Tokyo bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics

Bids for the
2016 (2016) Summer Olympics and Paralympics
Overview
Games of the XXXI Olympiad
XV Paralympic Games
Winner: Rio de Janeiro
Runner-up: Madrid
Shortlist: Tokyo · Chicago
Details
CityTokyo, Japan
ChairIchiro Kono
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Evaluation
IOC score8.3
Previous Games hosted
1964 Summer Olympics
Decision
Result2nd runner-up (20 votes)

The Tokyo bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics was an unsuccessful bid, first recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on September 14, 2007.[1] The IOC shortlisted four of the seven applicant cities—Chicago, United States; Madrid, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Tokyo, Japan; over Baku, Azerbaijan; Doha, Qatar; and Prague, Czech Republic—on June 4, 2008 during a meeting in Athens, Greece.[2][3][4] This was followed by an intensive bidding process which finished with the election of Rio de Janeiro at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 2, 2009.[5]

Tokyo earned the top scores during the Applicant phase, after a detailed study of the Applicant Files received by the IOC Working Group on January 14, 2008.[6] Between April 16 and April 19, 2009, the IOC Evaluation Commission, led by Nawal El Moutawakel, arrived in Tokyo to assess the conditions of the city.[7][8] The Commission attended technical presentations, participated in question-and-answer sessions about the Candidature File and made inspections in all the existing venues across the city.[9] Tokyo was eliminated in the second round of voting with only 20 votes in a three-round exhaustive ballot of the IOC.[10]

The Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) nominated Tokyo over Fukuoka as its candidate city to host the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics on August 30, 2006.[11] This is the country's third failure, after two failed attempts for the 1988 and the 2008 Summer Olympics.[12] Recent Olympic Games in Asia as the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, hurt Tokyo's bid.[13] In 2013, Tokyo was selected to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, marking the second Summer Olympics in Japan, after the 1964 Summer Olympics, and the fourth hosted in Japan, after the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo and the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.[14]

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  2. ^ "Four cities to compete to host the 2016 Olympic Games". International Olympic Committee. June 4, 2008. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
  3. ^ "Four on 2016 Olympics short-list". BBC. June 4, 2008. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
  4. ^ "2016 Olympic Bid Short List Preview". GamesBids. June 3, 2008. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
  5. ^ "Rio de Janeiro Elected As 2016 Host City". International Olympic Committee. October 2, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
  6. ^ 2016 Working Group Report (PDF), International Olympic Committee, March 14, 2008, archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2009, retrieved March 2, 2010.
  7. ^ "2016 Games: Start of the Evaluation Commission Visits". International Olympic Committee. April 3, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
  8. ^ "IOC Commission Arrives In Tokyo For 2016 Inspection". GamesBids. April 14, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
  9. ^ "IOC Inspection Of Tokyo 2016 Ends On High Note". GamesBids. April 19, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
  10. ^ "Rio de Janeiro to host 2016 Olympics". CNN. October 2, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
  11. ^ "Tokyo To Be Japan's 2016 Summer Games Bid Candidate". GamesBids. August 30, 2006. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
  12. ^ "Tokyo profile and fact sheet". GamesBids. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
  13. ^ "Rio to stage 2016 Olympic Games". BBC. October 2, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
  14. ^ "Tokyo joins race for 2016 Games". BBC. March 8, 2006. Retrieved March 2, 2010.