121st IOC Session
2009 session of the International Olympic Committee in Copenhagen
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The 121st International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session was held on 1–9 October 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, during which Rio de Janeiro was selected as the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] The city of Copenhagen was chosen on 8 February 2006 by the 118th IOC Session held in Turin, Italy to stage the 13th Olympic Congress, together with the meetings of the Executive Board and the 121st IOC Session.[1] The other candidates were Athens (Greece), Busan (South Korea), Cairo (Egypt), Riga (Latvia), Singapore, Taipei (Chinese Taipei).[1] Convened on the initiative of President Jacques Rogge, the 13th Olympic Congress brought together all the constituent parties of the Olympic Movement to study and discuss the current functioning of the Movement and define the main development axes for the future.[1]
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The programme for the meeting was:[2]
- 1–2 October: Part I of the IOC Session. The 2016 host city was announced on October 2: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
- 3–5 October: The Olympic Congress.
- 7–9 October: Part II of the IOC Session. Elections for IOC President and IOC Members were held, as well as the final vote on the potential inclusion of golf and rugby sevens in the 2016 Games. Both sports were approved for the 2016 programme.
2016 Olympic host city election
On 2 October 2009, the IOC voted to elect the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Rio de Janeiro was elected host city after three rounds of voting. This was Rio's fourth bid for the Olympic Games. Jacques Rogge, former president of International Olympic Committee said, "I have the honor to announce that the games of the 31st Olympiad are awarded to the city of Rio de Janeiro."[3]
| Election of the Host City of the 2016 Summer Olympics — ballot results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Country (NOC) | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 |
| Rio de Janeiro |  Brazil |
26 (27.66%) | 46 (48.42%) | 66 (67.35%) |
| Madrid |  Spain |
28 (29.79%) | 29 (30.53%) | 32 (32.65%) |
| Tokyo |  Japan |
22 (23.40%) | 20 (21.05%) | — |
| Chicago |  United States |
18 (19.15%) | — | — |
| 121st IOC Session | Vote details | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 |
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Eligible | 95 | 97 | 99 |
| Participants | 94 | 96 | 98 | |
| Abstentions | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Valid ballots | 94 | 95 | 98 | |
| Members unable to vote | ||||
| Members from countries with candidate cities | Other members | |||
| Anita L. Defrantz · James L. Easton · Chiharu Igaya · Shun-Ichiro Okano · João Havelange · Carlos Arthur Nuzman · Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. |
 Jacques Rogge (IOC president) ·  Lee Kun-hee (suspended) ·  Alpha Ibrahim Diallo (absent) ·  Saku Koivu (absent) | |||
- Following Chicago's elimination, the two American IOC members were able to vote in the second and final rounds of voting.
- Following Tokyo's elimination, the two Japanese IOC members were also able to vote in the final round of voting.
Later corruption investigations
In 2017, Brazilian police and prosecutors investigated allegations that the Rio 2016 bidding process had involved vote-buying. The investigation focused on claims that Carlos Arthur Nuzman, then president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee and head of the Rio 2016 bid committee, helped arrang a US$2 million payment connected to Lamine Diack and Papa Massata Diack shortly before Rio was selected as host city.[4][5]
In 2019, former Rio de Janeiro governor Sérgio Cabral testified that he had paid US$2 million in bribes to secure votes for Rio's bid, allegations that led the IOC to open an inquiry. Nuzman denied wrongdoing.[6][7] In 2024, a Brazilian federal court annulled corruption convictions related to the Rio selection, ruling that the judge who had issued the convictions lacked legal competence in the case.[8]
IOC elections and membership
On 9 October 2009, Jacques Rogge was re-elected as IOC president for a final four-year term.[9] He was the only candidate and was re-elected by a vote of 88-1, with three abstentions.[10]
The session also elected Mario Pescante and Ng Ser Miang as IOC vice-presidents, and Craig Reedie and John Coates to the IOC Executive Board. Six new IOC members were elected: Richard Peterkin, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, Habu Ahmed Gumel, Habib Abdul Nabi Macki, Lydia Nsekera, and Göran Petersson.[10]