Applications for Winter Olympics
All applications for the Olympic Winter Games are listed in the following overview :
Overview of applications for the Olympic Winter Games
XXV. 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan - Cortina d'Ampezzo decision took place at the 134th session of the IOC in Lausanne on June 24, 2019.
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Applicant city | 1st ballot | |||||
Milan - Cortina d'Ampezzo | 47 | |||||
Stockholm | 34 | |||||
Calgary withdrew its application despite being accepted by the IOC. | ||||||
Erzurum was not accepted by the IOC. Graz , Sapporo and Sion withdrew during the dialogue phase. |
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The XXIV Olympic Winter Games in Beijing 2022 decision took place at the 128th session of the IOC in Kuala Lumpur on July 31, 2015.
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Applicant city | 1st ballot | |||||
Beijing | 44 | |||||
Almaty | 40 | |||||
Oslo withdrew the application even though it had been accepted by the IOC. | ||||||
Krakow , Lviv and Stockholm withdrew their applications. | ||||||
XXIII. Olympic Winter Games 2018 in Pyeongchang decision took place at the 123rd session of the IOC in Durban on July 6, 2011.
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Applicant city | 1st ballot | |||||
Pyeongchang | 63 | |||||
Munich | 25th | |||||
Annecy | 7th | |||||
Annecy prevailed against Nice and Pelvoux at national level . | ||||||
XXII. Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi decision took place at the 119th Session of the IOC in Guatemala City held on 4 July 2007
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Applicant city | 1st ballot | 2nd ballot | ||||
Sochi | 34 | 51 | ||||
Pyeongchang | 36 | 47 | ||||
Salzburg | 25th | |||||
the IOC did not accept applications from Almaty , Borjomi , Jaca and Sofia . | ||||||
Pyeongchang prevailed against Muyu at the national level . Salzburg prevailed against Innsbruck on a national level . |
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XXI. 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver . The decision was made at the 115th session of the IOC in Prague on July 2, 2003.
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Applicant city | 1st ballot | 2nd ballot | ||||
Vancouver | 40 | 56 | ||||
Pyeongchang | 51 | 53 | ||||
Salzburg | 16 | |||||
Bern withdrew the application even though it had been accepted by the IOC. | ||||||
the IOC did not accept applications from Andorra la Vella , Harbin , Jaca and Sarajevo . | ||||||
Vancouver prevailed against Calgary and Québec at the national level . Salzburg prevailed against Kitzbühel at national level . |
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XX. Olympic Winter Games 2006 in Turin decision took place at the 109th session of the IOC in Seoul on June 19, 1999.
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Applicant city | 1st ballot | |||||
Turin | 53 | |||||
Sion | 36 | |||||
the IOC did not accept the applications from Helsinki , Klagenfurt am Wörthersee , Poprad and Zakopane . | ||||||
Klagenfurt am Wörthersee prevailed against Kitzbühel at national level . | ||||||
XIX. 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City . The decision was made at the 104th session of the IOC in Budapest on June 16, 1995.
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Applicant city | 1st ballot | |||||
Salt Lake City | 54 | |||||
Ostersund | 14th | |||||
Sion | 14th | |||||
Quebec | 7th | |||||
the IOC did not accept applications from Graz , Jaca , Poprad , Sochi and Tarvisio . | ||||||
XVIII. 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano . The decision was made at the 97th session of the IOC in Birmingham on June 15, 1991.
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Applicant city | 1st ballot | Runoff | 2nd ballot | 3rd ballot | 4th ballot | |
Nagano | 21st | 30th | 36 | 46 | ||
Salt Lake City | 15th | 59 | 27 | 29 | 42 | |
Ostersund | 18th | 25th | 23 | |||
Jaca | 19th | 5 | ||||
Aosta | 15th | 29 | ||||
XVII. 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer . The decision was made at the 94th session of the IOC in Seoul on September 15, 1988.
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Applicant city | 1st ballot | 2nd ballot | 3rd ballot | |||
Lillehammer | 25th | 30th | 45 | |||
Ostersund | 19th | 33 | 39 | |||
Anchorage | 23 | 22nd | ||||
Sofia | 17th | |||||
XVI. 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville . The decision was made at the 91st session of the IOC in Lausanne on October 17, 1986.
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Applicant city | 1st ballot | 2nd ballot | 3rd ballot | 4th ballot | Runoff | 5th ballot |
Albertville | 19th | 26th | 29 | 42 | 51 | |
Sofia | 25th | 25th | 28 | 24 | 25th | |
Falun | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 44 | 9 |
Lillehammer | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 40 | |
Cortina d'Ampezzo | 7th | 6th | 7th | |||
Anchorage | 7th | 5 | ||||
Berchtesgaden | 6th | |||||
XV. 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary . The decision was made at the 84th session of the IOC in Baden-Baden on September 30, 1981.
