Basketball ticket used at the 2004 Olympic Summer Games in Athens Greece
date: label: Date made
content: 2004
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Multi-colored ticket to the 2004 Summer Olympic games in Athens, Greece. There is a black drawing of a person playing basketball on the front of the ticket along with a silver seal next to it. This ticket is for August 28, 2004 for basketball in the Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Olympic Sports Complex, Gate A1, Section 132, Row 38, Seat 5, Number 650. This ticket was used by the donor, Brent Glass while visiting the games.
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.
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topic: label: related event
content: Olympic Summer Games: Athens, 2004
label: related event
content: Olympic Summer Games: Athens, 1896
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.3071.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ticket
label: Object Name
content: ticket, summer olympics
label: Object Name
content: ticket, olympics