2014 Winter Olympic bids

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2014 Winter Olympic bids
Sochi · Salzburg · PyeongChang
2014 Winter Olympics
Details
Election venue	Guatemala City
Committee	International Olympic Committee
Important dates
Shortlist	June 22, 2006
Decision	July 7, 2007

The original seven applicant cities for the right to host the 2014 Winter Olympics were:

On June 22, 2006, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee selected three candidate cities among the seven applicants.

The three selected candidates are expected to deliver to the IOC their Candidature File (known as bid books) in January 2007. From February to April 2007, an ad-hoc committee will perform visits to the candidates and prepare an evaluation report which will be released one month before the election.

The election will take place in Guatemala City during the 119th Session of the IOC, along the usual rule of elimination of one city at each round of vote.

1 Candidate cities
2 Applicant cities comparison
3 Applicant cities venues list
4 Evaluation of the applicant cities
5 See also
6 External links
- 6.1 Mini bid books
- 6.2 IOC evaluation report of the applicant cities

[edit] Candidate cities

Three candidate cities were selected by the IOC on June 22, 2006:

[edit] Applicant cities comparison

**2014 Applicant Cities**
Category	Details	Sochi Russia	Salzburg Austria	Jaca Spain	Almaty Kazakhstan	PyeongChang Republic of Korea	Sofia Bulgaria	Borjomi Georgia
Population	City (2005)	333,267	143,259	12,322	1,185,696	45,482	1,090,295	13,725
	Country (2005)	143,420,309	8,184,691	40,341,462	15,185,844	48,294,134	7,450,349	4,677,401
Public Opinion, support	City	84%	60%	91%	83%	97%	81%
	Country	53%	72%		85%	92%	74%	86%
Bid budget Million US$	Phase I	10.0	2.7	1.3	4.0	5.0	0.5	2.2
	Phase II	17.5	5.1	10.7	16.0	16.0	12.5	5.0
Main airport, 2005/2014	Name	Sochi International	Salzburg Airport	Zaragoza Airport	Almaty International	Incheon International	Sofia International	Tbilisi International
	Distance (km)	6	5	156	22	241	10	203
	Runways	2/2	1	2	1/2	2/3	1	2/2
	Terminals	1/2	2		1/2		1
	Gates	8/27	18	3		44/74	7	2/6
	Cap./year			215,213	1,650,000/3,000,000		2,000,000/4,000,000
	Cap./day		40,000					24,000/48,000
	Cap./hour	1,200/2,500				12,000/17,253		/2,000
Longest distance*	km	86	83	180	61	124	156	199
	min	94	65	150	93	76	135	196

*Airports not included

Note: the cities are listed in the presentation order defined by the IOC during its Executive Board of October 26, 2005.

