1916 Summer Olympics

Games of the VI Olympiad
	Poster for Amsterdam's bid in the 1916 Summer Olympics
Location	Berlin, Germany
Stadium	Deutsches Stadion
	← Stockholm 1912 Antwerp 1920 →

The 1916 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1916), officially known as the Games of the VI Olympiad (German: Spiele der VI. Olympiade), were scheduled to be held in Berlin, Germany, but were eventually cancelled for the first time in their twenty-year history 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, twenty years later.

^ Bill Mallon and Jeroen Heijmans, Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement (Scarecrow Press, 2011) xiv
^ "Past Olympic host city election results". GamesBids. Archived from the original on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.

[1] Bill Mallon and Jeroen Heijmans, Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement (Scarecrow Press, 2011) xiv

[votes-2] "Past Olympic host city election results". GamesBids. Archived from the original on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.

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