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	Jamaica Gleaner News - Additional distance races for Douglas Forrest meet - Monday \| January 8, 2007
		Last year Olympic 100m and world sprint double champion Justin Gatlin, Olympic 200m champion Shawn Crawford, American 100m sprinter Me'Lisa Barber, along with other athletes from the Trevor Graham Sprint Capitol Group attended.
		Boldon was a double bronze medallist at the Atlanta Olympic Games; Beamon a former record holder and 1968 Olympic long jump gold medallist; Evans won the 400m and mile-relay gold at the 1968 Olympic; and Carlos was the 200m bronze medallist at the 1968 Olympics.
		Pender is a gold medallist from the 1968 Olympic Games.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20070108/sports/sports10.html (430 words)

	CANOE -- SLAM! 2004 Games
		The Olympic symbol--five interlocked rings--represents the union of the five original major continents (Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Europe) and the meeting of the athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games.
		The official ending of the Olympic Games is marked by the extinguishing of the Olympic Flame to the strains of the Olympic Hymn.
		The Olympic Oath is a symbolic gesture of sportsmanship that began at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
	slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Athletics/Games/2004/History/home.html (1351 words)

	1968 Olympic games at Acapulco
		Olympic Organizing Committee put on a magnificent opening ceremony which was superbly staged in the basin of the Club de Yates.
		The Olympic Torch arrived at the Acapulco airport and was taken to the Plaza Alvarez downtown, where it burned for the duration ofthe regattas.
		Olympic and Mexican flags were raised, followed by fireworks, balloons and brief speeches by the Mayor and by the Governor of the state of Guerrerro.
	www.sailfd.org /USA/trapeze/olympics/o68feature.html (6230 words)

	1968 Olympic Games
		I’ve always found the Olympics to be an intriguing event, and as I delved deeply into this particular Olympiad, I found it took its place in history as a controversial event covered by the shadows of numerous international events.
		The political agenda forthcoming of the 1968 Olympics was blemished with the readmission of South Africa to the Olympic community, adding to the already controversial decision by the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) choice of location for the Olympics.
		Choosing Mexico City as the location of the 1968 Olympics was a controversial decision by the IOC due to the extreme elevation and the fast that Mexico was an under-developed country, a third-world country.
	www.geocities.com /fstranzl/olympics.html (1675 words)

	ESL Articles: The Olympic Games (EnglishClub.com)
		The Olympic torch, a major part of the ancient Games, was brought back in 1928 and is carried with great fanfare and publicity to the host city where it lights the burning flame of the Games.
		This is said to represent the Olympic spirit, supposed to be present throughout the Games and generally held to be a celebration of brotherhood, competition, sportsmanship, goodwill and peace.
		Thus the Olympics also employs those who are responsible for the safe-being of the athletes and spectators, including police (city, provincial and federal) and even national troops or soldiers.
	www.englishclub.com /esl-articles/olympic-games.htm (1499 words)

	Coca-Cola - Press Center - Coca-Cola and the Olympic Games - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The 1936 Berlin Olympic Games marked the debut of the modern Olympic Torch Relay, with the Olympic Flame being delivered from Olympia, Greece, to Germany.
		For the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, Coca-Cola was the exclusive presenter of the Olympic Torch Relay - the longest Relay in Olympic Games history, at 15,000 miles - and played a lead role in the selection of 2,500 of the 10,000 torchbearers.
		The Coca-Cola Olympic Women's Sports Program was established in 1982, as The Coca-Cola Company increased its overall involvement in women's sports programs, in tandem with the dramatic rise in female participation in Olympic sports and athletics in general.
	www2.coca-cola.com /presscenter/presskit_2004_olympics_history.html (2642 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - Track & Field
		He competed in five Olympic Games, and is one of eight U.S. athletes to have competed in both the summer and winter Games.
		In her final Olympic Games in 1996 in Atlanta, Ga., Joyner-Kersee won the bronze medal in the long jump and did not place in the heptathlon.
		Toomey snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in the 1968 Olympic decathlon.
	www.usolympicteam.com /36370_37227.htm (3404 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport The 2004 Olympic Games
		The 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City were the most politically charged Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin.
		Ten days before the Games were due to open, students protested the Mexican government's use of funds for the Olympics rather than for social programs.
		The oldest woman to win an Olympic gold medal was Lia Manoliu of Romania; she was 36 years and 176 days when she won the Discus.
	www.rte.ie /sport/olympics2004/history/1968.html (231 words)

