Failed Summer Olympic Bids

Enter the names of cites lucky enough to fail in their bid to host the Summer Olympics. Cities eventually successful after a failed bid are not included. Cuotak has a similar quiz asking for the second place bid for each Summer Olympics http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/38391/failed-olympics-bids but this quiz ask for all cities which bid and never succeeded. Note: Chicago won its bid but did not host the Olympics in 1904. St Louis held the Olympics as part of the World's Fair.
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Italy (1908, 2000)
Milan
Egypt (1916, 1936)
Alexandria
Belgium (1916, 1960, 1964)
Brussels
Hungary (1916, 1920, 1936, 1944, 1960, 2024)
Budapest
United States (1916, 1920)
Cleveland
Cuba (1920, 2008, 2012)
Havana
France (1920, 1968)
Lyon
United States (1920, 1948, 1952, 1956)
Philadelphia
Czech Republic (1924, 2016)
Prague
Argentina (1936, 1956, 1968, 2004)
Buenos Aires
Germany (1936)
Cologne
Germany (1936)
Nuremberg
Switzerland (1936, 1944, 1948, 1960)
Lausanne
Ireland (1936)
Dublin
United States (1944, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972)
Detroit
United States (1948, 1952, 1956)
Minneapolis
United States (1956)
San Francisco
Austria (1964)
Vienna
Spain (1972, 2012, 2016, 2020)
Madrid
Japan (1988)
Nagoya
United Kingdom (1992)
Birmingham
Serbia (1992, 1996)
Belgrade
Australia (1996)
Brisbane
Canada (1996, 2008)
Toronto
Turkey (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2020)
Istanbul
Brazil (2000)
Brasilia
Uzbekistan (2000)
Tashkent
South Africa (2004)
Cape Town
France (2004)
Lille
Russia (2004)
St. Petersburg
United States Territory (2004)
San Juan
Spain (2004, 2008)
Seville
Japan (2008)
Osaka
Thailand (2008)
Bangkok
Egypt (2008)
Cairo
Malaysia (2008)
Kuala Lumpur
United States (2012)
New York City
Germany (2012)
Leipzig
Azerbaijan (2016, 2020)
Baku
Qatar (2016, 2020)
Doha
United States (2024)
Boston
Germany (2024)
Hamburg
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