Leading up to the 2024 host city election, we pay attention to Olympic bids from the past. Today, the successful bid of Beijing 2008.
Bids for the 2008 Summer Olympics
Applicant cities
- Bangkok
- Caïro
- Havana
- Kuala Lumpur
- Seville
Candidate cities
- Beijing
- Osaka
- Toronto
- Istanbul
- Paris
Report of the IOC Evaluation Commission for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in 2008
2008 Host city election ballots results
112th IOC Session, Moscow, 13-07-2001
| City | Round 1 | Round 2 |
| Beijing | 44 | 56 |
| Toronto | 20 | 22 |
| Paris | 15 | 18 |
| Istanbul | 17 | 9 |
| Osaka | 6 | — |
Beijing 2008 Olympic Bid Video
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