The selection process for the 1932 Winter Olympics consisted of nine bids, of which seven were from the United States. It saw Lake Placid, United States, be selected ahead of the US candidates Yosemite Valley, Lake Tahoe, Bear Mountain, Duluth, Minneapolis and Denver, and Oslo, Norway and Montreal, Canada. The selection was made at the 27th IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 10 April 1929.