Buenos Aires lost by a single vote to Melbourne; for the 1968 Summer Olympics, held in Mexico City; and in 2004, when the games were awarded to Athens. However, Buenos Aires hosted the first Pan American Games (1951) and was also host city to several World Championship events: the 1950 and 1990 Basketball World Championships, the 1982 and 2002 Men's Volleyball World Championships and, most remembered, the 1978 FIFA World Cup, won by Argentina on 25 June 1978, when it defeated the Netherlands at the Estadio Monumental 3–1. In September 2013, the city hosted the 125th IOC Session, Tokyo was elected the
2007 Buenos Aires 200km 2007 Buenos Aires 200km The 2007 200 km of Buenos Aires was the fourth edition of this race on the TC2000 season. The race was held in the Autódromo Juan y Óscar Gálvez in Buenos Aires. The driver pairing formed by Juan Manuel Silva and Ezequiel Bosio (Honda Petrobras) won the fourth edition of the Buenos Aires 200 km, which took place this Sunday in front of seventy-thousand spectators which filled the autodrome's grandstands and thoroughly enjoyed this motor racing festival. Buenos Aires, October 7, 2007.- The driver pairing formed by Juan Manuel Silva and Ezequiel Bosio (Honda Petrobras) won