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{{Infobox Olympic torch relay|2004|Summer|
| Logo              = 2004 Summer Olympics torch emblem.svg
| caption           = 
| host city         = [[Athens]], Greece
| countries visited = Greece, Australia, Japan, South Korea, China, India, Egypt, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, United States, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Albania
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| start date        = {{start date|df=yes|2004|03|25}}
| end date          = {{end date|df=yes|2004|08|13}}
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| number of torches = 
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{{2004 Summer Olympics}}[[Image:Route of Olympic Flame Worldwide for the 2004 Summer Olympics.png|200px|thumb|right|For the first time, the [[Olympic Flame]] circumnavigated the globe, starting in Olympia in advance of the 2004 games.]]
[[File:Olympic Torch Relay Jet - Zeus TF-ARO small.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Olympic Torch Relay Jet – Zeus (Registration TF-ARO)]]

The '''2004 Summer Olympics Torch Relay''' took the [[Olympic Flame]] across every habitable [[continent]], returning to [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. Every [[city]] which had hosted, will host, or coincidentally elected to host the [[Summer Olympics]] until the [[2028 Summer Olympics]] was visited or revisited by the [[torch]], as well as several other cities chosen for their international importance. The main reason the torch relay went around the world was to highlight the fact that the [[Ancient Olympic Games]] started in [[Greece]], and in modern times have been held around the world but finally took place again in Greece in 2004. 

The relay was the first time the Olympic flame had travelled to [[Africa]] and [[South America]]. The flame was transported from country to country aboard a specially equipped [[Boeing 747]] leased from [[Air Atlanta Icelandic|Atlanta Icelandic]] (Registration TF-ARO) called ''Zeus''. On board the flame was carried and burned continuously in specially modified miners' lamps.

==Route in Greece (first phase)==
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25 March: [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]], [[Elis (city)|Elis]], [[Pyrgos, Elis|Pyrgos]], [[Andritsaina]]<br>
26 March: [[Megalopolis, Greece|Megalopolis]], [[Dorio, Messenia|Dorio]], [[Kopanaki]], [[Kyparissia]], [[Filiatra]], [[Gargalianoi]], [[Pylos]]<br>
27 March: [[Methoni, Messenia|Methoni]], [[Koroni]], [[Petalidi]], [[Messini]], [[Valira, Greece|Valira]], [[Meligalas]], [[Kalamata]]<br>
28 March: [[Mystras]], [[Gytheio]]<br>
29 March: [[Sparta (modern)|Sparta]], [[Tegea]], [[Tripoli, Greece|Tripoli]]<br>
30 March: [[Nemea]], [[Mycenae]], [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]], [[Nafplio]], [[Epidaurus]]<br>
31 March: [[Kranidi]], [[Spetses]], [[Hydra (island)|Hydra]], [[Poros]], [[Aegina]], [[Salamina (city)|Salamina]], [[Panathenaic Stadium]]
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==International route==
The International Leg of the 2004 Olympic Torch Relay officially began on 4 June 2004, when the [[Olympic Flame|flame]] touched down in [[Sydney]], Australia, previous host city of the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]. In Sydney, it visited [[Stadium Australia]], the 2000 Summer Olympics main venue, prior to the [[National Rugby League]] match between the [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]] and [[Sydney Roosters]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/torch-carries-a-teenagers-dreams-20040506-gdive7.html|title=Torch carries a teenager's dreams|publisher=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=6 May 2004|accessdate=10 September 2024}}</ref> in Melbourne, it visited the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], the [[1956 Summer Olympics]] main venue, at half-time of the [[Australian Football League]] [[Line in the Sand Match|match]] between {{AFL Haw}} and {{AFL Ess}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/95491/torch-returns-to-the-mcg|title=Torch returns to the MCG|publisher=Essendon Football Club|date=2 June 2004|accessdate=10 September 2024}}</ref>

