Basketball ticket from the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games
date: label: date made
content: 2004
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Ticket stub for basketball at the 2004 Olympics, Athens, Greece. Silhouette image of a basketball player. Hologram. Ticket is for August 22. This was used by the donor, Patricia Mink at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 2004 Summer Olympics, also known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad were held in Athens, Greece with 204 countries, 6,296 men and 4,329 women athletes participating. This was the first time the Games returned to their city of origin since the 1896 Games. American swimmer Michael Phelps earned six gold medals, setting a single-Games record with eight medals while the American women won the gold in the 4x200 relay. American Mariel Zagunis won the gold in the debut sport of Women’s sabre fencing and gymnast Carly Patterson became the second American woman to win gold in the all-around competition. The United States won the medal count with 101 medals.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: level of sport
content: Olympics
label: name of sport
content: Basketball
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: related event
content: Olympic Summer Games: Athens, 2004
label: related event
content: Olympic Summer Games: Athens, 1896
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From Ms. Patricia Mink
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.3052.37
label: nonaccession number
content: 2012.3052
label: catalog number
content: 2012.3052.37
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ticket
label: Object Name
content: ticket, summer olympics
label: Object Name
content: ticket, olympics
label: Object Name
content: ticket, olympic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 6 in; x 6.35 cm x 15.24 cm