Statistics for Failed Olympics bids

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Olympics	Host	Came in second	% Correct
2012	London	Paris	93%
1992	Barcelona	Paris	93%
2004	Athens	Rome	83%
1996	Atlanta	Athens	80%
1972	Munich	Madrid	80%
2016	Rio de Janeiro	Madrid	80%
1952	Helsinki	Minneapolis / Los Angeles	80%
2000	Sydney	Beijing	79%
1980	Moscow	Los Angeles	79%
1976	Montreal	Moscow	77%
2026	Milan-Cortina	Stockholm	70%
2018	Pyeongchang	Munich	69%
2020	Tokyo	Istanbul	63%
2008	Beijing	Toronto	61%
1956	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Montreal	60%
1964	Innsbruck	Calgary	56%
1968	Grenoble	Calgary	56%
1956	Melbourne	Buenos Aires	47%
1960	Squaw Valley	Innsbruck	46%
1984	Sarajevo	Sapporo	41%
1948	St. Moritz	Lake Placid	34%
1998	Nagano	Salt Lake City	33%
1968	Mexico City	Detroit	22%
1964	Tokyo	Detroit	22%
2022	Beijing	Almaty	21%
2014	Sochi	Pyeongchang	21%
2010	Vancouver	Pyeongchang	21%
1992	Albertville	Sofia	15%
1952	Oslo	Cortina d'Ampezzo	13%
1988	Seoul	Nagoya	13%
1960	Rome	Lausanne	11%
1994	Lillehammer	Östersund	7%
2002	Salt Lake City	Östersund / Sion	7%
1988	Calgary	Falun	5%
1972	Sapporo	Banff	3%
2006	Turin	Sion	3%
1976	Innsbruck	Sion	3%