Leading up to the 2024 host city election, we pay attention to Olympic bids from the past. Today, the successful bid of London 2012.
2012 Summer Olympics host city election – as it happened
Bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics
Applicant cities
- Leipzig
- Rio de Janeiro
- Istanbul
- Havana
Candidate cities
- London
- Paris
- Madrid
- New York
- Moscow
2012 Host city election ballots results
117th IOC Session, Singapore, 06-07-2005
| City | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 |
| London | 22 | 27 | 39 | 54 |
| Paris | 21 | 25 | 33 | 50 |
| Madrid | 20 | 32 | 31 | — |
| New York | 19 | 16 | — | — |
| Moscow | 15 | — | — | — |
London 2012 Map
London 2012 Candidature File
The candidature file is available to download here.
London 2012 Olympic Bid Video
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