2004 Summer Olympics bids

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2004 Summer Olympics bids
Overview · Athens Rome· Cape Town· Stockholm· Buenos Aires
2004 Summer Olympics
Details
Committee	International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Election venue	Lausanne 106th IOC Session
Important dates
Decision	September 5, 1997
Decision
Winner	Athens (66 votes)
Runner-up	Rome (41 votes)

Five cities made the shortlist with their bids to host the 2004 Summer Olympics (formally known as Games of the XXVIII Olympiad), which were awarded to Athens, on September 5, 1997. The other shortlisted cities were Rome, Cape Town, Stockholm and Buenos Aires.

1 Final selection
2 Official Voting Results
3 Logos of the four failed bids
4 Other cities
- 4.1 Did not make short-list

[edit] Final selection

In the first round of voting, there was a tie between Buenos Aires and Cape Town with both cities having the least amount of vote, So there was a tie-breaker between the two cities with Buenos Aires being eliminated. Stockholm was the next city to be eliminated followed by Cape Town. The final round was between the top two cities and saw Athens received enough votes to win the 2004 Summer Olympics Games. Athen's stadium was Spyros Louis, Rome's Stadio Olimpico and Stockholm's proposed stadium Victoria Arena.

[edit] Official Voting Results

Athens was the leader in all rounds of voting, except in Round 2, when a tie between Cape Town and Buenos Aires lead to a tie-break vote. Cape Town won over Buenos Aires, before losing out in the 4th round.

2004 Host City Election — ballot results
City	Country (NOC)	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
Athens	Greece	32	...	38	52	66
Rome	Italy	23	...	28	35	41
Cape Town	South Africa	16	62	22	20	—
Stockholm	Sweden	20	...	19	—	—
Buenos Aires	Argentina	16	44	—	—	—

[edit] Logos of the four failed bids

[edit] Other cities

[edit] Did not make short-list

v • d • e Bids for the Olympic Games

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:See also: Bids for Olympic Games and Bids for Olympic Games (ballots)