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2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics
NameThe Athens 2004 logo
Size152
MottoWelcome Home
Overall Cost-8.954 billion
Nations Participating201
Athletes Participating10,625
Officially Opened ByPresident Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
Athlete's OathZoi Dimoschaki
Judge's OathLazaros Voreadis
Olympic TorchNikolaos Kaklamanakis

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The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team officials from 201 countries. There were 301 medal events in 28 different sports. Athens 2004 marked the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics that all countries with a National Olympic Committee were in attendance. It was also the first time since 1896 (other than the since-downgraded 1906 Intercalated Games) that the Olympics 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. The new design features the Panathinaiko Stadium.


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