BID PROFILE AND FACT SHEET - 2012 SUMMER OLYMPIC BIDS
Bid: When IOC Chooses Winner: Bid Status: Bids (by order of final presentation): Who Votes - Who Doesn't Bid Background - How The Election Works
Current Applicant Cities
London, UK Madrid, Spain Won Spanish nomination on January 21, 2002 Moscow, Russia New York, USA Won USOC nomination on November 2, 2002 Paris, France
2012 Bid Timeline
November 2, 2002 - United States Olympic Committee elects its 2012 candidate (New York)
January 21, 2003 - Spanish Olympic Committee elects its 2012 candidate
February 27, 2003 - French officials meet to decide Paris' intentions for 2012
April 12, 2003 - German Olympic Committee elects its 2012 candidate
May, 2003 - IOC to send circular to NOC's inviting them to submit the name of an applicant city.
July 7th, 2003 - Brazil Olympic Committee to elect 2012 candidate, Rio De Janeiro or São Paulo.
July 15th, 2003 - NOC's to inform the IOC of the name of an applicant city (by letter)
August 30th, 2003 - USD $150,000 fees due from applicant cities
October 7 to 10, 2003 - IOC Applicant City Seminar in Lausanne
November 21-22, 2003 - Bids to visit Athens for 2004 organization update
January 15th, 2004 - Applicant Cities to reply to IOC questionnaire
January 15th to June 2004 - Examination of replies by IOC and experts
May 18, 2004 - Acceptance of short-listed candidate cities by the IOC executive board
August, 2004 - Candidate City Observer Programme at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad in Athens
November 15th, 2004 - Candidature files submitted to IOC
February 3 to March 17, 2005 - Visits of the IOC evaluation committee to the Candidate Cities
Madrid: February 3 to 6
London: February 16 to 19
New York: February 21 to 24
Paris: March 9 to 12
Moscow: March 14 to 17
June 6, 2005 - Evaluation commission report
July 6, 2005 - Election of the 2012 host city by the IOC session in Singapore.
Bid Books For 2012
London Bid Book Madrid Bid Book Moscow Bid Book New York Bid Book Paris Bid Book
IOC Bid Documents
IOC 2012 Technical Evaluation Report IOC 2012 Candidature Acceptance Procedure IOC 2012 Short List Report IOC Candidature Acceptance and Questionnaire
Evaluation Commission
Chairperson: Mrs Nawal EL MOUTAWAKEL (MAR)IOC representatives: Mrs Els van BREDA VRIESMAN (NED), Mr Paul HENDERSON (CAN), Mr Patrick JARVIS (CAN), Mr Mustapha LARFAOUI (ALG), Mr José Luis MARCO (ARG), Mr Ser Miang NG (SIN), Mr Sam RAMSAMY (RSA)Experts: Mr Simon BALDERSTONE (AUS), Mr Philippe BOVY (SUI), Mr Bob ELPHINSTON (AUS)
Visits of the IOC evaluation committee to the Candidate Cities
Madrid: February 3 to 6
London: February 16 to 19
New York: February 21 to 24
Paris: March 9 to 12
Moscow: March 14 to 17
Failed To Make Short List May 18, 2004
Havana, Cuba Leipzig, Germany Won German nomination on April 12, 2003 Istanbul, Turkey Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cancelled 2012 Bid Cities
Abuja, Nigeria (announced by Sports Minister Stephen Akiga on August 19, 2002) Cairo, Egypt Hyderabad or New Delhi, India (According to India's Sport Minister 4/24/02) Budapest, Hungary (Bid Cancelled April 30, 2003) Toronto, Canada (Decided not to bid after Vancouver, also in Canada, won 2010 bid))
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