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  2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The 2004 Summer Olympics are officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (the 28th Summer Olympic Games).
It was the first Olympics since NBC had merged with Vivendi Universal Entertainment; the merger, along with the acquisitions of the Bravo and Telemundo networks, made it possible for the network to broadcast over 1200 hours of coverage during the games, triple what was broadcast in the U.S. four years earlier.
After short speeches by Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, chief Greek organiser of the Games, and by President Dr. Jacques Rogge of the IOC, in which he describes the Athens Olympics as "unforgettable, dream Games", the national anthems of Greece and China were played in a handover ceremony as both nations' flags were raised.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004_Olympic_Games   (1865 words)

  
 The Olympic games 2004, Olympiada 2004
Victors in the games were crowned with a branch of the "beautiful - crowned wild olive tree" that stood near the temple of Zeus.
The Athens 2004 Olympic Games' emblem is an olive wreath - the "
It is a symbol linked with the Olympic ideals, peace and the city of Athens, whose sacred tree was the olive tree.
greece-private.com /olympic_games.htm   (662 words)

  
 Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Athens 2004 Olympic Games a grand celebration, which for 17 days returned to Greece, to their country of origin, where they were born and the city where they revived.
Witnessing the solidarity of peoples from the four corners of the world, competing in peace under the Olympic Truce (an initiative recalling the Games of the antiquity, whereby warring states would lay down their arms during the Olympic Games for the sake of noble competition) made me wish for the games to last for ever...
My participation in the Para Olympic games was as a spectator, experiencing a fabulous opening and closing ceremonies, as well as wheel chair basketball, 200 and 400 meter sprints, and other track and field competitions.
sv1ens.myftp.org /athens2004.htm   (510 words)

  
 Sports Venue Technology - 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
2004 OLYMPIC GAMES - XXVIII OLYMPIAD - ATHENS, GREECE
The Summer Games are returning home to the country that gave birth to the Olympic celebration more than 2,000 years ago and the city that staged the first modern Olympics in 1896.
It has the full responsibility for the organisation of the 2004 Olympics and, as part of this framework, co-ordinates all the other organisations which contribute to the preparation and organisation of the Olympics.
www.sportsvenue-technology.com /projects/olympic2004   (1352 words)

  
 CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 2004 Athens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Greece was the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games over 2,000 years ago and Athens was the host of the first modern-day Olympic Games in 1896.
Labour disruptions from hotel workers and paramedics would keep officials on their toes in the weeks before the Games, as would the rounding up of thousands of dogs that roamed the streets of Athens (Animal rights officials were assured no harm was done to the homeless pooches).
As the first Summer Olympics since the attacks of Sept. 11,2001, the safety of the athletes, spectators and Greek population were of utmost priority.
www.cbc.ca /olympics   (2135 words)

  
 Olympic Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Prior to her Olympic and Commonwealth achievements, Ottey won silver medals in the 100 and 200 meters in the 1979 CARIFTA Games (behind 100m winner Raymonde Naigré of Guadeloupe, and 200m winner Oralee Fowler of the Bahamas) and the 1979 Pan American Games 200 meter bronze.
2004 is the Chinese year of the monkey, and a group in China is hoping that will bring god luck towards their efforts to have the "Monkey King" chosen as mascot for the 2008 Olympic Games.
PanPan, a panda, was the mascot of the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, a rooster, Dongdong the mascot of the 1993 East Asian Games in Shanghai.
www.internationalgames.net /olympic.htm   (8101 words)

  
 Athens 2004 Olympic Games - Worldpress.org
Asked what she hopes to accomplish in these Olympic games, the steely-eyed Abu Bkheet acknowledged her situation left little room for accomplishments, and she said she was happy enough to be carrying the Palestinian flag in the opening ceremony.
Cuba is attending the upcoming Olympic games with the express intention of finishing within the top ten nations on the final medal table.
Despite fears of chaos at the games, the president of the Australian Olympic Committee said today he was impressed with the transport, food, housing and security provided by the organizers at the athletes' village.
www.worldpress.org /Europe/1908.cfm   (6472 words)

  
 Athens 2004, Olympic games 2004
The Games were banned as pagan rituals in 396 A.D. by the Roman emperor Theodosius.
They will be ready by 2004, says loannis Patelis, President of the Greek Tourist Organization (Ε.Ο.Τ.) Grecohotel, a chain of 24 hotels with six in Athens and the surrounding area, has placed its hotels at the disposal of the Olympics.
The emblem of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games is a circular wreath made of a branch from an olive tree.
www.greece-private.com /athens2004.htm   (2254 words)

