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  2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
The 2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony was held on August 13.
The Mayor of Athens, Dora Bakoyianni, passed the Olympic Flag to the Mayor of Beijing, Wang Qishan.
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 Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
South Korea competed as Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics, while North Korea competed as DPR Korea.
Both North Korea and South Korea marched together in the Parade of Nations at the Opening Ceremony, however the teams were distinct.
National Olympic Committees at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
www.encyclopedia-online.info /South_Korea_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics   (331 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Sports Special Report: The Battle for the 2004 Olympics
Africa has never hosted the Games, and South Africa is pushing the Cape Town bid as a chance for the Olympic movement to fulfill its global mission.
Under apartheid, South Africa’s white-minority system of racial separation, the IOC was among the earliest international bodies to punish the nation for its policies, which did not allow fls to participate in international sports and segregated athletes by race in domestic competition.
At the other end of of the Olympic corridor, the other main venue, the indoor exhibition hall, is closer to the city center and walking distance from the media village and an international broadcast center.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/2004/cape22.htm   (1142 words)

  
 2004 Summer Olympics - Pictures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
It was the first Olympics since NBC had merged with Vivendi Universal Entertainment; the merger 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.
By late March 2004, many Olympic projects were severely behind schedule, and Greek authorities announced that a roof would no longer be constructed over the main swimming venue.
Olympic Stadium, the designated facility for the opening and closing ceremonies, was completed — without roof — shortly before the games opened.
www.greatestinfo.org /2004_Summer_Olympics   (1672 words)

  
 2004 Summer Olympics - Athens 2004 Olympics
The Athens 2004 Olympics torch relay will be the first to travel the globe and return to the country that gave us the Olympics Games.
The torch for the Athens 2004 Olympics has been inspired from an olive leaf and was chosen to enhance the Flame with its upward dynamic shape.
An Olympic sport is one that should be widely practiced by men in at least 75 countries on 4 continents and by women in at least 40 countries on 3 continents.
www.clearleadinc.com /site/sports.html   (1428 words)

  
 CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 2004 Athens
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.
The story of Kenteris, the defending Olympic 200-metre champion, and Thanou, the 100 m silver medallist from Sydney, dominated the headlines of every broadcast and newspaper as much for its impact on the host nation as for its sensational details.
There was a slight valley when he was part of the U.S. team upset by South Africa and Australia in the freestyle relay, followed by the 200 freestyle where he was outduelled by Thorpe and van den Hoogenband.
www.cbc.ca /olympics   (2135 words)

  
 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The chief justice of the Haitian Supreme Court, Boniface Alexandre, is sworn in as interim president.
Authorities suspect suicide attacks by rebels from Chechnya to be the cause of the crashes.
At least 290,000 people from South Asia to as far as Somalia in Africa are confirmed to be dead.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004   (4218 words)

  
 Hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics will be held at the Olympic Hockey Centre located within the Helliniko Olympic Complex.
In February a test competition involving four each men's and women's teams was held at the site with Spain taking the honours for the men and South Africa the women's.
The competitions for both men and women and be split into two groups with the top two teams after the preliminary rounds progressing through to the semi-finals.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /Hockey_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics   (193 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 > 2004 Summer Olympics > Swimming
The defending Olympic champion was fourth after Saturday's semifinal, needing a comeback and some mistakes by her competitors for a chance to win another medal.
The defending Olympic gold medalist saved her best dive for the end Friday, managing to escape the preliminaries of 10-meter platform after muddling through most of the competition.
South Africa spoiled the expected duel between the United States and Australia in the 400-meter freestyle relay Sunday night, winning the gold medal in world-record time and assuring that Michael Phelps won't surpass Mark Spitz's record of seven Olympic golds.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/swimming   (2430 words)

  
 History of the Modern Summer and Winter Olympics from Fanbay.net
The Summer and Winter Olympics of 1932 were both held in the United States, in Los Angeles, CA and Lake Placid, NY, respectively.
South Africa was at these Games but would not attend again until 1994 because of apartheid.
The Olympic facilities were as impressive as the cutting edge facilities that brought the Summer Olympics to a new level in Munich (1972).
www.fanbay.net /olympics/modern_history.htm   (2740 words)

  
 Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade").
For each Olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece, using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun.
The events in the Summer Olympics include: archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, football (soccer), gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, kayaking, marathon, pentathlon, ping pong, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, taekwando, tennis, track and field (many running, jumping, and throwing events), triathlon, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman).
www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics   (1137 words)

  
 Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics was split into three categories:
Mountain, held at the Parnitha Olympic Mountain Bike Venue.
In the World and Olympic Records table shown at the start of each track event's subsection, the records in question were those which existed before the event.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cycling_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics   (92 words)

