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	Winter Olympic Games - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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 the IOC voted to take back the Games from Japan because of their involvement in the war in China.
		In 1952, the Winter Games came to Norway, considered to be the birthplace of modern skiing.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /winter_olympic_games.htm (5552 words)

	Winter Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sankt Moritz was appointed by the Swiss organisers to host the second Olympic Winter Games, held from February 11 to February 19 in 1928.
		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).
		After not being able to host the Games in 1944 due to the war, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy was able to organise the 1956 Winter Olympics, held from January 26 to February 5.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winter_Olympics (5551 words)

	Winter Olympic Games
		The Winter Olympic Games, or Winter Olympics are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games.
		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.
		At the time the Olympics were awarded to Squaw Valley, near Lake Tahoe in California, it could hardly be called a town.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/winter_olympic_games.html (5149 words)

	1960 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The VIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, USA.
		This Winter Olympics introduced Disney artist John Hench's Olympic torch design, which all further torches would be based on.
		The Olympic flame was lit in the cottage of Sondre Norheim in Morgedal, Norway, and was brought to Los Angeles by plane from Oslo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1960_Winter_Olympics (310 words)

	Learn more about Olympic Games in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
		The ancient Olympic Games were abandoned in AD 394 by the Roman emperor Theodosius I, who considered the Games to be a savage celebration.
		The Olympic Games were part of the Panhellenic Games, four separate games held at two- or four-year intervals but arranged so that there was one set of games every year.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /o/ol/olympic_games.html (1183 words)

	Winter Olympic Games
		The Winter Olympic Games are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games.
		The First Olympic Winter Games were inaugurated on January 25, 1924 in Chamonix, France, although at the time they were not yet called Olympic Winter Games.
		Since 1994, the Winter Games are no longer held in the same year as the Games of the Olympiad (or Summer Olympics).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wi/Winter_Olympics.html (284 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)

	Olympic Winter Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The 1976 Winter Olympics were awarded to the U.S. city of Denver, but the people of the state of Colorado voted to prohibit public funds from being used to support the Games.
		Lighting the Olympic Flame by: Two cauldrons were lit as a symbol of Winter Games being held twice in Innsbruck.
		The cauldron of 1964 was lit by Christl Haas (Alpine skiing) and the 1976 flame was ignited by Josef Feistmantl (luge).
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1976 (329 words)

	kiat.net: Winter Olympic Games Innsbruck 1976
		Two Olympic flames burned brightly at Innsbruck; one each was lit for the Austrian city's host roles in 1964 and 1976.
		Denver originally was the odds-on favorite to be host to the 1976 Games, but concerns about the financial cost of the Games, the possible environmental effect and concerns over a negative effect on the state's winter tourism prompted the local population to reject hosting the Games through a referendum.
		Originally the 1976 Games were to be held in Denver.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/winter/w12innsbruck.html (433 words)

	Cool Attractions - Olympic History
		As Salt Lake City prepares for the 19th Olympic Winter Games, constructing multi-million dollar venues, landing corporate sponsorships, and adjusting the city's infrastructure to accommodate the temporarily swollen population, all eyes are on the future.
		The Olympics have always reflected the political goings-on in the world, and for this reason, the 1964 games in Innsbruck, Austria were particularly noteworthy.
		These games were plagued with a lack of snow, so in a panic, the Austrian army carved 20,000 blocks of ice from a mountaintop and rushed them to the luge and bobsled runs.
	www.saltlakecity.coolattractions.com /history.html (862 words)

	Olympic Studies Centre: Dossier > Image of the games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Roche (2000) described the Olympic Games as a ‘show’ that was constantly on the road, moving from city to city every four years, where the show will stop in 2012 will not be decided until July 6th 2005.
		While competition reduced to five cities for the 1964 and 1968 Games, and four for the 1972 edition, it was the decision of Denver to pull out of hosting the 1976 Winter Olympic Games that highlighted the need for legal requirements for the bid process.
		Bidding for the Winter and Summer Olympic Games is a continuous process, and as one city is selected, the cities begin competing for the next edition.
	olympicstudies.uab.es /eng/blue/dossier/d_2.html (1284 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)

	kiat.net: Winter Olympic Games Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936
		There were 106 thousand paying spectators and record participation for the first German Olympics which was the prologue to the more imposing Summer Games in Berlin.
		The IV Olympic Winter Games saw the introduction of alpine skiing (6th sport).
		Due to the exclusion of women's speed skating from the Olympics, she chose to instead compete in the combined downhill, which she won.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/winter/w04garmisch.html (362 words)

	1976 Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 1976 Winter Olympic Games were held in Innsbruck, Austria.
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		It illuminated the long vista of the past, and cast people driven from their haunts, never to find another express himself--not in an abject attempt to.
	www.termsdefined.net /19/1976-winter-olympics.html (243 words)

