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Barcelona Games
Opening Ceremony
Opening date: 25 July 1992
Closing date: 09 August 1992
Country of the host city: Spain
169 Nations
9,356 athletes (2,704 women, 6,652 men)
257 events -
Atlanta Games
Opening Ceremony
Opening date: 19 July 1996
Closing date: 04 August 1996
Country of the host city: United States of America
197 Nations
10,318 athletes (3,512 women, 6,806 men)
271 events
On July 27th during a concert held in the Centennial Olympic Park, a terrorist bomb killed one person and injured 110 people -
Sydney Games
Opening Ceremony
Opening date: 15 September 2000
Closing date: 01 October 2000
Country of the host city: Australia
199 Nations and 4 individual athletes
10,651 athletes (4,069 women, 6,582 men)
300 events -
Athens Games
Athens Opening Ceremony
Opening date: 13 August 2004
Closing date: 29 August 2004
Country of the host city: Greece
201 Nations
10,625 athletes (4,329 women, 6,296 men) -
Bejijing Games
Beijing Opening Ceremony
Opening date: 8 August 2008
Closing date: 24 August 2008
Country of the host city: People's Republic of China
A record 204 nations participating; record number of women participating
132 Olympic records, 43 world records The USA Head men's volley coach father-in-law was stabbed while walking around Beijing shortly after the opening ceremony
