Last Olympics Held In Which Year. Till now, there have been 28 summer olympics organized in 23 cities. In 1894, pierre de coubertin launched his plan to revive the olympic games, and in 1896 the first games of the modern era were held in athens.

In the united states, olympics held four times (1904, 1932, 1984, and 1996), great britain. From athens to rio, in the last 125 years, the games have crossed five continents, added and removed events, withstood boycotts and were only canceled.