List of Summer Olympics venues: L
Table:
Venue

Games

Sports

Capacity

Ref.

La Romareda
1992 Barcelona
Football
43,000

[1]

Laakso
1952 Helsinki
Equestrian (eventing - riding)
12,500

[2]

Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Canoeing (sprint), Rowing
14,000
[3]

Lahti
1952 Helsinki
Football
82,000

[4]

Lake Albano
1960 Rome
Canoeing, Rowing
10,000

[5]

Lake Casitas
1984 Los Angeles
Canoeing, Rowing
4,680

[6]

Lake Lanier
1996 Atlanta
Canoeing (sprint), Rowing
17,300

[7][8]

Lake Sagami
1964 Tokyo
Canoeing
1,500
[9][10]

Lake Wendouree
1956 Melbourne
Canoeing, Rowing
14,300

[11]

Lansdowne Park
1976 Montreal
Football
30,000

[12]

Laoshan Bicycle Moto Cross (BMX) Venue
2008 Beijing
Cycling (BMX)
4,000

[13]

Laoshan Mountain Bike Course
2008 Beijing
Cycling (Mountain Bike)
2,000

[14]

Laoshan Velodrome
2008 Beijing
Cycling (track)
6,000

[15]

L'Aquila Communal Stadium
1960 Rome
Football
9,285

[16]

Lazio Pigeon Shooting Stand
1960 Rome
Shooting (shotgun trap)
2,000

[17][18]

Le Havre

1900 Paris

Sailing

Not listed.

[19]

Le Havre
1924 Paris
Sailing
541

[20]

Le Stade Olympique Reims
1924 Paris
Shooting (trap shooting, running target)
420

[21]

Le Stand de Tir de Versailles
1924 Paris
Modern pentathlon (shooting), Shooting (25 m rapid fire pistol, running deer)
82

[22]

Lee Valley White Water Centre
2012 London
Canoeing (slalom)
12,000 maximum

[23]

