
The city won the German Olympic Sports Confederation vote, beating the Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr region
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Germany last hosted the Summer Olympics in 1972 in Munich. Berlin authorities withdrew their application two days before the vote.
Germany has nominated Munich as a national candidate to host the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2036, 2040 or 2044, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced following a secret vote by the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) in Baden-Baden.
Germany last hosted the Summer Olympics in 1972, when the competition was also held in Munich.
“The winner (of the vote - ed.) is Munich,” Steinmeier announced the results of the vote in which members of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) chose the city as a candidate to host the Olympic Games. The ceremony was broadcast by the ARD TV channel.
The President of Germany called the upcoming international bid campaign to determine the host country of the Summer Games a “huge chance” for all of Germany.
Munich competed for the right to host the Olympics in Germany with the united region of Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr.
Berlin authorities previously officially withdrew their bid to host the Olympics, this happened just two days before the DOSB vote. Among the reasons for this decision was the refusal to support the application of the Left party, which won the elections to the Berlin Chamber of Deputies on September 20.

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