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The Opening Ceremony concluded with the revealing of the new IPC logo, which features the three “agitos.”

Dates: September 17 to 28, 2004 Number of sports: 19 Number of contests: 519 Number of athletes: 3804 Men: 2640 Women: 1164 Volonteers: 8863 Media: 3100 Opening: President Costis Stephanopoulos Oath: Maria KALPAKIDOU Oath juges: Vlassis TAMVAKIERAS Last torch bearer: Georgios Toptsis Bids towns: Buenos Aires (ARG), Le Cap (RSA), Rome (ITA), Stockholm (SWE)