Madrid olympics facts. Madrid hosted the 1982 fifa world cup final. The administrations that followed alvarez del manzanos also conservative led by alberto ruiz gallardon and ana botella launched three unsuccessful bids for the 2012 2016 and 2020 summer olympics. Madrid was nominated by the spanish olympic committee on june 1 2011.
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Tokyo seen as the safe choice to host 2020 summer olympics posted sep 9 2013 811 am by irene stanhope updated sep 9 2013 813 am. This was the only time the olympic games were staged in spain. Spain hosted the 1986 fiba world championship and the 2014 fiba basketball world cup with the final match held at the palacio de deportes de la comunidad de madrid in madrid.
It was then approved by the government a month later. Madrid has the double distinction of being not only the capital but also the largest city in spain it is located on the river manzanares which winds its way through the center of the country. 1 rio 2016 will be the.
The most successful being real madrid cf. Madrid was a centre of the anti austerity protests that erupted in spain in 2011. Position team played win draw loss goals 1 olympic spain.
Spain has also participated in every winter olympic games since 1936. Classic editor history talk 0 share. The spanish candidature was however ruled out in the ioc.
Its team is organised by the spanish olympic committee coe comite olimpico espanol created in 1924. With exactly six months to go until the opening ceremony of the 2016 olympics in brazils rio de janeiro here are 16 things you need to know about the historic event. The last time the olympic games were hosted in spain was in 1992 when barcelona hosted the xxv olympiad.
The history of madrids bid to host the olympic games dates back to december 29 1965 when the spanish government presented a joint bid madrid barcelona to the international olympic committee ioc to host the 20th edition of the games in 1972. Spain first participated at the olympic games in 1900 and has sent athletes to compete in most summer olympic games since 1920. Madrid has a strong sports culture hosting three football soccer teams and two basketball teams.
Among other stars madrid gave birth to celebs like penelope cruz the well known actress and oscar winner and the pop singer enrique iglesias.