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	1896 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1896 Summer Olympics, formally called the Games of the I Olympiad, were the first modern Summer Olympic Games and the first Games since Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the Ancient Olympic Games in AD 393 as part of the Christian campaign against paganism.
		The true origin of the modern Olympics was acknowledged by De Coubertin as being in Much Wenlock, a rural market town in the English county of Shropshire.
		In the first modern Olympics of 1896, women were not allowed to compete, but there was an unofficial competitor in the marathon, a poor Greek woman who became known as 'Melpomene'.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics (3523 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		The winter Olympics were begun in 1924 and were held in the same year as the summer games until the 1994 winter games in Lillehammer, Norway, when the alternating cycles began.
		The 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, reflected a changed political landscape: the 172 participating nations and territories included the Unified Team (with athletes from 12 former Soviet republics), a reunited Germany, and South Africa, which was allowed to compete for the first time since 1960.
		The Olympic games are competitions of individual athletes, not of nations, and the IOC does not keep national scores; however, the media of all nations report national standings according to one of two scoring systems.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/sports/olympics.html (1093 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The true origin of the modern Olympics was acknowledged by De Coubertin as being in (additional info and facts about Much Wenlock) Much Wenlock, a rural market town in the English county of (additional info and facts about Shropshire) Shropshire.
		The heats of the 100 m were the first Olympic event to be conducted, and the winner of the first heat, Frank Lane, can thus be considered the first Olympic winner.
		Held at a shooting range at (additional info and facts about Kallithea) Kallithea, there were five (The act of firing a projectile) shooting events—two (A shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore) rifle events and three (A firearm that is held and fired with one hand) pistol shooting competitions.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/18/1896_Summer_Olympics.htm (3935 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1896 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Olympic Hymn, also known informally as the Olympic Anthem, is a musical piece composed by Spyros Samaras with words taken by a poem of the Greek poet and writer Kostis Palamas.
		Main article: Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics At the 1896 Summer Olympics, eight gymnastics events were contested.
		Main article: Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics At the 1896 Summer Olympics, four swimming events were contested.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1896-Summer-Olympics (8541 words)

	The Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		As a reward for the victors, the cotinus, which was a wreath made from a branch of wild olive tree that was growing next to the opisthodomus of the temple of Zeus in the sacred Altis, was established after an order of the Delphic oracle.
		The institution of the Olympic Games lasted for twelve continuous centuries and was abolished in 393 A.D. (the 293rd Olympiad) by order of Theodosios I when the functioning of all idol worshiping sanctuaries was forbidden, and in 426 A.D., during the reign of Theodosios II, the destruction of the Altian monuments followed.
		The Olympic Games combined the deep religious spirit along with the heroic past of the Greeks thus unifying to the highest degree body, mind and soul according to universal and philosophical values, and so projecting the indivdual as well as the cities, through the highest ideal of freedom.
	www.culture.gr /2/21/211/21107a/og/games.html (746 words)

	Lesson Plan - Olympics (World Celebrations)
		The festival that our modern Olympic Games were patterned after was held at the foot of Mount Olympus, the peak of which was believed to be the home of the Gods.
		The cities desiring the privilege of hosting the Olympics must apply 8 years in advance, then 6 years before the games the IOC chooses one of these cities to be the official site.
		The heart of the Olympic Games is now the uniting of countries in friendship to celebrate and honor the finest Olympians from each country.
	teacherlink.ed.usu.edu /tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/olympics.html (2026 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		These were the first celebration of the Olympic Games since the recreation of the ancient Greek Olympics with thefounding of the International OlympicCommittee in 1894.
		This is remarkable, as the Olympics did not, for a long time, allow professionalathletes to compete, with the sole exception of fencing.
		The weightlifting contests are also conducted in the Olympic stadium, with Launceston Elliot of Great Britain and Viggo Jensen of Denmark taking a firstand a second place each in the single-hand and double-hand contests.
	www.therfcc.org /1896-summer-olympics-16701.html (851 words)

	kiat.net: Olympic Games Athens 1896
		There were no gold medals in 1896 and only the first two finishers in each event received prizes: A silver medal and a crown of olive branches for first place, a bronze medal and crown of laurel for second.
		Emulating the journey in 490 BC of the soldier Philippides, who ran 40km between the village of marathon and the olympic stadium in Athens to announce the victory of Greece over Persia, Louys ran the distance in 2 hours, 58 minutes and 50 seconds.
		Although the competition was not of the highest quality, the 1896 Olympics were considered a great success, in large part because of the enthusiasm of the Greek spectators.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/01athens.html (1065 words)

