131st IOC Session
# 131st IOC Session

The 131st IOC Session took place between September 13 – September 16, 2017 at the Lima Convention Centre in Lima, Peru. The host cities for the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2028 Summer Olympics were elected during the 131st IOC Session on September 13, 2017.

## Bidders

At the 127th IOC Session in 2014, Lima, Peru, was selected as session host by the IOC general assembly over Helsinki, Finland, by 54 votes to 30.

## Host city elections

Two Olympic host city elections took place at the 131st IOC Session. The host cities of the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics were elected.

### 2024 Summer Olympics

The only candidate city for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Paris, France, was elected during the 131st IOC Session. The two French IOC members, Guy Drut and Tony Estanguet were not eligible to vote in this host city election under the rules of the Olympic Charter.

**Candidate city**

* Paris

2024 Summer Olympics bidding results :

| City | Nation | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Paris | France | Unanimous |

### 2028 Summer Olympics

The only candidate city for the 2028 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles, United States, was elected during the 131st IOC Session. The three American IOC members, Anita DeFrantz, Angela Ruggiero and Larry Probst were not eligible to vote in this host city election under the rules of the Olympic Charter.

**Candidate city**

* Los Angeles

2028 Summer Olympics bidding results :

| City | Nation | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Los Angeles | United States | Unanimous |

### 134th IOC Session

Milan was elected as the host city of the 134th IOC Session in 2019. The 134th IOC Session would decide the host city for the 2026 Winter Olympics. Milan eventually decided to bid along with Cortina D'Ampezzo for the 2026 Winter Olympics, thereby forfeiting the 134th Session to Lausanne, Switzerland, as under Olympic Charter rules, the IOC Session deciding the host city of an Olympic Games, cannot take place in the same country that is bidding to host the Olympic Games being decided at that session. Milan and Cortina, won the rights to host the 2026 Winter Games at the 134th Session in 2019.

**Candidate city**

* Milan

134th IOC Session bidding results :

| City | Nation | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Milan | Italy | Unanimous |

## Election of the new IOC members

Eight new IOC members were elected at the session.

The eight new members who were elected are:

* Baklai Temengil
* Kristin Kloster Aasen
* Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul
* Luis Mejía Oviedo
* Neven Iván Ilic Álvarez
* Khalid Muhammad Al Zubair
* Jean-Christophe Rolland
* Ingmar De Vos

## Election of the new IOC Executive Board members

Two IOC members were elected to the IOC Executive Board at the session.

Denis Oswald and Nicole Hoevertsz were elected to the executive board. Anita DeFrantz was elected to a four-year term as a vice-president, succeeding John Coates, who concluded his term as a vice-president.

## Ethics Commission

New members were appointed.

* Ban Ki-moon: chairman
* Angela Ruggiero
* Hanqin Xue
* Samuel Schmid
* Robin Mitchell
