Bids for 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 and 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

Main article: List of bids for the Summer Olympics

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)
		Brasília	Brazil	Withdrew during the host selection process
		Milan	Italy
		Tashkent	Uzbekistan

Second system era

Games	Year	Bid party (Candidate/Applicant city)		Result	Final selection process		Note
		City	NOCs		Date	IOC Session
XXVIII	2004	Athens	Greece	Awarded to host the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (66 votes)	9 May 1997	106th in Lausanne, Switzerland
		Rome	Italy	Eliminated in the fourth voting (41 votes)
		Cape Town	South Africa	Eliminated in the third voting (20 votes)
		Stockholm	Sweden	Eliminated in the second voting (19 votes)
		Buenos Aires	Argentina	Eliminated in the run-off voting (44 votes)
		Istanbul	Turkey	Not shortlisted to the candidature stage
		Lille	France
		Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
		Saint Petersburg	Russia
		San Juan	Puerto Rico
		Seville	Spain
XXIX	2008	Beijing	China	Awarded to host the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (56 votes)	13 July 2001	112th in Moscow, Russia
		Toronto	Canada	Eliminated in the second voting (22 votes)
		Paris	France	Eliminated in the second voting (18 votes)
		Istanbul	Turkey	Eliminated in the second voting (9 votes)
		Osaka	Japan	Eliminated in the first voting (6 votes)
		Bangkok	Thailand	Not shortlisted to the candidature stage
		Cairo	Egypt
		Havana	Cuba
		Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
		Seville	Spain
XXX	2012	London	United Kingdom	Awarded to host the Games of the XXX Olympiad (54 votes)	6 July 2005	117th in Singapore
		Paris	France	Eliminated in the fourth voting (50 votes)
		Madrid	Spain	Eliminated in the third voting (31 votes)
		New York City	United States	Eliminated in the second voting (16 votes)
		Moscow	Russia	Eliminated in the first voting (15 votes)
		Istanbul	Turkey	Not shortlisted to the candidature stage
		Leipzig	Germany
		Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
		Havana	Cuba
XXXI	2016	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Awarded to host the Games of the XXXI Olympiad (66 votes)	2 October 2009	121st in Copenhagen, Denmark
		Madrid	Spain	Eliminated in the third voting (32 votes)
		Tokyo	Japan	Eliminated in the second voting (20 votes)
		Chicago	United States	Eliminated in the first voting (18 votes)
		Baku	Azerbaijan	Not shortlisted to the candidature stage
		Doha	Qatar
		Prague	Czech Republic
XXXII	2020	Tokyo	Japan	Awarded to host the Games of the XXXII Olympiad (60 votes)	7 September 2013	125th in Buenos Aires, Argentina	[xi]
		Istanbul	Turkey	Eliminated in the second voting (36 votes)
		Madrid	Spain	Eliminated in the run-off voting (49 votes)
		Baku	Azerbaijan	Not shortlisted to the candidature stage
		Doha	Qatar
		Rome	Italy
XXXIII & XXXIV	2024 & 2028	Paris	France	Awarded to host the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (unanimous vote)	13 September 2017	131st in Lima, Peru	[xii]
		Los Angeles	United States	Awarded to host the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad (unanimous vote)
		Budapest	Hungary	Withdrew during the candidature stage
		Hamburg	Germany
		Rome	Italy

Third system era

Games	Year	Bid party (Preferred host/Confirmed bids)		Result	Final selection process		Note
		City	NOCs		Date	IOC Session
XXXV	2032	Brisbane	Australia	Awarded to host the Games of the XXXV Olympiad (72 votes)	21 July 2021	138th in Tokyo, Japan	[12]
XXXVI	2036
		Nusantara	Indonesia
		Istanbul	Turkey
		Ahmedabad	India
		Santiago	Chile

