"Athens 2004: Games of the XXVIII Olympiad" (2004) TV mini-series

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Release Date:

13 August 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Sport

Tagline:

For the first time in their life, the Olympic games returned to the country they were born, and the city they were reborn.

Plot:

The games of the 28th summer olympiad returned to the birthplace of the Olympics - Athens, Greece. The games ran from August 13 to 29th 2004...

Plot Keywords:

Olympics | Olympic Games | TV Mini-Series | TV Broadcast | Non Fiction

Awards:

Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 4 nominations

Cast

Michael Phelps	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Julien Absalon	...	Himself
Adrián Annus	...	Himself
Esref Apak	...	Himself
Sedat Artuç	...	Himself
Stefano Baldini	...	Himself
Oana Ban	...	Herself
Amanda Beard	...	Herself
Tibor Benedek	...	Himself
Mohini Bhardwaj	...	Herself
Péter Biros	...	Himself
Björk	...	Herself
James Blake	...	Himself
Igor Cassina	...	Himself
Coralie Chacon	...	Herself
Yuri Chechi	...	Himself
Fei Cheng	...	Herself (as Cheng Fei)
George Costacos	...	Himself
Bob Costas	...	Himself
Natalie Coughlin	...	Herself
Katie Couric	...	Herself
Kirsty Coventry	...	Herself
Pat Croce	...	Himself
Ian Crocker	...	Himself
Tim Daggett	...	Himself
Marine Debauve	...	Herself
Inge de Bruijn	...	Herself
Taylor Dent	...	Himself
Andreas Dittmer	...	Himself
Daiane dos Santos	...	Herself
Hicham El Guerrouj	...	Himself
Alexandra Eremia	...	Herself
Seref Eroglu	...	Himself
Tony Estanguet	...	Himself
Ljudmilla Ezhova	...	Herself
Ye Fan	...	Herself (as Fan Ye)
Roger Federer	...	Himself
Allyson Felix	...	Herself
Cherrelle Fennell	...	Herself
Jennie Finch	...	Herself
Birgit Fischer	...	Herself
Laura Flessel	...	Herself (as Laura Flessel-Colovic)
Rajmund Fodor	...	Himself
Julie Foudy	...	Herself
Justin Gatlin	...	Himself
Jason Gatson	...	Himself
Tania Gener	...	Herself
Pascal Gentil	...	Himself
István Gergely	...	Himself
Justin Gimelstob	...	Himself
Robby Ginepri	...	Himself
Elena Gomez	...	Herself
Ana Gabriela Guevara	...	Herself
Dániel Gyurta	...	Himself
Grant Hackett	...	Himself
Gary Hall Jr.	...	Himself
Tyler Hamilton	...	Himself
Mia Hamm	...	Herself
Morgan Hamm	...	Himself
Paul Hamm	...	Himself
Brendan Hansen	...	Himself
Annia Hatch	...	Herself
Joanna Hayes	...	Himself
Justine Henin	...	Herself (as Justine Henin-Hardenne)
Vanessa Hobbs	...	Herself
Katie Hoff	...	Herself
Kelly Holmes	...	Herself
Gábor Horváth	...	Himself
Bettina Hoy	...	Herself
Terin Humphrey	...	Herself
Kaori Icho	...	Herself
Diána Igaly	...	Herself
Manami Ishizaka	...	Herself
Allen Iverson	...	Himself
Natasa Janics	...	Herself
Leisel Jones	...	Herself
Marion Jones	...	Herself
Steffi Jones	...	Herself
Jordan Jovtchev	...	Himself
Alina Kabaeva	...	Herself
Zoltán Kammerer	...	Himself
Tamás Kásás	...	Himself
Takehiro Kashima	...	Himself
Svetlana Khorkina	...	Herself
Gergely Kiss	...	Himself
Kosuke Kitajima	...	Himself
Carolina Klüft	...	Herself
Lydia Korniordou	...	Herself
Katalin Kovács	...	Herself
Alina Kozich	...	Herself
Lenny Krayzelburg	...	Himself
Stefan Kretzschmar	...	Himself
