| Overview | |
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| XXIV Olympic Winter Games XIII Paralympic Winter Games | |
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| Winner: Beijing Runner-up: Almaty | |
| Details | |
| Committee | IOC |
| Election venue | Kuala Lumpur 127th IOC Session |
| Map of the bidding cities | |
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| Important dates | |
| Bid | 14 November 2013 |
| Shortlist | 7 July 2014 |
| Decision | July 31, 2015 |
| Decision | |
| Winner | Beijing (44 votes) |
| Runner-up | Almaty (40 votes) |
A total of six bids were initially submitted for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Four of the bids were subsequently withdrawn by 1 October 2014, citing either the high costs of hosting the Games or the lack of local support, leaving Almaty, Kazakhstan and Beijing, China as the only two remaining candidate cities.[1] Beijing was then elected as the host city at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 31 July 2015.
- ^ Abend, Lisa (3 October 2014). "Why Nobody Wants to Host the 2022 Winter Olympics". Time. Retrieved 20 September 2015.