Bids for the Olympic Games
Bids to host the Olympic Games
National Olympic Committees that wish to host an Olympic Games select cities within their territories to put forth bids for the Olympic Games. The staging of the Paralympic Games is automatically included in the bid.[ 1] Since the creation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, which successfully appropriated the name of the Ancient Greek Olympics to create a modern sporting event, interested cities have rivaled for selection as host of the Summer or Winter Olympic Games.
51 different cities have been chosen to host the modern Olympics: three in Eastern Europe , five in East Asia , one in South America , three in Oceania , nine in North America and all the others in Western Europe . No Central American , African , Central Asian , Middle Eastern , South Asian , or Southeast Asian city has ever been chosen to host an Olympics.
Due to recent changes at the Olympic Charter, the host city decisions have been made at IOC Sessions between seven to eleven years from the games; for example, the 2020 Summer Olympics were awarded to Tokyo on 7 September 2013, the 2022 Winter Olympics were awarded to Beijing on 31 July 2015, the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2028 Summer Olympics were awarded to Paris and Los Angeles jointly on 13 September 2017, the 2026 Winter Olympics were awarded to Milan -Cortina d'Ampezzo on 24 June 2019, and the 2032 Summer Olympics were awarded to Brisbane on 21 July 2021. The last host city decision was the 2034 Winter Olympics who were awarded to Salt Lake City on 24 July 2024.
IOC – IPC co-operation
Even with completely different stories, but with common goals, the approach to the Paralympic Games that began in the late 1980s and progressively evolved into a joint organization made during the 1992 Summer Paralympics , held in Barcelona and Madrid , Spain , the 1994 Winter Paralympics held in Lillehammer , Norway , the 1998 Winter Paralympics held in Nagano , Japan , and the 2000 Summer Paralympic Games were the bridges to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to sign in June 2001, an agreement that would ensure that the staging of the Paralympic Games is automatically included in the bid for the Olympic Games starting from the bid process for the 2008 Summer Paralympics .
[ 1] However, the Salt Lake 2002 Organizing Committee (SLOC) and Athens 2004 Organizing Committee (ATHOC) instead chose to follow the practice of "one bid, one city" for both events.The agreement was adjusted in 2003 and their first extension was signed in June 2006.[ 1]
Games of the Olympiad
First system era
Games
Year
Bid party
Result
Final selection process
Note
City
NOCs
Date
IOC Session
I
1896
Athens
Greece
Awarded to host the Games of the I Olympiad (sole bid)
23 June 1894
1st in Paris, France
[ i]
II
1900
Paris
France
Awarded to host the Games of the II Olympiad (sole bid)
23 June 1894
1st in Paris, France
[ i]
III
1904
Chicago
United States
Awarded to host the Games of the III Olympiad (moved to St. Louis)
22 May 1901
4th in Paris, France
[ ii]
St. Louis
Inherently awarded to host the Games of the III Olympiad
IV
1908
Rome
Italy
Awarded to host the Games of the IV Olympiad (reattributed)
June 1904
6th in London
[ iii]
London
United Kingdom
Inherently awarded to host the Games of the IV Olympiad
Berlin
Germany
Not selected to host the games
Milan
Italy
V
1912
Stockholm
Sweden
Awarded to host the Games of the V Olympiad (sole bid)
27 May 1909
10th in Berlin, Germany
VI
1916
Berlin
Germany
Awarded to host the Games of the VI Olympiad (cancelled)
27 May 1912
14th in Stockholm, Sweden
[ iv]
Alexandria
Egypt
