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 Olympic Venues
Situated in Maroussi, 10 km from Athens and 15 km from the airport.
It consists of the Goudi Olympic Hall and the Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre.
At a distance of 35 mins from the centre of Athens and 25 mins north of the Eleftherios Venizelos Internation Airport.
www.greecetravel.com /2004olympics/venues.htm   (1393 words)

  
 Modern Pentathlon Centre - Athens Olympics 2004 - ABC Sport.
Modern Pentathlon Centre - Athens Olympics 2004 - ABC Sport.
There is a 2,500-seat area inside the modern pentathlon complex to cater for swimming while the riding and running areas can seat 5,000 spectators.
From Hicham El Guerrouj ending his Olympic hoodoo to the triumph of Iranian Hercules Hossein Rezazadeh, these were the defining moments of the Athens Games.
www.abc.net.au /olympics/2004/venues/pentathlon.htm   (256 words)

  
 Modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre at the Goudi Olympic Complex as single day events for men and women on August 26 and August 27, respectively.
The points from each of the events were summed to give a final ranking; in addition, the running segment at the end of the day used a staggered start designed so that the order in which runners finished would be the same as their ranking by total points.
Qualification for the modern pentathlon event was run by the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Modern_Pentathlon_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics   (368 words)

  
 Olympics Athletics: Modern Pentathlon, Track & Field, Triathlon, Weightlifting - CBS SportsLine.com
The Goudi Olympic Complex consists of two venues: the Olympic Gymnasium of Goudi and the Olympic Centre of Modern Pentathlon.
Modern Pentathlon's Shooting and Fencing as well as Badminton will be held at the 2,500-seat Olympic Gymnasium of Goudi.
Modern Pentathlon's other disciplines: Swimming, Riding and Running will be held at the Olympic Centre of Modern Pentathlon, which includes a 2,300 seated area for Swimming, two 4,700 seated areas for Riding and Running.
www.sportsline.com /olympics/summer/athletics   (444 words)

  
 Olympic Preview: Modern Pentathlon
American George Patton (yes, that George Patton) was a strong challenger for the modern pentathlon gold in 1912 but faltered in the shooting competition.
The modern pentathlon used to be drawn out over anywhere from four to six days.
The Sydney Olympics were the first games to hold a women's modern pentathlon competition.
www.factmonster.com /spot/ol-pentathlon.html   (489 words)

  
 Modern Pentathlon: 2004 Greek Games in Athens
All mens pentathlon events will take place on August 26th while the women compete on the 27th.
The modern pentathlon is made up of 5 sports, they are shooting, fencing, horse riding, swimming and cross-country running.
The swimming pentathlon event is rather interesting since contestants race against the clock instead of each other.
www.greekgames.com /modern_pentathlon   (537 words)

  
 Olimpic Games in Athens Greece   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Mission of the International Centre of Olympic Truce is the creation of organizational frame of support of the movement for the Olympic Truce and international promotion of Culture of Peace via local and world scope programs, according to the ideas and the policies that are engraved by the Institution.
Mission of the Interntional Centre of Olynpic Truce is the creation of organizational frame of support of the movement for the Olympic Truce and international promotion of Culture of Peace via local and world scope programs, according to the ideas and the policies that are engraved by the Institution.
Mission of the Internatinal Centre of OlympicTruce is the creation of organizational frame of support of the movement for the Olympic Truce and international promotion of Culture of Peace via local and world scope programs, according to the ideas and the policies that are engraved by the Institution.
www.geographicguide.com /travel/olimpic-games-athens.htm   (4721 words)

  
 RTÉ.ie Sport The 2004 Olympic Games
Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre, Goudi Olympic Complex, Athens, Greece.
As many competitions in the Olympics originated from the concept of war the pentathlon contains five different disciplines, which displays many martial qualities.
The fight for the men's gold is expected to be between Andreis Zadneprovskis of Lithuania, who won the world title in Russia in June, and world number one Gabor Balogh of Hungary who was a silver medallist in Sydney.
www.rte.ie /sport/olympics2004/events/pentathlon.html   (254 words)

