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Bids for the
2008 (2008) Summer Olympics and Paralympics

Overview
Games of the XXIX Olympiad XIII Paralympic Games
File:Toronto2008bidlogo.pn
Winner: Beijing Runner-up: Toronto Shortlist: Paris · Istanbul · Osaka
Details
City	Toronto, Canada
Chair	John Bitove
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Previous Games hosted
None • 1996
Decision
Result	Runner-Up (22 votes)

The Toronto bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics was an unsuccessful campaign to host the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and the XIII Paralympic Games, respectively. The bidding race was eventually won by the Beijing 2008 bid after a 56-22 vote of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on July 13, 2001.

OC

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

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Event finals

EG

Exhibition gala

CC

Closing ceremony

July / August	23 Wed	24 Thu	25 Fri	26 Sat	27 Sun	28 Mon	29 Tue	30 Wed	31 Thu	1 Fri	2 Sat	3 Sun	4 Mon	5 Tue	6 Wed	7 Thu	8 Fri	9 Sat	10 Sun	Events
Ceremonies			OC																CC
Archery					●	●	1	1	1	1										4
Athletics										2	3	5	9		6	5	6	9	1	46
Badminton				●	●	●	●	●	2	1	2									5
Baseball				●	●	●	●		●	●	●		●	1						1
Basketball				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1	2
Beach volleyball				●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	1	1						2
Boxing				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	6	6	12
Canoeing					●	2	●	2						●	●	●	●	6	6	16
Cycling				2	2	1	1	3	3		1	1		1	1			2		18
Diving										●	2	1	●	1	●	3	●	1		10
Equestrian				●	●	●	1	●	●	1			●	●	1	1	●	1	1	6
Fencing				1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1								10
Field hockey				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1		2
Football	●	●		●	●		●	●			●	●		●			1	1		10
Gymnastics				●	●	2	2	1	10	1	●	1	1	EG						18
Handball				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1	2
Judo				2	2	2	2	2	2	2										14
Modern pentathlon																1	1			2
Rowing					●	●	●	●	●	●	7	7								14
Sailing				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	5	●	●	●	●	6		11
Shooting				2	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	1								17
Softball									●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	1		1
Swimming				4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4									32
Synchronized swimming												●	●	1		●	1			2
Table tennis				●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1	1	1							11
Taekwondo															2	2	2	2		4
Tennis							●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2	2				4
Triathlon				1	1															2
Volleyball				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1	2
Water polo				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	2
Weightlifting				1	2	2	2	2		2	1	1	1	1						15
Wrestling												●	●	4	4	●	●	4	4	16
Total Events				13	14	16	16	18	27	18	24	19	18	10	16	14	12	43	22	300
Cumulative total				13	27	43	59	77	104	122	146	165	183	193	209	223	235	278	300

Venue	Sports		Location	Capacity
	Olympics	Paralympics
Brampton Centre for Sports and Entertainment	Basketball (preliminaries)	—	Brampton	6,000
Don Valley	Mountain biking	—	Toronto	10,000 (35,000 standing)
Durham College	Softball	—	Oshawa	8,500
Hershey Centre Halls A and B	Volleyball (preliminaries)	—	Mississauga	10,000 7,000
Markham Aquatic Centre	Water polo (preliminaries)	—	Markham	5,000
National Tennis Centre	Tennis	—	Toronto	15,000
North Caledon Equestrian Centre	Equestrian	—	Palgrave	25,000 (50,000 standing for eventing)
Oshawa Skeet and Gun Club	Shooting (Shotgun)	—	Oshawa	3,000
Richmond Green	Baseball (Preliminaries)	—	Richmond Hill	15,000

Venue	Sports		Location	Capacity
	Olympics	Paralympics
Copps Coliseum	Boxing	—	Hamilton	18,000
Twelve Mile Creek	Canoeing (slalom)	—	St. Catharines	5,000

=Football stadia

Venue	Location	Capacity
Frank Clair Stadium	Ottawa	50,000
Ivor Wynne Stadium	Hamilton	52,917
North Park Stadium	Oakville	20,000
Vaughan Grove Sports Park	Vaughan	20,000
York University Stadium	Toronto	20,000

Venues

Olympic Waterfront

Venue	Sports		Capacity
	Olympics	Paralympics
Air Canada Centre	Basketball, Volleyball (preliminaries)	Boccia	20,000
Ashbridge's Bay Beach	Beach volleyball	—	10,000
Downtown Toronto	Road cycling	—	10,000 (80,000 standing)
Exhibition Place Aquatic Centre	Modern Pentathlon (swimming), Water polo (preliminaries)	—	5,000
Metro Toronto Convention Centre – Ballroom	Fencing	—	8,700
Metro Toronto Convention Centre – Exhibit Hall	Judo	—	9,500
Molson Amphitheatre	Weightlifting	—	8,000
National Trade Centre Hall A	Gymnastics, Volleyball (finals)	—	20,000
National Trade Centre Hall B	Table tennis, Table tennis	—	7,500 (Taekwondo) 7,000 (Table tennis)
National Trade Centre Halls C&D	Badminton, Modern Pentathlon (Fencing and Shooting)	—	7,000 (Badminton) 5,000 (Modern Pentathlon)
Olympic Aquatic Centre Pool 1	Swimming, Synchronized swimming, Water polo (finals)	—	25,000
Olympic Aquatic Centre Pool 2	Diving	—	15,000
Olympic Archery Centre	Archery	—	5,000
Olympic Field Hockey Stadium - Field 1	Field hockey	—	15,000
Olympic Field Hockey Stadium - Field 2	Field hockey	—	5,000
Olympic Modern Pentathlon Equestrian Stadium	Modern Pentathlon (Jumping and running)	—	25,000
Olympic Sailing Marina	Sailing (Jumping and running)	—	10,000
Olympic Shooting Centre	Shooting (Pistol and Rifle)	—	5,000
Olympic Stadium	Athletics, Football (preliminaries and finals)	—	100,000
Olympic Velodrome and Multi-Sport Centre	Track cycling, Wrestling	—	8,400 (Track cycling) 9,000 (Wrestling)
SkyDome	Baseball (Preliminaries and Finals)	—	51,000
The Coliseum	Handball	—	11,500
Toronto Olympic Regatta Centre	Canoeing (sprint), Rowing	—	18,000
World Cup Triathlon Course	Triathlon	—	10,000 (100,000 standing)