BELOW YOU WILL FIND LISTINGS OF THE OLYMPIC SPORTING EVENTS, THEIR VENUES AND DATES.  ALSO LISTED IS OLYMPIC TRANSPORT INFORMATION.

FOR MORE EXTENSIVE TRANSPORT INFORMATION PLEASE SEE THE TRANSPORT SECTION OF THE MAIN WEBSITE. 

OLYMPIC GAMES TICKET SALES

Sales have resumed as from June 1st. Tickets for most events are still available. There is no exchange or refund once tickets are paid for, unless the event is cancelled. Tickets can be prepaid fully in cash or by visa card, which must be valid up to July 2004. Tickets will be dispensed or can be collected n May – July, thus reducing the risk of loss, as tickets cannot be reissued.

Further information can be obtained from the Olympic hotline 800 11 2004 2 free of charge for Greece and 0030 210 373 0000 from outside Greece. Useful web addresses are www.athens2004 and www.ticketsathens2004.com

Sports during the Athens 2004 Olympic Games

Aquatics
Swimming - Diving - Synchronized Swimming - Water polo
For the first time in Olympic Games history, all Aquatics events will take place in a single venue, the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. The Aquatics program spans all 16 days of the Games (14 to 29 August 2004). Swimming starts off the Aquatics program, followed by Diving, Water polo and Synchronized swimming. Seating capacity 11,000.
 
Archery
The Archery competition in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games will take place at the Panathenean Stadium (Kallimarmaro). This is the Stadium where the first modern Olympic Games were held in 1896, and it is built on top of the ancient Stadium dating from 329 B.C. The competition will be held from 15 to 21 August in the following categories: Archery, individual events, men's Archery, individual events, women's Archery, team events, men's Archery, team events, women's. Seating capacity 5,500.
 
Athletics
During the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, Athletics events will be staged at the Athens Olympic Stadium in the Athens Olympic Sports Complex with the exception of The Marathon and the road walk events. Competition will take place over the span of ten days (August 20-29).
 
Marathon
In the Athens 2004 Olympic Games the Marathon will be run on its historic course, starting from the town of Marathon and finishing in the Panathenian Stadium.
 
Badminton
During the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, Badminton competitions will be staged in the Goudi Olympic Hall, which has a seating capacity of 5,000. Competition events will take place within the span of eight days (August 14-21). The finals will be conducted during the last four days of competition. Olympic Badminton consists of five events: Men's singles, Women's singles, Men's doubles, Women's doubles, Mixed doubles.

Baseball
During the 2004 Olympic Games, all Baseball games will take place within the span of 11 days (August 15-25), two of which are designated as rest days (August 19th, August 23rd). Additionally, all games will be hosted in the Hellinikon Olympic Complex; the Olympic venue second in size after the main one (Athens Olympic Complex)
The Olympic Baseball Centre will consist of two fields. Baseball field One, which has a seating capacity of 9,000 and it will host preliminary, semi-final and final games. Baseball Field Two, which has a seating capacity of 4,000 and will only host preliminary games.
 
Basketball
The Basketball tournament in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games will last 15 days from 14 to 28 August. The preliminary rounds and the classification games for places 9 & 10 and 11 & 12 will take up eleven game days (14-24 August). They will be held in the Indoor Arena of the Helliniko Olympic Complex, which has a total capacity of 15,000 seats. The quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals will be held on the four final game days (25-28 August) at the Olympic Indoor Hall, within the Athens Olympic Sports Complex, where the total capacity is 18,000 seats.
 
Boxing
The Olympic Boxing competition will last 15 competition days, from 14 to 29 August, with one rest day on August 26th. There are one or two sessions in every competition day. The first period has been programmed to start at 13:30 and end at 16:30, and the second to start at 19:30 and end at 22:30. Boxing will be hosted at the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall.
 
Canoeing/Kayak
In Athens, the Canoe / kayak flatwater racing competition will be held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre, near the village of Marathon, over six competition days, from 23 to 28 August 2004. Seating capacity 4,000.

 The Canoe / kayak slalom racing competition will be held in the Helliniko Olympic Complex, over four competition days, from 17 to 20 August 2004. Seating capacity 4,000.
 
Cycling
Road cycling includes two events: the Road Race, an endurance event, and the individual time trial. The 2004 Road Race will be held in the historical centre of Athens, and the individual time trials at the Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre. Both events will be held from 14 to 18 August.

Track cycling will be held from 20 to 25 August in the Olympic Velodrome at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.

Mountain bike events will be held on 27 and 28 August at Parnitha Olympic Mountain Bike Venue, in Mount Parnitha.
 
Equestrian
Equestrian events will be held over 11 competition days, between 15 and 27 August (no Equestrian events will be held on 19 and 26 of August). Equestrian events will be held at the newly-built Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre, which includes two main arenas, one with grass for the Jumping events, and one with sand for the Dressage events, as well as a separate venue for Eventing: the Eventing Park.

Fencing
Some 200 fencers will be taking part in the 2004 Olympics. The Fencing competitions will be held in the Fencing Hall of the Helliniko Olympic Complex. Six Fencing disciplines are on the Olympic program, which include six individual and four team events: Men's foil (from 1896), Women’s foil (from 1924) - individual events, Men's epee (from 1896), Women's epee (from 1996), Men's sabre (from 1896), Women's sabre (from 2004).
 
Football /Soccer
During the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, the men's and women's Football competitions will be hosted in five Olympic cities: Athens, Volos, Heraklio(Crete), Thessaloniki, Patras. Competition events will take place from 11 August, two days before the Opening Ceremony, to 29 August 2004. Finals will take place in Athens. In total, 16 men's teams will compete in four rounds (preliminaries, quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals) and 10 women's teams in three (quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals).

