Bids for the 1998 Winter Olympics

Bids for the
1998 (1998) Winter Olympics
Overview
	XVIII Olympic Winter Games
	Winner: Nagano ; Runner-up: Salt Lake City ; Shortlist: Östersund · Jaca · Aosta
Details
Committee	IOC
Election venue	97th IOC Session; Birmingham, United Kingdom
Map of the bidding cities
Important dates
Decision	15 June 1991
Decision
Winner	Nagano (46 votes)
Runner-up	Salt Lake City (42 votes)

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The selection process for the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of five bids, and saw Nagano, Japan, be selected ahead of Salt Lake City, Utah, United States; Östersund, Sweden; Jaca, Spain; and Aosta, Italy. The selection was made at the 97th IOC Session in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 15 June 1991.^[1]

The Nagano Olympic bid committee spent approximately $14 million to entertain the 62 International Olympic Committee members and many of their companions. The precise figures are unknown since Nagano, after the IOC asked that the entertainment expenditures not be made public, destroyed the financial records, according to bid committee member Junichi Yamaguchi.^[2]^[3]

Results

IOC voting^[1]
City	Country (NOC)	Round 1	Round 2	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	—	—	—

References

^ ^a ^b "Past Olympic host city election results". GamesBids. Archived from the original on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
^ Jordan, Mary; Sullivan, Kevin (21 January 1999), "Nagano Burned Documents Tracing '98 Olympics Bid", The Washington Post, pp. A1, archived from the original on 29 April 2021, retrieved 28 April 2021
^ Macintyre, Donald (1 February 1999). "Japan's Sullied Bid". Time. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[votes-1] "Past Olympic host city election results". GamesBids. Archived from the original on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.

[2] Jordan, Mary; Sullivan, Kevin (21 January 1999), "Nagano Burned Documents Tracing '98 Olympics Bid", The Washington Post, pp. A1, archived from the original on 29 April 2021, retrieved 28 April 2021

[3] Macintyre, Donald (1 February 1999). "Japan's Sullied Bid". Time. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

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