| 1896 |
06.04.
15.00 p.m. |
Athens |
King Georg I. |
Panathinaiko Stadio |
| 1900 |
. |
Paris |
no official opening |
Vélodrome de Vincennes |
| 1904 |
30.04.
12.00 p.m. |
St. Louis |
William H. Taft |
Plaza,
Louisiana-Monument |
| 1906 |
22.04.
15.00 p.m. |
Athens |
King Giorios I. |
Panathinaiko Stadio |
| 1908 |
13.07.
15.00 p.m. |
London |
King Edward VII. |
White City Stadium |
| 1912 |
06.07.
10.45 |
Stockholm |
King Gustaf V. |
Olympic Stadium |
| 1920 |
14.08.
12.00 p.m. |
Antwerp |
King Albert I. |
Olympisch Stadion |
| 1924 |
05.07.
15.00 p.m. |
Paris |
President
Gaston Doumergue |
Stade Olympique |
| 1928 |
28.07.
02.00 p.m |
Amsterdam |
The Royal Highness,
Prince Hendrik |
Olympic Stadium |
| 1932 |
30.07.
14.30 p.m. |
Los Angeles |
Charles Curtis
Vizepräsident |
Los Angeles
Memorial Colosseum |
| 1936 |
01.08.
16.00 p.m. |
Berlin |
Reichskanzler
Adolf Hitler |
Olympiastadion |
| 1948 |
29.07.
14.30 p.m. |
London |
King George VI. |
Wembley Stadium |
| 1952 |
19.07.
13.00 p.m. |
Helsinki |
President
Juho Kusti Paasikivi |
Olympic Stadium |
| 1956 |
22.11.
15.00 p.m. |
Melbourne |
Prinz Philip,
The Duke of Edinburgh |
Main Stadium
Melbourne |
| 1956 |
10.06.
14.00 p.m. |
Stockholm
Equestrian Games |
King Gustaf VI. Adolf |
Olympiastadion
Stockholm |
| 1960 |
25.08.
15.00 p.m. |
Rome |
Präsident
Giovanni Gronchi |
Stadio Olimpico |
| 1964 |
10.10.
13.30 p.m. |
Tokyo |
Emperor Hirohito |
Jingu National Stadium |
| 1968 |
12.10.
12.00 p.m. |
Mexico City |
President
Dr. Gustavo Diaz Ordaz |
Estadio Olimpico de la Ciudad Universitaria |
| 1972 |
26.08.
15.00 p.m. |
Munich |
Bundespräsident
Dr. Gustav Heinemann |
Olympic Stadium |
| 1976 |
15.07.
15.00 p.m. |
Montreal |
Queen
Elizabeth II. |
Olympic Stadium |
| 1980 |
15.07.
15.00 p.m. |
Moscow |
President
Leonid Breshnew |
Leninstadion |
| 1984 |
28.07.
15.00 p.m. |
Los Angeles |
President
Ronald Reagan |
Los Angeles
Memorial Coliseum |
| 1988 |
17.09.
10.30. a.m. |
Seoul |
President
Roh Tae Woo |
Olympic Stadium |
| 1992 |
25.07.
20.00 p.m. |
Barcelona |
King
Juan Carlos I. |
Estadi Olimpic |
| 1996 |
19.07.
19.30 p.m. |
Atlanta |
President
Bill Clinton |
Centennial Olympic Stadium |
| 2000 |
15.09. |
Sydney |
Sir William Deane
Generalgouveneur Australia |
Stadium Australia |
| 2004 |
13.08. |
Athens |
President
Konstantinos Stefanopoulos |
Olympic Stadium Spyros Louis |
| 2008 |
08.08. |
Beijing |
President
Hu Jintao |
Beijing National Stadium
(Bird´s Nest) |
