The selection process for the
1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...
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.
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
Junichi Yamaguchi (born 30 March 1940) is a Japanese field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball ...
.
Results
References
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Bids
June 1991 sports events in Europe
1991 in England
Events in Birmingham, West Midlands
1990s in Birmingham, West Midlands