2004 Summer Olympics

Games of the XXVIII Olympiad

Host city	Athens, Greece
Motto	Welcome Home (Greek: Καλώς ήλθατε σπίτι, Kalós ílthate spíti)
Nations	201
Athletes	10,625 (6,296 men, 4,329 women)
Events	301 in 28 sports (40 disciplines)
Opening	13 August
Closing	29 August
Opened by	President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos[1]
Cauldron	Nikolaos Kaklamanakis[1]
Stadium	Olympic Stadium
Summer
← Sydney 2000 Beijing 2008 →
Winter
← Salt Lake 2002 Turin 2006 →

The 2004 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece from August 13, 2004, until August 29, 2004. It was the first time since 1906 that the Olympics were held in Greece. 10,625 athletes took part.^[2] There were 301 medal events.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
2. ↑ "Athens 2004". International Olympic Committee. olympic.org. Retrieved 19 January 2008.