It never has before, but Brazil's capitol Rio de Janeiro will be hosting the summer games in 2016.
It never has. Summer of 2016 will be the first Olympics for all of South America.
To date South America and Africa and of course Antarctica have never hosted.
No. Seoul, South Korea hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics but North Korea did not host any of the events that year and has never hosted an Olympic Games.
africa, south america antarctica
No, the Olympic Games have never been hosted in Africa. The 2016 games in Rio de Janario will be the first time they will have been held in South America.
A Summer Olympics has not been held on the continents of Africa nor South America.
Athens, Greece, hosted the 1896 Summer Olympics, which was the first official olympic games. Paris, France, hosted the 1924 Summer Olympics. Berlin, Germany, hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics. Rome, Italy, hosted the 1960 Summer Olympics. Tokyo, Japan, hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics. Montreal, Canada, hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics. Seoul, South Korea, hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics. Barcelona, Spain, hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics. Atlanta, United States, hosted the 1996 Summer Olympics. Beijing, China, hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics.
South Korea has not hosted the Winter Olympics. Seoul did host the 1988 Summer Olympics.
The only competing continent that has not hosted a Summer Olympics Games is Africa. There have been Olympics held in Europe, Asia, North America, South America, and Australia. There was also no African city that had hosted the FIFA World Cup until 2010, so a future African venue for the Olympics is not impossible. The only continent not represented in the Olympics is Antarctica, which has only scientists as permanent residents, and is by treaty an international scientific preserve.
Mexico City hosted the Summer Olympics and Grenoble hosted the Winter Olympics.
USA, Canada, Russia, Japan, South Korea, France, Italy, and Germany.