"Unexpected Upset"... Jeonbuk Selected as Domestic Candidate Site for 2036 Olympics, Surpassing Seoul

Jeollabuk-do has been selected as the domestic candidate site to bid for the 2036 Summer Olympics.

On the 28th, Jeollabuk-do received 49 out of 61 votes in the '2036 Olympic Bid Domestic Candidate Site Selection Vote' held at the Olympic Parktel in Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, during the 2025 Regular General Assembly of the Korean Sports Council. Jeollabuk-do emphasized national balanced development and promoted 'local city solidarity.'

At the Korea Sports Council's 2025 Regular General Assembly held on the 28th at Olympic Parktel in Songpa-gu, Seoul, Kim Kwan-young, Governor of Jeollabuk-do, which was selected as the domestic candidate site for the 2036 Summer Olympics, is shaking hands with Yoo Seung-min, President of the Korea Sports Council. 2025.2.28 Photo by Yonhap News

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Jeollabuk-do, highlighting its advantage of having successfully hosted the 1988 Olympics and possessing various infrastructures, outpaced Seoul by a large margin, leading to an evaluation that a 'major upset' occurred. Seoul received only 11 votes. There was 1 invalid vote.

Thus, Jeollabuk-do will embark on a challenge to host the Summer Olympics in South Korea for the first time in 48 years since the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

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