Madrid bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics

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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
City	Madrid, Spain
Chair	Mercedes Coghen
NOC	Spanish Olympic Committee
Evaluation
IOC score	8.1
Previous Games hosted
None • Bid for 1972 and 2012 Spain hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics
Decision
Result	1st runner-up (32 votes)

The Madrid 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; Tokyo, Japan; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Madrid, Spain; 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]

Along with Tokyo, Madrid 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 May 4 and May 9, 2009, the IOC Evaluation Commission, led by Nawal El Moutawakel, arrived in Madrid 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] Rio de Janeiro won the final round by a margin of 34 votes over Madrid in a three-round exhaustive ballot of the IOC.^[10]

The Spanish Olympic Committee (SOC) confirmed Madrid as its candidate city to host the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics on May 30, 2007.^[11] This is the city's second consecutive bid and its third failure, after two failed attempts for the 1972 and the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[12][13] Geographic issues were highlighted as a major problem for Madrid due to recent Olympic Games in Europe as the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.^[13][14] If successful, it would be the second Olympics hosted in Spain, after the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona.^[15]