Bids for Olympic Games
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[edit] Bids for Summer Olympics
| Games | Year | Host City | Other bidding cities | Ballots | Not accepted cities | Remark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. | 1896 | Athens (GRE) | Coubertin's intention was that Paris host the first Olympic Games, but the IOC wanted Athens as first host. | ||||
| II. | 1900 | Paris (FRA) | |||||
| III. | 1904 | St Louis (USA) | 1. New York (USA), Chicago (USA)
2. St Louis (USA) |
St Louis got the games in a second decision, because the US administration asked the IOC for a chance - Chicago was originally chosen by the IOC. | |||
| 1906 | Athens (GRE) | These were the first (and eventually only) intercalated games, originally intended to take place in between the main Olympiads, always to be hosted in Athens. The IOC no longer accepts these Games as Olympic Games. | |||||
| IV. | 1908 | London (GBR) | 1. Berlin (GER), Milan (ITA), Rome (ITA)
2. London (GBR) |
London got the games in a second decision after Rome had to withdraw due to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906. | |||
| V. | 1912 | Stockholm (SWE) | |||||
| VI. | 1916 | Berlin (GER) | Alexandria (EGY), Amsterdam (NED), Brussels (BEL), Budapest (AUT-HUN), Cleveland (USA) | Cancelled because of World War I. | |||
| VII. | 1920 | Antwerp (BEL) | Amsterdam (NED), Atlanta (USA), Budapest (HUN), Cleveland (USA), Havanna (CUB), Lyon (FRA), Philadelphia (USA) | ||||
| VIII. | 1924 | Paris (FRA) | Amsterdam (NED), Barcelona (ESP), Los Angeles (USA), Prague (TCH), Rome (ITA) | Paris was selected on the personal wish of Coubertin. | |||
| IX. | 1928 | Amsterdam (NED) | Los Angeles (USA) | The IOC had wanted Amsterdam or Los Angeles to host the 1924 Games - the cities received the next two Games in compromise. | |||
| X. | 1932 | Los Angeles (USA) | |||||
| XI. | 1936 | Berlin (GER) | Alexandria (EGY), Barcelona (ESP), Budapest (HUN), Buenos Aires (ARG), Cologne (GER), Dublin (IRL), Frankfurt-upon-Main (GER), Helsinki (FIN), Lausanne (SUI), Nuremberg (GER), Rio de Janeiro (BRA), Rome (ITA) | 1 | The Games were awarded to Berlin before the Nazi Party came to power. | ||
| XII. | 1940 | Helsinki (FIN) / Tokyo (JPN) | 1. Alexandria (EGY), Athens (GRE), Barcelona (ESP), Budapest (HUN), Buenos Aires (ARG), Dublin (IRL), Helsinki (FIN), Lausanne (SUI), London (GBR), Montreal (CAN), Rio de Janeiro (BRA), Rom (ITA), Tokyo (JPN) Toronto (CAN)
2. Helsinki (FIN) |
1 | Helsinki got the Games in a second decision after Tokyo had to withdraw due to the Second Sino-Japanese War. These games were then cancelled because of World War II. | ||
| XIII. | 1944 | London (GBR) | Athens (GRE), Budapest (HUN), Detroit (USA), Helsinki (FIN), Lausanne (SUI), Montreal (CAN), Rome (ITA) | 1 | Cancelled because of World War II. | ||
| XIV. | 1948 | London (GBR) | Baltimore (USA), Lausanne (SUI), Los Angeles (USA), Minneapolis (USA), Philadelphia (USA) | ||||
| XV. | 1952 | Helsinki (FIN) | Amsterdam (NED), Athens (GRE), Detroit (USA), Chicago (USA), Lausanne (SUI), Los Angeles (USA), Minneapolis (USA), Philadelphia (USA), Stockholm (SWE) | 2 | |||
| XVI. | 1956 | Melbourne (AUS) | Buenos Aires (ARG), Chicago (USA), Detroit (USA), Los Angeles (USA), Mexico City (MEX), Minneapolis (USA), Montreal (CAN), Philadelphia (USA), San Francisco (USA) | 4 | (Equestrian events not held in Australia.) | ||
