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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 (382 words)

	NPR : Staging the Games, 2002 Winter Olympics, A Special Report
		NPR News reports on preparations for and the staging of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, where security was the highest ever for a sporting event.
		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.
		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)

	Cross country competition is as old as the Winter Games - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Olympic cross country competition is as old as the Winter Games themselves.
		Also, Olympic organizers have toyed with different race aspects in the past decade, trying to generate increased interest in the sport — changing some distances in individual events, trying mass starts and adding events such as combined pursuit and sprints.
		In past Olympics, the men's 10K medal event — the finish order and individual times — served as the first segment of the combined pursuit, which was held on a subsequent day.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,30000124,00.html (1298 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City were the first Winter Games to be opened by an American president.
		Daley Thompson apparently misses a new world record in winning his second consecutive gold medal in the decathlon; the next year his score is retroactively raised to 8847, giving him the record.
		Olympic soccer was unexpectedly played before massive crowds throughout America, with several sell-outs at the 100,000+ seat Rose Bowl.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/1984_Summer_Olympics (999 words)

	Cross-Country Skiing: Norway, Italy Likely To Dominate - Olympics 2006
		In fact, Norway was involved in all but one of the cross country medal ceremonies, and its athletes were often standing next to Italians.
		U.S. The United States has won only one Olympic medal in cross country skiing -- William Koch's bronze in the 30km mass start at the 1976 Innsbruck Games -- but the United States Olympic Committee believes that its team is the strongest it has been in years.
		Canadian Becky Scott is one of the best cross country skiers in the world and has won her country's only Olympic medal ever in the sport, a gold in women's pursuit at the 2002 Games.
	www.channel3000.com /olympics2006/6207732/detail.html (544 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)

	1924 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were held in 1924 in Paris, France.
		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.
		Originally called Semaine des Sports d'Hiver ("International Winter Sports Week") and held in association with the 1924 Summer Olympics, the sports competitions held in Chamonix between 25 January and 5 February 1924 were later designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the I Olympic Winter Games.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/1924_Summer_Olympics (425 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)

	Figure Skating: New Scoring System Makes Olympic Debut - Olympics 2006
		Figure skating has been an Olympic sport since the inception of the Winter Games, but this year's program may be the most interesting to follow in light of what happened in 2002.
		A ruling by the International Olympic Committee forced Russian pairs skaters Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze to share the gold medal with the Canadian pairs team of Jamie Sale and David Pelletier after a judging controversy.
		She petitioned the U.S. Olympic Committee for one of the three ladies' spots and will now head to Torino along with 2006 national champion Sasha Cohen and 16-year-old Kimmie Meissner.
	www.thepittsburghchannel.com /olympics2006/6599077/detail.html (1619 words)

	cbs2chicago.com - U.S. Wins First Ice Dance Medal Since 1976 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Since it was added in 1976, a Russian or Soviet couple has won all but two of the golds in the event.
		They hadn't won a medal since Colleen O'Connor and Jim Millns took the bronze back in 1976 — more than a half-decade before Belbin or Agosto were born.
		The couple lost any chance for a medal with their infamous stumble-and-stare during the original dance Sunday, but they were back to playing nice Monday.
	cbs2chicago.com /olympics/olympics_story_051224640.html (1034 words)

	NBCOlympics.com - Countries - Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		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.
		Kjetil Andre Aamodt, who holds the Alpine record of seven Olympic medals, will likely compete in Torino but is not expected to be a major factor.
	www.nbcolympics.com /countries/5056782/detail.html (1059 words)

	ipedia.com: 1998 Winter Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		XC skier Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won three gold medals in Nordic skiing to become the first winter Olympian to earn eight career gold medals and twelve total medals.
		Tara Lipinski, 15, won the women's figure skating title to become the youngest champion in an individual event in the history of the Winter Olympics.
		Alpine skier Hermann Maier (Austria) survived a fall in the downhill and went on to gold in the super-g and giant slalom.
	www.ipedia.com /1998_winter_olympics.html (274 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)

	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.
	www.skiinghistory.org /OlympicStory.html (9057 words)

	1980 Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		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)

