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	2004 Summer Olympics - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		It was the first Olympics since NBC had merged with Vivendi Universal Entertainment; the merger, along with the acquisitions of the Bravo and Telemundo networks, 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.
		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.
		The Mayor of Athens, Dora Bakoyianni, passed the Olympic Flag to the Mayor of Beijing, Wang Qishan.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/2/0/0/2004_Summer_Olympics_330c.html (2001 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		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 lead a boycott of 22 African nations as the IOC refused not to admit the New Zealand team.
		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.
	www.encyclopedian.com /19/1976-Summer-Olympics.html (375 words)

	Learn more about 1936 Summer Olympics in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The tale of Hitler snubbing Owens at the ensuing medal ceremony is, however, apocryphal.
		Rower Jack Beresford won his fifth Olympic medal in the sport, and his third gold medal.
		For the first time the Olympic Flame was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /1/19/1936_summer_olympics.html (481 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)

	Wikipedia: 1994 Winter Olympics
		In 1986 the IOC voted to change the schedule of the Olympic Games so that the summer and winter games would be arranged in alternating even-numbered years.
		For the first time, the Winter Olympics are not held in the same year as the Games of the Olympiad.
		The Olympic flame is brought into the stadium by a ski jumper.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/1/19/1994_winter_olympics.html (224 words)

	CANOE -- SLAM! 2004 Games News: OLYMPICS NOTE
		The only other athlete to win eight medals in one Olympics was Soviet gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin, who won four gold, three silver and one bronze in 1980 at Moscow, in an Olympics boycotted by the United States and most Western allies.
		However, the record-breaking medal was a silver in the 400 medley relay as Team USA was overtaken by the Aussies, who also set a world record by winning in 3:57.32.
		The 27 medals won by American swimmers matches the total won by all Australian athletes in Athens and trails only Russia, Germany, China and the United States in the overall medal standings.
	slam.canoe.ca /StatsOLY/BC-OLY-LGNS-SWIMMING-R.html (640 words)

	1932 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, were held in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
		Babe Didrikson won two gold medals in the javelin and the hurdles event, and competed in a jump-off for a third in the high jump.
		Poland's Stanisława Walasiewicz won the gold medal in the women's 100 meters; she would also win the silver medal in the event four years later.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/1932_Summer_Olympics (379 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The 1896 Summer Olympics, formally called the Games of the I Olympiad, were the first modern Summer Olympic Games and the first Games since Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the Ancient Olympic Games in AD 393 as part of the Christian campaign against paganism.
		However, the 1900 Summer Olympics were already planned for Paris and, barring the so-called Intercalated Games of 1906, the Olympics did not return to Greece until the 2004 Summer Olympics.
		The true origin of the modern Olympics was acknowledged by De Coubertin as being in Much Wenlock, a rural market town in the English county of Shropshire.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics (3849 words)

	ipedia.com: 1968 Summer Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		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 athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos (USA) raise their fl-gloved fists as a symbol of "Black Power".
	www.ipedia.com /1968_summer_olympics.html (321 words)

	Belo Interactive - Olympics
		True, that has something to do with the fact that the Olympics will be played 16 times zones away, but NBC, which is paying $705 million in rights fees, has the clout to "request" events be scheduled in Australia for its live prime-time convenience in the United States.
		She was too young for the 1976 Olympics, forced to miss the 1980 Games because of the boycott, and too old by 1984.
		Will be working his seventh Olympics in the booth after finishing 12th in the 1500 meters in Mexico City Ranked No. 1 in the world in 1969 and 1971.
	olympics.belointeractive.com /general/169309_13horn.html (1522 words)

	Canada at the Olympics
		The Summer and Winter Olympic games were held during the same year up to and including 1992, after which the same-year format was dropped.
		They captured the GOLD medal in the 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932 (they are the only team ever to win 4 Gold medals in 4 successive Games - 1920 to 1932), 1948, 1952, and (exactly 50 years later), won the Gold medal by defeatiing the USA in the 2002 Winter Games.
		The Summer and Winter Paralympic games were held during the same year up to and including 1992, after which the same-year format was dropped.
	members.shaw.ca /kcic1/olympics.html (714 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1980 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Soviet gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin wins a medal in each of the eight gymnastics events, including three titles.
		Women's field hockey is Olympic for the first time, but all major nations boycott the tournament.
		The team of Zimbabwe is invited just a week before the start of the Games, but it wins the nation's first gold medal.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1980_Summer_Olympics (332 words)

	WashingtonPost.com: A Curtain Call in Atlanta
		ATLANTA, Aug. 4— Tonight, the Closing Ceremonies for the 1996 Summer Olympics began with the traditional awarding of the medals in the men’s marathon, and it was a fitting moment for an Olympics that provided a bigger world stage for a far more diverse collection of athletes than any in history.
		And, early this evening, the final gold medal of these Games was won by the U.S. women’s basketball team, capping an Olympics in which the Americans—led by a long parade of successful women—finished with 101 medals, the most of any of the record 197 nations in attendance.
		An American—Michael Johnson—carried the Olympic flag onto the infield for the close of the Olympics tonight, but it was the parade of flags from the 197 participatory nations that brought home the scope of these Games.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/olympics/daily/aug/05/close5.htm (1104 words)

	Olympics Timeline: 1950s to the 1980s
		The Olympic torch is lit in the fireplace of skiing pioneer Sondre Norheim, and relayed by 94 skiers to the Games in Oslo.
		Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina wins six medals for the third time in a row; she remains the Olympic athlete with the most medals (18) and the most medals in individual events (14).
		In the overall medal count, the rankings are U.S.S.R. (132), East Germany (102), U.S.A. The IOC votes to disallow unofficial demonstration events at Olympics, starting with the 1996 Games.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/olympicstimeline2.html (2330 words)