===Route in Oceania===
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4 June: [[Sydney]], Australia (host city of the [[2000 Summer Olympics]])<br>
5 June: [[Melbourne]] (host city of the [[1956 Summer Olympics]])
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===Route in Asia===
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6 June: [[Tokyo]], Japan (host city of the [[1964 Summer Olympics]] and later hosted the [[2020 Summer Olympics]])<br>
7 June: [[Seoul]], South Korea (host city of the [[1988 Summer Olympics]])<br>
8 June: [[Beijing]], China (host city of the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] and later hosted the [[2022 Winter Olympics]], which in turn later became the first dual host city in history)<br>
10 June: [[Delhi]], India
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===Route in Africa===
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11 June: [[Cairo]], Egypt<br>
12 June: [[Cape Town]], South Africa
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===Route in the Americas===
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13 June: [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil (later chosen to be the host city of the [[2016 Summer Olympics]])<br>
15 June: [[Mexico City]], Mexico (host city of the [[1968 Summer Olympics]])<br>
16 June: [[Los Angeles]], United States (host city of the [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932]], [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]] and later the host for the upcoming [[2028 Summer Olympics]])<br>
17 June: [[St. Louis]] (host city of the [[1904 Summer Olympics]])<br>
18 June: [[Atlanta]] (host city of the [[1996 Summer Olympics]])<br>
19 June: [[New York City|New York]] (headquarters of [[United Nations]])<br>
20 June: [[Montreal]], Canada (host city of the [[1976 Summer Olympics]])
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===Route in Europe (excluding Greece) ===
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21 June: [[Antwerp]], Belgium (host city of the [[1920 Summer Olympics]])<br>
22 June: [[Brussels]]<br>
23 June: [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands (host city of the [[1928 Summer Olympics]])<br>
24 June: [[Geneva]], Switzerland (headquarters of [[League of Nations]] and many [[United Nations]] agencies)<br>[[Lausanne]] (headquarters of the [[International Olympic Committee]] and later hosted the [[2020 Winter Youth Olympics]])<br>
25 June: [[Paris]], France (host city of the [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900]], [[1924 Summer Olympics|1924]] and [[2024 Summer Olympics]])<br>
26 June: [[London]], United Kingdom (host city of the [[1908 Summer Olympics|1908]], [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948]] and later the host of the [[2012 Summer Olympics]])<br>
27 June: [[Madrid]], Spain<br>[[Barcelona]] (host city of the [[1992 Summer Olympics]])<br>
28 June: [[Rome]], Italy (host city of the [[1960 Summer Olympics]])<br>
29 June: [[Munich]], Germany (host city of the [[1972 Summer Olympics]])<br>
30 June: [[Berlin]] (host city of the [[1936 Summer Olympics]])<br>
1 July: [[Stockholm]], Sweden (host city of the [[1912 Summer Olympics]] and the<br>[[Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics|equestrian]] events of the [[1956 Summer Olympics]])<br>
2 July: [[Helsinki]], Finland (host city of the [[1952 Summer Olympics]])<br>
3 July: [[Moscow]], Russia (host city of the [[1980 Summer Olympics]])<br>
5 July: [[Kyiv]], Ukraine<br>
6 July: [[Istanbul]], Turkey<br>
7 July: [[Sofia]], Bulgaria<br>
8 July: [[Nicosia]], Cyprus
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The International Leg of the 2004 Olympic Torch Relay concluded on July 8, 2004, just over a month after it began its global journey and just over a month before the [[2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony]] on 13 August 2004.

