WINNERSGAMES OF THE 28TH OLYMPIAD
Start:
13 Aug 2004
End:
29 Aug 2004
Countries:
201
Athletes:
10625
Sports:
37
Events:
301
City:
Athens, Greece
ATHENS 2004 - Bid History
- Five candidate cities bid to host the Games of the 28th Olympiad: Athens, Greece; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Cape Town, RSA; Rome, Italy and Stockholm, Sweden.
- In September 1997, at the 106th IOC session in Lausanne, Athens, Greece was selected as the host city of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games. The final results of the fourth round of voting were the following: Athens - 66 votes, Rome - 41.
- The Olympic Games returned to Greece, the birthplace of the first modern Olympics.
Games of the 28th Olympiad, 2004 - Interesting Facts
- The President of Greece, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, officially opened the Games of the 28 Olympiad at the new 100,000-seat Olympic stadium.
- In track and field, men's and women's shot put events were held at the ancient stadium in Olympia.
- The next event of the ancient Olympics - the marathon - was staged on the historic route ending in the old Panathenaic Stadium, which was used as the main venue in 1896.
- The American swimmer Michael PHELPS set a record when he won 8 medals (6 gold and 2 bronze) at a single Olympics.
- The Australian female swimmer Petria THOMAS won three gold and one silver medal. Her teammate, Jodie HENRY, won three gold medals as well.
- The female gymnast from Romania Catalina PONOR won three gold medals.
- The American swimmer Aaron PEIRSOL also won three gold medals.
- It was the first Summer Olympic Games for Jacques Rogge, the new President of the IOC, elected on 16 July 2001 at the 112th IOC session in Moscow.
Summer Olympics 2004 - Medal Table
ATHENS 2004 - Top Medalists
USA
6
0
2
AUS
3
1
0
AUS
3
0
0
ROU
3
0
0
USA
3
0
0