Olympic organizers will be spared the immediate embarrassment of a trial over alleged negligence in the design of the main stadium for the Atlanta Games.

A judge said he will not consider such a trial until next year. The stadium designers, who sued the Olympic organizers for unpaid overtime, had wanted the trial to start before the Games.

That suit prompted a countersuit by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, accusing the design team of shoddy work that led to a fatal construction accident and millions of dollars in repairs.