Not selected to host the games
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Brussels
Belgium
Budapest
Hungary
Cleveland
United States
VII
1920
Antwerp
Belgium
Awarded to host the Games of the VII Olympiad
5 April 1919
17th in Lausanne, Switzerland
[ v]
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Not selected to host the games
Atlanta
United States
Budapest
Hungary
Cleveland
United States
Havana
Cuba
Philadelphia
United States
Lyon
France
Withdrew during the host selection process
VIII
1924
Paris
France
Awarded to host the Games of the VIII Olympiad
2 June 1921
19th in Lausanne, Switzerland
[ vi]
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Not selected to host the games
Barcelona
Spain
Los Angeles
United States
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Rome
Italy
IX
1928
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Awarded to host the Games of the IX Olympiad
2 June 1921
19th in Lausanne, Switzerland
Los Angeles
United States
Not selected to host the games
X
1932
Los Angeles
United States
Awarded to host the Games of the X Olympiad (sole bid)
9 April 1923
21st in Rome, Italy
XI
1936
Berlin
Germany
Awarded to host the Games of the XI Olympiad (43 votes)
13 May 1931
29th in Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona
Spain
Eliminated in the first voting (16 votes)
Alexandria
Egypt
Withdrew during the host selection process
Budapest
Hungary
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Cologne
Germany
Dublin
Ireland
Frankfurt
Germany
Helsinki
Finland
Lausanne
Switzerland
Montevideo
Uruguay
Nuremberg
Germany
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Rome
Italy
XII
1940
Tokyo
Japan
Awarded to host the Games of the XII Olympiad (relinquished)
31 July 1936
35th in Berlin, Germany
[ vii]
Helsinki
Finland
Inherently awarded to host the Games of the XII Olympiad (cancelled)
Barcelona
Spain
Not selected to host the games
Rome
Italy
Not selected to host the games
XIII
1944
London
United Kingdom
Awarded to host the Games of the XIII Olympiad (20 votes; cancelled)
9 June 1939
38th in London
[ viii]
Rome
Italy
Eliminated in the first voting (11 votes)
Detroit
United States
Eliminated in the first voting (2 votes)
Lausanne
Switzerland
Eliminated in the first voting (1 vote)
Athens
Greece
Eliminated in the first voting (no vote)
Budapest
Hungary
Helsinki
Finland
Montreal
Canada
XIV
1948
London
United Kingdom
Awarded to host the Games of the XIV Olympiad
September 1946
39th in Lausanne, Switzerland
[ ix]
Lausanne
Switzerland
Not selected to host the games
Los Angeles
United States
Minneapolis
Philadelphia
Baltimore
XV
1952
Helsinki
Finland
Awarded to host the Games of the XV Olympiad (15 votes)
21 June 1947
40th in Stockholm, Sweden
Minneapolis
United States
Eliminated in the second voting (5 votes)
Los Angeles
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Eliminated in the second voting (3 votes)
Detroit
United States
Eliminated in the first voting (2 votes)
Chicago
Eliminated in the first voting (1 vote)
Philadelphia
Eliminated in the first voting (no vote)
XVI
1956
Melbourne
Australia
Awarded to host the Games of the XVI Olympiad (21 votes)
28 April 1949
43rd in Rome, Italy
[ x]
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Eliminated in the fourth voting (20 votes)
Los Angeles
United States
Eliminated in the third voting (5 votes)
Detroit
Eliminated in the third voting (4 votes)
Mexico City
Mexico
Eliminated in the second voting (3 votes)
Chicago
United States
Eliminated in the first voting (1 vote)
Minneapolis
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Eliminated in the first voting (no vote)
Montreal
Canada
XVII
1960
Rome
