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Revision as of 21:13, 13 February 2014

Athens 2004

Athens Logo

The Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games, was officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad.

They were held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the

Athens 2004

Olympic Stadium in Athens 2004

motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, from 201 countries and there were 301 medal events in 28 different Olympic sports.

Athens 2004 was the first time since 1896 that the Summer Olympic Games were held in Greece.

A new medal obverse was introduced at these Games, replacing the design by Giuseppe Cassioli that had been used since the 1928 Games. This rectified the long lasting mistake of using a depiction of the Roman Colosseum rather than a Greek venue.[1] The new design features the Panathinaiko Stadium.[2]

The 2004 summer games were hailed as "unforgettable, dream games" by IOC president Jacques Rogge, and left Athens with a significantly improved infrastructure, including a new airport, ring road, and subway system.[3] However the costs of staging the games have left the host country in a precarious financial situation.[4]

Host city selection

Athens was chosen as the host city during the 106th IOC Session held in Lausanne on 5 September 1997. Athens had lost its bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta nearly seven years before, on 18 September 1990, during the 96th IOC Session in Tokyo. Under the direction of Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, Athens pursued another bid, this time for the right to host the Summer Olympics in 2004. The success of Athens in securing the 2004 Games was based largely on Athens' appeal to Olympic history and the emphasis that it placed on the pivotal role that Greece and Athens could play in promoting Olympism and the Olympic Movement. Furthermore, unlike their bid for the 1996 Games which was largely criticized for its overall disorganization and arrogance – wherein the bid lacked specifics and relied largely upon sentiment and the notion that it was Athens' right to organize the Centennial Games;[5] the bid for the 2004 Games was lauded for its humility and earnestness, its focused message, and its detailed bid concept.[6] The 2004 bid addressed concerns and criticisms raised in its unsuccessful 1996 bid – primarily Athens' infrastructural readiness, its air pollution, its budget, and politicization of Games preparations.[7] Athens' successful organization of the 1997 World Championships in Athletics the month before the host city election was also crucial in allaying lingering fears and concerns among the sporting community and some IOC members about its ability to host international sporting events.[8] Another factor which also contributed to Athens' selection was a growing sentiment among some IOC members to restore the values of the Olympics to the Games, a component which they felt was lost during the heavily criticized over-commercialization of Atlanta 1996 Games.[9] Subsequently, the selection of Athens was also motivated by a lingering sense of disappointment among IOC members regarding the numerous organizational and logistical setbacks experienced during the 1996 Games.[9]

After leading all voting rounds, Athens easily defeated Rome in the 5th and final vote. Cape Town, Stockholm, and Buenos Aires, the three other cities that made the IOC shortlist, were eliminated in prior rounds of voting. Six other cities submitted applications, but their bids were dropped by the IOC in 1996. These cities were Istanbul, Lille, Rio de Janeiro, San Juan, Seville, and Saint Petersburg.[10]

2004 Host City Election – ballot results
City Country (NOC) Round 1 Run-off Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
Athens Greece 32 38 52 66
Rome Italy 23 28 35 41
Cape Town South Africa 16 62 22 20
Stockholm Sweden 20 19
Buenos Aires Argentina 16 44

Development and preparation

Costs

In June 2004, the BBC reported that the costs of hosting Olympic Games were close to € 10 billion.[11] On 13 November 2004, the Greek embassy estimated the costs of hosting the Olympics at €8.954 billion (about $11.2 billion in 2004) not including construction made regardless of the Games, but including 1.08 billion Euros ($1.35 billion) in security costs.[12] NBC Universal paid the IOC $793 million for U.S. broadcast rights,[13] the most paid by any country. NBC broadcast over 1200 hours of coverage during the games, triple what was broadcast in the U.S. four years earlier. Between all the NBC Universal networks (NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, Bravo, USA Network & Telemundo) the games were on television 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Concerns about terrorism elevated following the 11 September 2001 attacks. Greece increased the budget for security at the Olympics to €970 million (US$1.2 billion). Approximately 70,000 police officers patrolled Athens and the Olympic venues during the Olympics. NATO and the European Union also provided minor support, after Athens asked for co-operation.

When the International Olympic Committee expressed its concern over the progress of construction work of the new Olympic venues, a new Organizing Committee was formed in 2000 under President Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki. In the years leading up to the Games, Athens was transformed into a city that used state-of-the-art technology in transportation and urban development. Some of the most modern sporting venues in the world at the time were built to host the 2004 Olympic Games.

Construction

File:Athens 2004 Main Olympic Stadium.jpg

Inside the Athens Olympic Stadium

By late March 2004, some Olympic projects were still behind schedule, and Greek authorities announced that a roof it had initially proposed as an optional, non-vital addition to the Aquatics Center would no longer be built. The main Olympic Stadium, the designated facility for the opening and closing ceremonies, was completed only two months before the games opened. This stadium was completed with a retractable glass roof designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. The same architect also designed the Velodrome and other facilities.

Infrastructure, such as the tram line linking venues in southern Athens with the city proper, and numerous venues were considerably behind schedule just two months before the games. The subsequent pace of preparation, however, made the rush to finish the Athens venues one of the tightest in Olympics history. The Greeks, unperturbed, maintained that they would make it all along. By July/August 2004, all venues were delivered: in August, the Olympic Stadium was officially completed and opened, joined or preceded by the official completion and openings of other venues within the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA), and the sports complexes in Faliro and Helliniko.

