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  2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2004 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece, over a period of 17 days from August 13 to August 29, 2004.
Athens 2004 marked the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics that all countries with a National Olympic Committee were in attendance.
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.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics   (2248 words)

  
 2004 Summer Olympics medal count - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is the full table of the medal count of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee).
The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics_medal_count   (205 words)

  
 Athens olympic medal 2004 athens olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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athensolympicmedal.sport-journal.com /athens-olympic-medal-2004-athens-olympics.html   (1198 words)

  
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athens-olympic-medal.hq-sportevents.com /athens-olympic-medal-ng-medal.html   (934 words)

  
 Egypt in the 2004 Summer Olympics
In 2004, Egypt has high hopes for three medals, and in what seems like the spirit of this year's event, their best chance for a gold comes from the females, specifically Nahla Ramadan.
At Minsk in May of 2004, Nahla was the biggest star in the field of 262 competitors in both men's and women's weightlifting, and so not surprisingly, even Sport's Illustrated has picked her for Gold in the Women's 75 kg (165 lbs) event at Athens.
Medals unlikely, but perhaps it will prove their time to be spotted by athletic talent-seeking scouts.
www.touregypt.net /featurestories/egypt2004olympics.htm   (1359 words)

  
 Category:2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The main article for this category is 2004 Summer Olympics.
European Union member states at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics medal count for Central Asian countries
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:2004_Summer_Olympics   (99 words)

  
 ATHENS OLYMPIC MEDAL Team Of   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The athens olympic medal flutter in study explains that most countries bagged an olympic.
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athensolympicmedal.sport-journal.com /athens-olympic-medal-team-of.html   (1118 words)

  
 2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics are officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (the 28th Summer Olympic Games).
By August 2004, the Olympic Stadium was officially completed and opened, and the Athens Tram and Light Rail became operational.
The 2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony was held on August 13.
www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/NewSport/Olympia2004.html   (1798 words)

  
 AsianSportsNet.com - 2004 Summer Olympics - China
China's final medal tally is an all-time high of 63 medals, in third place behind Russia (92) and the United States (103).
While a good number of medals by Chinese athletes were won in what some call non-masculine sports like table tennis, badminton, diving, or shooting, China has literally taken leaps and bounds in a diverse array of sporting events.
The most impressive team victory for China in the 2004 Olympics is the gold medal won by China's Women's Volleyball Team.
www.asiansportsnet.com /articles/2004olympics.html   (440 words)

  
 Athens Olympics 2004
Fittingly for an Olympic Games that was, more than most, about beginnings and endings, the honour of carrying the Australian flag and leading the team at the closing ceremony was given to veteran swimmer Petria Thomas.
As is the fate of many Olympic athletes, the members of the men's hockey team who won perhaps the most thrilling of Australia's 17 gold medals will return to relative obscurity once the celebrations have died down.
Olympic historian Harry Gordon speaks to Roy Masters about his impression of how the Games will be remembered.
www.smh.com.au /olympics   (464 words)

  
 CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 1912 Stockholm
When presented with his gold medals, Sweden's King Gustav V called Thorpe "the greatest athlete in the world." He was later honoured in the U.S. as the greatest athlete of the first half of the century.
Thorpe was disqualified and had to return the medals because he received money for playing minor league baseball earlier in his career.
It was the first of three Olympics Kahanamoku would compete in before going on to be a film star and becoming an early surfing icon.
www.cbc.ca /olympics/2004/1912.html   (1468 words)

  
 1968 Summer Olympics medal count - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is the full table of the medal count of the 1968 Summer Olympics.
These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country.
1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1968_Summer_Olympics_medal_count   (171 words)

  
 ©2004, Gannett News Service
With a national record 63 medals, 32 of them gold, China's athletes showed in Athens they are primed to pump up host-country passions four years from now with a serious run at the USA's Summer Games medal supremacy.
Andre Ward was the first U.S. boxer to win a gold medal at the Athens Olympics, ending two weeks of frustration for the team that once dominated in the ring.
Steven Lopez's gold medal in the taekwondo competition was one of a flurry of medals at the Games' finish that pushed the United States over its publicly stated goal of 100 medals and kept the U.S. team on top of the medal count for a third consecutive Olympics.
content.gannettonline.com /gns/olympics/index.html   (409 words)

  
 Tuck News and Events - Professor Predicts Olympic Medal Totals
Their formula has a proven track record from the 2000 Sydney Olympics, where it exactly matched the U.S. overall medal total of 97 and the U.S. gold medal count of 39-an overall accuracy of 96 percent.
The study explains that over the last 40 years, national Olympic medal totals have been driven by four distinct factors: population, per capita income, past performance, and a host effect.
The good news for Australia is that this past Olympic achievement is likely to carry over to this summer's games in Athens, where the Bernard and Busse predict the country will win 54 medals.
www.tuck.dartmouth.edu /news/releases/pr20040726_olympics.html   (596 words)

  
 DraftHelp.com - Olympics Summer 2004
The aggregate result of these national Olympic teams will determine the winner, on the basis of 5 points for every gold medal, 3 points for every silver medal, and 1 point for every bronze medal.
The 15 national Olympic teams must be chosen from 4 different pools, in which the nations have been divided, according to their performance in Sydney 2000, plus a host nation factor.
Each participant must choose 2 Olympic teams from Group A, 3 Olympic teams from Group B, 5 Olympic teams from Group C and 5 Olympic teams from Group D (with encompasses all nations not in any of the former groups).
www.drafthelp.com /Olympics2004Summer.htm   (635 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- U.S. rider, team in hunt for three-day medals
The three-day event, which is to conclude Wednesday, is a demanding test of skill and stamina that originally was devised as the test of a cavalry horse.
Stadium jumping counts four penalty points for a dropped jump rail, so Severson is within one rail of catching Hoy for silver.
Equestrian sports are the only Olympic events where men and women compete directly against each other.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/20040817-0616-oly-three-daycross-countryequ.html   (608 words)

