The 2004 Simmer Olympic Gemmes, offeecially kent as the Games o the XXVIII Olympiad, wur a premier internaitional multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece, frae 13 tae 29 August 2004 wi the motto Walcome Hame. 10,625 athletes competit,[1] some 600 mair nor expected, accompanied bi 5,501 team offeecials frae 201 kintras.[1] Thare wur 301 medal events in 28 different sports.[1] Athens 2004 marked the first time syne the 1996 Simmer Olympics that aw kintras wi a Naitional Olympic Committee wur in attendance. It wis the first time syne 1896 (ither nor the syne-doungradit 1906 Intercalated Gemmes) that the Olympics wur held in Greece an aa.
