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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1960 Winter Olympics
		The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, United States (located in the Lake Tahoe basin).
		Olympic Valley, California in the United States is a census-designated place located in Placer County northwest of Tahoe City along Highway 89 on the banks of the Truckee River near Lake Tahoe.
		The Olympic flame was lit in the cottage of Sondre Norheim in Morgedal, Norway, and was brought to Los Angeles by plane from Oslo.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1960-Winter-Olympics (4048 words)

	Canada at the Winter Olympics
		The first gold medal was awarded to Charles Jewtrew of the United States for the menâs 500-metre speed skating event.
		After the Chamonix Olympics, the games were held in 1928 at St Moritz, Switzerland, where figure skating sensation Sonja Henie of Norway made her debut at age 15.
		In 1976 the Winter Olympics were awarded to Denver, Colorado, but in an unprecedented move the voters of Denver decided against the use of public funds.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=A1ARTFET_E8 (1087 words)

	Winter Olympic Games
		A winter sports week with speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and nordic skiing was planned, but the 1916 Olympics were cancelled after the outbreak of World War I.
		The 1940 Winter Olympics had originally been awarded to Japan, and were supposed to be held in Sapporo, but the IOC voted to take back the Games from Japan because of their involvement in the war in China.
		Winter pentathlon, a variant to the modern pentathlon, was included as a demonstration event in 1948.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/winter_olympic_games.html (5149 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics
		The XIX Olympic Winter Games were held in 2002 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.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/2/20/2002_winter_olympics.html (422 words)

	1960 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia
		The VIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, USA.
		The Olympic flame was lit in the cottage of Sondre Norheim in Morgedal, Norway, and was brought to Los Angeles by plane from Oslo.
		1960 was the first year for women's speed skating and the men's biathlon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1960_Winter_Olympics (311 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		After the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, the Eastern Bloc, including the Soviet Union, East Germany and Cuba boycotts these Olympics (the USSR announced their intention not to participate on May 8, 1984).
		Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco becomes the first female Olympic champion of an Islamic nation, and the first of her country in the 400 m hurdles.
		Daley Thompson apparently misses a new world record in winning his second consecutive gold medal in the decathlon; the next year his score is retroactively raised to 8847, giving him the record.
	open-encyclopedia.com /1984_Summer_Olympics (367 words)

	1988 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The XV Olympic Winter Games were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
		For the first time in history the Winter Olympics were extended to 16 days, the speed skating events were held indoors on a covered rink, the alpine events took place on artificial snow, and warm Chinook winds not only threatened to cancel events, but sent a ski jumper flying into a camera tower.
		Ever mindful of the financial disaster of the 1976 Summer Olympics, Calgary was financially successful, erasing the spectre of a second Canadian games at a loss.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1988_Winter_Olympics (538 words)

	1994 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The XVII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway.
		For the first time, the Winter Olympics were not held in the same year as the Games of the Olympiad.
		The Olympic flame was brought into the stadium by a ski jumper.
	sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1994_Winter_Olympics (369 words)

	wiki/1960 Winter Olympics Definition / wiki/1960 Winter Olympics Research
		This Winter Olympics introduced Disney artist John HenchJohn Hench (June 29, 1908-February 5, 2004) was an employee of the Walt Disney Company for more than sixty years, an exceptionally long tenure which earned the moniker of lifer within the organization....
		At six Winter Olympics USSR was on the first place by total number of gold medals won, at two Winter Olympics it was second by this count.
		USSR officially joined the Olympic Movement in 1951, when The Olympic Committee of the USSR was formed (April 21, 1951) and was recognized by the IOC on its 45th session (May 7, 1951).
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/1960_Winter_Olympics (3482 words)

	The Earth Times Daily/OPINION: The Olympics were a warmup act. By George Vecsey
		I'm tired of the muddled symbols of Olympic ceremonies, and besides, the Olympics involve considerable flag waving and anthem-playing of their own, plus enough grand posturing on a national scale to resemble your basic session of the United Nations.
		Larisa Lazutina, a long-time Russian cross-country skier, explained that her high red blood cell count was because she was having her menstrual period, but officials said it was a sign of a new anti-anemia drug used illegally to increase endurance, and they took away her gold medal.
		Johann Muehlegg won three gold medals (the last one was confiscated because of an inconveniently high red blood cell count) while competing for Spain, after a falling-out with German cross-country skiing officials a few years ago.
	www.earthtimes.org /mar/opiniontheolympicsmar28_02.htm (1399 words)

