List of bids for the Winter Olympics

Last updated October 28, 2024

The Winter Olympics are a multi-sport event in winter sports organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) every four years. Selection of the host city is done at an IOC Session four to seven years prior to the tournament, in which the IOC members vote between candidate cities which have submitted bids. As of the selection of the 2018 Olympics, 23 games have been held in 20 cities in 11 countries. Bids have been made by 56 cities in 23 countries.

The bid process consists of two rounds. First, cities and national Olympic committees (NOCs) may show their interest and submit a preliminary bid, becoming applicant cities. Through analysis of the questionnaires, the IOC gave a weighted-average score to each city based on the scores obtained in each of the questionnaire's eleven themes: political and social support, general infrastructure, sports venues, Olympic Village, environment, accommodation, transport, security, past experience, finance, and legacy. IOC's Executive Committee then selects a short-list of candidate cities. The candidate cities are investigated by the IOC Evaluation Committee, who make an evaluation report. These submit a more extensive bid book and are subject to additional evaluation, which is presented to the IOC members. Voting occurs as an exhaustive ballot, which may occur through multiple rounds until a single city holds a majority of the votes. IOC members from a candidate NOC may not vote in any round while their country remains in the election.

The first games were not subject to bids and awarded to Chamonix as part of Paris' bid for the 1924 Summer Olympics. Originally the host country of the Summer Olympics had the right to host the Winter Olympics as well, if they could provide a suitable host. The 1940 Olympics were originally awarded to Sapporo, but it and the 1944 Winter Olympics were ultimately canceled due to the Second World War. The 1976 Olympics were awarded to Denver, but in a 1972 referendum, voters rejected the games, and for the only time a city awarded the Games rejected them.^[1] IOC then offered them to Whistler, but a change of government meant they were no longer interested. Salt Lake City offered to host the games, but IOC finally chose Innsbruck instead. From 1994, Winter Olympics were held between Summer Olympic years. Starting with the 2004 Olympics, only the highest-rated cities are short-listed for the final IOC vote.^[2]

Innsbruck, Lake Placid, and St. Moritz are the only cities to have hosted two games. Albertville, Grenoble, Nagano and Turin have never lost a bid. With six, Lake Placid has the most bids, followed by Cortina d'Ampezzo with five. Montreal and Jaca have both made four bids without any being successful. Helsinki, Minneapolis, Montreal and Munich have bid for both Summer and Winter Olympics; all but Minneapolis have succeeded at winning Summer bids, but none have held Winter Olympics. Canada and the United States have bid thirteen and twelve times respectively, with the US being awarded four and Canada two games. Other countries to host multiple games are France (3), Austria (2), Italy (2), Japan (2), Norway (2), and Switzerland (2). Sweden and Finland have bid eight and five times respectively, all unsuccessfully.^[2]

By year

The following is a list of bids for the Winter Olympics, sorted by year. It consists of the year the games were held or scheduled to be held, the date the decision was made, the city and country which issued the bid, the votes at the IOC Session for each voting round, and the ultimate host of the games. The bid listed first for each games is the one selected by the IOC, whether or not it ultimately hosted the games.^[2]

