Host City Selection
Other candidate cities for the 1998 Olympics were Aosta, Italy; Jaca, Spain; Östersund, Sweden; and Salt Lake City, United States. The host city selection was held in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 15 June 1991, at the 97th IOC session. Nagano prevailed over Salt Lake City by just 4 votes.
| 1998 Winter Olympics bidding results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 (Run-off) | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 |
| Nagano | Japan | 21 | — | 30 | 36 | 46 |
| Salt Lake City | United States | 15 | 59 | 27 | 29 | 42 |
| Östersund | Sweden | 18 | — | 25 | 23 | — |
| Jaca | Spain | 19 | — | 5 | — | — |
| Aosta | Italy | 15 | 29 | — | — | — |
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