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Countries around the world have selected cities within their national territory to put forward bids for hosting the Olympic Games. Since the creation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, which successfully revived the Ancient Greek Olympics into what is currently their modern version, the interested cities have rivaled for the selection as host city of the Summer Olympic Games (or Games of the Olympiad) or Winter Olympic Games.
What follows is a list of the cities that have bid to host any of the Summer and Winter Olympics. Olympics have been chosen to be held in 50 cities (including repeats) since its "rebirth", twice in Eastern Europe, 5 times in East Asia, once in Central America, and the remainder in Western nations. No African, South American, Central Asian, or South Asian nation has ever been chosen as host for the Olympics.
[edit] Summer Olympics bids
[edit] Winter Olympics bids
- ^ a b Those bids which were not shortlisted for the second and final bidding phase.
- ^ a b At the first Session of the International Olympic Committee, in 1894, Athens was chosen to stage the first Olympic Games of the Modern Era, in 1896, as an honour to the birthplace of the Ancient Olympics. Paris was chosen as the site for the II Olympiad, in 1900, despite Pierre de Coubertin's wish that Paris would celebrate the first Games. [ Athens 1896. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-04-09. ][ (2007-02-07) Factsheet – The Olympic Movement (PDF), International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-04-09. ]
- ^ Chicago was voted the host city of the III Olympiad, but due to pressure from the city of St. Louis, which was staging the World's Fair on the same year, the Games were transferred to this city. [1904 Summer Olympics: St. Louis, Missouri. Hickok Sports. Retrieved on 2007-04-09.]
- ^ Rome was the choice of the IOC, but the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius forced the Italians to return the Games to the IOC, which reattributed them to London. [1908 Olympics: London, England. Hickok Sports. Retrieved on 2007-04-09.]
- ^ The Games were cancelled due to the ongoing World War I.
- ^ Antwerp was awarded with the Olympic Games as a compensation and to honour the Belgians who fought, suffered and died during the war. [Antwerp 1920. Games. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-04-09.]
- ^ Lyon withdrew before the final vote.
- ^ Paris got the Games for the second time to fulfill Pierre de Coubertin's wish to see a successful Olympics in his country, erasing the flaws of the 1900 Olympics, before he retired from the IOC. [1924 Olympics: Paris, France. Hickok Sports. Retrieved on 2007-04-09.]
- ^ a b c Due to the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Japan relinquished its hosting rights to both the Summer and Winter Games. On 1938-07-15, the IOC relocated the Summer Games to Helsinki and the Winter Games to St. Moritz. Finland's invasion by the Soviet Union, in 1939, and the ensuing World War II forced the IOC to cancel the 1940 Summer Games. [1948 Olympics: London, England. Hickok Sports. Retrieved on 2007-04-10.] Disagreements with the Swiss officials, concerning the entry of professional skiers in the Games, prompted the IOC to reattribute them for the second consecutive time to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, on 1939-06-09. They were cancelled as well because of the war. [St. Moritz 1948. Games. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-04-09.]
- ^ a b The Games were cancelled because of the ongoing World War II.
- ^ a b Selected without election, after the end of the World War II.
- ^ Australian's strict quarantine laws concerning the entry of foreign horses made it impossible for the equestrian events to be held within the Games period. In May, 1954, during the 49th IOC Session in Athens, Stockholm was chosen to stage what would be known as "Equestrian Games of the XVIth Olympiad". [Melbourne 1956. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-04-10.][ The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Equestrian Games of the XVIth Olympiad (PDF) (in Swedish and English), Organizing Committee for the Equestrian Games of the XVIth Olympiad. Retrieved on 2007-04-10. ]
- ^ Chamonix was chosen by the IOC to stage the "International Sports Week 1924", which would later be considered the First Olympic Winter Games. [Chamonix 1924. Games. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-04-08.]
- ^ a b c Until the 1938 revision of the Olympic Charter, the IOC rules stated that the host country of the Summer Olympics took priority if it wished to host the Winter Olympics.
- ^ Denver gave up its hosting rights because a state referendum prohibited allocation of public funds to support the Games. The Austrian city of Innsbruck, which had hosted the Games twelve years earlier, stepped in to replace Denver. [Innsbruck 1976. Games. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-04-09.]
- ^ Vancouver-Garibaldi bid was withdrawn on 1974-10-04, leaving Lake Placid as the only bidder.
- ^ Berne withdrew its bid on 2002-09-27, following a negative referendum outcome over the payment of an Olympics. ["Berne Officially Withdraws Bid", GamesBids, 2002-09-27. Retrieved on 2007-04-09. ]
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| :See also: Bids for Olympic Games and Bids for Olympic Games (ballots) |
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