	Olympic Timeline
		The Olympic Games were celebrated 320 times -- every four years -- in the sacred stadium at Olympia, Greece, beginning in 776 B.C. Though boxing and wrestling were added later, the first Olympic event was a sprint.
		Olympic flag unfurled for first time; its five colored rings (fl, blue, yellow, green and red) incorporate at least one color found in flag of every nation on earth.
		Olympic torch run is established -- more than 3,000 runners carry the flame between Olympia, Greece, and Berlin.
	gtresearchnews.gatech.edu /reshor/rh-win96/timeline.htm (821 words)

	Facts About the Olympic Medal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		* Olympic medals since 1928 have featured the same design on the front: a Greek goddess, the Olympic Rings, the coliseum of ancient Athens, a Greek vase known as an amphora, a horse-drawn chariot, and the year, number of the Olympiad, and host city.
		The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) has selected the ACOG logo plus a pictogram of the particular sport the medal is being awarded for.
		The first-place winner was given an olive wreath to wear on his head; second- and third-place winners received nothing.
	www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/olymphlx/answer.htm (220 words)

	clickhere.gr - Olympic Games in Ancient Greece
		In 776 B.C. the first Olympic Games of ancient times were held, an institution which lasted 1,170 years, until 393 A.D. when they were banned as a pagan rite, by the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius the 1st.
		On the return of the Olympic winners to the city, part of the city wall was demolished for their entry, whereas in many cities, an Olympic winner was offered meals for the rest of his life, something which was also offered to Spiros Louis when he won the marathon in the 1896 Olympics.
		Also, every Olympiad (a period of four years from one to the other) gave the name of the winner of the track race to its stadium, as it was the competition with the highest prestige.
	www.clickhere.gr /olympics/ancient_greece_en.html (677 words)

	1904 St. Louis Olympics
		Since readers probably were not familiar with the Olympics at the time, the article details a history of the games.
		It should be pointed out, however, that the Olympics were not intended to be a competition among nations at the time - it was a competition among amateur athletes from around the world.
		In the end, the St. Louis Olympics (along with the previous Paris games) proved to be such a disaster that the Olympic Committee was forced to hold interim Olympic games in 1906 at Athens, in an attempt to revive the flagging Olympic movement.
	home.nycap.rr.com /useless/st_louis_olympics/index.html (1983 words)

	1896 Olympics
		The idea was enthusiastically received and the Modern Olympics, as we know them, were born.
		The first victory at the 1896 Olympics in Athens was awarded to American James B. Connolly in the hop, step and jump.
		Panathinaiko Stadium, which was the central point of the 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece, will be the venue for archery competition and the completion of the marathon at this year's Games.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114349.html (707 words)

	The Olympic Games
		A brief text and a drawing for each of the summer olympics from 1896 to 1996.
		REACH An Educator's Guide to the Olympics: Hundreds of beautifully made printable facts and activities sheet on everything imaginable related to the Winter Olympics and the Paralympics.
		Olympic Statistics - Medal Count - "the ranking by country for each olympic event (e.g.
	www.caslt.org /research/olympics.htm (715 words)

	Technology Review: Olympics 1896
		A repetition of the Olympic Games is taking place this summer in Paris, and it is amusing to an old timer to look back and compare the situation twenty-eight years ago, when the games were first revived, with the elaborate program of the present day.
		In the sports held at Athens in 1896, the records made were not particularly good as compared with the modern marks, largely due to the soft track in the Stadium, which had not been entirely completed, but there was a romance and a novelty connected with them that is hard to describe.
		As soon as all had received their prizes, a procession of the victors was formed, and with Loues leading, carrying the Greek flag, we marched solemnly around the track amid the frantic cheers of the crowd, who at every wave of Loues' flag would shriek with joy.
	web.mit.edu /newsoffice/www/olymp/olympTR.html (2777 words)

	Running Past - The First Americans at the Olympic Games - Ellery Clark - Part 1
		This is a first person account of the first Olympic Games, held in the spring of 1896 in Athens, Greece.
		And yet rather curiously, it seems to us now, in view of the excessive excitement of recent years, there was little interest in America over the plan, and it was not until the winter that the Boston Athletic Association decided to send a team to the games.
		For four years a member of the Harvard track team; represented the United States at the Olympic Games at Athens, 1896, winning high and broad jumps; all-round athletic champion of New England, 1896, 1897, 1909; all-round athletic champion of America, 1897, 1903; author of law treatises, novels and books on athletics.
	www.runningpast.com /olympics_1896_part1.htm (1023 words)

	rediff.com: The Ancient Olympics
		The Olympics made a remarkable comeback in Athens.
		The first ever title of the Modern Olympics went to James Connolly, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who claimed the triple jump crown.
		An American called Garrett even took away the prize for discus throw, an event in which the Greeks claimed to be superior to anyone else.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2000/aug/281896.htm (270 words)

