Olympic Summer Games - Statistics & Facts
The Summer Olympic Games is an international multi-sport competition which takes place every four years in a different host city. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, also known as Rio 2016. Even though the host country changes for every edition, the Games have primarily been hosted in Europe, while the U.S. hosted the Summer Games more than any other country 鈥 four times. Rio de Janeiro is the first city in South America to host the Summer Olympic Games. It is also the third time the Games are being held in the Southern Hemisphere 鈥 Australia hosted the Games twice in 1956 and 2000. Tokyo, Japan, will host the 2021 edition of the Games. The Games were originally scheduled for 2020, but were pushed back a year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
