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Budapest is Stripped of the Games

International Encyclopedia of the First World War

Budapest, Hungary was to host the 1920 Summer Games. They beat out Amsterdam and Lyon. However, since the Austro-Hungarian Empire had been a German ally during WWI, the IOC took the Games away from them. They were awarded to Antwerp, Belgium instead.

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