Bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics nearby Orlando). Several European cities wanted to follow the likes of London, Madrid, Moscow and Paris, and were thus hopeful to gain their NOC's support. Germany chose Leipzig over Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, and Stuttgart, while in Spain, Seville lost out to Madrid. Other referenced cities were Budapest, Milan, Rome, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Oslo and Copenhagen. Bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics Nine cities submitting bids to host the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics were recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Committee shortlisted five of them—London, Madrid, Moscow, New York City, and Paris—from which London eventually prevailed;
Bids for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Bids for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Six bids were made for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. The IOC selected three of the bids as candidate cities. On July 4, 2013 Buenos Aires was elected as host city. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) launched the bidding process on September 15, 2011. A letter was sent out to all National Olympic Committees (NOCs). The key dates are the following: The host city election vote was held at an extraordinary IOC Session in Lausanne. The results were as follows: There were six bids for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games confirmed by