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Five cities made the shortlist to host the 2012 Summer Olympics (formally known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad), which were awarded to London (United Kingdom) on July 6, 2005. The other four shortlisted cities were Madrid (Spain), Moscow (Russia), New York City (USA), and Paris (France). The bids for the 2012 Olympics were considered to be one of the most hotly contested in the history of the IOC. London will become the first city to host the Games three times. London 2012 was the successful bid for the 2012 Summer Games, to be held in London with most events taking place in Stratford, Newham. ...
Madrid 2012 was one of the five short-listed bids for the 2012 Summer Games. ...
Moscow 2012 is one of the five short-listed bids for the 2012 Summer Games, and is to be held in Moscow, Russia. ...
The New York City 2012 Olympic bid was one of the five short-listed bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics, ultimately won by London 2012. ...
Paris 2012 was one of the five short-listed bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics, proposing that the games be held in Paris, France. ...
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The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. ...
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The International Olympic Committee is an organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on June 23 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece between 776 BC to 396 AD. Its membership is 202 National Olympic Committees. ...
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The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. ...
The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ...
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Bidding process
Bid evaluations The deadline to submit a bid for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games was 15 July 2003. All nine cities that submitted bids before that date also met the 15 January 2004 deadline for the 50-page questionnaire. The committee gave a weighted average score to each city based on scores in eleven categories, such as finance, security, accommodation, past experience and transport. On 18 May 2004, the International Olympic Committee gave evalutions of the potential hosts: July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ...
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The five highest-rated candidates were allowed to progress onto the next stage and were granted the right to use the Olympic flame and Olympic rings imagery in their campaign literature. The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world Paris is the capital and largest city of France, as well as the capital of the Île-de-France région, whose territory encompasses Paris and its suburbs. ...
Paris 2012 was one of the five short-listed bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics, proposing that the games be held in Paris, France. ...
Madrid is the capital and largest city in Spain, as well as in the province and the autonomous community of the same name. ...
Madrid 2012 was one of the five short-listed bids for the 2012 Summer Games. ...
The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ...
London 2012 was the successful bid for the 2012 Summer Games, to be held in London with most events taking place in Stratford, Newham. ...
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The New York City 2012 Olympic bid was one of the five short-listed bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics, ultimately won by London 2012. ...
Moscow (Russian: МоÑкваÌ, Moskva, IPA: (help· info)) is the capital of Russia and the countrys principal political, economic, financial, educational and transportation center, located on the river Moskva. ...
Moscow 2012 is one of the five short-listed bids for the 2012 Summer Games, and is to be held in Moscow, Russia. ...
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Among the recognizable Olympic symbols: The Olympic flag: A white flag with the Olympic Rings on it in five colours. ...
Final selection process The election occurred on 6 July 2005 at the Raffles City Convention Centre in Singapore during the 117th IOC Session held in the same city. The opening ceremony was held at the Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay and the guest of honour was the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong and the latter officially opened the session. After that, it held a cultural performance of dance and songs - the theme was "One Voice, One Rhythm, One World". July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ...
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Tight security was highly visible during the 117th IOC Session. ...
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At around 10:30, preliminary voting of the IOC eliminated Moscow, then New York, and finally Madrid as candidates. This left the contest between London and Paris. The IOC announced that they would release the final result at exactly 11:46. At 11:49 UTC on Wednesday, July 6, 2005, the London bid was formally announced as the winner by IOC president Jacques Rogge. London and especially Paris were the pre-announcement favourites. UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ...
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London 2012 was the successful bid for the 2012 Summer Games, to be held in London with most events taking place in Stratford, Newham. ...
Jacques Rogge (born May 2, 1942) is a Belgian orthopaedic surgeon and has been the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since 2001. ...
The results of the final voting rounds were:
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. ...
The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ...
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Mistaken voting controversy In December 2005 and some months after the bid process was over, Alex Gilady, an IOC member, suggested that Madrid should have tied with Paris in the third round of voting, but didn't do so due to Lambis Nikolaou of Greece pressing the wrong button. He further postulated that if this had happened, Madrid would have beaten Paris in resulting run off ballot for second place, and gone on to beat London in the final round. However Craig Reedie, another IOC member, dismissed the claims, commenting that a claim that an unnamed member 'might' have done something which 'might' have brought about something else which 'might' have brought about a different result is 'the kind of tittle-tattle that happens after many an IOC vote'.[1][2]
Candidate city overview
London - Main article: London 2012 Olympic bid
 After Birmingham and Manchester failed to deliver winning bids for the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games, it was decided that only London, with unparalleled international recognition and a population of 7.3 million, could possibly be given the chance to host a Summer Olympic Games. The jewel of the London bid was the Lower Lea Valley, the location slated to be transformed from a less desirable location into a world-class Olympic Park and Olympic Village. It will be connected via high-speed shuttle service dubbed the Olympic Javelin and existing transportation links, capable of transferring 240,000 people an hour. After the Games, the East London region will host one of Europe's largest urban parks created in decades and will be home to the Olympic Institute, a centre for sports medical centre and a place to study the Olympic ideals. The bid called for substantial improvement of the London Underground system which will handle the Olympic crowds and more investment into new Olympic sites throughout London. Also, the bid committee proposed the London Paralympic Games, which would be as important as the Olympic Games. London was considered by many to be second favourite for the bid after Paris, but last-minute intense lobbying by the bid team in Singapore probably swung the votes in their favour. London 2012 was the successful bid for the 2012 Summer Games, to be held in London with most events taking place in Stratford, Newham. ...
