Games of the XXX Olympiad

2012 Possible Candidates

It's still pretty early to tell exactly who will be bidding but these are the various places that we have heard are considering bidding for the 2012 games.  If you know of additions, deletions, URL's, etc, please let us know so we can modify this page.

• Australia, Brisbane
• Argentina, Buenos Aires
• Belgium, Brussels>
• Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
• Canada, Toronto
• Cuba, Havana
• England, London
• France, Paris
• Ireland, Dublin
• Israel, Tel Aviv
• Italy
  • Milan
  • Rome
• Germany - The German Olympic Committee is expected to make a decision on a German bid sometime in 2001.
  • Frankfurt
  • Hamburg
  • Leipzig
  • Ruhr Valley region
  • Saxony
  • Stuttgart
• Hungary, Budapest
• Mexico, Monterrey
• Poland, Warsaw
• Russia, Moscow
• South Africa
  • Durban
  • Cape Town
  • Johannesburg
• Spain, Madrid
• Sweden, Stockholm
• Turkey, Istanbul
• United States, New York City (NY)

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  Timeline for the US 2012 Olympic Games Bid: USOC nominates U.S. Candidate City to IOC - March 2003 IOC Selects Host City for 2012 Olympic Games - September 2005

For all the latest information about cities bidding for these, and other Olympic games, I highly recommend the Gamesbids.com web site.  This web site is devoted completely to cities bidding for future Olympic games.