1998 Winter Olympics - Host City Selection

Host City Selection

Other candidate cities for the 1998 Olympics were Aosta, Italy; Jaca, Spain; Östersund, Sweden; and Salt Lake City, United States. The host city selection was held in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 15 June 1991, at the 97th IOC session. Nagano prevailed over Salt Lake City by just 4 votes.

1998 Winter Olympics bidding results
City Country Round 1 Round 2 (Run-off) Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
Nagano Japan 21 30 36 46
Salt Lake City United States 15 59 27 29 42
Östersund Sweden 18 25 23
Jaca Spain 19 5
Aosta Italy 15 29

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