Bidding Process
As part of a formal agreement between the International Paralympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee established in 2001, the winner of the bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics was to also host the 2012 Summer Paralympics. At the 117th IOC Session in Singapore, the rights to host the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics were awarded to London.
| 2012 Summer Olympics bidding results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | NOC | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | |
| London | United Kingdom | 22 | 27 | 39 | 54 | |
| Paris | France | 21 | 25 | 33 | 50 | |
| Madrid | Spain | 20 | 32 | 31 | — | |
| New York City | United States | 19 | 16 | — | — | |
| Moscow | Russia | 15 | — | — | — | |
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