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Estadio La Romareda [ esˈtaðjo ðe la romaˈɾeða ] is the home stadium of Real Zaragoza , in Zaragoza . It was inaugurated on September 8 , 1957 , with a game between Real Zaragoza and CA Osasuna ( 4-3 ) . The official capacity is 33,608 , with an average attendance of around 20,000 for Real Zaragoza matches . Currently , it is the 13th-largest stadium in Spain and the largest in Aragon . The stadium has gone through various upgrades , in 1977 and in 1982 , when it was a 1982 FIFA World Cup venue . The stadium was also used for football group matches and a quarterfinal during the 1992 Summer Olympics . It became an all-seater stadium in 1994 . The stadium also hosted the 1992-94 FIRA Trophy match between Spain and Romania in 1994 . Plans to build a new stadium in Zaragoza have been abandoned . La Romareda was proposed as the Olympic Stadium in Jaca 's failed bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics . Works for the enlargement of La Romareda into a 43,000-seat stadium were due to begin on April 17 , 2006 and end in time for the Zaragoza Expo of 2008 . However , a lawsuit was filed by a political party ( PAR ) , claiming that the enlargement of the stadium would be to the detriment of the population , in order to suspend the planned works .
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( Spanish : Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992 , Catalan : Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992 ) , officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad , was an international multi-sport event held in Barcelona , Spain from 25 July to 9 August 1992 . Beginning in 1994 , the International Olympic Committee decided to hold the Summer and Winter Olympics in alternating even-numbered years . The 1992 Summer Olympics was the last occasion for the Summer and Winter Olympics to be staged in the same year . This Olympiad was the first since the end of the Cold War , and was unaffected by boycotts for the first time since the 1972 Olympiad . The Unified Team topped the medal table , winning 45 gold and 112 overall medals .
The football competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics was the first Under-23 competition . The competition features 16 men 's national teams from the six continental confederations . The 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four and each group plays a round-robin tournament . At the end of the group stage , the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage , beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at Camp Nou on 8 August 1992 . Notably , these were the first matches played with football 's new back-pass rule .
Laakso ( Swedish : Dal ) is a neighbourhood in Helsinki , Finland . Its borders are defined by the streets of Mannerheimintie and Nordenskiöldinkatu and the Helsinki Central Park . The neighbourhood is bordered by Töölö in the south , Meilahti in the southwest , Ruskeasuo in the north and Länsi-Pasila in the east . The neighbourhood has an area of 0.74 km² , a population of 1781 and 1583 jobs ( December 31 , 2003 ) . Laakso is neighbourhood # 18 in the official neighbourhood numbering of Helsinki , and belongs to the district of Reijola . The population in Laakso is mainly concentrated in multiple-floor apartment buildings on Mannerheimintie . The neighbourhood also includes a hospital , a riding field , a traffic playground , and a large part of the southern Central Park . For the 1952 Summer Olympics , the neighborhood hosted the Eventing equestrian riding competitions .
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( Finnish : Kesäolympialaiset 1952 ; Swedish : Olympiska sommarspelen 1952 ) , officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad , were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki , Finland , from July 19 to August 3 , 1952 . Helsinki had been earlier selected to host the 1940 Summer Olympics , which were cancelled due to World War II . It is the northernmost city at which a summer Olympic Games have been held . These were the first games to be held in a non-Indo-European language speaking country . It was also the Olympic Games at which the most number of world records were broken until it was surpassed by the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing . The Soviet Union , the People 's Republic of China , Hong Kong , Indonesia , Israel , Thailand , and Saarland made their Olympic debuts in Helsinki 1952 . The United States won the most gold and overall medals .
The equestrian events at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympics included dressage , eventing , and show jumping . All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions and were held from 28 July to 3 August 1952 . One of the biggest changes at the 1952 Olympics was the demographics of competitors . Before this , most of the riders were officers ( 41 of 44 starters at the 1948 Olympics were riding in uniform ) , whereas the Helsinki Games saw over 50% of competitors from the civilian ranks . Additionally , women were now allowed to compete for the first time in equestrian events . At the 1952 Games , they were permitted in the dressage competition , although prohibited from the jumping ( per a ruling in 1951 ) and most definitely not in eventing which was considered too dangerous . A total of 4 women competed out of 138 riders . 25 nations competed : Argentina , Brazil , Bulgaria , Canada , Chile , Denmark , Egypt , Finland , France , Federal Republic of Germany , Great Britain , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Korea , Mexico , the Netherlands , Norway , Portugal , Romania , Soviet Union , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , and the USA . This was the first appearance for Canada , Egypt , Korea , and the Soviet Union . Russia had sent riders to the 1912 Games , but had not competed since . The youngest participant was Walter Staley ( 19 ) from the United States , while the oldest rider was the Danish Kristian Jensen ( 63 ) .
Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon ( Portuguese : Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas ) is a lagoon in the district of Lagoa in the Zona Sul ( South Zone ) area of Rio de Janeiro . The lagoon is connected to the Atlantic Ocean , allowing sea water to enter by a canal along the edge of a park locally known as Jardim de Alah .
