1916 Summer Olympics
Games of the VI Olympiad, scheduled to be played in Berlin, Germany, in 1916 but canceled due to World War I
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The 1916 Summer Olympics were scheduled to take place in Berlin, Germany, but were canceled because of World War I. This cancellation was historically significant because it marked the first time since the modern Olympic Games began in 1896 that the Summer Olympics were not held.
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Parade for the opening of the stadium on 8 June 1913
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 they were cancelled due to the outbreak of World War I, the first time in their twenty-year history of the games. Berlin was selected as the host city during the 14th IOC Session in Stockholm on 4 July 1912, defeating bids from Alexandria, Amsterdam, Brussels, Budapest and Cleveland. After the 1916 Games were cancelled, Berlin would eventually host the 1936 Summer Olympics, twenty years later.