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[46] [47] President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama traveled to Denmark to support Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. [48] Michael Jordan was an unofficial spokesman for Chicago's bid. [49] Chicago media mogul Oprah Winfrey and Olympic champion Michael Phelps had been widely promoting the bid since the 2008 Summer Olympics ...
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
Countries represented at the 2016 Summer Olympics grouped by number of athletes. ... Date: 25 August 2016: Source: Data from Rio2016 Olympic Countries Vector map from ...
Countries which participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics, derived from blank world map. Blue = Participating for the first time; Green = Have previously participated. Yellow square is host city (Rio de Janeiro). Gray = not participating. Note: French Guiana is part of France and competes as part of the French team
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.
English: Map of the world showing the achievements of each country during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Brazil. Gold for countries achieving at least one gold medal. Silver for countries achieving at least one silver medal. Brown for countries achieving at least one bronze medal. Blue for countries that did not win a medal.
See the best photos from the 2016 summer Olympics so far: Rio Hotels for the Olympics: $20 to $4,000 Per Night. While some hotels have sold out of rooms, and hotels in Rio are limited to begin ...
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