2008 Summer Olympics was awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics. It will thus be the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Games. 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and commonly known as Beijing 2008, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 8 to 24 August 2008 in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events (one event more than those scheduled for the 2004 Games). This was the first time that China had hosted the
Stockholm bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Stockholm bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Stockholm 2022 was a bid by Stockholm with Åre and the Swedish Olympic Committee for the 2022 Winter Olympics. The bid was announced at November 11, 2013. The IOC will select the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics at the 127th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 31, 2015. Stockholm previously hosted the 1912 Summer Olympics and hosted equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. On 17 January 2014, the Moderate Party in Stockholm decided not to support the bid, and after that there is a clear majority