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 | | Athens was chosen as the host city in 1997, after surprisingly having lost the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics, the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games. |
 | | In 1997, they had a bid that was not only founded on their tradition, and they defeated Rome, 66 votes to 41, in the last round of voting, after Buenos Aires, Stockholm, Cape Town and San Juan had already received too few votes. |
 | | By late March of 2004, many Olympics projects were severely behind schedule, and Greek authorities announced that a roof would no longer be constructed over the main swimming venue. |
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