Editing 1994 Winter Olympics (section)

==Host city selection==
{{main|Bids for the 1994 Winter Olympics}}
{{Location map|Norway|label=Lillehammer|mark=Green_pog.svg|lat_deg=|lon_deg=|lat=61.11|long=10.47|width=230|float=right|thumb|alt=A map of Norway with Lillehammer in the middle towards the bottom|caption=Location of Lillehammer in Norway}}

The idea for an Olympic bid for Norway was born in 1981, when [[Falun]] in neighbouring [[Sweden]] was defeated by [[Calgary]] in [[Canada]] to host the [[1988 Winter Olympics]]. Along with the Norwegian government, the bid was also publicly encouraged and supported by the [[Government of Sweden|Swedish government]], largely to help stimulate the economy of their inland counties.<ref>LOOC (I): 13</ref> Lillehammer originally [[Lillehammer bid for the 1992 Winter Olympics|bid for the 1992 Games]] but came fourth in the voting, with the Games ultimately awarded to [[Albertville]], France.<ref>LOOC (I): 16</ref> In 1986, at the 91st IOC Session in [[Lausanne]], the IOC announced the intent to separate the Summer and Winter editions (which had been held in the same year since the inception of the Winter Olympics in 1924) after the 1992 Games. The two editions of the Olympics had alternated every two years during the four-year cycle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Lillehammer-1994/ |title=Lillehammer 1994 |publisher=olympic.org |access-date=17 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405003853/http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Lillehammer-1994/ |archive-date=5 April 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=1986-10-14 |title=Olympics to Hold Events Every 2 Years : Winter Games to Be Split Off, Start Own 4-Year Cycle in '94 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-10-14-mn-3527-story.html |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Lillehammer subsequently launched another bid, now for the 1994 Games, with some drastic modifications of the project, such as a new indoor speed skating venue and an additional ice hall in Lillehammer. Supplementary government guarantees and funds were secured for the new bid.<ref>Hove-Ødegård, Celius and Brun: 9</ref>

Three other locations put in bids for the 1994 Games: [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]] (United States), [[Östersund]] (Sweden), and [[Sofia]] (Bulgaria). Lillehammer was elected to host the 1994 Winter Games at the 94th IOC Session, held in [[Seoul]] on 15&nbsp;September 1988, two days before the start of the [[1988 Summer Olympics]].<ref>Hove-Ødegård, Celius and Brun: 6</ref> Until [[2018 Winter Olympics|2018]], the Lillehammer Games were the last Winter Olympics to be held in a [[town]], rather than centered in a [[city]].

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! rowspan=2 | City
! rowspan=2 | Country
! colspan=3 style="background:silver;"| Round
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! style="background:silver;"| 1
! style="background:silver;"| 2
! style="background:silver;"| 3
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| scope="row" | [[Lillehammer]]
| {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Norway]]|| style="text-align:center;" |'''25''' || style="text-align:center;"|30 || style="text-align:center;"|'''45'''
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| scope="row" | [[Östersund]]
| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Sweden]]|| style="text-align:center;" |19 || style="text-align:center;"|'''33''' || style="text-align:center;"|39
|-
| scope="row" | [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]]
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]|| style="text-align:center;" |23 || style="text-align:center;"|22 || style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| scope="row" | [[Sofia]]
| {{flagicon|Bulgaria|1971}} [[Bulgaria]]|| style="text-align:center;" |17 || style="text-align:center;"|— || style="text-align:center;"|—
|}