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	THE OLYMPIC GAMES IOC HISTORY \| OLYMPICS WORLD RECORD LINKS \| SOLAR NAVIGATOR WORLD ELECTRIC NAVIGATION CHALLENGE.
		Although the ancient Olympic games were first recorded in 776 BC, they originated at least a century before that and possibly as early as the 13th century BC.
		Even after the glory that was Greece vanished, the Olympics lived on, but in a debased form under the Romans, who replaced the traditional games with their own gladiatorial contests, in which slaves replaced free-born Greeks as the competitors.
		Its primary responsibility is to supervise the organisation of the summer and winter Olympic Games.
	www.solarnavigator.net /olympic_games.htm (2733 words)

	Highlights of individual Olympic Games
		The 1916 Olympics were scheduled to be held in Berlin, but were canceled because of what came to be known as World War I. The 1920 Games were awarded to Antwerp to honor the suffering that had been inflicted on the Belgian people during the war.
		At the 1924 Paris Games, the Olympic motto, "Citius, Altius, Fortius", (Swifter, Higher, Stronger) was introduced, as was the Closing Ceremony ritual of raising three flags: the flag of the International Olympic Committee, the flag of the host nation and the flag of the next host nation.
		The 1932 Olympic Games saw the introduction of automatic timing to one hundredth of a second and of the photo finish, as well as the appearance of the national anthems and the raising of flags in honour of the victors during the medal ceremonies.
	www.mapsofworld.com /olympic-trivia/olympic-games-highlights.html (5199 words)

	Olympic Winter Games Posters since 1924 - Athens Info Guide
		The five Olympic rings featured on the official poster of the X Winter Games in Grenoble were shown as though in a fast downhill skiing competition.
		The 1976 Winter Olympics were awarded to the U.S. city of Denver, but the people of the state of Colorado voted to prohibit public funds from being used to support the Games.
		The 1992 Albertville Olympic Games were the last Winter Games to be staged in the same year as the Summer Games.
	www.athensinfoguide.com /olympicposterswinter.htm (1909 words)

	Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The date of the Games' inception based on the count of years in Olympiads is reconstructed as 776 BC, although scholars' opinions diverge between dates as early as 884 BC and as late as 704 BC.
		The Olympics were of fundamental religious importance, contests alternating with sacrifices and ceremonies honouring both Zeus (whose colossal statue stood at Olympia), and Pelops, divine hero and mythical king of Olympia famous for his legendary chariot race, in whose honour the games were held.
		The 1956 Melbourne Olympics were boycotted by the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland, because of the repression of the Hungarian Uprising by the Soviet Union; additionally, Cambodia, Egypt, Iraq, and Lebanon, boycotted the games due to the Suez Crisis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olympic_Games (7118 words)

	GBROLYMPICS.COM / LONDON-OLYMPICS.COM - Olympic Games Medallists
		The Games are held every 4 years (this period is known as an Olympiad) although an additional "intercalated" event, not officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee, was introduced in 1906.
		The 1910 "intercalated" Games were cancelled and the idea dropped.
		For instance several professional, domestic and/or handicap events were held in conjunction with the Paris and Louisiana Purchase Expositions, which co-incided with the two games in question, and were initially given Olympic status.
	www.gbrathletics.com /olympic (336 words)

	kiat.net: Winter Olympic Games Lake Placid 1932
		The Olympic Games came to the United States for the first time in 1932.
		The Games at Lake Placid included the debut of the two-man bobsled event, and three demonstration sports: women's speedskating, dog-sled racing and curling (for the second time).
		Canada was declared the winner on the basis of a better goal average throughout the Olympics.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/winter/w03lakeplacid.html (359 words)

