2004 Athens Olympic Games Puzzle

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  1. Swimmer Michael _____ won a total of eight medals at the Athens Games.
  2. Li Jia Wei of Singapore fought valiantly in women’s singles ______ tennis, placing 4th overall.
  3. For the first time, the Olympic _________ travelled to previous host countries of the Games before returning to Greece. The lighting ceremony was held in Ancient Olympia.
  4. Two new National Olympic _______ made their first appearances at the Games under their own flags—Kiribati and East Timor.
  5. Building of the Olympic stadium began in 1990 in Herkalion. It is now used as the OFI Crete ______ Club.
  6. A record of 3.9 billion people tuned in to watch the Olympic Games on television, up from the 3.6 billion who saw the _________ Games in 2000.
  7. In men’s singles badminton, Ronald Susilo from ______ beat China’s Lin Dan, who was ranked No.1 in the world at the time.
  8. South Korea and __________ tied for 10th place with a total count of 30 medals each. They both won nine gold medals.
  9. The opening _______________ was held on August 13, 2004.
  10. The mascots—Athena and Phevos—for the games were ‘brother and sister’ and inspired by the ancient daidala (______ with religious and spiritual ties).
  11. For a sport to qualify as an event in the men's category, the sport had to have competitors from at least 75 different countries, spread over _____ continents.

Down

  1. China won a total of 63 medals, including 32 _____.
  2. The Olympic Games concluded on August 29, 2004, in front of a crowd of 70,000 spectators. The national anthems of Greece and ____ were played during the closing ceremony.
  3. ___________ racing was a demonstration sport at the 2004 Games in Athens.
  4. More than 3,000 tests for doping were carried out at the Games, and 24 athletes tested _________ for using performance-enhancing drugs
  5. Greece’s Fani Halkia won the women’s 400m ____________.
  6. In men’s volleyball event, the United States dominated _______, winning three games against them.
  7. Manufacturing the Olympic medals required _______ kilos of pure gold.
  8. Michael Phelps tied ___________ Dityatin’s Olympic record, by winning eight medals, including six golds, at a single games.
  9. In the men’s lightweight double scull event in _________, Nikolaos Skiathitis Vasileios Polymeros won the bronze medal.


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