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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)

	1968 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The X Olympic Winter Games were held in 1968 Grenoble, France and opened on February 6.
		The year 1968 marked the first time the IOC first permitted East and West Germany to enter separately, and the first time the IOC ever ordered drug and gender testing of competitors.
		Grenoble 1968 is the first Olympiad to adopts a mascot " Schuss a styled skier.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1968_Winter_Olympic_Games (158 words)

	Winter Olympic Games
		The Winter Olympic Games, or Winter Olympics are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games.
		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.
		After not being able to host the Games in 1944 due to the war, Cortina d'Ampezzo was able to organize the 1956 Winter Olympics.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/winter_olympic_games.html (5149 words)

	Olympic Games - FreeEncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A special edition for winter sports, the Winter Olympic Games, started in 1924; since 1994 these are no longer held in the same year as the Games of the Olympiad.
		Another possible source of the Games is the legend of Oenomaus, who challenged his daughter's suitors to a chariot race and killed the losers.
		The ancient Olympic Games were abandoned in AD 394 by the Roman emperor Theodosius I, who considered the Games to be a savage celebration.
	openproxy.ath.cx /ol/Olympics.html (921 words)

	The Voice of Russia ( Olympic games 2002 )
		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)

	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)

	kiat.net: Winter Olympic Games Calgary 1988
		Olympic Alpine skiing added a men's and women's super-giant slalom, and re-introduced a men's and women's Alpine combined, after a 36-year hiatus.
		Jamaica made its Winter Olympic debut with a four-man bobsled team and, although it was not foreseen, Soviet athletes would be competing under the hammer and sickle for the last time.
		In the bobsled, the stories were not those of the eventual winners, the Soviets in the two-man and the Swiss in the four-man, but rather of the Jamaicans having a bobsled team at all and of Prince Albert of Monaco competing.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/winter/w15calgary.html (518 words)

	Winter Olympic Games -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Winter (The modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country) Olympic Games, Winter Olympics for short but more correctly The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold-weather counterpart to the (Click link for more info and facts about Summer Olympic Games) Summer Olympic Games.
		In 1952, the Winter Games came to (A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905) Norway, considered to be the birthplace of modern skiing.
		Originally, the 1976 Winter Games had been awarded to (The state capital and largest city of Colorado; located in central Colorado on the South Platte river) Denver, but in a 1972 plebiscite, the city's inhabitants voted against organizing the Games.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/winter_olympic_games.htm (8433 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 (1145 words)

	Olympic Winter Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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)

	Olympic Games
		Ancient Olympic Games originated in Greece and were held from 776 B.C. to A.D. The modern Olympic Games began in 1896 when organizers revived them to encourage world peace and friendship and to promote healthy sporting competition for the youth of the world.
		This is the official Olympics site, August 13-29, 2004, offering details on scheduled events from the opening ceremony to the closing of the winter games, biographies and interviews of athletes, the latest articles and lots, lots more.
		The first Olympic games were held in ancient Greece, an event of spiritual significance as well as a test of athletic excellence.
	www.42explore2.com /olympics.htm (1126 words)

	Olympic Games scandals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		1968 Winter Olympic Games Three East German competitors in the women's luge event are disqualified for illegally heating their runners prior to each run.
		1988 Summer Olympic Games[?] Canadian sprinter, Ben Johnson was stripped of his gold medal for the 100 Metre Dash when he tested positive for anabolic steroids after the event.
		1994 Winter Olympic Games Jeff Gillooly[?], the ex-husband of figure skater Tonya Harding arranged for an attack on her closest rival, Nancy Kerrigan[?], prior to the start of the Games.
	www.eurofreehost.com /ol/Olympic_Games_scandals_2.html (295 words)

	Press Articles - McDonald's To Serve Athletes At 1998 Olympic Winter Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The 1998 Olympic Winter Games are a year away and once again McDonald's(R) is gearing up to help feed Olympic athletes from around the world.
		At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, McDonald's served hundreds of thousands of meals to athletes representing 197 countries at five restaurants in the Olympic Village.
		McDonald's commitment to the Olympic Games began nearly 30 years ago when the company airlifted hamburgers to the U.S. athletes competing in the 1968 Olympic Winter Games in Grenoble, France, after hearing they were homesick for McDonald's food.
	www.mcspotlight.org /media/press/prnews_3feb97.html (333 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)

