Bids for the 1972 Winter Olympics - Mashpedia All-in-One Encyclopedia

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 [edit]

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

References [edit]

^ ^a ^b "Past Olympic host city election results". GamesBids. Archived from the original on 17 March 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.

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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

v t e Bids for the 1972 Winter Olympics

Elected city	Sapporo

Candidate cities	Banff Lahti Salt Lake City Sapporo