The widely praised Opening Ceremony for the 2004 Summer Olympics were held, directed by avant garde choreographer Dimitris Papaioannou.
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The Indoor arena is an arena adjacent to the Fencing Hall. It hosted the Basketball preliminary matches and the Handball finals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The facility seats 14,500 spectators for basketball - though only 10,700 seats were made publicly available during the Olympics - and seats 13,000 fans for handball - though only 10,300 seats were made publicly available during the games. The facility was completed on May 31, 2004 and officially opened on July 30, 2004.
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The Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall is an indoor arena located in Peristeri, to the west of central Athens. The hall was the site of the boxing events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The venue seats up to 8,000, though it will have a public capacity of only 5,600 for the Olympics.
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The fencing Hall is an arena adjacent to the Indoor Arena. It hosted the Fencing matches at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The facility seats 3,800 for the preliminary matches and 5,000 for the final matches. The facility was officially opened on July 30, 2004.
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Olympic Hockey Centre was the site of the Field Hockey events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The facility consists of two hockey fields. The larger stadium seats 7,200 fans - though only 5,200 seats have been made publicly available during the games, and the smaller stadium seats 2,100 spectators - though only 1,200 seats have been made publicly available during the games. The facility was completed on February 29, 2004 and officially opened on August 11, 2004, shortly before the beginning of the Games.
The Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre was the site of the shooting events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The venue is located in Markópoulo, on the outskirts of the eastern suburbs of Athens. It has a seating capacity of 4,000, though a public capacity of only 2,330 for the Olympics. The venue was completed in March, 2004 and officially opened on August 2, 2004, shortly before the beginning of the Olympics.
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The Olympic Softball Stadium is a softball stadium that hosted the Softball during the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The venue consists of a main softball field of 4,800 seats - though only 3,400 seats were made publicly available during the games - and 2 warm-up fields nearby. Construction on the facility was completed on February 29, 2004, and it was officially opened on July 30, 2004. The US women would capture gold.
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The Olympic Aquatic Centre is a complex at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex, consisting of two outdoor pools and one indoor pool, that was built for the 1991 Mediterranean Games. It was refurbished and expanded for the 2004 Summer Olympics. The larger of the outdoor pools, which seats 11,500 spectators, hosted swimming and water polo events. The indoor pool, which hosted the diving events, sat 6,200 observers.
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The Goudi Olympic Hall hosted the Badminton events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.The hall seats 5,000 spectators. Construction at the facility was completed on May 30, 2004, and was officially opened on July 30, 2004.
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This was the site of preliminary matches in handball and the taekwondo competition in the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens. The arena was completed on December 20, 2003 and officially opened on August 12, 2004, shortly before the Olympics. The arena seats 8,100, though only 5,800 seats were publicly available during the Olympics.
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Beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics held at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre stadium in Faliro.
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The Peace and Friendship Stadium, known as S.E.F. after its Greek name (Stadio Erinis & Filias - Greek: ?????? ??????? ??? ??????) is an indoor arena located in Faliro that hosted indoor volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The arena was opened in 1985.
Renovations for the Olympics commenced in April 2002 and were completed on June 30, 2004. The new stadium was officially opened on August 11, 2004, shortly before the opening of the games. The venue current seating capacity is 12,171 seats [1], while the regular capacity was 14,095 seats before the 2004 Summer Olympics renovation.
Ano Liossia Olympic Hall was the host to judo and wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The arena seats up to 9,000, but will only have a capacity of 6,000 for the Olympics. The hall is situated in Ano Liosia, a suburb northwest of central Athens.
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The Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre hosted the sailing events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The center is located about four miles from downtown Athens along the coast. It was officially opened on August 2, 2004, a few weeks before the Olympics, though test events were conducted at the site in August 2002 and 2003. The center has a capacity of 1,600 for the medal ceremonies.
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Galatsi Olympic Hall is an indoor arena in Athens, Greece. It is located in Galatsi and it was the site of Table Tennis and Rhythmic Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The arena was completed in May 2004 and officially opened on July 30, 2004, shortly before the beginning of the Olympics. It has also hosted various basketball games. The arena seats 6,500.
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In the 2004 Olympic Games, the Panathinaiko Stadium hosted the archery competition.
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The Olympic Baseball Centre in Athens consists of two Baseball stadiums. It was the site of the Baseball games at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The facility consists of two fields. The larger stadium seats 8,700 fans-though only 6,700 seats were made publicly available during the Olympics - and the smaller stadium seats 4,000 spectators- though only 3,300 seats were made publicly available during the Games. The facility had to be constructed with significant foreign help in the design, as there were only a handful of dusty baseball diamonds in the whole of Greece before the 2004 Olympics were awarded to Athens in 1997. Construction on the facility was completed on February 27, 2004, and it was officially opened on August 12, 2004, a day before the Opening Ceremonies.
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The Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre hosted the equestrian events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The venue is located at Markópoulo on the outskirts of the Athens suburbs. It was completed in December 2003 and officially opened on August 12, 2004, shortly before the beginning of the competition. The capacity of the venue is 10,000 for the Jumping Event, 8,100 seats for the Dressage and 15,000 seats for the Cross-Country Event.
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The Olympic Tennis Centre is a grouping of 16 tennis courts at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. It hosted the tennis matches at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The centre consists of a main stadium, known as the Main Court, seating 8,600 fans - though only 6,000 seats were made publicly available during the Olympics - two semifinal courts seating 4,300 spectators - though only 3,200 seats were made publicly available during the Olympics - and thirteen side courts seating 200 observers each. The centre was completed in February 2004 and officially opened on August 2, 2004.
Each of the courts use the DecoTurf cushioned acrylic surface, the same surface as the U.S. Open Grand Slam event. The Main Court, in particular, was extremely large by the standards of major tennis competitions, with the seats relatively far removed from the tennis court.
The Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre hosted the Canoe and Kayak Slalom events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. It consists of a competition course, a secondary training course, and a warm-up lake of natural form that occupies a total area of 27,000 square metres. The total land surface area consists of 288,000 square metres. The facility seats 7,600 spectators, though only 6,700 seats were made publicly available for the Olympics.
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Located in the area of Maroussi in Athens, it is the major Greek stadium and hosted the athletics events and the football (soccer) final at the 2004 Summer Olympics. It also hosted the opening ceremony on August 13, 2004, and the closing ceremony on August 29, 2004. The stadium's record attendance is 74,473 but it was configured to seat 72,000 during the Olympics, though only 56,700 seats were made publicly available for the track and field events and slightly more for the football final. The turf system was installed by GreenTech ITM and consists of natural grass in modular containers which incorporate irrigation and drainage systems.
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When the modern Olympics came to Athens in 2004, the men's and women's shot put competition was held at the restored stadium.
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Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre was the site of the men's and women's triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece. Located at Vouliagmeni, to the southeast of Athens, the temporary facility seats up to 3,600, though only 2,200 seats will be publicly available for the event.
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The Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre was the site of the Modern Pentathlon events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The venue seats 2,500 for the swimming part of the competition, 5,000 for the riding and running parts each, and 3,000 for the fencing and shooting. Construction at the facility was completed on May 30, 2004 and it was officially opened on July 30, 2004.
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