[edit] Applicant cities venues list

**2014 Applicant Cities**
Event	Sochi	Salzburg	Jaca	Almaty	PyeongChang	Sofia	Borjomi
Dates	February 7 February 23	February 7 February 23	January 31 February 16	February 7 February 23	February 7 February 23	February 10 February 26	February 7 February 23
Opening and closing ceremonies	Sochi Central Stadium	Wals Siezenheim Stadium	La Romareda, Zaragoza	Almaty Central Stadium	Alpensia	Vasil Levski National Stadium	Ceremony Plaza (Bakuriani)
Alpine skiing speed M	Roza Khutor Alpine Resort	Flachauwinkl	Formigal	Kumbel	Jungbong Alpine Skiing Area	Shiligarnik (Bansko)	Borjomi Didveli Sakvelo Track
Alpine skiing speed W	Roza Khutor Alpine Resort	Altenmarkt / Zauchensee	Formigal	Kumbel	Jungbong Alpine Skiing Area	Shiligarnik (Bansko)	Borjomi Didveli Sakvelo Track
Alpine skiing technical M	Roza Khutor Alpine Resort	Flachau	Candanchú	Kumbel	Yongpyong Resort	Banderishka Poliana (Bansko)	Borjomi Didveli
Alpine skiing technical W	Roza Khutor Alpine Resort	Flachau	Candanchú	Kumbel	Yongpyong Resort	Banderishka Poliana (Bansko)	Borjomi Didveli
Cross country skiing	Psekhako Ridge	Radstadt / Altenmarkt	Candanchú	Soldatskoe Valley	Alpensia	Borovetz	Bakuriani Iagora Valley
Nordic combined C-C	Psekhako Ridge	Bischofshofen	Candanchú	Gorny Gigant	Alpensia	Borovetz	Borjomi Kokhtadziri
Freestyle skiing	Laura River Valley Resort	Flachauwinkl	Astún	Kumbel	Bokwang Phoenix	Cherveno Zname (Borovetz)	Bakuriani Kokhta 2 Tatra Pom
Biathlon	Psekhako Ridge	Radstadt / Altenmarkt	Candanchú	Soldatskoe Valley	Alpensia	Banderishka Poliana (Bansko)	Borjomi Iagora Valley
Ski jumping	Esto Sadok	Bischofshofen	Canfranc-Estación Jumping Centre	Gorny Gigant	Alpensia	Borovetz	Borjomi Kokhtadziri
Snowboard	Alpika Service	Altenmarkt / Zauchensee Flachau	Panticosa	Chimbulak	Sungwoo Resort	Cherveno Zname (Borovetz)	Bakuriani Kokhta 2 Tatra Pom
Hockey	Sochi Arena Kudepsta Entertainment Centre	Salzburg Volksgarten Salzburg Wals	Jaca Ice Pavilion Huesca Sports Palace Zaragoza Ice Pavilion	Almaty Olympic Ice Park	Wonju Sports Complex Wonju Halla University	National Winter Sports Palace (Sofia) West Park Sports Center (Sofia)	Tbilisi Makhata Hill Arenas
Speed skating	Adler Commercial Centre	Salzburg Liefering Oval	Jaca High Performance Winter Sports Centre	Medeo	Gangneung	East Park National Olympic Center (Sofia)	Tbilisi Central Stadium
Figure skating	Imeretinskaya Exhibition Centre	Salzburg Liefering	Príncipe Felipe Pavilion, Zaragoza	Almaty Olympic Ice Park	Gangneung	East Park National Olympic Center (Sofia)	Tbilisi Sport Palace
Short track	Imeretinskaya Exhibition Centre	Salzburg Liefering	Príncipe Felipe Pavilion, Zaragoza	Almaty Olympic Ice Park	Gangneung	East Park National Olympic Center (Sofia)	Tbilisi Sport Palace
Curling	Imeretinskaya Exhibition Centre	Salzburg Arena	Zaragoza Sports Palace	Balluan Sholak	Gangneung	Sofia	Tbilisi Makhata Hill
Bobsleigh/luge/skeleton	National Sliding Centre	Schönau am Königsee (Germany)	Panticosa Sliding Centre	Almatau	Sungwoo Resort	Boiana Center	Borjomi Tskhratskaro

[edit] Evaluation of the applicant cities

Each cell of the table provides a minimum and a maximum figure obtained by the applicant city on the specific criteria. These figures are to be compared to a benchmark which has been set at 6.

	Sochi	Salzburg	Jaca	Almaty	PyeongChang	Sofia	Borjomi
Governmental support, legal issues and public opinion (Weighting: 2)
General infrastructure (Weighting: 5)
Sport venues (Weighting: 4)
Olympic Village(s) (Weighting: 3)
Environmental conditions and impact (Weighting: 2)
Accommodation (Weighting: 5)
Transport concept (Weighting: 3)
Safety and security (Weighting: 3)
Experience from past sport events (Weighting: 3)
Finance (Weighting: 3)
Overall project and legacy (Weighting: 3)