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( Portuguese : Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016 ) , [ a ] officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( Portuguese : Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada ) and commonly known as Rio 2016 , was an international multi-sport event that was held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August . These were the first Olympic Games ever to be held in South America and the fourth to be held in a developing country , after the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico , the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union , and the 2008 Summer Olympics in China . More than 11,000 athletes from 205 National Olympic Committees took part , including first time entrants Kosovo , South Sudan , and the Refugee Olympic Team . With 306 sets of medals , the games featured 28 Olympic sports , including rugby sevens and golf , which were added to the Olympic program in 2009 . These sporting events took place at 33 venues in the host city and at five separate venues in the Brazilian cities of São Paulo , Belo Horizonte , Salvador , Brasília , and Manaus . These were the first Summer Olympic Games to take place under the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) presidency of Thomas Bach . The host city Rio de Janeiro was announced at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen , Denmark , on 2 October 2009 . Rio became the first South American city ever to host the Olympic Games . These were the first games to be held in a Portuguese-speaking country , the first summer edition to be held entirely in the host country 's winter season , the first since 1968 to be held in Latin America , and the first since 2000 to be held in the Southern Hemisphere . The United States topped the medal table , winning the most gold and overall medals , 46 and 121 , as well as its 1,000th Summer Olympic gold medal overall . Great Britain finished second and became only the second country in modern Olympic history to increase its tally of medals in the Olympiad immediately after it had been host nation . China finished third .
Canoeing and kayaking have been featured as competition sports in the Summer Olympic Games since the 1936 Games in Berlin , although they were demonstration sports at the 1924 Games in Paris . There are two disciplines of canoeing in Olympic competition : slalom and sprint . Two styles of boats are used in this sport : canoes with 1 or 2 canoers and kayaks with 1 , 2 or 4 kayakers . This leads to the name designation of each event . For example , C-1 is a canoe singles event and K-2 is a kayak doubles event . Races are usually 500 metres or 1000 metres long , although there were also 10 km events from 1936 to 1956 . On 13 August 2009 , it was announced by the International Canoe Federation that the men 's 500 m events would be replaced at the 2012 Summer Olympics by 200 m events with one of them being K-1 200 m for the women . The other events for men at 200 m will be C-1 , K-1 , and K-2 . This was confirmed at their 2009 Board of Directors meeting in Windsor , Berkshire , Great Britain on 5 December 2009 .
Rowing at the Summer Olympics has been part of the competition since its debut in the 1900 Summer Olympics . Rowing was on the program at the 1896 Summer Olympics but was cancelled due to bad weather . Only men were allowed to compete until the women 's events were introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal which gave national federations the incentive to support women 's events and catalysed growth in women 's rowing . Lightweight rowing events ( which have weight-limited crews ) were introduced to the games in 1996 . Qualifying for the rowing events is under the jurisdiction of the International Rowing Federation ( or FISA , its French acronym ) . FISA predates the modern Olympics and was the first international sport federation to join the modern Olympic movement .
Lahti ( Finnish pronunciation : [ ˈlɑhti ] ; Swedish : Lahtis ) is a city and municipality in Finland . Lahti is the capital of the region of Päijänne Tavastia ( Päijät-Häme ) . It is situated on a bay at the southern end of lake Vesijärvi about 100 kilometres ( 60 mi ) north-east of the capital Helsinki . In English , the Finnish word Lahti literally means bay . The Lahti region is growing and is one of the main economic hubs of Finland . The coat of arms of the city depicts a train wheel surrounded by flames .
The Football tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics was won by Hungary . The games signalled the arrival ( to Western Europeans at least ) of the Hungarian national football team - the Magical Magyars . Ferenc Puskás later said of the 1952 competition : It was during the Olympics that our football first started to flow with real power . It was during the Games that Stanley Rous of English Football Association invited the Hungarians to play a friendly at Wembley the following year .
Lake Albano ( Italian : Lago Albano or Lago di Castel Gandolfo ) is a small volcanic crater lake in the Alban Hills of Lazio , at the foot of Monte Cavo , 20 km ( 12 mi ) southeast of Rome . Castel Gandolfo , overlooking the lake , is the site of the Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo . In Roman times it was known as Albanus Lacus and lay not far from the ancient city of Alba Longa . With a depth of about 170 m ( 560 ft ) , Lake Albano is the deepest in Lazio . The lake is 3.5 km ( 2.2 mi ) long by 2.3 km ( 1.4 mi ) wide , and was formed by the overlapping union of two volcanic craters , an origin indicated by the ridge in its center , which rises to a height of 70 m ( 230 ft ) . Plutarch reports that in 406 BC the lake surged over the surrounding hills , despite there being no rain nor tributaries flowing into the lake to account for the rise in water level . The ensuing flood destroyed fields and vineyards before eventually pouring into the sea . It is thought to have been caused by volcanic gases , trapped in sediment at the bottom of the lake and gradually building up until suddenly releasing , causing the water to overflow . Around 395 BC , during the wars between Rome and Veii , a discharge tunnel was built crossing the crater walls . It served as an emissary whenever the water level overflowed its mouth . According to Titus Livius , this feat of engineering was incited by the Oracle of Delphi : the Roman victory against Veii would be possible only when the lake waters were channeled and used for irrigation . The emissary is at 293 meters over the sea level .
