Venues of the 2004 Summer Olympics

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a junta that lasted from 1967 to 1974. A change in democracy in 1975 resulted in Greece's admission into the European Economic Community (now the European Union
) in 1979.

Athens

Ellinikon was the first using saltwater, having it pumped in from the Aegean Sea. After the Olympics, the Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre
was converted into a police training center, while two other venues were converted into entertainment centers.

Venues

Athens Olympic Sports Complex

Venue Image Sports Capacity Ref.
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Diving, Swimming, Synchronized swimming, Water polo 23,000 (total of three pools) [1]
Athens Olympic Tennis Centre Tennis 15,000 (all courts) [2]
Athens Olympic Velodrome Cycling (track) 3,300 [3]
Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall
 Basketball (final), Gymnastics (artistic, trampolining) 19,250 [4]
Olympic Stadium Ceremonies (opening/ closing), Athletics, Football (final) 72,000 [5]

Helliniko Olympic Complex

Venue Image Sports Capacity Ref.
Fencing Hall Fencing 8,000 [6]
Helliniko Indoor Arena Basketball, Handball (final) 15,000 [7]
Olympic Baseball Centre
 Baseball Not listed. [8]
Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre Canoeing (slalom) 3,150 [9]
Olympic Hockey Centre Field hockey 20,000 [10]
Olympic Softball Stadium Softball Not listed. [11]

Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex

Venue Image Sports Capacity Ref.
Faliro Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre Volleyball (beach) 8,000 [12]
Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena Handball, Taekwondo 10,000 [13]
Peace and Friendship Stadium Volleyball (indoor) 11,564 [14]

Goudi Olympic Complex

Venue Sports Capacity Ref.
Goudi Olympic Hall
 Badminton 8,000 [15]
Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre Modern pentathlon 10,000 [16]

Markopoulo Olympic Complex

Venue Sports Ref.
Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre
Equestrian
 [17]
Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre Shooting [18]

Football venues

Venue Image Sports Capacity Ref.
Kaftanzoglio Stadium (Thessaloniki) Football 27,770 [19]
Karaiskakis Stadium (Athens) 33,334 [19]
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium (Patras) 23,588 [19]
Pankritio Stadium (Heraklion) 26,240 [19]
Panthessaliko Stadium (Volos) 22,700 [20]

Other venues

Venue Sports Capacity Ref.
Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre Sailing 8,000 [21]
Ano Liosia Olympic Hall Judo, Wrestling 10,000 [22]
Galatsi Olympic Hall Gymnastics (rhythmic), Table tennis 6,200 [23]
Kotzia Square Cycling (individual road race) 3,150 [24]
Marathon (city) Athletics (marathon start) Not listed. [25]
Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall Weightlifting Not listed. [26]
Panathenaic Stadium Archery, Athletics (marathon finish) 7,500 (archery)
34,500 (athletics marathon finish) 		[27]
Parnitha Olympic Mountain Bike Venue Cycling (mountain biking) Not listed. [28]
Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall Boxing 5,600 [29]
Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre Canoeing (sprint), Rowing 14,000 [30]
Stadium at Olympia Athletics (shot put) Not listed. [25]
Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre Cycling (individual time trial), Triathlon Not listed. [31]

Before the Olympics

Archery matches at the Panathinaiko Stadium during the 2004 Olympics. The stadium also served as the finish line for the athletics marathon events.

Individual road race.[35]

Between the 1896 and

forced the country into a military junta that lasted until 1974. It would take a change back to democracy in 1975 and an entrance into the European Economic Community in 1979 to set Greece back to growth.[37]

Athens first bid for the

World Championships in Athletics.[39]

At the time of the bid in 1997, the venues to be used for the 2004 Games were available for 75% of the competition and 92% of the training locations. Venue locations were settled between 1998 and 2003.[40] Construction funding started in 1998, with laws passing in 1999 and 2000 to assist this along.[41] A total of 37 contracts were issued for venue construction and renovation involving three different governmental ministries. Monthly reports were issued to the Athens Organizing Committee (ATHOC) on venue project status, including the use of Gantt charts. Design drawings were completed by December 2002.[42] Accessibility needs for the venues were taken into consideration into their design and construction. ATHOC hired consultants to review the venue design for accessibility. Among the needs considered are keeping corridors flat and free of obstacles, ramps and platforms longer than 10 m (33 ft) with a 5% incline, and larger elevators installed for all personnel involved with the 2004 Games.[43]

The Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre had to deal with the

International Rowing Federation (FISA).[44]

Insect control at the venues had biological products used for pesticides sprayed with extreme precisions. A total of 70 man-months were required to sample, spray, and bait the 20,000 samples and 4,000 mosquito breeding sites.[45] Maritime pollution, specifically with oil spills, had to be dealt with for Agios Kosmas (sailing) and Vouliameni (triathlon) in case a spill occurred.[46] Recycling was used at all venues for the 2004 Games.[47]

Prior to its use as a football stadium, the Karaiskakis Stadium had been a velodrome that hosted the track cycling competition of the 1896 Olympics.

Panathinaiko Stadium hosted the modern Olympics-predecessor Zappas Olympics in 1870 and in 1875. The stadium hosted the athletics and ceremonies of the 1896 Olympics and the 1906 Intercalated Games. In the 2004 Olympic Games, the venue hosted archery and served as the marathon finish line.

During the Olympics

The Stadium at Olympia track (pictured in 2006) host the athletics and shot put events for the 2004 Summer Olympics in neighboring Athens.

The 2004 Games directly involved over 1,600 people in venue site operating services. Sixty-five percent of them were non-management in various capacities such as building mechanical personnel (

HVAC), 20% were construction foreman and unskilled personnel, and 5% were sound and light technicians. They chiefly worked in continuous shifts during the games and were on-call at all other operational times.[48] Waste operation at the venues during those games involved 52 paid staff, 45 volunteers, and 2,800 contractors.[49]

The marathon course was run on the route used for the 1896 Summer Olympics, though the 1896 race was 40 km (25 mi) long while the 2004 race was 42.195 km (26.2 mi) long.

doping test.[52]

The canoeing slalom course at

men's individual road cycling race held at Kotzia Square in downtown Athens, only 75 of the 144 cyclists completed the 224 km (139 mi) race held in 100 °F (38 °C) heat.[54]

Women's trap shooting at the Markopoulo Shooting Range was held in blustery conditions. This event was won by Australia's Suzanne Balogh.[55]

After the Olympics

Karaiskasis Stadium (pictured in 2009) hosted several football matches for the 2004 Summer Olympics and was where the Neo Phaliron Velodrome was constructed for the track cycling events at the 1896 Summer Olympics.

The OAKA area has hosted numerous events since the ending of the

2007.[57]

HOC has hosted numerous events as well, including the European Rowing Championships at Schinias in 2008, blues guitarist Gary Moore in 2008, and ART-ATHINA in 2010.[58]

In the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex, the Faliro Sports Pavilion is known as Athens International Convention Center, Peace and Friendship Stadium is a multipurpose venue, and the Beach Volleyball Centre is an outdoor conference venue.[59]

After the Olympics, the Goudi Olympic Hall was converted into the Badminton Theater in honor of the sport it hosted for the 2004 Games, and opened in 2007.[60]

The Markopoulo Shooting Centre has all but one of its sections turned over to the Hellenic Police, with the Passport Office and Special Forces scheduled to relocate there as well.[61]

Ano Liosia Arena was converted into an arts and entertainment facility after the Olympics.[62]

Several of the venues have not found a post-Games use, and have fallen into disrepair in the years since, including the canoe/kayak centre, hockey centre, and softball stadium.[63]

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