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Tokyo 2016 Bid Builds Momentum At Year’s End

A sobe-making demonstration at the Top Athlete Café New Year's Eve by Kyoko Hamaguchi, Tokyo 2016 Hometown Ambassador, 1984 gymnastics gold medallist Shinji Morisue, and
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Rio 2016 Bid Gets Additional Support

With the official opening of the 36-metre Rio 2016-themed Ferris wheel on New Years Eve at Copacabana Fort promoting Rio's bid for the 2016 Summer ...
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Rio 2016 Slogan To Launch Dramatically On New Years Eve

The slogan for Rio de Janeiro's 2016, "Live your passion", is to make a dramatic debut. It's to be projected onto the Rio 2016 Wheel ...
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Chicago 2016 Announces Paralympic Development Program

Chicago 2016, World Sport Chicago, U.S. Paralympics - a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC), and ten partner agencies announced Saturday the launch of ...
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Chicago 2016 To Learn From Greenhouse Registry

Chicago 2016 has joined the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), the world's first and North America's only greenhouse gas registry, reduction and trading system, to learn ...
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Legislators Support Tokyo 2016 Bid

The Tokyo 2016 Parliamentary Caucus was formed at a meeting December 19 to support Tokyo's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The group, consisting ...
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Rio 2016 Reveals More Bid Details

The Rio 2016 bid committee revealed Friday additional details of the city's plan for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games as they finalize their Candidate ...
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Budapest City Council Approves Draft Bill On 2020 Olympic Games Bid

The Budapest Business Journal reports Budapest City Council unanimously approved a draft of a bill to prepare the way for Hungary to bid for the ...
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Tokyo 2016 Final Venue Plans Show Compact Bid

According to a Tokyo 2016 press release, the bid committee finalized its venue plans for its bid at a Tokyo 2016 Executive Board meeting, that ...
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City Councillors Approve Chicago 2016 Purchase Of Olympic Village Site

By a vote of 48-0, Chicago city councillors unanimously approved the purchase of the Michael Reese Hospital site for the Olympic Village, should Chicago host ...
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Summer Olympic Bids Summary
Bid Status: Full bid books for 2016 bid cities to be submitted in February 2009
Bid Date: 2016 Games decided October 2, 2009
Bid Location: IOC Congress in Copenhagen Denmark
Description: Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo have been selected to the shortlist and will compete to host the 2016 Olympic Games. Baku, Doha and Prague were eliminated June 5, 2008.
Bid Book: Link To Bid Book
Web Site: http://www.2009olympiccongress.com
2016 Bid Dates and More

Important Links

Bid Discussion Forum
Candidature Procedure and Questionnaire
Application Evaluation Report
Candidature Acceptance Procedure and Questionnaire
(Website addresses and bid books available on individual bid pages - see menu)
 

Date

Description

Feb. 8, 2006 Copenhagen, Denmark selected as host city for 2009 Olympic Congress and final 2016 bid vote
May 8-18, 2006 US Olympic Committee visits mayors of Houston (May 8), Philadelphia (May 9), Chicago (May 10), Los Angeles (May 18) and San Francisco (May 18) for 2 hour assessment meetings
July 26, 2006 US Olympic Committee narrows nomination short list to Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. USOC still hasn't decided whether to bid.
Aug. 30, 2006 Japan Olympic Committee nominated Tokyo over Fukuoka for 2016 Bid
Sept. 1, 2006 Brazil's Olympic Committee nominates Rio de Janeiro for 2016 Bid
Jan. 9, 2007 The USOC finalizes its intention to bid for 2016.
Jan. 22, 2007 Bid books for Chicago and Los Angeles due into the USOC.
Feb. 28 - March 2, 2007 The USOC conducts site evaluation visit to Los Angeles.
March 5 - 7, 2007 The USOC conducts site evaluation visit to Chicago.
April 14, 2007 The USOC chooses Chicago over Los Angeles for its 2016 nomination.
May 16, 2007 IOC officially launches 2016 Race with schedule and instructions
May 30, 2007 Spain's Olympic Committee confirms Madrid 2016 bid
Aug. 31, 2007 Prague announces 2016 Olympic bid
Sept. 10, 2007 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil announces bid officially
Sept. 13, 2007 Application for the 2016 bids were due into the IOC. Seven cities applied.
Oct. 1, 2007 Payment of Candidature Acceptance Fee of USD$150,000
Jan. 14, 2008 Submission of Application File (mini bid books) and guarantee letters to the IOC
June 4, 2008 IOC Executive Board acceptance of Candidate Cities at SportAccord - Candidates must pay a USD$500,000 fee
Aug. 8-24, 2008 Olympic Games Observer Program
Feb. 12, 2009 Submission of Candidature File to the IOC
April-May, 2009 IOC Evaluation Commission visits to bid cities
April 2-8, 2009 Chicago evaluation visit
April 14-20, 2009 Tokyo evaluation visit
April 27-May 3, 2009 Rio evaluation visit
May 4-9, 2009 Madrid evaluation visit
Sept. 2, 2009 Report of the 2016 IOC Evaluation Commission
Oct. 2, 2009 FINAL 2016 VOTE - 121st IOC Session and Olympic Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark
 

Evaluation Commission

 
Chairperson Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco
Olympic Games Executive Director Gilbert Felli of Switzerland
IOC Member Ching-Kuo Wu from Chinese Taipei
IOC Member Craig Reedie from Great Britain
IOC Member Guy Drut from France
IOC Member Mounir Sabet from Egypt
IOC Member and Athletes' Commisssion Representative Alexander Popov from Russia
IOC Member and ASOIF Representative Els van Breda Vriesman from The Netherlands
IPC Representative Gregory Hartung from Australia
 

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BID CHG INDEX
Chicago (CHI) BidIndex Down 1.96 58.78
Madrid (MAD) BidIndex Down 0.87 58.63
Rio (RIO) BidIndex Down 0.17 59.73
Tokyo (TKY) BidIndex Up 0.56 61.22
Last Updated 5 Nov., 2008 (Full BidIndex Details)