Maria Krioukova	...	Herself
Courtney Kupets	...	Herself
Svetlana Kuznetsova	...	Herself
Sun-Hui Kye	...	Herself
Katy Lennon	...	Herself
Emilie Le Pennec	...	Herself
Lisa Leslie	...	Herself
Jason Lezak	...	Himself
Lizzie Line	...	Herself
Li Lin	...	Herself (as Lin Li)
Ryan Lochte	...	Himself
Gael Mackie	...	Herself
Norbert Madaras	...	Himself
István Majoros	...	Himself
Laure Manaudou	...	Herself
Todd Martin	...	Himself
Amélie Mauresmo	...	Herself
Brett McClure	...	Himself
Courtney McCool	...	Herself
Faustine Merret	...	Herself
Hisashi Mizutori	...	Himself
Tamás Molnár	...	Himself
Stephanie Moorhouse	...	Herself
Carlos Moyá	...	Himself
Melissa Munro	...	Herself
Gabriel Murray	...	Himself
Halil Mutlu	...	Himself
Anastasia Myskina	...	Herself
Tímea Nagy	...	Herself
Daisuke Nakano	...	Himself
Alexei Nemov	...	Himself
Maureen Nisima	...	Herself
Mizuki Noguchi	...	Herself
Kyoko Oshima	...	Herself
Mehmet Özal	...	Himself
Carly Patterson	...	Herself
Anna Pavlova	...	Herself
Aaron Peirsol	...	Himself
Rodrigo Pessoa	...	Himself
Aydin Polayci	...	Himself
Catalina Ponor	...	Herself
Birgit Prinz	...	Herself
Kwang-Sun Pyon	...	Herself
Kate Richardson	...	Herself
Wanda Rijo	...	Herself
Andy Roddick	...	Himself
Monica Rosu	...	Herself
Sakis Rouvas	...	Himself
Marat Safin	...	Himself
Taner Sagir	...	Himself
Félix Sánchez	...	Himself
Kaitlin Sandeno	...	Herself
Elfi Schlegel	...	Herself
Roman Sebrle	...	Himself
Isabelle Severino	...	Herself
Lisa Skinner	...	Herself
Allana Slater	...	Herself
Katie Smith	...	Herself
Daniela Sofronie	...	Herself
Kimiko Soldati	...	Herself
Ádám Steinmetz	...	Himself
Barnabás Steinmetz	...	Himself
Botond Storcz	...	Himself
Silvia Stroescu	...	Herself
Zoltán Szécsi	...	Himself
Bahri Tanrikulu	...	Himself
Nurcan Taylan	...	Herself
Jenny Thompson	...	Herself
Ian Thorpe	...	Himself
Hiroyuki Tomita	...	Himself
Arnaud Tournant	...	Himself
Al Trautwig	...	Himself
Naoya Tsukahara	...	Himself
Beth Tweddle	...	Herself
Jan Ullrich	...	Himself
Franziska van Almsick	...	Herself
Pieter van den Hoogenband	...	Himself
Tamás Varga	...	Himself
Attila Vári	...	Himself
Ákos Vereckei	...	Himself
Anna Vissi	...	Herself
Zsuzsa Vörös	...	Herself
Kerri Walsh	...	Herself
Tiantian Wang	...	Herself (as Wang Tiantian)
Laura Wilkinson	...	Herself
Nicola Willis	...	Herself
Blaine Wilson	...	Himself
Atagün Yalçinkaya	...	Himself
Wei Yang	...	Himself (as Yang Wei)
Ming Yao	...	Himself (as Yao Ming)
Isao Yoneda	...	Himself
Guard Young	...	Himself
Elena Zamolodchikova	...	Herself
Nan Zhang	...	Herself (as Zhang Nan)
Natalia Ziganshina	...	Herself

Country:

USA | Greece

Language:

English | Greek | French

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Athens Olympic Sports Complex, Athens, Greece

Company:

7 Network

Trivia:

One month and three days were remaining until the opening ceremony and the "OAKA" stadium in which it was held, was without seats, roof, floor, plus it was unpainted and with a huge hole in the middle of it that needed to be closed

Movie Connections:

Featured in "20 to 1: Aussie Scandals (#2.2)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

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