	Timeline Olympics
		Olympic Committee banned Vince Matthews and Wayne Collett from further competition for talking to each other on the victory stand in Munich during the playing of the "Star-Spangled Banner" after winning the gold and silver medals in the 400-meter run.
		Olympic Committee expelled 6 members in the wake of a bribery scandal, but gave a vote of confidence to IOC pres.
		Bush opened the 19th Winter Olympic Games as part of a 3-hour ceremony at Rice-Eccles Stadium at the Univ. of Utah campus, which included an emotional tribute to America's heroes, from the pioneers of the West to past Olympic champions to the thousands who perished on Sept. 11, 2001.
	www.timelines.ws /subjects/Olympics.HTML (5476 words)

	1948 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The V Olympic Winter Games were held in St.
		Moritz was also the site of the 1928 Winter Olympics.
		Dick Button became the first American to win a figure skating title for the United States, and also became the first figure skater to perform a double axel during an Olympic figure skating event.
	www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1948_Winter_Olympics (173 words)

	1998 Winter Olympics
		The XVIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan.
		XC skier Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won three gold medals in Nordic skiing to become the first winter Olympian to earn eight career gold medals and twelve total medals.
		Tara Lipinski, 15, won the women's figure skating title to become the youngest champion in an individual event in the history of the Winter Olympics.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/1/19/1998_winter_olympics.html (224 words)

	1980 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The XIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America.
		Although they didn't get any medals, the People's Republic of China returned to the Olympics Games after the IOC agreed to designate the ROC "Chinese Taipei".
		Their defeat of the Soviet team in the medal round became known as the "Miracle on Ice" in the US press.
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1980_Winter_Olympic_Games (300 words)

	USATODAY.com - Ambitious USA ready to 'surprise the world'
		USA TODAY medal projections for the 2006 Winter Olympics show that goal is within reach.
		Historically, only traditional winter sports countries such as Norway, which won 26 medals when it hosted the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer and 25 medals in '98 in Nagano, have been able to maintain medal momentum after a home Games.
		U.S. winter athletes greatly have improved their global standing since winning 13 medals in the 1994 Games and again in '98.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/torino/2006-02-09-medal-projection_x.htm (1413 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)

	2004 Summer Olympics medal count - Wikipedia
		This is the full table of the medal count of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
		These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee).
		Medals table with the EU viewed as a singular entity
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics_medal_count (129 words)

	1952 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics but they were canceled due to World War II.
		To the enjoyment of the Finnish crowd, the Olympic Flame was lit by two heroes, runners Paavo Nurmi and Hannes Kolehmainen.
		The first gold medal for the USSR was won by Nina Romashkova in women's Discus Throwing Event.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1952_Summer_Olympics (304 words)

	1924 Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Originally called Semaine des Sports d'Hiver ("International Winter Sports Week") and held in association with the 1924 Summer Olympics, the sports competitions held in Chamonix between 25 January and 5 February 1924 were later designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the '''Ist Olympic Winter Games.
		Medals were awarded in 16 events, and 9 sports.
		However, no such designation was made in 1924, nor by the IOC at any time, and many Olympic historians now consider them to be full medal events.
	www.encyclopedia-1.com /1/19/1924_winter_olympics.html (120 words)

	2000 Summer Olympics
		The ceremonies concluded with the lighting of the Olympic Flame.
		The first medals of the Games were awarded in the women's air rifle shooting event, which was won by Nancy Johnson of the United States.
		China wins the gold medal in the men's team all-around gymnastics competition, after being the runner-up in the previous two Olympics.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/2/20/2000_summer_olympics.shtml (670 words)