File:Olympic Athletic Center of Athens Plaza and Arch.jpg

The OAKA Plaza and Arch adjacent to the Olympic Stadium

Late July and early August witnessed the Athens Tram become operational, and this system provided additional connections to those already existing between Athens and its waterfront communities along the Saronic Gulf. These communities included the port city of Piraeus, Agios Kosmas (site of the sailing venue), Helliniko (the site of the old international airport which now contained the fencing venue, the canoe/kayak slalom course, the 15,000-seat Helliniko Olympic Basketball Arena, and the softball and baseball stadia), and the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex (site of the taekwondo, handball, indoor volleyball, and beach volleyball venues, as well as the newly reconstructed Karaiskaki Stadium for football). The upgrades to the Athens Ring Road were also delivered just in time, as were the expressway upgrades connecting Athens proper with peripheral areas such as Markopoulo (site of the shooting and equestrian venues), the newly constructed Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, Schinias (site of the rowing venue), Maroussi (site of the OAKA), Parnitha (site of the Olympic Village), Galatsi (site of the rhythmic gymnastics and table tennis venue), and Vouliagmeni (site of the triathlon venue). The upgrades to the Athens Metro were also completed, and the new lines became operational by mid-summer.

EMI released Unity, the official pop album of the Athens Olympics, in the leadup to the Olympics.[14] It features contributions from Sting, Lenny Kravitz, Moby, Destiny's Child, and Avril Lavigne.[14] EMI has pledged to donate US$180,000 from the album to UNICEF's HIV/AIDS program in Sub-Saharan Africa.[14]

At least 14 people died during the work on the facilities. Most of these people were not from Greece.[15]

Before the games, Greek hotel staff staged a series of one-day strikes over wage disputes. They had been asking for a significant raise for the period covering the event being staged. Paramedics and ambulance drivers also protested. They claimed to have the right to the same Olympic bonuses promised to their security force counterparts.

Legacy

The games left Athens with an expanded subway system, a new airport along with other transportation infrastructure such as new highways, bridges, buses and light rail. It has also left debt and a number of abandoned or underused stadia for sports, including the five venue Athens Olympic Sports Complex.[16]

Torch relay

Main article: 2004 Summer Olympics torch relay
Route of Olympic Flame Worldwide

For the first time the Olympic Flame toured the world

The lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame took place on 25 March in Ancient Olympia. For the first time ever, the flame travelled around the world in a relay to former Olympic cities and other large cities, before returning to Greece.

Mascots

Main article: Athena and Phevos
Athens athena model

The mascots were based on this clay model at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens

File:Athens athena toy.jpg

A plush mascot

Mascots have been a tradition at the Olympic Games since the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. The Athens games had two official mascots: Athiná and Phévos (pronounced in Greek, Athina and Fivos). The sister and brother were named after Athena, the goddess of wisdom, strategy and war, and Phoebus, the god of light and music, respectively. They were inspired by the ancient daidala, which were dolls that had religious connotations as well as being toys.

Online coverage

For the first time, major broadcasters were allowed to serve video coverage of the Olympics over the Internet, provided that they restricted this service geographically, to protect broadcasting contracts in other areas. For instance, the BBC made their complete live coverage available to UK high-speed Internet customers for free; customers in the U.S. were only able to receive delayed excerpts.[17] The International Olympic Committee forbade Olympic athletes, as well as coaches, support personnel and other officials, from setting up specialized weblogs and/or other websites for covering their personal perspective of the games. They were not allowed to post audio, video, or photos that they had taken. An exception was made if an athlete already has a personal website that was not set up specifically for the Games.[18] NBC launched its own Olympic website, NBCOlympics.com. Focusing on the television coverage of the games, it did provide video clips, medal standings, live results. Its main purpose, however, was to provide a schedule of what sports were on the many stations of NBC Universal. The games were on TV 24 hours a day on one network or another.

Technology

TOC-01

View of the ATHOC Technology Operations Center during the Games.

As with any enterprise, the Organizing Committee and everyone involved with it relied heavily on technology in order to deliver a successful event. ATHOC maintained two separate data networks, one for the preparation of the Games (known as the Administrative network) and one for the Games themselves (Games Network). The technical infrastructure involved more than 11,000 computers, over 600 servers, 2,000 printers, 23,000 fixed-line telephone devices, 9,000 mobile phones, 12,000 TETRA devices, 16,000 TV and video devices and 17 Video Walls interconnected by more than 6,000 kilometers of cabling (both optical fiber and twisted pair).

This infrastructure was created and maintained to serve directly more than 150,000 ATHOC Staff, Volunteers, Olympic family members (IOC, NOCs, Federations), Partners & Sponsors and Media. It also kept the information flowing for all spectators, TV viewers, Website visitors and news readers around the world, prior and during the Games. The Media Center was located inside the Zappeion which is a Greek national exhibition center.

Between June and August 2004, the technology staff worked in the Technology Operations Center (TOC) from where it could centrally monitor and manage all the devices and flow of information, as well as handle any problems that occurred during the Games. The TOC was organized in teams (e.g. Systems, Telecommunications, Information Security, Data Network, Staffing, etc.) under a TOC Director and corresponding team leaders (Shift Managers). The TOC operated on a 24x7 basis with personnel organized into 12-hour shifts.