	Olympic Games Winner Medals 1932 - 1936
		The dies with which the Prize Medals for the Games of the Xth Olympiad were stamped were cast from the official Olympic hubs used in previous Games.
		According to the Olympic Statutes, medals of victory are to be awarded in silver-gilt, silver and bronze to the victors in the various Olympic competitions.
		The design of the Italian sculptor, Professor Cassioli, Florence, was selected by the International Olympic Committee in 1928 as the permanent Olympic medal, the inscription being changed to correspond to each Olympic Festival.
	www.olympic-museum.de /w_medals/wmed1932.htm (204 words)

	75 years after: A diamond anniversary for the 1932 Olympic Winter Games - London Olympics 2012
		Liz DeFazio, director of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympic Museum, says a committee of about five or six has been working steadily since the 1980 Winter Olympics’ 25th anniversary to find ways to bring the village’s mindset back to its first Games.
		And, DeFazio said the committee is still working on rounding up athletes and participants from the 1932 Games to share in the celebration.
		By getting the village to immerse itself in that time, DeFazio said it might bring the 1932 Games out from under the shadow of the 1980 Games, which are still fresh in a lot of minds for the great memories it produced.
	www.the2012londonolympics.com /forum/showthread.php?t=6166 (996 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - Olympic icon Babe Didrikson Zaharias
		At the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Didrikson qualified for five events, but only competed in three due to restrictions placed on female athletes at the time.
		In the high jump, despite both jumping the same height (a world record of 5 feet, 5 inches), Jean Smiley was awarded the gold medal and Didrikson silver after receiving a foul for clearing the bar with her head first, a rule that no longer exists.
		After the Olympic Games, Didrikson was labeled a sports hero in the United States.
	www.olympic-usa.org /117_49654.htm (643 words)

	LAPL Virtual Photo Gallery: Legacies of the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles
		Held in June, the 26-mile, 385-yard race was run through the streets of downtown and out through the “suburbs” of the Wilshire District, In 1931 the marathon winner was Fred Ward of the Millrose Athletic Club, New York.
		The elegant diploma designed by H. Kurtzworth, Art Curator of the Los Angeles Museum, was inspired by the classic art found in examples of vase painting in the museum.
		The marching-out of the flags accompanied the Olympic Chorus and the audience at the closing ceremony as they sang “Aloha - Farewell to Thee.” As the flame died down on the Olympic Torch, there words appeared upon the peristyle: “May the Olympic Torch pursue its way.”
	www.lapl.org /virgal/laoly_32/oly_32la_2.html (233 words)

	Goodwill Games
		The Goodwill Games and their partners at ORDA are organizing the Games.
		The Goodwill Games, founded by Time Warner Vice Chairman R.E. Turner in 1986 as a platform to promote international goodwill through world-class competition, have grown to become the premier international, invitational, multi-sport event where athletes come together to put their greatness to the test.
		The four previous Goodwill Games have alternated between the United States and Russia; however, future Games will be staged in countries around the world in both winter and summer formats.
	www.goodwillgames.com /html/2000_newsArt7.html (1025 words)

	Olympic Games - 1932: New York Games - Eurosport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In 1932 the president who would lead the U.S. out of the Great Depression and into the second World War was still only the Governor of New York.
		The Depression hung over the 32' Games like a dreary global fog, as raising money to host the third Olympic Games in a town of less than 4,000 people was a task in itself.
		Fortunately for Olympic history, the money was raised and the games went forward, though there were eight less nations and 212 fewer athletes in New York than there were four years earlier in Switzerland.
	www.eurosport.com /olympicgames/torino/2006/sport_sto815130.shtml (646 words)

	1932 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1932 in Lake Placid, New York, United States.
		Irving Jaffee won the 5,000m and the 10,000m speedskating beating previous champion and world record holder Ivar Ballangrud in the 10,000m by 5 yards.
		The USA win the games with a total accumilation of 6 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 2 bronze medals with a total of 12 medals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1932_Winter_Olympics (277 words)

	kiat.net: Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984
		President Samaranch's first Games of the Olympiad were held in the City of Angels - Los Angeles, host of the 1932 Olympic Games, proved the catalyst for new era in the staging of the Olympiad, the 23rd, though, like many, could not avoid certain controversy.
		But more remarkable than any of the events was the fact that the Games were financed purely from the private sector without any government financing - an important and relevant stage in the financial history of the movement.
		American sports personalities were abundant at the Games, although a number of other countries found themselves well-represented on the podiums.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/23losangeles.html (664 words)

