[3] The following week IOC President Jacques Rogge defended Madrid and Rome's ability to host the games given the current eurozone debt crisis.

[6] In January 2012, the bid received the support of the Spanish Committee of Representatives of Persons with Disabilities.

[8] A survey carried out between December 2011 and January 2012 found that 84% of Spanish citizens supported the Madrid bid to host the Olympic Games in 2020.

[15] At the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees, in June 2013, Madrid 2020 stated that hosting the games would boost the Spanish economy, which is expected to start recovering by the last quarter of 2013, and was predicted to grow over the following five years.

[16] The 2020 IOC Evaluation Commission Report on the Candidate Cities for the 2020 Summer Olympics was released on June 25.

[17] Madrid 2020 gave a presentation of their bid to the IOC at an Extraordinary session in Lausanne in July 2013.

[19] Prior to the host city election, FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi pledged his support for Madrid's bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

[20] At the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina Madrid was eliminated from the election following a tie with Istanbul.

Madrid's bid was considered to be hurt by Spain's weak economy as well as the Operación Puerto doping case.

Madrid's most recent bid was for the 2016 Olympics, which they lost to Rio de Janeiro in the final round of voting.