  
 INVgr / Athens 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games / Jeux olympiques / Greece
INVgr / Athens 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games / Jeux olympiques / Greece
The representative from the Athens Olympics Organising Committee participated in the meetings, which included discussion of the extensive use of solar energy in the Olympic Village and other buildings constructed for the Olympic Games held in Sydney [in 2000].
The sacred Greek tradition of 'Ekecheiria' was thus born in the 8th century B.C., serving as a cornerstone of the Olympic Games.
www.invgr.com /olympics.htm   (5020 words)

  
 What spectators thought of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games Venues and organisation - Visitor Satisfaction (VSM) poll ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games were indisputably an event of global range that attracted international attention.
The poll implied that the organisation (the ATHENS 2004 workforce) and its volunteers were fully alive to their responsibilities and strained every nerve in order that the Olympic Games should be executed flawlessly.
Revenue generated from the sale of ATHENS 2004 official licensed merchandise is addressed to the funding of the Games and the Greek Olympic team.
www.athens2004.com /en/LatestNews/newslist?item=f6079a504eedef00VgnVCM4000002b130c0a____   (1044 words)

  
 Athens 2004 Olympics Page
I know that the Olympics won't return in my lifetime so it is a feeling that may never go away because there will never be another time like Athens 2004, and those who were here will know what I mean.
See also the article by Matina Psychogeos Olympic Games:From the Vantage Point of an Athens 2004 Volunteer which may inspire you to volunteer for the next summer Olympics in Beijing.
But since they did contain a History of the Olympics it was not too much work to change everything I wrote about what I expected to happen, into what actualkly did happen by changing 'will be' to 'was' and "will come" to "came" and....
greecetravel.com /2004olympics   (1566 words)

  
 Olympics: Athens 2004
The Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, Aug. 13-29
The Olympics were held in honor of this Greek god.
Women competed in these games, which may predate the Olympics.
www.factmonster.com /spot/04olympics.html   (218 words)

  
 OLYMPIC GAMES 2004.......!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In 2004, the Olympic Games are returning to their ancient birthplace and the city of their revival.
Within the 28 sports of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games, there are a total of 37 disciplines.
An Olympic sport must be "widely practiced by men in at least 75 countries and on four continents, and by women in at least 40 countries and on three continents".
www.grecomar.gr /olympic   (377 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Greece was the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games.
In 2004, the Olympic Games returned to their origins when Athens hosts the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad.
The Organising Committees of the Olympic Games (OCOGs) organise the Olympic Games in collaboration with their National Olympic Committee and the host city.
www.olympic.org /uk/games/athens/index_uk.asp   (257 words)

  
 Olympic Games 2004
Israel proudly joins other countries that are issuing a Commemorative Coin in honor of the upcoming Olympic Games.
The theme of Israel's Coin is the Olympic Sport of Windsurfing, the sport in which Israel excels.
The inscription, "The Olympic Delegation of Israel, 2004" in Hebrew and English.
www.commem.com /prod37.htm   (296 words)

  
 stuart mcintosh : olympic games 2004
The Olympics Games are in Athens in 2004, but getting to race at the Games is very hard.
The size of the GB Olympic Team, which is the number of athletes per category, depends on the GB Senior Team performances first at the World Championships in Augsburg, 2003, and then at the World Cup in Athens 2004.
The Olympic Games is massive, the preparation put in by all athletes is huge.
www.stuartmcintosh.co.uk /html/personal/2004.htm   (834 words)

  
 ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A grand celebration, the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games, which for 17 days returned to Greece, the country where they were originally born and the city where they revived, is completed.
Read the highlights of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games and feel again the excitement of the most important events of each competition day.
Closing Ceremony of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games.
athens2004.com /athens2004   (610 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Olympics 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Olympic chief Jacques Rogge praises the organisers of the Athens Games.
Kostas Kenteris testifies in Athens in connection with the doping affair that led to his departure from the Olympics.
Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou pull out of the Games as their case is referred to athletics' governing body.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/low/olympics_2004/default.stm   (569 words)