The 1960 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( Italian : Giochi della XVII Olimpiade ) , was an international multi-sport event that was held from August 25 to September 11 , 1960 , in Rome , Italy . The city of Rome had previously been awarded the administration of the 1908 Summer Olympics , but following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906 , Rome had no choice but to decline and pass the honour to London . The Soviet Union won the most gold and overall medals .
At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome , seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested at Lake Albano . Four changes were done to the program . First , the 10000 metre events that were raced from 1936 to 1956 were permanently dropped from the Olympic program , leaving all races at the 500 metre and 1000 metre distances . Second , the women 's K-2 500 m event was added to the program , as was a men 's K-1 4 × 500 m relay event ( though for these games ) . Third , event timing in 1/100ths of a second at these games . Fourth , a repechage system was introduced that was used to the 1996 games in Atlanta at Lake Lanier .
Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics featured 7 events , for men only . The competitions were held from 30 August to 3 September on the Lago di Albano .
Lake Casitas is a reservoir in Ventura County , California , built by the United States Bureau of Reclamation and completed in 1959 . The project provides drinking water and water for irrigation . A secondary benefit is flood control . Casitas Dam was constructed on Coyote Creek , two miles ( 3 km ) before it joins the Ventura River . Santa Ana Creek and North Fork Coyote Creek also flow into the lake . The system was designed for water from the Ventura River to be diverted into a canal under specific conditions since the impounded watershed is not sufficient to fill the lake . The dam is 279 ft ( 85 m ) creating a lake capacity of 254,000 acre⋅ft ( 313,000,000 m3 ) . The dam was built as part of the Ventura River Project . In the center of Lake Casitas is 2 km Main Island , whose peak rises more than 500 feet ( 150 m ) from the lake surface .
The 1984 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad , was an international multi-sport event that was held from July 28 to August 12 , 1984 , in Los Angeles , California , United States ( and other venues around the United States ) . This was the second time that Los Angeles had hosted the Games , the first being in 1932 . California was the home state of then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan , who officially opened the Games . The logo for the 1984 Games , branded Stars in Motion , featured red , white and blue stars arranged horizontally and struck through with alternating streaks . The official mascot of the Games was Sam the Olympic Eagle . These were the first Summer Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch . The 1984 Games were boycotted by a total of fourteen Eastern Bloc countries , including the Soviet Union and East Germany , in response to the American-led boycott of the previous 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan ; Romania was the only Eastern Bloc nation that opted to attend the Games . Iran and Libya also chose to boycott the Games for unrelated reasons . Despite the field being depleted in certain sports due to the boycott , 140 National Olympic Committees took part , which was a record at the time . The United States won the most gold and overall medals , followed by Romania and West Germany . The 1984 Summer Olympics are widely considered to be the most financially successful modern Olympics and served as an example of how to run the model Olympic Games . As a result of low construction costs , coupled with a reliance on private corporate funding , the 1984 Olympic Games generated a profit of more than $ 250 million .
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , twelve events in sprint canoe racing were contested on Lake Casitas . The women 's K-4 500 m event was introduced to the Olympic program at these Games .
Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics featured 14 events in total , for both men and women . Events were held at Lake Casitas . Due to the Eastern Bloc boycott of these Olympics , some of the strongest rowing nations like East Germany , the USSR or Bulgaria were not present . However , this boycott gave an opportunity to Romania , which was one of the few eastern European countries to come to the Games , going on to dominate in women 's sports , winning 5 gold medals in 6 events . Both Canada ( gold ) and USA ( silver ) had beaten the reigning ( boycotting ) two-time Olympic champions from East Germany in the men 's 8 twice at the Lucerne pre-olympic regatta . Steve Redgrave won his first of five consecutive gold medals . Elisabeta Oleniuc , later known as Elisabeta Lipă , also won her first gold medal . Twenty years later she won her fifth gold medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens . The quadruple sculls events , as in 1976 and 1980 , were again held without coxswain for men and with coxswain for women .
Lake Lanier ( officially Lake Sidney Lanier ) is a reservoir in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia . It was created by the completion of Buford Dam on the Chattahoochee River in 1956 , and is also fed by the waters of the Chestatee River . The lake encompasses 38,000 acres ( 150 km2 ) or 59 square miles of water , and 692 miles ( 1,114 km ) of shoreline at normal level , a full pool of 1,071 feet ( 326 m ) above mean sea level . Named for American poet Sidney Lanier , it was built and is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for flood control and water supplies . It is patrolled by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources ( GDNR ) , as well as local law enforcement . The states of Georgia , Alabama and Florida all have rights to the water of the reservoir , as it feeds rivers going through those areas . The Corps of Engineers has responsibilities to regulate flow for flood control and water use . In addition , it has to ensure that water is available to fulfill such federal mandates as under the Endangered Species Act , to support downstream species . The rapid suburbanization of the Atlanta region , in particular , has greatly increased water consumption by private homeowners for lawns and gardens . During droughts of the 21st century , Lake Lanier reached record lows , and regional actions have been needed to reduce area water usage .
