Entre Medallas y Olimpiadas

 Every two years, major cities from around the world make competitive bids to the International Olympics Committee for a chance to host the Olympic Games.  The big choice always happens seven years before any given games (unless something radical occurs prompting an emergency reassignment). The lucky winner then has time to build facilities,  determine mascots , prepare the opening ceremony and deal with all the other tasks that need to occur to  launch a successful Olympic and Paralympic Games . Here, you have a list of the European cities which host Summer Olympic Games. 1896  Athens   (and 2004)                           1952  Helsinki                     1900  Paris (and 1924)                                1960  Rome   1908  London (and 1948, 2012)                  1972  Munich            1912  Stockholm                                         1992  Barcelona 1920  Antwerp                             1928  Amsterdam