Olympics - Olympic Bids History lyrics

Summer Games I 1896 Athens, Greece (only bid) II 1900 Paris, France (only bid) III 1904 St. Louis, United States (only bid) IV 1908 Rome, Italy (withdrew, moved to London, UK) over Berlin, Germany and Milan, Italy V 1912 Stockholm, Sweden (only bid) (1909-05-27) VI 1916 Berlin, Germany (Games wound cancelled) over Alexandria, Egypt; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Brussels, Belgium; Budapest, Hungary; and Cleveland, United States VII 1920 Antwerp, Belgium over Amsterdam; Budapest; Atlanta and Cleveland, United States; Havana, Cuba; and Lyon, France Lyon VIII 1924 Paris, France over Amsterdam, Rome; Barcelona, Spain; Los Angeles, United States; and Prague, Czechoslovakia IX 1928 Amsterdam, Netherlands over Los Angeles, United States X 1932 Los Angeles, United States (only bid) XI 1936 Berlin, Germany over Alexandria, Barcelona, Budapest, Lausanne, Rome; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Cologne, Frankfurt and Nuremberg, Germany; Dublin, Ireland; Helsinki, Finland; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil XII 1940 Tokyo, Japan (relocated to Helsinki, Finland before WWII canned the Games) XIII 1944 London, United Kingdom (also cancelled due to the War) over Athens, Budapest, Helsinki, Lausanne, Rome; Detroit, USA; and Montreal, Canada XIV 1948 London, United Kingdom over Lausanne, Switzerland; Baltimore, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and Philadelphia, United States XV 1952 Helsinki, Finland over Amsterdam, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Philadelphia and Stockholm XVI 1956 Melbourne, Australia over Buenos Aires, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles,Mexico City,Minneapolis, Philadelphia and San Francisco XVII 1960 Rome, Italy over Brussels, Budapest,Detroit, Lausanne, Mexico City, Tokyo and Paris XVIII 1964 Tokyo, Japan over Brussels, Detroit; Vienna, Austria; and Munich, Germany XIX 1968 Mexico City, Mexico over Buenos Aires, Detroit and Lyon XX 1972 Munich , Germany over Detroit, Madrid and Montreal XXI 1976 Montreal, Canada over Los Angeles and Moscow, Soviet Union XXII 1980 Moscow, Soviet Union over Los Angeles XXIII 1984 Los Angeles, United States (only bid) XXIV 1988 Seoul,South Korea over Nagoya, Japan XXV 1992 Barcelona, Spain over Amsterdam, Paris; Belgrade,Yugoslavia;Birmingham,United Kingdom ; and Brisbane,Australia XXVI 1996 Atlanta , United States over Athens, Belgrade, Melbourne; Manchester, United Kingdom ; and Toronto, Canada XXVII 2000 Sydney, Australia over Berlin, Manchester and Istanbul, Turkey XXVIII 2004 Athens, Greece over Buenos Aires, Rome, Stockholm, and Cape Town, South Africa XXIX 2008 Beijing , China over Istanbul, Paris, Toronto and Osaka, Japan XXX 2012 London, United Kingdom over Moscow, Paris; Madrid, Spain; and New York City, USA XXXI 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil over Chicago, Madrid, and Tokyo XXXII 2020 Tokyo, Japan over Istanbul and Madrid XXXIII 2024 Budapest, Los Angeles, or Paris Winter Olympics bids I 1924 France Chamonix Only Bid 19th II 1928 details Switzerland St. Moritz Switzerland Davos Switzerland Engelberg III 1932 details United States Lake Placid United States Bear Mountain United States Denver United States Duluth United States Minneapolis Canada Montreal Norway Oslo United States Yosemite Valley IV 1936 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen Canada Montreal Switzerland St. Moritz 1940 Japan Sapporo (only bid; games cancelled, attempts to relocate to St. Moritz and Garmisch-Partenkirchen) 1944 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo(games cancelled) over Canada Montreal Norway Oslo V 1948 Switzerland St. Moritz[note 11] United States Lake Placid VI 1952 Norway Oslo Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo United States Lake Placid VII 1956 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo United States Colorado Springs United States Lake Placid Canada Montreal VIII 1960 United States Squaw Valley Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen Austria Innsbruck Switzerland St. Moritz IX 1964 Austria Innsbruck Canada Calgary Finland Lahti 5th Germany Munich (1959-05-26) X 1968 France Grenoble Canada Calgary Finland Lahti United States Lake Placid Norway Oslo Japan Sapporo XI 1972 Japan Sapporo Canada Banff Finland Lahti United States Salt Lake City XII 1976 United States Denver (relinquished and went to Innsbruck, Austria) over Switzerland Sion Finland Tampere Canada Vancouver-Garibaldi XIII 1980 United States Lake Placid Canada Vancouver-Garibaldi[note 22] XIV 1984 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo Sweden Gothenburg Japan Sapporo XV 1988 Canada Calgary Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo Sweden Falun XVI 1992 France Albertville United States Anchorage Germany Berchtesgaden Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo Sweden Falun Norway Lillehammer Bulgaria Sofia XVII 1994 Norway Lillehammer United States Anchorage Sweden Östersund Bulgaria Sofia XVIII 1998 Japan Nagano Italy Aosta Spain Jaca Sweden Östersund United States Salt Lake City XIX 2002 details United States Salt Lake City Sweden Östersund Canada Quebec City Switzerland Sion XX 2006 Italy Turin Switzerland Sion Finland Helsinki Austria Klagenfurt Slovakia Poprad-Tatry Poland Zakopane XXI 2010 Canada Vancouver Switzerland Bern[note 23] South Korea Pyeongchang Austria Salzburg Andorra Andorra la Vella China Harbin Spain Jaca Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo XXII 2014 Russia Sochi South Korea Pyeongchang Austria Salzburg Kazakhstan Almaty Georgia (country) Borjomi Spain Jaca Bulgaria Sofia XXIII 2018 South Korea Pyeongchang France Annecy Germany Munich XXIV 2022 Beijing, China over Almaty, Kazakhstan