Host City Selection
Calgary first tried to win a bid for the Winter Olympics in 1964, and again in 1968, but it was defeated by Innsbruck, Austria, and Grenoble, France, respectively.
Calgary finally won the bid for Canada's first Winter Olympics on 30 September 1981. It beat out Falun, Sweden and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. (Cortina d'Ampezzo had previously hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics.) The vote was conducted by the International Olympic Committee in Baden-Baden, West Germany, at the 84th IOC Session and 11th Olympic Congress.
| 1988 Winter Olympics bidding results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 | |||
| Calgary | Canada | 35 | 48 | |||
| Falun | Sweden | 25 | 31 | |||
| Cortina d'Ampezzo | Italy | 18 | — | |||
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