Matthew Davis - BBC News Online in Athens
International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge has been giving his verdict on the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, saying that overall Greece had done an "outstanding job".
BBC News Online considers his assessment of Athens 2004's key areas.
As a former Olympian, Mr Rogge said he had been moved by athletes' tears of joy and of despair, which he said summed up the "magic of the Games".
He singled out fourth consecutive gold medals for British rower Matthew Pinsent and Polish race walker Robert Korzeniowski as his personal highlights.
But he also said he had been stirred by the despair of Paula Radcliffe's marathon failure, and as a Belgian, applauded Justine Henin-Hardenne's semi-final comeback and eventual gold medal in the women's tennis.
Television viewing figures are being hailed as a huge success, however, with broadcasters reporting audience increases of about 15% on Sydney 2000.
Disputes over judging in gymnastics, fencing and swimming - to name but three - have soured some competitions and the IOC is not happy. Mr Rogge said his organisation would sit down with the federations of the Olympic sports to work out what went wrong. "The difficulties in judging in some sports are going to be something we will continue to work on," he said. "But we will never be able to avoid any controversy in judging, because there is always a human element to it," the president added.
Next year, the IOC is also expected to review the Olympic sports. Mr Rogge said it was likely that "one or two" would be replaced by 2012, but promised there would be no "major revolution".
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