1997 in Greece

Events

• September 5 – The International Olympic Committee awards the 2004 Summer Olympics to the birthplace Athens. Athens beating Rome in the fifth and final round of votes 66 to 41.
• An ancient Greek statuette of Terpsichore is discovered during illegal excavations in Dodona, which is then later smuggled out of the country.

Births

• June 12 – Ioanna Anagnostopoulou, rhythmic gymnast
• September 19 – Zoi Kontogianni, rhythmic gymnast