On September 7, as part of the 125th session of the International Olympic Committee in the capital Olympic Games- Tokyo, the capital of Japan, was chosen for 2020. The voting results can hardly be called sensational, since Tokyo is one of largest cities world, the Japanese worthily represent their country at the largest international competitions, and the modern practice of expanding geography makes it possible to once again use a country from Asia to host the games. The Japanese capital had two competitors during the final voting - Madrid and Istanbul. Madrid was eliminated in the first round, and the Turkish capital could not resist in the second - Tokyo won by almost a two-fold margin. If the Olympic Games did go to Istanbul, then talk about elections would not subside for many days. And we just remember the cases when the elections of the capitals of the Games ended in sensational or simply unusual results.
1. London 1948 (UK)
The fact that London became the capital of the 1948 Olympics can hardly be called a sensation. After all, the Games were supposed to take place in the British capital back in 1944, but the war interfered. At first they wanted to make London the venue for the next Olympics, but during the war the British considered abandoning the organization of the competition and delegating their powers to some American city. The United States was not against it, but such a decision was vetoed by King George VI, who immediately after the end of the war held negotiations with a representative of the International Olympic Committee and confirmed that London was ready to host the Olympic Games for the second time in its history. However, the British capital still had to take part in the vote, where it easily earned the largest number of votes. The king, as it turned out later, was absolutely right. Large-scale competitions allowed the city, which undoubtedly suffered from military operations, to acquire a new look and recover in the shortest possible time.
2. Albertville-1992 (France)
The French are a happy people, not deprived of major sporting competitions. Either the memory of Pierre de Coubertin, who was born in Paris, does not allow France to refuse to host the Olympics, or they always do it so well that you want to come to them again and again, but the fact remains: Paris became the first city where summer games were held twice, and France was only the second country after the United States to host the white Olympics three times. In 1986, the French, putting the small Alpine town of Albertville up for election, did not particularly hope for victory. The competitors were the Swedish Falun, the Norwegian Lillehammer,
Bulgarian Sofia and three more cities from Italy, Germany and the USA. The Bulgarians won the first round, but the French rapidly gained votes in subsequent stages at the expense of retiring candidates. As a result, the modest Albertville received twice as many votes as the large Sofia. Although it was funny to call the competition in 1992 the Olympics in Albertville, since most of the awards were awarded anywhere, but not in this city.
3. Innsbruck 1976 (Austria)
Recently, rumors have become more frequent that Brazil will not have time to prepare for the World Cup and the Olympic Games and that Rio de Janeiro needs to urgently look for a replacement. Let's hope that all this is nothing more than rumors, especially since in the history of the Olympics such a situation has arisen only once. At the regular session of the IOC in 1970, the American Denver was chosen as the capital of the XII Winter Olympic Games, whose residents did not agree to live on a large-scale construction site and voted in a referendum to cancel the competition in their city. Denver asked for an urgent replacement, and therefore it was necessary to choose a city with a ready-made infrastructure and a desire to host the competition as soon as possible. There was no talk about the impossibility of repeating the Olympics in one city - it was necessary to save the Games, and Austrian Innsbruck, the capital of the 1964 Games, went to the rescue. The Austrians managed to prepare everything properly under time pressure, and the city residents witnessed the second Olympics in 12 years - something like this in history Olympic competitions has never happened and, it seems, will not happen in the coming years.
4. Mexico City 1968 (Mexico)
In October 1963, no emergency decisions were made - everything was quiet and calm. Mexico City won a fair fight, even though the debate during that IOC session was particularly heated. Until 1956, the geography of the Summer Olympic Games was limited to European countries and the United States. And only then Australia and Japan appeared. Mexico followed them as a pioneer in a new region - Latin America. Despite the relatively successful experience of Tokyo and Melbourne, any untested option is always a risk, especially when it is quite possible to choose the Americans or the French. The highlands where the Games were planned to be held were also a stumbling block. It was in 1968 that a huge number of records were set, only due to the fact that the Olympics were held on high altitude and the delegates could not ignore this circumstance. But still, with a majority of votes in the first round, the Olympics went to Mexico, avoiding another trip to France or the USA.
5. Montreal 1976 (Canada)
It's no secret that big sport– it is also a weapon of big politics. Almost all the Olympic Games of the mid-twentieth century caused political disputes to flare up with renewed vigor. An exception of sorts occurred in May 1970, when the next session of the IOC declared Montreal the capital Summer Olympics 1976. It’s interesting, but in the dispute between two political and economic giants, the leaders of the polar world - the USSR and the USA - the choice of a Canadian city was a compromise and, it seems, a successful solution. Only three contenders for victory made it to the decisive vote: Moscow, Los Angeles and Montreal. In the first round, the capital of the USSR won, and the American city dropped out of the voting, unable to catch up with the Canadians. And of course, in the second round, the delegates who voted for Los Angeles went over to the side of the Canadians. Montreal became the capital of the 1976 Olympics, which apparently suited both sides of the global conflict. The Canadian Olympics went without high-profile boycotts, unlike the two subsequent ones, which, as you know, took place in Moscow and Los Angeles.