The 1996 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad , commonly known as Atlanta 1996 , and also referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games , were an international multi-sport event that was held from July 19 to August 4 , 1996 , in Atlanta , Georgia , U.S . These Games , which were the fourth Summer Olympics to be hosted by the United States , marked the centennial of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens - the inaugural edition of the modern Olympic Games . They were also the first since 1924 to be held in a different year from a Winter Olympics , under a new IOC practice implemented in 1994 to hold the Summer and Winter Games in alternating , even-numbered years . More than 10,000 athletes from 197 National Olympic Committees competed in 26 sports , including the Olympic debuts of beach volleyball , mountain biking , and softball , as well as the new disciplines of lightweight rowing and women 's football ( soccer ) . 24 countries made their Summer Olympic debut in Atlanta , including eleven former Soviet republics participating for the first time as independent nations . The hosting United States led the medal count with a total of 101 medals , and the most gold ( 44 ) and silver ( 32 ) medals out of all countries . The U.S. topped the medal count for the first time since 1984 , and for the first time since 1968 in a non-boycotted Summer Olympics . Notable performances during competition included those of Andre Agassi - who became the first men 's singles tennis player to combine a career Grand Slam with an Olympic gold medal , Donovan Bailey - who set a new world record of 9.84 for the men 's 100 meters , and Lilia Podkopayeva - who became the second gymnast to win an individual event gold after winning the all-round title in the same Olympics . The festivities were marred by violence on July 27 , when Eric Rudolph detonated pipe bombs at Centennial Olympic Park - a downtown park that was built to serve as a public focal point for the Games ' festivities , killing 1 and injuring 111 . In 2003 , Rudolph confessed to the bombing and a series of related attacks on abortion centers and a gay bar , and was sentenced to life in prison . He claimed that the bombing was meant to protest the U.S. government 's sanctioning of abortion on demand . The Games turned a profit , helped by record revenue from sponsorship deals and broadcast rights , and reliance on private funding ( as opposed to the extensive public funding used on later Olympics ) , among other factors .
The canoeing competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was composed of 16 events in two disciplines , slalom and sprint . Timing in 1/1000ths of a second began at these games for the sprint events .
Taking place at Lake Lanier , Georgia , United States , the 1996 Summer Olympics saw the debut of lightweight rowing events .
Lake Sagami ( 相模湖 , Sagami-ko ) is an artificial lake located in Midori-ku , Sagamihara , Kanagawa in Japan 's Kantō region . Created in 1947 after the Sagami River was dammed , it serves as use for recreational and hydroelectric purposes . The lake also served as venue for canoeing events at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo , located 60 kilometres ( 37 mi ) from the lake .
The 1964 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad ( Japanese : 第十八回オリンピック競技大会 , Hepburn : Dai Jūhachi-kai Orinpikku Kyōgi Taikai ) , was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo , Japan , from 10 to 24 October 1964 . Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics , but this honour was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan 's invasion of China , before ultimately being cancelled because of World War II . The 1964 Summer Games were the first Olympics held in Asia , and the first time South Africa was barred from taking part due to its apartheid system in sports . ( South Africa was , however , allowed to compete at the 1964 Summer Paralympics , also held in Tokyo , where it made its Paralympic Games debut . ) Tokyo was chosen as the host city during the 55th IOC Session in West Germany , on 26 May 1959 . These games were also the first to be telecast internationally without the need for tapes to be flown overseas , as they had been for the 1960 Olympics four years earlier . The games were telecast to the United States using Syncom 3 , the first geostationary communication satellite , and from there to Europe using Relay 1 . These were also the first Olympic Games to have color telecasts , albeit partially . Certain events like the sumo wrestling and judo matches , sports huge in Japan , were tried out using Toshiba 's new colour transmission system , but only for the domestic market . History surrounding the 1964 Olympics was chronicled in the 1965 documentary film Tokyo Olympiad , directed by Kon Ichikawa . The games were scheduled for mid-October to avoid the city 's midsummer heat and humidity and the September typhoon season . The previous Olympics in Rome in 1960 started in late August and experienced hot weather .
Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics was held between 20 October 1964 and 22 October 1964 on Lake Sagami , 60 kilometres ( 37 miles ) from Sagamiko , Kanagawa , Japan . There were 7 events , 5 of which were for men and 2 for women . Both of the women 's events were 500 metre kayaking events ; there were three kayaking and two canoeing events for men , all of which covered 1000 metres . The K-4 event for men was introduced to the Olympic program at these Games , replacing the 4×500 metre K-1 event that was raced in the 1960 Games . The Romanian canoeists garnered the most medals at 5 , but did not win a single gold medal . In that category the Soviet competitors were the most successful , taking three championships . The German team and the Swedish team each won a pair of golds as well .
Lake Wendouree ( /ˌwɛndəˈriː/ ) is an artificially-created and maintained shallow urban lake located adjacent to the suburb of the same name in the city of Ballarat , Victoria , Australia . The name Wendouree comes from a local aboriginal word wendaaree which means 'go away ' : a story is told that when settler William Cross Yuille asked a local indigenous woman what the name of the swamp was , that was her reply .
