The next Summer Olympics will be hosted in Tokyo, Japan in 2020 and Paris, France in 2024, while the 2018 Winter Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, followed by Beijing, China in 2022. Both Tokyo and Paris were candidates for the 2016 Games but lost out to Rio de Janeiro.
Rio de Janeiro was chosen over both Tokyo and Paris at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) meeting in 2013. The decision meant that Brazil had become the first country to host the event three times. It also marked the first time that Latin America had been excluded from bidding for the Games. The IOC has since changed its policy of not allowing any one country to have all of its bids accepted.
In September 2009, it was reported that Tokyo had won the right to host the 2020 Games after New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver, and Montreal failed to win enough votes at a special session of the IOC. However, this decision was later revoked when Seoul was selected as the host city instead at the 2011 IOC Session in Buenos Aires.
At the time of its withdrawal, Tokyo's bid was considered very strong with many experts predicting it would be the first Asian city to host the event.
Beijing, which hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008, will host the Winter Olympics in 2022, which will begin in February of that year. The Summer Olympics will be held in Paris in 2024, followed by the Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, in 2026. In 2028, the Summer Games will return to Los Angeles, the site of the 1984 Olympics. Other candidates include Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, and Hamburg.
The first Summer Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. These annual events are known as the Olympiads. The only exception is the inaugural games of the Modern Pentathlon in 1932. That event was held separately until its inclusion in the main Olympic schedule in 1976.
In 1920, there were plans to hold the next Summer Olympics in Venice, but they never materialized due to the failure of the First World War to resolve into something close to a peaceful world order. The Olympics were not held again until after the Second World War, when they were held in Tokyo. This edition of the Games lasted from July 23rd to August 8th, 1964. Since then, every successive Summer Olympics has been held either in a new city or re-used one, most recently Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and 2020. London will be the only city to have hosted the Summer Olympics three times, having done so in 1948, 1952, and 2012.
The next Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing on February 9th, 10th, 19th, and 20th, 2022.
In reality, Asia will host the next three Olympic Games, in Pyeongchang, South Korea (Winter Games 2018), Tokyo (Summer Games 2020), and Beijing (Winter Games 2022), ushering in a new era in Olympic history. However, these Games will not be considered official by the IOC.
China was awarded the right to host the 2008 Summer Games in 2001, but political tensions with Japan at the time caused China to withdraw from the contract. As a result, Russia hosted the event instead. In 2005, after much debate and criticism from both inside and outside of China, China was given the green light to re-enter the bidding process for the 2008 Games. This time they were successful in their bid to host the event.
Hong Kong was awarded the right to host the 2032 Summer Games by the IOC on September 13, 2009. The announcement was made at the opening ceremony of the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. Hong Kong officials have said that they intend to use part of the budget saved from not hosting the 2008 Games to build more rail lines and improve public transportation in the city before trying to win another hosting opportunity.
India won the right to host the 2024 Summer Games by topping the first ever Olympic Broadcasting System (OBS) vote.
What city will host the next Olympic Games? Tokyo, Japan, from July 23 to August 8, 2021. Beijing, People's Republic of China, from February 4 to February 20, 2022. From July 26 through August 11, 2024, in Paris, France.
The decision on the future host country of the Olympic Games is made by an international panel called the Olympic Council. The council selects one city as its candidate, which then has three years to prove itself by meeting all of the requirements set by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). If it fails, another city becomes the candidate. The last requirement is that the city must be able to pay for the games. The estimated budget for hosting the Olympics is $5 billion ($15 million per day).
Who will win this year's NBA Championship? Boston Celtics. Who will win next year's World Series? Boston Red Sox. What city will win the 2024 Olympic Games? Boston - since winning the right to host in 2017!
Beijing, which held the Summer Olympics in 2008, will be the first city to host the Winter Olympics in 2020. The United States has held eight Olympic Games, more than any other country. It will hold the Summer Olympics again in 2028, this time in Los Angeles. The only other nation to have hosted the Summer Olympics twice is Russia.
The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) organizes sports competitions for US citizens at least 18 years old. They are not required to be members of a national team to participate. National teams are selected by their respective countries' sport organizations - in some cases, these are called "Olympic committees" or "National Olympic Committees (NOCs)" - to compete against each other in international tournaments.
The oldest continuously held Olympic event is the marathon, which was first staged in Athens in 1896. Modern pentathlon and show jumping were introduced at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. Baseball and cricket were played at the 1900 Paris Olympiad, but they are not currently listed on the program of events. American athletes have won every single gold medal awarded in baseball and basketball since their introduction at the Atlanta Games in 1996 and 1992 respectively. In addition, Americans have won every single gold medal awarded in ice hockey since it made its debut at the Lake Placid Games in 1980.
American athletes have a history of success in tennis.
The International Olympic Committee has picked five cities to host future Olympic Games: Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympics, Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics, Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Milan-Cortina for the 2026 Winter Olympics, and Los Angeles for the 2028 Summer Olympics. The decision was made at the 121st IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The choice of these cities was not easy. In fact, it was quite a difficult process for the committee to make a decision on such a large scale project so soon after the last games were held in London. But now that they have made their choice, it's one they believe will benefit sport immensely. Tokyo was chosen over other candidates including Chicago, Madrid, and San Francisco which had all expressed interest in hosting the games. The reason given by the committee for their selection is that each city proposed an innovative and sustainable vision for the games. Also worth mentioning is that none of the hosts country will be required to borrow any money for the projects related to the games.
All things considered, Japan is a great choice for host city of the next Olympics. The infrastructure is being improved to meet the requirements of a world class event, the cost is expected to be lower than what many people think, and the impact on the environment should be positive since we're talking about a waste free game cycle.
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