Saint Petersburg bid for the 1994 Winter Olympics
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| XVII Olympic Winter Games VI Paralympic Winter Games | |
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| Lillehammer Östersund · Anchorage · Sofia | |
| Details | |
| City | St. Petersburg/Kirovsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia |
| NOC | Soviet Union Olympic Committee (OKSSSR) |
| Evaluation | |
| IOC score | cancelled |
| Previous Games hosted | |
| football tournament for the 1980 Summer Olympics | |
| Decision | |
| Result | cancelled |
St. Petersburg 1994 was one of the bids for the 1994 Winter Games, and was to be held in St. Petersburg and Kirovsk, Murmansk Oblast, USSR. The IOC will select the host city for the 1994 Winter Olympics at the 94th IOC Session on 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.
Previous bids
St. Petersburg also hosted the Football tournament in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Previous bids by other Soviet cities
Moscow bid to host the 1976 Summer Olympics against Montreal, Canada and Los Angeles, USA. The vote occurred on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Moscow won the first round but loss the second round 41-28 to Montreal.
| 1976 Summer Olympics bidding results[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 | |||
| Montreal |  Canada | 25 | 41 | |||
| Moscow |  Soviet Union | 28 | 28 | |||
| Los Angeles |  United States | 17 | — | |||
Moscow bid again in 1980. Winning over Los Angeles 39-20. Los Angeles subsequently won the following, 1984 Summer Olympics unopposed.
| 1980 Summer Olympics bidding result[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Country | Round 1 | ||||
| Moscow | Soviet Union | 39 | ||||
| Los Angeles | United States | 20 | ||||
Venues
Saint Petersburg
- Kirov Stadium (ceremonies, cross-country skiing sprint for Olympics; opening ceremony for Paralympics)
- Yubileyny Sports Palace (ice hockey)
- Saint-Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex (figure skating, short track for Olympics; ice sledge hockey for Paralympics)
- Obukhovsky Sport Complex (curling)
- Olympic Oval in Udelnaya (speed skating for Olympics; ice sledge racing for Paralympics)
- New Hockey Venue (ice hockey)
Leningrad Oblast
- Toksovo (ski jumping, Nordic combined, cross-country skiing, biathlon for Olympics; para-Nordic skiing for Paralympics)
- Sosnovo, Priozersky District, Leningrad Oblast (freestyle skiing)
Kirovsk, Murmansk Oblast
- Big Vud’jävr (alpine skiing, freestyle skiing for Olympics; closing ceremony, para-alpine skiing for Paralympics)
- Cola Sports Land (alpine skiing, freestyle skiing for Olympics; para-alpine skiing for Paralympics)
- Vud’jävr Apatits Ski Jumping Arena (ski jumping, Nordic combined)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Past Olympic host city election results". GamesBids. Archived from the original on 17 March 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
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