Host City Selection
Barcelona, the birthplace of then-IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, was selected over Amsterdam, Belgrade, Birmingham, Brisbane and Paris in Lausanne, Switzerland, on October 17, 1986, during the 91st IOC Session. It had bid for the 1936 Summer Olympics, losing out to Berlin.
| 1992 Summer Olympics bidding results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | NOC Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||
| Barcelona | Spain | 29 | 37 | 47 | ||
| Paris | France | 19 | 20 | 23 | ||
| Brisbane | Australia | 11 | 9 | 10 | ||
| Belgrade | Yugoslavia | 13 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Birmingham | Great Britain | 8 | 8 | — | ||
| Amsterdam | Netherlands | 5 | — | — | ||
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