  
 Palau at the 2004 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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Palau made its second appearance at the Summer Olympics in 2004 in Athens, Greece.
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 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
The number of athletes participating in the Summer Paralympic Games has increased from 400 athletes in Rome in 1960 to 3,806 athletes from 136 countries in Athens in 2004.
The Olympic Games as we know them today have a long history that dates back to Antiquity.
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/index_uk.asp   (209 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > 2004 Summer Olympics > Track
Stefano Baldini of Italy took the lead two miles from the finish to win the Olympic marathon gold medal Sunday and American Meb Keflezighi won a surprise silver in a race disrupted by a costumed intruder who grabbed a runner and pushed him into the crowd.
He was leading on the last lap of the Olympic 1,500-meter final again, a Kenyan on his shoulder again, the Kenyan pulling even with him as they rounded the final turn again, the Kenyan passing him again, the gold medal that has so callously eluded him slipping through his fingers again...
He is the reigning world champion and he came to Athens with the added advantage of having the host nation cheering for him because, while he wears a U.S. uniform, his great-grandfather was born here and for the Greeks that is enough to claim him as their own.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/track   (1839 words)

  
 East London, South Africa - Current News & Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The England women’s team crushed South Africa by 119 runs in the second of their five-match, one-day series in East London yesterday, redeeming themselves...
EAST LONDON (South Africa): A four-day tour cricket match between the West Indies and Border was abandoned in South Africa on Monday, due to persistent rain.
Huntley, 29, is being held in a six-room suite in the health-care wing of the jail in South East London.
www.4newz.net /world/am/East_London.html   (8594 words)

  
 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes - Reviews on RateItAll   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Description: The 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece introduced many talented athletes to the world stage.
Rate the 2004 Summer Olympics athletes listed below on their performance at the games and their overall athletic ability.
If there is an athlete that you would like to be added to the list, please click the feedback tab at the bottom of the page.
www.rateitall.com /t-2839-2004-summer-olympics-athletes.aspx   (137 words)

  
 South Africa Olympics News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
South Africa, whose 4x100m men's freestyle squad sprang the...
Before her last stop in Rwanda, Bush toured South Africa and Tanzania where she visited educational and health facilities and pledged support for the...
Sharing the plane to South Africa with the Wallabies this week was a...
www.einnews.com /southafrica/newsfeed-SouthAfricaOlympics   (1123 words)

  
 2004 Athens, Greece
Cartan Tours is an official U.S. Ticket Sales Agent and can fulfill your ticket requests to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, subject to availability at the time of your order.
CoSport, as an Official Sponsor of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team and Athens 2004 Olympic Games, offers one stop Olympic Games shopping for packages that include tickets, accommodations, and other services to U.S. consumers.
Since this will be our first Olympics outside of the USA we are interested in any tips/advice you might have.
www.janecky.com /olympics/summergames/2004.html   (360 words)

  
 User: Impi - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
I'm a 19 year old South African currently living in Johannesburg.
My interests extend to just about anything and everything, with particular emphasis on aviation, especially military aviation.
Our Web site is best viewed using an up-to-date Web browser, such as Mozilla Firefox, Opera or Microsoft Internet Explorer.
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 Articles - 2004 Summer Olympics medal count   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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.
www.x-moto.net /articles/2004_Summer_Olympics_medal_count   (125 words)

  
 Articles - Ukraine at the 2004 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Ukrainian boxing team at the 2004 Olympics consisted of six boxers.
Round of 32 - Defeated Kotso Godfrey Motau of South Africa, 25-22
Ukraine again sent the same two triathletes to the Olympics in 2004.
www.x-moto.net /articles/Ukraine_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics   (844 words)

  
 AMERICAblog: Because a great nation deserves the truth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This disaster in South East Asia is on such a massive scale that it should be a wake up call for all of the world.
We own America and all the rights, you people are trash, go back to Russia and Africa and take your friends with before we put you on death row after a fair trial.”
After pressure, George Bush both increased aid and went on national television to talk about the human crisis in South East Asia.
americablog.blogspot.com /archives/2004_12_01_americablog_archive.html   (5075 words)

  
 What is Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
What is Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events.
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www.whatis.tv /Swimming_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics.html   (80 words)

  
 News24
A woman arrested for allegedly raping her stepson, also beat her husband and chased away her stepson's girlfriends, police say.
A Fifa delegation has arrived in Johannesburg to inspect venues ahead of South Africa's hosting of the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
Germany's highest court has ordered the release of a suspected top al-Qaeda operative, saying it has objections to a new European Union arrest warrant.
www.news24.com   (381 words)

  
 The Road to the Games of 2004 - Earlier Articles
The Daily Telegraph Olympics 'are not an excuse for a fast buck' (Sep. 8)
MSNBC The skinny on the Athens Olympics (Sep. 5)
Associated Press 2004 Olympics candidates, at a glance (Mar. 8, 2:55 EST)
www.hri.org /news/special/games2004.old.html   (4175 words)

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