There were nine cities who bid for a chance to host the 2012 Olympics. Those countries were: London, Havana, Istanbul, Leipzig, Madrid, Moscow, New York City, Paris, and Rio de Janeiro.
They bid to find out where to host the Olympics!
They bid and bid and bid towin the right to host the Olympics
They bid and bid and bid towin the right to host the Olympics
They submitted a bid to the IOC and they won the bid in 2001.
The 9 cities that bid were Havana, Istanbul, Leipzig, London, Madrid, Moscow, New York City, Paris and Rio de Janeiro.
There are three countries that bid for the olympics. Those countries are Austria, Russia, and South Korea.
They do a bid and whichever city (and in some cases resorts) has the "best" place to host the Olympics. The winner of the Bid gets to hos the Olympics.
Countries will bid on the Olympics approx. 6 years before then a vote is taken as to who won, for instance the next summer Olympics for 2012 will be held in London,England then the next Winter Olympics will be held in Russia in 2014.
They won the bid
Bid America - 2012 was released on: USA: 2 July 2012
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