Germany has joined the race to host the 2036 Summer Olympics in Munich even as the event would land on the 100th anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi propaganda Games in Berlin.
Seven countries have already put their names forward to stage the 2036 Summer Olympics, and Germany is among them, with Munich named as the prospective host city, The Sun reported.
The list of interested nations is Germany, Hungary, India, Qatar, South Africa, South Korea and Turkey. Other countries still have until October 31 to declare interest.
The timing is hard to ignore. The 2036 Games would fall exactly 100 years after the 1936 Berlin Olympics, which were used by Adolf Hitler for propaganda of the Nazi party.
Germany’s interest centers on Munich. Berlin carried the torch in 1936. A century later, another German city wants the world’s biggest sporting stage.
The International Olympic Committee will not rush the decision. The IOC Executive Board is set to draw up a shortlist of interested parties in March 2027 and begin what it calls “strategic dialogue.”
IOC members would then elect the host at an IOC Session in mid-2029. By then Los Angeles will already be preparing for 2028, and Brisbane will be locked in for 2032.
Bids are supposed to be judged on hard factors: venue masterplan, athlete experience, funding strategy, and political and public support. That is the official yardstick.
IOC President Kirsty Coventry framed the priority in plain terms.
"Wherever the Games take place, one thing must never change, athletes have to be at the heart of everything we do."
She added a second line that leaves little room for spin.
"That is why, for every future host, delivering the best possible experience for the athletes must always be the starting point."
India wants the Olympics at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The venue holds 132,000 and could stage athletics. India is already set to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games in the same city.
Qatar is in the mix after organizing the 2022 soccer World Cup in November and December. That tournament’s bidding process was mired in allegations of corruption inside FIFA. Extreme heat is also on the table. If Qatar, or Saudi Arabia in a hypothetical nod, got the Olympics, the Games could not sit in the traditional summer months.
South Africa has World Cup history of its own. It hosted the 2010 soccer World Cup and the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Durban later pulled out of the 2022 Commonwealth Games because of financial constraints. Money problems do not vanish just because the five rings look good on a brochure.
South Korea, Turkey and Hungary round out the seven. The IOC has also noted that South Asia, the African continent and the Gulf regions have never hosted an Olympics, summer or winter.
The next marker is simple. Nations that have not yet spoken up have until October 31 to declare interest. After that comes the 2027 shortlist, the long “strategic dialogue,” and the mid-2029 vote by IOC members.
Technical binders will talk about venues, budgets and athlete villages. Public support and political backing will be weighed too. Coventry’s statements put athletes first on paper. Host countries will still sell national prestige, infrastructure legacies and regional firsts.
Germany’s file will carry the Munich plan, and the unavoidable calendar math. One hundred years after Hitler turned Berlin into a propaganda set, another German bid is back at the IOC’s door.
History does not bid. Countries do. Voters who care about memory, money and honest process should watch who the IOC rewards next.
