Games of the XXVIII Olympiad: Athens 2004

Athens 2004 Summer Olympics

Last modified: 2004-10-02 by juan manuel gabino villascán
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by Zach Harden, 26 June 2001.

• Appointment of the Games of the XXVII Olympiad to Athens
• Parade of flags
• Sources
• Sources

• International Olympic Committee / Comité International Olympique
• Olympics - General index

• Athens
• Greece

• International Olympic Committee Website
• Athens 2004 Olympic Games - Official web-site

Athens, Greece, had originally hoped to host the centennial games of 1996, but will now be hosting the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad in 2004.
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The Parade of Flags

During the Openings Ceremony all the teams parade into the stadium behind their flags. The flags and teams parade in alphabetical order according to the language of the host country, except for Greece as the origin of the Olympic Games which always leads the parade, and presumably as the host country will close the parade. Although we don't know the precise order the teams will enter, here is the list of countries listed according to their names in Greek (based on the Athens 2004 web page) and translated by Jonathan Dixon.

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Sources:
	Codes:			International Olympic Committee Website
	Greek names:		Official Programme Closing Ceremony of the Games of the XXVIII Olympyad.
				Quoted by Juan Manuel Gabino, October 1, 2004.
	Opening ceremony:	August 13, 2004.
	Images:			Athens 2004 Olympic Games - Official web-site, excepting
				Unified Korea and Bahrain.
	KOR & BRN flags:	Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán.

	NOTE:			Though the Cayman Islands (CAY) marched with the defaced
				blue ensign wiht the arms within a white circle,
				the image of the official site appears without it. 


Country (Greek)					Country (English)				     ABR.    FLAG
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 Αγία Λουκία					St. Lucia					LCA	
 Άγιος Βικέντιος και Γρεναδίνες			St. Vincent and the Grenadines			VIN	
 Άγιος Μαρίνος					San Marino					SMR	
 Αγκόλα						Angola						ANG	
 Αζερμπαϊτζάν					Azerbaijan					AZE	
 Αίγυπτος					Egypt						EGY	
 Αιθιοπία					Ethiopia					ETH	
 Αϊτή						Haiti						HAI	
 Πράσινο Ακρωτήριο				Cape Verde					CPV	
 Ακτή Ελεφαντοστού				Côte d'Ivoire					CIV	
 Αλβανία					Albania						ALB	
 Αλγερία					Algeria						ALG	
 Αμερικάνικές Σαμόα				American Samoa					ASA	
 Ανδόρρα					Andorra						AND	
 Αντίγκουα και Μπαρμπούντα			Antigua and Barbuda				ANT	
 Αργεντινή					Argentina					ARG	
 Αρμενία					Armenia						ARM	
 Αρούμπα					Aruba						ARU	
 Αυστραλία					Australia					AUS	
 Αυστρία					Austria						AUT	
 Αφγανιστάν					Afghanistan					AFG	
 Βανουάτου					Vanuatu						VAN	
 Βέλγιο						Belgium						BEL	
 Βενεζουέλα					Venezuela					VEN	
 Βερμούδες					Bermuda						BER	
 Βιετνάμ					Vietnam						VIE	
 Βολιβία					Bolivia						BOL	
 Βοσνία-Ερζεγοβίνη				Bosnia and Hercegovina				BIH	
 Βουλγαρία					Bulgaria					BUL	
 Βραζιλία					Brazil						BRA	
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