Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre

{{Short description|Sports venue in Athens, Greece}}

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The Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre hosted the sailing events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2004/or2004b.pdf 2004 Summer Olympics official report.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080819195306/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2004/or2004b.pdf |date=2008-08-19 }} Volume 2. p. 379. The center is located about four miles from downtown Athens along the coast. It was officially opened on August 2, 2004, a few weeks before the Olympics, though test events were conducted at the site in August 2002 and 2003. The center had a capacity of 1,600 for the medal ceremonies.

After the Olympics, the site was turned over to the private sector (Seirios AE), and will become a marina with a 1,000+ yacht capacity,{{cite web|url=http://www.olympicproperties.gr/contents_en.asp?id%3D118 |title= Contents |access-date=2010-09-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921153857/http://www.olympicproperties.gr/contents_en.asp?id=118 |archive-date=2010-09-21 }} as part of Athens' revitalized waterfront.{{Cite web |date=2012-10-22 |title=Renzo Piano Chosen to Design New Greek Opera, Library Complex - Bloomberg |website=Bloomberg News |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a_vXH.jytNpU&refer=muse |access-date=2023-05-25 |archive-date=2012-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022192001/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a_vXH.jytNpU&refer=muse |url-status=bot: unknown }}