Talk:Bids for Olympic Games
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Who writes these remarks? The one about the 1996 olympics is a bit political.
- I learned the information about the 1996 olympics from the CBC in Canada. During their nightly newscast on July 2, 2003, their network's chief correspondent, Peter Mansbridge, said that Athens hosting the 1996 Summer Olympics should have been a right, not an option, because it's the birthplace of the modern olympic games and people felt the city could usher in the second century of Olympics. -- SNIyer12 (talk), 14:16, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
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- I agree- it says "Remarks", not "conspiricy theories"!
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[edit] Chicago 2016 host city
Chicago was awarded the bid for the 2016 Olympics on April 14, 2007. You can see in the article Chicago 2016 Olympic bid which explains it in more detail. You can also read about it here, Chicago Picked by USOC to bid for 2016 Olympics. Utvolfan08 11:42, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
- No, if you have read that article with more attention you'd see Chicago was only picked by the United States Olympic Committee to be the US bid for the 2016 Olympics, not the final 2016 Olympics host city. The 2016 bidding procedure will start this September and the winning city will be known only in 2009. Parutakupiu talk || contribs 16:55, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 1936
The flag for the 1936 olympics is wronf it should be the Nazi flag, could someone please replace it. Harland1 11:03, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] flags
There are several faults, due flag changes in the past:
Italy 1908: the Italian flag for Rome is right, but why is the current Italian flag used for Milan?
Germany 1916: the current German flag is used (the right one is the one which is shown for Berlin in 1908)
Egypt 1916 / 1936: both times the current Egyptian flag is shown, but Egypt didn't become independent before 1922 - therefore both flags are wrong...
Another problem with the use of flags in this table is, what is dececive the flag with which the city bid or the flag of the year of the Oympiad? E.g. Berlin bid for 1936 during the Weimar Republic therefore the "black-red-gold"-flag has to be used, but the games had been held under the Nazi-flag.
The same problem has the Spanish flag for Barcelona in 1924 and 1936 - there were several flag changes in that years, but here in the table the current Spanish flag is shown only Citius Altius Fortius (talk) 08:01, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] flag for Belgrade (1992/1996)
I found a another "flag fault": at that times the flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was official - the old Yugoslav flag without star - not the Serbian Flag, how it is shown in the article Citius Altius Fortius (talk) 22:08, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] the 1984 Teheran Bid
Back before the revolution, when the Shah was still in power, Iran bid for the 1984 Olympics. There is a wonderful stor as to why this bid failed. Apparently, when it was asked what sport it would cancel (a city was permitted to cancel certain events), it said it would insist that the marathon be cancelled because of the original battle in the 5th century BC brought back memories of a great Persian loss. The IOC said that would kill any possible acceptance of the bid, and it was withdrawn.Ericl (talk) 01:52, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
