Worst Olympic Host Cities
Worst Olympic Host Cities is a structured sports dataset with 15 entries. Its fields include City, Country, Year. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 15 rows
- Fields
- 6 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Apr 9, 2026
Included fields: City, Country, Year, Games, Cost (USD B), and 1 more.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Year span
- 1968 to 2022
- Across 15 preview rows
- Cost (USD B) range
- 0.1 to 51
- Across 15 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing City, Country, and Year across sports entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 15 downloadable records
City↕ | Country↕ | Year↕ | Games↕ | Cost (USD B)↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atlanta | USA | 1996 | Summer | 4.1 | Centennial Park bombing, transport chaos, over-commercialization, IOC criticism |
Sochi | Russia | 2014 | Winter | 51 | Most expensive Olympics ever, state-sponsored doping program exposed, subtropical winter |
Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 2016 | Summer | 13.7 | Zika virus scare, green diving pool, Guanabara Bay pollution, unfinished venues |
Montreal | Canada | 1976 | Summer | 6 | Took 30 years to pay off debts, cost overruns 720%, African boycott |
Athens | Greece | 2004 | Summer | 15 | Contributed to Greek debt crisis, abandoned venues now ruins, marathon streaker |
Beijing | China | 2008 | Summer | 45 | Air pollution, human rights protests, cost concealed, underage gymnast controversy |
Tokyo | Japan | 2020 | Summer | 13 | Delayed by COVID, held in empty stadiums, no spectators, wasted legacy |
Pyeongchang | South Korea | 2018 | Winter | 12.9 | Abandoned venues, cost overruns, ski resort in remote location, little tourism legacy |
Beijing | China | 2022 | Winter | 3.9 | Zero natural snow, diplomatic boycotts, Uyghur controversy, COVID bubble |
Sarajevo | Yugoslavia | 1984 | Winter | 0.1 | Venues destroyed in Bosnian War just 8 years later, bobsled track became sniper position |
Moscow | USSR | 1980 | Summer | 1.4 | US-led 66 country boycott over Afghanistan invasion, half-empty Games |
Atlanta | USA | 1996 | Summer | 4.1 | Transport meltdown, Olympic Park bomb killed 1, commercialization critiques |
Mexico City | Mexico | 1968 | Summer | 0.2 | Tlatelolco student massacre 10 days prior, 2400m altitude, black power salute |
Munich | West Germany | 1972 | Summer | 1 | Black September killed 11 Israeli athletes, Games must go on controversy |
Vancouver | Canada | 2010 | Winter | 6.4 | Luger Nodar Kumaritashvili died in training, warmest winter games ever |
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How is Worst Olympic Host Cities organized?
The table starts in the source data's default order. You can sort and filter the loaded rows by the displayed fields.
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This dataset contains 15 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
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