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1912 Summer Olympics

	1924 Winter Olympics - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		In 1921, on the convention of the IOC in Lausanne, there was a call for equality for wintersports, and after much discussion it is decided to organise an "international week of winter sport" in 1924 in Chamonix.
		The very first gold medal awarded in the Olympic Winter games was won by Charles Jewtraw, in the opening event, the 500 meter speedskating.
		In 1974 the final medal of Chamonix 1924 was presented.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/1924_Winter_Olympics (666 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were held in 1984 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
		Olympic soccer was unexpectedly played before massive crowds throughout America, with several sell-outs at the 100,000+ seat Rose Bowl.
		The Olympic Velodrome and the Olympic Swim Stadium, funded largely by the 7-Eleven and McDonald's corporations respectively, were the only two new venues constructed specifically for the L.A. Games.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/1984_Summer_Olympics (1637 words)

	1900 Summer Olympics
		Alvin Kraenzlein[?] won 60m, 110 and 220m hurdles[?], and the long jump; as of 2003, these four gold medals are still record for a track&field athlete.
		For his victory in long jump, he was allegedly punched in the face by his rival Meyer Prinstein[?], who had refused to take the final run due to his religious beliefs, as that run was scheduled for a Sunday.
		Charlotte Cooper (tennis) was the first woman to become Olympic champion.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1900_Summer_Olympics.html (130 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The tale of Hitler snubbing Owens at the ensuing medal ceremony is, however, untrue.
		For the first time the Olympic Flame was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
		The Canadian Olympic Team was the only team from a non-fascist country to salute Hitler (in a gesture of friendship) during opening ceremonies.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/1/9/3/1936_Summer_Olympics_a11e.html (852 words)

	US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : 1912 Summer Olympics
		The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were held in 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden.
		A winter sports week for the 1912 Games featuring figure skating were rejected by organizers because they wanted to promote the Nordic Games, a quadrennial sporting event, instead.
		They were the representatives of Kingdom of Serbia and were sent by the Serbian Olympic Club: sprinter Dušan Milošević, who ranked third in the 100m qualification group and marathon runner Dragutin Tomašević, who finished in 37th position.
	encyclopedia.us-bazaar.com /?title=1912_Summer_Olympics (407 words)

	Learn more about 1936 Summer Olympics in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The tale of Hitler snubbing Owens at the ensuing medal ceremony is, however, apocryphal.
		Rower Jack Beresford won his fifth Olympic medal in the sport, and his third gold medal.
		For the first time the Olympic Flame was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /1/19/1936_summer_olympics.html (481 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, were held in 1896 in Athens, Greece.
		However, the 1900 Summer Olympics were already planned for Paris and, barring the so-called Intercalated Games of 1906, the Olympics did not return to Greece until the 2004 Summer Olympics.
		The concept of a designated Olympic Village for the athletes would not appear until the 1932 Summer Olympics; the athletes had to care for their own lodging.
	enc.qba73.com /link-1896_Summer_Olympics (3915 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		In the bid to organise the Olympics, Montreal defeated Moscow and Los Angeles, which would organise the 1980 and 1984 Olympics.
		In a protest to a tour of South Africa by the New Zealand rugby team, Tanzania lead a boycott of 22 African nations as the IOC refused not to admit the New Zealand team.
		The Olympic Stadium, a daring design of French architect Roger Taillibert[?], remains a lasting monument to the huge deficit, as it never had an effective retractable roof, and the tower was only completed after the Olympics.
	www.encyclopedian.com /19/1976-Summer-Olympics.html (381 words)

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		The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, were held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany.
		The Berlin Olympics also saw the introduction to the ceremonies of the Olympic Torch bringing the Olympic Flame by relay from Olympia.
		The Olympic Flame was used for the second time at these games, but they marked the first time it was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
	feedbus.com /wikis/wikipedia.php?title=1936_Summer_Olympics (1248 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics
		The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, were held in 1896 in Athens, Greece.
		However, the 1900 Summer Olympics were already planned for Paris and, barring the so-called Intercalated Games of 1906, the Olympics did not return to Greece until the 2004 Summer Olympics.
		The concept of a designated Olympic Village for the athletes would not appear until the 1932 Summer Olympics; the athletes had to care for their own lodging.
	www.radiofreeithaca.net /search/1896_Summer_Olympics (3642 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics
		The 2002 Olympic Winter Games were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
		Prior to these Olympic Winter Games, a number of I.O.C members were forced to resign after it was uncovered that they had accepted inappropriately valuable gifts in return for voting for Salt Lake City to hold the Games.
		Skeleton returned as a medal sport in the 2002 Games for the first time since 1948.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/2/20/2002_winter_olympics.html (449 words)

	BT Research - 1924 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were held in 1924 in Paris, France.
		The marathon distance was fixed at 42.195 km, from the distance run at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
		Ireland was given formal recognition as an independent nation in the Olympic Movement in Paris in 1924 and it was at these games that Ireland made its first appearance in an Olympic Games as an independent nation.
	www.breathittteens.com /research.php?title=1924_Summer_Olympics (446 words)

	1956 SUMMER OLYMPICS : Encyclopedia Entry
		The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were held in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia, although the equestrian events could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations.
		The Olympic Flame was relayed to Melbourne after being lit at Olympia on 2 November 1956.
		The Olympic Flame was lit at the stadium by Ron Clarke.
	bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/1956_Summer_Olympics (1754 words)

	Wikipedia: 1994 Winter Olympics
		In 1986 the IOC voted to change the schedule of the Olympic Games so that the summer and winter games would be arranged in alternating even-numbered years.
		For the first time, the Winter Olympics are not held in the same year as the Games of the Olympiad.
		The Olympic flame is brought into the stadium by a ski jumper.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/1/19/1994_winter_olympics.html (224 words)