Italy
Awarded to host the Games of the XVII Olympiad (35 votes)
15 June 1955
50th in Paris, France
Lausanne
Switzerland
Eliminated in the third voting (24 votes)
Detroit
United States
Eliminated in the second voting (11 votes)
Budapest
Hungary
Eliminated in the second voting (1 vote)
Brussels
Belgium
Eliminated in the first voting (6 votes)
Mexico City
Mexico
Tokyo
Japan
Eliminated in the first voting (4 votes)
XVIII
1964
Tokyo
Japan
Awarded to host the Games of the XVIII Olympiad (34 votes)
26 May 1959
55th in Munich, Germany
Detroit
United States
Eliminated in the first voting (10 votes)
Vienna
Austria
Eliminated in the first voting (9 votes)
Brussels
Belgium
Eliminated in the first voting (5 votes)
XIX
1968
Mexico City
Mexico
Awarded to host the Games of the XIX Olympiad (30 votes)
18 October 1963
60th in Baden-Baden, Germany
Detroit
United States
Eliminated in the first voting (14 votes)
Lyon
France
Eliminated in the first voting (12 votes)
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Eliminated in the first voting (2 votes)
XX
1972
Munich
Germany
Awarded to host the Games of the XX Olympiad (31 votes)
26 April 1966
64th in Rome, Italy
Madrid
Spain
Eliminated in the second voting (16 votes)
Montreal
Canada
Eliminated in the second voting (13 votes)
Detroit
United States
Eliminated in the first voting (6 votes)
XXI
1976
Montreal
Canada
Awarded to host the Games of the XXI Olympiad (41 votes)
12 May 1970
69th in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Moscow
Soviet Union
Eliminated in the second voting (28 votes)
Los Angeles
United States
Eliminated in the first voting (17 votes)
XXII
1980
Moscow
Soviet Union
Awarded to host the Games of the XXII Olympiad (39 votes)
23 October 1974
75th in Vienna, Austria
Los Angeles
United States
Eliminated in the first voting (20 votes)
XXIII
1984
Los Angeles
United States
Awarded to host the Games of the XXIII Olympiad (sole bid)
18 May 1978
80th in Athens, Greece
XXIV
1988
Seoul
South Korea
Awarded to host the Games of the XXIV Olympiad (52 votes)
30 September 1981
84th in Baden-Baden, Germany
Nagoya
Japan
Eliminated in the first voting (27 votes)
XXV
1992
Barcelona
Spain
Awarded to host the Games of the XXV Olympiad (47 votes)
17 October 1986
91st in Lausanne, Switzerland
Paris
France
Eliminated in the third voting (23 votes)
Brisbane
Australia
Eliminated in the third voting (10 votes)
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Eliminated in the third voting (5 votes)
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Eliminated in the second voting (8 votes)
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Eliminated in the first voting (5 votes)
XXVI
1996
Atlanta
United States
Awarded to host the Games of the XXVI Olympiad (51 votes)
18 September 1990
96th in Tokyo, Japan
Athens
Greece
Eliminated in the fifth voting (35 votes)
Toronto
Canada
Eliminated in the fourth voting (22 votes)
Melbourne
Australia
Eliminated in the third voting (16 votes)
Manchester
United Kingdom
Eliminated in the second voting (5 votes)
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Eliminated in the first voting (7 votes)
XXVII
2000
Sydney
Australia
Awarded to host the Games of the XXVII Olympiad (45 votes)
23 September 1993
101st in Monte Carlo, Monaco
Beijing
China
Eliminated in the fourth voting (43 votes)
Manchester
United Kingdom
Eliminated in the third voting (11 votes)
Berlin
Germany
Eliminated in the second voting (9 votes)
Istanbul
Turkey
Eliminated in the first voting (7 votes)
Brasilia
Brazil
Withdrew during the host selection process
Milan
Italy
Tashkent
Uzbekistan
Second system era
Third system era
Olympic Winter Games
First system era