The Games

Opening Ceremony

Olympic flame at opening ceremony

The Olympic Flame at the Opening Ceremony

Main article: 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

The widely praised Opening Ceremony Directed by avant garde choreographer Dimitris Papaioannou and Produced by Jack Morton Worldwide led by Project Director David Zolkwer was held on 13 August 2004. It began with a twenty eight (the number of the Olympiads up to then) second countdown paced by the sounds of an amplified heartbeat.[19] As the countdown was completed, fireworks rumbled and illuminated the skies overhead. After a drum corps and bouzouki players joined in an opening march, the video screen showed images of flight, crossing southwest from Athens over the Greek countryside to ancient Olympia. Then, a single drummer in the ancient stadium joined in a drum duet with a single drummer in the main stadium in Athens, joining the original ancient Olympic games with the modern ones in symbolism. At the end of the drum duet, a single flaming arrow was launched from the video screen (symbolically from ancient Olympia) and into the reflecting pool, which resulted in fire erupting in the middle of the stadium creating a burning image of the Olympic rings rising from the pool. The Opening Ceremony was a pageant of traditional Greek culture and history hearkening back to its mythological beginnings. The program began as a young Greek boy sailed into the stadium on a 'paper-ship' waving the host nation's flag to aethereal music by Hadjidakis and then a centaur appeared, followed by a gigantic head of a cycladic figurine which eventually broke into many pieces symbolising the Greek islands. Underneath the cycladic head was a Hellenistic representation of the human body, reflecting the concept and belief in perfection reflected in Greek art. A man was seen balancing on a hovering cube symbolising man's eternal 'split' between passion and reason followed by a couple of young lovers playfully chasing each other while the god Eros was hovering above them. There followed a very colourful float parade chronicling Greek history from the ancient Minoan civilization to modern times.

Although NBC in the United States presented the entire opening ceremony from start to finish, a topless Minoan priestess was shown only briefly, the breasts having been pixelated digitally in order to avoid controversy (as the "Nipplegate" incident was still fresh in viewer's minds at the time) and potential fines by the Federal Communications Commission. Also, lower frontal nudity of men dressed as ancient Greek statues was shown in such a way that the area below the waist was cut off by the bottom of the screen. In most other countries presenting the broadcast, there was no censorship of the ceremony.

Following the artistic performances, a parade of nations entered the stadium with over 10,500 athletes walking under the banners of 201 nations. The nations were arranged according to Greek alphabet making Finland, Fiji, Chile, and Hong Kong the last four to enter the stadium before the Greek delegation. On this occasion, in observance of the tradition that the delegation of Greece opens the parade and the host nation closes it, the Greek flag bearer opened the parade and all the Greek delegation closed it. Based on audience reaction, the emotional high point of the parade was the entrance of the delegation from Afghanistan which had been absent from the Olympics and had female competitors for the first time. The Iraqi delegation also stirred emotions. Also recognized was the symbolic unified march of athletes from North Korea and South Korea under the Korean Unification Flag. The country of Kiribati made a debut at these games and East Timor made a debut under its own flag. After the Parade of Nations, during which the Dutch DJ Tiësto provided the music, the Icelandic singer Björk performed the song Oceania, written specially for the event by her and the poet Sjón.

The Opening Ceremony culminated in the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron by 1996 Gold Medalist Windsurfer Nikolaos Kaklamanakis. Many key moments in the ceremony, including the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron, featured music composed and arranged by John Psathas[20] from New Zealand. The gigantic cauldron, which was styled after the Athens 2004 Olympic Torch, pivoted down to be lit by the 35 year-old, before slowly swinging up and lifting the flame high above the stadium. Following this, the stadium found itself at the centre of a rousing fireworks spectacular.

Participating NOCs

All National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the Athens Games, as was the case in 1996. Two new NOCs had been created since 1996 and made their debut at these Games (Kiribati and Timor-Leste). Therefore with the re-appearance of Afghanistan (missing the 2000 Summer Olympics) the number of participating nations increased from 199 to 202. Also since 2000, Yugoslavia had changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro and its code from YUG to SCG. The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants each NOC contributed. Template:Gallery Template:-