	2000 Summer Olympics - Medbib.com, the modern encyclopedia
		The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
		The cover for the DVD of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics showing fireworks in the background and the lighting of the Olympic Flame by Cathy Freeman (who subsequently won the 400 m title).
		During the raising of the Olympics Flag, the Olympic Hymn was sung by the Millennium Choir of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia.
	www.medbib.com /2000_Summer_Olympics (2024 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics
		These were the first celebration of the Olympic Games since the recreation of the ancient Greek Olympics with the founding of the International Olympic Committee in 1894.
		This is remarkable, as the Olympics did not, for a long time, allow professional athletes 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 first and a second place each in the single-hand and double-hand contests.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/18/1896_summer_olympics.shtml (886 words)

	CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 1912 Stockholm
		The 1912 Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden, marked a genuine coming of age for the Olympic movement.
		The 1912 Games were the largest yet and were also the first games to enjoy major attention from the world's media, with events making front-page headlines in U.S. newspapers.
		When presented with his gold medals, Sweden's King Gustav V called Thorpe "the greatest athlete in the world." He was later honoured in the U.S. as the greatest athlete of the first half of the century.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/2004/1912.html (1468 words)

	1948 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were held in 1948 at Wembley Stadium in London, England.
		After a hiatus of 12 years caused by the outbreak of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
		Note that these Olympic Games were the first time that the host nation did not win enough medals to be included in the top 10 medal winners.
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/1948_Summer_Olympics (446 words)

	History of Winter Olympics @ Sport.y2u.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Three years later, Italian count Eugenio Brunetta d'Usseaux proposed to the IOC to stage a week with winter sports as part of the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.
		This decision caused the Swiss and Austrian skiers to boycott the Olympics.
		The 1940 Winter Olympics had originally been awarded to Japan, and were supposed to be held in Sapporo, but Japan had to give the Games back in 1938, because of the Japanese invasion of China in the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945).
	sport.y2u.co.uk /Oylimpics_Winter/Wo_02_Winter_Olympics_History.htm (4728 words)

	1920 Summer Olympics
		The city was chosen to memorialize Belgium for its suffering in World War I, beating out Amsterdam and Lyon for the right to hold the games.
		The 1916 Olympics were scheduled to be held in Berlin but were canceled due to the fighting in World War I. Games of the VII Olympiad
		These Olympics were the first in which the Olympic Oath was uttered, the first in which doves were released to symbolize peace, and was the first time the Olympic Flag[?] was flown.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1920_Summer_Olympics.html (132 words)

	Olympics Timeline: 1950s to the 1980s
		Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina wins six medals for the third time in a row; she remains the Olympic athlete with the most medals (18) and the most medals in individual events (14).
		Replicas of his 1912 medals are presented to his family at the start of 1983.
		In the overall medal count, the rankings are U.S.S.R. (132), East Germany (102), U.S.A. The IOC votes to disallow unofficial demonstration events at Olympics, starting with the 1996 Games.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/olympicstimeline2.html (2328 words)

	ipedia.com: 1968 Summer Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		US discus thrower Al Oerter, wins his fourth consecutive gold medal in the event to become only the second athlete to achieve this in an individual event.
		Dick Fosbury wins the gold medal in the high jump using the radical Fosbury flop technique, which quickly became the dominant technique in the event.
		In the medal award ceremony, fl athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos (USA) raise their fl-gloved fists as a symbol of "Black Power".
	www.ipedia.com /1968_summer_olympics.html (321 words)

	Olympics Timeline: 1950s to the 1980s
		Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina wins six medals for the third time in a row; she remains the Olympic athlete with the most medals (18) and the most medals in individual events (14).
		Replicas of his 1912 medals are presented to his family at the start of 1983.
		In the overall medal count, the rankings are U.S.S.R. (132), East Germany (102), U.S.A. The IOC votes to disallow unofficial demonstration events at Olympics, starting with the 1996 Games.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/olympicstimeline2.html (2335 words)

	Olympics time line
		The dawn of the modern Olympic movement breaks and the United States is among a handful of nations to usher it onto the world stage.
		Although the U.S. total medal count drops to its lowest since the 1936 games, Wilma Rudolph becomes the latest American track star as she wins three gold medals in Rome.
		The Summer Olympics are held at their highest elevation ever, but the "thin air" seems to have no effect on a U.S. team that builds on its success in Tokyo.
	pentecostalevangel.ag.org /articles/Olympics/timeline.cfm (2054 words)

	1968 Summer Olympics - Medbib.com, the modern encyclopedia
		The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were held in Mexico City in 1968.
		Dick Fosbury won the gold medal in the high jump using the radical Fosbury flop technique, which quickly became the dominant technique in the event.
		In the 200 m medal award ceremony, two African-American athletes Tommie Smith (gold) and John Carlos (bronze) raised their fl-gloved fists as a symbol of Black Power.
	www.medbib.com /1968_Summer_Olympics (856 words)

	1988 Summer Olympics information - Search.com
		After boycotts of the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Seoul Games were again boycotted, led by North Korea and followed by Cuba; the basis of the boycott was South Korea's refusal to co-host the Olympics with North Korea, which rejected all compromise.
		Anthony Nesty of Suriname wins his country's first Olympic medal by winning the 100 m butterfly, scoring an upset victory; he is also the first fl person to win a swimming title.
		Tennis returns to the Olympics after a 64-year absence, and Steffi Graf adds to her four Grand Slam victories in the year by also winning the Olympic title.
	www.search.com /reference/1988_Summer_Olympics (587 words)

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