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Survey: Many Swedes oppose bid to host 2004 Olympics

Stockholm Olympic logo August 30, 1997
Web posted at: 11:34 a.m. EDT (1534 GMT)

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (CNN) -- As a decision looms on where to hold the 2004 Summer Olympics, not all Swedes are excited about their country's bid to host the Games, a poll published Saturday shows.

With just six days to go before the International Olympic Committee decides on a location, pollster Sifo found that of 1,001 Swedes surveyed, 46 percent favored hosting the Games and 42 percent didn't support the idea.

This compared to an earlier survey that found 50 percent in favor and 33 percent opposed.

Sifo's poll, published by the daily newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, found that 12 percent of those questioned did not have an opinion either way.

Stockholm is competing against Rome, Athens, Buenos Aires and Cape Town.

Sweden Poll

The Stockholm bid has suffered following a bomb and arson campaign that damaged the city's Olympic stadium, used when Stockholm hosted the 1912 Games, and an arena in Gothenburg in western Sweden, which is earmarked for soccer matches.

A little-known group called "We Who Built Sweden" has claimed responsibility for the attacks on the grounds that money should be spent on solving social problems, not to host the Olympics.

The bombs followed a series of seven arson attacks on Stockholm tennis and sports arenas this summer.

A Reuters poll two days ago put Rome firmly at the front of the five-city contest to host the Games.

Reuters contributed to this report.

 
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