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In June 2007, Olympic bid committee chairman and CEO, Patrick G. Ryan announced that David P. Bolger was appointed chief operating officer and Rick Ludwig as chief financial officer. [31] The Chicago 2016 Olympic bid committee announced the details of the Olympic bid application on January 15, 2008.
On April 14, 2007, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) chose Chicago to run in the 2016 Olympic bidding. Chicago was chosen to host the 1904 Summer Olympics but they would be held in St. Louis, to coincide with the 1904 World's Fair. [69] The 1996 in Atlanta were the last summer Olympics to be hosted in North America.
The women's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 19 August 2016. [1] It was the 6th edition of the women's Olympic football tournament.Together with the men's competition, the 2016 Summer Olympics football tournament was held in six cities in Brazil, including Olympic host city Rio de Janeiro, which hosted the final at the Maracanã Stadium. [2]
Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games was eliminated in the first round of voting in Copenhagen, losing to Rio de Janeiro. The results of the final vote were announced at 12:50 p.m. EDT.
The following is a list of bids for the Summer Olympics. It consists of the year the games were held or scheduled to be held, the date the decision was made, the city and country which issued the bid, the votes at the IOC Session for each voting round, and the ultimate host of the games.
Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics; D. ... Media in category "2016 Summer Olympics bids" The following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total. B.
2016 OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament [12] 23 January 2016 Papua New Guinea: 1 New Zealand: 2016 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship [18] 10–21 February 2016 United States: 2 United States Canada: 2016 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament [19] 29 February – 9 March 2016 Japan [20] 2 Australia China: 2016 UEFA Olympic Qualifying ...
This year at the 2016 Rio Olympics,we witnessed a first that was very special: The United States brought the most female athletes to the Games in Olympic history -- 292 to be exact.