From the 12th to 28th February 2010
The city of Vancouver was elected Host City of the XXI Olympic Winter Games in 2010 at the 115th IOC Session in Prague on 2 July 2003. Eight cities applied to host the Games: Andorra la Vella in Andorra, Bern in Switzerland, Harbin in China, Jaca in Spain, PyeongChang in Korea, Salzburg in Austria, Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Vancouver in Canada.
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VANCOUVER 2010: IOC President discusses Games with local leaders
During his three-day visit to Vancouver this week, IOC President Jacques Rogge was able to discuss the progress of the Vancouver Games preparations with a number of prominent local leaders. During his short stay in the 2010 Olympic...
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2 July 2003
See you in Vancouver in 2010
The city of Vancouver has been elected the Host City of the XXI Olympic Winter Games in 2010 in the second round of votes. The IOC members based their votes not only on the presentations made today by the delegations of PyeongChang,...
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Opening date: 12 February 2010
Closing date: 28 February 2010
Country of the host city: Canada (CAN)
Candidate cities:
PyeongChang (KOR), Salzburg (AUS)
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The Organising Committees of the Olympic Games (OCOGs) organise the Olympic Games in collaboration with their National Olympic Committee and the host city.