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The 2002 Olympic Winter Games bid scandal was a scandal involving allegations of bribery used to win the rights to host the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Prior to its successful bid in 1995, the city had attempted four times to secure the games; failing each time. In 1998 members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) were accused of taking bribes from the Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC) during the bidding process. The allegations resulted in the expulsion of several IOC members, and the adoption of new IOC rules. Legal charges were brought against the leaders of Salt Lake's bid committee by the United States Department of Justice, of which all parties were later acquitted. Investigations were also launched into prior bidding process by other cities, finding that members of the IOC received gifts during the bidding process for both the 1998 Winter Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics. ==Winning bid== Ogden-born lawyer Tom Welch and a Utah Economic Development Professional David Johnson were in charge of the Salt Lake Bid Committee. From 1986 through 1995, they worked in support for Salt Lake City's bid in Europe, Latin America, and Africa meeting with the International Olympic Committee Members and International Sport organizations. Despite their efforts, the 1998 Games went to Nagano, Japan, in a 46-to-42 vote. Many felt the reason was that the US had recently been awarded the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Others, including Welch, believed it was because Nagano had better wined and dined the officials. A Salt Lake Olympic Bid Committee member complained about competing with the Japanese bid committee for the 1998 Olympic Winter Games: "We were giving out saltwater taffy and cowboy hats, and they were giving out computers. IOC members who came to inspect Nagano were put up in ritzy hotspring resorts, where they washed down expensive sushi with sake poured by kimono-clad geisha. They went home laden with souvenir gifts and expensive paintings." A senior member of the Japanese bid committee, Sumikazu Yamaguchi, ordered that accounting documents for the Nagano bid be burned because they "could cause unpleasantness to (members )." The Melbourne bid committee for the 1996 Summer Olympics discovered the quid pro quo expectations of IOC delegates when they received requests from six African IOC delegates for new cars and sexual favors from local brothels. They denied the requests and the 1996 Summer Olympics went to Atlanta. More than $16 Million was spent on Utah's Olympic bidding. A priority for bidders was bringing each Member of the International Olympic Committee to Salt Lake City. More than 70 of the 100 members of the International Olympic Committee personally visited Salt Lake at Bid Committee expense. The high of costs of bidding was related to bringing members of the International Olympic Committee to Salt Lake City to see the venues proposed to be used for the Games. Community Leaders were 100% behind the bid. Opportunities were created by Spencer Eccles, Salt Lake Olympic Bid Committee Executive Board Member, for IOC family members to be employed at First Security Corporation Bank, Jim Jardine, Legal Advisor to the Bid Committee, assisted IOC Member relatives to be admitted at the University of Utah and Intermountain Health Care made medical facilities and treatment available to IOC Members during their visits. Jon Huntsman, a committee leader, hosted Juan Antonio Samaranch at his lavish Park City home and together with Tom Welch presented President Samaranch with Commemorative Browning Pistol. In June, 1995, 50,000 people gathered outside the Salt Lake City Mayor's office to receive the result of the final announcement. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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