Munich selected as German Olympic candidate

Baden-Baden. The race between Munich and Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr for the role of the German Olympic candidate for 2036, 2040 or 2044 has been decided. The result of the secret ballot at the extraordinary general meeting of the German Olympic Sports Confederation in Baden-Baden is the city of Munich. The announcement was made by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

The 42 leading Olympic associations, each with three votes, as well as the personal members and the presidium members of the DOSB were entitled to vote in the vote in the Kurhaus in Baden-Baden. There were 141 votes up for grabs. The decision was made in the first round of voting. Before the election, there were many indications that there would be a close race between the two remaining candidates.

Hamburg's project had already failed in a referendum in the Hanseatic city at the end of May. Berlin withdrew its application two days before the DOSB decision after the Olympic supporters in the Red City Hall were voted out in the House of Representatives election on Sunday.