Participating NOCs
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  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias FIJ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias FIJ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias FIJ at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias FIJ]] (10)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias FIN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias FIN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias FIN at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias FIN]] (62)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias FRA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias FRA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias FRA at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias FRA]] (317)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GAB|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GAB]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GAB at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GAB]] (6)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GAM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GAM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GAM at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GAM]] (2)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GEO|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GEO]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GEO at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GEO]] (32)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GER|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GER]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GER at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GER]] (479)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GHA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GHA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GHA at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GHA]] (29)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GBR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GBR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GBR at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GBR]] (259)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GRE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GRE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GRE at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GRE]] (441) (host)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GRN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GRN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GRN at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GRN]] (5)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GUM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GUM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GUM at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GUM]] (4)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GUA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GUA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GUA at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GUA]] (18)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GUI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GUI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GUI at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GUI]] (3)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GBS|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GBS]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GBS at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GBS]] (3)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GUY|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GUY]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GUY at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GUY]] (4)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias HAI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias HAI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias HAI at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias HAI]] (8)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias HON|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias HON]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias HON at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias HON]] (5)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias HKG|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias HKG]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias HKG at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias HKG]] (32)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias HUN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias HUN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias HUN at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias HUN]] (219)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ISL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ISL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ISL at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ISL]] (26)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias IND|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias IND]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias IND at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias IND]] (73)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias INA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias INA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias INA at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias INA]] (38)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias IRI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias IRI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias IRI at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias IRI]] (37)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias IRQ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias IRQ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias IRQ at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias IRQ]] (25)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias IRL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias IRL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias IRL at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias IRL]] (52)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ISR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ISR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ISR at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ISR]] (36)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ITA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ITA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ITA at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ITA]] (364)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias JAM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias JAM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias JAM at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias JAM]] (47)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias JPN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias JPN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias JPN at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias JPN]] (312)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias JOR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias JOR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias JOR at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias JOR]] (8)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KAZ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KAZ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KAZ at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KAZ]] (114)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KEN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KEN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KEN at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KEN]] (46)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KIR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KIR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KIR at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KIR]] (3)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PRK|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PRK]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PRK at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PRK]] (36)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KOR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KOR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KOR at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KOR]] (264)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KUW|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KUW]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KUW at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KUW]] (29)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KGZ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KGZ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KGZ at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KGZ]] (11)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LAO|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LAO]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LAO at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LAO]] (5)
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  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LAT|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LAT]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LAT at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LAT]] (35)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LIB|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LIB]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LIB at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LIB]] (8)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LES|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LES]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LES at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LES]] (3)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LBR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LBR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LBR at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LBR]] (2)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LBA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LBA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LBA at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LBA]] (8)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LIE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LIE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LIE at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LIE]] (1)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LTU|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LTU]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LTU at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LTU]] (59)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LUX|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LUX]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LUX at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LUX]] (10)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MKD|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MKD]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MKD at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MKD]] (10)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MAD|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MAD]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MAD at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MAD]] (8)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MAW|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MAW]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MAW at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MAW]] (4)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MAS|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MAS]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MAS at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MAS]] (26)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MDV|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MDV]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MDV at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MDV]] (4)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MLI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MLI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MLI at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MLI]] (23)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MLT|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MLT]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MLT at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MLT]] (7)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MTN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MTN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MTN at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MTN]] (2)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MRI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MRI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MRI at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MRI]] (9)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MEX|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MEX]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MEX at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MEX]] (109)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias FSM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias FSM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias FSM at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias FSM]] (5)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MDA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MDA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MDA at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MDA]] (33)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MON|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MON]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MON at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MON]] (3)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MGL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MGL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MGL at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MGL]] (20)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MAR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MAR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MAR at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MAR]] (55)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MOZ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MOZ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MOZ at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MOZ]] (4)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MYA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MYA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MYA at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MYA]] (2)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NAM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NAM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NAM at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NAM]] (8)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NRU|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NRU]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NRU at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NRU]] (3)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NEP|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NEP]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NEP at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NEP]] (6)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NED|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NED]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NED at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NED]] (219)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias AHO|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias AHO]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias AHO at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias AHO]] (3)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NZL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NZL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NZL at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NZL]] (148)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NCA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NCA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NCA at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NCA]] (5)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NIG|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NIG]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NIG at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NIG]] (4)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NGR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NGR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NGR at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NGR]] (70)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NOR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NOR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NOR at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NOR]] (52)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias OMA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias OMA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias OMA at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias OMA]] (2)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PAK|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PAK]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PAK at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PAK]] (26)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PLW|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PLW]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PLW at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PLW]] (4)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PLE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PLE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PLE at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PLE]] (3)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PAN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PAN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PAN at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PAN]] (4)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PNG|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PNG]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PNG at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PNG]] (4)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PAR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PAR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PAR at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PAR]] (22)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PER|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PER]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PER at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PER]] (9)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PHI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PHI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PHI at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PHI]] (16)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias POL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias POL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias POL at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias POL]] (208)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias POR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias POR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias POR at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias POR]] (91)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PUR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PUR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PUR at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PUR]] (43)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias QAT|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias QAT]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias QAT at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias QAT]] (22)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ROU|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ROU]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ROU at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ROU]] (108)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias RUS|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias RUS]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias RUS at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias RUS]] (456)
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  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias RWA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias RWA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias RWA at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias RWA]] (5)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SKN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SKN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SKN at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SKN]] (2)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LCA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LCA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LCA at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LCA]] (2)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias VIN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias VIN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias VIN at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias VIN]] (3)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias STP|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias STP]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias STP at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias STP]] (2)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SAM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SAM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SAM at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SAM]] (3)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SMR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SMR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SMR at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SMR]] (5)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KSA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KSA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KSA at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KSA]] (16)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SEN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SEN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SEN at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SEN]] (16)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SCG|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SCG]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SCG at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SCG]] (85)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SEY|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SEY]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SEY at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SEY]] (9)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SLE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SLE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SLE at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SLE]] (2)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SIN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SIN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SIN at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SIN]] (16)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SVK|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SVK]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SVK at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SVK]] (64)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SLO|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SLO]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SLO at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SLO]] (79)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SOL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SOL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SOL at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SOL]] (2)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SOM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SOM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SOM at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SOM]] (2)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias RSA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias RSA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias RSA at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias RSA]] (106)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ESP|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ESP]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ESP at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ESP]] (316)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SRI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SRI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SRI at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SRI]] (8)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SUD|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SUD]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SUD at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SUD]] (4)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SUR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SUR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SUR at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SUR]] (4)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SWZ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SWZ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SWZ at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SWZ]] (3)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SWE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SWE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SWE at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SWE]] (115)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SUI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SUI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SUI at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SUI]] (98)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SYR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SYR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SYR at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SYR]] (6)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TPE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TPE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TPE at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TPE]] (87)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TJK|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TJK]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TJK at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TJK]] (9)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TAN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TAN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TAN at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TAN]] (8)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias THA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias THA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias THA at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias THA]] (42)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TLS|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TLS]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TLS at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TLS]] (2)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TOG|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TOG]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TOG at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TOG]] (3)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TGA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TGA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TGA at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TGA]] (5)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TRI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TRI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TRI at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TRI]] (19)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TUN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TUN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TUN at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TUN]] (54)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TUR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TUR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TUR at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TUR]] (53)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TKM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TKM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TKM at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TKM]] (9)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias UGA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias UGA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias UGA at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias UGA]] (11)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias UKR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias UKR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias UKR at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias UKR]] (239)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias UAE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias UAE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias UAE at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias UAE]] (4)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias USA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias USA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias USA at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias USA]] (536)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias URU|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias URU]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias URU at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias URU]] (15)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias UZB|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias UZB]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias UZB at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias UZB]] (70)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias VAN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias VAN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias VAN at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias VAN]] (2)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias VEN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias VEN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias VEN at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias VEN]] (48)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias VIE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias VIE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias VIE at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias VIE]] (11)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ISV|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ISV]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ISV at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ISV]] (6)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias YEM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias YEM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias YEM at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias YEM]] (3)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ZAM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ZAM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ZAM at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ZAM]] (6)
  • [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ZIM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ZIM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ZIM at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ZIM]] (13)

