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1 ELECTING THE HOST CITY OF THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES Since the reforms that were put in place in December 1999, all cities wishing to organise the Olympic Games, or applicant cities, are appraised by an Evaluation Commission, partly composed of experts, who draft a report on the city s ability to organise the Games. These reports are studied by the Executive Board who can thus decide which applicant cities are suitable to become candidate cities. The Evaluation Commission produces a second evaluation report, which is then submitted to the IOC members who elect the city of their choice. How times have changed! In 1955, when Alexandre Cushing suggested the candidature of Squaw Valley to the IOC, the resort did not even exist. He was the sole inhabitant and homeowner of the town, which was 300km from San Francisco and 1900m above sea level. Another reform implemented was the cessation of visits by IOC members to candidate cities. A contract containing obligations, a code of conduct and sanctions in case of any breach of the rules is drawn up between the IOC, each candidate city and the NOC of its country. - The host city of future Olympic Games is selected seven years before the Games are due to be held. - The Evaluation Commission for the Olympic Winter Games is composed of three members representing the IFs, three members representing the NOCs, four IOC members, one member proposed by the Athletes Commission, one member representing the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as well as other specialists. - It was at the 91 st Session in Lausanne in 1986 that the IOC decided to alter the timing of the Olympic Games. The Albertville Games in 1992 were held in the same year as the Games of the Olympiad in Barcelona, but since 1994 (Lillehammer), the Olympic Winter Games and the Games of the Olympiad have taken place alternately every two years.

2 CANDIDATE CITIES FOR EACH OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES SINCE Chamonix 1928 Davos Engelberg St. Moritz, 1932 Bear Mountain Denver Duluth - Lake Placid - Lake Tahoe Minneapolis - Yosemite Valley or Montreal (if the USA decided not to organise the Games) Garmisch-Partenkirchen Lake Placid - St.Moritz Cortina d'ampezzo Lake Placid Oslo 1956 Colorado - Cortina d Ampezzo Lake Placid Montreal 1960 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck - Squaw Valley St.Moritz 1964 Calgary - Innsbruck - Lahti 1968 Calgary Grenoble Lahti Lake Placid Oslo Sapporo 1972 Banff Lahti Salt Lake City - Sapporo 1976 Denver Innsbruck Sion Tammerfors Vancouver 1980 Vancouver-Garibaldi ((candidacy withdrawn just before voting)) - Lake Placid 1984 Göteborg Sapporo - Sarajevo 1988 Calgary Cortina d Ampezzo - Falun 1992 Albertville - Anchorage Berchtesgaden Cortina d Ampezzo Lillehammer Falun Sofia 1994 Anchorage Östersund - Sofia -Lillehammer 1998 Aoste Jaca Nagano - Östersund Salt Lake City Östersund Quebec Salt Lake City - Sion 2006 Helsinki Klagenfurt - Poprad-Tatry Sion Turin - Zakopane The successful city is underlined. - The host city for the XXI Olympic Winter Games will be elected by the 114 th IOC Session in Prague in In 1970, the city of Denver (USA) had been chosen to organise the 1976 Games, beating Sion (Switzerland) by nine votes. However, following a referendum on environmental protection, the city gave up the opportunity to organise the Games. The IOC appealed to all NOCs and, in February 1973, chose the city of Innsbruck, which had the necessary facilities.

3 THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES IN THE USA For the fourth time, the United States is hosting the Olympic Winter Games. The other host cities were Lake Placid in 1932 and 1980 and Squaw Valley in Salt Lake City was a candidate to organise the Olympic Winter Games in 1998 and The United States have participated in all the editions of the Olympic Winter Games since 1924 as have Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Czechoslovakia* and Switzerland. * In 1992, Czechoslovakia was split up into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Since 1994 these two countries have both participated in the Games. - The first Winter Olympic champion was Charles Jewtraw (USA) in speed skating 500m. He was born on 5 May The first American IOC member was William Milligan Sloane from 1894 to Since the foundation of the IOC and up to now there have been 21 American IOC members, one of whom, Avery Brundage, has been an IOC President ( ). - The American Eric Heiden, hero of the Games in Lake Placid in 1980 with five gold medals in speed skating, then went on to participate in the Tour de France with less success. In contrast, his younger sister, Elisabeth (Beth), speed skating bronze medallist at the same Games, became World Road Cycling champion the following summer.

4 HISTORY OF THE SALT LAKE CITY BID 19 November 1991: Official announcement by the President of the United States Olympic Committee, William J. Hybl, of Salt Lake City as the American candidate city for the Olympic Games in June 1995: 104 th IOC Session in Budapest: election of the city that would organise the Olympic Games in THE VOTE FOR SALT LAKE CITY Candidate cities: Östersund, Quebec, Salt Lake City and Sion. As a matter of procedure, during the vote, members may not leave the chamber. After each round of voting, the city with the fewest votes is eliminated. 1 st round Number of votes Voting slips distributed: 92 Voting slips collected: 92 Spoilt Voting slips: 2 Blank Voting slips: 1 Valid Voting slips: 89 Absolute majority: 45 Östersund: 14 Quebec: 7 Salt Lake City 54 Sion: 14 Decision: Salt Lake City was elected to host the XIX Olympic Winter Games in XIX Olymic Winter Games in Salt Lake City: 8-24 February 2002.

