Brisbane bid for the 1992 Summer Olympics

Bids for the
1992 (1992) Summer Olympics and Paralympics

Overview
Games of the XXV Olympiad IX Paralympic Games
Winner: Barcelona Runner-up: Paris Shortlist: Belgrade · Birmingham · Amsterdam
Details
City	Brisbane, Australia
Chair	Sallyanne Atkinson
NOC	Australian Olympic Committee (AOC)
Previous Games hosted
None (Melbourne hosted the 1956 Summer Olympics)
Decision
Result	Third runner up (10 votes)

Brisbane's bid for the 1992 Summer Olympics was an unsuccessful campaign by the City of Brisbane, the state government of Queensland, and the Australian Olympic Committee. They later went on to lose a bid to Barcelona, with this city having an 11-10 votes.

This is Brisbane's first try to host the games and subsequently went on to host the 2032 games in 2021.

Background

The bid was announced on 15 October 1982, when Lord Mayor Roy Harvey announced that he would initiate an investigation into the possibility of Brisbane hosting the Olympic Games. This investigation led to the development of the "Committee to Organize the Brisbane Olympics," which drove the project forward. ^[1] Harvey immediately set his sights on the 1992 Olympics because Queenslanders and Australians in general believed "they" had done such a fantastic job hosting the XII Commonwealth Games. ^[2]

Harvey assembled a project team with the support of his council, and they presented ideas for a new international airport and a system of arterial roads connecting current and future sports facilities and lodging. In January 1983, the Brisbane City Council (BCC) informed the IOC of their intention to submit a candidacy for the 1992 Games. ^[2]

Brisbane officials went to Lausanne the following month to discuss the bid process, and IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch came to Brisbane in April. ^[2] The city finally submitted an official bid for the 1992 Summer Olympics in August of 1984. ^[3] Sallyanne Atkinson, the recently elected Lord Mayor, attended the 90th IOC Session in Berlin in June 1985, two years after the BCC was altered. ^[2]

Barcelona was selected to host the games on 17 October 1986, meaning that only Brisbane had to be let down. ^[4]

Venues

The intended locations were to be divided into four main zones or sporting areas:

• Central Zone: This zone was intended to host events like boxing, football, tennis, and water polo, with media facilities planned for South Bank's Expo 88 site.
  • Lake Kurwongbah: This location was proposed as the venue for rowing and canoeing.
• Boondall Zone: This zone would house the Olympic Village, an upgraded sporting precinct at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, and facilities for baseball, basketball, diving, football, gymnastics, handball, hockey, synchronized swimming, volleyball, and yachting
• Chandler Zone: This zone was planned to host events such as archery, badminton, cycling, equestrian, fencing, judo, modern pentathlon, swimming, table tennis, weightlifting, and wrestling.

• QEII Zone: The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Sports Centre, located in Nathan, was earmarked for the opening and closing ceremonies and could accommodate up to 95,000 people, with temporary grandstands to be used. It is also an athletics venue.

See also

• Australia at the Olympics
• Brisbane bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Brisbane's bid for the 1992 Olympic Games".
2. Hui, Jin (2020-11-24). "Brilliant Brisbane bids for 1992 Games". Noosa Today. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
3. "Brisbane makes its bid for 1992 Games". The Age. 2 Aug 1984.
4. "Spain, France get Olympics in 1992". UPI. 17 Oct 1986.

External links

• Brisbane 1992 - Candidature File