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Applicant city | 1st ballot | 2nd ballot | ||||
Calgary | 35 | 48 | ||||
Falun | 25th | 31 | ||||
Cortina d'Ampezzo | 18th | |||||
XIV. 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo . The decision was made at the 80th session of the IOC in Athens on May 18, 1978.
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Applicant city | 1st ballot | 2nd ballot | ||||
Sarajevo | 31 | 39 | ||||
Sapporo | 33 | 36 | ||||
Gothenburg | 10 | |||||
XIII. 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid . The decision was made at the 75th session of the IOC in Vienna on October 23, 1974.
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Lake Placid was the only applicant town. | ||||||
Vancouver withdrew its application shortly before the decision. | ||||||
XII. Olympic Winter Games 1976 in Innsbruck . IOC decided on February 4, 1973 about the award a second time.
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Innsbruck prevailed against Chamonix-Mont-Blanc , Lake Placid and Tampere . The results of the ballot were not disclosed. | ||||||
XII. 1976 Winter Olympics in Denver . The decision was made at the 69th session of the IOC in Amsterdam on May 12, 1970.
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Applicant city | 1st ballot | 2nd ballot | 3rd ballot | |||
Denver | 29 | 39 | 39 | |||
Sion | 18th | 31 | 30th | |||
Tampere | 12 | 8th | ||||
Vancouver | 9 | |||||
Granada | 0 | |||||
XI. 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo . The decision was made at the 64th session of the IOC in Rome on April 26, 1966.
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Applicant city | 1st ballot | |||||
Sapporo | 32 | |||||
Banff | 16 | |||||
Lahti | 7th | |||||
Salt Lake City | 7th | |||||
X. 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble . The decision was made at the 61st session of the IOC in Innsbruck on January 28, 1964.
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Applicant city | 1st ballot | 2nd ballot | 3rd ballot | |||
Grenoble | 15th | 18th | 27 | |||
Calgary | 12 | 19th | 24 | |||
Lahti | 11 | 14th | ||||
Sapporo | 6th | |||||
Oslo | 6th | |||||
Lake Placid | 3 | |||||
IX. Olympic Winter Games 1964 in Innsbruck . The decision was made at the 55th session of the IOC in Munich on May 26, 1959.
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Applicant city | 1st ballot | |||||
innsbruck | 49 | |||||
Calgary | 9 | |||||
Lahti | 0 | |||||
VIII. 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley . The decision was made at the 50th session of the IOC in Paris on June 16, 1955.
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Applicant city | 1st ballot | 2nd ballot | ||||
Squaw Valley | 30th | 32 | ||||
innsbruck | 24 | 30th | ||||
Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 5 | |||||
St. Moritz | 3 | |||||
VII. 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo . The decision was made at the 43rd session of the IOC in Rome on April 28, 1949.
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Applicant city | 1st ballot | |||||
Cortina d'Ampezzo | 18th | |||||
Montreal | 7th | |||||
Colorado Springs | 2 | |||||
Lake Placid | 1 | |||||
VI. 1952 Olympic Winter Games in Oslo . The decision was made at the 40th session of the IOC in Stockholm on June 21, 1947.
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Applicant city | 1st ballot | |||||
Oslo | 18th | |||||
Cortina d'Ampezzo | 9 | |||||
Lake Placid | 1 | |||||
V. Olympic Winter Games 1948 in St. Moritz . The decision was made at the 39th session of the IOC in Lausanne in September 1946.
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St. Moritz prevailed against Lake Placid . The results of the ballot were not disclosed. | ||||||
V. 1944 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo . The decision was made at the 38th session of the IOC in London on June 9, 1939.
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Applicant city | 1st ballot | 2nd ballot | ||||
Cortina d'Ampezzo | 16 | 16 | ||||
Montreal | 11 | 12 | ||||
Oslo | 7th | 2 | ||||
V. Olympic Winter Games 1940 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . The IOC awarded the Winter Games on June 9, 1939 for the third time.
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen received the games after St. Moritz had to return the games to the IOC due to disputes. | ||||||
V. Olympic Winter Games 1940 in St. Moritz . The IOC awarded the Winter Games on September 3, 1938 for the second time.
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St. Moritz received the games after Sapporo had to return the games to the IOC because of the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War . | ||||||
V. Olympic Winter Games 1940 in Sapporo . The decision was made at the 36th session of the IOC in Warsaw on June 9, 1937.
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after the IOC entrusted Tokyo with hosting the 1940 Summer Games, Sapporo was chosen as the venue for the Winter Games. | ||||||
IV. 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . The decision was made at the 30th session of the IOC in Lausanne on May 13, 1931.