	1998 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Speed skaters and won two gold medals each for the Netherlands; 5 out of 10 titles in speed skating went to the Netherlands.
		Snowboarder Ross Rebagliati won the gold medal, after initially being disqualified for marijuana usage.
		Azerbaijan, Kenya, the Republic of Macedonia, Uruguay, and Venezuela made their first appearance at these Olympic Winter Games.
	sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1998_Winter_Olympics (287 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics
		The 2002 Winter Olympic Games were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
		Prior to these Olympics, 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.
		The Canadian women's team also defeated their American counterparts 3-2 after losing to them at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and at all 8 exhibition games prior to the Salt Lake Games.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/2/20/2002_winter_olympics.shtml (431 words)

	1960 Summer Olympics
		Rome had been awarded the organisation of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but had to decline and pass the honours to London.
		Danish sailer Paul Elvstrøm[?] wins his forth straight gold medal in the Finn class, the first athlete to achieve this feat in an individual event.
		It was the second time an athlete died in competition at the Olympics, after the death of Portuguese marathon runner Francisco Lazaro[?] at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
	www.fastload.org /19/1960_Summer_Olympics.html (275 words)

	1960 Winter Olympics medal count - Wikipedia
		This is the full table of the medal count of the 1960 Winter Olympics.
		These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country.
		The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1960_Winter_Olympics_medal_count (105 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		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.
		The Olympic Flame was "electronically" transmitted from Athens to Ottawa, by means of an electronic pulse derived from the actual burning flame.
		Montreal 1976 pointed the way to the future in Olympic security, which was further increased for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/1976_Summer_Olympics (1091 words)

	1984 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The first Winter Games held in a Communist country.
		Skier Jure Franko won Yugoslavia's first Winter Olympic medal; a silver in the giant slalom.
		Gaétan Boucher and each won two gold medals in speed skating, while East German women win all but 3 of the 12 medals in the sport.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1984_Winter_Olympics (215 words)

	Winter Olympics 1964 Ice Hockey - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		winter sports week with speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and nordic skiing was planned, but the 1916 Olympics...
		CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Sport Explainers - Hockey History - Monday February 04, 2002 10:42 AM Ice hockey emerged in the early 1800s as a cross between English field hockey and Indian lacrosse.
		Olympics: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, is where the year 2002 Winter Olympics were held.
	hockey.fazs.com /index.php?k=winter-olympics-1964-ice-hockey (999 words)

	1960 summer olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics: Information From Answers.com Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics Cassius Marcellus Clay, aka, Muhammad Ali, won the gold medal in the heavy weight divission for the U. 1960 Summer Olympics: Information From Answers.com 1960 Summer Olympics The Games of the XVII Olympiad were held in 1960 in Rome, Italy.
		Since 1994 the winter games have been held in even-numbered years in which the summer games are not contested.
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which sets and enforces Olympic policy, has struggled with the licensing and commercialization of the games, the need to schedule events to accommodate American television networks (whose broadcasting fees help underwrite the games), and the monitoring of athletes who seek illegal competitive advantages, often through the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
	www.olympic-headquarters.net /1960-summer-olympics.htm (877 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > 2004 Summer Olympics
		NBC and its family of cable networks flooded American households with nearly nonstop coverage of the Athens Olympics, and the strategy – along with strong performances by the U.S. teams in swimming and gymnastics – produced not only a ratings increase, but an estimated profit of at least $60 million.
		The United States finished atop the medal charts for the third straight Summer Olympics, with Russia the overall runner-up and China second in gold medals – its best showing ever and leading a surge by Asian teams.
		It was predicted before the Olympics that prostitution, which is legal and heavily regulated in Athens, would enjoy a boom economy.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics (1587 words)

	The Sports Network - Olympics
		The two-man event was first contested in 1932 and has appeared at every Olympic Winter Games since, with the exception of the 1960 Games at Squaw Valley, where no bobsleigh events were held.
		The women's Olympic bobsleigh competition is just like the men, exec pt there will be just two runs contested on the same day.
		It was the first time in Olympic bobsleigh history that there were co- gold medalists, and it was the first medal for Canada in the two-man bobsleigh.
	www.sportsnetwork.com /default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=olymp/news/BON1912890.htm (720 words)

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