Summer Olympics Time, places and participants ATHENS 1896 14 Nations 245 athletes (0 women, 245 men) 43 events PARIS 1900 24 Nations 1,225 athletes (19 women, 1,206 men) 87 events ST. LOUIS 1904 13 Nations 689 athletes (8 women, 681 men) 94 events LONDON 1908 22 Nations 2,035 athletes (36 women, 1,999 men) 109 events STOCKHOLM 1912 28 Nations 2,547 athletes (57 women, 2,490 men) 102 events ANTWERP 1920 29 Nations 2,669 athletes (78 women, 2,591 men) 154 events PARIS 1924 44 Nations 3,092 athletes (136 women, 2,956 men) 126 events AMSTERDAM 1928 46 Nations 3,014 athletes (290 women, 2,724 men) 109 events LOS ANGELES 1932 37 Nations 1,408 athletes (127 women, 1,281 men) 116 events BERLIN 1936 49 Nations 4,066 athletes (328 women, 3,738 men) 129 events LONDON 1948 59 Nations 4,099 athletes (385 women, 3,714 men) 136 events HELSINKI 1952 69 Nations 4,925 athletes (518 women, 4,407 men) 149 events MELBOURNE / STOCKHOLM 1956 67 Nations 3 184 athletes (371 women, 2 813 men) 145 events ROME 1960 83 Nations 5,348 athletes (610 women, 4,738 men) 150 events TOKYO 1964 93 Nations 5,140 athletes (683 women, 4,457 men) 163 events MEXICO 1968 112 Nations 5,530 athletes (780 women, 4,750 men) 172 events MUNICH 1972 121 Nations 7,123 athletes (1,058 women, 6,065 men) 195 events MONTREAL 1976 92 Nations 6,028 athletes (1,247 women, 4,781 men) 198 events MOSCOW 1980 80 Nations 5,217 athletes (1,124 women, 4,093 men) 203 events LOS ANGELES 1984 40 Nations 6,797 athletes (1 567 women, 5,230 men) 221 events SEOUL 1988 159 Nations 8,465 athletes (2,186 women, 6,279 men) 237 events BARCELONA 1992 169 Nations 9,367 athletes (2,708 women, 6,659 men) 257 events ATLANTA 1996 197 Nations 10,320 athletes (3,523 women, 6,797 men) 271 events SYDNEY 2000 199 Nations 10,651 athletes (4,069 women, 6,582 men) 300 events