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The 2004 Summer Olympics (Greek: Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, romanized: Therinoí Olympiakoí Agónes 2004), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, Agónes tis 28is Olympiádas) and also known as Athens 2004 (Αθήνα 2004), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece.
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A record 201 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the Olympic Games. The overall tally for events on the programme was 301 (one more than at the Sydney Games in 2000).
Popularity in the Games also soared, as 3.9 billion people had access to the television coverage compared to 3.6 billion for Sydney. This global audience enjoyed coverage of never-before-seen sports such as women's wrestling, which was included in the programme for the first time.
Swimmer Michael Phelps won six gold medals and set a single-Games record with eight total medals. Leontien Ziljaard-van Moorsel became the first female cyclist to earn four career gold medals, reaching a total of six Olympic medals, while canoeist Birgit Fischer became the first athlete in any sport to win two medals in each of five Olympic Games.
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Apr 19, 2024 · August 13, 2004 - August 29, 2004. Location: Athens. Greece. Athens 2004 Olympic Games, athletic festival held in Athens that took place August 13–29, 2004. The Athens Games were the 25th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. The 2004 Olympic Games returned to Greece, birthplace of the ancient Games and site of the inaugural modern Olympics.
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Rapport officiel des Jeux Olympiques d'été d'Athènes 2004. Official report of the Summer Olympic Games Athens 2004. Le volume 3 contient 2 Cd-roms et 1 DVD, en anglais et grec : Official report of the XXVIII Olympiad : results [Cd-rom] ; XII Paralympic Games official results book CD ; Behind the scenes of the Athens 2004 opening and closing ceremonies [DVD].
Olympic Games: Number and Year: XXVIII / 2004: Host city: Athina, Greece Opening ceremony: 13 August Closing ceremony: 29 August Competition dates: 11 – 29 August OCOG: Athens Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad: Participants: 10557 from 201 countries: Medal events: 301 in 39 disciplines Other events: 2 in 1 disciplines
Athens 2004: An Olympic homecoming. The Olympic Games Athens 2004 were considered a ‘homecoming’, given that Greece was the birthplace of the ancient Olympiad and the host of the inaugural Olympic Games of the modern era in 1896. The key legacies of this edition of the Games covered the areas of education, tourism, and urban and sporting ...
See the list of teams and medals won by each. Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top athletes.
