At the closing date of the receipt of applications to host 2006 Winter Olympics (formally known as XX Olympic Winter Games) on February 1, 1998, six cities had formally presented their candidatures to the IOC. The deadline for the receipt of candidature files was set at September 1, 1998. The Evaluation Commission proceeded with its visits to the six candidate cities in October and November 1998.[1]
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| XX Olympic Winter Games IX Paralympic Winter Games | |
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| Winner: Turin Runner-up: Sion, Switzerland Shortlist: Helsinki · Klagenfurt · Poprad-Tatry · Zakopane | |
| Details | |
| Committee | IOC |
| Election venue | Seoul 109th IOC Session |
| Map of the bidding cities | |
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| Important dates | |
| Shortlist | June 19, 1999 |
| Decision | June 19, 1999 |
| Decision | |
| Winner | Turin (53 votes) |
| Runner-up | Sion, Switzerland (36 votes) |
In the wake of the 2002 bidding controversy, a new bidding procedure was instituted in 1999 to elect the 2006 Winter Olympics host city. After the six candidates cities made their final presentations before the members of the International Olympic Committee, during its 108th Session in Seoul, a new body called "Selection College" was tasked with selecting two "finalist cities" that would be subjected to the members' voting, in order to determine the host city.[2][3]
Turin's bid ended up defeating Sion by 53 votes to 36. The other four non-shortlisted candidate cities that made presentations to the IOC were Helsinki, Klagenfurt, Poprad-Tatry and Zakopane.
The selection of Turin over Sion came as a surprise, since Sion was the overwhelming favorite in part because the IOC is based in Switzerland.[4][5]
Final selection
edit| 2006 Host City Election – ballot results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Country (NOC) | Round 1 | |||
| Turin |  Italy |
53 | |||
| Sion |  Switzerland |
36 | |||
| Helsinki |  Finland |
— | |||
| Klagenfurt |  Austria |
— | |||
| Poprad-Tatry |  Slovakia |
— | |||
| Zakopane |  Poland |
— | |||
Bidding cities
edit| City | Country | National Olympic Committee | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helsinki | Finland
|
Finnish Olympic Committee | |||
| Klagenfurt | Austria
|
Austrian Olympic Committee | |||
| Poprad | Slovakia
|
Slovak Olympic Committee | |||
| Sion | Switzerland
|
Swiss Olympic Association | |||
| Turin | Italy
|
Italian Olympic Committee | |||
| Zakopane | Poland
|
Polish Olympic Committee | |||
References
edit- ^ "Report of the IOC Evaluation Commission for the XX Olympic Winter Games in 2006" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved March 29, 2014., p.7-8
- ^ [1][usurped]
- ^ BBC News | Sport | Swiss anger at Olympic loss
- ^ "Olympic corruption whistle-blower Hodler dies". USA Today. October 18, 2006. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2007.
- ^ "Italian city prepares for next Winter Olympics". Associated Press/ESPN. February 24, 2002. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2007.