	LAPL Virtual Photo Gallery: Legacies of the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The 1932 Olympic Games were a very special occasion for the City of Los Angeles as it played host to the world.
		Eyre Powell, Chamber of Commerce photographer, was asked to supervise a team of photographers chosen to work at the 1932 Games.
		Six hundred of the images taken by these official Olympic photographers are preserved in the Security Pacific National Bank Collection of the Los Angeles Public Library.
	www.lapl.org /virgal/laoly_32/index.html (91 words)

	Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Staged in the midst of a worldwide economic depression, the 1932 Games represented a triumph of the Olympic spirit.
		Mild, pleasant weather throughout the Games contributed to outstanding athletic performances.
		Women set new records in every athletics (track and field) event at the Coliseum and all but one race at the outdoor swimming stadium.
	www.aafla.org /6oic/OlympicPrimer/la1932.htm (107 words)

	Tour of the Hall
		Actual uniform worn by Bart Conner during the Opening Ceremonies of the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
		This is the actual pommel horse used in competition at the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta.
		This set of Medart parallel bars, dating to the early 1900s, was donated to the Hall of Fame by Pattie Swenson, of the Oak Hill Gymnastics Academy and by Brian Schenk, both of Austin, Texas, in memory of Dr. W.A. (Bill) Crenshaw.
	www.ighof.com /tour_memorabilia.html (468 words)

	Lake Placid
		The Olympic venues built for the 1932 Games were designed for future use.
		This was the first time that the FISU Games were held in the U.S. It was the biggest international multi-sport winter event outside of an Olympics, featuring 500 athletes, from 23 countries, in 27 events.
		It was an individual, Godfrey Dewey, who can be credited with securing the 1932 Olympics, but this time, it was a nucleus of extraordinary and somewhat stubborn individuals who were responsible for bringing the Games back to this little village.
	www.lakeplacid.com /shared/media/press_release_articles.cfm?id=180 (759 words)

	Athens Olympic Games 2004 - 1932 Los Angeles
		She led the Dallas Cyclones to three AAU national basketball championships and scored 106 points in one game.
		She took the game so seriously that she spent 12 to 16 hours a day on weekends hitting golf balls until the blisters on her hands broke.
		She captured the Olympic javelin throw and 80-meter hurdles with world's record performances and finished second to Miss Jean Shiley in the high jump.
	guy-sports.com /olympics/athens_olympics_2004_1932.htm (352 words)

	Preparing For Los Angeles
		Being stationed in a cantonment town, we were in the thick of army life, and entirely divorced from civilian contact.
		Unlike in 1928, when the affairs of the IHF were largely controlled by the Army Sports Control Board and I had more opportunities of knowing what was happening behind the scenes, by 1932, control had passed largely into the hands of civilians.
		I was very happy and thrilled to learn that the IHF, in the face of adverse criticism, had decided to defend the Olympic hockey title.
	www.bharatiyahockey.org /granthalaya/goal/1932/page2.htm (524 words)

	News - QP Magazine - Devoted to fine watches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Pocket Watch 1932 project began with the extraordinary discovery of a number of unassembled chronograph movement kits, which had lain in storage for decades.
		The kits turned out to hold components for the very movement that had powered the Omega chronographs at the 1932 Games – only 30 of which were eventually supplied.
		The heart of the Omega Pocket Watch 1932 is the Omega calibre 3889A, a precision movement with a rattrapante chronograph mechanism controlled by a double column wheel.
	www.qpmagazine.com /newsarticle.aspx?ArticleId=80490 (395 words)

