The selection process for the
1944 Winter Olympics
The 1944 Winter Olympics, which would have been officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (after the cancellation of 1940s V Olympic Winter Games) (Italian: ''V Giochi olimpici invernali''), were to have been celebrated in February 1944 in ...
consisted of three bids, and saw
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Cortina d'Ampezzo (; lld, Anpezo, ; historical de-AT, Hayden) is a town and ''comune'' in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the Province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Situated on the Boite river, in an alp ...
, Italy, be selected ahead of
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and
Oslo, Norway. The selection was made at the 31st IOC Session in
London, Great Britain, on 9 June 1939. The games were ultimately not held due to the
Second World War.
Cortina d'Ampezzo was ultimately awarded two Winter Olympics in 1956 and 2026.
Results
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