Games
Year
Bid party
Result
Final selection process
Note
City
NOCs
Date
IOC Session
I
1924
Chamonix
France
Awarded to host the I Olympic Winter Games (sole bid)
2 June 1921
19th in Lausanne, Switzerland
[ xiii]
II
1928
St. Moritz
Switzerland
Awarded to host the II Olympic Winter Games
5 June 1926
24th in Lisbon, Portugal
Davos
Switzerland
Not selected to host the games
Engelberg
III
1932
Lake Placid
United States
Awarded to host the III Olympic Winter Games
10 April 1929
27th in Lausanne, Switzerland
[ xiv]
Bear Mountain
United States
Not selected to host the games
Denver
Duluth
Minneapolis
Montreal
Canada
Oslo
Norway
Yosemite Valley
United States
IV
1936
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Germany
Awarded to host the IV Olympic Winter Games
7 June 1933
31st in Vienna, Austria
[ xiv]
Montreal
Canada
Not selected to host the games
St. Moritz
Switzerland
Not selected to host the games
V
1940
Sapporo
Japan
Awarded to host the V Olympic Winter Games (sole bid; relinquished)
9 June 1937
36th in Warsaw, Poland
[ xiv] [ vii]
St. Moritz
Switzerland
Secondly awarded to host the V Olympic Winter Games (withdrew)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Germany
Thirdly awarded to host the V Olympic Winter Games (cancelled)
1944
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Italy
Awarded to host the V Olympic Winter Games (16 votes; cancelled)
9 June 1939
38th in London
[ xiv] [ vii]
Montreal
Canada
Eliminated in the first voting (12 votes)
Oslo
Norway
Eliminated in the first voting (2 votes)
1948
St. Moritz
Switzerland
Awarded to host the V Olympic Winter Games
September 1946
39th in Lausanne, Switzerland
[ ix]
Lake Placid
United States
Not selected to host the games
VI
1952
Oslo
Norway
Awarded to host the VI Olympic Winter Games (17 votes)
21 June 1947
40th in Stockholm, Sweden
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Italy
Eliminated in the first voting (9 votes)
Lake Placid
United States
Eliminated in the first voting (1 vote)
VII
1956
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Italy
Awarded to host the VII Olympic Winter Games (31 votes)
28 April 1949
43rd in Rome, Italy
Montreal
Canada
Eliminated in the first voting (7 votes)
Colorado Springs
United States
Eliminated in the first voting (2 votes)
Lake Placid
Eliminated in the first voting (1 vote)
VIII
1960
Squaw Valley
United States
Awarded to host the VIII Olympic Winter Games (32 votes)
16 June 1955
50th in Paris, France
Innsbruck
Austria
Eliminated in the second voting (30 votes)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Germany
Eliminated in the first voting (5 votes)
St. Moritz
Switzerland
Eliminated in the first voting (3 votes)
IX
1964
Innsbruck
Austria
Awarded to host the IX Olympic Winter Games (48 votes)
28 April 1959
55th in Munich, Germany
Calgary
Canada
Eliminated in the first voting (12 votes)
Lahti
Finland
Eliminated in the first voting (1 vote)
X
1968
Grenoble
France
Awarded to host the X Olympic Winter Games (32 votes)
28 January 1964
61st in Vienna, Austria
Calgary
Canada
Eliminated in the third voting (24 votes)
Lahti
Finland
Eliminated in the second voting (14 votes)
Sapporo
Japan
Eliminated in the first voting (6 votes)
Oslo
Norway
Eliminated in the first voting (4 votes)
Lake Placid
United States
Eliminated in the first voting (3 votes)
XI
1972
Sapporo
Japan
Awarded to host the XI Olympic Winter Games (32 votes)
26 April 1966
64th in Rome, Italy
Banff
Canada
Eliminated in the first voting (16 votes)
Lahti
Finland
Eliminated in the first voting (7 votes)
Salt Lake City
United States
Eliminated in the first voting (7 votes)
XII
1976
Denver
United States
