Bids for the 1944 Winter Olympics

Bids for the
1944 (1944) Winter Olympics
Overview
V Olympic Winter Games


Cortina d'Ampezzo Montreal · Oslo
Details
Committee	IOC
Election venue	London 38th IOC Session
Map
Location of the bidding cities
Important dates
Decision	1939
Decision
Winner	Cortina d'Ampezzo (16 votes)
Runner-up	Montreal (12 votes)

The selection process for the 1944 Winter Olympics consisted of three bids, and saw Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, be selected ahead of Montreal, Canada, and Oslo, Norway. The selection was made at the 31st IOC Session in London, Great Britain, in 1939. The games were ultimately not held due to the Second World War.^[1] Cortina d'Ampezzo was ultimately awarded a Winter Olympics in 1956.

Results

IOC voting^[1]
City	Country	Round 1
Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	16
Montreal	Canada	12
Oslo	Norway	2

References

1 2 "Past Olympic host city election results". GamesBids. Archived from the original on 17 March 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.

Bids for the Olympic Games

Summer Olympics	1896¹ 1900¹ 1904¹ 1908 1912² 1916³ 1920 1924 1928 1932² 1936 1940³ 1944³ 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984² 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028 2032

Winter Olympics	1924¹ 1928 1932 1936 1940⁴ 1944³ 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980² 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026

Youth Olympics	2010 2012 2014 2016² 2018 2020 2023

1 – Games handed without bids submitted; 2 – Only one bid submitted; 3 – Bids submitted but no Games celebration; 4 – No bids submitted and no Games celebration

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