IOC Selects Beijing As The Host City For The Games Of The XXIX Olympiad In 2008

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International Olympic Committee ()
07/13/2001


Moscow, Russian Federation (13th July 2001)    The IOC President announced today Beijing as the host city for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in 2008. Beijing obtained 56 ballots on the second round of voting. The vote was taken this afternoon by IOC members eligible to vote at the Session .     Under regulations in place, five candidates cities were selected by the IOC Executive Board, out of ten applicant cities, based on the recommendations of an experts' report. Ten cities were originally interested in hosting the Olympic Games in 2008: Bangkok, Beijing, Cairo, Havana, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, Osaka, Paris, Seville, and Toronto.     The IOC President thanked all five cities for their tremendous efforts and expressed his confidence that "Beijing Games would leave a unique legacy to China and to Sports."