St. Louis, Missouri was the first US city to host the Olympics. It took place in 1904 and was the third Olympics.
The 1996 Summer Olympics were held in Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta was the fifth American City to host the Olympic Games.
Lake Placid was the first olympic host city to use artificial snow.
In 2012, London will be the first city to host 3 Olympics, winter or summer.
Sapporo, Japan wsa the first Asian city to host the Winter Olympics. It was held in 1972.
Moscow, USSR
Paris in 1900 and 1924.
London was the host city for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
The last city to host the Winter Olympics was Torino, Italy in 2006.
if a city can not host the Olympics it goes back to the previous host city i.e. if sochi can not host the 2014 winter Olympics it goes back to Vancouver if London is unable to host the 2012 Olympics it goes back to Beijing
The first Asian host of the Winter Olympics was the city of Sapporo in Japan which hosted the 1972 Games
St. Louis in 1904.