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Sports

The sports featured at the 2004 Summer Olympics are listed below. Officially there were 28 sports as swimming, diving, synchronised swimming and water polo are classified by the IOC as disciplines within the sport of aquatics, and wheelchair racing was a demonstration sport. For the first time, the wrestling category featured women's wrestling and in the fencing competition women competed in the sabre. American Kristin Heaston, who led off the qualifying round of women's shotput became the first woman to compete at the ancient site of Olympia but Cuban Yumileidi Cumba became the first woman to win a gold medal there.

The demonstration sport of wheelchair racing was a joint Olympic/Paralympic event, allowing a Paralympic event to occur within the Olympics, and for the future, opening up the wheelchair race to the able-bodied. The 2004 Summer Paralympics were also held in Athens, from 20 to 28 September.

2004 Summer Olympic Sports Programme
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  • Archery pictogram Archery (4)
  • Athletics pictogram Athletics (46)
  • Badminton pictogram Badminton (5)
  • Baseball pictogram Baseball (1)
  • Basketball pictogram Basketball (2)
  • Boxing pictogram Boxing (11)
  • Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram Canoeing (16)
  • Cycling pictogram Cycling (18)
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  • Diving pictogram Diving (8)
  • Equestrian pictogram Equestrian (6)
  • Fencing pictogram Fencing (10)
  • Field hockey pictogram Field Hockey (2)
  • Football pictogram Football (2)
  • Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram Gymnastics (18)
  • Handball pictogram Handball (2)
  • Judo pictogram Judo (14)
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  • Modern pentathlon pictogram Modern pentathlon (2)
  • Rowing pictogram Rowing (14)
  • Sailing pictogram Sailing (11)
  • Shooting pictogram Shooting (17)
  • Softball pictogram Softball (1)
  • Swimming pictogram Swimming (32)
  • Synchronized swimming pictogram Synchronized swimming (2)
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  • Table tennis pictogram Table tennis (4)
  • Taekwondo pictogram Taekwondo (8)
  • Tennis pictogram Tennis (4)
  • Triathlon pictogram Triathlon (2)
  • Volleyball (indoor) pictogram Volleyball (4)
  • Water polo pictogram Water polo (2)
  • Weightlifting pictogram Weightlifting (15)
  • Wrestling pictogram Wrestling (18)

Calendar

Template:2004 Summer Olympics Calendar 31 sports

Highlights

  • The shotput event was held in ancient Olympia, site of the ancient Olympic Games (that is the very first time women athletes competed in Ancient Olympia), while the archery competition was held in the Panathinaiko Stadium, in which the 1896 games were held.[22]
  • Kiribati and Timor Leste participated for the first time in the Olympic Games.[22]
  • Women's wrestling and women's sabre made their debut at the 2004 games.[22]
  • Greece had its best ever medal tally, 6 gold, 6 silver, and 4 bronze, since hosting the 1896 games.
  • The marathon was held on the same route as the 1896 games, beginning in the site of the Battle of Marathon to the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens.[22]
  • Australia became the first country in Olympic history to win more gold medals (17) immediately after hosting the Olympics in Sydney 2000 where they won 16 gold medals.
  • World record holder and strong favourite Paula Radcliffe crashes out of the women's marathon in spectacular fashion, leaving Mizuki Noguchi to win the gold.
  • While leading in the men's marathon with less than 10 kilometres to go, Brazilian runner Vanderlei de Lima is attacked by Irish priest Cornelius Horan and dragged into the crowd. De Lima recovered to take bronze, and was later awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal for sportsmanship.[22]
  • British athlete Kelly Holmes wins gold in the 800 m and 1500 m.[22]
  • Liu Xiang wins gold in the 110 m hurdles, equalling Colin Jackson's 1993 world record time of 12.91 seconds. This was China's first ever gold in men's track and field.
  • East African runners swept the medals in the 3000 meters steeple chase.[22]
  • The Olympics saw Afghanistan's first return to the Games since 1999 (it was banned due to the Taliban's extremist attitudes towards women, but was reinstated in 2002).
  • Hicham El Guerrouj wins gold in the 1500 m and 5000 m. He is the first person to accomplish this feat at the Olympics since Paavo Nurmi in 1924.[22]
  • Greek athlete Fani Halkia comes out of retirement to win the 400 m hurdles.
  • The US women's 4x200m swimming team of Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, Dana Vollmer and Kaitlin Sandeno win gold, smashing the long standing world record set by the German Democratic Republic in 1987.
  • The United States lost for the first time in Olympic men's basketball since NBA players were permitted to play in the Games. This defeat came at the hands of Puerto Rico 92–73.
  • Argentina won a thrilling victory over the United States in the semi-finals of men's basketball. They went on to beat Italy 84–69 in the final.
  • Windsurfer Gal Fridman wins Israel's first-ever gold medal.
  • Dominican athlete Félix Sánchez won the first ever gold medal for the Dominican Republic in the 400 m hurdles event.
  • German kayaker Birgit Fischer wins gold in the K-4 500 m and silver in the K-2 500 m. In so doing, she became the first woman in any sport to win gold medals at 6 different Olympics, the first woman to win gold 24 years apart and the first person in Olympic history to win two or more medals in five different Games.
  • Swimmer Michael Phelps wins 8 medals (including a record 6 gold and 2 bronze), becoming the first athlete to win 8 medals in non boycotted Olympics.[22]
  • United States' gymnast Carly Patterson becomes only the second American woman to win the all-around gold medal.
  • Chilean Tennis players Nicolás Massu and Fernando Gonzalez won the gold medal in the Doubles Competition, while Massu won the gold and Gonzalez the bronze on the Singles competition. These were Chile's first-ever gold medals.[22]
  • Anchored by Brazil, South America had its best Olympics, with nine Gold Medals.

