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  1976 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Montreal saw the 1976 games as a chance to build on its world prestige that was first developed during the 1967 World's Fair, known as Expo 67 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.wikipedia.org /wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics   (1152 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: 2004 Summer Paralympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The exclusion was introduced after the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, the first games with events exclusively for people with learning difficulties, after it was found that the majority of the Spanish basketball team were not disabled.
The International Paralympic Committee stated that the exclusion would continue until there are sufficient tests for the disabilities and a way to measure the effect they have on a sport.
The traditional cultural display was removed from the ceremony as a mark of respect for the deaths of 37 teenagers and 4 teachers from Farkadona, travelling to Athens, whose bus collided with a lorry near the town of Kamena Vourla.
www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=2004_Summer_Paralympics   (1051 words)

  
 1976 Summer Paralympics -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
They were held in (The provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada)) Toronto, in the province of (A prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada) Ontario, (A nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada) Canada.
1976 was the first time Canada has hosted the Paralympics, subsequently Canada will host the (additional info and facts about 2010 Winter Paralympics) 2010 Winter Paralympics in (A port city in southwestern British Columbia on an arm of the Pacific Ocean opposite Vancouver Island; Canada's chief Pacific port and third largest city) Vancouver.
Losing the bid for the (additional info and facts about 2008 Summer Olympics) 2008 Summer Olympics ((additional info and facts about 2008 Summer Paralympics) 2008 Summer Paralympics) was seen as being a boost to the Vancouver (additional info and facts about 2010 Winter Olympics) 2010 Winter Olympics bid.
absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1976_summer_paralympics.htm   (974 words)

  
 Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - 1976 Summer Olympics
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.
1984 and 1976 are seen as examples of what to do and not to do when organizing the Olympics, and serve as object lessons to prospectant host cities.
fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/1976_Summer_Olympics   (869 words)

  
 Station Information - Paralympic Games
Sir Ludwig Guttmann organized a sports competition in 1948 which became known as the Stoke Mandeville Games, involving World War II veterans with spinal cord injuries; in 1952 competitors from the Netherlands took part.
The first Olympic Style games for disabled athletes were held in Rome in 1960 which became the Paralympics.
The first Winter Paralympics were held in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden in 1976.
www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/paralympic_games.html   (187 words)

  
 1976 Summer Olympics -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Montreal saw the 1976 games as a chance to build on its world prestige that was first rewarded with a (additional info and facts about World's Fair) World's Fair on Canada's centennial.
With the (additional info and facts about Olympic massacre) Olympic massacre from the (additional info and facts about 1972 Summer Olympics) 1972 Summer Olympics in (The capital and largest city of Bavaria in southeastern Germany) Munich on everyone's minds, security was topflight for the 1976 games.
Montreal 1976 pointed the way to the future in Olympic security, which was further increased for the (additional info and facts about 2002 Winter Olympics) 2002 Winter Olympics in (The capital and largest city of Utah; located near the Great Salt Lake in north central Utah; world capital of the Mormon Church) Salt Lake City.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1976_summer_olympics.htm   (1834 words)

  
 Paralympics Summer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Paralympics have an involved history that intertwines numerous sports organizations and governing bodies.
The first games that have come to be recognized as "Paralympic" were held in Rome in 1960.
The 2004 Paralympics are scheduled to be held in Athens, Greece.
www.aafla.org /7ig/InternationalGames/paralympsummer.htm   (78 words)

  
 Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - 2010 Winter Paralympics
The 2010 Winter Paralympics will be held in the area surrounding Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, including th towns of Burnaby and Whistler.
2010 will be the second time Canada has hosted the Paralympics, including the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto.
Vancouver sees the 2010 games (Olympics and Paralympics) as a chance to build on its history as a world-class city that began in 1986 with the World's Fair.
fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/2010_Winter_Paralympics   (110 words)

  
 www.eyes-2004.info: History of the Paralympic Games
In the beginning the Paralympics were primarily a sporting event for people in a wheelchair.
In Toronto in 1976, other disability groups were added and the idea of merging together different disability groups for international sport competitions was born.
On 19 June 2001, an agreement was signed between the IPC and the International Olypmic Committee securing this practice for the future.
www.eyes-2004.info /11180.0.html   (279 words)

  
 NTU Info Centre: Paralympic Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Sir Ludwig Guttmann organized a sports competition in 1948 which became known as the Stoke Mandeville Games, involving World War II veterans with spinal cord injuries; in 1952 competitors from the Netherlands took part in the competition, giving an international notion to the movement.
The first Olympic Style games for athletes with a disability were held in Rome in 1960 which became the Paralympic Games.
The new Paralympic logo consists of three elements in red, blue and green—the three colours that are most widely represented in national flags around the world.
www.nowtryus.com /article:Paralympic_Games   (302 words)

  
 iqexpand.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Look for 1960 summer paralympics in Wiktionary, our sister dictionary project.
Look for 1960 summer paralympics in the Commons, our repository for free images, music, sound, and video.
See also: 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Paralympic Games were the first Paralympics.
1960_summer_paralympics.iqexpand.com   (397 words)

  
 SUMMER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Search the SUMMER Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
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Find graves of people named SUMMER at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
www.worldhistory.com /surname/US/S/SUMMER.htm   (73 words)

  
 1976 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Canada, the host country, unfortunately left with only 5 silver medals and 6 bronze medals.
It was the first time in Olympic history that the host country of the Summer Games won no gold medals.
She was a member of her country's equestrian team.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/1/1976-Summer-Olympics.htm   (1058 words)

  
 1960 Summer Paralympics
The 1960 Summer Paralympic Games were the first Paralympics.
They were held in Rome, Italy with the Olympics.
The only disability included in this paralympics was spinal cord injury.
www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1960_summer_paralympics.shtml   (68 words)

  
 physics - 1988 Winter Olympics
The 1988 Games were the last games where the Paralympics were not also held in the same city.
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.
Ever mindful of the financial disaster of the 1976 Summer Olympics, Calgary was financially successful, erasing the spectre of a second Canadian games at a loss.
physicsdaily.com /physics/1988_Winter_Olympics   (473 words)

  
 1976 Summer Paralympics - TheBestLinks.com - Austria, Australia, Argentina, August 3, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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 Paralympic Games - Art History Online Reference and Guide
Paralympic Games - Your Art History Reference Guide!
The Paralympic Games are an official equivalent of the Olympics for athletes with physical disabilities.
1984 Summer Paralympics, Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom and New York, United States of America
www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Paralympic   (333 words)

  
 1976 songs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hardcore Jollies is an album by the funk musical band Funkadelic.
It was released in 1976, on the Priority record label, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers Studios.
This was the first album that Funkadelic released on a major label.
read-and-go.hopto.org /1976-songs   (206 words)

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