View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by The College at Brockport, State University of New York: Digital Commons @Brockport The College at Brockport: State University of New York Digital Commons @Brockport Kinesiology, Sport Studies and Physical Education Kinesiology, Sport Studies and Physical Education Faculty Publications 2007 Stymied Expectations Buenos Aires' Persistent Efforts to Host Olympic Games Cesar R. Torres The College at Brockport,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/pes_facpub Part of the Kinesiology Commons Repository Citation Torres, Cesar R., "Stymied Expectations Buenos Aires' Persistent Efforts to Host Olympic Games" (2007). Kinesiology, Sport Studies and Physical Education Faculty Publications. 75. https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/pes_facpub/75 Citation/Publisher Attribution: Torres,C. (2007).Stymied expectations: Buenos Aires' persistent efforts to host Olympic Games. Olympika: The International Journal of Olympic Studies. 16, 43-75. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Kinesiology, Sport Studies and Physical Education at Digital Commons @Brockport. It has been accepted for inclusion in Kinesiology, Sport Studies and Physical Education Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @Brockport. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Stymied Expectations Buenos Aires' Persistent Efforts to Host Olympic Games Cesar R. Torres* Argentine elites have shown interest in hosting the Olympic Games in Buenos Aires at various times during the twentieth century. Expressions of interest intensified after the creation of a stable national Olympic bureaucracy in the 1920s. The last concerted effort was the bid for the 2004 Olymp ics.