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Summer Olympic host cities in order

Eighteen cities, each a Summer Games host exactly once. Sort them from the earliest Games to the most recent, then check the years.

Format
Put them in order
Items
18 to sort
Limit
None
Level
Hard
Checked
2026.10.03

See every entry and put the whole list in order.

Entries
18
Sort by
Hosted in
Time limit
None
  • Touch screens start in Tap mode: tap the entries in order, and tap one again to take it back.
  • Drag mode: drag an entry (press and hold on a phone), or use the arrow buttons.
  • Keyboard: space to pick up, arrows to move, space to drop.
  • Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.

About this quiz

Thirty Summer Games were held between Athens 1896 and Paris 2024, in 23 cities. Athens, Paris, London, Los Angeles and Tokyo have hosted more than once, which leaves the 18 one time hosts sorted here.

  • St. Louis 1904 was the first Summer Games held outside Europe.
  • Melbourne 1956 ran from late November into December, the latest finish of any Games in this list.
  • Moscow 1980 was held in what was then the USSR, and Munich 1972 in the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • Stockholm, the 1912 host, also staged the equestrian events of the Melbourne 1956 Games.

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