Bids for the 2014 Winter Olympics
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XXII Olympic Winter Games XI Paralympic Winter Games |
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Sochi Pyeongchang · Salzburg |
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| Details | |
| Committee | IOC |
| Election venue |
Guatemala City 119th IOC Session |
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| Important dates | |
| First Bid | 28 July 2005 |
| Second bid | 1 February 2006 |
| Shortlist | 22 June 2006 |
| Decision | 4 July 2007 |
| Decision | |
| Winner | Sochi (51 votes) |
| Runner-up | Pyeongchang (47 votes) |
Seven applicant cities presented bids to host the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics (formally known as XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games) to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC Executive Board shortlisted three cities—Sochi, Russia; Salzburg, Austria; and Pyeongchang, South Korea—with Sochi winning the IOC's July 2007 final vote.
The three selected candidates, chosen on 22 June 2006, delivered to the IOC their Candidature Files (known as bid books) on 10 January 2007. From February to April 2007, an ad hoc committee performed visits to the candidate cities and prepared an evaluation report which was released one month before the election.
The election by exhaustive ballot took place on 4 July 2007 in Guatemala City during the 119th IOC Session; Sochi beat out Pyeongchang by four votes in the second round of voting to win the rights to host after Salzburg had been eliminated in the first round.
Four years earlier, Pyeongchang led the first ballot, but was defeated in the second one, then losing to Vancouver, British Columbia. Both votes although four years apart bear a remarkable similarity.
There were two rounds of voting at the session that decided which city would host the games. In the first round, Pyeongchang received 36 votes while Sochi received 34 votes. Salzburg was eliminated carrying only 25 votes. In the second round of voting Pyeongchang garnered 47 votes but Sochi carried most of the votes originally cast for Salzburg and garnered 51 votes, winning the bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Bidding cities had to be approved by their National Olympic committees, which have the right to choose between several cities in their respective countries. The cities had to submit their applications to the IOC by 28 July 2005. The cities were asked to complete a questionnaire, which they had to submit to the IOC by 1 February 2006. An IOC Working Group then studied their answers in order to help the Executive Board members select the cities which became Candidate Cities and went through to the second phase of the process. The Executive Board of IOC accepted three bids on 22 June 2006.
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