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IOC Elects Rio de Janeiro for 2016 Olympic Games

Copenhagen - October 2, 2009

The International Olympic Committee elected Rio de Janeiro to host the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in 2016.

The vote was held today at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen, Denmark.

U.S. President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, football player of the century Pele, Spanish King Juan Carlos I, Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Honourary IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama were in Copenhagen to support their respective Candidate Cities.


IOC Voting Summary

106 IOC Members attended the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen, Denmark on October 2, 2009 to elect the host city of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in 2016.

95 IOC Members were eligible to vote in the first round. IOC Members from Brazil, Japan, Spain and the United States) were not eligible to vote until their Candidate City was eliminated from the election. Also not voting were the IOC President and the IOC Member election scrutineers.

ROUND 1 | 95 IOC Members eligible to vote
28 Madrid
26 Rio de Janeiro
22 Tokyo
18 Chicago | Chicago eliminated on the first ballot
01 Abstention

 

ROUND 2 | 97 IOC Members eligible to vote
46 Rio de Janeiro
29 Madrid
20 Tokyo | Tokyo eliminated on the second ballot
01 Abstention

 

ROUND 3 | 99 IOC Members eligible to vote
66 Rio de Janeiro | Won on the third ballot
32 Madrid
01 Abstention

 

Chicago | 2016 Olympic Games Candidate City

Chicago, United States of America
Let Friendship Shine

 
Eliminated from the Vote on the First Ballot
Received 18 votes on the First Ballot and eliminated

Madrid | 2016 Olympic Games Candidate City

Madrid, Spain
We Believe

 
Finished second place on the Third Ballot with 32 votes
Received 28 votes on the First Ballot
29 votes on the Second Ballot
32 votes on the Third Ballot

Rio de Janeiro | 2016 Olympic Games Candidate City

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Live Your Passion

 
Won on the Third Ballot with 66 votes (over Madrid - 32 votes)
Received 26 votes on the First Ballot
46 votes on the Second Ballot
66 votes on the Third Ballot

Tokyo | 2016 Olympic Games Candidate City

Tokyo, Japan
Uniting Our Worlds

 
Eliminated from the Vote on the Second Ballot
Received 22 votes on the First Ballot and 20 votes on the Second Ballot



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