London bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics being selected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) when put up against other world cities in a competitive bidding process. On 6 July 2005 at its 117th Session in Singapore, the IOC awarded London the right to host the Games of the XXX Olympiad. The city beat the favourite Paris 54 to 50 on the fourth and final ballot. London is the first city to host the Games three times. At the time of the bid, the budget projection was around £2 billion, but it was later estimated that the true cost would be around £9 billion. The project involved
Jacques Rogge London on 6 August, and one at Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base on the anniversary of the attack, 5 September. Rogge received these honours and titles in Belgium and abroad for his work: Jacques Rogge Jacques Jean Marie Rogge, Count Rogge (; ; born 2 May 1942) is a Belgian sports administrator and physician who served as the eighth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 2001 to 2013. In 2013, the IOC announced that Rogge would become their Honorary President. Born in Ghent, Belgium, during the Nazi Germany occupation, Rogge is by profession an orthopedic surgeon and was educated at