Between 8-19 February 1984, Sarajevo and Bosnia-Herzegovina played host to the Winter Games. Most of the venues were destroyed during Bosnia's war from 1992-1995 and were never rebuilt.
What was once the Olympic village in Bardonecchia, where the athletes relaxed and enjoyed downtime, was turned into a refugee camp.
The notorious Summer Games in Germany, which was under Nazi rule at the time, has left nasty scars of that time with its abandoned sports venues.
Beijing 2008 was believed to have cost £32billion. But a former kayaking course is in tatters, a volleyball beach is dilapidated, and the baseball park has seen better days.
15,000 people crammed into the Herndon Stadium for a hockey game between Great Britain and the Netherlands. The stadium has been gutted by vandals and covered in trash.
Greece spent £8billion on bringing the Olympics home, but after their economic frailties post-Olympic Games further investment on stadia stalled.
Less than 10 years on and the biggest casualty from the Summer Games of 2016 was the Olympics Aquatics stadium, which was eventually ransacked.