Jacques Rogge Jacques Rogge The 121st International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session was held on October 1–9, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, during which Rio de Janeiro was selected as the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

[1] Convened on the initiative of President Jacques Rogge, the 13th Olympic Congress brought together all the constituent parties of the Olympic Movement to study and discuss the current functioning of the Movement and define the main development axes for the future.

[1] The programme for the meeting was:[2] On October 2, 2009, the IOC voted to elect the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Rio de Janeiro was elected host city after three rounds of voting.

Jacques Rogge, former president of International Olympic Committee said, "I have the honor to announce that the games of the 31st Olympiad are awarded to the city of Rio de Janeiro.