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The Games of the XXV Olympiad were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ...
The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. ...
The Games of the XXVII Olympiad or the Millennium Olympics were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...
The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ...
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The 2012 Summer Paralympic Games will be the fourteenth Paralympics. ...
Following the success of the bid there were further developments and announcements, including reactions to the security fears highlighted by the 7 July 2005 London bombings. London 2012 logo The 2012 Summer Olympic developments built on the successful London bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. ...
The 7 July 2005 London bombings were a series of co-ordinated suicide bombings that struck Londons public transport system during the morning rush hour. ...
Paris - Main article: Paris 2012 Olympic bid
The logo of the Paris 2012 bid on the front of the Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) in Paris. Paris, France was considered by many to be the favourite to become the host city of the 2012 Olympics, after losing out to Barcelona and Beijing for the 1992 and 2008 Olympics respectively. Paris's plan was very compact, with the placement of several sports in the Northern and Western Clusters and the Olympic Village between the two clusters. The plan had gained high technical merit due to the city's well-maintained transport system, ability to handle peak number of tourists with plentiful accommodation, and very high support among Parisians and the nation. Paris also planned to build temporary venues for some sports that can be moved and re-used elsewhere after the Games (dubbed "pre-cycling"). Much of their infrastructure, like the Stade de France, was already in place and the city had had much experience in hosting successful international sporting events, including the 1998 World Cup and the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. Its rich cultural and Olympic heritage were also emphasized. These placed Paris in a very strong position. Paris 2012 was one of the five short-listed bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics, proposing that the games be held in Paris, France. ...
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Madrid - Main article: Madrid 2012 Olympic bid
 Madrid 2012's "Ready for you" campaign Madrid, the capital city of Spain beat its southern counterpart Seville to represent Spain on the international stage. Madrid presented a technically superior bid, with almost all sports contested in three clusters all within very close proximity of each other. Several existing facilities ensured the low financing necessary to host the Olympics; new permanent sporting venues would have provided a lasting legacy to the city. The transport infrastructure would have been able to accommodate the hundreds of thousands gathering in the capital, and this positive was coupled with the use of renewable energy and hydrogen vehicles. Madrid had also organized several high-quality European and world championships. The bid gained resounding support among the city and national population and was helped with the support of former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, who was lobbying votes for the Madrid team. Following the Evaluation Committee, which gave the concept generally high marks, Madrid emerged as a primary contender against London and Paris. Madrid 2012 was one of the five short-listed bids for the 2012 Summer Games. ...
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New York - Main article: New York City 2012 Olympic bid
 New York City was selected over San Francisco as the sentimental favorite during the United States competition in 2002. The Olympic X Plan was the main concept proposed by the NYC2012 Bid team; two primary transportation lines would have strung the several individual clusters in Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn together. By combining existing world-class facilities such as Madison Square Garden, Yankee Stadium, Central Park, and the National Tennis Center with new venues like the Brooklyn Arena, Greenbelt Olympic Equestrian Park, and Olympic Regatta Center, the city hoped to show that it was worthy of holding an event of such magnitude. The city has plentiful accommodation and one of the strongest aspects of the bid was the city's ability to market itself throughout the world. At the heart of the X was to be the 4,400 room Olympic Village which would have provided spacious rooms well above the IOC benchmark. The bid was dealt a setback when New York State refused to approve the construction of the West Side Stadium which was to be a main venue for the Olympics, and hampered the bid in the short-run. However, the New York bid was revived with the utilization of a new Mets Stadium as the primary venue for athletics and the ceremonies. New York was not seen as a front runner, and their chances in getting the games were hurt after Vancouver got the 2010 Winter Olympics. The New York City 2012 Olympic bid was one of the five short-listed bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics, ultimately won by London 2012. ...
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Moscow - Main article: Moscow 2012 Olympic bid
 Manezhnaya Square in Moscow with the logo of the bid Moscow represented Russia in the bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The capital city's Olympic plans were built on top of the legacy created after the 1980 Summer Olympics. Moscow's River Plan called for every single competition to be staged within city limits, making this one of the most compact proposals ever. All existing venues would have been extensively renovated and more venues were to be constructed in time for the Olympics. A new, modern athletes village was to be constructed on the Moscow River, which was the centerpiece and core of the city's Olympic bid. Despite the high support from the entire nation and invaluable experience, Moscow's bid suffered from a lack of accommodation and an older transport system which may not have been able to cope with the expected traffic from the Olympics. Moscow 2012 is one of the five short-listed bids for the 2012 Summer Games, and is to be held in Moscow, Russia. ...
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Other cities that submitted bids There were several other cities that made bids to their government but were not put forward to the IOC.
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Americas - São Paulo, Brazil made a bid to the Brazilian Olympic Committee (won by Rio de Janeiro)
- Toronto, Ontario, in Canada, which did not bid after Vancouver, British Columbia, also in Canada, won the bidding process for the 2010 Winter Olympics. It is considered extremely unlikely that any one country would be granted the privilege of hosting two consecutive games.
- Detroit, Michigan in the United States and Windsor, Ontario in Canada, which are neighboring cities, briefly considered a joint bid.
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The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. ...
London 2012 was the successful bid for the 2012 Summer Games, to be held in London with most events taking place in Stratford, Newham. ...
London 2012 logo The 2012 Summer Olympic developments built on the successful London bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. ...
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