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The 2004 Summer Olympics (Greek: Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, romanized: Therinoí Olympiakoí Agónes 2004), [b] officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, Agónes tis 28is Olympiádas), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (Αθήνα 2004), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in ...
The games featured featured 301 events in 28 sports and 39 disciplines, [3] [4] including the Olympic debuts of women's wrestling and women's sabre. [5] Kiribati and Timor Leste competed for the first time in these Olympic Games. [5] It was the second time after 1896 that Athens had hosted the Summer Olympics in the modern era. [6] Athletes ...
Pages in category "Events at the 2004 Summer Olympics" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Event Gold Silver Bronze 100 metres details: Justin Gatlin United States Francis Obikwelu Portugal Maurice Greene United States 200 metres details: Shawn Crawford United States
It ended their 24-game Olympic winning streak since 1992, when National Basketball Association (NBA) players were first allowed to compete. [5] The team also lost a group stage game to Lithuania and the semi-final game to Argentina. In addition, the U.S. lost a friendly preparation game prior to the Olympics, against Italy, by a score of 95–78.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons (run from Marathonas to the Kallimarmaro Stadium), the race walks (on the streets of Athens), and the shot put (held at the Ancient Olympia Stadium). A total of 46 events were contested, of which 24 by ...
The Olympic qualification period for the athletics ran from 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For this event, each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter up to three athletes, provided they had run below 10.21 seconds during this period in IAAF-sanctioned meetings or tournaments. If a NOC had no athletes qualified under this ...
The 2004 Football at the Summer Olympics tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics started on 11 August (two days before the opening ceremony), and ended on 28 August. The tournaments take place every four years, in conjunction with the Summer Olympic Games.