The International Olympic Committee opened its 91st...

The International Olympic Committee opened its 91st session at Lausanne, Switzerland, with more than 80 members of the IOC gathered at the Palias de Beaulieu in this city by Lake Geneva to start nearly a week of meetings, which will finish Friday with selection of the sites for the 1992 Summer and Winter Games.

Barcelona, Spain, is considered the front-runner for the Summer Games, in competition with Birmingham, England; Brisbane, Australia; Paris, Amsterdam, and Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

The favorite’s role is far from clear-cut among the Winter Games bidders--Albertville, France; Falun, Sweden; Lillehammer, Norway; Berchtesgaden, West Germany; Anchorage, Alaska; Sofia, Bulgaria, and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.