  
 United States Olympic Committee - London doesn't need a herd of white elephants
The Olympics, we are told, will transform run-down urban areas from concrete eyesores devoid of investment or employment into oases of green parks and sporting arenas.
Athens' weightlifting arena sits atop the crowded huddle of concrete apartment blocks in the rundown neighbourhood of Nikea like a blue and grey sandcastle on a pile of rubble.
Olympic venues are not built to meet the needs of local communities they are built to meet the requirements of international sports federations.
www.olympic-usa.org /117_30659.htm   (964 words)

  
 ESA - Observing the Earth - Athens Olympics Sports Complexes
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.
Finally comes the Goudi Olympic Complex, consisting of two venues, the Goudi Olympic Hall – hosting shooting and fencing - and the Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre, hosting the three pentathlon disciplines of swimming, riding and running.
www.esa.int /esaEO/SEMYM40XDYD_index_0.html   (374 words)

  
 Modern Pentathlon Tickets - Olympic Games Modern Pentathlon Tickets 2012 - Buy Modern Pentathlon Tickets - Modern ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Dig for tickets.co.uk is the ultimate ticket resource for all Modern Pentathlon tickets in the UK and Europe.
Olympics organisers say they have sold more than 2.6m tickets for the Games.
It is important we stress that you are buying Modern Pentathlon tickets from a third party who is advertising on dig for tickets.co.uk and not actually from dig for tickets.co.uk.
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 GAMES AT A GLANCE
The high-performance 49er, with retractable wings and the crew hiked out in trapezes, made a splashy debut at Sydney in 2000 and is sure to be one of the most interesting classes again.
Four-time world under-20 champion Argentina is left as the favorite in the 16-team field, although the Olympic tournament is tough to gauge because rules restrict teams to players under 23, with three exemptions.
Sure to draw plenty of attention is Tammy Crow, allowed to compete by U.S. Olympic Committee despite pleading no-contest to vehicular manslaughter charges in a crash that killed her boyfriend and a 12-year-old boy.
www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/08/12/olympics04/spt_glance.html   (3039 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Olympics 2004 | Athens Venues Guide
The main press centre and the International Broadcast Centre were the first Olympic building projects to open for business on 13 July.
Work was carried out to get the centre ready for fencing, handball and basketball preliminaries by the end of May. The complex also has baseball, softball, canoe/kayak slalom, hockey and baseball venues.
The metro line from the city centre to the airport has opened, along with the tram line to link the centre of Athens with seaside sporting venues.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/olympics_2004/venues_guide/default.stm   (517 words)

  
 SI.com - Capsules on Olympic events - Monday August 9, 2004 12:49AM
The United States is sending nine boxers to Athens, trying to rebound from a disappointing 2000 Olympics where no American boxers won gold medals for the first time in 52 years.
WHERE:Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre at the Goudi Olympic Complex.
Gail Devers made her fifth Olympic team, but is going for her first gold medal in the 100 hurdles.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/olympics/2004/07/19/sport.capsules   (3928 words)

  
 Athens Olympics 2004
Australia has never won an Olympic medal or a world title in this sport, but oddly enough will be fielding a two-person squad that features an Olympic champion and a world junior champion.
She missed the Sydney Olympic as she was pregnant with her first child.
American Vaho Iagorashvili will be appearing at his third Olympics for his third country after previously representing the Soviet Union in 1988 and Georgia in 1996.
www.smh.com.au /olympics/modernpentathlon/samuelson.html   (289 words)

  
 Prince Edward Island: News Release (Congratulations Kara!)
Women’s modern pentathlon was added to the Olympic program in 2000.
The pentathlon consists of five disciplines: pistol shooting, fencing, swimming, horse jumping, and running.
The women’s pentathlon competition runs August 27, 2004 at the Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre in Athens, Greece.
www.gov.pe.ca /news/getrelease.php3?number=3701   (312 words)

  
 Athen Olympics - Guide of Games (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
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 Buy Olympic Tickets Olympic Basketball Tickets Mens Basketball Olympics Tickets Athens 2004
Modern Pentathlon events will be held at Galatsi Olympic Hall.
Background » Modern Pentathlon is one of the premiere events to attend.
When you find Modern Pentathlon tickets that you would like to purchase, they can be purchased online via our encrypted safe and secure server.
www.athens-olympic-tickets.com /modern-pentathlon.asp   (367 words)

