Host City Selection
The vote to select the host city of the 1992 Winter Olympics was conducted on 17 October 1986, in Lausanne, Switzerland, at the 91st IOC Session. A record of seven different locales bid for these Games.
| 1992 Winter Olympics bidding results | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 (Run-off) | Round 6 |
| Albertville | France | 19 | 26 | 29 | 42 | — | 51 |
| Sofia | Bulgaria | 25 | 25 | 28 | 24 | — | 25 |
| Falun | Sweden | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 9 |
| Lillehammer | Norway | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 40 | — |
| Cortina d'Ampezzo | Italy | 7 | 6 | 7 | — | — | — |
| Anchorage | United States | 7 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| Berchtesgaden | West Germany | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
Read more about this topic: 1992 Winter Olympics
Famous quotes containing the words host, city and/or selection:
“Pure was thy life; its bloody close
Hath placed thee with the sons of light,
Among the noble host of those
Who perished in the cause of Right.”
—William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)
“Jews do not like the country, yes thank you, christians donot all like the city. Yes and thank you. There are no differences between the city and the country and very likely every one can be daily daily and by that timely.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
“The books for young people say a great deal about the selection of Friends; it is because they really have nothing to say about Friends. They mean associates and confidants merely.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)