The Olympic Stadium (
Greek: Ολυμπιακό Στάδιο), is a
stadium that is part of the
Athens Olympic Sports Complex. It is also known as the Athens Olympic Stadium, and
Spiridon "Spiros" Louis Stadium, named after the man to win the first (modern) Olympic
marathon race in
1896.Located in the area of
Maroussi in
Athens, it is the major
Greek stadium and hosted the
athletics events and the
football (soccer) final at the
2004 Summer Olympics. It also hosted the opening ceremony on
August 13,
2004, and the
closing ceremony on
August 29,
2004. The stadium's record attendance is 74,473 but it was configured to seat 72,000 during the Olympics, though only 56,700 seats were made publicly available for the track and field events and slightly more for the football final.
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