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	Winter Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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).
		In 1952, the Winter Games came to Norway, considered to be the birthplace of modern skiing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winter_Olympics (5575 words)

	The Voice of Russia ( Olympic games 2002 ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The 16th winter games in Alberville, France in 1992 was attended by 1804 athletes from 65 countries vying for 57 complex of medals.
		The games in Alberville were swelled by 15 new events and debuting were the women 3 by 7,5 kilometre biathlon relay, the 7,5 and 15 kilometre races, the women 30 kilometre ski pursuit race instead of the 20 kilometre distance.
		The games in Lillehammer were the first in which sportsmen and women from the former Soviet Union competed under their own flag and of course Russia had the largest contingent and as a result won more gold medals.
	www.vor.ru /Olymp/history_eng.html (6445 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Front Page News \| America welcomes Olympic Games
		The 19th Winter Olympics has officially opened in Salt Lake City.
		President George W Bush declared the Games open at an emotionally-charged ceremony, which was a mixture of the poignant and the patriotic.
		The two-hour extravaganza concluded with the lighting of the Olympic flame.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/front_page/front_page_news/newsid_1755000/1755575.stm (659 words)

	Lucille Wheeler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It paid off when she became her country's and North America's first ever Olympic medallist, winning the bronze at the 1956 Winter Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
		She followed this with a spectacular performance at the 1958 International Ski Federation World Championships in Bad Gastein, Austria where she won both the downhill and the giant slalom events and came very close to winning the combined title.
		In 1976, she was made a member of the Order of Canada, her country's highest civilian honor, and was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lucille_Wheeler (549 words)

	1956 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The VII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
		They immediately showed their strength by winning more medals than any other nation.
		This combined team appeared in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter Olympics).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1956_Winter_Olympic_Games (99 words)

	Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
		The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad are being held in Athens, Greece.
		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.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics (1136 words)

	Olympic Winter Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Olympic committee of Bosnia is scheduled to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 1984 Olympic Winter Games to day in Sarajevo.
		One group, the No Games 2010 Coalition in Vancouver, vowed to be the "watchdog" of the committee, making sure that not too much money would be spent on the games, and stating they would be on the watch for corruption.
		The No 2010 Games Coalition stated that their monitoring will make the games even better, but were saddened because, "the Games do not serve the best interests of all the people of British Columbia.
	www.internationalgames.net /olympicwtr.htm (476 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The 1956 Winter Olympics, held in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, were most notable for the first appearance by a team from the USSR.
		The Cortina Games were the first to be televised and the last at which the figure skating competitions were held outdoors.
		For the first time in the history of the Games, the Olympic Oath was sworn by a female athlete- the skier Giuliana Chenal Minuzzo, bronze medallist in the downhill at the 1952 Oslo Games
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1956 (317 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.
		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.
		The Winter Olympics were first held in 1924.
	www.gbrathletics.com /olympic (336 words)

	The political history of the Olympic Games - Berlin 1936 until 2008 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The ancient Olympic Games began in the year 776 BC, primarily a part of a religious festival in honor of Zeus, the father of the Greek gods and goddesses.
		The Games were originally scheduled to be held in Japan, but several countries planned to boycott the Games there because Japan was waging an aggressive war in Asia and then Japan itself decided the Games would be a distraction to their military goals.
		On June 1955, a year before the 1956 Winter Olympic Games were to be held in the Italian city of Cortina d'Ampezzo, in their annual session in Paris, IOC members elected Italy once again.
	www.websitesaboutchina.com /main/2008_olym/part2/2008_olympics.htm (6090 words)

	Anton Sailer -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		byname Toni Sailer Austrian Alpine skier who, in the 1956 Olympic Winter Games held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, was the first to sweep the gold medals in the Alpine competition, which at that time consisted of the slalom, giant slalom, and downhill events.
		Austrian Alpine skier who, in the 1956 Olympic Winter Games held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, was the first to sweep the gold medals in the Alpine competition, which at that time consisted of the slalom, giant slalom, and downhill events.
		Although the Games got off to an ominous start—the torch bearer tripped and fell during the opening ceremony—they were a resounding success.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9125286?tocId=9125286&query=null&ct=null (551 words)

	kiat.net: Winter Olympic Games Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956
		Cortina, one of the most beautiful winter resorts in the world, hosted the seventh edition of the winter Olympics.
		The Olympic flame was lit at the Campidoglio in Rome and blessed by the Pope.
		The Games saw the arrival of a new national team at the quadrennial Olympic gathering: the Soviet Union.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/winter/w07cortina.html (389 words)

	1956 Winter Olympics - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This page was last modified 13:46, 21 May 2005.
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about 1956 Winter Olympics contains research on
		1956 Winter Olympics, Medal winners, Medal count and See also.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/1956_Winter_Olympic_Games (123 words)

	2002 Winter Olympic Games - Snowboard Men's Halfpipe - Salt Lake City - on MountainZone.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ross "The Boss" Powers took charge of the men's Olympic halfpipe on Monday, and "co-workers" Danny Kass and JJ Thomas did the rest as the U.S. Snowboard Team made history with the first Olympic medals sweep of any snowboarding event.
		A day after his 23rd birthday, Powers asserted his manhood by uncorking the most spectacular halfpipe run ever seen in Olympic competition to win the gold medal at what was undoubtedly the most spectacular halfpipe contest ever held.
		That the Olympics are in Utah certainly doesn't hurt America's cause, but the muscle flexed by the home team in the halfpipe is bound to make the world sit up and take notice - if not notes.
	www.mountainzone.com /olympics/2002/html/sb_m_hp.html (662 words)