	Olympic Games (modern) - Related Items - MSN Encarta
		Olympic Games (modern) - Related Items - MSN Encarta
		disruption of games due to politics and violence
		American freestyle swimmer Helene Madison is shown after earning one of the three gold medals she was awarded at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los...
	encarta.msn.com /related_761562380_16.22/Helene_Madison.html (51 words)

	Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games - Los Angeles Throws Hat in Olympic Ring
		Under International Olympic Committee (IOC) rules, only one city per country is allowed to bid for the right to host the Games.
		We hope to use the Olympic experience to inspire a new generation of our young people.” SCCOG contemplates bringing the spirit of the Olympics to the young people of the region, whether or not Los Angeles is ultimately selected as the host city.
		Formed in 1939, the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the Olympic Movement in the Southern California.
	www.sccog.org /webapp/servlet/content/view/15/24 (545 words)

	Lake Placid 1932 Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The first Olympic winter competition outside Europe took place in the tiny New York village of Lake Placid.
		Figure skating was a highlight of the Games, attracting capacity crowds for the first time in Olympic history.
		Although figure skating was the only "medal sport" for women at Lake Placid, Canadian and American women also competed in speed skating as a demonstration sport.
	www.aafla.org /6oic/OlympicPrimer/lp1932.htm (106 words)

	Channel3000.com - Olympics
		Canada won its first Olympic men's hockey gold in 50 years with a 5-2 victory over the United States Sunday just hours before Salt Lake City said goodbye to the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
		In the picture to the left, a Canadian shoots on goal against a German defender in the 1932 Olympic games at Lake Placid, New York.
		When the Olympic games begin, look here for up-to-the-minute updates to the Olympic Medal Count.
	www.channel3000.com /olympics (178 words)

	USA Field Hockey International Games: Olympic Games, Pan American Games, World Cup
		However, the Modern Olympic Games resulted from the work of Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France in the late 19th century.
		Inspired by this original Olympic ideal of peaceful competition, de Coubertin proposed a plan for reviving Games, and in 1896, the first Olympic Games of the modern era were held in Athens, Greece.
		Hockey returned to the Games in 1920 and again in 1928, and has been a part of the Olympic programme since that time.
	www.usfieldhockey.com /games/olympics.htm (427 words)

	The 1936 Olympic Games in Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		By awarding the XI 1936 Olympic games to Berlin, one can say that this was the IOC's way of showing the world that Germany was once again a member of good standing in the global community of nations.
		The famous poster of the 1936 Berlin Olympic games, showing an Olympic athlete in the background and the Brandenburg gate in the foreground, was conceived by Max Würbel.
		Basketball apparently made its debut at the Berlin games (I have located one source which states that B-Ball was first played as a medals competition sport at the Los Angeles games in 1932, another source stating that B-Ball was first introduced as a medals game at the 1936 Berlin games).
	www.feldgrau.com /1936olymp.html (5497 words)

	Women in Gymnastics - Famous Gymnasts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In 1928, female gymnasts were included in the Olympic games for the first time, although in only a single event.
		Gymnastics in the 1932 Olympic games was poorly represented, with once again only five countries sending competitors.
		The first individual Olympic competition for women took place in 1952, when the Russian women's team made a very strong showing, and made it clear that the sport was here to stay.
	historypages.org /gymnastics/1928.html (252 words)

	Today in History: July 30
		On sunny July 30, 1932, United States Vice President Charles Curtis declared, "I proclaim open the Olympic Games of Los Angeles, celebrating the tenth Olympiad of the modern era." A crowd of 105,000 spectators watched as some 2,000 athletes paraded into the stadium.
		Curtis pressed a silver button to light the torch, the Olympic flag was raised, and 2,000 pigeons were released.
		For additional panoramic photographs of the 1932 Olympics and of other sporting events, search the collection Taking the Long View, 1851-1991 using terms such as Los Angeles Olympics, sports, swimming, or rowing.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/jul30.html (1103 words)

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