17. August 2004
Olympic City Athens
Artistic Gymnastics
WOMEN s TEAM FINAL: Third Olympic Gold for Romania

Being the clearly best team today evening the Romanian women's artistic gymnastics team defended their Olympic gold medal from Sydney with the score of 114.283. This is their 3rd Olympic team title after Los Angeles 1984 and Sydney 2000.
Their strongest competitor USA won the silver medal with the score of 113.584.
Getting stronger through the course of the competition Russia secured themselves the Olympic bronze medal with the score of 112.235….

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16. August 2004
Olympic city Athens
Artistic Gymnastics
MEN s TEAM FINAL: Japan is back, Gold after 28 years!

A dramatic fight of Continents:
Asia - America - Europe
With a technically very impressive team performance Japan managed to win the gold medal in the men’s team competition again after 28 years. They reached the score of 173.721 and clearly stayed in front of the USA who won silver with 172.933 which brought them the first Olympic team medal after the Games in 1984.
Also the Romanians lost the dramatic battle for gold at the last...

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15. August 2004
Olympic city Athens
Artistic Gymnastics
Women s qualification rounds: Romania in front of USA and China


The Olympic Champion from 2000 Romania was the best and most consistent team during today’s team qualification. With the score of 152.436 they took the lead in front of their main competitor USA and China.

Russia, Ukraine, France, Spain and Australia also reached the final of the best 8 teams which will take place on Tuesday.

Brazil, Canada, Great Britain and North Corea followed on the ranks 9 – 12.

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14. August 2004
Olympic City Athens
Artistic Gymnastics
Men s Team Qualification: Japan as best Nation!

Japan’s gymnasts assumed the leadership after the third round of the last group and turned out to be the best gymnastic nation with 232.134 points in the preliminary competition. The team from USA with 230.419 points as well as Romania (230.019) followed on the ranks.
Besides China (4th), Ukraine (5th), Russia (6th) and Korea (7th.), the German gymnasts qualified as eighth for the team final on Monday with an enormous gladiatorial performance...

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13. August 2004
Olympic City Athens
Artistic Gymnastics
The Games of the XXVIIIth Olympiad are opened!

A theatrical mixture of ancient and modern Greece launched the Athens Olympics on Friday, lifting spirits in the Games' birthplace after the host nation was rocked by a drugs drama involving its two top sprinters.
A worldwide television audience saw a grand opening ceremony lift the curtain on the biggest sports show on earth, as patrolling helicopters and troops underlined the Games are guarded by the largest security operation in peacetime Europe.
The Greek gymnasts Dimosthenis Tambakos,...

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