Olympic Winter Games

Main article: List of bids for the Winter Olympics

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

Games	Year	Bid party (Candidate/Applicant city)		Result	Final selection process		Note
		City	NOCs		Date	IOC Session
XIX	2002	Salt Lake City	United States	Awarded to host the XIX Olympic Winter Games (54 votes)	16 June 1995	104th in Budapest, Hungary
		Östersund	Sweden	Eliminated in the first voting (14 votes)
		Sion	Switzerland	Eliminated in the first voting (14 votes)
		Quebec City	Canada	Eliminated in the first voting (7 votes)
		Graz	Austria	Not shortlisted to the candidature stage
		Jaca	Spain
		Poprad	Slovakia
		Sochi	Russia
		Tarvisio	Italy
XX	2006	Turin	Italy	Awarded to host the XX Olympic Winter Games (53 votes)	16 June 1999	109th in Seoul, South Korea
		Sion	Switzerland	Eliminated in the first voting (36 votes)
		Helsinki	Finland	Not shortlisted to the candidature stage
		Klagenfurt	Austria
		Poprad	Slovakia
		Zakopane	Poland
XXI	2010	Vancouver	Canada	Awarded to host the XXI Olympic Winter Games (56 votes)	2 July 2003	115th in Prague, Czech Republic
		Pyeongchang	South Korea	Eliminated in the second voting (53 votes)
		Salzburg	Austria	Eliminated in the first voting (16 votes)
		Bern	Switzerland	Withdrew during the candidature stage
		Andorra la Vella	Andorra	Not shortlisted to the candidature stage
		Harbin	China
		Jaca	Spain
		Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina
XXII	2014	Sochi	Russia	Awarded to host the XXII Olympic Winter Games (51 votes)	4 July 2007	119th in Guatemala City, Guatemala
		Pyeongchang	South Korea	Eliminated in the second voting (47 votes)
		Salzburg	Austria	Eliminated in the first voting (25 votes)
		Almaty	Kazakhstan	Not shortlisted to the candidature stage
		Borjomi	Georgia
		Jaca	Spain
		Sofia	Bulgaria
XXIII	2018	Pyeongchang	South Korea	Awarded to host the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (63 votes)	6 July 2011	123rd in Durban, South Africa
		Munich	Germany	Eliminated in the first voting (25 votes)
		Annecy	France	Eliminated in the first voting (7 votes)
XXIV	2022	Beijing	China	Awarded to host the XXIV Olympic Winter Games (44 votes)	31 July 2015	128th in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
		Almaty	Kazakhstan	Eliminated in the first voting (40 votes)
		Oslo	Norway	Withdrew during the candidature stage
		Kraków	Poland	Not shortlisted to the candidature stage
		Lviv	Ukraine
		Stockholm	Sweden
XXV	2026	Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	Awarded to host the XXV Olympic Winter Games (47 votes)	24 June 2019	134th in Lausanne, Switzerland
		Stockholm and Åre	Sweden	Eliminated in the first voting (34 votes)
		Calgary	Canada	Withdrew during the candidature stage
		Graz	Austria
		Sapporo	Japan
		Sion	Switzerland
		Erzurum	Turkey	Not shortlisted to the candidature stage

Third system era

Games	Year	Bid party (Preferred host/Confirmed bids)		Result	Final selection process		Note
		City	NOCs		Date	IOC Session
XXVI & XXVII	2030 & 2034	French Alps	France	Awarded to host the XXVI Olympic Winter Games (84 votes)	24 July 2024	142nd in Paris, France
		Salt Lake City	United States	Awarded to host the XXVII Olympic Winter Games (83 votes)
		Switzerland	Switzerland	Did not advance to the 2030/2034 dialogue phase, but in dialogue to potentially host the XXVIII Olympic Winter Games
		Stockholm and Åre	Sweden	Did not advance to the dialogue phase
		Lviv, unknown and Sigulda	Ukraine Poland Latvia	Withdrew
		Barcelona, Zaragoza and the Pyrenees	Spain
		Vancouver	Canada
		Chamonix, Valais and Aosta	France   Switzerland Italy
		Sapporo	Japan

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)
Brasília	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)
Santiago	Chile	1 (2036)		1 (0)
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)
Ahmedabad	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)

See also

• List of bids for the Summer Olympics
• List of bids for the Winter Olympics

Notes

1. 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]}
2. Originally awarded to Chicago, but moved to St. Louis to coincide with the World's Fair.
3. 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]
4. The Games were cancelled because of World War I.
5. Antwerp was awarded with the Olympic Games as a compensation and to honour the Belgians who fought, suffered and died during the war. ^[5]
6. 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]
7. 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]
8. The Games were cancelled because of World War II.
9. Selected without election, after the end of World War II.
10. 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]}
11. The games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[11]
12. 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.
13. Chamonix was chosen by the IOC to stage the "International Sports Week 1924", which would later be considered the First Olympic Winter Games. ^[13]
14. 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.
15. 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]

References

1. IPC-IOC Co-operation, The official website of the International Paralympic Committee
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10. The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Equestrian Games of the XVIth Olympiad (in Swedish and English). Organizing Committee for the Equestrian Games of the XVIth Olympiad. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
11. "Tokyo 2020: Olympic Games organisers 'agree postponement'". BBC Sport . 24 March 2020. Archived from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
12. Ben Westcott and Homero De la Fuente. "Australian city named 'preferred host' for 2032 Olympics". CNN. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
13. "Chamonix 1924". Games. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
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15. "Hobart's greatest event that never happened". The Mercury. Hobart.

External links

• GamesBids.com
• TheBidLibrary.com
• International Olympic Committee (IOC) — Olympic Games
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• Olympic Bid Election History