| Summer Chronology | ||||||||
| No. | Year | Host City | Nations | Events | Sports | Male | Female | Athletes |
| I | 1896 | Athens, Greece | 13 | 43 | 9 | 311 | 0 | 311 |
| II | 1900 | Paris, France | 21 | 85 | 17 | 1,319 | 11 | 1,330 |
| III | 1904 | St. Louis, MO | 13 | 96 | 14 | 681 | 6 | 687 |
| IV | 1908 | London, England | 22 | 110 | 21 | 1,999 | 36 | 2,035 |
| V | 1912 | Stockholm, Sweden | 29 | 102 | 13 | 2,490 | 57 | 2,547 |
| VI | 1916 | Berlin, Germany (WWI) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| VII | 1920 | Antwerp, Belgium | 29 | 152 | 21 | 2,543 | 64 | 2,607 |
| VIII | 1924 | Paris, France | 45 | 126 | 17 | 2,956 | 136 | 3,092 |
| IX | 1928 | Amsterdam, Holland | 46 | 109 | 14 | 2,724 | 290 | 3,014 |
| X | 1932 | Los Angeles, CA | 37 | 117 | 14 | 1,281 | 127 | 1,408 |
| XI | 1936 | Berlin, Germany | 49 | 129 | 19 | 3,738 | 328 | 4,066 |
| XXII | 1940 | Tokyo, Japan/Helsinki, Finland (WWII) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| XIII | 1944 | London, England (WWII) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| XIV | 1948 | London, England | 59 | 136 | 17 | 3,714 | 385 | 4,099 |
| XV | 1952 | Helsinki, Finland | 69 | 149 | 17 | 4,407 | 518 | 4,925 |
| XVI | 1956 | Melbourne, Australia | 67 | 145 | 16 | 2,958 | 384 | 3,342 |
| XVII | 1960 | Rome, Italy | 84 | 150 | 17 | 4,738 | 610 | 5,348 |
| XVIII | 1964 | Tokyo, Japan | 94 | 163 | 19 | 4,457 | 683 | 5,140 |
| XIX | 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico | 113 | 172 | 18 | 4,750 | 781 | 5,531 |
| XX | 1972 | Munich, Germany | 122 | 195 | 21 | 6,659 | 1,171 | 7,830 |
| XXI | 1976 | Montreal, Canada | 93 | 198 | 21 | 4,915 | 1,274 | 6,189 |
| XXII | 1980 | Moscow, USSR | 81 | 203 | 21 | 4,320 | 1,192 | 5,512 |
| XXIII | 1984 | Los Angeles, CA | 140 | 221 | 21 | 5,458 | 1,620 | 7,078 |
| XXIV | 1988 | Seoul, Korea | 160 | 237 | 23 | 6,983 | 2,438 | 9,421 |
| XXV | 1992 | Barcelona, Spain | 171 | 257 | 25 | 7,555 | 3,008 | 10,563 |
| XXVI | 1996 | Atlanta, GA | 197 | 271 | 26 | 7,060 | 3,684 | 10,744 |
| XXVII | 2000 | Sydney, Australia | 199 | 300 | 28 | 6,582 | 4,069 | 10,651 |
| XXVIII | 2004 | Athens, Greece | 201 | 301 | 28 | 6,452 | 4,412 | 10,864 |
| XXVIV | 2008 | Beijing, China | ||||||
| Winter Chronology | ||||||||
| No. | Year | Host City | Nations | Events | Sports | Male | Female | Athletes |
| I | 1924 | Chamonix, France | 16 | 13 | 5 | 281 | 13 | 294 |
| II | 1928 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | 25 | 13 | 6 | 366 | 27 | 393 |
| III | 1932 | Lake Placid, NY | 17 | 14 | 5 | 277 | 30 | 307 |
| IV | 1936 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | 28 | 17 | 5 | 680 | 76 | 756 |
| V | 1948 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | 28 | 24 | 6 | 636 | 77 | 713 |
| VI | 1952 | Olso, Norway | 30 | 22 | 5 | 624 | 108 | 732 |
| VII | 1956 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | 32 | 24 | 5 | 687 | 132 | 819 |
| VIII | 1960 | Squaw Valley, CA | 30 | 27 | 5 | 502 | 146 | 648 |
| IX | 1964 | Innsbruck, Austria | 36 | 34 | 7 | 758 | 175 | 933 |
| X | 1968 | Grenoble, France | 37 | 35 | 7 | 1,063 | 230 | 1,293 |
| XI | 1972 | Sapporo, Japan | 36 | 35 | 7 | 927 | 218 | 1,128 |
| XII | 1976 | Innsbruck, Austria | 37 | 37 | 7 | 1,013 | 248 | 1,261 |
| XIII | 1980 | Lake Placid, NY | 37 | 39 | 7 | 1,012 | 271 | 1,283 |
| XIV | 1984 | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia | 49 | 40 | 7 | 1,127 | 283 | 1,490 |
| XV | 1988 | Calgary, Canada | 57 | 46 | 7 | 1,270 | 364 | 1,634 |
| XVI | 1992 | Albertville, France | 64 | 57 | 7 | 1,313 | 488 | 1,801 |
| XVII | 1994 | Lillehammer, Norway | 67 | 61 | 7 | 1,302 | 542 | 1,844 |
| XVIII | 1998 | Nagano, Japan | 80 | 68 | 7 | 1,489 | 815 | 2,304 |
| XIX | 2002 | Salt Lake City, UT | 77 | 78 | 8 | 1513 | 886 | 2399 |
| XX | 2006 | Torino, Italy | 80 | 84 | 7 | 1548 | 960 | 2508 |
| XXI | 2010 | Vancouver, Canada | ||||||