==Route in Greece (second phase)==
After visiting [[Cyprus]], the Greek Leg of the Torch Relay resumed on 9 July 2004, with the flame touching down in [[Crete]] in the city of [[Heraklion]]. During the Greek Leg of the relay, the torch also made a cursory stopover in [[Albania]] when the torch was carried through a lake on the Greek-Albanian border.
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9 July (day 1): [[Heraklion]]<br>
10 July (day 2): [[Knossos]], [[Malia, Crete|Malia]], [[Agios Nikolaos, Crete|Agios Nikolaos]], [[Sitia]]<br>
11 July (day 3): [[Ierapetra]], Pyrgos, [[Agia Galini]]<br>
12 July (day 4): [[Spili]], [[Rethymno]], [[Chania]]<br>
13 July (day 5): [[Karpathos]], [[Kalymnos]], [[Kos]], [[Kastellorizo]], [[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]]<br>
14 July (day 6): [[Santorini]], [[Sifnos]], [[Paros]], [[Naxos]], [[Mykonos]], [[Syros]]<br>
15 July (day 7): [[Tinos]], [[Andros]], [[Samos]], [[Chios]], [[Oinousses]], [[Mytilene]]<br>
16 July (day 8): [[Lemnos]], [[Thasos]], [[Samothrace]]<br>
17 July (day 9): [[Orestiada]], [[Didymoteicho]], [[Soufli]], [[Feres, Evros|Feres]], [[Alexandroupoli]]<br>
18 July (day 10): [[Sapes]], [[Komotini]], [[Lake Vistonida]], [[Abdera, Thrace|Abdera]], [[Xanthi]]<br>
19 July (day 11): [[Chrysoupoli]], [[Kavala]], [[Philippi]]<br>
20 July (day 12): [[Drama, Greece|Drama]], [[Alistrati]], [[Nea Zichni]], [[Serres]]<br>
21 July (day 13): [[Sidirokastro]], [[Vyroneia]], [[Doirani]], Kato Poroia, [[Kilkis]]<br>
22 July (day 14): [[Langadas]], [[Polygyros]]<br>
23 July (day 15): [[Moudania, Greece|Moudania]], [[Triglia]], [[Epanomi]], [[Michaniona]], [[Thermi]], [[Thessaloniki]]<br>
24 July (day 16): [[Pella]], [[Giannitsa]], [[Alexandreia, Greece|Alexandreia]], [[Litochoro]], [[Dion, Pieria|Dion]]<br>
25 July (day 17): [[Katerini]], [[Kolindros]], [[Aiginio]], [[Meliki]], [[Vergina]]<br>
26 July (day 18): [[Veria]], [[Naousa, Imathia|Naousa]], [[Skydra]], [[Edessa, Greece|Edessa]], [[Florina]]<br>
27 July (day 19): [[Psarades]], [[Amyntaio]], [[Ptolemaida]], [[Kozani]]<br>
28 July (day 20): [[Grevena]], [[Siatista]], [[Kastoria]]<br>
29 July (day 21): Eptachori, [[Konitsa]], [[Kalpaki]], [[Dodoni]], [[Ioannina]]<br>
30 July (day 22): Mikro Peristeri, [[Metsovo]], [[Kalabaka]]<br>
31 July (day 23): [[Trikala]], [[Karditsa]], [[Larissa]], [[Nea Ionia, Magnesia|Nea Ionia]], [[Volos]]<br>
1 August (day 24): [[Stylida]], [[Lamia (city)|Lamia]], [[Karpenisi]], [[Skopelos]], [[Skiathos]]<br>
2 August (day 25): [[Kymi, Greece|Kymi]], [[Aliveri]], [[Amarynthos]], [[Chalcis]]<br>
3 August (day 26): [[Aliartos]], [[Livadia, Kilkis|Livadia]], [[Arachova]], [[Delphi]]<br>
4 August (day 27): [[Amfissa]], [[Itea, Phocis|Itea]], [[Galaxidi]], [[Nafpaktos]], [[Zakynthos]]<br>
5 August (day 28): [[Argostoli]], [[Ithaca (island)|Ithaca]], [[Astakos]], [[Lefkada]], [[Corfu]]<br>
6 August (day 29): [[Igoumenitsa]], [[Syvota]], [[Parga]], [[Preveza]]<br>
7 August (day 30): [[Arta, Greece|Arta]], [[Menidi, Aetolia-Acarnania|Menidi]], [[Amfilochia]], [[Agrinio]]<br>
8 August (day 31): [[Missolonghi]], [[Rio–Antirrio bridge]], [[Patras]]<br>
9 August (day 32): [[Aigio]], [[Akrata]], [[Xylokastro]], [[Kiato]], [[Corinth]]<br>
10 August (day 33: [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]], [[Marathon, Greece|Marathon]]<br>
11 August (day 34): [[Piraeus]]<br>
12–13 August (days 35 & 36): [[Athens]]
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==Aftermath==
[[File:A scene of Olympic Torch Relay 2004 in New Delhi on June 10, 2004 (1).jpg|thumb|A scene of Olympic Torch Relay 2004 in New Delhi, India on 10 June 2004]]
[[File:A scene of Olympic Torch Relay 2004 in New Delhi on June 10, 2004.jpg|thumb|A scene of Olympic Torch Relay 2004 in New Delhi, India on 10 June 2004]]
The [[International Olympic Committee]] has indicated that, due to the success of the 2004 run, they might sanction a global circumnavigation of the flame before every succeeding Olympics. However, those plans were abandoned in March 2009 due to the [[2008 Tibetan unrest|protests]] in the international leg of the [[2008 Summer Olympics torch relay|torch relay]] of the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] (with an exception made for the [[2010 Youth Olympic Games]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=IOC Scraps International Torch Relays |url=http://aroundtherings.com/articles/view.aspx?id=31836 |publisher=Around the Rings |accessdate=22 May 2013 |archive-date=27 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027155024/http://aroundtherings.com/articles/view.aspx?id=31836 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=IOC scraps international torch relays |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/995837/ioc-scraps-international-torch-relays |access-date=24 March 2023 |work=DAWN.COM |agency=AFP |date=28 March 2009 |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[2008 Summer Olympics torch relay]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

{{Olympic torch relays}}

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