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Madrid won the first round of voting (slightly) over Rio -- (link)
Posted by
ty97
Oct 2 '09, 10:31
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Rio swept from there
(en.wikipedia.org)
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wow - Madrid only got 4 of the 40 votes that came up for grabs after the first and second rounds
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Roger More
Oct 2, 10:34
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So, basically, many IOC members wanted Chicago out of the way early so Rio would win. -- nm
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BB
Oct 2, 10:38
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I doubt it. What I suspect happened is that (broadly) the Asian countries lined up behind Tokyo, the Europeans behind Madrid, the Latin Americans
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Roger More
Oct 2, 10:43
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To your IM: The same committee rated Rio dead last.
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ty97
Oct 2, 10:46
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Yep - this is a good point -- nm
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Roger More
Oct 2, 10:52
for countries, read 'delegates' -- nm
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Roger More
Oct 2, 10:44
Tokyo actually lost two votes from Round 1 to Round 2 -- nm
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ty97
Oct 2, 10:38
Screw you, Samaranch! -- nm
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Reagen
Oct 2, 10:36
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