2004 Summer Olympics

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The 2004 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece, marking the return of the Games to their historic birthplace and featuring thousands of athletes from around the world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Summer Olympic Games
multi-sport event
alsoKnownAs 2004 Summer Olympics
surface form: Athens 2004
bidCity Athens
Buenos Aires
Cape Town
Rome
Stockholm
closingDate 2004-08-29
continent Europe
currency euro
drugTestingProgram expanded anti-doping measures
emblemFeature olive wreath design
followedBy 2008 Summer Olympics
hostCity Athens
hostCitySelectedAt International Olympic Committee Session
surface form: International Olympic Committee Session in Lausanne
hostCitySelectionDate 1997-09-05
hostCountry Greece
introducedSport women's wrestling
legacy expansion of Athens public transport
redevelopment of Athens sports infrastructure
mainStadium Athens Olympic Stadium
mascot Athena
Phevos
motto Welcome Home
notableVenue Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre
London Aquatics Centre
surface form: Olympic Aquatic Centre

Olympic Indoor Hall
Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre
numberOfAthletes over 10,000
numberOfEvents 301
numberOfParticipatingNations 201
numberOfSports 28
officialName Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
olympiadNumber 28
openingCeremonyDirector Dimitris Papaioannou
openingDate 2004-08-13
openingDeclaredBy Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
organizedBy International Olympic Committee
paralympicsFollowedBy 2004 Summer Paralympics
precededBy 2000 Summer Olympics
reintroducedEvent archery team events
securityBudget one of the highest in Olympic history at the time
significance return of the Olympic Games to their modern birthplace
sportCategory athletics
basketball
football
gymnastics
swimming
timeZone Eastern European Summer Time
torchRelayEndLocation Athens Olympic Stadium
torchRelayFeature first global torch relay to all inhabited continents
torchRelayStartLocation Olympia, Greece
year 2004

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Carmelo Anthony OlympicBronzeMedalist 2004 Summer Olympics
Dwyane Wade OlympicBronzeMedalist 2004 Summer Olympics
Diana Taurasi OlympicGoldMedal 2004 Summer Olympics
Sue Bird OlympicGoldMedal 2004 Summer Olympics
this entity surface form: Athens 2004 Summer Olympics
Tamika Catchings OlympicGoldMedalist 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics alsoKnownAs 2004 Summer Olympics
this entity surface form: Athens 2004
Dawn Staley competedIn 2004 Summer Olympics
Michael Phelps competedIn 2004 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics followedBy 2004 Summer Olympics
Athens hostedEvent 2004 Summer Olympics
Michael Phelps olympicGoldMedalsAt 2004 Summer Olympics
Athens tram network openedInContextOf 2004 Summer Olympics
James Cracknell participantIn 2004 Summer Olympics
Matthew Pinsent participantIn 2004 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics precededBy 2004 Summer Olympics
Games of the XXIX Olympiad precededBy 2004 Summer Olympics
Guillermo Rigondeaux wonOlympicGoldIn 2004 Summer Olympics
this entity surface form: Athens 2004 Olympics