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The Summer and Winter Games took place in the same country three times. Usually, the Games' host cities are selected by the IOC members six to seven years in advance. [5] Until the 2022 Winter Olympics, the selection process lasts approximately two years. In the first stage, any city in the world may apply to become a host city.
Used for the unified Korean women's ice hockey team at the 2018 Winter Olympics. [9] EOR Refugee Olympic Team from French Équipe olympique des réfugiés: 2016–2024: Used for the Refugee Olympic Team, for athletes who have been displaced from their home countries. The IOC code was changed from ROT which was used in 2016. [10] EUA United Team ...
The 2016 Summer Olympics (Portuguese: Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), [C] officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad (Portuguese: Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August.
Sugarloaf Mountain at Guanabara Bay, chosen to be the symbol of the campaign.It subsequently appeared stylized in the bid logo. Rio de Janeiro's bidding process began on July 28, 2006, when the Executive Council of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB in the Portuguese acronym) met to consider the possibility of nominating a Brazilian city to host the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. [9]
Doha submitted its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics [85] after its hosting of the 2006 Asian Games, spending US$2.8 billion on infrastructure and venues. [86] The Doha 2016 bid won much regional support, for example from the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) president [ 87 ] and the Gulf Cooperation Council .
The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the "Games of the XXXI Olympiad", was an international multi-sport event held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from August 5 to August 21, 2016.
Dubai, a city in the United Arab Emirates, announced an interest in bidding for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Winning the 2016 Olympic bid could have increased the speed of Dubai's emergence as a leading world city. Dubai did not submit a bid.
Host Country — — 1 Brazil: 2015 World Cup: 22 August – 6 September 2015 Japan: 2 China Serbia: European Qualifier: 4–9 January 2016: Ankara: 1 Russia: South American Qualifier: 6–10 January 2016: Bariloche: 1 Argentina: North American Qualifier: 7–9 January 2016: Lincoln: 1 United States: African Qualifier: 12–16 February 2016 ...