Budapest bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics Paris will host the 2024 Summer Olympics and Los Angeles will host the 2028 Summer Olympics. There is now discussion between Budapest and the IOC about the city possibly hosting the 2023 Summer Youth Olympics. Budapest's bid to host the 1916 Summer Olympics, 1920 Summer Olympics, 1936 Summer Olympics, 1944 Summer Olympics, and 1960 Summer Olympics but lost to Berlin (cancelled due to WWI), Antwerp, Berlin, London (cancelled due to World War II), and Rome respectively. The 2024 Budapest Olympic bid sought to take advantage of the compactness of the city and co-location of venues along the River Danube and
Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics featured 14 events in total, for both men and women. Events were held at Lake Casitas. Due to the Eastern Bloc boycott of these Olympics, some of the strongest rowing nations like East Germany, the USSR or Bulgaria were not present. However, this boycott gave an opportunity to Romania, which was one of the few eastern European countries to come to the Games, going on to dominate in women's sports, winning 5 gold medals in 6 events. Both Canada (gold) and USA (silver) had beaten the reigning (boycotting)