 The IOC The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was founded on 23 June 1894 by the French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who was inspired to revive the Olympic Games of Greek antiquity. The IOC is an international non-governmental non-profit organisation and the creator of the Olympic Movement. The IOC exists to serve as an umbrella organisation of the Olympic Movement. It owns all rights to the Olympic symbols, flag, motto, anthem and Olympic Games. Its primary responsibility is to supervise the organisation of the summer and winter Olympic Games. International Olympic Committee Château de Vidy 1007 Lausanne Switzerland Tel: +41 21 621 61 11 Fax: +41 21 621 62 16 Internet: www.olympics.org  FRONT PAGE SiteSearch About us Directories  London Olympics: Legacy 2012 Olympics: East London Impact of 2012 Olympics How London won the 2012 Olympics 2012 Olympics: The popular vote 2010 Winter Olympics  City Mayors reports news from towns and cities around the world. Worldwide | Elections | North America | Latin America | Europe | Asia | Africa | Events |  Mayors from The Americas, Europe. Asia, Australia and Africa are competing for the annual World Mayor Award. More  City Mayors ranks the world’s largest as well as richest cities and urban areas. It also ranks the cities in individual countries, and provides a list of the capital cities of some 200 sovereign countries. More  City Mayors reports political events, analyses the issues and depicts the main players. More  City Mayors describes and explains the structures and workings of local government in Europe, The Americas, Asia, Australia and Africa. More  City Mayors profiles city leaders from around the world and questions them about their achievements, policies and aims. More  City Mayors deals with economic and investment issues affecting towns and cities. More  City Mayors reports on how business developments impact on cities and examines cooperation between cities and the private sector. More  City Mayors describes and explains financial issues affecting local government. More  City Mayors lists and features urban events, conferences and conventions aimed at urban decision makers and those with an interst in cities worldwide. More  City Mayors reports urban environmental developments and examines the challenges faced by cities worldwide. More  City Mayors reports on and discusses urban development issues in developed and developing countries. More  City Mayors reports on developments in urban society and behaviour and reviews relevant research. More  City Mayors deals with urban transport issues in developed and developing countries and features the world’s greatest metro systems. More  City Mayors examines education issues and policies affecting children and adults in urban areas. More  City Mayors investigates health issues affecting urban areas with an emphasis on health in cities in developing countries. More  City Mayors examines the importance of urban tourism to city economies. More  City Mayors examines the contributions history and culture make to urban society and environment. More  City Mayors describes the history, architecture and politics of the greatest city halls in the world. More  City Mayors invites readers to write short stories about people in cities around the world. More  City Mayors questions those who govern the world’s cities and talks to men and women who contribute to urban society and environment. More  City Mayors profiles national and international organisations representing cities as well as those dealing with urban issues. More  City Mayors reports on major national and international sporting events and their impact on cities. More  City Mayors lists cities and city organisations, profiles individual mayors and provides information on hundreds of urban events. More |
This archived article was published 5 July 2005 Your choice of host for 2012 Summer Olympics City Mayors has been conducting an internet poll to find the most popular city to host the 2012 Summer Olympics. The poll went live in December 2003. By 5 July 2005, one day before the IOC decided on the host city for the 2012 Olympics, a total 5,720 valid votes were cast. The total includes 419 votes cast for the four cities (Rio de Janeiro, Leipzig, Istanbul and Havana) which the IOC removed from the bidding process on 18 May 2004. The number of votes received by the five cities which remained in the bidding process totaled 5,301. City Mayors counted all votes manually. Multiple votes, whether for one city or several cities, were eliminated.  Percentage of votes cast since 1 January 2004
the nine bidding cities to host the 2012 Summer Olympics *All percentages recalculated to reflect the new shortlist of five candidate cities On 18 May 2004, the International Olympic Committee decided that the five candidate cities to bid for the 2012 Olympics were London, Madrid, Moscow, New York and Paris. Havana, Leipzig, Istanbul and Rio de Janeiro were eliminated. In City Mayors' international poll Rio de Janeiro was the world's second most popular city after New York. |
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