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The
2004 Simmer Olympic Gemmes
, offeecially kent as the
Games o the XXVIII Olympiad
, wur a premier internaitional
multi-sport event
held in
Athens
, Greece, frae 13 tae 29 August 2004 wi the motto
Walcome Hame.
10,625 athletes competit,
[1]
some 600 mair nor expected, accompanied bi 5,501 team offeecials frae 201 kintras.
[1]
Thare wur 301 medal events in 28 different
sports
.
[1]
Athens 2004 marked the first time syne the
1996 Simmer Olympics
that aw kintras wi a
Naitional Olympic Committee
wur in attendance. It wis the first time syne 1896 (ither nor the syne-doungradit
1906 Intercalated Gemmes
) that the Olympics wur held in Greece an aa.