Year	Session	Bid(s)		Vote						Host
Year	Session	City	Country	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Host
1924	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Chamonix
1928	—	St. Moritz	Switzerland	—	—	—	—	—	—	St. Moritz
		Davos	Switzerland
		Engelberg	Switzerland
1932	4 October 1929	Lake Placid	United States	—	—	—	—	—	—	Lake Placid
		Bear Mountain	United States
		Denver	United States
		Duluth	United States
		Lake Tahoe	United States
		Minneapolis	United States
		Montreal	Canada
		Oslo	Norway
		Yosemite Valley	United States
1936	—	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	—	—	—	—	—	—	Garmisch-Partenkirchen
		Montreal	Canada
		St. Moritz	Switzerland
1940	31 August 1936	Sapporo	Japan	—	—	—	—	—	—	Cancelled
1944	—	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	16	—	—	—	—	—	Cortina d'Ampezzo (cancelled)
		Montreal	Canada	12
		Oslo	Norway	2
1948	—	St. Moritz	Switzerland	—	—	—	—	—	—	St. Mortiz
1948	—	Lake Placid	United States	—	—	—	—	—	—	St. Mortiz
1952	21 June 1947	Oslo	Norway	16	—	—	—	—	—	Oslo
		Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	9
		Lake Placid	United States	2
1956	28 April 1949	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	31	—	—	—	—	—	Cortina d'Ampezzo
		Montreal	Canada	7
		Colorado Springs	United States	2
		Lake Placid	United States	1
1960	16 June 1955	Squaw Valley	United States	30	32	—	—	—	—	Squaw Valley
		Innsbruck	Austria	24	30
		Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	3	—
		St. Moritz	Switzerland	3	—
1964	26 May 1959	Innsbruck	Austria	49	—	—	—	—	—	Innsbruck
		Calgary	Canada	9
		Lahti	Finland	0
1968	28 January 1964	Grenoble	France	15	18	27	—	—	—	Grenoble
		Calgary	Canada	12	19	24
		Lahti	Finland	11	14	—
		Sapporo	Japan	6	—	—
		Oslo	Norway	4	—	—
		Lake Placid	United States	3	—	—
1972	25 April 1966	Sapporo	Japan	32	—	—	—	—	—	Sapporo
		Banff	Canada	16
		Lahti	Finland	7
		Salt Lake City	United States	7
1976	12 May 1970	Denver	United States	29	29	39	—	—	—	Innsbruck
		Sion	Switzerland	18	31	30
		Tampere	Finland	12	8	—
		Vancouver	Canada	9	—	—
1980	13 October 1974	Lake Placid	United States	—	—	—	—	—	—	Lake Placid
1984	18 May 1978	Sarajevo	Yugoslavia	31	39	—	—	—	—	Sarajevo
		Sapporo	Japan	33	36
		Gothenburg	Sweden	10	—
1988	30 September 1981	Calgary	Canada	35	48	—	—	—	—	Calgary
		Falun	Sweden	25	31
		Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	18	—
1992	16 October 1986	Albertville	France	19	26	29	42	—	51	Albertville
		Sofia	Bulgaria	25	25	28	24	—	25
		Falun	Sweden	10	11	11	11	41	9
		Lillehammer	Norway	10	11	9	11	40	—
		Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	7	6	7	—	—	—
		Anchorage	United States	7	5	—	—	—	—
		Berchtesgaden	Germany	6	—	—	—	—	—
1994	15 September 1988	Lillehammer	Norway	25	30	45	—	—	—	Lillehammer
		Östersund	Sweden	19	33	39
		Anchorage	United States	23	22	—
		Sofia	Bulgaria	17	—	—
1998	15 June 1991	Nagano	Japan	21	—	30	36	46	—	Nagano
		Salt Lake City	United States	15	59	27	29	42
		Östersund	Sweden	18	—	25	23	—
		Jaca	Spain	19	—	5	—	—
		Aosta	Italy	15	29	—	—	—
2002	16 June 1995	Salt Lake City	United States	54	—	—	—	—	—	Salt Lake City
		Östersund	Sweden	14
		Sion	Switzerland	14
		Quebec City	Canada	7
		Graz	Austria	—
		Jaca	Spain	—
		Poprad-Tatry	Slovakia	—
		Sochi	Russia	—
		Tarvisio	Italy	—
2006	19 June 1999	Turin	Italy	53	—	—	—	—	—	Turin
		Sion	Switzerland	36
		Helsinki	Finland	—
		Klagenfurt	Austria	—
		Poprad-Tatry	Slovakia	—
		Zakopane	Poland	—
2010	2 July 2003	Vancouver	Canada	40	56	—	—	—	—	Vancouver
		Pyeongchang	South Korea	51	53
		Salzburg	Austria	16	—
		Andorra la Vella	Andorra	—	—
		Bern	Switzerland	—	—
		Harbin	China	—	—
		Jaca	Spain	—	—
		Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	—	—
2014	4 July 2007	Sochi	Russia	34	51	—	—	—	—	Sochi
		Pyeongchang	South Korea	36	47
		Salzburg	Austria	25	—
		Almaty	Kazakhstan	—	—
		Borjomi	Georgia	—	—
		Jaca	Spain	—	—
		Sofia	Bulgaria	—	—
2018	6 July 2011	Pyeongchang	South Korea	63	—	—	—	—	—	Pyeongchang
		Munich	Germany	25
		Annecy	France	7
2022	31 July 2015	Beijing	China	44	—	—	—	—	—	Beijing
		Almaty	Kazakhstan	40	—	—	—	—	—
		Oslo	Norway	Withdrew
		Kraków	Poland	Withdrew
		Lviv	Ukraine	Withdrew
		Stockholm	Sweden	Withdrew
2026	24 June 2019	Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	47	—	—	—	—	—	Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo
		Stockholm-Åre	Sweden	34	—	—	—	—	—
		Erzurum	Turkey	Did not make the shortlist
		Calgary	Canada	Withdrew
		Graz	Austria	Withdrew
		Sapporo	Japan	Withdrew
		Sion	Switzerland	Withdrew
2030	24 July 2024	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	France	84 Yes, 4 No, 7 Abstention (95.5% of valid votes)						French Alps
		Stockholm - Åre	Sweden	Did not advance to targeted dialogue phase
		Switzerland	Switzerland	Did not advance to 2030/2034 dialogue phase, but in dialogue for 2038 Winter Olympics
		Barcelona/Zaragoza - Pyrenees	Spain	Withdrew
		Vancouver	Canada	Withdrew
		Chamonix, Valais and Aosta	France Switzerland Italy	Withdrew
		Sapporo	Japan	Withdrew
2034	24 July 2024	Salt Lake City	United States	83 Yes, 6 No, 6 Abstention (93.3% of valid votes)						Salt Lake City