5 HISTORY OF THE TURIN BID 28 January 1998: Official announcement by the President of CONI, Mr Mario Pescante, of Turin s candidature as host city for the Olympic Winter Games in June 1999: 109 th IOC Session in Seoul: election of the city that would organise the Olympic Winter Games in Candidate cities: Helsinki, Klagenfurt, Poprad-Tatry, Sion, Turin, and Zakopane. THE VOTE FOR TURIN CITY A selection college, specially set up by the Session, selected two finalists: Sion and Turin. 1 st round Number of votes Voting slips distributed: 92 Voting slips collected: 89 Required Majority: 45 Sion: 36 Turin: February 2006: XX Olympic Winter Games in Turin.

6 FIRSTS AT THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 1924: First Olympic Winter Games, organised under the name Semaine Internationale des Sports d'hiver de Chamonix (Chamonix International Winter Sports Week). The title the 1 st Olympic Winter Games would be given in 1926 by the 25 th IOC Session in Lisbon. 1924, Chamonix: Charles Jewtraw (USA) was the first Winter Olympic champion. He won the gold medal for the first event - the 500m speed skating. He was born on 5 May , St. Moritz: Japanese athletes participated. 1932, Lake Placid: introduction of the podium for awarding medals to the three medal-winners. 1932, Lake Placid: a female athlete (representing the British team) was a flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony. 1932, Lake Placid: hockey was played indoors. 1936, Garmish-Partenkirchen: alpine skiing (combined) was added to the programme. 1936, Garmisch-Partenkirchen: fireworks were let off at the Closing Ceremony for the first time at the Olympic Winter Games. 1936, Garmish-Partenkirchen: a symbolic fire was lit in the stadium. 1952, Oslo: a woman, Princess Ragnhild, opened the Olympic Winter Games. 1952, Oslo: women participated in Nordic skiing. 1952, Oslo: the torch relay was organised for the Olympic Winter Games. 1956, Cortina d Ampezzo: a female athlete took the oath - Giuliana Chenal, bronze medallist in downhill skiing, Oslo , Cortina d Ampezzo: Soviet athletes took part in the Olympic Winter Games. 1960, Squaw Valley: the Olympic anthem was sung. 1960, Squaw Valley: men s biathlon and women s speed skating were added to the programme. 1960, Squaw Valley: Frenchman Jean Vuarnet, the winner of the downhill, used skis made of metal rather than wood. It was the first Olympic medal won using metal skis. 1960, Squaw Valley: the Games were broadcast on television. 1964, Innsbruck: the flame, for the Olympic Winter Games, was lit at Olympia. This has been done ever since. 1964, Innsbruck: introduction of timing accurate to one-hundredth of a second in skiing. 1968, Grenoble: the pictogram of the sport concerned appeared on the Olympic medal. 1968, Grenoble: first appearance of a mascot, Schuss (unofficial). 1980, Lake Placid: use of artificial snow. 1980, Lake Placid: fireworks were let off at the Opening Ceremony. 1984, Sarajevo: important increase in television rights. 1988, Calgary: the athletes, the real heroes of the Games, were able to sit in the terraces next to the spectators. 1988, Calgary: speed skating was staged in an indoor stadium. 1988, Calgary: artificial snow was used for the Alpine events. 1992, Albertville-Savoie: the Games were organised in a region, (Rhone-Alps). 1992, Albertville-Savoie: the Olympic medals were made of crystal set in gold, silver or bronze. 1998, Nagano: women participated in all sports. 1998, Nagano: women participated in hockey and curling.

7 LIST OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC WINTER SPORTS FEDERATIONS WITH THEIR ACRONYM The sports governed by the following seven International Federations are considered as Olympic sports and are included in the programme of the Olympic Winter Games: Acronym Federation Date of creation IBU International Biathlon Union 1993 FIBT International Federation Bobsleigh and Tobogganig 1923 WCF World Curling Federation 1966 IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation 1908 FIL International Luge Federation 1957 ISU International Skating Union 1892 FIS International Ski Federation 1924 Source: Olympic Directory

8 LIST OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC SUMMER SPORTS FEDERATIONS WITH THEIR ACRONYM The sports governed by the following 28 International Federations are considered as Olympic sports and are included in the programme of the Games of the Olympiad: Acronym Federation Year of creation IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations 1912 FISA International Rowing Federation 1892 IBF International Badminton Federation 1934 IBAF International Baseball Federation 1938 FIBA International Basketball Federation 1932 AIBA International Amateur Boxing Association 1946 ICF International Canoe Federation 1924 UCI Union Cycliste Internationale 1900 FEI International Equestrian Federation 1921 FIE International Fencing Federation 1913 FIFA Fédération Internationale de Football Association 1904 FIG International Gymnastics Federation 1881 IWF International Weightlifting Federation 1905 IHF International Handball Federation 1946 FIH International Hockey Federation 1924 IJF International Judo Federation 1951 FILA International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles 1912 FINA Fédération Internationale de Natation 1908 UIPM Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne 1948 ISF International Softball Federation 1952 WTF World Taekwondo Federation 1973 ITF International Tennis Federation 1913 ITTF The International Table Tennis Federation 1926 ISSF International Shooting Sport Federation 1907 FITA International Archery Federation 1931 ITU International Triathlon Union 1989 ISAF International Sailing Federation 1907 FIVB International Volleyball Federation 1947 Source: Olympic Directory

9 On behalf of the athletes, we propose that the traditional ceremonies of the Olympic Games be preserved. For us athletes, the festive and friendly atmosphere which prevails during the Olympic Games and in which we all delight is vital. It enables us to exchange opinions, to talk about our common problems and to relax in each other s company. We also believe that it expresses the roots of Olympic traditions, which must be preserved. Vladislav Tretyak, double Olympic champion ice-hockey, Sapporo 1972, Innsbruck 1076, member of the first Athletes Commission, 1981.