IOC Evaluation Report for 2016 Olympic Bid
The International Olympic Committee today released their evaluation report of the four cities vying to host the Olympics in 2016.
The 98-page volume includes gleanings from bid books submitted last January and site visits held in March and April. This report is to be used by members of the IOC when they decide how to cast their votes on October 2, 2009 in Copenhagen
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This report was written following the Commission’s visits to the four Candidate Cities vying to host these Games: Chicago (United States), Tokyo (Japan), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Madrid (Spain).*
The report is a technical analysis of the four Candidate Cities, which is sent to the IOC members one month before the election of the host city. The Evaluation Commission, chaired by Nawal El Moutawakel, IOC member from Morocco and Olympic champion, spent four days in each Candidate City (see dates below) to conduct on-site analyses and assess their ability to stage the Olympic Games in 2016.
The dates of the visits were:
Chicago: 4 – 7 April
Tokyo: 16 - 19 April
Rio de Janeiro: 29 April – 2 May
Madrid: 5 - 8 May
The election of the host city of the 2016 Games will take place on 2 October 2009 during the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen (Denmark). Following the presentations of the Candidate Cities, and before the IOC members cast their votes, the Commission Chairwoman, Nawal El Moutawakel, will present a final report. The city which obtains the absolute majority of votes will be elected.
The election in Copenhagen will be the culmination of a process which kicked off on 16 May 2007, when the IOC asked National Olympic Committees to nominate cities as Applicant Cities for the 2016 Games. On 13 September 2007, the IOC announced the names of seven Applicant Cities, namely, in alphabetical order, Baku (Azerbaijan), Chicago (USA), Doha (Qatar), Madrid (Spain), Prague (Czech Republic), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Tokyo (Japan). These cities responded to the IOC’s Applicant City Questionnaire and their replies were studied by an IOC Working Group which produced a report for the IOC Executive Board. Based on this report, four of the seven cities were selected by the IOC’s Executive Board as Candidate Cities at its meeting on 4 June 2008. By 12 February 2009, the four candidates submitted a Candidature File based on the 17 themes of the IOC’s Candidature Procedure and Questionnaire. On 17-18 June 2009, IOC members attended a two-day briefing in Lausanne, during which the Candidate Cities presented the technical aspects of their candidature to them and answered their questions. This information, in addition to the Candidature Files and the Evaluation Commission’s report, will allow the IOC members to make their final decision on 2 October 2009.
* Cities are listed in the order of drawing of lots as performed by the IOC Executive Board in December 2007. This is the order in which the cities bidding for the 2016 Games will be listed, make presentations, etc. until the election of the Host City in October 2009.
The full document can be downloaded here: Report of the 2016 IOC Evaluation Committee
