List Alternate Olympic Games

[Montgomerie Ward]

Not sure if anyone tried a thread like this before, but the rules for this thread are simple. Create your own list of Olympic Games starting from whatever year you want to begin your list (even if you begin after 1900). You may include history-making highlights you hypothetically or for your own enjoyment would want to see at ATL's Olympics. I don't have a concrete list of my own yet, but mine attempts to have nations other than Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union hosting the Olympics. You can include them if you want, my list attempts to deviate from them.

 

[Jonathan]

1896: Athens, Greece
1900: Paris, France
1904: St. Louis, United States of America
1908: Rome, Italian Empire [1]
1912: London, Great Britain [2]
1916: Berlin, Germanic Empire [3]
1920: Amsterdam, Netherlands [4]
1924: Prague and Budapest, Austrian-Hungarian Empire [5]
1928: Los Angeles, USA [6]
1932: Alexandria, Egypt [7]
1936: Lausanne, Switzerland [8]
1940: Dublin, Ireland [9]
1944: Cancelled [10] Warsaw, Poland
1948: Philadelphia, USA [11]
1952: London, GB [12]
1956: Havanna, Cuba [13]
1960: Helsinki, Soviet Union of Scandinavia
1964: Stockholm, SUS
1968: Buenos Aires, Argentina
1972: Tokyo, Japanese Empire
1976: Chicago, USA
1980: Melbourne, Australia
1984: Barcelona, Spain
1988: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1992: Athens, Greece
1996: Johannesburg, South Africa
2000: Istanbul, Turkey
2004: Mexico City, Mexico
2008: Toronto, Canada
2012: London, GB
2016: Beijing, China
2020: Moscow, Russia and Baltic Federal Union
2024: San Francisco, US
2028: New Delhi, India

[1] Mount Vesuvius does not erupted on 7 April 1906, but in 1909, meaning Italy can host the Olympics and the revenue from the games, goes towards the cause.
[2] Takes place a year after King George V's coronation, the marathon is named in honour of his father King Edward VII.
[3] Baltic War of 1914-1916, means some nations don't make it to the games.
[4] Had support from Great Britain and Germany, rather than Antwerp, Belgium.
[5] Following peace in the Baltic region, Emperor Franz Ferdinand, wanting to show off his proud dual-nation.
[6] President Calvin Coolidge officially opened the Los Angeles's Olympic Games, while Governor Clement C. Young and Senator Hiram Johnson, praised the games for showing the world what America can achieve.
[7] Alexandria got a bum deal when they were forced to host the Olympics during the global Great Depression, causing the games to be a massive wash out and costing the region more than what it gained.
[8] With tension building in Europe, Switzerland was awarded the games.
[12] 26 year old, Queen Elizabeth II, opened her first Olympic game, coinciding with the first year on the throne.

More to come

 

[Montgomerie Ward]

Defeated Bidders being selected:
V Berlin, German Empire (May 5th, 1912 - July 22nd, 1912) [1]
VI Alexandria, Sultanate of Egypt (1916) [2]
VII Amsterdam, Kingdom of the Netherlands (April 20th, 1920 - September 12th, 1920 [3]
VIII Prague, Czechoslovakia (May 4th, 1924 - July 27th, 1924)
IX Los Angeles, California, United States (May 17th, 1928 - August 12th, 1928
X Paris, France (July 30th, 1932 - August 14th, 1932) [4]
XI Barcelona, Spain (August 1st, 1936 - August 16th, 1936) [5]
XII Rome, Kingdom of Italy (July 20th, 1940 - August 4th, 1940) [6]
XIII Detroit, Michigan, United States (1944) [7]
XIV Baltimore, Maryland, United States (July 29th, 1948 - August 14th, 1948) [8]
XV Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States (July 19th 1952 - August 3rd, 1952) [9]
XVI Buenos Aires, Argentina (June 10th, 1956 - June 17th, 1956) [10]
XVII Lausanne, Switzerland (August 25th, 1960 - September 11th, 1960)
XVIII Vienna, Austria (October 10th, 1964 - October 24th, 1964)
XIX Detroit, Michigan, United States (October 12th, 1968 - October 27th, 1968)
XX Madrid, Spain (August 26th, 1972 - September 10th, 1972)
XXI Moscow, Soviet Union (July 17th, 1976 - August 1st, 1976) [11]
XXII Los Angeles, California (July 19th, 1980 - August 3rd, 1980)
XXIII Tehran, Iran (July 28th, 1984 - August 12th, 1984) [12]
XXIV Nagoya, Japan (September 17th, 1988 - October 2nd, 1988)
XXV Paris, France (July 25th, 1992 - August 9th, 1992)
XXVI Athens, Greece (July 19th, 1996 - August 4th, 1996)
XXVII Beijing, China (September 15th, 2000 - October 1st, 2000)
XXVIII Cape Town, South Africa (August 13th, 2004 - August 29th, 2004)
XXIX Toronto, Ontario, Canada (August 8th, 2008 - August 24th, 2008)
XXX Paris, France (July 27th, 2012 - August 12th, 2012)
XXXI Madrid, Spain (August 5th, 2016 - August 21st, 2016)
XXXII Istanbul, Turkey (July 24th, 2020 - August 9th, 2020)
XXXIII Budapest, Hungary (2024) [13]

