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The United States has hosted 8 Olympic Games:1904 Summer Olympics - St. Louis1932 Winter Olympics - Lake Placid1932 Summer Olympics - Los Angeles1960 Winter Olympics - Squaw Valley1980 Winter Olympics - Lake Placid1984 Summer Olympics - Los Angeles1996 Summer Olympics - Atlanta2002 Winter Olympics - Salt Lake CityAs of the 2008 Games, the Olympics have been hosted 8 times by 6 US cities:1) St. Louis - 1904 Summer Games2) Los Angeles - 1932 and 1984 Summer Games3) Lake Placid - 1932 and 1980 Winter Games4) Squaw Valley - 1960 Winter Games5) Atlanta - 1996 Summer Games6) Salt Lake City - 2002 Winter GamesAs of the 2008 Games in Beijing, the United States has hosted 8 Olympic Games: Summer - 1904 - St. Louis 1932 - Los Angeles1984 - Los Angeles1996 - AtlantaWinter - 1932 - Lake Placid1960 - Squaw Valley1980 - Lake Placid2002 - Salt Lake City
Japan has hosted one Summer Games and two Winter Games.Tokyo hosted the Summer Games of 1964.Sapporo hosted the Winter Games of 1972.And Nagano hosted the Winter Games of 1998.Notably, Japan had been chosen to host a few more games. Both Tokyo and Sapporo were supposed to host games in 1940, but that was before they went on a wartime footing--the games were originally moved then called off altogether because too much of the world was involved in World War II.
Barcelona, Spain hosted the Olympics in 1992.
The first time the Summer Olympics were in London was in 1908. The second time was in 1948. London is the only city to have hosted the modern Summer Olympics three times, and the United Kingdom is one of only two countries that has hosted more than two modern Summer Olympics to date (the other is the United States, which has hosted four).
Taiwan, or Chinese Taipei as it is recognised by the International Olympic Committee, has never hosted the Olympics. In fact technically a country never hosts the Olympics; they are awarded to a city. So, for instance, London, of which the British are justifiably proud, has hosted the games three times, but the USA has hosted the games more times, as they have been awarded to various cities (St Louis, Los Angeles twice, Atlanta, Lake Placid twice, Squaw Valley and Salt Lake City). If the games were ever to be held in Taiwan, they would probably be awarded to Taipei, which is Taiwan's biggest city.