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	Olympic Games - Search View - MSN Encarta
		Although the Olympic Charter, the official constitution of the Olympic movement, proclaims that the Olympics are contests among individuals and not among nations, the IOC assigns to the various NOCs the task of selecting national Olympic teams.
		Women’s Olympic sports have grown significantly since then, and currently women account for approximately half of the members of teams, except in teams from Islamic nations, where the level of female participation is generally lower.
		She won gold medals in the 80-meter hurdles race and the javelin event—establishing new world records in both events—and captured a silver medal in the high jump event.
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	1976 Summer Olympics at AllExperts
		1976 was the first time Canada hosted the Olympics; it has subsequently hosted the Olympics once more, at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, and will host the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
		Montreal saw the 1976 games as a chance to build on its world prestige that was first rewarded with a World's Fair on Canada's centennial.
		Montreal 1976 pointed the way to the future in Olympic security, which was further increased for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
	en.allexperts.com /e/0/1976_Summer_Olympics.htm (1198 words)

	Learn more about 1936 Summer Olympics in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		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)

	CBSNews.com
		Held in conjunction with Olympic Games in Paris, the Chamonix Winter Games were originally known as an "International Winter Sports Week," due to objections by Scandinavian countries that felt a Winter Olympics would detract from their Nordic Games.
		The star of these Olympics was Norwegian Sonja Henie, who as a 15-year-old, won the first of her three Olympic gold medals.
		Sonja Henie won her third and final gold medal and in a shocking upset, Britain won the men's hockey competition - although it should be noted that the team was largely made up of Anglo-Canadians.
	www.cbsnews.com /htdocs/sports/olympics/olympics_2002_games/timeline.html (1181 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.
		The Olympic Charter requires such committees to "resist all pressures of any kind whatsoever, whether of a political, religious or economic nature," but theory and practice diverge; the Americans stay home, and many other countries follow suit.
		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.factmonster.com /spot/olympicstimeline2.html (2328 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 information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The 2004 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece, over a period of 17 days from August 13 to August 29, 2004.
		Athens was chosen as the host city during the 106th IOC Session held in Lausanne in 05 September 1997, after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta nearly seven years before, on 18 September 1990, during the 96th IOC Session in Tokyo.
		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.
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	Americans top medal count
		ATHENS - 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 the leading edge of a surge by Asian teams.
		U.S. Olympic Committee chief executive Jim Scherr, who set his team's medal target, said surpassing it was "an exceptional accomplishment" in light of the stiffening competition from Asia and the former Soviet republics.
		Yet the U.S. gold medal total of 35 was the lowest since the Montreal Olympics in 1976.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/08/30/spt_oly1medals.html (833 words)

	1924 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were held in 1924 in Paris, France.
		The marathon distance was fixed at 42.195 km, from the distance run at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
		Ireland was given formal recognition as an independent nation in the Olympic Movement in Paris in 1924 and it was at these games that Ireland made its first appearance in an Olympic Games as an independent nation.
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	Canada at the Olympics
		Another interesting fact is the rather "poor" performance at the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal where Canada, as host nation, failed to win a single GOLD medal, but took 5 SILVER and 6 BRONZE for a total of 11.
		She is the only person in Olympic history to be awarded all 3 medals in the same single event.
		Clara Hughes won a Bronze medal in the 5k speed-skating event in Salt Lake 2002 to add to the 2 Bronze medals in cycling that she captured in the 1996 Atlanta Games.
	www.members.shaw.ca /kcic1/olympics2.html (785 words)

	NPR : Staging the Games, 2002 Winter Olympics, A Special Report
		Shorter, who won the gold in the 1972 Olympic marathon and silver in the 1976 games, talks about the drugs involved in doping, and says it has become much easier to detect their use.
		But it's likely to trail Germany and Russia in the medal count in Salt Lake City, according to a Wellesley College study that uses economic, geographic and political factors to predict the standings.
		Olympic officials -- seeking to thwart performance-enhancing drugs -- must determine which of hundreds of dietary supplements should be banned from use during competition.
	www.npr.org /programs/specials/olympics2002/staging (499 words)

	NBCOlympics.com - Countries - Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Norway is the most prolific Winter Olympic nation with a total of 261, 44 more than the Soviet Union/Unified Team, which hasn't added to its total since disbanding in the early 1990s.
		In Salt Lake, Norway was third in the medal count behind Germany and the U.S. Norway last led the medal standings when Lillehammer hosted in 1994.
		His successor to the Norwegian cross-country throne was Thomas Alsgaard, who claimed six Olympic medals before retiring in 2003.
	www.nbcolympics.com /countries/5056782/detail.html (1059 words)

