Basketball ticket used at the 2004 Olympic Summer Games in Athens Greece
Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Ticket for the Basketball event at the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic games, August 2004, Section 140, Row 34 Seat 17. The ticket is has an illustration of a figure dunking a basketball on the front. This was used by the donor, Brent Glass.
- The 2004 Summer Olympics, also known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad were held in Athens, Greece with 204 countries, 6,296 men and 4,329 women athletes participating. This was the first time the Games returned to their city of origin since the 1896 Games. American swimmer Michael Phelps earned six gold medals, setting a single-Games record with eight medals while the American women won the gold in the 4x200 relay. American Mariel Zagunis won the gold in the debut sport of Women’s sabre fencing and gymnast Carly Patterson became the second American woman to win gold in the all-around competition. The United States won the medal count with 101 medals.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 2004
- ID Number
- 2006.3100.12
- nonaccession number
- 2006.3100
- catalog number
- 2006.3100.12
- Object Name
- Ticket
- basketball ticket, summer olympic
- ticket, basketball
- ticket, olympic
- ticket, summer olympic
- ticket, olympics
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 in x 2 3/4 in; 15.24 cm x 6.985 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- web subject
- Sports
- level of sport
- Olympics
- name of sport
- Basketball
- level of sport
- Amateur
- related event
- Olympic Summer Games: Athens, 2004
- Olympic Summer Games: Athens, 1896
- Record ID
- nmah_1318319
