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	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.
		He is the youngest athlete in Olympic history to win a men’s athletics event.
		Two athletes who were Olympic champions in 1936 managed to defend their titles twelve years later.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1948 (368 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1948 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport as an official medal event.
		The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia.
		Blankers, a former triple jumper (participant in the 1928 Olympics) was a sports journalist and the coach of the Dutch women's athletics team, even though he originally thought women should not compete in sports – not an unusual opinion at the time.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1948-Summer-Olympics (3004 words)

	1948 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1948_Summer_Olympics (349 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)

	Learn more about Olympic Games in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The ancient Olympic Games were abandoned in AD 394 by the Roman emperor Theodosius I, who considered the Games to be a savage celebration.
		Olympic is also the name the public sometimes uses for the Greek national airline, Olympic Airways.
		Olympic uses varous types or airplanes, like the Boeing 747 and Airbus A340 for international routes, and the Boeing 727 and Boeing 737 for domestic routes.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /o/ol/olympic_games.html (1183 words)

	Olympic Oath
		The Olympic Oath is taken by an athlete and a judge at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games.
		The Olympic Oath, written by Pierre de Coubertin was first taken by an athlete at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.
		The first judge's oath was taken at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ol/Olympic_Oath.html (297 words)

	2012 Summer Olympics - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The 2012 Olympics will use a mixture of newly built venues, existing facilities, and temporary facilities, including the 80,000 seat Olympic Stadium and the new Wembley Stadium.
		The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) was put in place to oversee the development of the Games after the success of the bid, and held their first board meeting on 7 October 2005.
		London's bid featured 28 sports, in line with other recent Summer Olympics, but the IOC voted to drop baseball and softball from the 2012 Games two days after it selected London as the host city.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/2012_Summer_Olympics (1295 words)

	Wim Slijkhuis
		Willem Frederik "Wim" Slijkhuis (January 13, 1923 - June 28, 2003) was a Dutch middle distance runner, winner of two bronze medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
		Two years later, he took part in the Olympics in London, and was a favourite to win a medal.
		His second Olympic participation in the 1952 Summer Olympics ended without any successes.
	www.teachtime.com /en/wikipedia/w/wi/wim_slijkhuis.html (256 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1940 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Helsinki eventually held the 1952 Summer Olympics and Tokyo eventually held the 1964 Summer Olympics.
		The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
		Tokyo had already been awarded with the organisation of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honour had been passed to Helsinki because of Japan 's involvement in China.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1940-Summer-Olympics (1755 words)

	London, England, 1948 (from Olympic Games) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		An official poster from the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London.
		There was no Olympic Village; the male athletes were housed at an army camp in Uxbridge, while the women stayed in dormitories at Southlands College.
		The 1948 Olympics featured the debuts of several legendary Olympic performers: László Papp of Hungary won the first of his three gold medals in boxing, Paul Elvstrøm of Denmark won the first of his four gold medals in yachting, and Gert Fredriksson of Sweden won the first two of his six gold medals in kayaking.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-59612 (1180 words)

	Bidding for the 2012 Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Some commentators have suggested that its bid may be hampered by the fact that Spain recently hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics); although those Games were held in Barcelona and were praised by the IOC for their excellent organization, and by 2012 they will be twenty years behind.
		Their bid may be hampered by the fact that the 2010 Winter Olympics are being held in Vancouver and organizers are believed to be eager to avoid having consecutive Olympics on the same continent.
		Additionally, the Summer Olympics have been held in the United States as recently as 1996 and 1984.
	www.juiceenewsdaily.com /0505/news/oly_bid.html (772 words)

	TSN.ca - MLB - Canada's Sports Leader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In the aftermath of the war, the survival of the Olympics is in doubt.
		The 1948 London Games were the first to be shown on home television, but very few people in Great Britain actually owned television sets.
		The 1948 Games will also be remembered for Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands, the only woman to win four track and field gold medals in one Olympics.
	www.tsn.ca /tools/print_feature.asp?fid=9375 (387 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.
		The events in the Summer Olympics include: archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, football (soccer), gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, kayaking, marathon, pentathlon, ping pong, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, taekwando, tennis, track and field (many running, jumping, and throwing events), triathlon, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics (1298 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Index
		ESPN.com selected 12 moments from recent Summer Olympics that today still evoke feelings of joy, nostalgia and sadness.
		Armenian lifter Ashot Danielyan was stripped of his bronze medal after a positive test for the steroid nandrolone, becoming the fourth weightlifter to test positive in the Summer Games.
		The Sydney Olympics drew to a close after 17 days, and were donned the "best ever" by IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00 (426 words)

	Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the 1908 Summer Olympics, four figure skating events were contested, and winter sports were introduced for the very first time.
		Without rivals Jenny Herz and Lily Kronberger present at the Olympics, Great Britain's Madge Syers easily won the gold medal.
		Twelve years later, silver medalist Phyllis Johnson would capture a bronze medal with a new partner at the 1920 Olympics.
	wikipedia.org /wiki/Figure_skating_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics (157 words)

	1948 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		After a hiatus of 12 years by the outbreak of World War II these were the first Summer Olympics be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
		With World War II in recent Germany and Japan were not invited for the Games Italy was.
		In a dramatic finish in the Belgian Étienne Gailly entered the stadium first was so physically drained that he could walk around the track.
	www.freeglossary.com /1948_Summer_Olympics (212 words)

	1972 Summer Olympics
		In the bid to organise the Olympics, Detroit, Madrid and Montreal were beaten.
		Lasse Virén of Finland won the 5000 and 10000 m (the latter after a fall), a feat he would repeat in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
		For the first time, the Olympic Oath is also taken by a representative of the referees.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1972_summer_olympics.shtml (395 words)

	Gaston Reiff - Psychology Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Gaston Reiff (February 24, 1921 – May 6, 1992) was a Belgian athlete, winner of the 1948 Olympic title in the 5,000 m.
		His greatest performance is no doubt his 5000 m title at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
		Apart from his Olympic championship, Reiff also set world records in the 2000 m, 3000 m and 2 miles, and won a bronze medal in the 5000 m at the 1950 European Championships.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Gaston_Reiff (286 words)

	1948 Olympics
		The Summer Olympics were scheduled for Tokyo in 1940, but by mid-1938, Japan was at war with China and withdrew as host.
		The 1948 Games gave the whole nation a lift..
		Olympics 2012: 'All those people in Wembley Stadium...
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114549.html (588 words)

	Summer Olympics. Team Canada Olympic Teams beijing 2008
		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.
		The next summer olympics will be in 2008 in Beijing.
	www.canadianolympicteams.ca /summerolympics.htm (420 words)

	Entertainment in 1948 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Norwegians dominated the speed skating with gold and Olympic records in the 500 meters (Finn Helgesen) and 1,500 meters (Sverre Farstad), as well as gold in the 5,000 meters (Reidar Liaklev).
		Summer Olympics -- In the 1948 Summer Olympics at London, the United States came home with the most medals (84).
		Olympic records in men's swimming: 100-meter freestyle (Wally Ris, U.S.), 400-meter free-style (William Smith, U.S.), 200-meter breaststroke (Joseph Verdeur, U.S.) and a world record in the 4x200 meter freestyle relay.
	members.aol.com /rklei26436/entertain.htm (1117 words)

	1948: Signals Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		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.
		The 1948: Signals Campaign is produced by a Consortium of Baltimore-Washington area Writers and Producers.
	www.1948-signals.org /period_reference/1948_olympics_summer.shtml (439 words)

	Mediterranean Games - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The idea was proposed at the 1948 Summer Olympics by Muhammed Taher Pasha, chairman of the Egyptian Olympic Committee, and they were first held in 1951.
		The logo of the games, called also the “Mediterranean Olympics”, is composed of three white rings symbolically representing Africa, Asia, and Europe, the three continents that have coast on the Mediterranean Sea, reflecting themselves in the blue colour of the sea.
		During the closing ceremony, the flag of the games is transferred to the country of the city chosen for the organisation of the next Mediterranean Games.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Mediterranean_Games (339 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1956 Summer Olympics
		Therefore, these events were held in Stockholm(Sweden) marking the second, and so far last time, that events of the same Olympics were held in different countries.
		Because Melbourne is situated in the southern hemisphere, the Olympics are held late in the year.
		After being banned from the Olympics in 1948, a team of only West German athletes took part in 1952.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1956_Summer_Olympics (340 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics - Athens 2004 Olympics - Greece Olympics
		The Modern Olympics were seen as an instrument to promote understanding and friendship among nations and uphold the true spirit of sportsmanship.
		The Olympic torch is first lit in Ancient Olympia and then passed on to the stadium of the city hosting the Opening Ceremony of the Games.
		An Olympic sport is one that should be widely practiced by men in at least 75 countries on 4 continents and by women in at least 40 countries on 3 continents.
	www.clearleadinc.com /site/sports.html (1294 words)

	1948 Olympics — FactMonster.com
		The Summer Olympics were scheduled for Tokyo in 1940, but by mid-1938, Japan was at war with China and withdrew as host.
		Much of the British capital had been reduced to rubble in the blitz, but the offer was accepted and the Games went on–successfully, without frills, and without invitations extended to Germany and Japan.
		Emil Zatopek - Emil Zatopek Born: Sept. 19, 1922 Czech distance runner winner of 1948 Olympic gold medal at 10,000...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0114549.html (386 words)

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