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	Olympic venues in Athens - Athens Info Guide
		Three sporting events were hosted at the Indoor Arena and Fencing Hall of the Helliniko Olympic Complex Athens: the preliminaries of basketball and the finals of handball at the Indoor Arena and the preliminaries and final of fencing at the Fencing Hall.
		The Olympic Hockey Center is a new construction, in the south of Athens, with one large pitch of 7.300 seats and a smaller one of 2.100.
		The Olympic Softball Stadium is a new construction situated in the heart of the Helliniko Olympic Complex in the south of Athens.
	www.athensinfoguide.com /olympicvenues.htm (2328 words)

	Olympic Facilities, Athens - Picture - MSN Encarta
		Olympic Facilities, Athens - Picture - MSN Encarta
		The Athens Olympic Sports Complex, centerpiece of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, is located in Maroussi, a northern suburb of Athens.
		The complex, shown here under construction, contains stadiums, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a tennis center, a cycling velodrome, and other venues.
	encarta.msn.com /media_701694084/Olympic_Facilities_Athens.html (51 words)

	Athens Olympic Sports Hall (OAKA)
		This indoor hall forms part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex, located in Maroussi (a northern suburb of Athens, 9 km from the city centre).
		Greeks call it (and its neighbouring Olympic Stadium) simply "OAKA" - the initials for the Olympic Sports Complex, of which it is part.
		Besides ball games, the Olympic Sports Hall can also host gymnastics (for which its capacity is reduced to 16,700, due to the removal of the lower stands).
	www.stadia.gr /oaka-b/oaka-b.html (405 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Sports Special Report: The Battle for the 2004 Olympics
		If Athens viewed the nine-day world championships as an opportunity to gain ground on Rome, the apparent favorite to be awarded the Games, that city seemed to be waiting for Athens to stumble while the world was watching.
		Throughout, the Athens Olympic bid committee entertained reporters and officials poolside at the outdoor Olympic swimming center in the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.
		In 1990, when the 1996 Olympics were awarded, Athens angered some IOC members with its arrogance: The city seemed to believe it deserved the Games simply by virtue of having been host to the first modern Olympics in 1896.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/2004/athens19.htm (1088 words)

	Athens Olympic Stadium - Athens Olympics 2004 - ABC Sport.
		And at the heart of the complex, situated at Maroussi, is the Olympic Stadium.
		Also located at the Olympic Sports Complex are the Indoor Hall (basketball), the Aquatic Centre (swimming, diving, water polo, synchronised swimming), the Olympic Tennis Centre and the Velodrome.
		From farce to tragedy, the Olympics are sporting theatre, and Athens 2004 offered the perfect stage for a huge variety of plots and leading characters.
	abc.net.au /olympics/2004/venues/stadium.htm (293 words)

	GeoEye Gallery: ATHENS 2004 OLYMPICS
		The Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece was taken by GeoEye's IKONOS satellite on March 15, 2001; June 14, 2003; June 13, 2004; July 24, 2004 and August 18, 2004.
		The Faliro Complex is comprised of three Olympic venues, the Sports Pavilion (Taekwondo and handball), the Olympic Beach Volleyball Center, and the Peace and Friendship Stadium (volleyball).
		The Peristeri Sports Complex in Athens, Greece was taken by GeoEye's IKONOS satellite on March 15, 2001; June 14, 2003; June 13, 2004; July 24, 2004; and August 18, 2004.
	www.geoeye.com /gallery/2004Olympics/default.htm (349 words)

	Olympic Routes - Issue 6
		ATHENS 2004 and the Ministry of Culture have asked Santiago Calatrava, the well-known architect, to redesign and upgrade OAKA in an innovative and creative way, including the new roof structure for Olympic Stadium.
		The Organising Committee for the Olympic Games ATHENS 2004, in a joint effort with the Ministry of Culture, chose Spanish Santiago Calatrava to redesign the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA), as well as, improve the look and function of the city's other key buildings and landmarks.
		The Olympic cauldron, the symbol of the Olympic Games is a movable sculptural element that will be highlighted during the Olympic Opening Ceremony; strategically situated in a central square, the cauldron will be visible from all the competition venues of the OAKA.
	www.hoc.gr /en/info/periodika/6o/9.asp (1314 words)

	Panasonic USA Athens Olympic Games 2004 Website
		ATHENS, GREECE (July 26, 2004) - Spectators at the Olympic Games will be able to catch all the action on twelve Panasonic Astrovision LED screens placed in the Olympic venues and two screens in Athens City.
		The two screens at the Olympic Stadium measure 1194.79 square feet, weigh 12 tons each, and can show both real-time Track and Field events, as well as action replays to the spectators seated over 650 feet away from the screens.
		In the City of Athens, Panasonic will set up two temporary screens: one screen at the Common Domain in the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA) at Maroussi, and one screen at the Water Plaza in the Faliro Coastal Zone.
	www.panasonic.com /olympics2004/press72604.html (612 words)

