(29)Biggest Games open in Athens amid tight security

(29)Biggest Games open in Athens amid tight security

ATHENS, Greece - A boy aboard a boat waves to spectators during the opening ceremony of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on Aug. 13.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001104743
  • Registered date
  • 2004/8/14 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2004 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 1228 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 502.43(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing

    World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing

    The opening ceremony of the World Humanoid Robot Games is held in Beijing on Aug. 14, 2025, with robots developed by 280 teams from 16 countries set to compete in football, table tennis and a 400-meter race, for example, until Aug. 17.
      World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing

      World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing

      The opening ceremony of the World Humanoid Robot Games is held in Beijing on Aug. 14, 2025, with robots developed by 280 teams from 16 countries set to compete in football, table tennis and a 400-meter race, for example, until Aug. 17.
        World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing

        World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing

        The opening ceremony of the World Humanoid Robot Games is held in Beijing on Aug. 14, 2025, with robots developed by 280 teams from 16 countries set to compete in football, table tennis and a 400-meter race, for example, until Aug. 17.
          80th A-bomb anniversary

          80th A-bomb anniversary

          A ceremony is held on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with a model of the "Little Boy" bomb on Hiroshima on display. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, was the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities.
            Toyota signs up for top-ranked Olympic sponsorship

            Toyota signs up for top-ranked Olympic sponsorship

            Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda (L) and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach pose for photos in Tokyo on March 13, 2015, during a signing ceremony for a contract granting Toyota top-ranked sponsorship of the Olympic Games through 2024.
              Diving pool for 2004 Athens Olympics remains dry

              Diving pool for 2004 Athens Olympics remains dry

              ATHENS, Greece - The diving pool used at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens remains dry as seen in this file photo of Aug. 21, 2014.
                Athens Olympic baseball park covered with weeds

                Athens Olympic baseball park covered with weeds

                ATHENS, Greece - The baseball park used at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens is covered with weeds as seen in this file photo taken on Aug. 21, 2014.
                  Access for handicapped checked at Paralympic stadium

                  Access for handicapped checked at Paralympic stadium

                  TOKYO, Japan - A group of handicapped people checks the accessibility of facilities at the Ariake Coliseum, the venue for the tennis competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Tokyo on July 16, 2014.
                    Murals at Tokyo's National Stadium to be preserved

                    Murals at Tokyo's National Stadium to be preserved

                    TOKYO, Japan - A mosaic mural featuring Nominosukune, a legendary warrior considered a deity of sumo, at the National Stadium in Tokyo is photographed in May 2014. A total of 13 murals will be transferred to another site ahead of the demolition of the stadium starting in July to make way for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
                      Paralympics closing ceremony

                      Paralympics closing ceremony

                      LONDON, Britain - Photo shows a scene from the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in London on Sept. 9, 2012.