| 1956 | Stockholm (SWE) | Buenos Aires (ARG), West-Berlin (GER), Los Angeles (USA), Paris (FRA), Rio de Janeiro (BRA) | 1 | Equestrian Games of the XVI Olympiad, held in Sweden because of strict Australian quarantine laws. | |||
| XVII. | 1960 | Rome (ITA) | Athens (GRE), Brussels (BEL), Budapest (HUN), Buenos Aires (ARG), Chicago (USA), Detroit (USA), Lausanne (SUI), Los Angeles (USA), Mexico City (MEX), Minneapolis (USA), New York (USA), Philadelphia (USA), Rio de Janeiro (BRA), San Francisco (USA), Tokyo (JPN) | 3 | |||
| XVIII. | 1964 | Tokyo (JPN) | Brussels (BEL), Detroit (USA), Vienna (AUT) | 1 | |||
| XIX. | 1968 | Mexico City (MEX) | Buenos Aires (ARG), Detroit (USA), Lyon (FRA) | 1 | |||
| XX. | 1972 | Munich (GER) | Detroit (USA), Madrid (ESP), Montreal (CAN) | 2 | |||
| XXI. | 1976 | Montreal (CAN) | Florence (ITA), Los Angeles (USA), Moscow (URS) | 2 | |||
| XXII. | 1980 | Moscow (URS) | Los Angeles (USA) | 1 | |||
| XXIII. | 1984 | Los Angeles (USA) | |||||
| XXIV. | 1988 | Seoul (KOR) | Nagoya (JPN) | 1 | |||
| XXV. | 1992 | Barcelona (ESP) | Amsterdam (NED), Belgrade (YUG), Birmingham (GBR), Brisbane (AUS), Paris (FRA) | 3 | |||
| XXVI. | 1996 | Atlanta (USA) | Athens (GRE), Belgrade (YUG), Manchester (GBR), Melbourne (AUS), Toronto (CAN) | 5 | Athens wished to host these games to usher in the second century of the modern Olympic games. However, the IOC did not think Athens was ready. | ||
| XXVII. | 2000 | Sydney (AUS) | Berlin (GER), Istanbul (TUR), Manchester (GBR), Beijing (CHN) | 4 | |||
| XXVIII. | 2004 | Athens (GRE) | Buenos Aires (ARG), Cape Town (RSA), Rome (ITA), Stockholm (SWE) | 4 (run-off ballot between 1st and 2nd ballot) | |||
| XXIX. | 2008 | Beijing (CHN) | Istanbul (TUR), Osaka (JPN), Paris (FRA), Toronto (CAN) | 2 | Bangkok (THA), Havana (CUB), Cairo (EGY), Kuala Lumpur (MAS), Sevilla (ESP) | Toronto (CAN) was the favourite bid. However, amidst speculation that the IOC was bribed, as well as Beijing (CHN) being the running favourite of the outgoing President of the IOC, Beijing (CHN) won, but not without controversy. Many felt that Toronto's loss was a contributing factor for Canadian city of Vancouver winning the bid to host the 2010 Winter Olympics. | |
| XXX. | 2012 | London (GBR) | Madrid (ESP), Moscow (RUS), New York (USA), Paris (FRA) | 4 | Havana (CUB), Istanbul (TUR), Leipzig (GER), Rio de Janeiro (BRA) | A rumour circulated just after the vote that a voting error in the penultimate round gave a vote to Paris that should have been for Madrid. One IOC member stated that to the press that "Had the vote gone to Madrid, they would have tied Paris, and it is thought that in a head-to-head vote Madrid would have won, and might have possibly continued to beat London in the final round." However the IOC refuses the story, and several Olympic commentators have explained that the nature of the preceding votes would have precluded a Madrid win in any case. The IOC did not see a re-vote as necessary. |
[edit] Bids for Winter Olympics
| Games | Year | Host Cities | other biding cities | Ballots | not accepted cities | remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. | 1924 | Chamonix (FRA) | |||||
