Here's when and where the next Olympics will take place
- The 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang have officially come to an end.
- But the Olympics will return in the summer of 2020.
- Here's everything you need to know.
The 2018 Winter Olympics are well and truly over.
If you were fascinated by the elite athletes, the doping charges that swept through the games, and the dark side of the North Korea cheer squad, you may be left wanting more.
Luckily, the Olympics will return in the summer of 2020. Here's everything you need to know.
When are the next Summer Olympics?
The next Summer Olympics will place in Tokyo, Japan.
The 2020 games will begin on July 24 and conclude on August 9. Tokyo will be well-equipped to host the games as it hosted the 1964 games.
Since the Summer games in 1964, Japan also hosted the Sapporo Winter Olympics in 1972 and the Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998.
When are the next Winter Olympics?
After the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in 2018 and the Tokyo Summer Olympics in 2020, Asia will host its third successive games in 2022 when the Winter Olympics head to Beijing.
Beijing hosted the Summer games in 2008 and will become the first ever city to host both the Summer and the Winter games.
The 2022 games begin on February 4 and conclude on February 20.
What is the Olympic schedule in full?
A number of host nations have already been revealed for the Olympic calendar.
- The 2020 Summer Olympics - Tokyo, Japan
- The 2022 Winter Olympics - Beijing, China
- The 2024 Summer Olympics - Paris, France
- The 2026 Winter Olympics - TBC
- The 2028 Summer Olympics - Los Angeles, USA
The Austrian cities of Graz and Schladming, Turkey's Erzurum, Switzerland's Sion, Sapporo in Japan, Stockholm in Sweden, and Calgary, Canada are all believed to be interested in hosting the 2026 games and have until March 31, 2018 to submit formal bids to host the Olympics that year.