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The Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics was an unsuccessful bid, first recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on September 14, 2007. [ 2] The IOC shortlisted four of the seven applicant cities— Madrid, Spain; Tokyo, Japan; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Chicago, United States; over Baku, Azerbaijan; Doha ...
Doha submitted its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics [ 85] after its hosting of the 2006 Asian Games, spending US$2.8 billion on infrastructure and venues. [ 86] The Doha 2016 bid won much regional support, for example from the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) president [ 87] and the Gulf Cooperation Council.
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( Portuguese: Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016 ), [ C] officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( Portuguese: Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning ...
Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games was eliminated in the first round of voting in Copenhagen, losing to Rio de Janeiro. The results of the final vote were announced at 12:50 p.m. EDT.
* Tokyo hosted the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021, postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the SVG file, tap or hover over a city to show its name (only on the desktop). The following is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter games have usually ...
The following is a list of bids for the Summer Olympics. It consists of the year the games were held or scheduled to be held, the date the decision was made, the city and country which issued the bid, the votes at the IOC Session for each voting round, and the ultimate host of the games. The bid listed first for each games is the one selected ...
The 2016 team consisted of just two returning players from the 2012 Olympic gold-medal winning team, Kevin Durant and the new team captain, Carmelo Anthony. [5] [6]The following is the United States roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Pages in category "2016 Summer Olympics events" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.