Closing Ceremony

Athens 2004 Olympics Closing ceremony

Balloons falling at the Athens 2004 Olympics Closing ceremony

The Games were concluded on 29 August 2004. The closing ceremony was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, where the Games had been opened 16 days earlier. Around 70,000 people gathered in the stadium to watch the ceremony.

The initial part of the ceremony interspersed the performances of various Greek singers, and featured traditional Greek dance performances from various regions of Greece (Crete, Pontos, Thessaly, etc.). The event was meant to highlight the pride of the Greeks in their culture and country for the world to see.

A significant part of the closing ceremony was the exchange of the Olympic flag of the Antwerp games between the mayor of Athens and the mayor of Beijing, host city of the next Olympic games. After the flag exchange a presentation from the Beijing delegation presented a glimpse into Chinese culture for the world to see. Beijing University students (who were at first incorrectly cited as the Twelve Girls Band) sang Mo Li Hua (Jasmine Flower) and the medal ceremony for the last event of the Olympics, the men's marathon, was conducted, with Stefano Baldini from Italy as the winner. The bronze medal winner, Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima of Brazil, was simultaneously announced as a recipient of the Pierre de Coubertin medal for his bravery in finishing the race despite being attacked by a rogue spectator while leading with 7 km to go.

A flag-bearer from each nation's delegation then entered along the stage, followed by the competitors en masse on the floor.

Short speeches were presented by Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, President of the Organising Committee, and by President Dr. Jacques Rogge of the IOC, in which he described the Athens Olympics as "unforgettable, dream Games".[3]

Dr. Rogge had previously declared he would be breaking with tradition in his closing speech as President of the IOC and that he would never use the words of his predecessor Juan Antonio Samaranch, who used to always say 'these were the best ever games'.[3] Dr. Rogge had described Salt Lake City 2002 as "superb games" and in turn would continue after Athens 2004 and describe Turin 2006 as "truly magnificent games."

The national anthems of Greece and China were played in a handover ceremony as both nations' flags were raised. The Mayor of Athens, Dora Bakoyianni, passed the Olympic Flag to the Mayor of Beijing, Wang Qishan. After a short cultural performance by Chinese actors, dancers, and musicians directed by eminent Chinese director Zhang Yimou, Rogge declared the 2004 Olympic Games closed. The Olympic flag was next raised again on 10 February 2006 during the opening ceremony of next Winter Olympic games in Torino.

A young Greek girl, Fotini Papaleonidopoulou, lit a symbolic lantern with the Olympic Flame and passed it on to other children before "extinguishing" the flame in the cauldron by blowing a puff of air. The ceremony ended with a variety of musical performances by Greek singers, including Dionysis Savvopoulos, George Dalaras, Haris Alexiou, Anna Vissi, Sakis Rouvas, Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Alkistis Protopsalti, Antonis Remos, Mixalis Xatzigiannis, Marinella and Dimitra Galani, as thousands of athletes carried out symbolic displays on the stadium floor.

Medal count

Main article: 2004 Summer Olympics medal table

These are the top ten nations that won medals in the 2004 Games.

1 [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias USA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias USA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias USA at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias USA]] 34 39 27 100[23]
2 [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CHN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CHN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CHN at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CHN]] 32 17 14 63
3 [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias RUS|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias RUS]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias RUS at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias RUS]] 28 26 38 92[23]
4 [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias AUS|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias AUS]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias AUS at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias AUS]] 17 16 17[23] 50
5 [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias JPN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias JPN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias JPN at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias JPN]] 16 9 12 37
6 [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GER|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GER]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GER at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GER]] 13 16 20 49
7 [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias FRA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias FRA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias FRA at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias FRA]] 11 9 13 33
8 [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ITA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ITA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ITA at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ITA]] 10 11 11 32
9 [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KOR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KOR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KOR at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KOR]] 9 12 9 30
10 [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GBR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GBR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GBR at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GBR]] 9 9 12 30
15 [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GRE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GRE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GRE at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GRE]] (host nation) 6 6 4 16

Venues

Main article: Venues of the 2004 Summer Olympics

OAKA

  • Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre – diving, swimming, synchronized swimming, water polo
  • Athens Olympic Tennis Centre – tennis
  • Athens Olympic Velodrome – cycling (track)
  • Olympic Indoor Hall – basketball (final), gymnastics (artistic, trampolining)
  • Olympic Stadium – ceremonies (opening/ closing), athletics, football (final)