	Athens-Olympic-Images
		Athens was my second opportunity to be a volunteer at the Olympics.
		The Olympic Aquatic Centre, was located at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Maroussi between the Olympic Stadium and the Velodrome.
		Entering the Olympic complex security was extremely tight to ensure that no one of the audience brought a camera or cell phone into the stadium and captured images of the rehearsal.
	www.stephen-roberts.com /Athens-2004-Olympics.htm (1202 words)

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		Image courtesy Santiago Calatrava S.A. The principal architectural interventions included a new roof for the Olympic Stadium, a new roof and refurbishing of the Velodrome, entrance plazas and entrance canopies for the complex as a whole, a central Plaza of the Nations, tree-lined boulevards, a pair of arcade structures reminiscent of the ancient agora.
		The Olympic Stadium is covered with a roof of laminated glass, composed of a pair of bent "leaves," capable of reflecting up to 90% of the sunlight.
		The Olympic Icon is a movable steel sculpture in the form of a spindle.
	www.arcspace.com /architects/calatrava/athens_olympic/athens_olympic.html (566 words)

	Athens Olympic Sports Complex
		The Athens Olympic Sports Complex is the central group of facilities for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
		It is situated at Maroussi, northeast Athens, Greece.
		The Olympic Indoor Hall which hosted some of the gymnastics events and the finals of the basketball.
	www.reboom.com /article/Athens_Olympic_Sports_Complex.html (106 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Olympic Indoor Hall (also known simply as the Indoor Hall) was completed in 1995 and is the largest indoor venue in use for sporting events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
		On May 18 and 20, 2006 the Olympic Indoor Hall hosted the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, that was held in Athens after Greece's victory at the Song Contest in 2005.
		The Olympic Aquatic Centre is a complex at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex, consisting of two outdoor pools and one indoor pool, that was built for the 1991 Mediterranean Games.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Athens_Olympic_Sports_Complex (685 words)

	BCBSRA Web Site
		The Sports Pavilion together with the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre, the Marina and the Esplanade are included in a wider urban area redevelopment project of the coastal zone.
		The Olympic Stadium, the centre of attraction during the 2004 Paralympics Games, is situated at Marousi, a northern suburb of Athens.
		As the Olympic Village will operate as a prototype social housing estate in its post-Olympic use, the accessibility requirements incorporated in the design solutions will also serve the needs of disabled, elderly and all other future permanent residents who are the OEK beneficiaries, as a legacy of the Paralympic Games.
	www.bcblindsports.bc.ca /graphic/paralympics/facilities.htm (937 words)

	Welcome to rediff.com : Sports - Athens 2004 Venues
		A steel-and-glass roof for the main stadium was so delayed that the International Olympic Committee had considered asking Athens organizers to cancel it.
		Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre — 10,000 seats — Beach Volleyball Nearly 100 athletes will compete in a 9,600-seat complex in Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex, 25 kilometers from the Olympic Village in Athens.
		The Helliniko Olympic Complex is twenty miles south of the Olympic Village
	ushome.rediff.com /sports/ath04ven.htm (404 words)

	WE ARE ABLE - SPORTS FACILITIES
		All the sports facilities are located within a radius of 30 minutes travelling time (maximum) from the Olympic Village, which is located at the end of the eastern branch of the ring road of the capital.
		The AOSC lies at the mid-point of the northern branch of the city’s outer traffic ring, which is also the northern branch of the inner ring.
		An Olympic Yachting Centre, Indoor Sports Halls for Weightlifting, Badminton and Table Tennis and an Olympic Shooting Range are scheduled along the outer and inner ring roads of the capital.
	www.hri.org /Athens2004/en/able/facilities.html (560 words)

	athens 2004 olympic game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		During the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games, Athletics events will be staged at the Athens Olympic Stadium in the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA), with the exception of the Marathon, the Road Walk events and the Shot-put that will be held in the Ancient Olympia Stadium.
		In Athens, the Canoe / kayak flatwater racing competition will be held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre, near the village of Marathon, over six competition days, from 23 to 28 August 2004.
		Track cycling will be held from 20 to 25 August in the Olympic Velodrome at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA), while Mountain bike events will be held on 27 and 28 August in Parnitha Olympic Mountain Bike Venue, in Mount Parnitha, in the Municipalty of Acharnai.
	www.olympic-games-sportbook.com (1377 words)

