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/></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Winner: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Salt_Lake_City_bid_for_the_2002_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salt Lake City bid for the 2002 Winter Olympics (page does not exist)">Salt Lake City</a></b> <br />Runner-up: <a href="/wiki/%C3%96stersund_bid_for_the_2002_Winter_Olympics" title="Östersund bid for the 2002 Winter Olympics">Östersund</a> <br /> Shortlist: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sion_bid_for_the_2002_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sion bid for the 2002 Winter Olympics (page does not exist)">Sion</a> · <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City_bid_for_the_2002_Winter_Olympics" title="Quebec City bid for the 2002 Winter Olympics">Quebec City</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#BFD7FF">Details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Committee</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">IOC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Election venue</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a><br />104th <a href="/wiki/IOC_Session" class="mw-redirect" title="IOC Session">IOC Session</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#BFD7FF">Map of the bidding cities</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 300px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="300" data-height="200" data-zoom="0" data-lat="40.760833333333" data-lon="-111.89111111111" data-overlays="["_a4d09c206a914f88b2f42d50c5aeaaa9992d7b4e"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/0/40.760833333333/-111.89111111111/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,0,40.760833333333,-111.89111111111,300x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Bids_for_the_2002_Winter_Olympics&revid=1246508008&groups=_a4d09c206a914f88b2f42d50c5aeaaa9992d7b4e" width="300" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,0,40.760833333333,-111.89111111111,300x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Bids_for_the_2002_Winter_Olympics&revid=1246508008&groups=_a4d09c206a914f88b2f42d50c5aeaaa9992d7b4e 2x" alt="Map" /></a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#BFD7FF">Important dates</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Decision</th><td class="infobox-data">June 16, 1995</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#BFD7FF">Decision</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Winner</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a></span> (54 votes)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Runner-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/%C3%96stersund" title="Östersund">Östersund</a></span> (14 votes)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Four cities made the shortlist with their <b>bids to host the <a href="/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympics" title="2002 Winter Olympics">2002 Winter Olympics</a></b> (formally known as <i>XIX Olympic Winter Games</i>), which were awarded to <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a>, United States, on June 16, 1995. The other cities shortlisted by the IOC Selection Committee chaired by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bach" title="Thomas Bach">Thomas Bach</a> were <a href="/wiki/Sion,_Switzerland" title="Sion, Switzerland">Sion</a>, Switzerland; <a href="/wiki/%C3%96stersund" title="Östersund">Östersund</a>, Sweden; and <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City">Quebec City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The host city selection procedure to for the <a href="/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympics" title="2002 Winter Olympics">2002 Winter Olympics</a> faced a <a href="/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympic_bid_scandal" title="2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal">scandal</a> regarding the interactions between the Salt Lake City bid team and <a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">International Olympic Committee</a> (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. </p><p>From both sporting and business standpoints, this was one of the most successful <a href="/wiki/Winter_Olympic_Games" title="Winter Olympic Games">Winter Olympic Games</a> in history; records were set in both the broadcasting and marketing programs. Over 2 billion viewers watched more than 13 billion viewer-hours.<sup id="cite_ref-Marketing_Matters_6_2002_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marketing_Matters_6_2002-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Games were also financially successful raising more money with fewer sponsors than any prior Olympic Games, which left SLOC with a surplus of <a href="/wiki/USD" class="mw-redirect" title="USD">$</a>40 million. The surplus was used to create the Utah Athletic Foundation, which maintains and operates many of the remaining Olympic venues.<sup id="cite_ref-Marketing_Matters_6_2002_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marketing_Matters_6_2002-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Final_selection">Final selection</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bids_for_the_2002_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Final selection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">2002 Host City Election — ballot results </th></tr> <tr> <th>City </th> <th>Country (NOC) </th> <td style="background:silver;"><b>Round 1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td> <td><b>54</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sion,_Switzerland" title="Sion, Switzerland">Sion</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span>  </span><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a></td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/%C3%96stersund" title="Östersund">Östersund</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a></td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City">Quebec City</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></td> <td>7 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cities_not_shortlisted">Cities not shortlisted</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bids_for_the_2002_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cities not shortlisted"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria"><img alt="Austria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Graz" title="Graz">Graz</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jaca" title="Jaca">Jaca</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia"><img alt="Slovakia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Poprad" title="Poprad">Poprad</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi">Sochi</a> (would later host the <a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics" title="2014 Winter Olympics">2014 Winter Olympics</a>)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tarvisio" title="Tarvisio">Tarvisio</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan"><img alt="Uzbekistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tashkent" title="Tashkent">Tashkent</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Candidature_files">Candidature files</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bids_for_the_2002_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Candidature files"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://issuu.com/thatsnotmypuppy/docs/jaca2002">Jaca 2002</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://issuu.com/thatsnotmypuppy/docs/sion2002volume1">Sion 2002 Volume 1</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://issuu.com/thatsnotmypuppy/docs/sion2002volume2">Sion 2002 Volume 2</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://issuu.com/thatsnotmypuppy/docs/sion2002volume3">Sion 2002 Volume 3</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://issuu.com/thatsnotmypuppy/docs/ostersund2002volume1">Östersund 2002 Volume 1</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://issuu.com/thatsnotmypuppy/docs/ostersund2002volume2">Östersund 2002 Volume 2</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://issuu.com/thatsnotmypuppy/docs/ostersund2002volume3">Östersund 2002 Volume 3</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://issuu.com/thatsnotmypuppy/docs/quebec2002volumeone">Quebec City 2002 Volume 1</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://issuu.com/thatsnotmypuppy/docs/quebec2002volumetwo">Quebec City 2002 Volume 2</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://issuu.com/thatsnotmypuppy/docs/quebec2002volumethree">Quebec City 2002 Volume 3</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bids_for_the_2002_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympic_bid_scandal" title="2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal">2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bids_for_the_2034_Winter_Olympics" title="Bids for the 2034 Winter Olympics">Bids for the 2034 Winter Olympics</a> – Also awarded to Salt Lake City</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bids_for_the_2002_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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title="Bids for the 1908 Summer Olympics">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bids_for_the_1912_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Bids for the 1912 Summer Olympics">1912</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bids_for_the_1916_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Bids for the 1916 Summer Olympics">1916</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bids_for_the_1920_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Bids for the 1920 Summer Olympics">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bids_for_the_1924_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Bids for the 1924 Summer Olympics">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bids_for_the_1928_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Bids for the 1928 Summer Olympics">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bids_for_the_1932_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Bids for the 1932 Summer Olympics">1932</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bids_for_the_1936_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Bids for the 1936 Summer Olympics">1936</a></li> <li><span style="color:gray;">1940<sup>3</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bids_for_the_1944_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Bids for the 1944 Summer Olympics">1944</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bids_for_the_1948_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Bids for the 1948 Summer Olympics">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bids_for_the_1952_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Bids for the 1952 Summer Olympics">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bids_for_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Bids for the 1956 Summer Olympics">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bids_for_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Bids for the 1960 Summer Olympics">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bids_for_the_1964_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Bids for the 1964 Summer Olympics">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bids_for_the_1968_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Bids for the 1968 Summer 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