The Rio de Janeiro bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics was a successful campaign to host the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and the Games of the XV Paralympiad, respectively. It was submitted on September 13, 2007, and recognized as an Applicant city by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on September 14, 2007. On June 4, 2008, the IOC Executive Board shortlisted Rio de Janeiro with three of the six other Applicant cities—Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo; over Baku, Doha and Prague—becoming a Candidate city during a meeting in Athens, Greece.
Rio de Janeiro was shortlisted receiving a 6.4 score, according to a study of its Application File delivered to the IOC Working Group on January 14, 2008. As a Candidate city, Rio de Janeiro submitted its Candidature File to the IOC on February 11, 2009. The dossier was analyzed by the IOC Evaluation Commission, which arrived in the city on April 27, 2009, to assess the conditions of the candidature. Between April 29 and May 2, the Commission under the leadership of Nawal El Moutawakel attended technical presentations and made inspections in all the existing venues across the city.
The Rio de Janeiro bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics was a successful campaign to host the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and the Games of the XV Paralympiad, respectively. It was submitted on September 13, 2007, and recognized as an Applicant city by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on September 14, 2007. On June 4, 2008, the IOC Executive Board shortlisted Rio de Janeiro with three of the six other Applicant cities—Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo; over Baku, Doha and Prague—becoming a Candidate city during a meeting in Athens, Greece.
Rio de Janeiro was shortlisted receiving a 6.4 score, according to a study of its Application File delivered to the IOC Working Group on January 14, 2008. As a Candidate city, Rio de Janeiro submitted its Candidature File to the IOC on February 11, 2009. The dossier was analyzed by the IOC Evaluation Commission, which arrived in the city on April 27, 2009, to assess the conditions of the candidature. Between April 29 and May 2, the Commission under the leadership of Nawal El Moutawakel attended technical presentations and made inspections in all the existing venues across the city.