XXVIII Olympic Summer Games 2004 in Athens

About games

• At the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, Afghanistan returned to the Olympic family for the first time after the overthrow of the Taliban regime, which forbade women to play sports.

• In a marathon race, Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima was attacked by a fan who stopped him from running for a while. As a result, de Lima became only the bronze medalist. The request of the Brazilian federation to give de Lima a second gold medal was not granted, but as a consolation, the IOC awarded the Brazilian the "Pierre de Coubertin Prize for a noble deed."

• Dutch rower Simon Diederik forgot his silver medal in a taxi. Five thousand taxi drivers who worked in Athens that evening were notified about this, and the medal was returned.