131st IOC Session
The 131st IOC Session took place between 13–16 September 2017 at the Lima Convention Centre[1] in Lima, Peru. The host cities for the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics were elected during the 131st IOC Session on 13 September 2017.
Bidders
[edit | edit source]At the 127th IOC Session in 2014, Lima, Peru, was selected as session host by the IOC general assembly over Helsinki, Finland, by 54 votes to 30.[2]
Host city elections
[edit | edit source]Two Olympic host city elections took place at the 131st IOC Session. The host cities of the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics were elected.
2024 Summer Olympics
[edit | edit source]The only candidate city for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Paris, France, was elected during the 131st IOC Session. The two French IOC members, Guy Drut and Tony Estanguet were not eligible to vote in this host city election under the rules of the Olympic Charter.
- Candidate city
| 2024 Summer Olympics bidding results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Nation | Votes | ||||
| Paris | File:Flag of France.svg France | Unanimous | ||||
2028 Summer Olympics
[edit | edit source]The only candidate city for the 2028 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles, United States, was elected during the 131st IOC Session. The three American IOC members, Anita DeFrantz, Angela Ruggiero and Larry Probst were not eligible to vote in this host city election under the rules of the Olympic Charter.
- Candidate city
| 2028 Summer Olympics bidding results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Nation | Votes | ||||
| Los Angeles | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | Unanimous | ||||
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134th IOC Session
[edit | edit source]Milan was elected as the host city of the 134th IOC Session in 2019. The 134th IOC Session would decide the host city for the 2026 Winter Olympics. Milan eventually decided to bid along with Cortina D'Ampezzo for the 2026 Winter Olympics against Stockholm and Åre of Sweden. As a result, the 134th IOC Session was moved to Lausanne. Milan and Cortina, won the rights to host the 2026 Winter Games at the 134th Session in 2019.[3]
Election of the new IOC members
[edit | edit source]Eight new IOC members were elected at the session.[4]
The eight new members who were elected are:
- Palau Baklai Temengil
- Norway Kristin Kloster Aasen
- Thailand Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul
- Dominican Republic Luis Mejía Oviedo
- Chile Neven Iván Ilic Álvarez
- Oman Sheikh Khalid Muhammad Al-Zubair
- France Jean-Christophe Rolland
- Belgium Ingmar De Vos
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Election of the new IOC Executive Board members
[edit | edit source]Two IOC members were elected to the IOC Executive Board at the session.
Denis Oswald and Nicole Hoevertsz were elected to the executive board. Anita DeFrantz was elected to a four-year term as a vice-president, succeeding John Coates, who concluded his term as a vice-president.
Ethics Commission
[edit | edit source]New members were appointed.[5]
- South Korea Ban Ki-moon: chairman
- United States Angela Ruggiero
- China Hanqin Xue
- Switzerland Samuel Schmid
- Fiji Robin Mitchell
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See also
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