	USA Track & Field
		Carlos also won the 200 meters at the 1968 Olympic Trials at Echo Summit, Calif., in the world record time of 19.7, though the record was never ratified because the spike formation on his shoes wasn’t accepted at the time.
		James set the 400m world record of 44.1 seconds in placing second to Lee Evans at the 1968 Olympic Trials at Echo Summit, Calif., when Evans’ winning time of 44.0 was disallowed by the IAAF because he wore illegal brush spike shoes.
		Williams finished third at the 1980 Olympic Trials to qualify for his third Olympic team at the age of 26, but did not compete at the Olympic Games in Moscow due to the U.S. Olympic boycott.
	www.usatf.org /news/showRelease.asp?article=/news/releases/2003-08-15.xml (2031 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)

	Athens 2004 - Olympic Games commemorative coins
		In August 2004, the Olympic Games return to the country where they were born over 2,500 years ago, and to Athens the city of their revival in 1896.
		The number of Olympic coins issued has also increased, as 24 different coins were minted for the 1972 Munich Olympics and 45 for the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
		Efsimon Collections SA is the official licensee of the Olympic Committee for the distribution of the Official Coins of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games.
	www.fleur-de-coin.com /currency/olympiceuros.asp?sec=4 (897 words)

	Olympic Flags (Germany)
		The German Olympic rings flag was used in 1956, 1960 and 1964 by the combined German team for the Olympic Games in those years.
		The German Olympic flag was used for the first time in 1960 and for the last time in 1968 at the Olympic Games in Mexico.
		The flag of the Munich Olympic Games 1972 was higher than wide (3:1) and had the Olympic rings and the emblem of the Munich Olympic Games in the upper hoist corner.
	www.fotw.net /flags/de@olymp.html (297 words)

	kiat.net: Winter Olympic Games Grenoble 1968
		The great patron of this edition of the games was considered General Charles de Gaulle who wanted a great international event for France.
		This was confirmed in the opening ceremony with 18 thousand persons, the Olympic flame transported from Athens by air, a shower of thousands of scented paper roses from three helicopters with 5 circles drawn in the sky by the smoke of the parachutists, the Olympic flags shot into the air by cannons.
		However the Alpine skiers aroused a heated controversy, being accused of breaking the rules of amateur status because of the very obvious advertising brands on their equipment which the IOC had not wanted to appear either during interviews or in photos.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/winter/w10grenoble.html (397 words)

	USA Basketball: Men's Olympic History - 1968
		The United States entered the 1968 Olympics in the unfamiliar role of underdogs to the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia.
		Relying on the expertise of head mentor Henry Iba who had led the 1964 USA team to the Olympic gold medal, the American squad compiled a perfect 9-0 record, and in the process captured the USA's seventh consecutive Olympic basketball gold medal.
		The Olympics served as a coming-out for the 19-year-old Haywood, the youngest player to ever make a USA Olympic basketball team at that time.
	www.usabasketball.com /history/moly_1968.html (479 words)

	1968
		At Mexico City's Summer Olympic Games, African American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos won gold and bronze medals, then bowed their heads and raised clenched fists during the playing of the U.S. national anthem in protest of U.S. racism.
		The site is designed to be useful to scholars and students, but also to provide a place where those who lived through the Sixties can tell their own stories about the era, meet others with common interests, and reflect on their experiences.
		An overview of the May, 1968 revolution of students and workers in Paris.
	www.42explore2.com /1968.htm (683 words)

	King Elected to Olympians Post
		King, an assistant athletics director who is in her 13th year at UK, competed in the 1968 and 1972 Olympic Games, winning the gold medal in springboard diving at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.
		She led the springboard-diving competition at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, but suffered a broken arm on one of her final dives.
		She was on the staff of the U.S. Olympic Diving Team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea and the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta.
	www.uky.edu /PR/News/050404_micki_king.htm (421 words)

	The Ancient Olympics
		Though it was not used as a weapon in war, the discus has a reputation for being an instrument of accidental death in mythology.
		The technique used to throw a discus at the ancient Olympics is much the same as it is today.
		Olympics in 648 BCE, the pankration was thought to be invented by Theseus since, to defeat the Minotaur on Crete, Theseus combined boxing with wrestling.
	ablemedia.com /ctcweb/consortium/ancientolympics12.html (511 words)

	Coca-Cola - Press Center - Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games
		Olympic Pin Trading Center in nearby Courchevel, allowed disc jockeys from nearly 30 major U.S. cities to deliver live reports about the athletic events, special activities and the spectacle of the Olympic Games to a daily listening audience of approximately 5 million.
		Olympic City attraction in Atlanta provided fans an opportunity to test their Olympic Games abilities in virtual reality challenges, a place to receive tips from coaching legends, and a chance to meet and greet Olympians.
		The Flame then returned to Greece for a final, five-week segment of the Olympic Torch Relay that culminated with the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron at the Opening Ceremony of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games.
	www2.coca-cola.com /presscenter/presskit_torino_olympics_history.html (2796 words)

