Host City Selection
Grenoble went against five other candidate cities for the 1968 Winter Olympics. Here was the resulting vote count that occurred at the 61st IOC Session in Innsbruck, Austria, on 28 January 1964.
| 1968 Winter Olympics bidding results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||
| Grenoble | France | 15 | 18 | 27 | ||
| Calgary | Canada | 12 | 19 | 24 | ||
| Lahti | Finland | 11 | 14 | — | ||
| Sapporo | Japan | 6 | — | — | ||
| Oslo | Norway | 4 | — | — | ||
| Lake Placid | United States | 3 | — | — | ||
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