
R 28
S 79
T 24
U 7
V 17
W 25
X 0
Y 3
Z 4

Sport

Current for 2016
Discipline Number of venues
Archery 16
Athletics 60
Badminton 8
Basketball 29
Boxing 27
Canoeing 26
Cycling 76
Diving 25
Equestrian 53
Fencing 31
Field hockey 32
Football 120
Gymnastics 34
Handball 27
Judo 15
Modern pentathlon 88
Rowing 27
Sailing 32
Shooting 38
Swimming 31
Synchronized swimming 9
Table tennis 8
Taekwondo 7
Tennis 15
Triathlon 5
Volleyball 32
Water polo 34
Weightlifting 25
Wrestling 29


Discontinued sports
Discipline Number of venues
Baseball 8
Basque pelota 2
Cricket 1
Croquet 1
Golf 2
Jeu de Paume 1
Lacrosse 2
Polo 5
Racquets 1
Rugby union 5
Softball 4
Tug of war 5
Water motorsports 1


Demonstration sports
Discipline Number of venues
Bowling 1
Roller hockey 4

Years

Games Number of venues
1896 Athens
Venues of the 1896 Summer Olympics
The Venues of the 1896 Summer Olympics consisted of seven venues that hosted events for the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Panathinaiko Stadium was the main venues, hosting four of the nine sports contested. The city of Marathon served as host to the actual marathon and the individual road...

7
1900 Paris
Venues of the 1900 Summer Olympics
-Venues:...

14
1904 St. Louis
Venues of the 1904 Summer Olympics
For the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri in the United States, a total of five sports venues were used. The venues included the first golf course constructed west of the Mississippi River...

5
1908 London
Venues of the 1908 Summer Olympics
For the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England, a total of twelve sports venues were used. The first winter sports took place at Prince's Skating Slub...

12
1912 Stockholm
Venues of the 1912 Summer Olympics
For the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, a total of twelve sports venues were used. This marked the first time that more than one venue would be used for the football tournament, a trend that continues as of 2010.-Venues:-After the Olympics:...

12
1920 Antwerp
Venues of the 1920 Summer Olympics
For the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, a total of seventeen sports venues were used. This marked the first time that the football tournament was spread throughout the country, a trend that continues as of 2010.-Venues:...

17
1924 Paris
Venues of the 1924 Summer Olympics
For the 1924 Summer Olympics, a total of seventeen sports venues were used. This was unchanged from the amount of the previous Summer Games.-Venues:-After the Olympics:...

17
1928 Amsterdam
Venues of the 1928 Summer Olympics
-Venues:-After the Olympics:The Swim Stadium was demolished in 1929 with it being a temporary venue. Het Kasteel was renovated in 1998-9. Monnikenhuize was demolished in 1950. The Schermzaal was demolished. Olympic Stadium was renovated in 2007 and is still in use. Old Stadium has since been...

14
1932 Los Angeles
Venues of the 1932 Summer Olympics
For the 1932 Summer Olympics, hosted by Los Angeles, California, a total of 15 sports venues were used. The swim stadium was constructed as a temporary venue. In an effort to control cost in the wake of the Great Depression in the United States, existing venues were used. They included using...

15
1936 Berlin
Venues of the 1936 Summer Olympics
For the 1936 Summer Olympics, a total of twenty-two sports venues were used. Basketball, canoeing, and team handball made their debuts. Sailing was held up in Kiel...

22
1948 London
Venues of the 1948 Summer Olympics
A total of twenty-five sports venues were used to host the events of the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. For the first time in the history of the modern Olympic Games, the diving, gymnastics, swimming, and water polo competitions were held indoors...

25
1952 Helsinki
Venues of the 1952 Summer Olympics
For the 1952 Summer Olympics, a total of twenty-four sports venues were used. Three of the venues were constructed for the 1940 Summer Olympics, but were postponed in the wake of World War II. Those venues were completed in time for the 1952 Games. The main stadium served as host to the World...

24
1956 Stockholm/Melbourne
Venues of the 1956 Summer Olympics
For the 1956 Summer Olympics, a total of fourteen sports venues were used in Melbourne and three sports venues were used in Stockholm. The Stockholm events were done first in June due to Australia's strict quarantine laws on equestrianism while the Melbourne events took place from late November to...

17
1960 Rome
Venues of the 1960 Summer Olympics
For the 1960 Summer Olympics, a total of thirty-four sports venues were used. The Basilica of Maxentius, the Baths of Caracalla, the Appian Way, and Via Cassia were among the ancient Roman venues used for the games. The football stadium in Florence hosted the 1934 FIFA World Cup and would later...

34
1964 Tokyo
Venues of the 1964 Summer Olympics
For the 1964 Summer Olympics, a total of thirty-three sports venues were used. Six of the venues were built before the International Olympic Committee awarded the 1964 Games to Tokyo in 1959. This included two venues that hosted the 1958 Asian Games. There were thirteen new, eight temporary, and...

