Fourteen would-be hosts--equally divided between the Summer...

Fourteen would-be hosts--equally divided between the Summer and Winter Games--were in the lineup when formal applications for the 1992 Olympics closed at midnight Wednesday.

Amsterdam (Holland), Barcelona (Spain), Belgrade (Yugoslavia), Birmingham (England), Brisbane (Australia), New Delhi (India) and Paris (France) are asking the International Olympic Committe for the Summer Games.

The winter applicants are Albertville (France), Anchorage (United States), Berchtesgaden (West Germany), Cortina d’Ampezzo (Italy), Falun (Sweden), Lillehammer (Finland) and Sofia (Bulgaria).

Although several candidates are likely to drop out of contention by March 1, 1986--the deadline for submitting their documented report--competition is expected to be lively when the IOC members make their selection at Lausanne, Switzerland, on Oct. 17, 1986.