Paris bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Paris 2008 was an unsuccessful bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics by the city of Paris and the French Olympic Committee. Paris previously hosted the 1900 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1] The bid made it to the final IOC vote, with Osaka being eliminated in the first round, but gained only 18 votes to Istanbul's 9, Toronto's 22 and Beijing's 56.[2] [3]

Bid process

Application

The French bid was first launched in 1998 after Jacques Chirac confirmed Paris' application.[4] It was reported that up to 80% of the French population supported hosting the Games.[5] The bid also had the support of the City of Paris, the Ile-de-France region, the French government and the French Olympic Committee.[6] The Paris bid was judged to have "one of the most powerful ... public rail transport systems". The bid's proposed extensions and improvements "would fit in particularly well ... to the proposed Games concept."[7]

Table entries in bold denote criteria where the Paris bid was the highest rated of all the candidate cities

Paris 2008 application evaluation[8]
Criterionbgcolor=silverMinimum gradebgcolor=silverMaximum grade
Government support and public opinion6.7 6.7
General infrastructure7.6 8.5
Sports infrastructure7.2 8.5
Olympic Village7.2 8.7
Environmental impact7.0 8.0
Accommodation10.0 10.0
Transport links7.7 9.0
Security7.0 8.4
Experience 8.5 9.5
Games Concept 8.0 9.0

Candidacy

Paris was accepted as a candidate city in August 2000.[9] In March 2001, the IOC Evaluation Commission travelled to Paris to assess the French bid.[10]

The host of the 2008 Games was chosen at the 112th IOC Session on 13 July 2001 in Moscow.[11] Results from the two rounds of voting were as follows:[12]

2008 Host City Election — ballot results
CityCountry (NOC)bgcolor=silverRound 1bgcolor=silverRound 2
44 56
20 22
15 18
17 9
6 —

Venues

According to organisers, more than 60% of the needed venues already existed in Paris.[13] [14]

Sporting venues

39 competition venues were planned. In Paris, these included:[15] Venues in italics were planned to be built, should the bid be successful.[16]

Olympic Village

The planned Olympic Village had a total capacity of 17,300 beds but was criticised in the Candidate City report for having some planning issues.[17]

Bid legacy

After the 2001 IOC vote in Moscow, French President Jacques Chirac said that although he regretted that Paris' bid had failed, he had not given up hope for a future Olympic bid.[18] The chief executive of the Paris 2012 bid, Philippe Baudillon, later said that the 2008 bid was too "technical and French".[19] After bidding for the 2012 Summer Olympics and losing out to London, in 2017 Paris bid for and was awarded the 2024 Summer Olympics.[20]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr Geoff Walters . Bidding for Major Sporting Events: Key Issues and Challenges faced by Sports Governing Bodies in the UK . Birkbeck Sports Business Centre . . 15 August 2019 . 46 . September 2008.
  2. Web site: Longman . Jere . OLYMPICS; Beijing Wins Bid for 2008 Olympic Games . . 15 August 2019 . 14 July 2001.
  3. Web site: Beijing handed Olympic Games . BBC Sport . 15 August 2019 . 13 July 2001.
  4. Web site: Olympics: Paris makes bid for 2008 Olympics . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics-paris-makes-bid-for-2008-olympics-1190305.html . 2022-05-25 . subscription . live . . 27 March 2020 . 9 December 1998.
  5. Web site: 2008 Olympic bids . . 27 March 2020 . 10 May 2001.
  6. Web site: IOC Candidature Acceptance Working Group for the XXIX Olympiad 2008 . . 30 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071017205759/http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_287.pdf . 17 October 2007 . 15 . 18 August 2000.
  7. Web site: IOC Candidature Acceptance Working Group for the XXIX Olympiad 2008 . . 30 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071017205759/http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_287.pdf . 17 October 2007 . 21 . 18 August 2000.
  8. Web site: IOC Candidature Acceptance Working Group for the XXIX Olympiad 2008 . . 30 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071017205759/http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_287.pdf . 17 October 2007 . 16, 23, 31, 36, 40, 45, 53, 56, 59 . 18 August 2000.
  9. Web site: IOC Candidature Acceptance Working Group for the XXIX Olympiad 2008 . . 30 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071017205759/http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_287.pdf . 17 October 2007 . 64 . 18 August 2000.
  10. Web site: Bid Archives . GamesBids . 15 August 2019.
  11. Web site: 112TH IOC SESSION IN MOSCOW - INFORMATION FOR THE MEDIA . . 30 March 2020 . 29 June 2001.
  12. Web site: Beijing 2008: Election . International Olympic Committee . 2006-12-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20061205234608/http://olympic.org/uk/games/beijing/election_uk.asp. 5 December 2006 . live.
  13. Web site: All eyes on Games vote . . 27 March 2020 . 13 July 2001.
  14. Web site: Paris 2008 Olympic Bid Volume 2 Part 1 . issuu . 27 March 2020 . 13.
  15. Web site: Paris 2008 Olympic Bid Volume 2 Part 1 . issuu . 27 March 2020 . 16–17.
  16. Web site: Paris 2008 Olympic Bid Volume 2 Part 1 . issuu . 27 March 2020 . 23.
  17. Web site: Report of the IOC Evaluation Commission for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in 2008 . . 30 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061103043548/http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_299.pdf . 3 November 2006 . 32 . 3 April 2001 . dead.
  18. Web site: Mixed reaction to Beijing 2008 win . . 15 August 2019 . 14 July 2001.
  19. Web site: Simon Kuper . Simon Kuper . Paris bids for the love of the Games . . 27 March 2020 . 10 November 2004.
  20. Web site: 'Wow, it's magic' - Paris and LA react to successful Olympic bids . . 27 March 2020 . 14 September 2017.

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