HOC

  • Fencing Hall – fencing
  • Helliniko Indoor Arena – basketball, handball (final)
  • Olympic Baseball Centre – baseball
  • Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre – canoeing (slalom)
  • Olympic Hockey Centre – field hockey
  • Olympic Softball Stadium – softball

Faliro

  • Faliro Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre – volleyball (beach)
  • Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena – handball, taekwondo
  • Peace and Friendship Stadium – volleyball (indoor)

GOC

  • Goudi Olympic Hall – badminton
  • Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre – modern pentathlon

Football venues

  • Kaftanzoglio Stadium (Thessaloniki)
  • Karaiskakis Stadium (Athens)
  • Pampeloponnisiako Stadium (Patras)
  • Pankritio Stadium (Heraklion)
  • Panthessaliko Stadium (Volos)

Other venues

  • Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre – sailing
  • Ano Liosia Olympic Hall – judo, wrestling
  • Galatsi Olympic Hall – gymnastics (rhythmic), table tennis
  • Kotzia Square – cycling (individual road race)
  • Marathon (city) – athletics (marathon start)
  • Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre – equestrian
  • Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre – shooting
  • Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall – weightlifting
  • Panathinaiko Stadium – archery, athletics (marathons finish)
  • Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall – boxing
  • Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre – canoeing (sprint), rowing
  • Stadium at Olympia – athletics (shot put)
  • Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre – cycling (individual time trial), triathlon

Broadcast rights

  • Australia  : Seven Network, SBS
  • Argentina  : Canal 7 Argentina, Telefe, TyC Sports
  • Belgium  : VRT, RTBF
  • Brazil  : Rede Globo, Rede Bandeirantes, SporTV, ESPN Brasil and BandSports
  • Brunei  : RTB and Astro
  • Bulgaria  : BNT 1
  • Canada  : CBC Radio-Canada
  • Chile  : TVN, Red Televisión, MEGA
  • China  : CCTV
  • France  : TF1, France Télévisions
  • Germany  : ARD and ZDF
  • Greece  : ERT
  • Hong Kong  : ATV and TVB
  • Hungary  : Magyar Televízió
  • India  : Doordarshan
  • Indonesia  : TVRI, RCTI, SCTV, TPI, ANTeve, Indosiar, MetroTV, Trans TV, TVG, TV7 and LatiVi
  • Ireland  : RTÉ
  • Italy  : RAI
  • Japan  : NHK
  • Lithuania  : LRT
  • Macau Macau: TDM
  • Malaysia  : RTM and Astro
  • Netherlands  : NPO
  • Philippines  : PTV 4
  • Poland  : TVP
  • Portugal  : RTP
  • Russia  : Channel 1, VGTRK Olympiade
  • Singapore  : SPH MediaWorks Channel i
  • South Korea  : KBS, MBC and SBS
  • Spain  : TVE
  • Switzerland  : SRG SSR idee suisse
  • Taiwan  : TTV, CTV and CTS
  • Thailand  : National Sports
  • Turkey  : TRT
  • United Kingdom  : BBC
  • United States  : NBC

Legacy

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Greek €100 commemorative coin part of the series Athens 2004 Summer Olympics.

To commemorate the games, a series of Greek high value euro collectors' coins were minted by the Mint of Greece, in both silver and gold. The pieces depict landmarks in Greece as well as ancient and modern sports on the obverse of the coin. On the reverse, a common motif with the logo of the games, circled by an olive branch representing the spirit of the games.

Preparations to stage the Olympics led to a number of positive developments for the city's infrastructure. These improvements included the establishment of Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, a modern new international airport serving as Greece's main aviation gateway;[24] expansions to the Athens Metro[25] system; the "Tram", a new metropolitan tram (light rail) system[26] system; the "Proastiakos", a new suburban railway system linking the airport and suburban towns to the city of Athens; the "Attiki Odos", a new toll motorway encircling the city,[27] and the conversion of streets into pedestrianized walkways in the historic center of Athens which link several of the city's main tourist sites, including the Parthenon and the Panathinaiko Stadium (the site of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896).[28][29] All of the above infrastructure is still in use to this day, and there have been continued expansions and proposals to expand Athens' metro, tram, suburban rail and motorway network, the airport, as well as further plans to pedestrianize more thoroughfares in the historic center of Athens.

The Greek Government has created a corporation, Olympic Properties SA, which is overseeing the post-Olympics management, development and conversion of these facilities, some of which will be sold off (or have already been sold off) to the private sector,[30][31] while some other facilities are still in use, or have been converted for commercial use or modified for other sports.[32]

As of 2012 many conversion schemes have stalled owing to the financial crisis in Greece. The annual cost to maintain the sites has been estimated at £500 million, a sum which has been politically controversial in Greece,[33] though many of these facilities are now under the control of domestic sporting clubs and organizations or the private sector.

