Olympic+Games+2004

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Olympic Games 2004 held in Athens,Greece. The most famous athletic celebration took place in our country. It was the purpose to make big and awesome stadiums for all the types of Sports.Over 500.000.000 people watched this celebration and admired our country and building which made. The most famous buildings which made for The Olympic Games were:

Τhe Mascots of Olympic Games, Athens 2004

OAKA,Athens Full Name: Olympic Athletic Centre of Athens Spiros Louis

SEF, Palaio Faliro Full Name: Peace and Friendship Stadium

Karaiskakis Stadium Full Name: Karaiskakis Stadium

And Others.

The types of Athletic in Olympic Games 2004: The sports featured at the 2004 Summer Olympics are listed below. Officially there were 28 sports as swimming, diving, synchronised swimming and water polo are classified by the IOC as disciplines within the sport of [|aquatics], and wheelchair racing was a demonstration sport. For the first time, the wrestling category featured women's wrestling and in the fencing competition women competed in the [|sabre]. American [|Kristin Heaston], who led off the qualifying round of women's shotput became the first woman to compete at the ancient site of Olympia but Cuban [|Yumileidi Cumba] became the first woman to win a gold medal there. The demonstration sport of wheelchair racing was a joint Olympic/ [|Paralympic] event, allowing a Paralympic event to occur within the Olympics, and for the future, opening up the wheelchair race to the able-bodied. The [|2004 Summer Paralympics] were also held in Athens, from September 20 to 28.
 * * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Archery_pictogram.svg/20px-Archery_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Archery] (4)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Athletics_pictogram.svg/20px-Athletics_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Athletics] (46)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Badminton_pictogram.svg/20px-Badminton_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Badminton] (5)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Baseball_pictogram.svg/20px-Baseball_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Baseball] (1)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Basketball_pictogram.svg/20px-Basketball_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Basketball] (2)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Boxing_pictogram.svg/20px-Boxing_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Boxing] (11)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Canoeing_%28flatwater%29_pictogram.svg/20px-Canoeing_%28flatwater%29_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Canoeing] (16)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Cycling_%28road%29_pictogram.svg/20px-Cycling_%28road%29_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Cycling] (18) || * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Diving_pictogram.svg/20px-Diving_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Diving] (8)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Equestrian_pictogram.svg/20px-Equestrian_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Equestrian] (6)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Fencing_pictogram.svg/20px-Fencing_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Fencing] (10)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Field_hockey_pictogram.svg/20px-Field_hockey_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Field Hockey] (2)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Football_pictogram.svg/20px-Football_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Football] (2)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Gymnastics_%28artistic%29_pictogram.svg/20px-Gymnastics_%28artistic%29_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Gymnastics] (18)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Handball_pictogram.svg/20px-Handball_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Handball] (2)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Judo_pictogram.svg/20px-Judo_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Judo] (14) || * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Modern_pentathlon_pictogram.svg/20px-Modern_pentathlon_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Modern pentathlon] (2)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Rowing_pictogram.svg/20px-Rowing_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Rowing] (14)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Sailing_pictogram.svg/20px-Sailing_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Sailing] (11)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Shooting_pictogram.svg/20px-Shooting_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Shooting] (17)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Softball_pictogram.svg/20px-Softball_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Softball] (1)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Swimming_pictogram.svg/20px-Swimming_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Swimming] (32)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Synchronized_swimming_pictogram.svg/20px-Synchronized_swimming_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Synchronized swimming] (2)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Table_tennis_pictogram.svg/20px-Table_tennis_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Table tennis] (4) || * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Taekwondo_pictogram.svg/20px-Taekwondo_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Taekwondo] (8)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Tennis_pictogram.svg/20px-Tennis_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Tennis] (4)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Triathlon_pictogram.svg/20px-Triathlon_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Triathlon] (2)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Volleyball_%28indoor%29_pictogram.svg/20px-Volleyball_%28indoor%29_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Volleyball] (4)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Water_polo_pictogram.svg/20px-Water_polo_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Water polo] (2)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Weightlifting_pictogram.svg/20px-Weightlifting_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Weightlifting] (15)
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Wrestling_pictogram.svg/20px-Wrestling_pictogram.svg.png width="20" height="20"]] [|Wrestling] (18) ||

Volleyball

Sailing

Weightlifting

Football

Basketball

Judo

Water Polo

Table Tennis Softball

Fencing

Furthermore, lets see the best Greek athlets of Olympic Games 2004

Piros Dimas



Kostas Kederis

Fani Halkia

Dimosthenis Tabakos

Ilias Iliadis

Finally see pictures from opening ceremony in Olympic Games 2004, ATHENS,GREECE

To be continued... Giorgos Chytiris Γιώργος Χυτήρης 6/02/2012