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The Summer Olympics of the year 2004 were hosted in the city of Athens, Greece. They ran from the 13 to the 29 of August of that year. This year marked the return of the games to the place when they originally began.
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier internationalmulti-sport event held in Athens,Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed,some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team officials from 201 countries. There were 301 medal events in 28 different sports. Athens 2004 marked the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics that all countries with a National Olympic Committee were in attendance. It was also the first time since 1896 that the Olympics were held in Greece.