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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 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. The last host city decision was the 2032 Summer Olympics who were awarded to Brisbane on 21 July 2021.

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 2000 Summer Paralympic Games was the bridge to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) signed 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 German Empire 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 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 Germany
Dublin   Ireland
Frankfurt Germany Germany
Helsinki   Finland
Lausanne    Switzerland
Montevideo   Uruguay
Nuremberg Germany 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 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

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
TBA   India

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 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 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 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 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
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes   France Preferred to host the XXVI Olympic Winter Games 24 July 2024 142nd in Paris, France
Salt Lake City   United States Preferred to host the XXVII Olympic Winter Games
Switzerland    Switzerland Not advanced to the 2030/2034 dialogue phase, but in dialogue to potentially host the XXVIII Olympic Winter Games
Stockholm and Åre   Sweden Not advanced to the dialogue phase
Barcelona and the Pyrenees   Spain Withdrew
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)
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)
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 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 6 ( 1916, 1920, 1936, 1944, 1960, 2024) 6 (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, 2030) 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

  1. ^ 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]
  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. ^ 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]
  8. ^ The Games were cancelled because of World War II.
  9. ^ a b 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. ^ 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.
  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

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  9. ^ "Melbourne 1956". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 19 May 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
  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.
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