1968 Winter Olympics - Host City Selection

Host City Selection

Grenoble went against five other candidate cities for the 1968 Winter Olympics. Here was the resulting vote count that occurred at the 61st IOC Session in Innsbruck, Austria, on 28 January 1964.

1968 Winter Olympics bidding results
City Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Grenoble France 15 18 27
Calgary Canada 12 19 24
Lahti Finland 11 14
Sapporo Japan 6
Oslo Norway 4
Lake Placid United States 3

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