Olympic Firsts

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"For the first time the visual identity manual for the Olympic Games is available in electronic format."

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For the first time in the history of Boxing, camera equipment will be used for the verification of results.

ATHOC’s ‘floating hotels’ hospitality programme is the biggest ever in the history of the Olympic Games.

For the first time the visual identity manual for the Olympic Games is available in electronic format.

Women's Wrestling will be part of the Olympic Competition schedule for the first time during the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games.

For the first time, the Olympic and Paralympic summer Games will be organised by a single Organising Committee after the signing of the IOC – IPC Cooperation Agreement.

In an effort to control the commercial aspect of the Games, ATHENS 2004 has a limited group of sponsors, half that of previous Games.

For the first time, stadiums built in three different centuries will host Olympic sports: Ancient Olympia Stadium (5th century B.C), Panathinaiko Stadium (19th century A.C.) and Olympic Stadium (20th century A.C.).

Τhe Olympic flame has traveled to Africa and Latin America for the first time. A total of 260 million people have seen the Flame in their city.

441 athletes, 223 men and 218 women, consist the biggest Greek Olympic delegation ever since the first Olympic Games in Athens, in 1896. The Greek Olympic team then numbered 240 athletes.

The ATHENS 2004 Olympic Torch Relay is the first to travel the globe and return to the country that gave birth to the Games.

A record number for the ATHENS 2004 Volunteers Programme: Volunteer applications exceeded 160.000.

For the first time a Trampoline pictogram has been created for use during the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games.

Women’s Sabre is included for the first time in the Olympic Fencing competition schedule.

Two hundred and two National Olympic Committees are going to participate in the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games.

All TOP V sponsors renewed their Olympic Sponsorship deals at the earliest date ever, demonstrating their confidence in the successful hosting of the 2004 Games.

All functional pictograms have been redesigned specifically for the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games.

For the first time in modern history, during the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games a sporting event is going to be held in the Ancient Olympia Stadium.

The official Volunteer Application Form was, for the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, available in French through the ATHENS 2004 website.

For the first time in the history of Ancient Olympia Stadium women will compete in it during the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games.

For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, the entire official website is trilingual (Greek, French, English) two and a half years before the Games.

For the first time, the Olympic Village Newspaper is available via the official ATHENS 2004 website.

For the first time in Tennis, points accumulated during Olympic matches will contribute to athlete’s world ranking positions.

For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, all the Aquatics events will be held in one venue, at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex – OAKA Olympic Aquatic Centre.

The Olympic flame will visit for the first time all 54 Prefectures in Greece.


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