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Topic: 2004 Athens Olympic Games

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		In 2004 the Olympic Games returned to Greece, the home of both the ancient Olympics and the first modern Olympics.
		Relive the magic of the Athens Olympic Summer Games The Olympic village:
		Athens, 13 August, Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=2004 (382 words)

	ATHENS 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES - The Olympic Emblem
		The 2004 Olympic Games emblem represents an olive wreath intertwined in a circle.
		In the ancient Olympic Games, an olive tree branch, called "kotinos", was the official award for the Olympic champions.
		The white and blue colors of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games emblem were chosen in order to remind the colors of the Greek flag.
	www.akropol.net /athens_2004_olympiad/2004_athens_olympic_emblem.htm (64 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece, from August 13 to August 29, 2004.
		Athens was chosen as the host city during the 106th IOC Session held in Lausanne in 05 September 1997, after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta nearly seven years before, on 18 September 1990, during the 96th IOC Session in Tokyo.
		All National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the Athens Games, as was the case in 1996.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics (2681 words)

	2004 Olympic Games - Athens
		ATHENS 2004 President, Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, together with the Mayor of Volos, Kyriakos Mitrou, inaugurated the ATHENS 2004 office in Volos, the capital of Magnesia.
		The ATHENS 2004 President announced that more than 1,000 citizens of Magnesia, and a total of 2,500 citizens from all over Thessaly, have already submitted their volunteers applications, and that the selection and training procedure will start in Volos in September.
		The ATHENS 2004 President also announced that the Olympic Flame will remain in Volos for one day in the course of the Torch Relay’s journey across the globe, a route that was decided for the very first time.
	www.ezzetravel.com /athens2004/news.shtml (3845 words)

	Tour Trip Greece: Athens 2004 Olympic Games
		Everything points to the return of the Olympic games to their point of origin, may also become springboard for the permanent location where they will take place and belong.
		The implementation of the "Olympic truce", of sportsmanship, fair play and the "Olympism" must occur as soon as possible the sooner the better, and include pacifism as well as the creative participation of all the people on the earth.
		The program of the events of 2004 will be served to you from the website of the organization committee so as to locate the events which you are interested in during the dates and times they will occur.
	www.tourtripgreece.gr /olympics/athens_2004.php (481 words)

	Greece Olympics Athens 2004 Olympic Games Travel Holidays Hotels Summer 2004
		In 1894 at an international congress, that was actually devised for the study of amateur sports, he voiced his view on the revival of the Olympic Games, and was delighted when the other countries participating in the congress agreed with him.
		Held in Athens in 1896 at the Panatheniac Stadium, the games heralded a welcomed return to the original beliefs and virtues of the ancient games.
		The games cancelled were the 1916 Olympics, due to be held in Berlin, the 1940 games to be held in Tokyo and the 1944 games to be held in Helsinki.
	www.aroundgreece.com /olympics-modern.html (501 words)

	Downies.com - The Coins of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games
		In August 2004, the Olympic Games return to the country where they were born over 2,500 years ago and revived in 1896.
		Greece, as the organiser of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, also bears the legacy of the 27 centuries since the striking of the first coin, Aegina in 687 BC.
		The inner circle displays the coins nominal value (100 Euro), the official logo of the Olympic Games which consists of the 2004 Athens wreath and the “Anthemion” – the symbol of quality of the Greek Mint.
	www.downies.com /athens2004/index.htm (695 words)

	Athens 2004 - Olympic Games coins (Series B)
		The first games in Olympia are believed to have been held in 776 B.C., a date that thereafter constituted the basis for the calculation of time in antiquity.
		The men's long jump was on the programme of the Athens Olympic Games in 1896, and the women's on the programme of the 1948 Olympic Games in London.
		Efsimon Collections SA is the official licensee of the Olympic Committee for the distribution of the Official Coins of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games.
	www.fleur-de-coin.com /currency/olympiceuros3.asp?sec=4 (1047 words)

	The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The modern torch relay was begun as a part of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, although the idea of the Olympic flame was introduced at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam and was also a part of the Los Angeles Olympic Games of 1932.
		The Greek press is calling the Athens Olympics 2004 “the festival of all festivals.” The Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia, some 5 hours west of Athens, hosted almost 1200 years of festivals, one every four years.
		Finally, a cloud has hung over the Greek coverage of the Athens Olympic Games since yesterday after two of Greece’s finest athletes missed their IOC drug tests, and then were tragically involved in a motorcycle accident.
	www.museum.upenn.edu /new/olympics/journal.shtml (1049 words)

	ATHENS 2004 Olympic Global Torch Relay - NYC.gov
		The ATHENS 2004 Olympic Organizing Committee announced the first-ever global journey of the Olympic Torch in November of 2003.
		The Olympic flame was lit by the sun's rays during a traditional ceremony in Ancient Olympia, Greece on March 25, 2004, the anniversary of the date that the modern Olympic Games were revived in 1896.
		The ATHENS 2004 Olympic Torch Relay is not associated with NYC2012, the committee leading New York's bid to host the Olympic Games in 2012.
	www.nyc.gov /torch (461 words)

