Spokesmen for the cities of Anchorage, Alaska,...
Spokesmen for the cities of Anchorage, Alaska, and Birmingham, England, the final two candidates bidding for the1992 Olympic Games to be heard, expressed confidence after their presentations at a meeting of the International Olympic Committee in Lisbon, Portugal.
Cities besides Birmingham that have bid for the Summer Games are Paris; Barcelona, Spain; Amsterdam; New Delhi; Brisbane, Australia, and Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Bidding for the ’92 Winter Games besides Anchorage, are Albertville, France; Berchtesgaden, West Germany; Cortina, Italy; Falun, Sweden; Lillehammer, Norway, and Sofia, Bulgaria.
Final presentations are scheduled next year at Lausanne, Switzerland, and the IOC will announce the 1992 Olympic sites on Oct. 17, 1986.
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