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	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The Paralympic Games are elite sport events for athletes from different disability groups.
		The number of athletes participating in the Summer Paralympic Games has increased from 400 athletes in Rome in 1960 to 3,806 athletes from 136 countries in Athens in 2004.
		The Organising Committees of the Olympic Games (OCOGs) organise the Olympic Games in collaboration with their National Olympic Committee and the host city.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/index_uk.asp (174 words)

	Olympic Games - MSN Encarta
		At the 1988 Games in Seoul, South Korea, Lewis repeated his victory in the long jump and was awarded a belated gold in the 100-meter race after the apparent victor, Canadian Ben Johnson, was disqualified for having taken banned drugs.
		One of the highlights of the Games was the performance of U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps, who tied a record (set in 1980 by USSR gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin) with eight medals in one Olympics (six gold and two bronze).
		Although figure skating was an event at the Summer Games of 1908 and 1920, and ice hockey was played in 1920, the IOC was hesitant to inaugurate a series of separate Winter Games.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761562380_3/Olympic_Games.html (1727 words)

	olympic games summer and winter locations and history of the games
		The Olympic Games took their name from the Greek city of Olympia and though there were important athletic competitions held in other Greek cities in ancient times, the Olympic Games were regarded as the most prestigious.
		Participation in the Olympic Games was originally limited to free born Greeks, but as Greek civilization was spread by the conquests of Alexander the Great, the Games drew entrants from as far away as Antioch, Sidon and Alexandria.
		Coubertin and his colleagues of the newly formed International Olympic Committee eventually prevailed, and the first Olympic Games of the modern era were inaugurated by the King of Greece in the first week of April 1896.
	www.worldatlas.com /aatlas/infopage/olympic.htm (1007 words)

	THE OLYMPIC GAMES
		The Olympic Games are the most widely known international athletic competition held every four years at a different site, "host city." A modified revival of the Olympian Games, the Olympic Games were inaugurated in the Spring of 1896, largely through the efforts of the French sportsman and educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
		The less popular Winter Olympics began in 1924 and have been held ever since in the same year as the Summer Olympics; however, as of 1994, the Winter Games alternate with the Summer Games in even numbered years.
		Since the first Olympics of the modern cycle, the number of women in Olympic competition and the number of sports and events open to competition at the games have increased.
	alexandros.com /mickey/olympic.html (1895 words)

	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.
		Since 1994 the winter games have been held in even-numbered years in which the summer games are not contested.
		Its primary responsibility is to supervise the organisation of the summer and winter Olympic Games.
	www.solarnavigator.net /olympic_games.htm (2733 words)

	Olympic Summer Games
		As the emblem for China’s journey toward the 2008 Olympic Games, Dancing Beijing reveals the heart of an ancient culture embracing the modern world, the spirit of a people moving toward a new destiny.
		For the world’s largest nation, the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games are the ultimate gesture of friendship, a global expression of hope that the community of nations will dance with Beijing and join its dream of a world united in peace through sport.
		It was at the Montreal 1976 Games that, for the first time in the history of the Games, technology played a role in the torch relay.
	www.swim2000.org /Olympics/olympic_summer_games.htm (879 words)

	Olympic Summer 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 1976 Montreal Games were marred by an African boycott to protest the fact that the national rugby team of New Zealand had toured South Africa and New Zealand was scheduled to compete in the Olympics.
	www.noc.by /eng/games/summer_games_eng.html (4946 words)

	1948 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		The 1940 Games had been scheduled for Tokyo, and later Helsinki as WWII started; the 1944 Games had been provisionally planned for London.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1948_Summer_Olympics (486 words)

	Highlights of individual Olympic Games
		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.
		The 1976 Montreal Games were marred by an African boycott, organized by Tanzania, to protest the fact that the national rugby team of New Zealand had toured racially segregated South Africa and wanted New Zealand to be banned, but the IOC refused to ban New Zealand.
		With the Olympics being held in the United States only four years after the U.S.- led boycott of the Moscow Games, it was not surprising that the Soviet Union organized a revenge boycott in 1984.
	www.mapsofworld.com /olympic-trivia/olympic-games-highlights.html (5199 words)