	Vancouver 2010 Winter olympic Games Bid
		In 1974 Whistler was again considered as a candidate for the 1980 Olympic Winter Games.
		Vancouver’s bid budget is $34 million, organizers say the Games (including the Paralympic Games) would draw 6,000 athletes and officials, 10,000 media representatives and 35,000 overnight visitors to Vancouver and Whistler.
		During the proposed Winter Games period, the weather at the outdoor competition venues has a strong record of excellent conditions to allow for peak performances by athletes and comfort and safety for spectators.
	www.gamesbids.com /english/bids/vancouver.shtml (1591 words)

	WinterSports2002.com - Salt Lake readies games bid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A synopsis of the Salt Lake City invitation to host the 1976 Winter Olympic Games was sent Tuesday to the U.S. Olympic Committee in preparation for the formal bid in December.
		Maxwell E. Rich, president of Olympics for Utah, Inc., outlined in the synopsis the factors of terrain, climate, transportation facilities, metroppolitan locations, cultural assets and proximity to major markets which convinced the U.S. Olympic Committee in 1966 to select Salt Lake City as the 1972 Winter Olympics site.
		It is anticipated that revenue from the Games will be considerably greater than the $2.25 million received at Squaw Valley.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/print/0,4060,30000153,00.html (178 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.
		The event ended the four-year Olympic cycle of staging both Winter and Summer Games in the same year and began a new schedule that calls for the two Games to alternate every two years.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0115111.html (911 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)

	1972 game olympic winter
		The 1972 Sapporo Games in Japan were the first to be held outside Europe or the United States.
		The 1998 Winter Olympics will be the first ever in which NHL players will play for their home nations.
		THE 2002 WINTER OLYMPICS, which will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, from February 8 to 24, is the biggest Winter Olympiad ever with 3,500 athletes representing......(Continue Reading)
	www.phf-airport.org /1972-game-olympic-winter.html (472 words)

	1976 Olympics
		The IOC originally gave the 1976 Winter Games to Denver, but in 1972 Colorado voters rejected a $5 million bond issue to finance the undertaking.
		For the second straight Winter Carnival the USSR and East Germany finished 1–2 in overall medals.
		Winter Olympics 7 2 0113 IOC decides to hold 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver (Kyodo World News Service)
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0300769.html (357 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)

	TIME 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games
		Ann Henning, of Northbrook, Ill., United States, foreground, speeds to a new Olympic record time of 43.73 in the 500-meter speedskating race at the XI Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo, Japan, Feb. 10, 1972.
		After the race judges ruled Henning had been fouled by Burka when they changed lanes and she was allowed a second run.
		Olympic Figure Skating: A Sport on Thin Ice
	www.time.com /time/olympics2002/moments/moment11.html (136 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - Hamill, Dorothy
		Says her 1976 World medal, which she won in Gothenburg, Sweden, following her Olympic victory is the medal of which she is most proud
		Hamill is an advocate for many charities including the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, International Special Olympics, Big Brothers and Sisters of America, the American Cancer Society and teaching blind children to skate through the March of Dimes.
		On that memorable day - Feb. 13, 1976 - in Innsbruck, Austria, when she skated for the Olympic gold: "I probably remember most all the flowers raining down at the end of my performance.
	www.usolympicteam.com /26_13371.htm (392 words)

	Records for Winter Olympic Games (12th : 1976 : Innsbruck, Austria) (in MARION) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Records for Winter Olympic Games (12th : 1976 : Innsbruck, Austria) (in MARION)
		Winter Olympic Games (12th : 1976 : Innsbruck, Austria)
		Daniels, George G. The XX Olympiad : Munich 1972, Innsbruck 1976 / by George G. Daniels.
	js-catalog.cpl.org /MARION/@WINTER/8016f1003000/0 (89 words)

	SLAM! NAGANO: Winter Olympic Records
		Most Medals, Single Olympics, Women -- 5, Manuela Di Centa, Italy, nordic skiing, 1994 (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) and Lyubov Egorova, Unified Team, nordic skiing, 1992 (3 gold, 2 silver).
		Most Silver Medals, Women -- 5, Andrea Ehrig, East Germany, speedskating, 1976, 1984-88 and Raisa Smetanina, Soviet Union-Unified Team, nordic skiing, 1976-88.
		Highest Score, Individual -- 105.9 out of 108 points, Janet Lynn, United States, free skate, 1972 and John Curry, Britain, free skate, 1976.
	www.canoe.ca /SlamNaganoHistory/records.html (390 words)

	Snowman, Mascot of the 1976 Winter Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		You see, I'm the Tyrolean snowman, mascot of the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games.
		As you can see I'm very round and white, and like every good snowman, I have a carrot nose.
		My hat comes from the Tyrol, the area of the Austrian mountains where I live.
	www.aafla.org /6oic/OlympicPrimer/snowman.htm (66 words)

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