第28届奥运会背景介绍(图)

第28届奥运会会徽

第28届奥运会吉祥物

第28届奥运会火炬

　　28th Olympic Games: Athens 2004

　　Date: 13 August - 29 August 2004

　　NOCs: 202

　　Venue: 38

　　Athletes: 11,099

　　Team officials: 5,500

　　Sports: 28

　　Events: 300

　　Media: 21,500 (16,000 broadcasters, including AOB, and 5,500 photo/written press members)

　　Security personnel: 45,000 (25,000 police, 7,000 military, 3,000 coast guards, 1,500 fire-fighters, 3,500 private security contractors and 5,000 trained volunteers)

　　From August 13 to 29, 2004, a total of 11,099 athletes from 202 countries and regions across the world took part in the 28th Olympic Summer Games in Athens, Greece, the country where these Games were originally born and the city where they revived.

　　For the first time the Olympic flame travelled to all continents. Shot Put was held in ancient Olympia and women competed there for the first time. As many as four billion viewers all over the world watched these Games.

　　In Athens, 235 Chinese athletes qualified for the finals in 107 events of 23 sports; 83 of them set six world records and 17 Olympic marks and won 32 gold, 17 silver and 14 bronze medals in 55 events of 18 sports, helping China rank second only to the United States (35-39-29) in the final medal standings.

　　China maintained its dominance in such sports as diving, shooting, table tennis, badminton and weightlifting. Chinese athletes made impressive progress in fencing and women's cycling, wrestling and archery. Moreover, major breakthroughs were made in track and field, swimming, rowing and canoeing.

　　In the pool, 20-year-old world champion Luo Xuejuan proved her prowess once again in the women's 100m breaststroke when she won the event with a convincing time of 1:06.64 at Athens' Olympic Aquatic Centre.

　　Hurdler Liu Xiang from Shanghai made history in the Greek capital when he struck gold in the men's 110m hurdles final in a world record-equalling time of 12.91secs. His woman compatriot Xing Huina followed suit in the women's 10,000m by beating a number of world ace runners, including Ethiopia's Ejegayehu Dibaba and double Olympic champion Derartu Tulu, to win the title.

　　Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun demonstrated perfect teamwork in the men's C2 500m canoe, while another Chinese pair Li Ting and Sun Tiantian won China's first gold medal in the women's doubles in tennis.

　　Special mention should also be made of the Chinese women's volleyball team which, by regaining the Olympic title after 20 years' hard efforts, was cited as a good example of fighting spirit and high moral.

　　The remarkable achievements made by the Chinese Olympians in Athens has greatly boosted the confidence of the Chinese sports community and helped laid down a solid foundation for sustainable development and further improvement of the nation's overall strength in competitive sports, particularly in the lead-up to the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.

　　奥林匹克运动发源地、1896年首届现代奥运会举办地希腊曾申办过1996年和2000年的两届奥运会，但都未能成功。尤其是1996年的第26届奥运会，踌躇满志的雅典欲夺下主办权，以在本土举办的奥运会庆祝现代奥运会创办100周年，并对申办获胜胸有成竹。但不料，美国的亚特兰大从半路杀出，将那届奥运会的主办权抢走。这一失败令希腊人耿耿于怀。2004年奥运会，雅典连续第三次提出申办。

　　2008年奥运会主办国中国此次派出了包括407名运动员(其中女运动员269名，男运动员138名)的代表团参加了除棒球和马术外的其他所有26个大项的比赛，取得了空前出色的战绩，金牌数和奖牌总数两项指标都创下了中国自参加奥运会以来的单届最高纪录，均超过了在四年前悉尼奥运会上创造的历史最好成绩。而且夺金牌面也达到了历史新高，获得金牌的项目增加至13个大项。