	Olympic Poster, Olympic Games Poster, Summer Games Poster, Athens 1896 Poster, Paris 1900 Poster, St Louis 1904 Poster, ...
		The inscription "776-1896", like the drawing as a whole: the Olympic stadium in a newly designed horseshoe shape, the Acropolis, the girl personifying the goddess Athena and presenting the branch of wild olive intended for the victor, mark the bond between the Games of Antiquity and the first Games of the modern era.
		It recalls the official emblem, composed of the Olympic rings superimposed on the emblem of the Japanese national flag, representing the rising sun.
		In the poster, the five rings symbolising the pure Olympic spirit were rendered in bright figurative form to represent the Olympic ideal illuminating the world in peace forever.
	www.mapsofworld.com /olympic-trivia/olympic-poster.html (1190 words)

	Summer Olympics. Team Canada Olympic Teams beijing 2008
		Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson was at the centre of a steroid scandal during the 1988 summer Games in Seoul.
		Canadian runner, Donovan Bailey, won a gold medal in the summer Games held in Atlanta in 1996 in the 100 metres dash and another gold medal along with three teammates in the 100 metres relay.
		Canada won 14 medals in the Sydney Summer Olympic Games in 2000 and 12 medals in the 2004 Athens summer Games, but had fewer athletes competing in 2004.
	www.canadianolympicteams.ca /summerolympics.htm (420 words)

	The History of the Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The next two games in 1900 in Paris and 1904 in St. Louis were not as successful, however, due largely to the fact that they were included in the celebration of the World’s Fair in the same year as well as the lack of large-scale international representation.
		The most recent Olympic Games were held in Athens in the summer of 2004, in which 10,500 athletes competed in 28 sports representing 201 nations and territories.
		The Olympic relay, another well-known symbol of the games, in which the torch is lit in Olympia and run to the host city, was introduced in 1936.
	www.wam.umd.edu /~leannajf/olympics.html (1072 words)

	Helsinki celebrates Olympic 50th Anniversary
		Then, to a great surge of applause, the Olympic torch, borne aloft, was carried into the stadium by Lasse Virén, winner of the 5,000 and 10,000 metres in the Munich and Montreal Olympics, having been transported the whole length of the country from Finnish Lapland (home of the midnight sun) by a relay of runners.
		The Games of the XV Olympiad were the biggest up to that time with 149 medal events, and a total of 4,925 athletes from 69 nations.
		The great Finnish distance runner Paavo Nurmi, winner of nine Olympic gold medals in the 1920s, was certainly there, alive and well, but at the age of 55 his role was to carry the Olympic torch into the stadium.
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/olymp50.html (1073 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		Olympic-style games for athletes with a disability were organised for the first time in Rome in 1960.
		The last Paralympic Summer Games were held in Athens, Greece, from 17 to 28 September 2004.
		The next Summer Paralympics in 2008 will be held in Beijing, China, with the 2010 Winter Paralympics being staged from 12 to 21 March (2010) in Canada.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/paralympic/index_uk.asp (606 words)

	1948 Summer Olympics
		The Games of the XIV Olympiad were held in 1948 in London, United Kingdom.
		With World War II in recent memory, Germany and Japan were not invited for the Games, although Italy was.
		Fanny Blankers-Koen was the star of the Games, winning four gold medals on the track.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1948_summer_olympics.shtml (161 words)

	Pan American Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		However, World War II forced postponement and, at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, a second congress was held which renewed the commitment to organize the Pan American Games.
		The Pan American Games are held every four years just like the Olympic Games and precede the Games by a year.
		The Pan American Games consists of all Summer Olympic sports, plus some non-Olympic sports, and serves as an Olympic-qualifying event for many of the participating sports.
	www.olympic-usa.org /education/panamoverview/panindex.htm (243 words)

	The Summer Olympics — FactMonster.com
		—The 1940 Summer Games are originally scheduled for Tokyo, but Japan resigns as host after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937.
		—The 1980 Games are boycotted by 64 nations, led by the USA, to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan on Dec. 27, 1979.
		—The 1984 Games are boycotted by 14 Eastern Bloc nations, led by the USSR, to protest America's overcommercialization of the Games, inadequate security and an anti-Soviet attitude by the U.S. government.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0114337.html (415 words)

	CNNSI.com - Olympics Sports - IOC chief: Athletics fiasco no blot on London bid - Sunday January 19, 2003 05:36 PM
		Rogge said the British government wanted to be sure the costs of staging the Olympic Games would be well controlled.
		The British Olympic Association (BOA), which has said it will not make a bid for 2012 without the explicit support of the government, must inform the IOC of the name of any bidding city by July this year, with full bids due by November 2004.
		London staged the 1908 and 1948 Summer Olympic Games.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/news/2003/01/19/london_bid (614 words)

