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The opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 13, 2004 starting at 20:45 EEST at the Olympic Stadium in Marousi, Greece, a suburb of Athens. [2] As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings combined the formal and ceremonial opening of this international sporting event, including welcoming speeches, hoisting of the flags and the parade of athletes, with an artistic ...
During the Parade of Nations portion of the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, athletes from each country participating in the Olympics paraded in the arena, preceded by their flag. The flag was borne by a sportsperson from that country chosen either by the National Olympic Committee or by the athletes themselves to represent their country.
Parade of the Athletes is a retrospective mix by Dutch DJ Tiësto of his live set performed during the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece on 13 August 2004 (see 2004 in music). [4] This was the first time that a DJ was asked to perform for a ceremony at the Olympics.
Greece was the host country for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, from 13 to 29 August 2004. As the progenitor nation and in keeping with tradition, Greek athletes have competed at every Summer Olympics in the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, and Switzerland.
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games cost the Government of Greece near €9 billion to stage. [13] The Athens 2004 Organizing Committee (ATHOC), responsible for the preparation and organisation of the Games, concluded its operations as a company in 2005 with a surplus of €130.6 million. The State's contribution to the total ATHOC budget was 8% of ...
T he Olympics Opening Ceremony kicked off this year’s games on July 26— but this time with a twist. ... Greece, where the first Olympics games took place, always leads the parade of delegations.
In 2001, Papaioannou was appointed Artistic Director of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games by Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, President of the Athens 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. Three years in the making, the Opening Ceremony was hailed a "triumph" by Time magazine [11] and The Times of ...
Greece had ripped up the rulebook on its miraculous run to the final on July 4, 2004. After beating Portugal in its opening group game, it went on to claim a draw against Spain, before earning ...