th ioc session did somebody create the th ioc session summer olympics bidding results beijing was elected as the host city for the summer olympics on july defeating bids from toronto paris istanbul and osaka prior to the session five other cities bangkok cairo havana kuala lumpur and seville had submitted bids to the ioc but failed to make the short list chosen by the ioc executive committee in after the first round of voting beijing held a significant lead over the other four candidates osaka received only six votes and was eliminated in the second round beijing was supported by an absolute majority of voters eliminating the need for subsequent rounds summer olympics bidding results city nocround round beijing china toronto canada paris france istanbul turkey osaka japan presidential election on july jacques rogge elected as president of the ioc election of the th ioc president candidateround runoffround jacques rogge thomas bach p l schmitt guy drut wu ching kuo mario pescante