	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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	1980 Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Games of the XIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, United States of America.
		Hanni Wenzel won the women's giant slalom and slalom, making Liechtenstein the smallest country to produce an Olympic champion.
		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)

	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)

	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.
	www.members.shaw.ca /kcic1/olympics.html (714 words)

	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.
		Alberto Juantorena of Cuba became the first man to win both the 400 m and 800 m at the same Olympics.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1976_summer_olympics.shtml (353 words)

	Olympics -- Bidding Arrivederci To The Torino Games
		They finished second behind Germany in overall medal count, which is nice considering how poorly our country used to do in cold weather.
		But taking second in a non-stateside Olympics in total medals is enough for all Americans to hold their heads up and take that spirit with them in two years to the next Summer Games in Beijing.
		With the Olympics returning to the Italian Alps for the first time since 1956, you got a good taste of the mountains, but very little of the host city itself.
	www.bossports.net /olympics/storyw.php?filename=060227 (1836 words)

	Gold's forever, ads aren't - The Boston Globe
		With four gold medals, two bronze, and two events to go, US swimmer Michael Phelps has reportedly earned millions of dollars in endorsements.
		Though Olympic glory may strike many as nobler pursuit than professional athletics, people develop a deeper relationship with pro athletes, said Cindy Laidlaw, president of The Laidlaw Group, a Boston ad firm.
		Mike Eruzione, who scored the winning goal against the Russian hockey team to clinch the gold for the United States in 1980 at Lake Placid, has done a few endorsements, namely when he and his teammates were on the Wheaties box.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/olympics/articles/2004/08/20/golds_forever_ads_arent (811 words)

	2006 Winter Olympics » 2005 » December (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Australia has finalized their short track speed skating team for the Torino Olympics, while Canada plans to announce their final team by January 4th.
		The women’s Olympic hockey team should be in good shape since they bring to the games several experienced members.
		Olympic veterans Jenny Potter, Katie King, Tricia Dunn-Luoma and Angela Ruggiero were selected Tuesday for the U.S. women’s hockey team that will compete at the Turin Games.
	2006turinolympics.com /2005/12 (1296 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)

	© 2004, Gannett News Service
		And gone from medal contention went ill-fated Spain, which was unbeaten in preliminary play and rewarded with a quarterfinal against the struggling but exceedingly talented United States on Thursday at the Summer Olympics.
		His American Olympic record 31 points were the foundation for a 102-94 win over Spain in front of a noisy crowd of 14,500 at the Olympic Indoor Hall.
		Marbury broke the U.S. Olympic single-game scoring mark of 30 points shared by Charles Barkley (1992) and Adrian Dantley (1976).
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	2006 Winter Olympics - Turin - Sports - New York Times
		The protesters managed to generate enough worry that Olympic organizers, for the third time in recent days, diverted the path of the torch relay to avoid them.
		Turin is transforming itself from a faded industrial powerhouse into a city capable of impressing the world as host to the 2006 Winter Olympics.
		Follow the Olympic flame as it makes its way to Turin, read athlete profiles, view slide shows of the Games's venues and check availability of event tickets.
	www.nytimes.com /pages/sports/olympics/index.html (449 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		Albertville closed a chapter in Olympic history — 1992 was the last year the Winter and Summer Games would be hosted in the same year.
		Frederic Blackburn won two medals, a silver as a member of the relay team and another silver in the 1,000 event.
		Canada’s last medal, a silver, came on the final day of competition, courtesy of the men’s hockey team, which lost to the Unified Team in the final.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/history/1992albertville.shtml (1174 words)

	ipedia.com: 1980 Winter Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		See also: 1980 Winter Paralympics The Games of the XIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, United States of America.
		An upstart United States ice hockey team, made up primarily of collegiate players, won the gold medal, defeating the heavily favored Soviet team and then Finland in the medal round.
		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.
	www.ipedia.com /1980_winter_olympics.html (255 words)

	© 2004, Gannett News Service
		Lopez's victory Saturday 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.
		He equaled Soviet gymnast Alexander Dityatin's medal total from the 1980 Olympics, which were boycotted by the United States and more than 50 other countries.
		``Being able to be part of Olympic history, being in the same sort of sentence with Carl Lewis, with Mark Spitz, with a lot of the major Olympic athletes, I can't ask for anything more than that,'' Phelps said.
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