The Olympics, why do are the countries able to host the Olympic Games?

[vivian_elmo_world]

I am project at the moment.<br />
and two of my questions are?<br />
1) Show a picture of a world map showing where each of the Modern Olympic Games has been held. [where can i find this?] Offer an explanation as to why these countries were able to host these games.<br />
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2) How is a country selected to host the Olympic Games.<br />
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Thank you for helping.<br />

 

[icemancda273]

Whoever bribes the International Olympic Committee the most gets the Olympic games. It is the most corrupt organization on the planet.

 

[frank]

look in google but
1. 1896, Athens of Greece
2. 1900, Paris of France
3. 1904, St. Louis of the United States
4. 1908, London of Britain
5. 1912, Stockholm of Sweden
6. 1916, Berlin of Germany (not held due to World War One)
7. 1920, Antwerp of Belgium
8. 1924, Paris of France
9. 1928, Amsterdam of the Netherlands
10. 1932, Los Angeles of the United States
11. 1936, Berlin of Germany
12. 1940, Helsinki of Finland (not held due to World War Two)
13. 1944, London of Britain (not held due to World War Two)
14. 1948, London of Britain
15. 1952, Helsinki of Finland
16. 1956, Melbourne of Australia
17. 1960, Rome of Italy
18. 1964, Tokyo of Japan
19. 1968, Mexico City of Mexico
20. 1972, Munich of Germany
21. 1976, Montreal of Canada
22. 1980, Moscow of the former Soviet Union
23. 1984, Los Angeles of the United States
24. 1988, Seoul of South Korea
25. 1992, Barcelona of Spain
26. 1996, Atlanta of the United States
27. 2000, Sydney of Australia
28. 2004, Athens of Greece Enditem

Cities bid to host the Olympics. It is basically a two step process. The city must have proper accomodations, security, transportation ect. It gets approved by the IOC (international olympic committee) executive board and they are considered canidates. In the second part, an evaluation committee goes to the city and wirtes a report. The IOC votes on choosing the site for the specified olympics.

This will get you the map

http//www.mapsofworld.com/olympic-trivia/host-cities-of-olympics.html

pleas give me best answer or thumbs up i helped your project LOL

 

[herman]

1. I think you just get a picture of a world map, and, by using word, use arrows and textboxes to show each city

2.basically expand on this

http//wiki.answers.com/Q/How_does_a_community_get_chosen_to_host_the_olympics

 

[Lizzy]

look up olympics on google or wikipedia- there should e an answer AND some links.

 

[TimJ]

1) http//www.mapsofworld.com/world-olympic-map.htm

The selection process has changed over the years ranging from whichever cities were willing to, to whichever cities twisted the organizers arms the hardest, to whichever cities bribed the most officials.

For an overview, check wikipedia for entries on random Olympic Games, many explain how they were selected.

2) http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee#Bidding_to_host_the_games

As for who hosts the games, feasibility is most important, a tiny Third World country is unlikely to have the resources to build enough venues and infrastructure to host the games. The IOC also looks to spread out Olympics among different countries and continents. Each country is only allowed to submit a single bid, so for example when Chicago bid for the 2016 Olympics, it had to beat out Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, etc. for the endorsement of the USOC. All bidding cities made presentations, and were whittled down to 4, which will make final presentations and ultimately be eliminated one at a time until one city receives a majority of votes.