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After the IOC entrusted Berlin with hosting the 1936 Summer Games, Garmisch-Partenkirchen was chosen as the venue for the Winter Games | ||||||
III. 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid . The decision was made at the 27th session of the IOC in Lausanne on April 10, 1929.
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After the IOC entrusted Los Angeles with hosting the 1932 Summer Games, Lake Placid prevailed against Bear Mountain , Denver , Duluth , Lake Tahoe , Minneapolis , Montreal and Yosemite Valley as the host of the Winter Games. | ||||||
II. Olympic Winter Games 1928 in St. Moritz . The decision was made at the 24th session of the IOC in Lisbon on May 6, 1926.
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After the IOC entrusted Amsterdam with hosting the 1928 Summer Games, it became clear that the IOC had to outsource the Winter Games to another country. St. Moritz prevailed against Davos and Engelberg . | ||||||
I. 1924 Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc . The decision was made at the 19th session of the IOC in Lausanne on June 2, 1921.
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An "International Winter Sports Week" was to be held for the first time on the occasion of the Summer Olympics. After the IOC entrusted Paris with hosting the 1924 Summer Games, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc prevailed against Gérardmer and Luchon-Superbagnères . On May 27, 1925, the "International Winter Sports Week" was subsequently recognized by the IOC at the 23rd session in Prague as the 1st Olympic Winter Games. |
Overview of the applicant cities
Bold = host or planned host of the Olympic Winter Games
Bold / Italic = the city was intended to host, but the Olympic Winter Games took place elsewhere or were canceled
Italic = the application was not accepted by the IOC or the application was withdrawn
Urban and countryside | Number of games |
Number of evaluations |
Number of not ac. |
Number of withdrawn Assessment |
Years |
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Chamonix-Mont-Blanc | 1 | 2 | 1924 , 1976 | ||
St. Moritz | 2 | 5 | 1928 , 1936, 1940 , 1948 , 1960 | ||
Davos | 1 | 1928 | |||
Engelberg | 1 | 1928 | |||
Bear Mountain | 1 | 1932 | |||
Denver | 2 | 1932, 1976 | |||
Duluth | 1 | 1932 | |||
Lake Placid | 2 | 7th | 1932 , 1948, 1952, 1956, 1968, 1976, 1980 | ||
Lake Tahoe | 1 | 1932 | |||
Minneapolis | 1 | 1932 | |||
Montreal | 4th | 1932, 1936, 1944, 1956 | |||
Yosemite Valley | 1 | 1932 | |||
Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 1 | 3 | 1936 , 1940 , 1960 | ||
Sapporo | 1 | 4th | 1 | 1940 , 1968, 1972 , 1984, 2026 | |
Cortina d'Ampezzo | 1 | 5 | 1944 , 1952, 1956 , 1988, 1992 | ||
Oslo | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1944, 1952 , 1968, 2022 | |
Colorado Springs | 1 | 1956 | |||
innsbruck | 2 | 3 | 1960, 1964 , 1976 | ||
Squaw Valley | 1 | 1 | 1960 | ||
Calgary | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1964, 1968, 1988 , 2026 | |
Lahti | 2 | 1964, 1972 | |||
Grenoble | 1 | 1 | 1968 | ||
Banff | 1 | 1972 | |||
Salt Lake City | 1 | 3 | 1972, 1998, 2002 | ||
Granada | 1 | 1976 | |||
Sion | 3 | 1 | 1976, 2002, 2006, 2026 | ||
Tampere | 2 | 1976, 1976 | |||
Vancouver | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1976, 1980 , 2010 | |
Gothenburg | 1 | 1984 | |||
Sarajevo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1984 , 2010 | |
Falun | 2 | 1988, 1992 | |||
Albertville | 1 | 1 | 1992 | ||
Anchorage | 2 | 1992, 1994 | |||
Berchtesgaden | 1 | 1992 | |||
Lillehammer | 1 | 2 | 1992, 1994 | ||
Sofia | 2 | 1 | 1992, 1994, 2014 | ||
Ostersund | 3 | 1994, 1998, 2002 | |||
Aosta | 1 | 1998 | |||
Jaca | 1 | 3 | 1998, 2002 , 2010 , 2014 | ||
Nagano | 1 | 1 | 1998 | ||
Quebec | 1 | 2002 | |||
Graz | 1 | 1 | 2002 , 2026 | ||
Poprad | 2 | 2002 , 2006 | |||
Sochi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2002 , 2014 | |
Tarvisio | 1 | 2002 | |||
Turin | 1 | 1 | 2006 | ||
Helsinki | 1 | 2006 | |||
Klagenfurt am Wörthersee | 1 | 2006 | |||
Zakopane | 1 | 2006 | |||
Pyeongchang | 1 | 3 | 2010, 2014, 2018 | ||
Salzburg | 2 | 2010, 2014 | |||
Andorra la Vella | 1 | 2010 | |||
Bern | 1 | 2010 | |||