[1] Sweden's proposal for Stockholm to host the 1912 Summer Olympics in exchange for Berlin to host the 1916 Summer Olympics was declined by German officials.
[2] Cancelled due to World War I.
[3] Antwerp, Belgium was not liberated in time to set up the 1920 Summer Olympics there. France, having already conceded its hosting bid, threw its support behind neutral Amsterdam, as an alternative to Central Power Budapest.
[4] In OTL, Los Angeles was the only city bidding for the 1932 Summer Olympics. Because Los Angeles hosts the 1928 Summer Olympics, I decided Paris should host 1932's, because I had it make way for new hosts.
[5] The US Olympic Committee did not accept the invitation to attend the Berlin Olympic Games in September 1934, allowing the International Olympics Committee to revise their decision to allow Nazi Germany to host the 1936 Summer Olympics.
[6] Awarded Olympic Games Host due to Japan's decision to focus on the Second Sino-Japanese War. Cancelled due to World War II.
[7] Awarded Olympic Games Host due to London being devastated by the Luftwaffe's aggressive bombing campaign. Cancelled due to World War II.
[8] Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia would withdraw their bids to host the 1948 Summer Olympics, allowing Baltimore to win extra votes come election time.
[9] Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago, and Philadelphia would withdraw their bids to host the 1952 Summer Olympic Games, allowing for Minneapolis to win extra votes.
[10] Mexico City would withdraw its bid to host the 1956 Summer Olympic Games, winning Buenos Aires nine extra votes, more votes than OTL's Melbourne in the first round of voting.
[11] The seventeen free votes resulting from Los Angeles' withdrawal that went to Montréal in OTL, surprisingly go to Moscow in ATL. (I was really hoping to avoid giving the USSR the Olympics. )
[12] Boycotted by the United States, Soviet Union, Israel, and France; all four countries fitting Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's description of "Satan".
[13] Voting for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games hasn't happened yet, but, since I like "firsts" when it comes to lists, I thought I would include Budapest, because Paris and Los Angeles have hosted plenty of Summer Olympic Games before.

 

[Montgomerie Ward]

Winter Olympic Games Defeated Bidders (Will Add More Footnotes Possibly Tomorrow):

V Lake Placid, New York, United States (January 30th, 1948 - February 8th, 1948)
VI Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (February 14th, 1952 - February 25th, 1952)
VII Montréal, Quebec, Canada (January 26th, 1956 - February 5th, 1956)
VIII Innsbruck, Austria (February 18th, 1960 - February 28th, 1960) [1]
IX Calgary, Alberta, Canada (January 29th, 1964 - February 9th, 1964)
X Lahti, Finland (February 6th, 1968 - February 18th, 1968)
XI Banff, Alberta, Canada (February 3rd, 1972 - February 13th, 1972)
XII Sion, Switzerland (February 4th, 1976 - February 15th, 1976)
XIII Lake Placid, New York, United States (February 13th, 1980 - February 24th, 1980) [2]
XIV Sapporo, Japan (February 8th, 1984 - February 19th, 1984) [3]
XV Falun, Sweden (February 13th, 1988 - February 28th, 1988)
XVI Sofia, Bulgaria (February 8th, 1992 - February 13th, 1992) [4]
XVII Östersund, Sweden (February 12th, 1994 - February 27th, 1994) [5]
XVIII Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (February 7th, 1998 - February 22nd, 1998) [6]
XIX Québec City, Québec, Canada (February 8th, 2002 - February 24th, 2002)
XX Sion, Switzerland (February 10th, 2006 - February 26th, 2006)
XXI Pyeongchang, South Korea (February 12th, 2010 - February 28th, 2010) [7]
XXII Salzburg, Austria (February 7th, 2014 - February 23rd, 2014)
XXIII Munich, Germany (February 9th, 2018 - February 25th, 2018)
XXIV Almaty, Kazakhstan (February 4th, 2022 - February 18th, 2022)
XXV Patagonia, Argentina (2026) [8]

[1] Supporters of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany and St. Mortiz, Switzerland's bids supported Innsbruck's bid to host the Olympics in the second round of voting, after the former two withdrew.
[2] Unopposed as OTL.
[3] Won the first round of voting in OTL.
[4] Won the first round of voting in OTL.
[5] Won the second round of voting in OTL.
[6] Won the second round of voting in OTL.
[7] Won the first round of voting in OTL.
[8] Although voting for the hosting of the 2026 Winter Olympics has not begun yet, I selected Patagonia, because I like 'firsts' and Patagonia will be the first Winter Olympics in South America.