By city

The following is a list of bids submitted by city. It lists the national Olympic committee, the city, and the games for which failed and successful bid were submitted. A parenthesis indicates that the city was awarded the games without a bidding process. A dagger (†) indicates that the city was awarded the games, but that they were ultimately not held in the city, either because the games were canceled or moved. An asterisk (*) indicates that the bid was not shortlisted. A double asterisk (**) indicates that the bid was withdrawn.^[2]

Country	City	Failed/Withdrawn bids	Successful bids
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	2010*	—
Austria	Graz	2002, 2026*	—
	Innsbruck	1960	1964, (1976)
	Klagenfurt	2006*	—
	Salzburg	2010, 2014	—
Bulgaria	Sofia	1992, 1994, 2014*	—
Canada	Banff	1972	—
	Calgary	1964, 1968, 2026**	1988
	Montreal	1932, 1936, 1944, 1956	—
	Quebec City	2002	—
	Vancouver	1976, 1980, 2030	2010
China	Beijing	—	2022
China	Harbin	2010*	—
Finland	Helsinki	2006*	—
	Lahti	1964, 1968, 1972	—
	Tampere	1976	—
France	Albertville	—	1992
	Annecy	2018	—
	Chamonix	2030**	(1924)
	Grenoble	—	1968
	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	2030	—
Georgia	Borjomi	2014*	—
Germany	Berchtesgaden	1992	—
	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	1960	1936
	Munich	2018	—
Italy	Aosta	1998, 2030**	—
	Cortina d'Ampezzo	1944, 1952, 1988, 1992	1956, 2026
	Milan	—	2026
	Turin	—	2006
Japan	Nagano	—	1998
Japan	Sapporo	1968, 1984, 2026, 2030	1972
Kazakhstan	Almaty	2014*, 2022	—
Norway	Lillehammer	1992	1994
Norway	Oslo	1932, 1944, 1968, 2022**	1952
Poland	Zakopane	2006*	—
Poland	Kraków	2022**	—
Russia	Sochi	2002*	2014
Slovakia	Poprad-Tatry	2006*	—
South Korea	Pyeongchang	2010, 2014	2018
Spain	Jaca	1998, 2002, 2010, 2014*	—
Spain	Barcelona/Zaragoza - Pyrenees	2030**	—
Sweden	Falun	1988, 1992	—
	Åre	2026, 2030	—
	Gothenburg	1984	—
	Östersund	1994, 1998, 2002	—
	Stockholm	2022**, 2026, 2030	—
Switzerland	Bern	2010*	—
	Davos	1928	—
	Engelberg	1928	—
	Sion	1976, 2002, 2006, 2026**	—
	St. Moritz	1936, 1960	1928, 1948
	Valais	2030**	—
Turkey	Erzurum	2026*	—
Ukraine	Lviv	2022**	—
United States	Anchorage	1992, 1994	—
	Bear Mountain	1932	—
	Colorado Springs	1956	—
	Denver	1932	1976†
	Duluth	1932	—
	Lake Placid	1948, 1952, 1956, 1968	1932, 1980
	Lake Tahoe	1932	—
	Minneapolis	1932	—
	Salt Lake City	1972, 1998	2002, 2034
	Squaw Valley	—	1960
	Yosemite Valley	1932	—
Yugoslavia/ Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	2010*	1984

By country

The following is a list of bids submitted by national Olympic committee, listing the country and years it bid. Only countries that have submitted bids from multiple cities are included. Successful bids are in boldface. Parenthesis/Brackets indicates that the city was awarded the games without a bidding process. A dagger (†) indicates that the city was awarded the games, but that they were ultimately not held in the city, either because the games were canceled or moved.^[2]

Country	Years
Austria	1960, 1964, (1976) , 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2026
Canada	1932, 1936, 1944, 1956, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1988, 2002, 2010 , 2026, 2030
China	2010, 2022
Finland	1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 2006
France	1924, 1968, 1992 , 2018, 2030
Germany	1936, 1960, 1992, 2018
Italy	1952, 1956, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2006, 2026
Japan	1968, 1972, 1984, 1998, 2026
Norway	1932, 1944, 1952, 1968, 1992, 1994, 2022
Poland	2006, 2022
Spain	1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2030,
Sweden	1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2022, 2026, 2030
Switzerland	1928 , 1936, 1948, 1960, 1976, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2026, 2030
United States	1932 , 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1972, 1976†, 1980, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2034

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References

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[1] Sanko, John (12 October 1999). "Colorado only state ever to turn down Olympics". Rocky Mountain News . Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2011.

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