The Olympic Games In Greece

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Frideriki Evaggelakou Marsha Ferra

April, 2014

The Unforgettable Dream Games of 2004

The Athens Olympic Games of 2004 were the best Olympics ever made, and as the President of the IOC said this event was ''the Unforgettable Dream Games''. The Athens Olympic Games created a new world record that of the 160.000 volunteers ever from all over the world who came to Athens and helped in many ways during and before the Games. The Olympic Summer Games of 2004 took place from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens. After the first Olympic Games of the modern era 1896 and the unofficial matches between 1906, it was the 2nd time Athens hosted the Olympic Games.

The Opening Ceremony

Athens City: The Hosting Capital Of The Games

A. THE CONSTRUCTIONS:

Athens was voted as the hosting capital of the 2004 Olympics in 1997 among other countries that had participated in the International Olympic Committee session of 1997.
The preparations and constructions of new stadiums, roads, the Olympic Village the transformation of the OAKA roof from the famous Spanish architect Calatrava etc. started in the year 2000.

Among the largest construction projects in Athens was the Athens metro, the Attica highway, the new Airport in Spata and the tram. Many have thought that Athens will NOT be ready for the Olympics of 2004 but the enormous and well organized efforts of the Greek made it once more!
On 10 August 2004, the Tuesday before the opening, was a ticket sales record with 88.317 tickets. The Opening ceremony had more then 80.000 people.

The Volunteers
During the Athens Olympics was an enormous number of people who applied as volunteers (160.000). Finally 60.000 were chosen. All volunteers who accepted the offer by Athens 2004 attended training programs. These programs were specially designed to address the requirements of the Games, but also to provide participants with broader knowledge and practical experience.

The Mascots!!
Olympic 2004 Mascots: Athena and Phoebos

...were the mascots of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens. They represent the Greek goddess of wisdom Athena and the god of the Sun and music Apollo, with the nickname of Phoebos. They were assisted by the Greek designer Spyros Gogos.

Athena & Phoebos

The 2004 Olympic Games:

Aquatics,

Hockey, Judo,

Volleyball,

Archery,
Athletics,

Weightlifting,
Wrestling

Modern pentathlon,
Rowing, Sailing,

Badminton,

Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Canoeing, Cycling, Fencing, Football, Gymnastics,

Shooting
Softball, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon,

Handball,

(Beach) Volleyball

Aquatics

Gymnastics

The Closing Ceremony

The Games were concluded in August 29, 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 Closing

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