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Which cities competed with Vancouver to host the 2010 Winter Olympics?
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Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games
Official logo of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The logo is an interpretation of an inukshuk, a traditional Inuit stone sculpture.
To host the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver competed against three other cities that were short-listed by the International Olympic Committee in August 2002:
- Pyeongchang, South Korea
- Salzburg, Austria
- Bern, Switzerland
While these cities were short-listed, Bern withdrew its bid in September 2002 following a negative referendum result. In the final IOC vote held in Prague in July 2003, Vancouver ultimately defeated Pyeongchang in the second round of balloting to secure the hosting rights.1