	The Winter Olympics
		Organizers of the 1916 Summer Games in Berlin planned to introduce a “Skiing Olympia,” featuring nordic events in the Black Forest, but the Games were cancelled after the outbreak of World War I in 1914.
		Despite the objections of Modern Olympics' founder Baron Pierre de Coubertin and the resistance of the Scandinavian countries, which had staged their own Nordic championships every four or five years from 1901-26 in Sweden, the International Olympic Committee sanctioned an “International Winter Sports Week” at Chamonix, France, in 1924.
		Winter Sports: Gold rush in the hills; Sestriere's preparations for next year's Winter Olympics are well underway.Sarah Barrell checks up on progress in the Italian Alps and finds a world-class ski resort taking shape.(Features) (The Independent (London, England))
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0115111.html (749 words)

	kiat.net: Winter Olympic Games Lake Placid 1980
		As the Winter Games reconvened for the second time in Lake Placid, N.Y., relations between East and West were in a deep freeze, after the December 1979 invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviets.
		The joy of their win spread throughout America, and made for one of the most lively and memorable Games.
		Coming into the Games he was the four-time world sprint champion and three-time world overall champion.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/winter/w13lakeplacid.html (336 words)

	Late frenzy marks 100 days to Turin Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		2006 Turin Winter Olympics mascots friendly snowball called Neve (L), red body and a round head, poses with her playful ice cube partner Gliz, blue body and a square head, during the official presentation.
		In just 100 days the world's elite winter athletes will gather for the 20th Winter Olympic Games in the former Italian industrial capital of Turin.
		Concerning the budget shortfall, the Games are suffering from the current economic situation in Italy, he said.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=77553 (808 words)

	1956 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
		May 21 - Nuclear testing: In the Pacific Ocean, Bikini Atoll is nearly obliterated by the first airborne explosion of a hydrogen bomb.
		November 22 - Beginning of the Summer Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/1/1956.htm (1760 words)

	The Winter Olympic Games
		1992 was the last year that both the summer games and the winter games were held in the same year.
		After 1992, the summer and winter games are staggered 2 years apart.
		Disclaimer: This web site is not affiliated with or funded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) or the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of any country.
	www.janecky.com /olympics/wintergames (76 words)

	1956 Timeline Arkansas Encyclopedia Encyclopedia of Arkansas Arkansas History State of Arkansas
		October 31 - Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
		November 6 - U.S. presidential election, 1956: Republican incumbent Dwight D. Eisenhower is reelected by defeating Democrat challenger Adlai E. Stevenson in a rematch of their contest four years earlier.
		November - The first use of videotape on a network television entertainment program; Jonathan Winters, uses videotape and superimposing techniques to be able to play two characters in the same skit for his NBC television show
	deltawing.htmlplanet.com /almanac/1956.html (1222 words)

	TIME 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games
		TIME 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games
		Gaston Vidal of France, Under-Secretary of State for technical education, in action during the Curling event at the 1924 Winter Olympic Games.
		Olympic Figure Skating: A Sport on Thin Ice
	www.time.com /time/olympics2002/moments/index.html (102 words)

	Olympic
		1985 U.S. Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of Moscow games
		1956 U.S.S.R. single sculls winner Vyacheslav Ivanov wins Olympic gold medal in his excitement he jumps for joy, and loses his medal, it sinks
		1956 Jim Barton, born Lincoln, Nebraska, soling yachter, won Olympic bronze in 1996
	www.brainyhistory.com /topics/o/olympic.html (3369 words)

	Winter
		2003 Katharine Hepburn, actress, A Lion in Winter, dies at 96
		1956 7th Winter Olympic games close at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
		1956 7th Winter Olympic games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
	www.brainyhistory.com /topics/w/winter.html (1986 words)

	SLAM! NAGANO: Winter Olympic Records
		Most Medals, Single Olympics, Men -- 5, Eric Heiden, United States, speedskating, 1980 (5 gold).
		Most Medals, Single Olympics, Women -- 5, Manuela Di Centa, Italy, nordic skiing, 1994 (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) and Lyubov Egorova, Unified Team, nordic skiing, 1992 (3 gold, 2 silver).
		Largest Margin of victory, Women -- 4.7 seconds, Madeleine Berthod, Switzerland, Downhill, 1956.
	www.canoe.ca /SlamNaganoHistory/records.html (390 words)

	Winter Olympic Games - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		2002 Winter Olympic Games: Salt Lake City, USA
		Canada: Gold medal in men's and women's ice hockey
		History of the Olympics: an interesting site, http://www.janecky.com/olympics/, features medal counts and other information
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Olympic_Winter_Games (316 words)

	Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy - Destination Snow Article \| The Ski Europe Report 04-04-03
		Cortina has over a thousand years of history nestled among the rose-colored cliffs of the Eastern Dolomites.
		However, Cortina first came to the world?s attention as a ski resort when the village hosted the 1956 Winter Olympic Games.
		Non-skiers find adventure speeding down the Olympic bob-sleigh run (with the help of a trained driver), snow rafting down the Olympic ski jump, sledding (by moonlight if you prefer), snowshoeing, riding a horse-drawn sleigh, or being whisked along on the snow by a team of sled dogs.
	www.ski-europe.com /news/articles/d-snow/04-04-03.html (934 words)

	7th Winter Olympic games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy January 26 in History
		7th Winter Olympic games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy January 26 in History
		7th Winter Olympic games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
		Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.
	www.brainyhistory.com /events/1956/january_26_1956_117547.html (45 words)

	Articles - 1956 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		January 26 - 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
		June 18 - Last foreign troops leave Egypt.
		April 3 - Ray Combs, American game show host and comedian
	www.worldhammock.com /articles/1956 (1870 words)

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