	Athens 2004: Much information about the Olympic Games of Athens 2004
		The Olympic Games were such a sacred festival that wars had to stop whenever they started (every full moon of August).
		In 2004, the Olympic Games are going to return in their birth country.
		The many others buildings forming part of the Athens Olympic Sports complex are all around the city from the Karaiskaki Stadium near Piraeus (in the suburb of Faliro) to the area of Marathon where the marathon race will follow the ancient traditional race route.
	www.athens-360.com /athens-2004.htm (326 words)

	Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		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 (524 words)

	Athens 2004, Olympic games 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		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.
	greece-private.com /athens2004.htm (2254 words)

	Athens Summer Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Natalia Godunko of the Ukraine performs with ball during the Olympic Games individual all-round final of the rhythmic gymnastics at the Galatsi Olympic Hall in Athens 29 August 2004.
		The 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens came to a spectacular conclusion on Sunday with IOC president Jacques Rogge describing them 'as the unforgettable, dream Games'.
		The Athens Games came to a close on Sunday as dancers perform in a wheat field as part of a lavish ceremony to conclude festivities.
	athens2004.inq7.net /sites/photo_gallery.php (802 words)

	Athens 2004 - Olympic Games commemorative coins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In August 2004, the Olympic Games return to the country where they were born over 2,500 years ago, and to Athens the city of their revival in 1896.
		The number of Olympic coins issued has also increased, as 24 different coins were minted for the 1972 Munich Olympics and 45 for the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
		The anticipated gross revenue for ATHENS 2004 from their sale is expected to be of the order of €2.5 million.
	www.fleur-de-coin.com /currency/olympiceuros.asp?sec=4 (897 words)

	INVgr / Athens 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games / Invest in Olympic Athens / 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 Flisvos Marina served as a VIP marina to accommodate the guests of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
		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 (5073 words)

	Downies.com - The Coins of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games
		(Gold 3) Built in the 4 th century BC and refurbished for the opening of the 1896 Olympic Games, the Panathinaiko Stadium symbolises the revival of the modern Olympic Games.
		A strictly limited edition, the 2004 Athens Olympic Games 12-Coin Silver Set is an innovative celebration of the rich history of the sports of the Olympic games.
		The six monuments depicted across the series all have a deep connection with the history of both the Ancient Olympic and the modern Olympic tradition, and all are beautifully portrayed in gold.
	downies.com /athens2004/collections.htm (586 words)

	History of Ancient Greek Olympic Game and Athens 2004 Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		This was the Olympic emblem for the 2004 Athens Greece Olympic Games.
		The olive tree was the sacred tree and symbol of the city-state of Athens.
		The olive wreath is one of the legacies of the ancient Games and was the prize awarded to Olympic champions.
	www.yachting-greece.com /Athens_2004_Olympic_Games.html (596 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)

	Olympic Games: Athens 2004 - Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Records of Olympic history show that the ancient Olympic Games were held in Greece as early as 776 BC.
		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 third millennium, the Games are returning to the country of their birth and the city of their revival.
	www.wpxi.com /sports/2210568/detail.html (332 words)

	Greece braces for 2004 Athens Olympic Games - The Washington Times: World Briefings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The concentration of athletes, the phalanxes of backup personnel and the expected presence of some 4 million spectators expected for the 17-day Olympic Games next August are likely to paralyze Athens and strain the country's resources beyond anything experienced before.
		The 2004 Olympiad is the first such gathering since the devastating terrorist raids on the United States on September 11, 2001.
		Since hotels in Athens and its vicinity cannot possibly cope with such an influx, an appeal has been issued to the inhabitants of Athens to offer hospitality in their apartments.
	www.washtimes.com /world/20031011-113022-5745r.htm (1192 words)

	Athens Olympic Games 2004 - 1896 Athens
		Modern, when applied to the Olympic Games, is a relative term to distinguish them from the ancient Olympic Games.
		My point is that the games of Athens 1896 were different from those 40 years later in Berlin and the Games of Sydney in 2000 have evolved into a different animal from either of those two earlier games.
		What struck me in my brief study of the history of the games, is the paradox that the early celebrations with their amateur status produced more fascinating sporting incidents than the slick professional games of the last 20 years.
	guy-sports.com /olympics/athens_olympics_2004_1896.htm (307 words)

	ATHENS 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES - Olympic Pictograms
		A total number of 35 pictograms identify the sports in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
		These pictograms refer to the origin of the ancient Games and Greek culture, as their shape, colours, conception and image contain Greek elements.
		All the functional pictograms were redesigned specifically for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
	www.akropol.net /athens_2004_olympiad/2004_athens_olympic_pictogr.htm (84 words)

	Athens 2004 Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Athens was the site of the first Olympic Games of the modern era in 1896.
		The city won the 2004 bid in September 1997 overcoming strong serious competition from 10 other bid cities.
		Winning the bid brought great joy to the people of the Greek capital who were bitterly disappointed after losing the bid for the 1996 Olympic Games to Atlanta, Georgia.
	www.aafla.org /6oic/OlympicPrimer/athens2004.htm (162 words)

	Olympic Games - Olympics links - Internet links
		The AOC is the official organising committee for Australia's 2004 Olympic campaign.
		The site of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), the organisation responsible for preparing Australia's athletes for the Olympic Games, is archived at the Pandora archive at the National Library of Australia.
		It has information on Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic Games, the history of the ancient Games and events, including pancration (a combination of wrestling and boxing) and the horse races.
	www.sl.nsw.gov.au /links/olympics/olympics.cfm (783 words)

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