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
2006 Buenos Aires 200km first ten places were completed by Maximiliano Merlino/Sebastián Diruscio (Proas Motorsport) and Guillermo Valle/José Luis Di Palma (RV Competicion). 2006 Buenos Aires 200km The 2006 200 km of Buenos Aires is the third edition of this race on the TC2000 season. The race was held in the Autódromo Juan y Óscar Gálvez in Buenos Aires. In front of more than 45.000 spectators, displaying much aptitude and aplomb, Argentina's Matías Rossi and Switzerland's Alain Menu, aboard a Chevrolet Astra of the Chevrolet Elaion team, the pairing came home winners of the third edition of the "Buenos Aires 200 km", round 12