Bids for the 1972 Winter Olympics

Bids for the
1972 (1972) Winter Olympics
Overview
XI Olympic Winter Games


Sapporo Banff, Alberta · Lahti · Salt Lake City
Details
Committee	IOC
Election venue	Rome 64th IOC Session
Map
Location 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, Canada; Lahti, Finland; and Salt Lake City, United States. The selection was made at the 64th IOC Session in Rome on 25 April 1966.^[1]

Results

IOC voting^[1]
City	Country	Round 1
Sapporo	Japan	32
Banff	Canada	16
Lahti	Finland	7
Salt Lake City	United States	7

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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