  
 Olympics - baltimoresun.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Bob Condron, the U.S. Olympic Committee's media services guru, also happens to be the man reporters lean on for inside tips, a well-timed pep talk and help when every piece of electronic equipment you brought has either gone haywire or disappeared.
She was third in the world last year, becoming such a national hero that she carried the flag for the host country in the opening ceremony.
She also covered the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
blogs.baltimoresun.com /sports_olympics   (2091 words)

  
 SUMMER OLYMPICS ATHENS 2004: MEDAL COUNT (major players only: EU, US, China, Russia)
Usually there is only one team per nation and team competition, and while there also is just one gold medal, EU teams currently can in principle capture the silver and bronze as well, which is usually impossible for single nations.
The original Olympic charter forbade a medal count that included a ranking per country" (read more).
All medal counts published by the media are inofficial; so is the one above.
www.idsia.ch /~juergen/medalcount.html   (324 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Athletes Around the World Compete at the XXVIII Summer Olympic Games -- August 20, 2004
If they don't win the medal count here, they have a good chance to do it four years from now when the Olympics are on their home soil.
She did end up winning a bronze medal but a woman named Mariel Zagounis who is 19 years old won the first medal for U.S. fencing in 104 years.
She won a gold medal and it's a moment in history for a sport that one hopes the United States will catch on a little bit.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/sports/july-dec04/olympics_8-20.html   (2395 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) does not recognise global ranking per country; the medal tables are displayed for information only.
However, for the first Olympic Games (until Antwerp in 1920), it is difficult to give the exact number of medals awarded to some countries, due to the fact that teams were composed of athletes from different countries.
The medal tables by country are based on the number of medals won, with gold medals taking priority over silver and bronze.
www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/table_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=2004   (106 words)

  
 WCH2004.com Official site of World Cup of Hockey 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In naming its roster, the defending Olympic champion eschewed some big-name finesse players in favor of more well-rounded, physically imposing athletes, thus creating some minor controversies in the selection process.
In the final count, seven forwards from Canada's last Olympic team were not included on the World Cup roster, which will not be finalized until late August.
Those veterans are joined by Ottawa's Wade Redden, one of the last cuts from the Olympic roster and Calgary's Robyn Regehr, who is having a dominant postseason with the Flames.
wch2004.com /countries/can/roster_analysis051804.html   (1012 words)

  
 Olympics
A complete review of the Summer Olympic Games in 2000, including final medal standings by nation, leading individual medal winners and a breakdown of medal winners in all major events.
A complete review of the Summer Olympic Games in 1996, including final medal standings by nation, leading individual medal winners and a breakdown of medal winners in all major events.
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 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > Olympics -- Thompson loses lead on final leg of 400 free relay
She had a chance for her ninth gold when she dove into the water with an edge of nearly four-tenths of a second but, at age 31, the most successful relay swimmer in U.S. history just couldn't hold it.
She swam her 100 in 53.77 – fastest of the Americans and enough to give the team a silver medal and a national record of 3:36.39.
Thompson has never won an individual gold medal, however, and most of her medals have come in relays.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/swimming/20040814-1415-oly-thompsonfallsshortswm.html   (524 words)

  
 CBC.CA - Torino 2006
Led by snow explorers with a white horse symbolizing victory, the Olympic closing ceremony began in grand style at Stadio Olimpico in Turin, Italy, Sunday.
But while some athletes exited the Olympic stage, others served notice that they'll be ones to watch four years from now in Vancouver.
Relive the pageantry of the Torino Olympics closing ceremony.
www.cbc.ca /olympics   (264 words)

  
 Athens 2004 :: Computer and Video
Gamers Hell (PlayStation 2): Review, by M. Cobussen: Some events are a lot of fun and will have you pushing hard for that world record that you're so close to, but you'll lose interest in other events in a manner of minutes.
Count on us for all of the latest on the Athens 2004 Playstation 2 Game.
IGN (PlayStation 2): Review, by Ed Lewis: For goofing off with some buddies and showing who can wreck their controllers the fastest, this is a blast.
kids-and-teens.gourt.com /Games/Computer-and-Video/Athens-2004.html   (639 words)

  
 NBCOlympics.com - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Apolo Anton Ohno is leaving Torino with three medals.
Norway's Kari Traa won a silver medal at her fourth and final Olympics.
Even though the Olympic games are over, the NBC Universal Store still has your favorite Torino merchandise.
www.nbcolympics.com /index.html   (172 words)

  
 2004 SUMMER OLYMPICS!
I think I finally could appreciate what the Olympics are about: everyone around the world coming together to compete and/or cheer their country's participants.
Of course the USA dominated in the overall medal count by bringing home a gaudy 103 of those bad boys.
After being literally cheated out of an Olympic medal (and gold at that) by ridiculously inept scoring (there was a lot of that), he went back up to the stage and politely signaled to the rebellious crowd to quiet itself so an opponent could go on.
journals.aol.com /jsthoughts/TwoViewsReviews/entries/2004/08/30/2004-summer-olympics/408   (1218 words)

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