BEIJING — Chinese authorities have not approved any of the 77 applications they received from people who wanted to hold protests during the Beijing Olympics, state media reported today.

The official Xinhua News Agency said all the applications were withdrawn, suspended or rejected. Rights groups and relatives have said some applicants were immediately taken away by security agents after applying to hold a rally, prompting critics to accuse officials of using the plan as a trap to draw potential protesters to their attention.

The Xinhua report provided the first details about Beijing's plan to allow strictly regulated protests in three designated areas during the games. The plan was intended to deflect criticism over China's poor human rights record, which came under increased scrutiny in the run-up to the Olympics. But there has not been one demonstration in any of the three venues since the games began.

Some reporters have pressed Olympic officials to show how China has improved human rights, a promise it made while bidding to host the games. Wang Wei, vice president of the Beijing Olympics organizing committee, defended the protest plan to journalists.

"Many problems have not been solved, not even by the United Nations, and some want them to be solved during the Olympic Games, putting pressure on the International Olympic Committee and the Beijing Olympic Committee," Wang said.

"This is not realistic," he added. "We think that you do not really understand China's reality. China has its own version and way of exercising our democracy."

Xinhua said authorities received 77 applications from 149 people since Aug. 1, a week before the games opened. Three of the 149 applicants were from overseas. They wanted to protest over a range of issues from labor and medical disputes to inadequate welfare, the report said.

Citing an unidentified spokesman for the Public Security Bureau, Xinhua said 74 of the applications were withdrawn because the problems "were properly addressed by relevant authorities or departments through consultations."

Two other applications were suspended because they did not provide sufficient information and one was rejected because it violated laws against demonstrations and protests, the spokesman said.