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Listed here are all the Winter Olympic Games bidding cities (data up until 2016). Thanks to Hank Wisniewski of Austin, Texas, U.S.A for providing the data. There is a list of trivia about the bidding cities. See the full list of host cities.

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CITIES THAT HAVE BID on HOSTING the WINTER OLYMPICS

(includes winning bid cities)

Andorra

• Andorra la Vella –  2010

Austria

• Graz – 2002
• Innsbruck – 1960, 1964 & 1976 (offered the Games after Denver withdrew)
• Klagenfurt – 2006
• Salzburg – 2010 & 2014

Bosnia & Herzegovina / Yugoslavia

• Sarajevo – 1984 & 2010

Bulgaria

• Sofia – 1992, 1994 & 2014

Canada

• Banff – 1972
• Calgary – 1964, 1968 & 1988
• Montreal – 1932, 1936, 1944, 1944S, 1956
• Quebec City – 2002
• Vancouver – 1976 & 2010

China

• Harbin – 2010

Finland

• Helsinki – 2006
• Lahti – 1964, 1968 & 1972
• Tampere – 1976

France

• Albertville – 1992
• Annecy – 2018
• Chamonix – 1924
• Grenoble – 1968

Georgia

• Borjomi – 2014

Germany / West Germany

• Berchtesgaden – 1992
• Garmisch-Partenkirchen – 1936, (chosen to host 1940 after offer was withdrawn from St. Moritz; eventually all 1940 Games were canceled), 1960
• Munich – 2018

Italy

• Aosta – 1998
• Cortina d’Ampezzo – 1944 (chosen to host but Games were canceled due to war), 1952, 1956, 1988 & 1992
• Tarvisio – 2002
• Turin – 2006

Japan

• Nagano – 1998
• Sapporo – 1940 (chosen to host but Games were canceled due to war), 1968, 1972 & 1984

Kazakhstan

• Almaty – 2014

Norway

• Lillehammer – 1992 & 1994
• Oslo – 1932, 1944, 1952 & 1968

Pakistan

• Karachi – 1960

Poland

• Zakopane – 2006

Russia / Soviet Union

• Sochi – 2002 & 2014

Slovakia

• Poprad-Tatry – 2002 & 2006

South Korea

• PyeongChang – 2010, 2014 & 2018

Spain

• Jaca – 1998, 2002, 2010 & 2014

Sweden

• Falun – 1988 & 1992
• Gothenburg – 1984
• Ostersund – 1994, 1998 & 2002

Switzerland

• Berne – 2010
• Davos – 1928
• Engelberg – 1928
• Saint Moritz – 1928 (chosen to host because the Netherlands could not), 1936, 1940 (chosen to host after Sapporo Games were canceled; later withdrawn), 1948 & 1960
• Sion – 1976, 2002 & 2006

United States

• Anchorage – 1992 & 1994
• Bear Mountain – 1932
• Colorado Springs – 1956
• Denver – 1932, 1976 (withdrew 18 months after being chosen to host)
• Duluth – 1932
• Lake Placid – 1932, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1968 & 1980
• Lake Tahoe – 1932
• Salt Lake City – 1972, 1998 & 2002
• Squaw Valley – 1960
• Yosemite Valley – 1932

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Related Pages

• Host Cities of the Winter Olympics
• History of the Winter Olympics
• List of timezones for the Summer Olympics host cities