Bid for and prepare for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games

The 28th Summer Olympic Games was held in Athens, Greece from August 6 to 29, 2004. Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Movement and the venue of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, once bid for two Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000, but both failed. Especially for the 26th Olympic Games in 1996, Athens, which is full of ambition, wants to win the right to host the Games and celebrate the100th anniversary of the founding of the modern Olympic Games with the local Olympic Games, and is full of confidence in its bid. But unexpectedly, Atlanta, USA, broke out halfway and snatched the right to host the Olympic Games. This failure made the Greeks angry. Athens bid for the 2004 Olympic Games for the third time in a row.

1On September 23rd, 994, the Athens municipal government submitted an application to the Greek Olympic Committee for hosting the 2004 Olympic Games.

1995 February 14, Athens formally submitted the bid report for the 2004 Olympic Games to the International Olympic Committee.

On July 2nd, 1995, the Bid Committee of Athens 2004 Olympic Committee was established in Athens.

With the increasing popularity of the Olympic movement and the increasing commercial benefits brought by hosting the Olympic Games, more and more countries have expressed their interest in hosting the Olympic Games. This Olympic bid is no exception. 65,438+00 cities around the world have formally applied. In addition to Athens, the final five cities are Buenos Aires, Argentina, Cape Town, South Africa's legislative capital, Rome, Italy and Stockholm, Sweden. 1On September 5th, 1997, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) held in Lausanne, Switzerland voted to win the right to host the Olympic Games in Athens. After 108, the Olympic Games finally returned to its hometown of Greece. Although Greece won the hard-won right to host the Olympic Games, their preparations were very slow. In 2000, the International Olympic Committee considered changing the venue of this Olympic Games. Since then, the Greek organizers have stepped up their work. On the eve of the Olympic Games, they finally managed to complete the preparatory work so that the Olympic Games can proceed smoothly. However, due to the lack of time to build the roof of the swimming stadium, the athletes participating in the afternoon can only stand the test of the hot sun and summer heat. Good in the semi-finals, finals and other most important games are arranged in the night when the water temperature and temperature are relatively low, so that athletes can play their highest level in the most important games.

The architecture of some venues of the Athens Olympic Games has not only been praised by people, but what is even more admirable is that Athens has incomparable advantages over any other city. The men's and women's shot put competitions in the track and field events of this Games were held in the ancient Olympia Stadium, which made people relive the sacredness and glory of the ancient Olympic Games. Panathinaike Stadium, which hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, has been rearranged to host the archery and marathon competitions of this tournament. 1896 The Kaji Stadium in carles, which was once the venue for cycling competition in the first modern Olympic Games, has been transformed into the venue for men's and women's football competitions this year. The route of the marathon is completely the original route that the legendary Greek warrior Filipi Dis ran when he delivered the message in 490 BC.

* * * A total of 1 1099 athletes from 20 1 member associations of the International Olympic Committee participated in 30 1 event in 37 disciplines in 28 major events. Compared with Sydney Olympic Games, boxing has increased by 1 event, men's wrestling and women's foil team events have increased by 2 events, and women's wrestling and women's sabre individual events have increased by 4 events. There are 265,438+0,500 journalists covering this event, including 5,500 photographers/writers and 654,380+0.6 million broadcast journalists. * * * Solicit160,000 volunteers.

Due to the rampant international terrorism, the Athens Olympic Games further strengthened security work, and the organizing committee used 45,000 security personnel. The personnel involved in security work include police, army, coast guard, fire brigade, private bodyguards and specially trained volunteers. Despite the extremely strict security measures, the ticket sales of the conference are still unsatisfactory. Until the official opening of the 13 competition in August, less than half of all 5.2 million tickets were sold. In the first few days after the Olympic Games, there were thousands of seats in the stands of many events. However, this situation soon improved, especially in the track and field competition at night, where the stands accommodating 70,000 people were packed. In the last week of the meeting, the venues for other activities were almost packed. These problems reflect that people are not afraid of terrorists and dangers, and the audience is full of confidence in the world of Athens! I hope I can contribute to our athletes! Let them feel the strength of the country and the encouragement and support given by their compatriots!