Bids for the 1972 Winter Olympics

Bids for the
1972 (1972) Winter Olympics Overview

XI Olympic Winter Games
Winner: Sapporo
Runner-up: Banff, Alberta
Shortlist: Lahti · Salt Lake City
Details
Committee| IOC
Election venue| 64th IOC Session, Rome
Map of the bidding cities

Missing location of the bidding cities

Important dates
Decision| 25 April 1966
Decision
Winner| Sapporo (32 votes)
Runner-up| Banff, Alberta (16 votes)

The selection process for the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of three bids, and saw Sapporo, Japan, be selected ahead of Banff, Alberta, Canada; Lahti, Finland; and Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The selection was made at the 64th IOC Session in Rome on 25 April 1966.[1]

## Results

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IOC voting[1] City | Country | Round 1

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Sapporo |  Japan | 32
Banff |  Canada | 16
Lahti |  Finland | 7
Salt Lake City |  United States | 7

## References

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1. ^ a b "Past Olympic host city election results". GamesBids. Archived from the original on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.

## Further reading

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* King, Frank W. (1991). It's how you play the game : the inside story of the Calgary Olympics. Calgary: Script, the Writers' Group. ISBN 0-9694287-5-8.
* Williams, Cheryl (Fall 2011). The Banff Winter Olympics: Sport, tourism, and Banff National Park (Thesis). Edmonton: University of Alberta. doi:10.7939/R3B593.

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