125th IOC Session

2013 IOC presidential election

10 September 2013
 
Candidate Thomas Bach Sergey Bubka Richard Carrión
Home state Germany Ukraine Puerto Rico
Popular vote 43 (first round)
49 (second round)
8 (first round)
4 (second round)
23 (first round)
29 (second round)
 
Candidate Ng Ser Miang Denis Oswald Wu Ching-kuo
Home state Singapore Switzerland Chinese Taipei
Popular vote 6 (first round)
6 (second round)
7 (first round)
5 (second round)
6 (first round)
Eliminated (second round)

President before election

Jacques Rogge

Elected President

Thomas Bach

The 125th IOC Session took place at the Buenos Aires Hilton in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 7 to 10 September 2013. On 7 September, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) elected Tokyo as the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Wrestling was restored to the Olympic sports program for 2020 and 2024. Thomas Bach was elected to an eight-year term as IOC President on 10 September.