Bidding Process
As part of a formal agreement between the International Paralympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee first established in 2001, the winner of the bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics would also host the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Following the third and final round of voting at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen on October 2, 2009, the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics were awarded to Rio de Janeiro.
| 2016 Summer Olympics bidding results | |||||
| City | NOC | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |
| Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 26 | 46 | 66 | |
| Madrid | Spain | 28 | 29 | 32 | |
| Tokyo | Japan | 22 | 20 | — | |
| Chicago | United States | 18 | — | — | |
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