The 1956 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad , was an international multi-sport event that was held in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia from 22 November to 8 December 1956 , with the exception of the equestrian events , which were held in Stockholm , Sweden in June 1956 . These Games were the first to be staged in the Southern Hemisphere and Oceania , as well as the first to be held outside Europe and North America . Melbourne is the most southerly city ever to host the Olympics . Due to the Southern Hemisphere 's seasons being different from those in the Northern Hemisphere , the 1956 Games did not take place at the usual time of year , because of the need to hold the events during the warmer weather of the host 's spring/summer ( which corresponds to the Northern Hemisphere 's autumn/winter ) . The Olympic equestrian events could not be held in Melbourne due to Australia 's strict quarantine regulations , so they were held in Stockholm five months earlier . This was the second time that the Olympics were not held entirely in one country , the first being the 1920 Summer Olympics , which were held in Antwerp , Belgium , with some events taking place in Ostend , Belgium and Amsterdam , Netherlands . Despite uncertainties and various complications encountered during the preparations , the 1956 Games went ahead in Melbourne as planned and turned out to be a success . The enduring tradition of national teams parading as one during the closing ceremony was started at these Olympics . Several teams boycotted the Games in protest of the IOC 's rejection to suspend the USSR after their invasion of Hungary . The Soviet Union won the most gold and overall medals .
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , nine events in sprint canoe racing were contested . The program was unchanged from the previous two Games in 1948 and 1952 . The competition was held on Lake Wendouree in Ballarat .
Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics featured seven events , for men only . The competitions were held from 23 to 27 November on Lake Wendouree , Ballarat , Australia .
TD Place Stadium ( originally Lansdowne Park and formerly Frank Clair Stadium ) is an outdoor stadium in Ottawa , Ontario , Canada . It is located at Lansdowne Park , on the southern edge of The Glebe neighbourhood , where Bank Street crosses the Rideau Canal . It is the home of the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League ( CFL ) and Atlético Ottawa of the Canadian Premier League ( CPL ) . The playing field has existed since the 1870s , and the complete stadium since 1908 . The stadium has been host to FIFA tournaments , Summer Olympic Games , and seven Grey Cups .
The 1976 Summer Olympics , officially called the Games of the XXI Olympiad ( French : Les XXIes olympiques d'été ) , was an international multi-sport event in Montreal , Quebec , Canada , in 1976 , and the first Olympic Games held in Canada . Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12 , 1970 , at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam , over the bids of Moscow and Los Angeles . It was the first and , so far , only Summer Olympic Games to be held in Canada . Calgary and Vancouver later hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 1988 and 2010 , respectively . Twenty-nine countries , mostly African , boycotted the Montreal Games when the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) refused to ban New Zealand , after the New Zealand national rugby union team had toured South Africa earlier in 1976 in defiance of the United Nations ' calls for a sporting embargo . The Soviet Union won the most gold and overall medals .
The football tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics started on July 18 and ended on July 31 . Only one event , the men 's tournament , was contested . 13 teams participated in the tournament , and 3 teams withdrew .
The Laoshan Bicycle Moto Cross ( BMX ) ( simplified Chinese : 老山小轮车赛场 ; traditional Chinese : 老山小輪車賽場 ; pinyin : Lǎoshān Xiǎolúnchē Sàichǎng ) was one of 9 temporary venues used for the 2008 Summer Olympics . It was located in Laoshan , Shijingshan District , Beijing . The venue was used for the men 's and women 's BMX racing events .
The 2008 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad ( Chinese : 第二十九届夏季奥林匹克运动会 ; pinyin : Dì Èrshíjiǔ Jiè Xiàjì Àolínpǐkè Yùndònghuì ) and commonly known as Beijing 2008 , was an international multi-sport event that was held from 8 to 24 August 2008 in Beijing , China . [ b ] A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees ( NOCs ) competed in 28 sports and 302 events ( one event more than those scheduled for the 2004 Summer Olympics ) . This was the first time that China had hosted the Summer Olympics , but the third time that the Games had been held in East Asia , following the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo , Japan , and the Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics . These were the second summer Olympic Games staged in a Communist country , after the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics and the third in a developing country after the Mexico City 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union and the first overall Olympics to be hosted by a Communist state since the former Yugoslavia hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo . Beijing was awarded the 2008 Games over four competitors on 13 July 2001 , having won a majority of votes from members of the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) after two rounds of voting . The Government of the People 's Republic of China promoted the Games and invested heavily in new facilities and transport systems . A total of 37 venues were used to host the events , including twelve constructed specifically for the 2008 Olympics . The equestrian events were held in Hong Kong , making this the third Olympics for which the events were held under the jurisdiction of two different NOCs . [ c ] The sailing events were contested in Qingdao , while the football events took place across several different cities . The official logo for the 2008 Games , titled Dancing Beijing , featured a stylised calligraphic character jīng ( 京 , means capital ) in reference to the host city . The Beijing Olympics was watched by 3,500,000,000 people worldwide and featured the longest distance for an Olympic Torch relay . The event sets numerous world and Olympics records in the history of sports , and is also the most expensive Summer Olympics of all time and second-most expensive overall , after the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi .
