The bidding process for the 2012 Olympics was considered one of the most hotly contested in the history of the IOC. London, Madrid, Moscow, New York City, and Paris were shortlisted on 18 May 2004, becoming official candidates. The remaining applicant cities Havana, Istanbul, Leipzig and Rio de Janeiro were eliminated.
About Bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics in brief
The bidding process for the 2012 Olympics was considered one of the most hotly contested in the history of the IOC. London, Madrid, Moscow, New York City, and Paris were shortlisted on 18 May 2004, becoming official candidates. The remaining applicant cities Havana, Istanbul, Leipzig and Rio de Janeiro were eliminated. The Olympic bidding process begins with the submission of a city’s application to the International Olympic Committee by its National Olympic Committee and ends with the election of the host city. The process is governed by the Olympic Charter, as stated in Chapter 5, Rule 34. Since 1999, the process has consisted of two phases. During the first phase, the cities are required to answer a questionnaire covering themes of importance to a successful Games organisation. Following a detailed study of the submitted questionnaires and ensuing reports, the IOC Executive Board selects the cities that are qualified to proceed to the next phase. The IOC Session in which a host city is elected takes place in a country that did not submit an application to stage the Olympics. The successful host city signs the Host City Contract with the NOC, which gives it the responsibilities of the Games organisation to the city and respective NOCs. The deadline to submit applications for the 2011 Winter Olympics was 15 July 2003. The submission of bids for the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics was 15 January 2004. The application deadline for the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2016 Paralympic Games was 15 February 2008.
The applications for both Games were submitted before the 15 January 2008 deadline. The final deadline for bids for both Olympics and ParalympICS is 15 July 2009. The winning city will be announced at a ceremony at the IOC’s HQ in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 20 July 2009, and the Games will be held in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, on 28 July 2010. The host city will then host the Games for a third time. The Games will take place in Rio, Rio, Sao Paulo, Sao Diego, Rio and Sao Paulo. The games will be hosted by a different city each year, with the exception of the 2012 Summer Olympics, which was held in Brazil. The winner will be chosen at a meeting of IOC members at the end of each year. The election is made by the assembled active IOC members, each possessing one vote. The voting is conducted in a succession of rounds until one bid achieves an absolute majority of votes until the next round. If this does not happen in the first round, the bid is eliminated and a special runoff vote is carried out, with a number of votes for the next proceeding round being carried out. In the final round, each bid is announced and the winner is announced. London won the final vote by a margin of four votes over Paris and secured the right to host the 2012 Olympic Games for the third time in a row. The vote took place on 6 July 2005, in a four-round exhaustive ballot of the Olympic Committee. The last round was held on 7 July 2005.
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