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The deadline to submit applications for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games was 15 July 2003.
The nine cities that submitted bids before that date also met the 15 January 2004 deadline for submission of the first phase questionnaire.
Through analysis of the questionnaires, the IOC gave a weighted-average score to each city based on the scores obtained in each of the questionnaire's eleven themes: political and social support, general infrastructure, sports venues, Olympic Village, environment, accommodation, transport, security, past experience, finance, and legacy.
If a bid's score was higher than six ( IOC's predefined benchmark score ), the city was considered highly capable of hosting the Games ; otherwise, its chances were very slim.
On 18 May 2004, the IOC announced the cities accepted as candidates:
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