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Innsbruck, Austria
Year of the Olympics: 1964, 1976
The very fact that Innsbruck was twice chosen as the Olympic capital speaks for itself. The Tyrolean resort attracts tourists year after year with its developed infrastructure, beautiful slopes and picturesque nature. The symbol of the city is the Golden Roof (Goldenes Dachl) - a Gothic balcony decorated with gilding, frescoes and coats of arms.
However, no less important is what is located under this very roof - namely the Olympic Games Museum. There you can watch videos from the competitions of the 64th and 76th years, admire the faces of the winners (including record number our compatriots!), see various symbols such as flags and badges, as well as anniversary postage stamps dedicated to the Games.
Stube are small restaurants in typical Alpine style, offering traditional Tyrolean cuisine.
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Lillehamer, Norway
Year of the Olympics: 1994
I bet that not many people remember the name of this city. Which is strange, because for our country the 1994 Olympics was a landmark event - for the first time, the countries of the USSR each marched under their own flag. This small cozy town, located on the shores of the Norwegian Lake Mjøsa, is itself worthy of being marked on a traveler’s map.
It was here, in the vicinity of Lillehamer, that beliefs about fairy-tale elves and trolls were born. You should come here for a relaxing holiday, a kind of rural romance. Once in Lillehamer, be sure to visit the Open Air Ethnographic Museum and, of course, the Norwegian Olympic Museum.
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Seoul, Korea
Year of the Olympics: 1988
The meaning of the word Seoul (or Soul - the true sound of the name) speaks for itself - the capital. The most populous city in Korea, and perhaps in the whole world.
Seoul is ahead of the rest not only in the number of people per square meter, but also in its technology and modernity. Walking around the city, you are amazed at the ingenuity of the Koreans.
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Tokyo, Japan
Year of the Olympics: 1964
I have no doubt that even back in 1964, Tokyo managed to stun athletes from all over the world who came there to compete for olympic medals. What can we say about modernity! The Japanese are considered to be very wary of other cultures, and only begin to travel in old age.
And you can understand them: why go somewhere if your city seems to have stepped out of the screen of a futuristic film - where salespeople/controllers/cashiers work for us, they have been operating robots for a long time. Just look at the cat cafes and rammers in the subway! And you don’t even have to try to see absolutely all the sights and “interesting things” of Tokyo - people don’t live that long!
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Barcelona, Spain
Year of the Olympics: 1992
Capital of Catalonia - hometown former President of the International Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch. Is this why the 1992 games in Barcelona became the most widespread and calm of all time? modern history Olympics? These competitions are even called the “Reunification Games”: not a single state in the world boycotted the Games.
A city that is a masterpiece of architecture must have Olympic Village to match - for the first time, a complex of buildings was erected right within the city, at the foot and on the slopes of Mount Montjuic. And the opening of the Olympics in Barcelona is still remembered as one of the most spectacular. However, what is there to be surprised about! The splendor of the festivities and the wide scope are the calling card of the Spaniards.
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Sydney, Australia
Year of the Olympics: 2000
The Sydney Olympics, I think, will be remembered by many, even those who are far from sports. Indeed, so many records! Firstly, a beautiful round number - 2000, the first Olympics of the new millennium. Secondly, the delivery of the torch - no joke, 1000 Australians carried it on foot, train, bicycle, horseback, ship, plane, kayak, canoe and finally ferry.
Well, how can we not remember one of the most curious cases in the entire history of the Games - swimmer Eric Musambani from Equatorial Guinea almost drowned in the pool, since he learned to swim only 3 months before the competition, and he saw a 50-meter pool for the first time. Eric is considered the slowest 100-meter swimmer in the history of the Olympics: his result is 1:52.72.
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Montreal, Canada
Year of the Olympics: 1976
Another record-breaking Olympics took place in Montreal. The 1976 games went down in history as the most expensive - $5 billion at that time! The city paid off its Olympic debts until 2006, that is, for 30 years. The type of transportation of the torch also contributed significantly to the high cost of the competition. The fire, traditionally lit from the rays of the sun in Olympia, was carried by Greek runners, replacing each other, to Athens, where it was handed over to the Canadian athlete at the Marble Stadium.
He lit a fire in a bowl at the stadium and... the device instantly worked, turning the ionized flame particles first into electric current, and then into radio waves. The space satellite transferred the transformed olympic flame overseas, to Ottawa, where another device performed the reverse operation on him. From the capital of Canada, runners carried the fire again.
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Athens, Greece
Year of the Olympics: 2004
The next city on the list is absolutely bursting with stories. Needless to say, Greece is the birthplace of the Olympic Games. The first competitions were held here in 776 BC! Since then, Greece has hosted several more Olympics, the last of which took place in the not-so-distant 2004.
And here there were some oddities - one of the athletes, the Dutch rower Simon Diederik, was apparently so tired of fighting with his rivals that he absent-mindedly left his gold medal in a taxi. And what do you think - it was returned to its rightful owner!
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