Host City Selection
Innsbruck had to compete with two other candidate cities for the 1964 Winter Olympics. Here is the resulting vote count that occurred at the 55th IOC Session in Munich, West Germany, on May 26, 1959.
| 1964 Winter Olympics bidding result | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Country | Round 1 | ||||
| Innsbruck | Austria | 48 | ||||
| Calgary | Canada | 12 | ||||
| Lahti | Finland | 1 | ||||
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