	History of the Olympic Winter Games (from Olympic Games) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Although some skating events were included in the 1908 and 1920 Games, it was not until 1924 that the Winter Games were accepted as a celebration comparable to the Summer Games and given the official blessing of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
		The Games were held only two years after the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville,...
		As a result of the United States boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow and the Soviet Union not attending the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, Calif., athletes from these countries were deprived of the opportunity to face one another in sports competition.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-215476 (908 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)

	Winter Olympic Games
		The Winter Olympic Games are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games.
		Only in 1926, the Games were called thus.
		The most recent Winter Games were the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
	usapedia.com /w/winter-olympic-games.html (299 words)

	Robin Widdows - Career Summary
		One of the rare F1 Olympians, Widdows represented his country as a bobsleigh driver at the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympic Games.
		To celebrate the 2000 Summer Olympics in our home town of Sydney, Australia, we presented this profile of one of F1's few Olympians.
		The biography was updated during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
	f1rejects.com /drivers/widdows (437 words)

	1968 Winter Olympic Games: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about 1968 Winter Olympic Games
		1968 Winter Olympic Games: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about 1968 Winter Olympic Games
		Jean-Claude Killy won three alpine skiing gold medals[?] for France.
		Definition / meaning of 1968 Winter Olympic Games:
	www.encyclopedian.com /19/1968-Winter-Olympic-Games.html (63 words)

	Winter Olympic Travel Packages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		...on Atlastickets.com with the terms san diego sports, 2004 olympic tickets, calgary 88 winter olympic tickets, travel packages for the national...
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		Winter Olympics 2002 - Tour Salt Lake Utah Winter Olympics 2002...
	www.travel-freak.com /OPG/winter-olympic-travel-packages.html (291 words)

	The Winter Olympic Games
		Because of Australian quarantine laws, the equestrian events were held in Stockholm, Sweden.
		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.
	www.janecky.com /olympics/wintergames (76 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		At the 1968 Grenoble Games, sex tests for women were introduced.
		Official Oath by: The first officials' oath was sworn at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
		She completed her Olympic career by leading Sweden to second place in the relay.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1968 (276 words)

	Sharjah and Dependencies Stamps and Postal Stationery
		Winter Olympic Games - Grenoble, France - embossed on gold foil
		The 4 rl value and the miniature sheet from the 1968 American paintings series were overprinted with In Memory of / Robert Kennedy.
		Gold Medalists from the 1968 Summer Olympic Games - Mexico City, Mexico - embossed on gold foil
	www.ohmygosh.on.ca /stamps/sharjah/sharj68.htm (342 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - PASSION - MEMORABILIA NUMISMATICS & PHILATELY
		Collecting items commemorating the Olympic Games is not a new phenomenon.
		In fact, it started with the first Games of the modern era in 1896.
		This morning, IOC President Jacques Rogge awarded the 2004 Olympia Prize gold medal to Portugal in the framework of the 117th IOC Session in Singapore.
	www.olympic.org /uk/passion/collectors/index_uk.asp (92 words)

	McDonald's Media Site: Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		At the 1968 Olympic Winter Games, McDonald's airlifted hamburgers to U.S. athletes competing in Grenoble, France who reported they were homesick for McDonald's food.
		The ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games mark McDonald's fourth Olympic Games as a TOP Sponsor and fifth as the Official Restaurant of the Olympic Games.
		As the Official Restaurant of the 2004 Olympic Games, McDonald's will operate three special full-service restaurants, one serving athletes, coaches and officials in the Olympic Village; one serving media at the Main Press Center; and the third feeding spectators at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA).
	www.media.mcdonalds.com /secured/news/pressreleases/2004/Press_Release05052004.html (945 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Winter Olympics History
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		The United States, seeded seventh in a 12-team field, stuns the mighty Soviet Union, 4-3, on its way to the 1980 gold medal in the greatest upset in Olympic hockey history.
		For a month leading up to the 1994 Games, the world was mesmerized by reports that figure skater Tonya Harding had something to do with an attack on teammate Nancy Kerrigan at the U.S. nationals in Detroit.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history.htm (128 words)

	Ajman Stamps - 1968
		1968 Winter Olympic Games - Grenoble, France - embossed on gold foil
		Gold Medal Winners from the 1968 Winter Olympic Games - Grenoble, France
		The above miniature sheet in gold foil with the design of the ice hockey player overprinted with the names of various gold medal winners.
	www.ohmygosh.on.ca /stamps/ajman/ajman68.htm (291 words)

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