IOC Announcement of London Being Awarded the 2012 Summer Olympics

By Robert H. Kelly
Copyright 2008 TexSport Publications

PASADENA, TEXAS (July 6, 2008) Below is a video clip of the announcement of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarding the Games of the 30th Olympiad to London. London will be the first city to host three Summer Olympic Games (1908, 1948, 2012)

At the Raffles City Convention Center in Singapore, the IOC held its 117th Session to determine the host of the 2012 Games.

Below the clip is the rest of the story, outlining the results of the votes.



Five cities (London, Paris, Madrid, New York City, and Moscow) were in contention.

In the first round, Moscow was eliminated. The votes, submitted by secret ballot, were as follows:
London-22
Paris-21
Madrid-20
New York City-19
Moscow-15

In the next round, New York City was eliminated: The results of the vote were:
Madrid-32
London-27
Paris-25
New York City-16

During the thirds round, Madrid was eliminated. The votes were:
London-39
Paris-33
Madrid-31

In the fourth and final round, London garnered 54 votes to Paris' 50 and were awarded the Games for 2012.

At the present times, Madrid is in the running to host the 2016 Olympic Games. The other three cities have abandon bids at this time.