	U.S. Foresees A High Medal Count, Turin Could See America's Best Showing Yet In The 'Other Olympics' - CBS News
		The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is cautiously optimistic, saying World Cup results suggest that this team could be better than the one that competed in Salt Lake City.
		But its greatest goal, perhaps, is to beat history: In the past, countries that held the Olympics have seen their medal tally drop 41 percent in the next Games.
		Of late, Germany has been on top, winning three of the four winter Olympics since the fall of the Berlin Wall — and it is a favorite to repeat this year.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/02/10/sportsline/main1303767.shtml (996 words)

	kiat.net: Winter Olympic Games St Moritz 1948
		Both Germany and Japan, as aggressor countries, were barred from competing by the IOC as punishment for their actions during the war.
		Once the competition began, it was the Canadians who returned to their familiar dominance in winning the gold, with Czechoslovakia coming in second, and Switzerland in third.
		For the fourth time out of five Olympics, Norway was atop the medals table with 10, tied with Sweden and Switzerland.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/winter/w05stmoritz.html (298 words)

	Sports - Olympics - New York Times
		The U.S. men's hockey team after upsetting Russia at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid, N.Y. The Americans went on to win an improable gold medal, defeating Finland in the championship game.
		George Vecsey and Neil Amdur talk about their favorite moments in the Winter Games from 1976 until 2002.
		After years as the only girl in a halfpipe or the only girl missing the school dance for a competition, 19-year-old Hannah Teter is out to win a gold medal in Turin.
	www.nytimes.com /pages/sports/olympics/multimedia/index.html (246 words)

	NBCOlympics.com - WTVJ - Jennifer Rodriguez (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Competing in her second Olympics, American Jennifer Rodriguez took bronze in the women's 1000m and 1500m events in Salt Lake to earn her first Olympic medals.
		The Miami native's goal was to finish in the top 15 and to not embarrass her country, but she bettered her expectations with a fourth-place finish in the 3000m.
		She also took bronze in the women's 1500m at last year's World Single Distance Championships and was the only American woman to earn a medal in the overall World Cup standings, finishing second in the 1500m.
	www.nbcolympics.com /wtvj/athletes/5056824/detail.html (813 words)

	Hungary Wins Gold In Men's Water Polo - Olympics 2004
		It was very difficult to come back," said Kasas, one of nine dual Olympic champions in the team.
		Hungary has 14 Olympic medals in water polo since 1928, including three silver and three bronze.
		The United States' win over an Italian team that finished second in the world championships provided an uplifting ending for the Americans, who were in a tough bracket.
	www.ktvu.com /olympics2004/3689737/detail.html (470 words)

	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.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1984_winter_olympics.shtml (164 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Silver medal a 'beautiful thing'
		For all their largesse, controversy and contradictions, the Olympics at their best still come down to this: a place where boyhood goals and dreams are realized in adulthood — and dedication and hard work are paid off in full.
		He dedicated his triumph to his father, Wayne Young, who captained the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team in Montreal in 1976, 11 years before Guard was born.
		The next year, he was captain of the U.S. team at the Olympic Games, where he finished 13th in the all-around.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595084691,00.html (1068 words)

	ipedia.com: 1992 Summer Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Yugoslav athletes are not allowed to participate with their own team, but may compete under the Olympic flag as Independent Olympic Participants.
		Five of the six golds were in individual events, tying Eric Heiden's record for individual gold medals at a single Olympics.
		Badminton and women's judo become part of the Olympic programme, while white water canoeing returns to the Games after a 20-year absence.
	www.ipedia.com /1992_summer_olympics.html (412 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		The Norwegians were the powerhouse in winter sports, leading the medal count in four of the previous five Winter Games, yet Oslo was denied the Games in 1940 and 1944
		Eigil Nansen, grandson of the famous explorer Fridtjof Nansen, lights the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Oslo.
		Norway again led the medal standings with 16, well ahead of the 11 won by the Americans.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/history/1952oslo.shtml (1001 words)

	Sports : Olympics -- MiamiHerald.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		With the Beijing Games looming in 2008, top medal contenders the United States and China have agreed to share information on coaching and training techniques.
		It's just become accepted that there's a "theater-of-the-absurd" element to opening and closing ceremonies at the Olympic Games.
		Olympic rivals U.S., China sharing secrets - 12/18/2006 03:01 AM EST
	www.miami.com /mld/miamiherald/sports/special_packages/olympics (244 words)

	1956 Olympics — Infoplease.com
		Finishing a close second to the United States in overall medal count (74–71), the Russians served notice that they were an athletic superpower to be reckoned with.
		The Barcelona Olympics and the perception of foreign nations: a panel study of Japanese university students.
		Environmental factors in the summer Olympics in historical perspective.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0300764.html (451 words)

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