The table below delineates the current status of the Athens Olympic facilities:

Facility Olympics Use Current/Proposed Use
Athens Olympic Stadium (OAKA) Opening & Closing Ceremonies, Track & Field, Football Home pitch for Panathinaikos FC,[34] AEK FC[35] (football; Greek Super League, UEFA Champions League), Greek national football team (some matches), International football competitions;[36] Track & Field events (e.g. IAAF Athens Grand Prix[37]), Concerts[38][39][40]
Athens Olympic Indoor Hall Basketball, Gymnastics Home court for Panathinaikos BC[41] and AEK BC[42] (Greek basketball league); Greek National Basketball Team, International basketball competitions,[43] Concerts[44][45]
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Swimming, Diving, Synchronized Swimming, Water Polo Domestic and international swimming meets,[46][47][48] Public pool,[49] domestic league and European water-polo games.
Athens Olympic Tennis Centre Tennis Domestic and international tennis matches, training courts open to the public and home of the Athens Tennis Academy, currently the best-kept facility in the complex[50][51]
Athens Olympic Velodrome Cycling Domestic and international cycling meets[52]
Peace and Friendship Stadium Volleyball Home court for Olympiacos BC (basketball),[53] Concerts, Conventions and trade shows[54]
Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Basketball, Handball Home court for Panionios BC (basketball),[55] Conventions and trade shows[49]
Hellinikon Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre Canoe/Kayak Turned over to a private consortium (J&P AVAX, GEP, Corfu Waterparks and BIOTER), plans to convert it to a water park,[56][57] although currently it is abandoned.
Hellinikon Olympic Hockey Centre Field Hockey Mini-football, will be part of new Hellinikon metropolitan park complex[58]
Hellinikon Baseball Stadium Baseball Main ground (no. 1) converted to football pitch, home field of Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. (Football; Greek second division),[59] auxiliary ground (no. 2) abandoned.
Hellinikon Softball Stadium Softball Abandoned [58]
Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre Sailing Currently out of use, turned over to the private sector (Seirios AE), will become marina with 1,000+ yacht capacity[60] and will be part of Athens' revitalized waterfront[61]
Ano Liosia Olympic Hall Judo, Wrestling TV filming facility,[49] Future home of the Hellenic Academy of Culture and Hellenic Digital Archive[62][63]
Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre Beach Volleyball Concert and theater venue, it hosted Helena Paparizou's concert on 13 August 2005 to celebrate the first anniversary of the Olympic Games, currently sees minimal usage [64] plans to turn it into an ultra-modern outdoor theater[49]
Faliro Sports Pavilion Handball, Taekwondo Converted to the Athens International Convention Center, hosts concerts, conventions and trade shows[49][63][65][66][67]
Galatsi Olympic Hall Table Tennis, Rhythmic Gymnastics After 2004, was the home court of AEK BC (basketball) before the team moved to the Athens Olympic Indoor Hall. Turned over to the private sector (Acropol Haragionis AE and Sonae Sierra SGPS S.A), being converted to a shopping mall and retail/entertainment complex.[68]
Goudi Olympic Complex Badminton, Modern Pentathlon Now the site of the ultra-modern Badminton Theater, hosting major theatrical productions[69][70]
Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre Equestrian Horse racing,[71] Domestic and International Equestrian meets,[72][73] Auto racing (rallye)[74]
Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre Shooting Converted to the official shooting range and training center of the Hellenic Police.,[60][75] but sees hardly any use and is reported to be heavily vandalised.
Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall Weightlifting Has hosted fencing competitions in the years following the Olympics,[49] but has recently been turned over to the University of Piraeus for use as an academic lecture and conference center.[63][76]
Parnitha Olympic Mountain Bike Venue Mountain Biking Part of the Parnitha National Park. In public use for biking and hiking.[77][78]
Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall Boxing Partially converted to a football pitch, also in use for gymnastics competitions.[49]
Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre Rowing and Canoeing One of only three FISA-approved training centers in the world, the others being in Munich and Seville.[60] Hosts domestic and international rowing and canoeing meets.[79][80] Part of the Schinias National Park, completely reconstructed by the German company Hochtief.,[49] has not been used since the Olympics and its waters are becoming more of a swamp. The increase in mosquitoes and other insects in neighbouring areas is thought to be because of the abandonment of the Rowing Centre which has been colonised by them.
Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre Triathlon Temporary facility, not in existence presently.
Kaftanzoglio Stadium Football Home pitch for Iraklis FC (football; Greek Super League)[81] and temporary home pitch for Apollon Kalamarias FC (football; Greek second division).[82] Also in use for track and field meets.[83] Hosted the 2007 Greek football All-Star Game.
Karaiskaki Stadium Football Home pitch for Olympiacos FC (football; Greek Super League)[84] and for the Greek National Football team. Also used as a concert venue.
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium Football Home pitch for Panahaiki FC (football; Greek third division).[85] Also used for various track-and-field events, concerts, conventions, and friendly matches of the Greek National Football Team.[49]
Pankritio Stadium Football Home pitch for OFI FC[86][87] and Ergotelis FC (football; Greek Super League).[87][88] Hosted the 2005 Greek football All-Star game. Also home to various track-and-field meets.[49]
Panthessaliko Stadium Football Home pitch for Niki Volou FC (football; Greek third division).[49] Has also hosted concerts, conventions and track-and-field meets.[49]
Panathainaiko Stadium Marathon, Archery Site of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. One of Athens' major tourist attractions, also used for occasional sporting and concert events.[89][90][91][92]
The Ancient Stadium at Olympia Track and Field One of Greece's historic sites and largest tourist attractions, open to the public to this day.[93]
International Broadcast Centre (IBC) International Broadcast Centre Half of it (the section fronting Kifissias Avenue) has been turned over to the private company Lambda Development SA and has been converted to a luxury shopping, retail, office and entertainment complex known as the "Golden Hall."[94] The remaining section, facing the Olympic Stadium itself, will become home to the Hellenic Olympic Museum and the International Museum of Classical Athletics.[49]

[49][63][95]

Olympic Athletes' Village Housing 2,292 apartments were sold to low-income individuals and today the village is home to over 8,000 residents.[49] Several communal installations however are abandoned and heavily vandalised.
Olympic Press Village Housing It has been turned over to the private sector and namely Lamda Developments S.A. (the same company which owns and runs the Mall of Athens and the Golden Hall), and has been converted to luxury flats.

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