2016 Summer Olympics

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The 2016 Summer Olympics (officially known as Games of the XXXI Olympiad) is a major international sports and cultural festival to be celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games, as governed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). While a host city has not yet been determined, various cities have begun a bidding process for that honour. A host city will be announced at the 121st IOC Session (which will also be the 13th Olympic Congress) to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 2, 2009. The 2016 Summer Paralympics will also be held in the same city and organized by the same organizing committee.

Bidding

Main article: 2016 Summer Olympics bids

The bidding process for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games was officially launched on May 16, 2007.^[1] The first step for each city was to submit an initial application to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by September 13, 2007, confirming their intention to bid. Completed official bid files, containing answers to a 25-question IOC form, are to be submitted by each applicant city by January 14, 2008. The final candidate cities will be shortlisted in June 2008, and the final selection will be made by the full IOC membership, on October 2, 2009, in Copenhagen, Denmark.^[2] Cities are listed in order of drawing of lots:

• Chicago, United States ^[3] - Chicago 2016 Olympic bid
• Prague, Czech Republic ^[4] - Prague 2016 Olympic bid
• Tokyo, Japan ^[5] - Tokyo 2016 Olympic bid
• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ^[6] - Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic bid
• Baku, Azerbaijan ^[7] - Baku 2016 Olympic bid
• Doha, Qatar ^[8] - Doha 2016 Olympic bid
• Madrid, Spain ^[9] - Madrid 2016 Olympic bid

Canceled bids

• Bangkok, Thailand expressed much enthusiasm after their strong performance in the 2004 Games, but instead applied to host the 2010 Youth Games. ^[10]
• Buenos Aires, Argentina^[11]
• Cape Town and Durban, South Africa expressed interest.^[12]
• Delhi, India was originally set to enter a bid;^[13] however, in April 2007 it announced it would bid for the 2020 games instead.^[14]
• Dubai, United Arab Emirates,was also posed to make a serious bid, but in the end did not for unknown reasons.^[15]
• Fukuoka and Sapporro, Japan were other internal candidates eliminated by the JOC.^[16]
• Istanbul, Turkey broke with their standing policy to bid for every games, but vowed to try again.^[17]
• Houston and Philadelphia were eliminated by the USOC, San Francisco withdrew when it lost stadium funding and Los Angeles lost to Chicago for the bid.^[18]
• Lisbon, Portugal considered bidding.^[19]
• Monterrey, Mexico The Mexican Olymic committee declined to place a bid.^[20]
• Montreal and Toronto, Canada abandoned any plans for a bid after Vancouver won the 2010 Winter Olympics.^{[21][22] [23][24]}
• Nairobi, Kenya The sports minister expressed interest in a bid, but the Kenyan Olympics head said it was not the right time.^[25][26][27]
• Rome, Italy was a leading candidate for a time, but they pulled out, preferring to wait for 2020.^[28]
• San Diego, United States and Tijuana, Mexico discussed a joint bid.^[29]. However, the IOC Charter states a single city is awarded the right to stage the games.^[30]

References

External links

• International Olympic Committee
• Tokyo - 2016
• Chicago - 2016
• Rio de Janeiro - 2016
• Prague - 2016
• Doha - 2016