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  1968 winter olympics - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
The X Olympic Winter Games were held in 1968 Grenoble, France and opened on February 6.
Norway won the most medals, the first time a country other than the USSR had done so since the USSR first entered the Winter Games in 1956.
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.
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 1968 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1968 Grenoble, France and opened on February 6.
The games have been credited with making the Winter Olympics more popular in the United States, not least of which because of ABC's extensive coverage of Fleming and Killy, who became overnight sensations among teenage girls.
Grenoble 1968 is the first Olympiad to adopt a mascot, albeit unofficially.
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 Winter Olympic Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The 1940 Winter Olympics originally been awarded to Japan and were to be held in Sapporo but the voted to take back the Games from because of their involvement in the war China.
The Olympic Winter Games returned to Lake Placid which had earlier hosted the 1932 The People's Republic of China made its debut at the Winter Because of this the Republic of China (Taiwan) was forced by the IOC compete under the name of Chinese Taipei.
Figure skating was the first winter sport to included in the Olympics appearing in the of the Summer Olympics in 1908 and The single events for men and women the pairs contest have been on the since 1908 ice dancing was first included in 1976.
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 1968 Winter Olympics medal count - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is the full table of the medal count of the 1968 Winter Olympics, which were held in Grenoble, France.
1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006
Summer Olympics medal countWinter Olympics medal count
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 1960 Winter Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, United States (located in the Lake Tahoe basin).
This Winter Olympics introduced Disney artist John Hench's Olympic torch design, upon which all further torches would be based.
The Olympic flame was lit in the cottage of Sondre Norheim in Morgedal, Norway, and was brought to Los Angeles by plane from Oslo.
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 1984 Winter Olympics
The Games of the XIV Winter Olympiad were held in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
Skier Jure Franko[?] won Yugoslavia's first Winter Olympics medal; a silver in the giant slalom.
Gaétan Boucher[?] and Karin Enke[?] each won two gold medals in speed skating, while East German women win all but 3 of the 12 medals in the sport.
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 1964 Winter Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1964 in Innsbruck, Austria.
On February 15, 1961, the entire US figure skating team and several family members, coaches, and officials were killed in the crash of Sabena Flight 548 in Brussels, Belgium en route to the World Championships in Prague.
The IOC suggested that inexperience may have played a role in Ross's death, whereas Australian manager John Wagner suggested that overcrowding played a role, saying that he tried to slow down "on a spot which was not prepared for stopping or swinging" to avoid a crowd of contestants.
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 2004 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
For the first time the [[Olympic Flame toured the world.]] By late March 2004, some Olympic projects were still behind schedule, and Greek authorities announced that a roof would no longer be constructed over the main swimming venue.
The main Olympic Stadium, the designated facility for the opening and closing ceremonies, was completed only two months before the games opened, with the sliding over of a futuristic glass roof designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
As part of the theatrics, the Olympic rings are seen burning in a pool of water.]] A bare-breasted goddess holding snakes, based on a Minoan statue The Opening Ceremony held on August 13, 2004 began with a thirty second countdown paced by the sounds of an amplified heartbeat.
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 2004 Summer Olympics
It was the first Olympics since NBC had merged with Vivendi Universal Entertainment; the merger made it possible for the network to broadcast over 1200 hours of coverage during the games, triple what was broadcast in the U.S. four years earlier.
Before, the medal ceremony for the last event of the Olympiad, the Men's Marathon, was conducted, with Stefano Baldini from Italy as the winner.
The Mayor of Athens, Dora Bakoyianni, passed the Olympic Flag to the Mayor of Beijing, Wang Qishan.
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 Winter Games Facts - TheGoal.com
Although the first modern Olympic Games took place in the Summer of 1896 in Athens, Greece, it was not until 1924 that the first Winter Olympic Greece were held.
But since women's speed skating was excluded from this Olympics, she decided to compete instead in the combined downhill, which she won.
The most interesting person in the Winter Games in Lake Placid in 1932 was Eddie Egan from the U.S. He became the only person in Olympic history to win medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympics when he won a gold medal in the four-man bobsled.
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 1968 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
US discus thrower Al Oerter[?], wins his fourth consecutive gold medal in the event to become only the second athlete to achieve this in an individual event.
Dick Fosbury[?] wins the gold medal in the high jump using the radical Fosbury flop[?] technique, which quickly became the dominant technique in the event.
In the medal award ceremony, fl American athletes Tommy Smith[?] and John Carlos[?] raise their fl-gloved fists as a symbol of "Black Power".
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 1976 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
It was the first time in Olympic history that the host country won no gold medals (the only other time this occurred was in Calgary in 1988).
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.
Montreal 1976 pointed the way to the future in Olympic security, which was further increased for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
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 1994 Winter Olympics
The Games of the XVII Winter Olympiad were held in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway.
For the first time, the Winter Olympics are not held in the same year as the Games of the Olympiad.
Vreni Schneider[?] won a complete set of medals in Alpine skiing and Manuela Di Centa[?] medaled in all five cross-country events.
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 1980 Winter Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The XIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America.