	1896 Olympics
		Among the remains uncovered was the ancient stadium where the original Olympic Games were celebrated from 776 B.C. to 393 A.D., when Roman emperor Theodosius I banned all pagan festivals.
		During the first 13 Olympiads (an Olympiad is an interval of four years between celebrations of the Olympic Games), the only contested event was a foot race of 200 yards.
		On June 23, 1894, French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin, speaking at the Sorbonne in Paris to a gathering of international sports leaders from nine nations— including the United States and Russia— proposed that the ancient Games be revived on an international scale.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0114349.html (528 words)

	Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
		The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade").
		For each Olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece, using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun.
		Invent A New Olympic Sport There are many unusual Olympic sports, like skeleton (running and then sledding), biathlon (skiing plus shooting), and curling (using brooms to propel an object over ice).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics (1136 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Other sports / Olympics / Highlights of action Saturday at the Ath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		She also was part of the 1996 gold-medal team and the 2000 team that won silver.
		The previous record was 12 at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
		The high temperature at the main Olympic complex reached 86 degrees under sunny skies.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/olympics/articles/2004/08/28/highlights_of_action_saturday_at_the_ath (673 words)

	Greece's Games: The 1896 Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The history of the Olympics in their place of origin...
		The breakdown for the 1896 Olympics in Athens, the first Games in more than a millennium, was as follows: 14 countries from three continents; 311 athletes, including 230 from Greece; nine sports, with 43 disciplines; and no women.
		The latter was a carryover from the ancient Olympics and a sign of the times.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04202/348794.stm (241 words)

	Olympics Flag Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		The flag of the Olympic Games has five interlocking rings (blue, yellow, fl, green, and red) on a white ground.
		The Olympic games were banned by the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II in the year AD 394.
		At the end of an Olympics, the mayor of the host-city presents the flag to the mayor of the next host-city.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics/printouts/Flag.shtml (281 words)

	1896-1908 Olympic Games - Australian Rowing History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Events for rowing were scheduled for the first Olympics but were abandoned due to bad weather.
		There was some controversy over the conduct of the coxed four race which resulted in two Olympic Championships being awarded for the same boat class.
		As the United States had proven to have the best athletes in the first two Olympic Games, it was thought natural that they should be commissioned to organize the third.
	www.rowinghistory-aus.info /olympic-games/1896-1908.html (1159 words)

	HickokSports.com - History - The 1896 Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Although the winners are listed, retroactively, as gold medalists, there were no gold medals in 1896 and only the first two finishers in each event received prizes: A silver medal and a crown of olive branches for first place, a bronze medal and crown of laurel for second.
		The first champion of the modern Olympics was James Connolly of the United States, who won the triple jump.
		Along with his Olympic prizes, Louis won free shaves for the rest of his life from a patriotic barber and free meals, any time he asked, at an Athens restaurants.
	www.hickoksports.com /history/ol1896.shtml (460 words)

	The 2002 Winter Olympics in the Classroom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Olympic Games date back to the times of the Ancient Greeks, when games were held every four years at Olympia.
		They were abolished in 394 AD after being held for over 1000 years, and were revived in 1896.
		The Olympics are a natural for classroom participation.
	www.chino.k12.ca.us /olympics/index.html (121 words)

	Chronicle of the Olympics 1896-1996 by Michael T Wise, Search Cheap Books, Discount Books, ISBN 078940608X
		Each Olympics--summer and winter--since the 1896 revival comes with an incisive recap of the major events and personalities that defined it, followed by several wonderful pages of portraits and action shots with remarkably informative captions.
		The book's last 100 pages are devoted to results and statistics--every gold, silver, and bronze medalist gets his or her due, and for those utterly immersed in Olympic trivia, the lighter of each Olympic torch is noted as well.
		The 1996 Olympics in Atlanta will mark the centenary of the modern games, and this lavish volume, with more than 750 photos in color and b&w, is an impressive tribute.
	www.comparebookprices.ca /book_detail/078940608X (630 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Olympics return to ancient home
		The Olympic Games truly return to their spiritual home on Wednesday, when the shot-put competition takes place in the ancient stadium at Olympia.
		Today, athletes and spectators alike will walk in their footsteps in a spectacle Greece says will be a "symbolic link" to the ancient Games and the revival of the modern Olympics in 1896.
		After the birth of the ancient Olympics, the Games grew into one of the wonders of the world, finally being abolished in 393AD when the Emperor Theodosius declared them too pagan.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3574214.stm (597 words)

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