2018 Winter Olympics

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The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, is a sporting event that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has yet to organize and will be celebrated in 2018. The deadline for bids was January 2009. The winning city, Pyeongchang, South Korea, was announced on July 6th, 2011.

Official host city

• Pyeongchang, South Korea

Former potential bids

Asia

• Almaty, Kazakhstan
• Bursa, Turkey

Europe

On July 4, 2007 Sochi, Russia was selected to host the 2014 Winter Games, hurting European candidates' chances at a successful bid. The IOC rarely awards back-to-back games to the same continent.

• Munich, Germany
• Upper Carniola, Slovenia
• France
  • Annecy (eliminated)
  • Hautes-Alpes (eliminated)
  • Grenoble (eliminated)
  • Nice (eliminated)
• Sofia, Bulgaria
• Tromsø, Norway (cancelled bid)

North America

America was going to submit a bid, but the country changed its bid to the 2022 Winter Olympics. Here are the cities which had expressed interest:

• United States
  • Denver, Colorado
  • Reno/Lake Tahoe, Nevada/California
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Detroit, Michigan

South America

• Santiago, Chile

References

Olympic Games
Summer Games: 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, (1916), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028
Winter Games: 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
Athens 2004 — Turin 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010 — London 2012 — Sochi 2014 — Rio 2016 — Pyeongchang 2018 Games in italics will be held in the future, and those in (brackets) were cancelled because of war. See also: Ancient Olympic Games