Oslo bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics be an "applicant city" in the bidding for the 2022 games. Oslo was joined by five other cities: Beijing, Almaty, Stockholm, Kraków and Lviv. However, Stockholm dropped out of the race two months later due to lack of local political support. Børre Rognlien had originally stated that the Norwegian Olympic Committee required public support of 60% of the population to move forward with the bid. This was also presented as a requirement from IOC. However, building public support proved hard. Just prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, support was lagging at 38%. Despite being a success in medals,
Annecy bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics Blanc, as well as suggesting the letter "A" for Annecy. Six years after Annecy's defeat in the race for the 2018 Olympics, Paris won the right to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The 2024 Olympics will be the first Olympics to be held in France since Albertville hosted the 1992 Winter Olympics. Annecy bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics Annecy 2018 was an unsuccessful bid by Annecy, France for the 2018 Winter Olympics. At first, the French Olympic Committee (CNOSF) was quite reluctant in bidding for a Winter Games, preferring to focus on a bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics.However,