| Bids for the 2020 Summer Olympics |
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2020 Summer Olympics |
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| City | Madrid, Spain |
| Chair | Alejandro Blanco |
| NOC | Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) |
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Madrid 2020 is an Olympic bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics launched by the city of Madrid and the Spanish Olympic Committee. The IOC will announce the official candidate cities on May 23, 2012. The winning bid will be announced on September 7, 2013 at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires. [1]
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The last time the Olympic Games were hosted in Spain was in 1992 when Barcelona hosted the XXV Olympiad. Madrid was nominated by the Spanish Olympic Committee on June 1, 2011. [2] It was then approved by the government a month later.
On September 8, 2011 it was announced that Alejandro Blanco who heads the Spanish Olympic Committee will serve as President of the Madrid 2020 bid. [3] Shortly after his appointment he defended Madrid's ability to host the games despite Spain's current economic problems arguing that the games would be an investment. [4] The following week IOC President Jacques Rogge defended Madrid and Rome's ability to host the games given the current eurozone debt crisis. He said that both cities already have a lot of venues in place and that not much would need to be built. He continued by saying that at the very most some venues would need upgrades and that both cities had the needed infrastructure to host the games. [5]
The bid's budget will be between $30.2 million and $35.3 million. [6] In December 2011, Madrid's new mayor, Ana Botella confirmed her support for the bid. [7]
Madrid bid for the 1972 Summer Olympics and lost to Munich. They bid for the 2012 Olympics and lost in the third round of voting. London went on the defeat Paris in the final round. Madrid's most recent bid was for the 2016 Olympics, which they lost to Rio de Janeiro in the final round of voting.
Madrid's 2020 bid is their third consecutive bid for the games and fourth bid overall. If Madrid hosts the 2020 Games, it will be the second Olympic Game held in Spain.
Aside from Barcelona's successful 1992 bid, Barcelona bid for the 1924 Summer Olympics but lost to Paris. They later made a bid for the 1936 Games but lost to Berlin.
Seville bid for the 2004 Summer Olympics as well as the 2008 Games. They failed to become candidates both times. Those games were awarded to Athens and Beijing respectively.
Jaca made four bids for the Winter Olympics. They first bid for the 1998 Olympics but lost to Nagano. They then bid for the Winter Olympics in 2002, 2010 and 2014 but failed to become a candidate for those three games. Those Winter Games were awarded to Salt Lake City, Vancouver and Sochi respectively.
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