Thirty-seven countries participated. Norway won the most gold and overall medals, the first time since the Winter Olympics that the Soviet Union did not top the medal table by both parameters. After the city council agreed in principle, different government agencies offered their support, and the villages around Grenoble also reacted positively, an application committee was formed and led by Albert Michallon , the former mayor of Grenoble on 30 December The application was officially given to the IOC during a meeting between IOC executives and representatives of international sport agencies in Lausanne in February The development of the infrastructure could not keep up with this rapid increase, and was, for the most part, at the same level as before World War II.
The people who were responsible never made a secret out of it that it was mainly for them about using the Olympic Games to receive larger grants to quickly develop dated infrastructure and support the local economy. Due to a lack of time, only the Summer Olympics host city could be voted for. The vote finally took place in Innsbruck on 28 January , a day before the start of the Winter Olympics.
After Grenoble was voted as the host city, the French National Olympic Sports Committee decided the foundation of the organisation committee. The upper panel was made up of the general assembly with its members and the supervisory board conduct business with 39 members, 19 of which were appointed and the other 20 were voted for. The general secretary consisted of five main departments and 17 subordinate departments. The number of employees grew to in February The French government played a major role in the preparations for the Games, as president Charles de Gaulle saw an opportunity to present Grenoble as a symbol for a modern France.
Francois Missoffe , Minister for Youth and Sport, formed an interministerial committee for the coordination of the work commissioned by prime minister Georges Pompidou.
The government contributed Different institutions, such as the national train company SNCF ; the television broadcaster ORTF ; the government housing association and the regional association of hospitals provided the rest of the money. These means were used accordingly; They built a new airport, two motorway sections of 7. They upgraded the access road to the outer sport arenas, an orbital road round Grenoble as well as relocating the rail tracks and removing the level crossings and building a completely new main train station.
