Olympics Security

Security checks at the entrance of the Helleniko Olympic complex for the Olympic Games 2004, in Athens, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2004. About US$ 1.5 billion have been spent for security during the Olympic Games. The games entered their closing ceremony Sunday with no major security problems.

Ron Bensimhon, 31, of Montreal, interrupts the men's 3 meter synchronized springboard diving event at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Monday, Aug. 16, 2004. Bensimhon was convicted and sentenced Wednesday Aug. 18, 2004 to five months in jail for interrupting the Olympics.

Two Patriot missle launchers stand on a hillside overlooking the Helliniko site of the 2004 Olympic Games, Aug. 13, 2004, in Athens. The site hosts softball, baseball, fencing, basketball, canoe, kayak and field hockey.

One blimp lands as another remains docked at the Helliniko site of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Aug. 13, 2004. The blimps are being used for security.

A Greek police officer with a sniffer dog searches the area in front of the ancient Parthenon temple on the Acropolis hill, before the olympic flame lighting ceremony, Aug. 12, 2004.