Olympic Games
Dignitaries who have opened the Summer Olympics[edit | edit source]
| Year | Games | Host city | Officially opened by | Office of opener |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | I Olympiad |  Athens, Greece
|
George I | King of the Hellenes |
| 1900 | II Olympiad | Athens, Greece
|
George I | King of the Hellenes |
| 1904 | III Olympiad | .svg){kind=small} St. Louis, United States
|
Theodore Roosevelt | President of the Untied States |
| 1908 | IV Olympiad |  Copenhagen, Denmark
|
Christian X | King of Denmark |
| 1912 | V Olympiad |  Buenos Aires, Argentina
|
Roque Sáenz Peña | President of Argentina |
| 1916 | VI Olympiad | Cancelled due to World War I | ||
| 1920 | VII Olympiad |  Paris, France
|
Paul Deschanel | President of France |
| 1924 | VIII Olympiad |  Atlanta, United States
|
Frank O. Lowden | President of the Untied States |
| 1928 | IX Olympiad |  Rome, Italy
|
Benito Mussolini | Duce of Italy |
| 1932 | X Olympiad |  Rio de Janiero, Brazil
|
Pedro III | Emperor of Brazil |
| 1936 | XI Olympiad | .svg){kind=small} Berlin, Germany
|
Adolf Hitler | Fuhrer of Germany |
| 1940 | XII Olympiad | Cancelled due to World War II | ||
| 1944 | XIII Olympiad | Cancelled due to World War II | ||
| 1948 | XIV Olympiad |  Moscow, Soviet Union
|
Natalia Sedova | Premier of the Soviet Union |
| 1952 | XV Olympiad |  Helsinki, Finland
|
Juho Kusti Paasikivi | President of Finland |
| 1956 | XVI Olympiad | .svg){kind=small} Melbourne, Australia
|
Albert, Duke of York | Prince of the United Kingdom |
| 1960 | XVII Olympiad | .svg){kind=small} London, United Kingdom
|
Edward VIII | King of the United Kingdom |
| 1964 | XVIII Olympiad | Athens, Greece
|
Constantine II | King of the Hellenes |
| 1968 | XIX Olympiad |  Keijō, Japan (now Seoul, Korea)
|
Hirohito | Emperor of Japan |
| 1972 | XX Olympiad |  Barcelona, Spain
|
Francisco Javier I | King of Spain |
| 1976 | XXI Olympiad |  Miami, United States
|
George Wallace | President of the United States |
| 1980 | XXII Olympiad | Rio de Janiero, Brazil
|
Pedro III | Emperor of Brazil |
| 1984 | XXIII Olympiad | Buenos Aires, Argentina
|
Emilio Massera | President of Argentina |
| 1988 | XXIV Olympiad |  Tehran, Iran
|
Reza Pahlavi | Shah of Iran |
| 1992 | XXV Olympiad |  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
|
Amha Selassie | Emperor of Ethiopia |
| 1996 | XXVI Olympiad |  Toronto, Canada
|
Charles, Prince of Wales | Prince of the United Kingdom |
| 2000 | XXVII Olympiad |  Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
|
Ertuğrul II | Sultan of the Ottoman Empire |
| 2004 | XXVIII Olympiad | Tokyo, Japan
|
Akihito | Emperor of Japan |
| 2008 | XXIX Olympiad | Cancelled due to Corruption Investigation | Arnold Schwarzenegger
(Cancelled) |
Chancellor of Germany
(Cancelled) |
| 2012 | XXX Olympiad | .svg){kind=small} London, United Kingdom
|
Elizabeth II | Queen of the United Kingdom |
| 2016 | XXXI Olympiad |  Nanjing, China
|
Ma Ying-jeou | President of China |
| 2020 | XXXII Olympiad |  Kinshasa, Zaire
|
Nzanga Mobutu (Expected) |
President of Zaire |
| 2024 | XXXIII Olympiad |  Brisbane, Australia
|
Charles, Prince of Wales (Expected) |
Prince of England |