Awarded to host the XII Olympic Winter Games (39 votes; withdrew)
12 May 1970
69th in Amsterdam, Netherlands
[ xv]
Innsbruck
Austria
Secondly awarded to host the XII Olympic Winter Games
Sion
Switzerland
Eliminated in the third voting (30 votes)
Tampere
Finland
Eliminated in the second voting (8 votes)
Vancouver and Garibaldi
Canada
Eliminated in the first voting (9 votes)
XIII
1980
Lake Placid
United States
Awarded to host the XIII Olympic Winter Games (sole bid)
23 October 1974
75th in Vienna, Austria
Vancouver and Garibaldi
Canada
Withdrew during the host selection process
XIV
1984
Sarajevo
Yugoslavia
Awarded to host the XIV Olympic Winter Games (39 votes)
18 May 1978
80th in Athens, Greece
Sapporo
Japan
Eliminated in the second voting (36 votes)
Gothenburg
Sweden
Eliminated in the first voting (10 votes)
XV
1988
Calgary
Canada
Awarded to host the XV Olympic Winter Games (48 votes)
30 September 1981
84th in Baden-Baden, Germany
Falun
Sweden
Eliminated in the second voting (31 votes)
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Italy
Eliminated in the first voting (18 votes)
XVI
1992
Albertville
France
Awarded to host the XVI Olympic Winter Games (51 votes)
17 October 1986
91st in Lausanne, Switzerland
Sofia
Bulgaria
Eliminated in the fifth voting (25 votes)
Falun
Sweden
Eliminated in the fifth voting (9 votes)
Lillehammer
Norway
Eliminated in the run-off voting (40 votes)
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Italy
Eliminated in the third voting (7 votes)
Anchorage
United States
Eliminated in the second voting (5 votes)
Berchtesgaden
Germany
Eliminated in the first voting (6 votes)
XVII
1994
Lillehammer
Norway
Awarded to host the XVII Olympic Winter Games (45 votes)
15 September 1988
94th in Seoul, South Korea
Östersund
Sweden
Eliminated in the third voting (39 votes)
Anchorage
United States
Eliminated in the second voting (22 votes)
Sofia
Bulgaria
Eliminated in the first voting (17 votes)
XVIII
1998
Nagano
Japan
Awarded to host the XVIII Olympic Winter Games (46 votes)
15 June 1991
97th in Birmingham, United Kingdom
Salt Lake City
United States
Eliminated in the fourth voting (42 votes)
Östersund
Sweden
Eliminated in the third voting (23 votes)
Jaca
Spain
Eliminated in the second voting (5 votes)
Aosta
Italy
Eliminated in the run-off voting (29 votes)
Second system era
Third system era
Bidding cities
City
Country
Games of the Olympiad
Olympic Winter Games
Total
Andorra la Vella
Andorra
1 (2010 )
1 (0)
Buenos Aires
Argentina
4 (1936 , 1956 , 1968 , 2004 )
4 (0)
Brisbane
Australia
2 (1992 , 2032 )
2 (1)
Melbourne
2 (1956 , 1996 )
2 (1)
Hobart
1 (2020 )[ 15]
1 (1)
Sydney
1 (2000 )
1 (1)
Graz
Austria
2 (2002 , 2026 )
2 (0)
Innsbruck
3 (1960 , 1964 , 1976 )
3 (2)
Klagenfurt
1 (2006 )
1 (0)
Salzburg
2 (2010 , 2014 )
2 (0)
Vienna
1 (1964 )
1 (0)
Baku
Azerbaijan
2 (2016 , 2020 )
2 (0)
Antwerp
Belgium
1 (1920 )
1 (1)
Brussels
3 (1916 , 1960 , 1964 )
3 (0)
Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 (1984 , 2010 )
2 (1)
Brasilia
Brazil
1 (2000 )
1 (0)
Rio de Janeiro
4 (1936 , 2004 , 2012 , 2016 )
4 (1)
Sofia
Bulgaria
3 (1992 , 1994 , 2014 )
3 (0)
Banff
Canada
1 (1972 )
1 (0)
Calgary
5 (1964 , 1968 , 1988 , 2026 )
5 (1)
Garibaldi
2 (1976 , 1980 )
2 (0)
Montreal
4 (1944 , 1956 , 1972 , 1976 )
4 (1932 , 1936 , 1944 , 1956 )
8 (1)
Quebec City
1 (2002 )
1 (0)
Toronto
2 (1996 , 2008 )
2 (0)
Vancouver
4 (1976 , 1980 , 2010 , 2030 )
4 (1)
Beijing
China
2 (2000 , 2008 )
1 (2022 )
3 (2)
Harbin
1 (2010 )
1 (0)
Havana
Cuba
3 (1920 , 2008 , 2012 )
3 (0)
Prague
Czech Republic
2 (1924 , 2016 )
2 (0)
Alexandria
Egypt
2 (1916 , 1936 )
2 (0)
Cairo
1 (2008 )
1 (0)
Helsinki
Finland
5 (1936 , 1940 , 1944 , 1952 )
