Host city countdown

Standard Sport14 April 2012

The key dates in 2005

27 January: Bidding cities go head to head in Olympic debate to be screened on BBC

3 February to March 17: 2005 Visits of the IOC evaluation committee to the Candidate Cities . . .

3-6 February: Madrid

16-19 February: London

21-24 February: New York

9-12 March: Paris

14-17 March: Moscow

May 2005: Evaluation commission report

6 July 2005: Election of the 2012 host city by the IOC session in Singapore

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