Olympic technical staffs in Singapore finish the final details of the session room where five cities were to make their best effort to persuade Olympic Committee members to choose their city to host the 2012 Olympics. London was successful.
Crowds in London's Trafalgar Square react to the announcement by the International Olympic Committee in Singapore that London won the bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games, July 6, 2005.
A man supporting Paris' bid outside the Paris town hall reacts after London was awarded the 2012 Olympics, July 6, 2005.
People in the audience watching a giant television screen in New York's Rockefeller Center, react as New York City is eliminated in the voting as the host city for the 2012 Olympic Games, July 6, 2005.
This is an image released by the Moscow 2012 organization, showing how the exterior of the proposed Olympic Village would have looked.
Moscow's Luzhniki Sports Palace, the top sports arena, rises at the bank of the Moscow River. Moscow's 2012 Olympic bid envisaged locating all the Olympic facilities along the Moscow River that winds across the city, making them easily accessible by boat as well as by car.
Dmitry Svatkobsky, executive director of the Moscow 2012 Olympic bid, gives the thumbs-up after trying a bit of bread baked by a local Russian woman upon his arrival at Singapore's Changi airport, June 29, 2005. Moscow lost its bid July 6 to host the 2012 Olympics.
Supporters react behind a banner supporting Madrid's candidacy for the 2012 Olympics during the women's high jump gold medal at the XV Mediterranean Games in Almeria, southern Spain, July 2, 2005. Madrid lost its bid July 6 to host the Olympics.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks to reporters as a London 2012 bid promotional video is played at a press conference in Singapore July 5, 2005. London successfully competed for the right to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games with Madrid, Moscow, New York and Paris.
The crowd reacts in Trafalgar Square, central London to the International Olympic Commitee's announcement that Madrid has been eliminated from hosting the 2012 Olympic Games, July 6, 2005.
Sebastian Coe, right, chief of the London 2012 delegation, watches as Denise Lewis, London 2012 bid ambassador, speaks to reporters during a press conference in Singapore July 3, 2005.
The Paris Olympic bid logo for the 2012 Olympics is seen on Paris City Hall as employees lay track carpets, July 4, 2005, before celebrations supporting Paris bid. International Olympic Committee members voted London as the winning city July 6, 2005.
About 3,000 children gather to form Olympic rings to support Paris bid for the 2012 Games, in the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, southern France, July 5, 2005.
Delegates of New York City 2012 bid watch the NYC2012 presentation at the 117th International Olympic Committee session in Singapore July 6, 2005.
A computer-generated image made available by the London 2012 organization in London, showing how the proposed Olympic Village for the 2012 Olympic Games would look. London won the bid to hold the 2012 Olympic Games, it was announced in Singapore July 6, 2005.
A computer-generated image shows how the interior of The Dome would look, after being transformed into the Olympic gymnastics venue. London's bid for the Olympic Games in 2012 will transform 1,500 acres of east London's Lower Lea Valley, one of Britain's poorest areas, into the main Olympic site. London won the bid to hold the 2012 Olympic Games July 6 2005.
Computer-generated image shows London's proposed Olympic stadium as it will be during the 2012 games.