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The 2004 Olympic Torch Relay took the Olympic Flame across every habitable Continent , returning to Athens , Greece for the Games Of The XXVIII Olympiad . Every City which had hosted the Summer Olympics was revisited by the Torch , as well as several other cities chosen for their International importance. The relay was the first time the Olympic flame had travelled to Africa , India and South America . It was also the first time the flame had Circumnavigated the globe. The flame was transported from country to country aboard a specially-equipped Boeing 747 leased from Atlanta Icelandic (Registration TF-ARO). called ''Zeus''. INTERNATIONAL LEG OF THE 2004 OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY On March 25 , 2004 , the Olympic Flame was ignited at Olympia , Greece , site of the Ancient Olympics . The International Leg of the 2004 Olympic Torch Relay officially began on June 4 , 2004 , when the Flame touched down in Sydney , Australia , host city of the 2000 Summer Olympics . # Sydney , Australia ( 2000 ) # Melbourne , Australia ( 1956 ) # Tokyo , Japan ( 1964 ) # Seoul , South Korea ( 1988 ) # Beijing , China ( 2008 ) # Delhi , India # Cairo , Egypt ( North Africa / Middle East ) # Cape Town , South Africa ( Southern Africa ) # Rio De Janeiro , Brazil ( South America ) # Mexico City , Mexico ( 1968 ) # Los Angeles , USA ( 1932 / 1984 ) # Saint Louis , USA ( 1904 ) # Atlanta , USA ( 1996 ) # New York City , USA ( Headquarters of the United Nations ) # Montreal , Canada ( 1976 ) # Antwerp , Belgium ( 1920 ) # Brussels , Belgium (Headquarters of the European Union ) # Amsterdam , The Netherlands ( 1928 ) # Geneva , Switzerland # Lausanne , Switzerland (Headquarters of the International Olympic Committee ) # Paris , France ( 1900 / 1924 ) # London , United Kingdom ( 1908 / 1948 / 2012 ) # Madrid , Spain # Barcelona , Spain ( 1992 ) # Rome , Italy ( 1960 ) # Munich , Germany ( 1972 ) # Berlin , Germany ( 1936 ) # Stockholm , Sweden ( 1912 ) # Helsinki , Finland ( 1952 ) # Moscow , Russia ( 1980 ) # Kiev , Ukraine # Istanbul , Turkey # Sofia , Bulgaria # Nicosia , Cyprus The International Leg of the 2004 Olympic Torch Relay officially 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 August 13 , 2004 . After visiting Cyprus , the Greek Leg of the Torch Relay resumed on July 9 , 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. 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. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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