sydney won the right to host the 2000 olympics after defeating melbourne by just two votes.
sydney won the right to host the 2000 olympics after defeating melbourne by just two votes.
sydney won the right to host the 2000 olympics after defeating which city by just two votes?
melbourne
ten cities submitted bids to host the 2008 summer olympics and paralympics that were recognized by the international olympic committee (ioc), five of which made the ioc executive committee's shortlist. the games were awarded to beijing, china on july 13, 2001. the other shortlisted cities were toronto, paris, istanbul and osaka. beijing won an absolute majority of votes after two rounds of voting, eliminating the need for subsequent rounds of voting. ioc delegates and the media identified a number of factors in its favor, including the size of the country, improvements in chinese anti-doping enforcement, and its close loss to sydney, australia eight years earlier. in that bidding process, which chose the host city for the 2000 summer olympics, beijing led every round of voting but lost in the final round to sydney by two votes.
bids for the 2008 summer olympics
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section::::venues.:sydney olympic park.









































sydney olympic park is roughly in the geographical centre of sydney. created for the 2000 olympics, it is now a major sporting centre in the city.









































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sydney superdome hosts miscellaneous events as sydney's premier indoors facility. it has a maximum capacity of 21,000.









































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stadium australia, sponsored as anz stadium, is sydney's largest stadium. built for the 2000 olympics, it now hosts big events such as the nrl grand final, the rugby league state of origin and rugby union and soccer internationals.
sport in sydney