Volunteers are the people who make the Games happen, supporting every athlete, spectator, and visitor for the most amazing sporting event in the world. A piece of the success of the Olympic Games belongs to each one of the 34,548 volunteers of the Barcelona Olympic Games, the 60,422 volunteers of Atlanta and the 47,000 volunteers of the Sydney Games.

In Athens we celebrate the return of the Olympic Games to their birthplace. Every single volunteer will participate in this celebration by contributing to the success of the Games and to making the event unique on a human scale. The greatest celebration of humanity is only possible through the will, the passion, the dedication and the professionalism of each volunteer.