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 Encyclopedia: Paralympic Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sir Ludwig Poppa Guttmann (July 3, 1899 - March 18, 1980) was a German neurologist who founded the Paralympics and is considered one of the founding fathers of organized physical activities for the disabled.
The new Paralympic logo consists of three elements in red, blue and greenĂ¢Â€”the three colours that are most widely represented in national flags around the world.
Stoke Mandeville is a village to the south of Aylesbury in the county of Buckinghamshire.
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 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.
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 Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - 1980 Summer Olympics
The Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union.
The yachting events were held in Tallinn; preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament were held, besides Moscow, at the stadiums of Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk.
The only other time before, where some part of the Olympics was in a different city was when Stockholm, Sweden hosted the equestrian events in the 1956 Summer Olympics while the rest of it was in Melbourne, Australia.
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 Paralympics Summer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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.
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 Athletics at the 1980 summer olympics - Encyclopedia entries starting with HOC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Foreman was chosen as the US head coach for the 1980 Summer Olympics, Before the advent of women's intercollegiate athletics, she participated in
Ron Clarke, torchbearer, athletics, 1956 The Olympic torchbearer for the 1956 Aleksandr Ditiatin, gymnastics, 1980 Aleksandr Ditiatin of the Soviet
While chosen to host the 1980 Summer Games of the XXII Olympiad on October The Olympic movement still fell prey to politics when the Games were held in
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 1980 Summer Paralympics -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
See also: (additional info and facts about 1980 Summer Olympics) 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Paralympics were the sixth (additional info and facts about Paralympic Games) Paralympic Games to be held.
They were held in (A city in the central Netherlands on the lower Rhine River; site of a battle in 1944 during World War II) Arnhem, (A constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1579; half the country lies below sea level) Netherlands.
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The 1980 season was one of the most active seasons on record, with nine storms reaching hurricane strength.
The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens (VEI = 5, 1.2 km3 of material erupted) is the most significant volcanic eruption to occur in the lower 48 U.S. states in recorded history, exceeding the destructive power and volume of material released by the 1915 eruption of California's Lassen Peak (the 191..
The 1980 Quebec referendum was the first referendum in Quebec that put to public vote the role of Quebec within Canada and whether Quebec should pursue a path toward independent statehood ("sovereignty").
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 1984 summer olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Games of the XXIII Olympiad were held in 1984 in Los Angeles, United States.
Los Angeles was the only city to bid to host the 1984 Summer Olympics.
After the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, the Eastern Bloc, including the Soviet Union, East Germany and Cuba boycotts these Olympics (the USSR announced their intention not to participate on May 8, 1984).
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 1980 summer olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
See also: 1980 Summer Paralympics The Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in 1980 in Moscow...
He was unable to compete in the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics because of a U.S. boycott but won a gold...
The Summer Games of the XXII Olympiad, although boycotted by the United States and other countries, were held in Moscow, U.S.S.R. from July 19th to August 3rd.
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 ipedia.com: 1980 Summer Olympics Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
See also: 1980 Summer Paralympics The Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, the first Olympic Games to be held in a socialist country.
The Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, the first Olympic Games to be held in a socialist country.
On March 21, 1980, following the 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, American president Jimmy Carter announced a boycott of the Moscow Olympics.
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 www.eyes-2004.info: History of the Paralympic Games
In the beginning the Paralympics were primarily a sporting event for people in a wheelchair.
Since the Seoul 1988 Paralympic Games and the Albertville 1992 Winter Paralympic Games they have also taken place at the same venues as the Olympics.
On 19 June 2001, an agreement was signed between the IPC and the International Olypmic Committee securing this practice for the future.
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It was the first time the Olympics were held in a socialist country.
The only other time where one part of the Olympics was in a different city was when Stockholm, Sweden hosted the equestrian events in the 1956 Summer Olympics while the rest of it was in Melbourne, Australia.
On March 21, 1980, following the 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, U.S. president Jimmy Carter announced a boycott of the Moscow Olympics.
