Bids for the 1972 Winter Olympics
Overview | |
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XI Olympic Winter Games | |
Winner: Sapporo Runner-up: Banff, Alberta Shortlist: Lahti · Salt Lake City | |
Details | |
Committee | IOC |
Election venue | 64th IOC Session, Rome |
Map of the bidding cities | |
Important dates | |
Decision | 25 April 1966 |
Decision | |
Winner | Sapporo (32 votes) |
Runner-up | Banff, Alberta (16 votes) |
The selection process for the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of three bids, and saw Sapporo, Japan, be selected ahead of Banff, Alberta, Canada; Lahti, Finland; and Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The selection was made at the 64th IOC Session in Rome on 25 April 1966.[1]
Results
[edit]City | Country | Round 1 |
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Sapporo | ![]() | 32 |
Banff | ![]() | 16 |
Lahti | ![]() | 7 |
Salt Lake City | ![]() | 7 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Past Olympic host city election results". GamesBids. Archived from the original on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
Further reading
[edit]- King, Frank W. (1991). It's how you play the game : the inside story of the Calgary Olympics. Calgary: Script, the Writers' Group. ISBN 0-9694287-5-8.
- Williams, Cheryl (Fall 2011). The Banff Winter Olympics: Sport, tourism, and Banff National Park (Thesis). Edmonton: University of Alberta. doi:10.7939/R3B593.