Cycling competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 23 at the Laoshan Velodrome ( track events ) , Laoshan Mountain Bike Course , Laoshan BMX Field and the Beijing Cycling Road Course . The event was dominated by the British team , who claimed 14 medals in total , including eight golds .
The Laoshan Mountain Bike Course ( simplified Chinese : 老山山地自行车场 ; traditional Chinese : 老山山地自行車場 ; pinyin : Lǎoshān Shāndì Zìxíngchē Chǎng ) is a mountain bike cycling venue located in western Beijing , China adjacent to the Laoshan Velodrome . It began its renovation and expansion program in May 2006 . The course hosted the mountain bike competitions of the 2008 Summer Olympics . The project involves a competition course of 4.6 kilometres in circumference , a fixed building with a floor space of 8,275 square metres , a temporary spectator stand that seats 2,000 and other temporary facilities for competitions . The project was completed in the second half of 2007 and became a training base for the Chinese cycling team . It was also opened to the public after the 2008 Games .
The Laoshan Velodrome ( Chinese : 老山自行车馆 ; pinyin : Lǎoshān Zìxíngchēguǎn ) is a velodrome that is located in Laoshan , Shijingshan District , Beijing , China . It was built for the 2008 Summer Olympics . The venue was tested during the UCI Track World Cup in December 2007 . The velodrome hosted track cycling disciplines during the Olympics . It has a capacity of 6,000 spectators , a 250-metre oval shaped track , and a total land surface of 32,920 square metres . The Laoshan Velodrome will be used for international and national cycling competitions and training after the Olympic Games . The seating capacity may be reduced to 3,500 . The velodrome was designed by Schuermann Architects , designers of the ADT Event Center in Carson , CA and the UCI Cycling Center in Aigle , Switzerland .
Stadio Tommaso Fattori is a multi-use stadium in L'Aquila , Italy . It is currently used mostly for football and rugby union matches and the home of L'Aquila Calcio and L'Aquila Rugby . Inaugurated in 1933 , the stadium holds 10,000 people . It hosted some of the football preliminaries for the 1960 Summer Olympics .
The football tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics was held from 26 August to 10 September in 1960 throughout Italy . The tournament features 16 men 's national teams from four continental confederations . The 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four and each group plays a round-robin tournament . At the end of the group stage , the first-ranked teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals , and culminating with the gold medal match in Rome on September 10 , 1960 .
The Lazio Pigeon Shooting Stand was a temporary firing range built near the Olympic village in Rome . It was used for the trap shooting event for the 1960 Summer Olympics .
Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome comprised six events , all for men only . They were held between 3 and 10 September 1960 .
Le Havre ( /lə ˈhɑːv ( rə ) / , French : [ lə ɑvʁ ( ə ) ] ( listen ) ; Norman : Lé Hâvre ) is an urban French commune and city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northwestern France . It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux . Le Havre is the most populous commune of Upper Normandy , although the total population of the greater Le Havre conurbation is smaller than that of Rouen . After Reims , it is also the second largest subprefecture in France . The name Le Havre means the harbour or the port . Its inhabitants are known as Havrais or Havraises . The city and port were founded by King Francis I in 1517 . Economic development in the Early modern period was hampered by religious wars , conflicts with the English , epidemics , and storms . It was from the end of the 18th century that Le Havre started growing and the port took off first with the slave trade then other international trade . After the 1944 bombings the firm of Auguste Perret began to rebuild the city in concrete . The oil , chemical , and automotive industries were dynamic during the Trente Glorieuses ( postwar boom ) but the 1970s marked the end of the golden age of ocean liners and the beginning of the economic crisis : the population declined , unemployment increased and remains at a high level today . Changes in years 1990-2000 were numerous .
The 1900 Summer Olympics ( French : Les Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900 ) , today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad , was an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris , France , in 1900 . No opening or closing ceremonies were held ; competitions began on 14 May and ended on 28 October . The Games were held as part of the 1900 World 's Fair . In total , 997 competitors took part in 19 different sports . This number relies on certain assumptions about which events were and were not Olympic . Many athletes , among them some who won events , did n't know that they had competed in the Olympic Games . Women took part in the games for the first time , and sailor Hélène de Pourtalès , born Helen Barbey in New York City , became the first female Olympic champion . The decision to hold competitions on a Sunday brought protests from many American athletes , who travelled as representatives of their colleges and were expected to withdraw rather than compete on their religious day of rest . At the Sorbonne conference of 1894 , Pierre de Coubertin proposed that the Olympic Games should take place in 1900 in Paris . The delegates to the conference were unwilling to wait six years and lobbied to hold the first games in 1896 . A decision was made to hold the first Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens and that Paris would host the second celebration . Most of the winners in 1900 did not receive medals , but were given cups or trophies .