| II. | 1928 | St. Moritz (SUI) | Davos (SUI), Engelberg (SUI) | ||||
| III. | 1932 | Lake Placid (USA) | Bear Mountain (USA), Denver (USA), Duluth (USA), Minneapolis (USA), Montreal (CAN), Yosemite Valley I(USA), Yosemite Valley II (USA) | ||||
| IV. | 1936 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) | Montreal (CAN), Sankt Moritz (SUI) | ||||
| 1940 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) / St. Moritz (SUI) / Sapporo (JPN) | cancelled because of World War II / Garmisch-Partenkirchen got the Games in a 3rd decision, after the IOC withdrew them St Moritz / first the IOC had chosen Sapporo, but Japan had to give the Games back, because of the Second Sino-Japanese War | |||||
| 1944 | Cortina d'Ampezzo (ITA) | Montreal (CAN), Oslo (NOR) | 2 (absentee ballot) | cancelled because of World War II | |||
| V. | 1948 | St. Moritz (SUI) | Lake Placid (USA) | ||||
| VI. | 1952 | Oslo (NOR) | Cortina d'Ampezzo (ITA), Lake Placid (USA) | 2 | |||
| VII. | 1956 | Cortina d'Ampezzo (ITA) | Colorado Spring (USA), Lake Placid (USA), Montreal (CAN) | 1 | |||
| VIII. | 1960 | Squaw Valley (USA) | Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER), Innsbruck (AUT), Karachi (PAK), St. Moritz (SUI) | 2 | |||
| IX. | 1964 | Innsbruck (AUT) | Calgary (CAN), Lahti (FIN) | 1 | |||
| X. | 1968 | Grenoble (FRA) | Calgary (CAN), Lake Placid (USA), Oslo (NOR), Sapporo (JPN) | 3 | |||
| XI. | 1972 | Sapporo (JPN) | Banff (CAN), Lahti (FIN), Salt Lake City (USA) | 1 | |||
| XII. | 1976 | Innsbruck (AUT) | 1. Denver (USA), Granada (ESP), Sion (SUI), Tampere (FIN), Vancouver (CAN)
2. Chamonix (FRA), Lake Placid (USA), Tampere (FIN) |
3 (1. decision) - the ballots of the 2. decision weren't published | the IOC had to award the Games again, after Denver had to give them back after a negative referendum | ||
| XIII. | 1980 | Lake Placid (USA) | Vancouver (CAN) withdrew its bid shortly before the decision | ||||
| XIV. | 1984 | Sarajevo (YUG) | Göteborg (SWE), Sapporo (JPN) | 2 | |||
| XV. | 1988 | Calgary (CAN) | Cortina d'Ampezzo (ITA), Falun (SWE) | 2 | |||
| XVI. | 1992 | Albertville (FRA) | Anchorage (USA), Berchtesgaden (GER), Cortina d'Ampezzo (ITA), Falun (SWE), Lillehammer (NOR), Sofia (BUL) | 5 (run-off ballot between 4th and 5th ballot) | |||
| XVII. | 1994 | Lillehammer (NOR) | Anchorage (USA), Östersund (SWE), Sofia (BUL) | 3 | |||
| XVIII. | 1998 | Nagano (JPN) | Aosta (ITA), Jaca (ESP), Östersund (SWE), Salt Lake City (USA) | 4 (run-off ballot between 1st and 2nd ballot) | |||
| XIX. | 2002 | Salt Lake City (USA) | Östersund (SWE), Quebec (CAN), Sion (SUI) | 1 | Graz (AUT), Jaca (ESP), Poprad (SVK), Sotschi (RUS), Tarvisio (ITA) | It is alleged that several IOC members were bribed to vote for Salt Lake City. The IOC started an investigation, which led to four members resigning and six being expelled. | |
| XX. | 2006 | Turin (ITA) | Sion (SUI) | 1 | Helsinki (FIN), Klagenfurt (AUT), Poprad (SVK), Zakopane (POL) | ||
| XXI. | 2010 | Vancouver (CAN) | PyeongChang (KOR), Salzburg (AUT) | 2 | Andorra la Vella (AND), Harbin (CHN), Jaca (ESP), Sarajevo (BIH) | Bern (SUI) withdrew its bid, although the IOC had accepted it | |
| XXII. | 2014 | PyeongChang (KOR), Salzburg (AUT), Sochi (RUS) | Almaty (KAZ), Borjomi (GEO), Jaca (ESP), Sofia (BUL) | The IOC will decide in July 2007 |