33
1968 Mexico City
Venues of the 1968 Summer Olympics
For the 1968 Summer Olympics, a total of twenty-five sports venues were used. Most of the venues were constructed after Mexico City was awarded the 1968 Games. Mexican efforts in determining wind measurement led to sixteen world records in athletics at the University Olympic Stadium...

25
1972 Munich
Venues of the 1972 Summer Olympics
For the 1972 Summer Olympics, a total of thirty-two sports venues were used. A majority of the venues used were new construction in time for the 1972 Games after Munich was awarded the Games in 1966. Kiel Bay was the only venue from the 1936 Summer Olympics to be used for the 1972 Games. A stretch...

32
1976 Montreal
Venues of the 1976 Summer Olympics
For the 1976 Summer Olympics, a total of twenty-seven sports venues were used. Several venues used had been in existence before Montreal made its first Olympic bid in the late 1930s. By the 1950s, Montreal's bid for the Olympics shifted from Winter to Summer before it was finally awarded the 1976...

27
1980 Moscow
Venues of the 1980 Summer Olympics
For the 1980 Summer Olympics, a total of twenty-eight sports venues were used. The first venue used for the Games was built in 1923. With the creation of the Spartakiad in Moscow in 1928, more venues were constructed. Central Lenin Stadium Grand Arena was built in 1956 for that year's versions of...

28
1984 Los Angeles
Venues of the 1984 Summer Olympics
For the 1984 Summer Olympics, a total of thirty-one sports venues were used. Two venues from the 1932 Summer Olympics, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Rose Bowl, were used for these Games. Between the 1932 and the 1984 Summer Olympics, the expansion of professional sports teams assisted...

31
1988 Seoul
Venues of the 1988 Summer Olympics
For the 1988 Summer Olympics, a total of thirty-one sports venues were used. South Korea hosted its first World Championships in 1978 in shooting sports. Three years later, Seoul was awarded the 1988 Summer Olympics. Many of the venues constructed for the 1988 Games were completed two years earlier...

31
1992 Barcelona
Venues of the 1992 Summer Olympics
For the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, a total of forty-three sports venues were used.Barcelona first bid for the Summer Olympics was the 1924 Games, losing to Paris. The city tried again in 1936, losing to Berlin...

43
1996 Atlanta
Venues of the 1996 Summer Olympics
For the 1996 Summer Olympics, a total of twenty-nine sports venues were used. Several sports venues for the 1996 Olympics were built before the 1960s as college venues. The first professional teams in Atlanta came in 1966 with the MLB Braves and the NFL Falcons. In 1968, the Hawks came into Atlanta...

29
2000 Sydney
Venues of the 2000 Summer Olympics
For the 2000 Summer Olympics, a total of thirty sports venues were used. After Melbourne hosted the 1956 Summer Olympics, Australia made several bids for the Summer Olympics before finally winning the 2000 Summer Olympics by two votes over Beijing, China. Venue construction were set at the Homebush...

30
2004 Athens
Venues of the 2004 Summer Olympics
For the 2004 Summer Olympics, a total of thirty-four sports venues were used. Athens hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 that included venues such as Panathinaiko Stadium and the city of Marathon for whom the long-distance race would be named for...

35
2008 Beijing 37
2012 London 31
2016 Rio de Janeiro 35

Alphabetical

Number or letters Number of venues
1-9 0
A 7
B 12
C 11
D 2
E 3
F 2
G 3
H 6
I 5
J 3
K 10
L 23
M 27
N 3
O 16
P 14
Q 0
R 8
S 24
T 8
U 3
V 2
W 4
X 0
Y 0
Z 2

Sport

Current for 2014
Discipline Number of venues
Alpine skiing 37
Biathlon 16
Bobsleigh 21
Cross-country skiing 22
Curling 8
Figure skating 27
Freestyle skiing 9
Ice hockey 46
Luge 14
Nordic combined 37
Short track speed skating 8
Skeleton 6
Ski jumping 26
Snowboarding 6
Speed skating 22


Demonstration sports
Discipline Number of venues
Bandy 2
To be done Speed skiing 1

Years

Games Number of venues
1924 Chamonix
Venues of the 1924 Winter Olympics
For the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, a total of three sports venues were used. The main stadium was used for all but two sports and part of a third. It was the first ski jump used for the Winter Olympics. A bobsleigh track was prepared for use....

3
1928 St. Moritz
Venues of the 1928 Winter Olympics
For the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, a total of five sports venues were used. The main stadium hosted the figure skating, ice hockey, and speed skating events. Skeleton was first held at the Cresta Run. Bobsleigh was held at the bob run. St. Moritz itself served as cross-country...

5
1932 Lake Placid
Venues of the 1932 Winter Olympics
For the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, United States, a total of five sports venues were used. This was unchanged from the previous games in St. Moritz. For the first time in the history of the Winter Olympics, an indoor venue was used for the figure skating and six of the twelve...