  
 ITF Tennis - Olympics - Overview
The Olympic Tennis Centre is part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex, or OAKA, situated nine kilometres north of Athens city centre, at Maroussi.
British architect Richard Rees designed both of them, and so the Athens centre court in particular looks very much like the centre court in Sydney, and Wimbledon's No. 1 Court, which he also designed.
The Centre Court also houses the players' lounge and locker rooms, media centre, tournament control and technology.
www.itftennis.com /olympics/venue/centre   (333 words)

  
 Athens Olympics 2004
Eszter Hortobagyi made a late surge in the final stages of the modern pentathlon and finished 20th from a field of 32.
Zsuzsanna Voros of Hungary won the women's modern pentathlon gold medal at the Olympics on Friday.
Russian boxer Oleg Saitov goes to Athens chasing a third consecutive welterweight Olympic gold medal after success in Atlanta and Sydney.
www.smh.com.au /olympics/modernpentathlon   (251 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Athens Watch: Thursday, Aug. 26   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Athens Watch is a log of the latest events from Athens.
Athens time and the long jump final takes place.
Playing its best basketball of the Olympics, the U.S. took a 44-43 lead into halftime of their men's quarterfinal game against Spain.
www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/athens/watch/2004-08-26-watch26_x.htm   (2011 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - NEWS
On Monday 18 October at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, a number of Olympic athletes were honoured by the television channel Eurosport, which presented the SportStar Awards 2004.
Among them were Siren Sundby (Norway), sailing; Zsuzsanna Voros (Hungary), modern pentathlon; Anke Kühn (Germany), hockey; Katherine Allen (Austria), triathlon; Alina Kabaeva (Russia), artistic gymnastics; Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia), pole vault; Tony Estanguet (France), canoe/kayak; and Anky van Grunsven (Netherlands), gold medallist in dressage; not forgetting Switzerland’s Marcel Fischer, fencing gold medallist.
They were nominated, however, because they represent the Olympic spirit and defend the Olympic values.
www.olympic.org /uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=1124   (327 words)

  
 Athens Olympic Tickets 2004
Rowing events will be held at Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre.
Olympic Rowing will begin August 15 and conclude August 22, 2004.
However, if the tickets you wish to purchase are no longer available, we will contact you immediately and you will be given other options or you may choose an alternative set of tickets that we wil try to offer similar to the price range of your original order.
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 Olympic Games Greece 2004 Athens Olympics Schedule Athens
Below is the timetable for the events for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
The preliminary rounds of the Football Event start on the 11th August, which is actually two days before the Opening Ceremony in Athens on the 13th August.
Modern Pentathlon Centre and Olympic Hall, Goudi Olympic Complex
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 Olympics 2004
OUTLOOK: The United States won the last two gold medals and is favored again with Olympic veterans Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes and Dawn Staley and rising young star Diana Taurasi.
Mia Hamm, Joy Fawcett, Julie Foudy and probably Kristine Lilly and Brandi Chastain — five players who debuted in the late 1980s for a team that didn't even exist before 1985 — are ending a journey that turned an obscure women's sport into a major social phenomenon.
Natalie Coughlin and Amanda Beard lead the American women, while 10-time medalist Jenny Thompson is back for her fourth — and final — Olympics.
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 OLYMPIC MODERN PENTATHLON SQUAD ANNOUNCED (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Georgina Harland and Kate Allenby have been officially announced as the two modern pentathletes who will compete for Great Britain at the Olympic Games in August.
“Georgie Harland and Kate Allenby have achieved the Olympic qualifying standard comfortably, and this season have shown why they are both contenders for medals in Athens.
Allenby won bronze at the 2000 Olympics while Harland was travelling reserve to the team, but both will be aiming to match Stephanie Cook’s gold medal winning performance in Sydney this time round – and they have every chance of doing that, according to BOA Chief Executive Simon Clegg.
www.eis2win.net.cob-web.org:8888 /gen/news_modernpentathlonsquad150604.aspx   (295 words)

  
 Modern pentathlon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
He again won a world championship this year and is again the favorite, though he'll be chased by Lee Choon Huan (South Korea) and Gabor Balogh (Hungary).
Women: Szuszanna Voros (Hungary) has won two straight world championships and is the favorite in Athens.
Who you'll remember: Larsen-Iagorashvili's husband, Vaho Iagorashvili, is competing in his third Olympics for a third country.
www.sun-sentinel.com /news/local/southflorida/sns-olympics-prev-pentathlon,0,5806818.blurb   (238 words)

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