Bids for the 2002 Winter Olympics

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Bids for the
2002 (2002) Winter Olympics

Overview
XIX Olympic Winter Games
Winner: Salt Lake City Runner-up: Östersund Shortlist: Sion · Quebec City
Details
Committee	IOC
Election venue	Budapest 104th IOC Session
Map of the bidding cities
Important dates
Decision	June 16, 1995
Decision
Winner	Salt Lake City (54 votes)
Runner-up	Östersund (14 votes)

Four cities made the shortlist with their bids to host the 2002 Winter Olympics (formally known as XIX Olympic Winter Games), which were awarded to Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, on June 16, 1995. The other cities shortlisted by the IOC Selection Committee chaired by Thomas Bach were Sion, Switzerland; Östersund, Sweden; and Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.^[1] The host city selection procedure to for the 2002 Winter Olympics faced a scandal regarding the interactions between the Salt Lake City bid team and International Olympic Committee (IOC) members; ten IOC members resigned as a result, as did Salt Lake City bid leaders Tom Welch and Dave Johnson. Nevertheless, Salt Lake City overwhelmingly won the right to host the Games, needing only one round to gain the absolute majority of the votes.

From both sporting and business standpoints, this was one of the most successful Winter Olympic Games in history; records were set in both the broadcasting and marketing programs. Over 2 billion viewers watched more than 13 billion viewer-hours.^[2] The Games were also financially successful raising more money with fewer sponsors than any prior Olympic Games, which left SLOC with a surplus of $40 million. The surplus was used to create the Utah Athletic Foundation, which maintains and operates many of the remaining Olympic venues.^[2]

2002 Host City Election — ballot results
City	Country (NOC)	Round 1
Salt Lake City	United States	54
Sion	Switzerland	14
Östersund	Sweden	14
Quebec City	Canada	7

• Graz
• Jaca
• Poprad
• Sochi (would later host the 2014 Winter Olympics)
• Tarvisio
• Tashkent

• Jaca 2002
• Sion 2002 Volume 1
• Sion 2002 Volume 2
• Sion 2002 Volume 3
• Östersund 2002 Volume 1
• Östersund 2002 Volume 2
• Östersund 2002 Volume 3
• Quebec City 2002 Volume 1
• Quebec City 2002 Volume 2
• Quebec City 2002 Volume 3

• 2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal
• Bids for the 2034 Winter Olympics – Also awarded to Salt Lake City