Guess the city where the 2016 Olympics will be held

On June 4, 2008, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially announced Chicago in the United States, Tokyo in Japan, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and Madrid in Spain as candidates to host the 2016 Olympic Summer Games at a three-day IOC Executive Board meeting in Athens.

Seven cities have submitted their bids to the IOC: Chicago in the United States, Prague in the Czech Republic, Tokyo in Japan, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Baku in Azerbaijan, Doha in Qatar and Madrid in Spain. In the end, Chicago in the United States, Tokyo in Japan, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and Madrid in Spain were unanimously selected as bids for the 2016 Summer Games Olympic Games out of seven applicants.

The four candidate cities must submit a detailed bid report to the IOC by 12 February 2009, pending evaluation by the IOC delegation. At that time, the IOC will visit each of the candidate cities and announce the results one month before the final host city is decided. On October 2, 2009, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will decide on the host city for the 2016 Olympic Games in Copenhagen, Denmark.

I wish I was in Tokyo or Rio de Janeiro, but I don't know why).

Five U.S. cities, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston and Philadelphia are bidding to host the 2016 Olympics, but the U.S. Olympic Committee has announced that Houston and Philadelphia have been excluded from the list of candidates for the 2016 Summer Olympics, leaving only San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago as candidates.

Most believe that 2016 is the best time for the United States to host the Summer Olympics. It is reported that the IOC prefers to place the host cities of the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Africa and South America, because these two continents have never hosted the Olympics.

So far, other cities interested in bidding for the 2016 Summer Olympics include Rome and Milan in Italy, Madrid in Spain, Hamburg in Germany, and Tokyo and Fukuoka in Japan.

International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said the Pan American Games would help Brazil's Rio de Janeiro become a strong candidate city to host the Games.

The 2014 Winter Olympics was held in Sochi, Russian Federation, and the 2014 Olympic Games is the 22nd Winter Olympic Games, referred to as the "Sochi Winter Olympics", which was held from February 7 to February 23, 2014, with a total of 15 major events and 98 minor events, which was the first time in the history of Russia to host the Winter Olympics.

On February 7, 2014, the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics was held at the Fisht Olympic Stadium, and the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics officially kicked off, and on February 23, 2014, the closing ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics began, and after the ceremony, it officially entered Pyeongchang, South Korea.

The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics totaled 88 countries and regions, with 2,873 athletes participating, 15 major events and 98 minor events, and a total of 26 countries in the medal table.

The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi featured 2,873 athletes from 88 countries or regions, with seven countries – Dominica, Malta, Paraguay, Nai Nai Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga and Zimbabwe – participating in the Winter Olympics for the first time.

The previous cities that have hosted the Summer Olympics are as follows (as of 2019):

01st to 05th: Athens, Paris, St. Louis, London, Stockholm;

06th to 10th: Berlin, Antwerp, Paris, Amsterdam, Los Angeles;

11th to 15th: Berlin, Tokyo, London, London, Helsinki;

16th to 20th: Melbourne, Rome, Tokyo, Mexico City, Munich;

21st to 25th editions: Montreal, Moscow, Los Angeles, Seoul, Barcelona;

26th to 30th: Atlanta, Sydney, Athens, Beijing, London;

31st to 34th editions: Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Paris, Los Angeles.

The previous Winter Olympics have been held in the following cities (as of 2019):

01st to 05th: Chamonix, St. Moritz, Lake Placid, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, St. Moritz;

06th to 10th: Oslo, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Valley, Innsbruck, Grenoble;

11th to 15th: Sapporo, Innsbruck, Lake Placid, Sarajevo, Calgary;

16th to 20th: Albertville, Lillehammer, Nagano, Salt Lake City, Turin;

21st to 24th: Vancouver, Sochi, Pyeongchang, Beijing Zhangjiakou.

The city of the 15th Olympic Games is Helsinki, Finland.

Related introduction: The 15th Olympic Games was held in Helsinki, Finland from July 19 to August 3, 1952, which was also the first time in the history of New China to participate in the Olympic Games. A total of 4,955 athletes from 69 countries and regions, including 519 women, were invited to participate in the Games.

The Soviet team participated in the Olympics for the first time and won 22 golds, 30 silvers and 19 bronzes in one fell swoop.

Background: After the end of World War II, as the call for peace grew, so did the interest in the Olympic Games. There are 9 cities bidding to host the 15th Olympic Games, namely:

Helsinki in Finland, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Stockholm in Sweden, Lausanne in Switzerland, Athens in Greece and Detroit, Minneapolis, Philadelphia and Chicago in the United States are in stark contrast to the last Olympic Games, where only London bid to host the Games. In June 1947, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) held a lively discussion on the question of the host city for the 15th Olympic Games, and Helsinki won the right to host the Games.

Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.

The IOC announced the votes for two rounds of voting, the first round of voting: 34 votes in Sochi, 25 votes in Salzburg, and 36 votes in Pyeongchang; Second round of voting: 51 votes in Sochi, 47 votes in Pyeongchang. Sochi won the right to host the event by a margin of 4 votes.

Located on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, about 1,500 kilometers south of Moscow, Russia's Sochi is Russia's premier seaside resort with a population of 400,000.

It is reported that the 2014 Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held from February 7 to 23 of that year. This will be the first time Russia has hosted the Winter Olympics. [

List of cities that have hosted previous Olympic Games (Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics).

1-15 Olympic Games: Athens (Greece), Paris (France), St. Louis (USA), London (UK), Stockholm (Sweden), Berlin (Germany), Antwerp (Belgium), Paris (France), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Los Angeles (USA), Berlin (Nazi Germany), Tokyo (cancelled due to World War II), London (UK), Helsinki (UK).

16-24 Olympic Games: Melbourne (Australia), Rome (Italy), Tokyo (Japan), Mexico City (Mexico), Munich (Federal Republic of Germany), Montreal (Canada), Moscow (USSR), Los Angeles (USA), Seoul (South Korea).

25-32 Olympic Games: Barcelona (Spain), Atlanta (USA), Sydney (Australia), Athens (Greece), Beijing (China), London (UK), Rio (Brazil), Tokyo (Japan).