	INVgr/ Athens 2004 Olympic stadiums, halls, sports complexes, facilities and civil works (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Olympic Aquatic Centre is expected to be ready by the end of 2003.
		In addition, a delegation of the FIFA soccer association said at the end of a visit to Greece on March 15, 2003 that it was satisfied with progress towards the games, although deadlines needed to be met as time was short.
		The 2004 Olympic Game projects are critical for Greece and are expected to boost the national economy and help maintain high growth rates, to offer job opportunities and reduce unemployment, bolster tourism and improve the quality of every day life, directly affecting public health, environmental cultural and other issues.
	www.invgr.com /olympics_stadiums.htm (1242 words)

	Digital Picture Center
		To help Olympic ticket holders capture and share their precious Olympic memories with friends and family all over the world, Eastman Kodak Company has set up the Kodak Digital Picture Center in the Common Domain area of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA).
		Olympic ticket holders can easily download their digital images to a Kodak Picture CD, enabling them to free up space on their memory cards to capture more Olympic action and memories.
		Olympic ticket holders can also upload their digital pictures to Kodak's online photo services, allowing fans to store and immediately share their pictures with friends and family anywhere in the world.
	www.kodak.com /eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=3091&pq-locale=en_US (863 words)

	Space Imaging :: Image Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece was taken by Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite on March 15, 2001; June 14, 2003; June 13, 2004; and July 24, 2004.
		The Panathinaiko Olympic Sports Complex (also known as Kallimarmaro) in Athens, Greece was taken by Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite on March 15, 2001; June 14, 2003; June 13, 2004; and July 24, 2004.
		The Peristeri Sports Complex in Athens, Greece was taken by Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite on March 15, 2001; June 14, 2003; June 13, 2004; and July 24, 2004.
	www.spaceimaging.com /gallery/2004Olympics/default2.htm (385 words)

	ireland.com / Today / Sport / Olympics 2004
		The Complex includes the Olympic Stadium, host for the Opening and Closing ceremonies, the Athletics events and the Football final, the Olympic Indoor Hall, the Olympic Aquatic Centre, the Olympic Tennis Centre and the Olympic Velodrome.
		It is part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex area in which several of the leading venues are situated.
		The Aquatic Centre, part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex, hosts the swimming, water polo, synchronised swimming and diving in three different pools.
	www.ireland.com /sports/olympics2004/venues/olympicsportscomplex.htm (395 words)

	ESA - Observing the Earth - Athens Olympics Sports Complexes
		The first image – a sprawling stadium complex surrounded by suburbs, with a main road above it - is the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Maroussi, including the Olympic Stadium which hosts the opening and closing ceremonies, the athletics events and the football gold medal match.
		Also within the Complex is the Olympic Indoor Hall, where the basketball finals take place, the Olympic Tennis Centre and the Olympic Velodrome.
		The second image visited is the 6500-seater Galatsi Olympic Hall - in the suburb of Galatsi northwest of Athens – completed in May to host the table tennis and gymnastics events.
	www.esa.int /esaEO/SEMYM40XDYD_index_0.html (374 words)

	CNNSI.com - Olympic Sports - Walker, Frolander set world records in Athens - Thursday March 16, 2000 01:51 PM
		Britain's James Salter and James Gibson both broke British records in the heats of the 50-meter breaststroke and 200 freestyle events, being held in the indoor pool of the Athens Olympic sports complex.
		American Jenny Thompson -- a five-time Olympic gold medalist -- and Sweden's Therese Alshammar emerged as the two strongest swimmers in the women's 100 freestyle, while Canada's Mary Lyn Chaing was at the top of the rankings after the women's 100 backstroke event.
		Sports Illustrated and CNN have combined to form a 24 hour sports news and information channel.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/news/2000/03/16/short_course_ap (627 words)

	kiat.net: Athens 2004 - Table Tennis & Tennis
		China continues their domination in the sport of table tennis by winning 3 of 4 gold medals in these Games; failing to sweep all four events which they have done in the past two Olympics.
		Nevertheless, of the 20 gold medals that have been given out in the past 5 Olympics (4 in each), only 4 have not gone to China.
		Olympic Tennis Centre, Athens Olympic Sports Complex [AUG 15-22]
	www.kiat.net /olympics/athens2004/pingpong-tennis.html (189 words)

	Basketball in Athens - Olympic Games
		They will be held in the Indoor Arena of the Helliniko Olympic Complex, which has a total capacity of 15,000 seats.
		The quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals will be held on the four final game days (25-28 August) at the Olympic Indoor Hall, within the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OCO), where the total capacity is 18,000 seats.
		Olympic Stadia in Athens - Photos and information about the basketball arenas of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
	www.ael-limassol.net /basketball/athens-olympic-games.shtml (163 words)

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