Athens was selected as the host city of the 2004 Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland on 5 September 1997. On that same day, the Host City Contract for the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad was signed.
The ATHENS 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games is the body responsible for organising and hosting both the 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games. To accomplish its mission and to ensure impeccable performance and functioning of all operational areas during the Games, ATHENS 2004 has joined forces with the Greek Government as well as with local authorities all over the country.
Volunteers are the people who make the Games happen, supporting every athlete, spectator, and visitor for the most amazing sporting event in the world. A piece of the success of the Olympic Games belongs to each one of the 34,548 volunteers of the Barcelona Olympic Games, the 60,422 volunteers of Atlanta and the 47,000 volunteers of the Sydney Games.
