BIGGEST GAMES
A record 201 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the Olympic Games. The overall tally for events on the programme was 301 (one more than at the Sydney Games in 2000).
MOST POPULAR
Popularity in the Games also soared, as 3.9 billion people had access to the television coverage compared to 3.6 billion for Sydney. This global audience enjoyed coverage of never-before seen sports such as women's wrestling, which was included in the programme for the first time.
RECORDS TUMBLE
Swimmer Michael Phelps won six gold medals and set a single-Games record with eight total medals. Leontien Ziljaard-van Moorsel became the first female cyclist to earn four career gold medals, reaching a total of six Olympic medals, while canoeist Birgit Fischer became the first athlete in any sport to win two medals in each of five Olympic Games.
MEMORABLE CHAMPIONS
Runner Hicham El Guerrouj won both the 1500m and the 5000m, while on the women's side Kelly Holmes triumphed in both the 800m and the 1500m. In team play, Argentina won the men's football tournament without conceding a goal, and the US softball team outscored their opponents by an aggregate score of 51-1.
NOCs: 201
Athletes: 10,625 athletes (4,329 women, 6,296 men)
Events: 301
Volunteers: 45,000
Media: 21,500
2004 ýylyň Olimpiki oýunlarynyň emblemasy – bu, zeýtun agajynyň şahalaryndan çemen ýa-da kotinos. Emblema – bu, kotinosyň olimpiki çempionlarynyň resmi baýragy bolan wagtyndaky gadymy Olimpiki oýunlaryna ýollanma.
Mundan başga-da, zeýtun Afinada keramatly agaç hasap edilýärdi. Emblemanyň reňkleri grek oba ýerlerinde duş gelip bolýan ak we gök reňklerini alamatlandyrýarlar.
des of white and blue found in the Greek countryside.
| Athlete | Sport |
|---|---|
| Nazar Begliyev | Athletics |
| Svetlana Pessova | Athletics |
| Aliasker Bashirov | Boxing |
| Shohrat Kurbanov | Boxing |
| Nasiba Salayeva | Judo |
| Igor Pirekeev | Shooting |
| Hojamamed Hojamamedov | Swimming |
| Yelena Rojkova | Swimming |
| Umurbek Bazarbayev | Weightlifting |
Start date:
25 March 2004, Olympia (Greece)
End date:
13 August 2004, Olympic Stadium, Athens (Greece)
First torchbearer:
Kostas Gatsioudis, Olympic participant in athletics (1996, 2000)
Last torchbearer:
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Olympic participant in sailing (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008), gold medallist in Atlanta 1996 and silver medallist in Athens in 2004.
Number of torchbearers:
~7,700 in Greece, ~3,600 for the international relay
Recruitment of torchbearers:
The selection criteria for the torchbearers was based on choosing people who played an important role in their communities through sport, education and culture, who inspired others and who embodied the values of the Olympic Games and the ideals of the Olympic Movement.
Distance:
6,600 km in Greece of which 2,500 km was on foot, 2,800 km by convoy and 1,300 km by helicopter. 78,000 km by land, sea and air for the international relay.
Countries visited:
Greece, Australia, Japan, Republic of Korea, People’s Republic of China, India, Egypt, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, United States, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Bulgaria, Cyprus.
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NAME
Phevos and Athena. The names of the two mascots are a reference to two gods of Olympus: “Phoebos” is another name for Apollo, the god of light and music; “Athena” is the goddess of wisdom and protector of the city of Athens. The two mascots thus symbolise the link between Ancient Greece and the Olympic Games of the modern era.
DESCRIPTION
Phevos and Athena are brother and sister. They owe their strange shape to a typical terracotta doll in the shape of a bell from the 7th century BC, the “daidala”. They symbolise the pleasure of playing and the values of Olympism. The choice of a brother and sister was deliberate: they embody the unity of men and women, through equality and brotherhood. Phevos wears a blue tunic to recall the sea and the colour of the Games emblem, while Athena is in orange to evoke the sun and the Paralympic emblem.
CREATOR
Spiros Gogos, Paragraph Design
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