Their string of upset victories, and especially the defeat of the Soviet team in the medal round, became known as the "Miracle On Ice" in the US press.
The 1906 Olympic were organised by the IOC, but are currently not officially recognised by the IOC.
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 Olympic wrap up - The Winter of '88: Calgary's Olympic Games - CBC Archives
Canada is shut out of the gold medal race, continuing the legacy of being the only country to not win a gold medal at its own Games.
More medals had been predicted for Canada but disappointing results, especially in hockey, speed skating and alpine skiing, result in the low medal count.
At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, Canada bettered its Calgary performance and took home a total of seven medals: two gold, three silver and two bronze.
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 1968 Winter Olympics - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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1968 Winter Olympics, Highlights, Medal winners, Medal count and 1968 Winter Olympics.
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 1956 Winter Olympics - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as 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).
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 Washingtonpost.com: U.S. Ends Olympics With Record
In a simple, traditional show, Norwegian children danced and sang, the Olympic flame was extinguished and clusters of athletes joyfully celebrated the end of an Olympiad that came off without a hitch.
It was the most successful Winter Games ever for the 154-member U.S. delegation, which won six gold medals, tying the nation's previous best gold-medal efforts of 1932 and 1980, both held in Lake Placid, N.Y. While the numbers are impressive, there are subtle signs of trouble.
The medals came from only four of the nine sports at the Olympics: Alpine skiing, speed skating, freestyle skiing and figure skating, which is a bit deceiving, because Nancy Kerrigan was the only American to finish in the top four of the four figure skating events.
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 1994 Winter Olympics Biography,info
The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway.
The Lillehammer Olympics are still considered to this day by sport specialists and Olympic officials as one of the greatest Winter Games ever, and it ranks among the greatest sporting events in history.
For the first time, the Winter Olympics were not held in the same year as the Summer Games of the Olympiad.
www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_1994_Winter_Olympics   (609 words)

  
 1980 Winter Olympics medal count - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This is the full table of the medal count of the 1980 Winter Olympics, which were held in Lake Placid, New York, USA.
1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006
1980 Winter Olympics medal count, References and 1980 Winter Olympics.
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 Ivy League Sports - Ivies in Athens 2004
The Olympics were used once again as a political vehicle as North Korea, Cuba, Ethiopia, and Nicaragua, all boycotted the Games.
The extra time off didn't hurt the USSR as it claimed the overall medal count with 132 medals, 55 of which were gold.
Official Olympic Posters appear with permission and are the property of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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 1908 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Funds that were to have gone to the Olympics were diverted to the reconstruction of Naples, so a new venue was required.
The 1908 Olympics also prompted the establishment of standard rules for sports, and the selection of judges from different countries, rather than just the host.
The medal went to American John Hayes who was second over the line, but the glory went to Pietri.
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 1928 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
For the first time, the Olympic Flame was lit during the Olympics.
For the first time, the parade of nations started with Greece, which holds the origins of the Olympics, and ended with the host country, a tradition still continued until this day.
Because of this, running events longer than 200 m were not included in the Olympics until the 1960s.
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 Celizic: U.S. did itself proud at Olympics - Winter Olympics - MSNBC.com
In the end, he won just two medals and was labeled something of a bust, even though in crash-and-burn world of short track, there is no such thing as a sure shot.
With five medals in two Olympics, no one can Ohno anything but what he is one of the greats of his sport.
But, unlike Salt Lake City, where her fall was from a top medal to fourth place, Cohen picked herself up off the Palavela ice and finished her long program with brilliance and verve to finish second.
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 Wikinfo | 1998 Winter Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Bjørn Dæhlie, won three gold medals in Nordic skiing to become the first winter athlete to earn eight career gold medals and twelve total medals.
Hermann Maier survived a fall in the downhill and went on to gold in the super-g and giant slalom.
Gianni Romme and Marianne Timmer win two gold medals each for the Netherlands; 5 out of 10 titles in speed skating go to the Netherlands.
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 ipedia.com: 1988 Winter Olympics Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The Olympics were highly successful, financially, as they brought in million dollar profits.
The 1988 Winter Olympics 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.
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 1976 Summer Olympics
In the bid to organise the Olympics, Montreal defeated Moscow and Los Angeles, which would organise the 1980 and 1984 Olympics.
In a protest to a tour of South Africa by the New Zealand rugby team, Tanzania led a boycott of 22 African nations as the IOC refused to not admit the New Zealand team.
Viktor Saneyev (Soviet Union) won his third consecutive triple jump gold medal, while Klaus Dibiasi of Italy did the same in the platform diving event.
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 The First Four Olympics (I.S.H.A.)
The Winter Olympic Games, although provided for in the charter of the International Olympic Committee as founded in 1895, was an orphan child for several reasons.
The Winter Olympics were on course, hosting a truly international quadrennial ski meet, attracting participants from the far corners of the ski world.
At an IOC executive session at the Olympics, the Swedish delegate, Col. Holmquist, declared that in his opinion, although there were ski organizations in the United States and Canada, neither “had the necessary competence to organize ski events.” Nevertheless, the IOC delegates as a whole welcomed the idea of an American Winter Games.
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