Gymnastics
Artistic Gymnastics - Rhythmic Gymnastics - Trampoline During the Athens 2004 Games, Gymnastics disciplines will be held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (Artistic Gymnastics and Trampoline), which has a seating capacity of 15,000 and at the Galatsi Olympic Hall (Rhythmic Gymnastics) that has a seating capacity of 6,000.
Artistic Gymnastics will be concluded over eight competition days, from 14 to 23 August, with the participation of 98 men and 98 women athletes from about 35 countries.
Trampoline will be held on 20 and 21 August with the participation of 16 men and 16 women athletes from about 20 countries. Rhythmic Gymnastics will be held from 26 to 29 August with the participation of 80 gymnasts from approximately 20 countries. On 24 August a gala will be held at the Olympic Indoor Hall, with the participation of the Olympic Champions and World Champions in Gymnastics.

Handball
The Handball competition will take place at two separate sports venues. The preliminary games will take place at the Sports Pavilion within the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex, over 11 competition days, from 14 to 24 August 2004. The finals will take place at the Indoor Arena of the Helliniko Olympic Complex, over four competition days, from 26 to 29 August 2004.

Hockey
Hockey will be held on two different pitches at the Olympic Hockey Centre within the Helliniko Olympic Complex. The competition will be held over 14 days, from 14 to 27 August. A total of 352 athletes (12 men's teams and 10 women's teams) will take part in the 2004 Olympic Games competition. Athletes will be able warm up on a warm-up pitch, situated within the Helliniko Olympic Complex and train on a training pitch, situated at the nearby Agios Kosmas Athletic Centre. Seating capacity – large field 12,000 seats, small field 4,000 seats.
 
Judo
During the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, Judo competitions will be staged in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, which has a seating capacity of 8,000. Competition events will take place within the span of seven days (August 14-20). Daily, one women's and one men's weight category will be completed, starting with the lighter weight categories. Preliminaries and repechage (a second chance for defeated athletes in the first and second round) will be held at 10:30 and finals at 16:30. It is estimated that as many as 386 judo athletes from 90 countries will compete in the 2004 Olympic Games.

Modern Pentathlon
The Modern Pentathlon events will take place at the Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre, within the Goudi Olympic Complex. All the events will take place within one day for each category. Venues will be in a walking distance from one another. The men's event will take place on 26th August and the women's on 27th August 2004.
 
Rowing
The Athens 2004 Olympic Games Rowing events will be held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre over a period of eight competition days, from 15 to 22 August. A total of 550 athletes (358 men and 192 women) from all over the world will take part in 14 Olympic Rowing events. Men's Olympic Rowing events are: single sculls, double sculls, lightweight double sculls, quadruple sculls, coxless pair, coxless four, lightweight coxless four, and eight with coxswain. Women's Olympic events are: single sculls, double sculls, lightweight double sculls, quadruple sculls, coxless pair, and eight with coxswain. Seating capacity of 4,000.
 
Sailing
There will be nine sailing disciplines in the 2004 Olympic Games. Four will be for men; four will be for women; and three will be open, i.e. events where men and women compete together. The Sailing events will take place at the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre from 14 to 28 August 2004.

Shooting
All Shooting events in the Athens 2004 Games will take place in the Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre, on the following ranges:

Volleyball
During the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, the Volleyball competition will take place at the Peace and Friendship Stadium at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex, which has a total capacity of 14,000 seats. The competition program will span over 16 days, from 14 to 29 August 2004. Men’s and women's matches will be held every other day, beginning in the morning and ending at night. 288 athletes from different countries will participate at the Athens Olympic Games (12 men's and 12 women's teams of 12 players each). Beach Volleyball will be staged at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre, which is part of the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex. Competition will take place over twelve days (August 14 -25). For the first time in the Olympic history of the sport, games will take place late until in the evening with floodlights. The Olympic Venue will have a main competition area of a 10,000-seat capacity, as well as six training and two warm up courts.
 
Weightlifting
During the Athens 2004 Games, Weightlifting will be held in the Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall. The competition schedule will run through ten competition days, from 14 to 25 August, with rest days on 17 August and 22 August. Seating capacity of 5,000

Wrestling
At the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, Wrestling will take place at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, which has a seating capacity of 9,150 spectators. The competition program will be completed within eight days, from August 22 to August 29, 2004.

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OLYMPIC GAMES TRANSPORT

During the Olympic Games it is advised not to use private transport as there will be many road restrictions. The public transport systems will run to full capacity with 5 bus services and 4 trolley services running on a 24hr basis, as will the Athens ISAP train service Metro line 1. Over the same period the Metro lines 2 and 3 will operate until 2am.

A tram service will run from Glyfada to Piraeus (Peace and Friendship Stadium) via the Hellinikon Complex (south entrance), the Marina and the Volley Stadium. The tram will also run to Syntagma Square via Nea Smyrni. The route is not yet finished and exact routes have not yet been released.

Park and Ride facilities will be in operation at the outlying event areas, e.g. Markopoulo and Skinia.

The Metro line is very quick and efficient running from Kifissia to Piraeus, Ilioupoli to Ag. Antonios and Ethniki Amina, thus connecting north, east, west and southern suburbs.

Extra express buses will run for the duration of the games. Organisers say these buses will be frequent, with extra services before and after Games events. Express buses will make fewer stops than normal and mainly link to other means of public transport. Below is a table of the routes. 

EXPRESS BUS ROUTE PLANNED FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES