The selection process for the 1998 Winter Olympics 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.
Proposed dates +Nagano7 - 22 FebruarySalt Lake City7 - 22 FebruaryÖstersund21 February - 8 MarchJaca21 February - 8 MarchAosta7 - 22 February
Results +IOC voting City Country (NOC) Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5Nagano 21 — 30 36 46Salt Lake City 15 59 27 29 42Östersund 18 — 25 23 —Jaca 19 — 5 — —Aosta 15 29 — — —
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