Bids for the 1972 Winter Olympics explained

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

IOC voting! City !! Country !! Round 1

		32
		16
		7
		7

Further reading

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Past Olympic host city election results . . 17 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110124022022/http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html . 24 January 2011 . dead .