Harbin | 1 | 2010 | |||
Almaty | 1 | 1 | 2014 , 2022 | ||
Borjomi | 1 | 2014 | |||
Annecy | 1 | 2018 | |||
Munich | 1 | 2018 | |||
Beijing | 1 | 1 | 2022 | ||
Krakow | 1 | 2022 | |||
Lviv | 1 | 2022 | |||
Stockholm | 1 | 1 | 2022 , 2026 | ||
Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo | 1 | 1 | 2026 | ||
Erzurum | 1 | 2026 |
Overview of the applicant countries
Bold = host or planned host of the Olympic Winter Games
Bold / Italic = the country was intended to host, but the Olympic Winter Games took place elsewhere or were canceled
Italic = the application was not accepted by the IOC or the application was withdrawn
country | Cities | Number of games |
Number of evaluations |
Number of not ac. |
Number of withdrawn Assessment |
Years |
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France |
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc , Grenoble , Albertville , Annecy |
3 | 5 | 1924 , 1968 , 1976, 1992 , 2018 | ||
Switzerland | Davos , Engelberg , St. Moritz , Sion , Bern | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1928 , 1936, 1940 , 1948 , 1960, 1976, 2002, 2006, 2010 , 2026 | |
United States |
Bear Mountain , Denver , Duluth , Lake Placid , Minneapolis , Yosemite Valley I , Yosemite Valley II , Colorado Springs , Squaw Valley , Salt Lake City , Anchorage |
4th | 14th | 1932 , 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960 , 1968, 1972, 1976 , 1976, 1980 , 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002 | ||
Canada | Montreal , Calgary , Banff , Vancouver , Québec | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1932, 1936, 1944, 1956, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980 . 1988 , 2002, 2010 , 2026 | |
Germany | Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Berchtesgaden , Munich | 1 | 5 | 1936 , 1940 , 1960, 1992, 2018 | ||
Japan | Sapporo , Nagano | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1940 , 1968, 1972 , 1984, 1998 , 2026 | |
Italy | Cortina d'Ampezzo , Aosta , Tarvisio , Turin , Milan - Cortina d'Ampezzo | 3 | 7th | 2 | 1944 , 1952, 1956 , 1988, 1992, 1998, 2002 , 2006 , 2026 | |
Norway | Oslo , Lillehammer | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1944, 1952 , 1968, 1992, 1994 , 2022 | |
Austria | Innsbruck , Graz , Klagenfurt am Wörthersee , Salzburg | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1960, 1964 , 1976 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010, 2014, 2026 |
Finland | Lahti , Tampere , Helsinki | 4th | 1 | 1964, 1972, 1976, 1976, 2006 | ||
Spain | Granada , Jaca | 2 | 3 | 1976, 1998, 2002 , 2010 , 2014 | ||
Sweden | Gothenburg , Falun , Östersund , Stockholm | 7th | 1 | 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2022 , 2026 | ||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1984 , 2010 | |
Bulgaria | Sofia | 2 | 1 | 1992, 1994, 2014 | ||
Slovakia | Poprad | 2 | 2002 , 2006 | |||
Russia | Sochi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2002 , 2014 | |
Poland | Zakopane , Krakow | 1 | 1 | 2006 , 2022 | ||
Korea | Pyeongchang | 1 | 3 | 2010, 2014, 2018 | ||
Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 1 | 2010 | |||
People's Republic of China | Harbin , Beijing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2010 , 2022 | |
Kazakhstan | Almaty | 1 | 1 | 2014 , 2022 | ||
Georgia | Borjomi | 1 | 2014 | |||
Ukraine | Lviv | 1 | 2022 | |||
Turkey | Erzurum | 1 | 2026 |
Explanations
- ↑ a b Sankt Moritz had to return the 1940 Games after a disagreement with the IOC.
- ↑ a b Denver had to return the 1976 Games to the IOC after a negative referendum.
- ↑ a b The Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1940 were canceled because of the Second World War .
- ↑ a b The 1940 Sapporo Games had to be returned to the IOC by Japan after the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
- ↑ a b The games of Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1944 were canceled because of the Second World War.
- ↑ a b Oslo withdrew the application for the 2022 Games, although the application had been accepted by the IOC.
- ↑ a b Vancouver withdrew the application for the 1980 Games shortly before the decision.
- ↑ a b Bern withdrew the application for the 2010 Games, although the application had been accepted by the IOC.