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 1988 Summer Olympics
After boycotts of the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Games were again boycotted, but only by four nations: North Korea, Cuba, Ethiopia and Nicaragua.
Canadian Ben Johnson wins the 100 m in a new World Record, but is then disqualified after he has been found guilty of doping.
She adds a cycling silver to the speed skating gold she won earlier in the year in Calgary.
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 Paralympics
Since the modern Paralympics include athletes with a wide variety of disabilities, the prefix para is now interpreted to mean parallel.
The first Paralympic Summer Games were held in Rome in 1960.
The emblem features the Paralympic motto "Mind, Body, Spirit," represented by three red, green and blue marks that form an abstract image of an athlete in motion.
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 1996 Summer Olympics - Biocrawler definition:1996 Summer Olympics - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
It was later claimed (but never substantiated) that several of the IOC's key voters had been bribed by Atlanta executives in order to quash the other candidate cities' chances for the hosting bid.
The 1996 Summer Olympics have been regarded by many as being relatively unsuccessful.
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 dictionary - 2012 Summer Olympics
Like Paris, their bid may be hampered by having already held the Games twice before (though not as a result of a bidding process; see 1908 Summer Olympics and 1948 Summer Olympics), so London would be the first city to host them for a third time in 2012.
Their bid may be hampered by the fact that the 2010 Winter Olympics are being held in Vancouver and organizers are believed to be eager to avoid having consecutive Olympics on the same continent.
Additionally, the Summer Olympics have been held in the United States as recently as 1996 and 1984.
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 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.
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 1980 SUMMER OLYMPICS MARKETING AND SALES DATABASE, PLUS KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Major broadcasters of the Games were ''USSR State TV and Radio'', Eurovision and Intervision.
NBC, which was thought to be another major one, canceled its coverage in response to the U.S.-boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, and became a minor broadcaster as the network did air highlights and recaps of the games on a regular basis.
According to the Official Report, submitted to the IOC by the NOC of the USSR, total expenditures for the preparations for and staging of the Games were 862.7 million roubles, total revenues being 744.8 million roubles.
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 2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics are officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (the 28th Summer Olympic Games).
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.
The 2004 Summer Paralympics were also held in Athens, from September 17 to 28.
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 1980 Summer Olympics -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Women's (Hockey played on a field; two opposing teams use curved sticks to drive a ball into the opponents' net) field hockey was an Olympic sport for the first time.
The golden medal was won by the team of (A landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980) Zimbabwe.
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 1984 Summer Olympics Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In the wake of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 14 Eastern Bloc countries including the Soviet Union, East Germany and Cuba, boycotted these Olympics (the USSR announced its intention not to participate on May 8, 1984).
The boycott influenced a large number of events that were normally dominated by the absent countries.
The opening ceremony featured the arrival of Bill Suitor by means of the Bell Aerosystems rocket pack (also known as a Jet Pack) who flew in from the roof of the main stadium to the location of the Olymic Flame.
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 Arnhem 1980
It was expected that the 1980 Paralympic Games would be held in the same city as the Olympic Games.
The Arnhem Paralympics served to consolidate the sports programmes of the four major disability groups, represented by their international sport federations, in one venue for the first time.
To promote the Paralympics, more and more Paralympic images and the Torino 2006 Paralympic Games emblem are being added at Caselle International Airport in Torino, Italy.
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 2004 Summer Olympics
The Games of XXVIII Olympiad will be held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29.
Greece was chosen as the host city in 1997, after surprisingly having lost the bid to organise the 1996 Summer Olympics, the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games.
In 1997, they had a bid that was not only founded on their tradition, and they defeated Rome in the last round of voting, after Buenos Aires, Stockholm, Cape Town and San Juan had already received too few votes.
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 Paralympics Picture Wheelchair Race Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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Get Pumped for the Paralympics The Summer Paralympics will be held.
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The Paralympic Games are an official equivalent of the Olympics for athletes with physical disabilities.
Following an anti-corruption drive the INAS-FID is currently lobbying to have such athletes reinstated.
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