  
 ATHENS 2004: Olympic Games: Atos Origin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Atos Origin successfully delivered the IT systems for the Olympic Games with 4 billion people watching, relaying real-time results from 28 live sports and 301 actual competitions around the world.
In Athens, the 31st of August 2004, Atos Origin, as Worldwide Information Technology (IT) Partner of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has announced the successful completion of its IT operations for the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games.
“Today the Olympic Games could not happen without the use of Information Technology, and Atos Origin has played a crucial role in the success of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games.
www.atosorigin.com /corporate/olympicgames/athens.htm   (204 words)

  
 miss-information.net - Archives: Olympic Games 2004 - Isabelle Hontebeyrie
Sports Illustrated will shoot 100 percent digitally and employ a 100 percent all-digital, a stark contrast to the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City where only five percent of SI's photos were shot digitally and 95 percent were shot using traditional film.
I've just created two temporary categories (until the end of September, after the end of the Paralympic Games): one in English, Olympic Games 2004 and its counterpart in French, Jeux Olympiques 2004.
Kodak's involvement with the Games began with the first modern Olympiad in Athens in 1896.
miss-information.net /blog/archives/cat_olympic_games_2004.html   (1432 words)

  
 KoreaTimes : Athens 2004 Olympic Games - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The 17-day festival has finally come to an end, and as is usually the case, the Athens Olympics have left us with another memorable bunch of moments we will be busy talking about for quite a while.
As some 200 athletes from North and South marched into the Olympic Stadium under the flag of the Korean peninsula in a mixed group on Sunday night, the 28th Olympic Games finally ended two weeks of competitions of pure athleticism back in its birthplace Athens, Greece.
The Athens Games are over and have to be considered a success not only for the host country Greece but for South Korea as well.
times.hankooki.com /2004olympic/Athens2004.htm   (327 words)

  
 Welcome to RedBull.com - 2004 Olympic Games:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Jukic, who clocked 1: 09.49 in the heats goes off in the first semi, which includes world record holder, Australian Leisel Jones, who touched the bar a comfortable two second ahead of Jukic in the heats, but still well outside her world record time of 1:06.37 set in Barcelona earlier this year.
Amanda Beard, who at 22 is attending her third Olympics came in at 1:08.04 and contests the second semi.
More than 10,500 athletes are participating in the 2004 Olympic Games - among them there are also some Red Bull athletes.
www.redbull.com /article.action?documentID=1092577506089-139749532&localeID=1069072557413-12071427   (196 words)

  
 SI.com - Olympics
Games a watershed in war vs. cheats
Jubilant British team eye London Games in 2012
Which sport would you like to see eliminated from the Olympics?
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2004   (95 words)

  
 2004 Summer Olympic Games Tickets - Free FedEx!
The long journey of the Olympic Games began more than 2,700 years ago.
In 1896 the first Modern Olympic Games were held in Athens and since that time have been on a journey around the world for more than a century.
Now, at the dawn of the 3rd millennium, the Games are returning to the country of their birth and the city of their revival.
www.everyticket.com /sports/summer_olympic_games_tickets.html   (182 words)

  
 FOX SPORTS | 2006_CommGames   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The full list of runners in the South Australian section of the Queen's Baton relay for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
The full list of runners in the NT section of the Queen's Baton relay for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
The full list of runners in the ACT section of the Queen's Baton relay for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
foxsports.news.com.au /specialcoverage/0,8664,fs2_coverage_secondlead2,00.html   (175 words)

  
 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - Athens Olympic Games 2004
Athletics had to wait eighty for him to equal one of the greatest achievements in the history of the sport.
29 August 2004 - Athens, Greece - Comprehensive coverage of all the news and events from the Athletics competitions of the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad in Athens was brought to you by -
29 August 2004 - Athens, Greece - Jim Dunaway who has attended every Olympic Games since Melbourne in 1956 brings his own weathered eye on what’s been happening in and around the last day of the Athletics events at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad.
www.iaaf.org /oly04   (322 words)

  
 The Ancient Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Members of the Perseus Project created this exhibit on the ancient Olympics in 1996, as a tribute to the Centennial Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia.
In this exhibit, you can compare ancient and modern Olympic sports, tour the site of Olympia as it looks today, learn about the context of the Games and the Olympic spirit, or read about the Olympic athletes who were famous in ancient times.
The Context of the Games and the Olympic Spirit
www.perseus.tufts.edu /Olympics   (144 words)

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