2004 Summer Olympics torch relay
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Host city | Athens, Greece |
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Countries visited | Greece, Australia, Japan, South Korea, China, India, Egypt, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, United States, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Albania |
Start date | 25 March 2004 |
End date | 13 August 2004 |
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The 2004 Summer Olympics Torch Relay took the
The relay was the first time the Olympic flame had travelled to Africa and South America. The flame was transported from country to country aboard a specially-equipped Boeing 747 leased from Atlanta Icelandic (Registration TF-ARO) called Zeus. On board the flame was carried and burned continuously in specially modified miners lamps.
Route in Greece (first phase)
25 March:
26 March:
27 March:
28 March:
29 March:
30 March:
31 March:
- Salamina, Panathenaic Stadium
International Route
The International Leg of the 2004 Olympic Torch Relay officially began on 4 June 2004, when the
Route in Oceania
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4 June: Sydney, Australia (host city of the 2000 Summer Olympics) |
Route in Asia
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6 June: Tokyo, Japan (host city of the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics) |
Route in Africa
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Route in Americas
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13 June: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics) |
Route in Europe (excluding Greece)
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21 June: Antwerp, Belgium (host city of the 1920 Summer Olympics) equestrian events of the 1956 Summer Olympics )2 July: Helsinki, Finland (host city of the 1952 Summer Olympics) 3 July: Moscow, Russia (host city of the 1980 Summer Olympics) 5 July: Kyiv, Ukraine 6 July: Istanbul, Turkey 7 July: Sofia, Bulgaria 8 July: Nicosia, Cyprus |
The International Leg of the 2004 Olympic Torch Relay concluded on July 8, 2004, just over a month after it began its global journey and just over a month before the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony on 13 August 2004.
Route in Greece (second phase)
9 July (day 1)
10 July (day 2)
11 July (day 3)
- Ierapetra, Pyrgos, Agia Galini
12 July (day 4)
13 July (day 5)
14 July (day 6)
15 July (day 7)
16 July (day 8)
17 July (day 9)
- Alexandroupoli
18 July (day 10)
19 July (day 11)
20 July (day 12)
21 July (day 13)
- Sidirokastro, Vyroneia, Doirani, Kato Poroia, Kilkis
22 July (day 14)
- Langadas, Polygyros
23 July (day 15)
24 July (day 16)
25 July (day 17)
26 July (day 18)
27 July (day 19)
28 July (day 20)
29 July (day 21)
30 July (day 22)
31 July (day 23)
1 August (day 24)
2 August (day 25)
3 August (day 26)
4 August (day 27)
5 August (day 28):
6 August (day 29):
7 August (day 30):
8 August (day 31):
- Rio–Antirrio bridge, Patras
9 August (day 32):
10 August (day 33):
11 August (day 34):
12–13 August (days 35 & 36):
After visiting Cyprus, the Greek Leg of the Torch Relay resumed on 9 July 2004, with the flame touching down in Crete in the city of Heraklion. During the Greek Leg of the relay, the torch also made a cursory stopover in Albania when the torch was carried through a lake on the Greek-Albanian border.
Aftermath
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The
See also
References
- ^ "IOC Scraps International Torch Relays". Around the Rings. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ^ "IOC scraps international torch relays". DAWN.COM. AFP. 28 March 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2023.