Sailing/Yachting made its first appearance as an Olympic sport at the 1900 Summer Olympics after competitions were cancelled at the 1896 Olympics . With the exception of 1904 , sailing was thereafter always a part of the Olympic program . The sailing program in 1900 consisted of a total of eight sailing classes . For six classes , the races were scheduled from 20 - 27 May at the river Seine around Meulan , and a series of three races was held for the largest classes from 1 - 5 August on the North Atlantic off the coast of Le Havre . Approximately 150 sailors in 64 boats ( the numbers of boats and competitors are not reliable , as in the official report some figures of the World exhibition and the Olympic Games are mixed ) from 6 nations competed , including 1 woman , Hélène de Pourtalès , who won a gold medal in the 1 to 2 ton .
The 1924 Summer Olympics ( French : Les Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924 ) , officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad , were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris , France . It was the second time Paris hosted the games , after 1900 . The selection process for the 1924 Summer Olympics consisted of six bids , and Paris was selected ahead of Amsterdam , Barcelona , Los Angeles , Prague , and Rome . The selection was made at the 20th IOC Session in Lausanne in 1921 . The cost of the Games of the VIII Olympiad was estimated to be 10,000,000₣ . With total receipts at 5,496,610₣ , the Olympics resulted in a hefty loss despite crowds that reached 60,000 people at a time . The United States won the most gold and overall medals , having 229 athletes competing compared to France 's 401 .
Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad ( 1896 Olympics in Athens , Greece ) . With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics , sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule . The Sailing program of 1924 consisted of a total of three sailing classes ( disciplines ) . For each of the classes the event an elimination round , semi-finals and finals were scheduled . The French National Monotype 1924 was on the program from 10 to 13 July . The Metre classes ( 6 and 8 ) had their races from the 21 to 26 July .
Le Stade Olympique de Reims was the temporary name of a firing range located in Tinqueux , near Reims , France , home of the Société de Tir de Reims . For the 1924 Summer Olympics in neighboring Paris , the range hosted the shooting 50 m rifle prone event .
At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris , ten events in shooting were contested . These would be the last Games in which team events were part of the Olympic shooting program . The competitions were held from 23 June 1924 to 9 July 1924 at the shooting ranges at Versailles , Reims , Camp de Châlons ( Mourmelon ) , and Issy-les-Moulineaux .
Le Stand de Tir de Versailles ( English : Versailles Shooting Stand ) is a firing range located in Versailles , France in the Le Parc des Sports de Versailles ( English : Versailles Sports Park ) . For the 1924 Summer Olympics in neighboring Paris , it hosted all of the sport shooting events except trap shooting which took place at Issy-les-Moulineaux , and the shooting portion of the modern pentathlon .
At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris , a single modern pentathlon event was contested . It was the third appearance of the sport ; for the third straight time , Sweden swept the medals .
Lee Valley White Water Centre ( previously known as Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre ) is a white-water slalom centre , that was constructed to host the canoe slalom events of the London 2012 Olympic Games . On 9 December 2010 , Anne , Princess Royal officially opened the venue which is owned and managed by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority . The £31 million ( $ 50 million US ) project to construct the centre finished on schedule and was the first newly constructed Olympic venue to be completed .
The 2012 Summer Olympics , formally the Games of the XXX Olympiad and commonly known as London 2012 , was an international multi-sport event that was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London , United Kingdom . The first event , the group stage in women 's football , began on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff , followed by the opening ceremony on 27 July . 10,768 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees ( NOCs ) participated . Following a bid headed by former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe and then-Mayor of London Ken Livingstone , London was selected as the host city on 6 July 2005 during the 117th IOC Session in Singapore , defeating bids from Moscow , New York City , Madrid , and Paris . London became the first city to host the modern Olympics three times , having previously hosted the Summer Games in 1908 and in 1948 . Construction for the Games involved considerable redevelopment , with an emphasis on sustainability . The main focus was a new 200-hectare ( 490-acre ) Olympic Park , constructed on a former industrial site at Stratford , East London . The Games also made use of venues that already existed before the bid . The Games received general praise for their organisation , with the volunteers , the British military and public enthusiasm praised particularly highly . The opening ceremony , directed by Danny Boyle , received widespread acclaim throughout the world , particular praise from the British public and a minority of widely ranging criticisms from some social media sites . During the Games , Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time , winning his 22nd medal . Saudi Arabia , Qatar , and Brunei entered female athletes for the first time , so that every currently eligible country has sent a female competitor to at least one Olympic Games .
Canoeing and kayaking have been featured as competition sports in the Summer Olympic Games since the 1936 Games in Berlin , although they were demonstration sports at the 1924 Games in Paris . There are two disciplines of canoeing in Olympic competition : slalom and sprint . Two styles of boats are used in this sport : canoes with 1 or 2 canoers and kayaks with 1 , 2 or 4 kayakers . This leads to the name designation of each event . For example , C-1 is a canoe singles event and K-2 is a kayak doubles event . Races are usually 500 metres or 1000 metres long , although there were also 10 km events from 1936 to 1956 . On 13 August 2009 , it was announced by the International Canoe Federation that the men 's 500 m events would be replaced at the 2012 Summer Olympics by 200 m events with one of them being K-1 200 m for the women . The other events for men at 200 m will be C-1 , K-1 , and K-2 . This was confirmed at their 2009 Board of Directors meeting in Windsor , Berkshire , Great Britain on 5 December 2009 .