1 (2006 )
5 (1)
Lahti
3 (1964 , 1968 , 1972 )
3 (0)
Tampere
1 (1976 )
1 (0)
Albertville
France
1 (1992 )
1 (1)
Annecy
1 (2018 )
1 (0)
Chamonix
2 (1924 , 2030 )
1 (1)
French Alps
1 (2030 )
1 (1)
Grenoble
1 (1968 )
1 (1)
Lille
1 (2004 )
1 (0)
Lyon
2 (1920 , 1968 )
2 (0)
Paris
6 (1900 , 1924 , 1992 , 2008 , 2012 , 2024 )
6 (3)
Borjomi
Georgia
1 (2014 )
1 (0)
Berchtesgaden
Germany
1 (1992 )
1 (0)
Berlin
4 (1908 , 1916 , 1936 , 2000 )
4 (1)
Cologne
1 (1936 )
1 (0)
Frankfurt
1 (1936 )
1 (0)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
3 (1936 , 1940 , 1960 )
3 (1)
Hamburg
1 (2024 )
1 (0)
Leipzig
1 (2012 )
1 (0)
Munich
1 (1972 )
1 (2018 )
2 (1)
Nuremberg
1 (1936 )
1 (0)
Birmingham
United Kingdom
1 (1992 )
1 (0)
London
4 (1908 , 1944 , 1948 , 2012 )
4 (3)
Manchester
2 (1996 , 2000 )
2 (0)
Athens
Greece
4 (1896 , 1944 , 1996 , 2004 )
4 (2)
Budapest
Hungary
8 (1916 , 1920 , 1936 , 1944 , 1960 , 2024 , 2036 , 2040 )
8 (0)
TBA
India
1 (2036 )
1 (0)
Nusantara
Indonesia
1 (2036 )
1 (0)
Dublin
Ireland
1 (1936 )
1 (0)
Aosta
Italy
2 (1998 , 2030 )
1 (0)
Cortina d'Ampezzo
6 (1944 , 1952 , 1956 , 1988 , 1992 , 2026 )
6 (2)
Milan
2 (1908 , 2000 )
1 (2026 )
3 (1)
Rome
9 (1908 , 1924 , 1936 , 1940 , 1944 , 1960 , 2004 , 2020 , 2024 )
9 (1)
Tarvisio
1 (2002 )
1 (0)
Turin
1 (2006 )
1 (1)
Nagano
Japan
1 (1998 )
1 (1)
Nagoya
1 (1988 )
1 (0)
Osaka
1 (2008 )
1 (0)
Sapporo
6 (1940 , 1968 , 1972 , 1984 , 2026 , 2030 )
5 (1)
Tokyo
5 (1940 , 1960 , 1964 , 2016 , 2020 )
5 (2)
Almaty
Kazakhstan
2 (2014 , 2022 )
2 (0)
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
1 (2008 )
1 (0)
Mexico City
Mexico
3 (1956 , 1960 , 1968 )
3 (1)
Amsterdam
Netherlands
6 (1916 , 1920 , 1924 , 1928 , 1952 , 1992 )
6 (1)
Lillehammer
Norway
2 (1992 , 1994 )
2 (1)
Oslo
5 (1932 , 1944 , 1952 , 1968 , 2022 )
5 (1)
Kraków
Poland
1 (2022 )
1 (0)
Zakopane
1 (2006 )
1 (0)
San Juan
Puerto Rico
1 (2004 )
1 (0)
Doha
Qatar
2 (2016 , 2020 )
2 (0)
Moscow
Russia
3 (1976 , 1980 , 2012 )
3 (1)
Saint Petersburg
1 (2004 )
1 (0)
Sochi
2 (2010 , 2014 )
2 (1)
Belgrade
Serbia
2 (1992 , 1996 )
2 (0)
Poprad
Slovakia
2 (2002 , 2006 )
2 (0)
Cape Town
South Africa
1 (2004 )
1 (0)
Pyeongchang
South Korea
3 (2010 , 2014 , 2018 )
3 (1)
Seoul
1 (1988 )
1 (1)
Barcelona
Spain
4 (1924 , 1936 , 1940 , 1992 )
1 (2030 )
5 (1)
Jaca
4 (1998 , 2002 , 2010 , 2014 )
4 (0)
Madrid
4 (1972 , 2012 , 2016 , 2020 )
4 (0)
Seville
2 (2004 , 2008 )
2 (0)
Åre
Sweden
2 (2026 , 2030 )
2 (0)
Falun
2 (1988 , 1992 )
2 (0)
Gothenburg
1 (1984 )
1 (0)
Östersund
3 (1994 , 1998 , 2002 )
3 (0)
Stockholm
2 (1912 , 2004 )
3 (2022 , 2026 , 2030 )
5 (1)
Bern
Switzerland
1 (2010 )
1 (0)
Davos
1 (1928 )
1 (0)
Engelberg
1 (1928 )
1 (0)
Lausanne
4 (1936 , 1944 , 1948 , 1960 )
4 (0)
Sion
4 (1976 , 2002 , 2006 , 2026 )
4 (0)
Valais
1 (2030 )
1 (0)
St. Moritz
5 (1928 , 1936 , 1940 , 1948 , 1960 )
5 (2)
Bangkok
Thailand
1 (2008 )
1 (0)
Erzurum
Turkey
1 (2026 )
1 (0)
Istanbul
6 (2000 , 2004 , 2008 , 2012 , 2020 , 2036 )
6 (0)
Lviv
Ukraine
1 (2022 )
1 (0)
Anchorage
United States
2 (1992 , 1994 )
2 (0)
Atlanta
2 (1920 , 1996 )
2 (1)
Baltimore
1 (1948 )
1 (0)
Bear Mountain
1 (1932 )
1 (0)
Chicago
4 (1904 , 1952 , 1956 , 2016 )
4 (0)
Cleveland
2 (1916 , 1920 )
2 (0)
Colorado Springs
1 (1956 )
1 (0)
Denver
2 (1932 , 1976 )
2 (0)
Detroit
7 (1944 , 1952 , 1956 , 1960 , 1964 , 1968 , 1972 )
7 (0)
Duluth
1 (1932 )
1 (0)
Lake Placid
6 (1932 , 1948 , 1952 , 1956 , 1968 , 1980 )
6 (2)
Los Angeles
10 (1924 , 1928 , 1932 , 1948 , 1952 , 1956 , 1976 , 1980 , 1984 , 2028 )
10 (3)
Minneapolis
3 (1948 , 1952 , 1956 )
1 (1932 )
4 (0)
New York City
1 (2012 )
1 (0)
Philadelphia
4 (1920 , 1948 , 1952 , 1956 )
4 (0)
Salt Lake City
