Editing 1972 Summer Olympics (section)

== Host city selection ==

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|+ 1972 Summer Olympics bidding results<ref name=votes>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesbids.com/english/archives/past.shtml |title=Past Olympic host city election results |publisher=[[GamesBids]] |access-date=17 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124022022/http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html |archive-date=24 January 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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! rowspan=2 | City
! rowspan=2 | Country
! colspan=2 style="background:silver;"| Round
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! style="background:silver;"| 1
! style="background:silver;"| 2
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| [[Munich]] || {{flag|West Germany}} || style="text-align:center;"|'''29''' || style="text-align:center;"|'''31'''
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| [[Madrid]] || {{flagicon|Francoist Spain}} [[Francoist Spain|Spain]] || style="text-align:center;"|16 || style="text-align:center;"|16
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| [[Montréal]] || {{flag|Canada}} || style="text-align:center;"|6 || style="text-align:center;"|13
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| [[Detroit]] || {{flag|United States|1960}} || style="text-align:center;"|6 || style="text-align:center;"|
|}

Munich won its Olympic bid on 26 April 1966, at the 64th [[IOC Session]] in [[Rome]], [[Italy]], over bids presented by Detroit, Madrid, and Montréal. Montréal would eventually host the following [[1976 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games in 1976]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html|title=IOC VOTE HISTORY|work=aldaver.com|access-date=11 June 2008|archive-date=25 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080525070757/http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref> Other bids, including one from the two cities that expressed interest alongside [[Paris]], submitted a letter to the IOC to make an official bid, but it ultimately did not materialize.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archives CIO - Ville candidate Jeux de l'Olympiade - 1972 Paris - C-J04-1972_001_SD 9.pdf |url=https://library.olympics.com/default/basicfilesdownload.ashx?itemGuid=4BCF3AFC-AF6A-4124-8629-978909906313}}</ref>