5
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Venues of the 1936 Winter Olympics
For the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, a total of six sports venues were used. Alpine skiing events took place for the first time and were held in three different locations. Reissersee held the speed skating and some of the ice hockey matches while the bobsleigh events...

6
1948 St. Moritz
Venues of the 1948 Winter Olympics
For the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, a total of eight sports venues were used. The five venues used for the 1928 Winter Olympics were reused for these games. Three new venues were added for alpine skiing which had been added to the Winter Olympics program twelve years earlier in...

8
1952 Oslo
Venues of the 1952 Winter Olympics
The 1952 Winter Olympics were held in and around Oslo, Norway, from 14 to 25 February 1952. Ten competition and eight non-competition venues were used, in addition to three designated, but unused, reserve competition venues. Six of the competition venues were located in Oslo, while one each was...

10
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo
Venues of the 1956 Winter Olympics
For the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, a total of eight sports venues were used. All of the venues used were new or rebuilt. To make use of television coverage for the first time in the Winter Olympics, the cross-country skiing stadium was constructed to allow the best coverage...

8
1960 Squaw Valley
Venues of the 1960 Winter Olympics
For the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California, in the United States, a total of five sports venues were used. Except for the Squaw Valley ski resort, all of the venues had to be constructed. For the first time in Winter Olympic history, a temporary venue was constructed at McKinney Creek...

5
1964 Innsbruck
Venues of the 1964 Winter Olympics
For the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, a total of eight sports venues were used. Luge made its debut at these games, but were marred by the death of a British slider two weeks prior to the Games. A second ski jumping event debuted and the best two out of three jumps were used in both...

8
1968 Grenoble
Venues of the 1968 Winter Olympics
For the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, a total of ten sports venues were used. Most venues were constructed between the 1964 Winter Games in Innsbruck and the 1968 Games. Thawing was an issue for the four-man bobsleigh run. They were limited to only two runs. Thawing also affected the...

10
1972 Sapporo
Venues of the 1972 Winter Olympics
For the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, a total of twelve sports venues were used. A thirteenth venue which was a reserved luge course was constructed, but never used in actual competition. Construction on all but of the venues used took place between 1968 and was completed by early 1971 in...

12
1976 Innsbruck
Venues of the 1976 Winter Olympics
For the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, a total of eight sports venues were used. The games were originally awarded to Denver, Colorado in the United States in 1970, but they withdrew in the wake of Colorado residents voting against it for environmental and cost reasons in November 1972...

8
1980 Lake Placid
Venues of the 1980 Winter Olympics
For the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, United States, a total of seven sports venues were used. All five of the venues used for the 1932 Winter Olympics were also used at the 1980 Winter Games with adjustments. These adjustments included electronic scoreboards, increased...

7
1984 Sarajevo
Venues of the 1984 Winter Olympics
For the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia , a total of nine sports venues were used. The idea for the Games came around from a 1968 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development study on promoting winter tourism in Yugoslavia...

9
1988 Calgary
Venues of the 1988 Winter Olympics
For the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, a total of nine sports venues were used. Calgary tried twice to host the Winter Olympics in the 1960s without success before finally winning the 1988 Winter Games in 1981. Stampede Corral was built in 1950 while McMahon Stadium was built in...

9
1992 Albertville
Venues of the 1992 Winter Olympics
For the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, a total of thirteen sports venues were used. Val-d'Isère has been part of the Alpine Skiing World Cup since the late 1960s while Tignes served as host of the first Freestyle World Ski Championships in 1986. Most of the venues used were...

13
1994 Lillehammer
Venues of the 1994 Winter Olympics
The 1994 Winter Olympics were held in and around Lillehammer, Norway, from 12 to 27 February 1994. Ten competition and fourteen non-competitions venues were used, most of which were subsequently used for the 1994 Winter Paralympics. The Games were spread out over ten venues in five municipalities...

10
1998 Nagano
Venues of the 1998 Winter Olympics
For the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, a total of fifteen sports venues were used. Nagano had attempted twice to host the Winter Olympics, losing out to Sapporo, host of the 1972 Winter Olympics. The third time, in 1991, Nagano edged out Salt Lake City to host the 1998 Games. The biathlon...

15
2002 Salt Lake City
Venues of the 2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympic Games were held in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The games ran from February 8 to 24, 2002, and the Paralympics from March 7 to 16, 2002. The sporting events were held in ten competitive venues, while non-competitive events, such as the opening ceremony,...

10
2006 Turin
Venues of the 2006 Winter Olympics
For the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, a total of fifteen sports venues were used. Venue construction ran from 2002 to 2005. Cesana Pariol had to have turns 17 and 18 modified following the Luge World Cup in January 2005, but they were not cleared out until October 2005. Winds postponed the...

15
2010 Vancouver 10
2014 Sochi
Venues of the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics
For the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, a total of eleven sports venues will be used. As of 16 December 2010, all of the venues are under construction with completion scheduled for 2012 in time for test events in 2013....

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