BACKGROUND Olympic Games since 1896

Berlin (dpa) -

Year Host Countries Athletes Female/Male Sports Events

I 1896 Athens 14 241 0/241 9 43 II 1900 Paris 24 997 22/975 18 95 III 1904 St Louis 12 651 6/645 17 91 IV 1908 London 22 2008 37/1971 22 110 V 1912 Stockholm 28 2407 48/2359 14 102 VI 1916 Berlin not held because of war VII 1920 Antwerp 29 2626 65/2561 22 154 VIII 1924 Paris 44 3089 135/2954 17 126 IX 1928 Amsterdam 46 2883 277/2606 14 109 X 1932 Los Angeles 37 1332 126/1206 14 117 XI 1936 Berlin 49 3963 331/3632 19 129 XII 1940 Tokyo not held because of war XIII 1944 London not held because of war XIV 1948 London 59 4104 390/3714 17 136 XV 1952 Helsinki 69 4955 519/4436 17 149 XVI 1956 Melbourne* 72 3314 376/2938 17 151 XVII 1960 Rome 83 5338 611/4727 17 150 XVIII 1964 Tokio 93 5151 678/4473 19 163 XIX 1968 Mexico City 112 5516 781/4735 20 172 XX 1972 Munich 121 7134 1059/6075 23 195 XXI 1976 Montreal 92 6084 1260/4824 21 198 XXII 1980 Moscow 80 5179 1115/4064 21 203 XXIII 1984 Los Angeles 140 6829 1566/5263 23 221 XXIV 1988 Seoul 159 8391 2194/6197 25 237 XXV 1992 Barcelona 169 9356 2704/6652 28 257 XXVI 1996 Atlanta 197 10318 3512/6806 26 271 XXVII 2000 Sydney 199 10651 4069/6582 28 300 XXVIII 2004 Athen 201 10625 4329/6296 28 301 XXIX 2008 Beijing 204 10942 4637/6305 28 302 XXX 2012 London 204 10568 4676/5892 26 302 XXXI 2016 Rio de Janeiro 28 306

* Equestrian events at 1956 Games held in Stockholm

Source: IOC