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Olympic Host Countries - Sudden Death

Can you name all of the countries to host the Summer or Winter Olympic Games, whilst avoiding the ones that haven't?
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Last updated: November 8, 2024
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Afghanistan
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Canada
China
Colombia
Croatia
Czech Republic
Egypt
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
India
Iran
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
North Korea
Norway
Panama
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
South Korea
Soviet Union
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Yugoslavia
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23 Comments
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Level 88
Nov 8, 2024
Fell at the last hurdle...
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Level 83
Nov 8, 2024
Great idea, fits the format perfectly. It’s especially stressful when you don’t know the last few for sure and start making educated guesses!
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Level 87
Nov 8, 2024
Great Quiz
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Level 50
Nov 9, 2024
Made one mistake right at the end - clicked Croatia instead of Yugoslavia for the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo - my bad! 4/5. Great idea for a quiz, even if New Zealand is never likely to host an Olympics.
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Level 67
Jan 6, 2025
Isn't Sarajevo in Bosnia?
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Level 52
Mar 4, 2025
yes but Croatia and Bosnia at the moment were part of Yugoslavia. I also fell for the trap
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Level 62
Feb 19, 2026
Why? Sarajevo is in Bosnia and Herzegovina regardless of any prior nations that controlled the area. It has not been under Croatia's ruling for a really long time or even never.
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Level 68
Nov 4, 2025
I see them hosting a Winter Olympics, especially as the format expands to not rely on one singular city as much. But summer is never happening unless it's after WW3
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Level 67
Nov 10, 2024
Nice one. Thank you
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Level 73
Nov 22, 2024
Wasn't the most recent South Korea hosting kind of a joint North Korea / South Korea? Didn't they compete together?
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Level 68
Nov 24, 2024
Pyeongchang 2018... The two Koreas did field one team together (women's ice hockey), and marched together in the opening ceremonies, but the Games were unequivocally hosted in and by South Korea. (source: Wikipedia)
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Level 50
Nov 26, 2024
Very cool Quiz! I would like to translate it to german if thats ok for you?
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Level 66
Nov 26, 2024
Thanks but no need because I will put it into French, German and Spanish!
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Level 26
Dec 24, 2024
Even though it says "Countries" in the title, I still protest that it is Great Britain, as you may know. I don't know if I'm wrong because I might be a bit biased towards myself.
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Level 76
Dec 24, 2024
A bit of some English terminology here... Great Britain refers to the island which contains Scotland, England, and Wales. It becomes the United Kingdom once Northern Ireland is included, then becoming a sovereign country.
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Level 76
Dec 24, 2024
Yes, a tricky one because a team from Great Britain, not United Kingdom, is represented at the Olympics. Team GB is almost identical to what might be called a Team UK, the only differences I can see being (1) Northern Irish athletes can choose between Team GB and Ireland, and (2) Team GB also covers Jersey, Guernsey and isle of Man, and most of the British Overseas Territories, none of which forms a part of the UK.
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Level 58
May 16, 2026
It's not asking for teams. London is in the UK.
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Level 80
Dec 24, 2024
Now for cities...

and there is a quiz somehow combining Olympic Games and Men's FIFA World Cup cities.

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Level 83
Dec 24, 2024
Chose poorly with only one left - Belgium.
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Level 72
Apr 13, 2026
TBH not an easy one at all. It's over a century ago and Belgium has neither the elevations needed for the winter games nor a city nearly as large as those that currently get the summer games. I had a very similar country left to last but managed to guess correctly.
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Level 42
Jun 26, 2025
north korea hosted once
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Level 62
Feb 19, 2026
No. North Korea has never hosted.
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Level 47
Feb 19, 2026
Honestly am I the only one surprised about Türkiye? I genuinely thought it had to have at some point.