	1972 Summer Olympics medal count - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is the full table of the medal count of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
		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/1972_Summer_Olympics_medal_count (189 words)

	Athens Olympic Games 2004 - 1936 Munich
		The 1936 Olympics were also the first to be broadcast on a form of television.
		She remains the youngest female gold medalist in the history of the Summer Olympics.
		Inge Sorensen of Denmark earned a bronze medal in the 200-medal breaststroke at the age of 12, making her the youngest medalist ever in an individual event.
	guy-sports.com /olympics/athens_olympics_2004_1936.htm (568 words)

	1980 Winter Olympics
		The Games of the XIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, United States of America.
		An unfancied amateur United States ice hockey team win the gold medal, defeating Finland in the final.
		Their extraordinary upset victory over the heavy favourite Soviet team in the semifinal becomes known as the "Miracle On Ice" in the US press.
	www.knowallabout.com /1/19/1980_winter_olympics.html (170 words)

	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 underdog 1960 U.S. Olympic hockey team in Squaw Valley, California, beat both Canada and the Soviet Union to clinch a tie for the gold medal.
	www.thegoal.com /events/mtgwinter2002/facts.html (571 words)

	Munich, 1972 Olympics
		The Olympic Oath is taken by a referee for the first time.
		In 1972 American Frank Shorter pulled the US into the running boom by winning the gold medal in the marathon at the Munich Olympics.
		British Equestrian, Lorna Johnstone was 70 years and 5 days old when she rode at the 1972 Games, thus being the oldest woman ever to compete at an Olympic Games.
	www.topendsports.com /events/summer/hosts/munich.htm (225 words)

	1980 Winter Olympics Summary
		Before the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the United States Olympic hockey team was not expected to compete for a medal.
		The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America.
		Their defeat of the Soviet team in the medal round became known as the "Miracle on Ice" in the US press.
	www.bookrags.com /1980_Winter_Olympics (1204 words)

	1968 Summer Olympics Summary
		The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were held in Mexico City in 1968.
		Dick Fosbury won the gold medal in the high jump using the radical Fosbury flop technique, which quickly became the dominant technique in the event.
		In the 200 m medal award ceremony, two African-American athletes Tommie Smith (gold) and John Carlos (bronze) raised their fl-gloved fists as a symbol of Black Power.
	www.bookrags.com /1968_Summer_Olympics (1108 words)

	Even non-athletes earn medals - Olympic news - MSNBC.com
		Medals can then fall into the hands of collectors like Prior, usually people who have a special passion for the Olympics and enough resources to support an expensive hobby.
		A medal that was minted but never awarded — if there was a tie, for example — might be had for as little as $1,500, but a rare medal from the first modern Olympics in 1896 can go for upward of $20,000.
		Other medals have more traditional designs: the goddess Nike and the Colosseum on the front and an athlete hoisted on the shoulders of companions on the reverse.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5431630 (862 words)

	© 2004, Gannett News Service
		Steven Lopez's gold medal in the taekwondo competition was one of a flurry of medals at the Games' finish that pushed the United States over its publicly stated goal of 100 medals and kept the U.S. team on top of the medal count for a third consecutive Olympics.
		John Nunn set a hot early pace and was the number one U.S. competitor past the halfway post of the Olympic 20-kilometer racewalk Friday on the roads outside Olympic Stadium, but the heat of the racing tempo and the morning sun took its toll and he finished 26th.
		American Ellen Wilson entered her second Olympics with lofty hopes of a top-seven finish, perhaps even a medal, in judo; instead, she was thrown for a loss, dropping both of her matches.
	delawareonline.gannettonline.com /gns/olympics/other-index.html (2212 words)

	1988 Seoul Olympic Stadium
		For the first time since Munich in 1972, there was no organized boycott of the Summer Olympics.
		The next day, however, Johnson was stripped of his gold medal and sent packing by the IOC when his post-race drug test indicated steriod use.
		Otherwise, Steffi Graf added an Olympic gold medal to her Grand Slam sweep (Golden Slam) in tennis, Greg Louganis won both men's diving events for the second straight time, and the U.S. men's basketball team had to settle for third place after losing to the gold medal-winning Soviets, 82-76, in the semifinals.
	olympics.ballparks.com /1988Seoul/index.htm (296 words)

	usnews.com - Winter Olympics 2002 - War and Olympics
		From ancient to modern Olympics, a timeline of peace and war throughout the games.
		He dedicated his medal "to peace." Inspired by experiences in the Olympic Village, where the team saw people from all countries dining, dancing, and playing together, Dieudonne Kwizera, a fellow Burundian runner, tried to bring the Olympic spirit home.
		In the drive for a global Olympic truce in the summer of 2004, the Athens-based International Olympic Truce Center has persuaded the foreign ministers of longtime rivals Greece and Turkey to sign a truce petition (as individuals, not as government officials, however).
	www.usnews.com /usnews/olympics/winter/war.htm (2040 words)

	beRecruited.com: About Michael Phelps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Michael Phelps appeared at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as the youngest American male swimmer at an Olympic Games in 68 years at the age of 15.
		At the 2002 Summer Nationals in Fort Lauderdale, Phelps also broke the world record for the 400m individual medley and set American marks in the 100m butterfly and the 200m individual medley.
		Phelps had the chance to break that record in 2004 by competing in eight swimming events: the 200m freestyle, the 100m butterfly, the 200m butterfly, the 100m backstroke, the 200m backstroke, the 200m individual medley, the 400m individual medley, the 4x100m freestyle relay and the 4x100m medley relay.
	www.berecruited.com /news/michael-phelps.html (1039 words)

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