Tukuk-OS◎ Olympic Games
Every host since Athens 1896 · Summer & Winter
The Olympic Games are the biggest event that almost the whole world takes part in: more than two hundred nations send athletes to the same arenas, twice every four years — Summer and Winter on alternating cycles. This record names every scheduled edition since Athens 1896, host city and country, including the five the world wars cancelled. Each Games gets its own page with the settled facts. We publish no live medal tables — they exist for fifteen days and then never change, but we cannot verify one offline — only the all-time superlatives every source agrees on.
What everyone agrees on
Swimmer Michael Phelps (United States) holds 28 Olympic medals, 23 of them gold — more than any athlete from any country in the history of the modern Games.
The United States leads the all-time Summer Olympic medal table in both total medals and golds, a position it has held since the very first count.
Norway leads the all-time Winter Olympic medal table — from a country of barely five million people.
London was the first city to host the Summer Games three times (1908, 1948, 2012); Los Angeles joins the three-time club in 2028, after 1932 and 1984.
Five editions were cancelled by the world wars — Summer 1916, 1940 and 1944, Winter 1940 and 1944 — and the numbering simply carried on without them.
Where to go next
☀️ Every Summer Games, 1896 to today · ❄️ Every Winter Games, 1924 to today