1916 Summer Olympics
| Host city | Berlin, Germany (cancelled due to World War I) |
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| Opening ceremony | N/A |
| Closing ceremony | N/A |
| Stadium | Deutsches Stadion (planned) |
The 1916 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1916), officially known as the Games of the VI Olympiad, were scheduled to be held in Berlin, Germany, but were eventually cancelled due to the outbreak of World War I. Berlin was selected as the host city during the 14th IOC Session in Stockholm on 4 July 1912,[1] defeating bids from Alexandria, Amsterdam, Brussels, Budapest and Cleveland.[2] After the 1916 Games were cancelled, Berlin would eventually host the 1936 Summer Olympics.
History
Work on the stadium, the Deutsches Stadion ("German Stadium"), began in 1912 at what was the Grunewald Race Course. It was planned to seat over 18,000 spectators.[3] On 8 June 1913, the stadium was dedicated with the release of 10,000 pigeons. 60,000 people were in attendance.[4]
At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, organization continued as no one expected that the war would continue for several years. Eventually, though, the Games were cancelled.[5]
A winter sports week with speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and Nordic skiing was planned; the concept of this week eventually gave rise to the first Winter Olympic Games. The central venue was to have been the Deutsches Stadion.
Berlin returned to Olympic bidding in 1931, when it beat Barcelona, Spain, for the right to host the 1936 Summer Olympics, the last Olympics before the outbreak of World War II.[6]
See also
- Olympic Games abandoned due to war
- 1916 Summer Olympics
- 1940 Summer Olympics
- 1940 Winter Olympics
- 1944 Summer Olympics
- 1944 Winter Olympics
- Olympic Games
- International Olympic Committee
- List of IOC country codes
Notes
- ↑ Bill Mallon and Jeroen Heijmans, Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement (Scarecrow Press, 2011) xiv
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| Preceded by | Summer Olympic Games Berlin (abandoned) VI Olympiad (1916) |
Succeeded by Antwerp |
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