By decision of the Executive Committee of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, ticket prices for the Panathenaic Stadium, as well as the entrance fee for the use of restrooms, will be adjusted as of October 1, 2025.
Due to the finish of the 41st Authentic Athens Marathon 2024 at the Panathenaic Stadium, changes will be made to the visiting schedule and access to certain areas, as follows:
Additionally, entrance from 16 Archimidous Street will not be accessible to visitors:
Thank you for your understanding.
The Panathenaic Stadium is hosting tonight, Thursday, September 26th, the spectacular Opening Ceremony of the FIRST® Global Robotics Challenge, featuring a Parade of National Teams and a Special Performance by the Black Eyed Peas.
The FIRST Global Challenge 2024 will take place from September 26th to 29th, with national co-organizers MellonLab and the Ministry of Digital Governance.
For more details, visit https://www.more.com/happenings/fgc2024athens/
The Olympians and Paralympians of Athens 2004 and Paris 2024 were honored by the Hellenic Olympic Committee in a memorable celebration that brought together emotion, nostalgia, pride, and the shining legacy of Greece’s greatest athletes. Held at the iconic Panathenaic Stadium, the event, titled “Athens 20 Years After,” commemorated two decades since the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and the historic victory of Greece’s national football team at Euro 2004.
Despite earlier rain, the Panathenaic Stadium was filled with an enthusiastic crowd eager to express their gratitude to the Olympians, Paralympians, and Euro 2004 champions.
The ceremony began with a stirring performance of the Olympic Anthem by soprano Vassiliki Karagianni, followed by a nostalgic look back at the unforgettable moments of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. A parade of volunteers and key contributors from the Games followed, with the Organizing Committee receiving special recognition. Marton Simitsek, Executive Director of the Athens 2004 Organizing Committee, accepted the award from Deputy Minister of Sports, Giannis Vroutsis.
The awards for the 2004 Olympians and Paralympians were presented by HOC Secretary General Emmanouil Kolympadis, International Fencing Federation President Manolis Katsiadakis, and Vasiliki Millousi, Deputy Regional Governor of Sports for Attica.
The Euro 2004 champions were then greeted with thunderous applause. Coach Otto Rehhagel personally greeted each of his former players, while Giorgos Karagounis received an award from Isidoros Kouvelos, President of the International Olympic Academy, and Petros Synadinos, Head of Greece’s Olympic Mission for Paris 2024.
Next, the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic athletes took the stage, with Greece proudly celebrating a total of 21 medals from the Paris Games. HOC President Spyros Capralos and Greek Paralympic Committee President Giorgos Kapelakis presented the honors to these exceptional athletes.
In his address to the athletes, HOC President and President of the European Olympic Committees, Spyros Capralos, reflected on the significance of the Athens Games: “Twenty years ago, all Greeks came together with an ambitious goal and a shared vision: to show the world the best version of our country. We overcame challenges, difficulties, and doubts—and together, we achieved the miracle. With enthusiasm, perseverance, sacrifice, and discipline, we put Greece back on the world stage where it belongs, and we regained our national confidence.” He expressed heartfelt thanks to the athletes for the moments of pride and joy they brought to the nation during the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The evening concluded with a majestic performance by the ERT National Symphony Orchestra, followed by a breathtaking Cosmos Laser & Light show, leaving the audience in awe of the celebration’s grandeur and Greece’s enduring Olympic legacy.
Please note the upcoming changes to the visit of the Panathenaic Stadium. Due to a series of events being hosted at the stadium over the next few months, on the following dates, all areas of the Stadium will be open to visitors EXCEPT for the track :
on November 9th and 10th, the Panathenaic Stadium will be exclusively reserved for the organisation of the 41st Athens Authentic Marathon 2024.
Princess Kako of Japan, a member of the Japanese imperial family, visited the Panathenaic Stadium, during her official travel to Greece, following the invitation of the Greek government.
Princess Kako of Akishino was welcomed by the President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Spyros Capralos and the Secretary General Emmanuel Kolymbadis. The Princess listened with great interest, details and not so known information about the history of the stadium that hosted the first Modern Olympic Games, from its construction and the organization of the Athens Olympics in 1896 until its evolution in modern history.
Princess Kako had also the opportunity to visit the stadium Museum and showed great interest for the posters and the torches of the Olympic Games that Japan hosted, in Tokyo in 1964, in Nagano in 1998 and recently in Tokyo again in 2020.
The President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee expressed his gratitude to the Princess for visiting the Panathenaic Stadium, honoring the Olympic movement. Mr Capralos also emphasized that Greece and Japan have been linked with bonds of friendship and cooperation through the valuable legacy that the Olympic Games left in both countries, inspiring the next generations with the values and Olympic ideals.
Exactly three months before the Olympic Games begin, the Olympic flame has been handed over, transitioning from its Greek origins to the French stage, signifying the next chapter in its journey towards Paris. The ceremony, hosted by the Hellenic Olympic Committee, unfolded in Athens’ iconic Panathenaic Stadium, which hosted the first Olympic Games of the modern era in 1896, embodying a message of peace and unity.
The handover ceremony, concluding the 11-day Greek stage of the Olympic Torch Relay, saw the flame enter the stadium with Greek athletics Olympian Antigoni Ntrismpioti. She passed it to the French Olympic gold and silver medallist in figure skating, Gabriella Papadakis, who has Greek heritage, before it was then given to France’s multiple Paralympic swimming gold medallist Béatrice Hess. The ceremony culminated with the lighting of the Panathenaic Stadium cauldron by the high priestess, who received the Olympic flame from Greece’s Ioannis Fountoulis, Olympic silver medallist in water polo.
Using the flames from the cauldron, the high priestess lit a final torch, passing it to Hellenic Olympic Committee President and International Olympic Committee (IOC) Member Spyros Capralos. He then presented the torch to the President of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee, Tony Estanguet, marking the official transition and beginning the final countdown to the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on 26 July.
This symbolic gesture represents not only the end of one journey but also the exciting start of another, as anticipation builds for the upcoming Games in France. The event in Athens was witnessed by thousands of spectators and numerous dignitaries.
The handover cermony will be open to the public. No prior reservation is required and there is no entrance fee to attend. Public will access the stadium from a dedicated entrance and seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please ensure that you arrive at the stadium early enough to pass through police and security checks.
La cérémonie de remise de la flamme olympique aura lieu au Stade panathénaïque le 26 Avril
La cérémonie de remise de la flamme sera ouverte au public. Aucune réservation préalable n’est requise et l’entrée est gratuite. Le public accédera au stade depuis une entrée dédiée et les places seront disponibles selon le principe du premier arrivé, premier servi. Veuillez vous assurer d’arriver au stade suffisamment tôt pour passer les contrôles de police et de sécurité.
Programme of the Handover Ceremony here:
