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{{Short description|Sports venue in Athens, Greece}}
The '''Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre''' hosted the [[Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics|equestrian]] events at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens, Greece]].<ref>[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. 311.</ref> The venue is located at [[Markopoulo Mesogaias|Markópoulo]] on the outskirts of the Athens suburbs. It was completed in December 2003 and officially opened on 12 August 2004, shortly before the beginning of the competition. The [[Seating capacity|capacity]] of the venue is 10,000 for the Jumping Event, 8,100 seats for the Dressage and 15,000 seats for the Cross-Country Event.<ref>[http://www.olympicproperties.gr/contents_en.asp?id=78 Olympicproperties.gr profile.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607073405/http://www.olympicproperties.gr/contents_en.asp?id=78 |date=2010-06-07 }} {{in lang|en|el}}</ref>

In June 2007, Markopoulo [[Equestrian Centre]] held the three [[super special stage]]s of the 54th [[Acropolis Rally]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.subdriven.com/news/publish/Motorsport_News/article_494.shtml |title=Subdriven &#124; the Subaru Enthuisast Website |access-date=2010-03-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117014537/http://www.subdriven.com/news/publish/Motorsport_News/article_494.shtml |archive-date=2010-01-17 }}</ref>  The site is also home to horse racing competitions<ref>[http://www.odie.gr Hellenic Horse Racing Organization]</ref> and hosted the [[FEI European Jumping Championship]] for Children in June 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hunterjumpernews.com/?p=5148 |title=FEI European Jumping Championship for Children – Markopoulo (GRE), 10-13 July 2008 : Hunter Jumper News |access-date=2010-03-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720123619/http://www.hunterjumpernews.com/?p=5148 |archive-date=2011-07-20 }}</ref>

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