| Overview | |
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| XXIII Olympic Winter Games XII Paralympic Winter Games | |
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| Winner: Pyeongchang Runner-up: Munich Shortlist: Annecy | |
| Details | |
| Committee | IOC |
| Election venue | Durban 123rd IOC Session |
| Map of the bidding cities | |
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| Important dates | |
| Bid | October 15, 2009 |
| Decision | July 6, 2011 |
| Decision | |
| Winner | Pyeongchang (63 votes) |
| Runner-up | Munich (25 votes) |
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| 2018 Winter Olympics |
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Three cities applied with bids to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics (also known as XXIII Olympic Winter Games and XII Paralympic Winter Games) in October 2009. The International Olympic Committee, under the leadership of Jacques Rogge, received three bids on October 15, 2009. The cities of Annecy, France, in the French Alps, Munich, Germany (host of the 1972 Summer Olympics), and Pyeongchang, South Korea, a two-time previous bidder, competed for the hosting rights to the event. This was the lowest number of bidding cities since the 1988 Summer Olympics, coincidentally also won by South Korea. The winning bid was announced on July 6, 2011, at the 123rd IOC Session in Durban, South Africa by IOC President Jacques Rogge at 5.22 pm local time[1] Pyeongchang beat Munich and Annecy in the first round of votes with 63 of the 95 total votes.[2][3]
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