	Olympic Games - 1968: Beating of the heart - Eurosport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		And they were good Games for the French who finished third on the medal table, behind Norway and the USSR, failing to top the medal-count for the first time since they started competing in the Winter Games in 1956.
		In another controversy, 1968 was the first year that sex tests for women were introduced alongside doping controls, and one athlete got the surprise of her or...
		After her Olympic gold, she starred in TV special that won two Emmy Awards and eventually became a commentator on the TV channel that made her a star.
	www.eurosport.com /olympicgames/sport_sto824174.shtml (721 words)

	Newsletter Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		To give the most memorable moment or moments of these two Games would be very difficult, for as a coach I became so involved with each of the athletes and their mission that I think in terms of their welfare and personal break-throughs in performance, not just if they win the gold, silver, or bronze.
		Quite frankly, every athlete on each of the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Teams deserve to be given accolades for they are one in a million that competed as true champions.
		Sellers: In 1968, the Olympic Track and Field team was in great turmoil with Civil Rights being a factor for the athletes as well as the nation.
	coaching.usolympicteam.com /coaching/kpub.nsf/v/2Dec03 (1575 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Also responsible for the fortunes of the Olympic team, the boss's greatest charge is finding a way for the senior team to the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany.
		Mexico's first run out at an Olympic Games was in London 1948, where they lost in the first round (3-5) to Korea.
		Mexico played hosts to the 1968 Olympic Games - it turned out to be the first time they reached the second round.
	www.fifa.com /en/comp/olympicsmen/0,3369,509-OLY-2004-MEX,00.html (624 words)

	1968 Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		During the Olympic Games, troops were in attendance to ensure protests would be minimal to nonexistent.
		The 1968 games were a milestone for women in the Olympics.
		On an interesting side note, the ’68 games was the first year that the women competing had to undergo a sex test to ensure their gender.
	umsis.miami.edu /~jgawron/olympics.html (1712 words)

	1968 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were held in Mexico City in 1968.
		The Games were preceded by the Tlatelolco massacre, in which hundreds of students were killed by Mexican security forces ten days before the opening day.
		Norma Enriqueta Basilio (a Mexican athlete) became the first woman to light the Olympic cauldron with the Olympic flame.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1968_Summer_Olympics (706 words)

	kiat.net: Olympic Games Mexico City 1968
		The year 1968 was marked by tragic worldwide events, with the assassination of both Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, the ongoing war in Vietnam and the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia.
		These Games were the first to be held in a developing country and opened under the watchful eye of the army.
		They were expelled from the Games by their national Olympic committee.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/19mexicocity.html (403 words)

	1968 Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1968 Summer Olympics, which were held in Mexico City, Mexico.
		The 1968 Winter Olympics, which were held in Grenoble, France
		This number-oriented article is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1968_Olympic_Games (161 words)

	Olympic Games Poster 1968 Mexico City
		Posters were probably the most popular publications in the Olympic Identity Program.
		Tey not only served to promote every aspect of the Games and the Cultural Program of the XIX Olympiad, but became coveted souvenirs.
		Alltogether, 2,120,000 copies of 159 posters were printed in 1968.
	www.olympic-museum.de /poster/poster1968.htm (45 words)

	1968 Mexico City Olympic Stadium
		The Games of the Nineteenth Olympiad were the highest and most controversial ever held.
		Staged at 7,349 feet above sea level where the thin air was a major concern to many competing countries, the Mexico City Olympics were another chapter in a year buffeted by the Vietnam War, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, the Democratic Convention in Chicago, and the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia.
		Ten days before the Olympics were scheduled to open on October 12, 1968, over 30 Mexico City university students were killed by army troops when a campus protest turned into a riot.
	www.sfo.com /~csuppes/Olympics/1968MexicoCity (212 words)

	WWW.TOTHENEXTLEVEL.ORG
		She was the only African-American among 800 female runners, but she won the half-mile event and broke the indoor world record.
		Then in the 1972 Olympics, she added a Silver Medal to her accomplishments.
		Her age, 28, was considered a handicap, but she made the Olympic team anyway and set another record.
	www.tothenextlevel.org /docs/testimony_pages/m_mims.html (491 words)

	Official Olympic Games Report 1968 Mexico City
		Conceived within the context of the Cultural Program's Projection of the Games, these volumes offer not only a statistical summary of the competition but also a graphic record of Mexico's preparations and of the sports and cultural events as they took place.
		Unlike many previous Olympic reports, they are designed to be of interest to the largest possible public, thus serving to advance the spirit of the Olympic movement on a broad front.
		Technical material of possible interest to specialists and the organizers of future Olympic programs is available in a Spanish textual supplement of nearly 250 pages containing the detailed reports of the various dependencies of the Organizing Committee and other organizations that collaborated in the realization of the Games.
	www.olympic-museum.de /o-reports/report1968.htm (299 words)

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