	BBC - London - Sport - Olympic bid 2012 - Past London Games
		The 1948 London Games were the first to be shown on home television.
		London had been awarded the 1944 Olympics in June 1939 but when war broke out just months later the Games were cancelled.
		The London games saw the Olympics' first photo-finish between Harrison Dillard and Barney Ewell of the United States in the 100 metres final.
	www.bbc.co.uk /london/sport/olympics/pastgames.shtml (811 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The 1948 London Games were the first to be shown on home television, although very few people in Great Britain actually owned sets.
		Two athletes who were Olympic champions in 1936 managed to defend their titles twelve years later.
		London, Wembley Stadium, 29 July 1948, Opening Ceremony: last torch-bearer John Mark passing the Tribune of Honour, is applauded by members of the Organising Committee.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1948 (353 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
		All Judo medal winners at the Tokyo Summer Olympics in 1964
		The Olympic medal winner database is compiled using data taken from official publications containing Olympic results produced by the Organising Committees at the end of each edition of the Games.
		As the information is not yet fully standardised, we recommend that you search by nation, sport, Olympic Games, etc.
	www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp (118 words)

	1948
		January 30 - 1948 Winter Olympics open in St.
		1948 Winter Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland
		1948 Summer Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1948.html (809 words)

	CNN.com - London wins 2012 Olympics - Jul 6, 2005
		International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge made the announcement after IOC members voted 54-50 to eliminate the French capital in the fourth and final round of secret ballots Wednesday in Singapore.
		"The International Olympic Committee has the honor of announcing that the Games of the 30th Olympiad in 2012 are awarded to the city of London," Rogge declared after opening a sealed envelope containing the result.
		The five cities bidding to host the 2012 Summer Games delivered their final presentations ahead of the vote.
	www.cnn.com /2005/SPORT/07/06/singapore.olympics/index.html (1055 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		In the meantime, the professional game flourished and became stronger.
		These games turned out to be the highest scoring Olympic football tournament ever, with an average of 5.66 goals per match (102 in 18 games).
		The Swedes, coached by Englishman George Raynor, were spectacular, scoring 22 goals in only four games, including a 3-0 win over Austria, a 12-0 rout of Korea (Gunnar Nordahl had four goals, Henry Carlsson had three) and a 3-1 win over Yugoslavia in the final before 45,000 at Wembley.
	www.fifa.com /en/comp/olympicsmen/0,2482,113-OLY-1948,00.html (346 words)

	(`~- Olympic Games Museum -~´)
		Virtual Museum of Olympic Summer Games collector pieces, memorabilias, rare items and important facts and Information.
		We are very pleased to welcome you to the private Olympic museum and invite you to participate in a tour along its attractions.
		You, too, are given the opportunity to display your Olympic souvenirs in the Museum and to present them worldwide.
	www.olympic-museum.de /index.html (204 words)

	African Americans in Sports
		In August 1948, African-American tennis junior, Oscar Johnson, played in the National Junior Public Parks championships in Griffith Park, Los Angeles; in December of the same year he competed in the National Junior Indoor championships in St. Louis.
		The game's MVP, Williams defeated the Denver Broncos 42-10.
		The first African-American U.S. Olympic swim team qualifier and gold medalist in a swimming event was Anthony Ervin.
	www.jimcrowhistory.org /scripts/jimcrow/sports.cgi?state=California (742 words)

	RunningMovies.com: Olympic Games
		The Golden Games: The History of the Modern Olympic Games 1896-2004
		Jeopardy Presents a Tribute to the Olympic Games
		Olympic Glory- The Golden Years: Aussies and Kiwis at the Olympics
	www.runningmovies.com /olympic.htm (373 words)

	Olympics and Politics Timeline (Lesson Plan) - TeacherVision.com
		Distribute Olympics and Politics handout and go over it with the students.
		Tell students they will be creating a timeline displaying historical events and their connection to the Summer Olympic games.
		Instruct the groups to use these questions to further research the political and social context in which their Summer Olympic Games took place.
	www.teachervision.fen.com /olympic-games/lesson-plan/2379.html (400 words)

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