4 (1972 , 1998 , 2002 , 2034 )
4 (1)
San Francisco
1 (1956 )
1 (0)
Squaw Valley
1 (1960 )
1 (1)
St. Louis
1 (1904 )
1 (1)
Yosemite Valley
1 (1932 )
1 (0)
Montevideo
Uruguay
1 (1936 )
1 (0)
Tashkent
Uzbekistan
1 (2000 )
1 (0)
Trivia
London is the only city to have bid more than once and never lost a bid.
Detroit has had the most bids whilst failing to win the rights to host the games once.
Los Angeles has had the most bids in the Summer Games.
Cortina d'Ampezzo and Lake Placid have had the most bids in the Winter Games.
Hungary has had the most bids in the Summer Games that have failed to win the rights to host the games at least once, with six bids--all from Budapest. This also ties it with Turkey for most bids for Olympic Games in general without a successful bid (Turkey has bid for the Summer Games five times and the Winter Games once).
Sweden has had the most bids in the Winter Games that have failed to win the rights to host the games at least once, with nine bids.
Beijing is the only city to host both the Summer and Winter Games.
Helsinki , Milan , Montreal , Stockholm and Munich have each been selected as hosts for either the Summer or Winter Games while also bidding unsuccessfully for the other Games. Minneapolis has bid for the Summer and Winter Games but has never been selected.
Notes
^ 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.[ 2] [ 3]
^ Originally awarded to Chicago , but moved to St. Louis to coincide with the World's Fair .
^ 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.[ 4]
^ The Games were cancelled because of 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.[ 5]
^ 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.[ 6]
^ 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 World War II forced the IOC to cancel the 1940 Summer Games.[ 7] 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.[ 8]
^ The Games were cancelled because of World War II.
^ a b Selected without election, after the end of World War II.
^ Australia'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".[ 9] [ 10]
^ The games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[ 11]
^ Los Angeles' bid was withdrawn on July 31, 2017 as a prerequisite to being awarded 2028, leaving Paris as the only bidder. The USOC initially picked Boston as the US candidate but later withdrew their bid in favor of Los Angeles.
^ Chamonix was chosen by the IOC to stage the "International Sports Week 1924", which would later be considered the First Olympic Winter Games.[ 13]
^ a b c d 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 also host the Winter Olympics the same year.
^ The selection process for the 1976 Winter Olympics consisted of four bids, and saw Denver , United States, selected ahead of Sion , Switzerland; Tampere , Finland; and Vancouver , Canada. The selection was made at the 70th IOC Session in Amsterdam on 12 May 1970. In a statewide referendum on 7 November 1972, Colorado voters rejected funding for the games, and for the only time a city awarded the Games rejected them. Denver officially withdrew on 15 November, and the IOC then offered the games to Whistler , Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of government following elections. Whistler would go on to be associated with neighbouring Vancouver 's successful bid for the 2010 games . Salt Lake City offered to host the games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck to host the 1976 Winter Olympics, which had hosted the 1964 Winter Olympics games twelve years earlier, on 5 February 1973. Salt Lake City would then host the Winter Olympics in 2002 .[ 14]
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