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	CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 1984 Los Angeles
		Los Angeles was the only city to bid for the Olympics, and for the first time since 1896, no government funding was needed.
		Peter Ueberroth, the president of the Los Angeles Organizing Committee, ushered in a new era of corporate financing and full-blown commercialism at the Olympics.
		The Los Angeles Games would be fully financed by the private sector and became a colossal merchandising opportunity with everything from soft drinks to computers prominently on sale The corporations' bottom line became more important that who crossed the finish line.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/2004/1984.html (1592 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Los Angeles hopes to host third Olympics
		The 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles were the first to turn a profit, heavily involving corporate sponsorships in the Games.
		Los Angeles is the first U.S. city to announce its intention to pursue the 2016 Games.
		Los Angeles already has many available sports venues, including the Coliseum used in both previous Olympics, the downtown Staples Center, the soccer fields at the Home Depot Center in suburban Carson and the Arrowhead Pond arena in Anaheim.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20050907-1529-oly-losangeles-2016.html (424 words)

	clickhere.gr - History of the Olympics - 1984 LOS ANGELES
		Los Angeles in 1984 joined the club of the elite cities who were hosts to two Olympiads.
		In retaliation for the boycotting of the 1980 Olympics the Soviet Union and 13 other countries of the Eastern bloc did not send their athletes, with the exception of Romania.
		The Games of 1984 were the first to be organized by a corporation and not by a city or a country.
	www.clickhere.gr /olympics/games_en.asp?OLY_ID=1984 (209 words)

	1984 NIHILIST OLYMPICS
		The Nihilist Olympics are planned to coincide with the opening of the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.
		The Nihilist Olympic article appeared with the soft news in the View Section, and it was what reporters refer to as a "side-bar" piece--a little human interest story peripherally related to a major story.
		Los Angeles artist Elisha Shapiro, who conceived of the games and calls himself the chairman of the Nihilist Olympic Organizing Committee, had billed the ceremonies as a parade of decorated automobiles.
	www.nihilists.net /olympics.html (2986 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 8 \| 1984: Moscow pulls out of US Olympics
		The Russians' withdrawal will devalue the Los Angeles Games far more than the US boycott as it seems certain that top-class athletes from the Eastern Bloc will also be prevented from taking part.
		The Los Angeles Summer Games were highly commercialised - they were the first privately financed games ever and made a profit of $225m thanks to corporate sponsorship and extensive use of unpaid volunteers.
		Los Angeles launched a bid to host the Olympic Games for a record third time in 2012 but the US Olympic Committee chose New York as its candidate.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/8/newsid_2518000/2518931.stm (451 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were held in 1984 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
		Los Angeles was selected on May 18, 1978 on the 80th IOC session at Athens, Greece without voting, because it was the only city to bid to host the 1984 Summer Olympics.
		Olympic soccer was unexpectedly played before massive crowds throughout America, with several sell-outs at the 100,000+ seat Rose Bowl.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics (1421 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In the wake of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, most of the Eastern Bloc, including the Soviet Union, East Germany and Cuba, boycotted these Olympics (the USSR announced its intention not to participate on May 8, 1984).
		Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco becomes the first female Olympic champion of an Islamic nation, and the first of her country in the 400 m hurdles.
		A marathon for women is held for the first time at the Olympics, won by Joan Benoit.
	1984-summer-olympics.iqnaut.net (462 words)

	Page one 1984 Olympic Memories
		For the Opening Ceremony of the Summer Olympics the peristyle end of the Los Angeles Coliseum was transformed to accommodate an orchestra, choir, dancers, buglers, and many other performers.
		During the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics opening ceremony a man took off and landed in the middle of the main stadium with the help of two small jet engines fitted in his backpack.
		A local Los Angeles man was given the task of trying to "chase" Prince Philip's procession all around the area.
	freepages.misc.rootsweb.com /~smokymtnman/olympics/Page_one.html (1525 words)

	1984 Los Angeles: Linda Thom - Golden Summers: Canada's Gold Medal Athletes 1984-2000 - CBC Archives
		In Los Angeles, she competed against 30 women from 21 different countries.
		Not only was she selected to carry the Canadian flag during the Olympics' closing ceremonies, but Thom was later named female athlete of the year in 1984.
		She later became a founding member of the Association of Women Shooters of Canada which aims to "correct the public misperceptions about firearms and the shooting sports by indicating the involvement that women have in the recreational firearms community."
	archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-41-1344-8066/sports/olympics_summer/clip2 (450 words)

	Behind the corruption scandals big business demands a corporate Olympics
		This month began with the release of the US Olympic Committee Ethics Panel's probe into the Salt Lake City bid, in which $US1.2 million was paid to IOC delegates to secure their votes.
		In 1981 the Olympics' amateur-only status was watered down when international sports federations were given the right to determine which athletes could compete.
		One glimpse of the possible Olympics of the future was provided by a proposal from M and M Mars during the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
	www.wsws.org /articles/1999/mar1999/olym-m16.shtml (1885 words)

	Los Angeles 1984: La-la land Olympics - 50 Years of Olympic Broadcasting - CBC Archives
		One third of that went to the International Olympic Committee while the rest was paid to the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee.
		The letter from IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch to Peter Ueberroth, president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, said ABC was slighting foreign athletes.
		Ueberroth relayed the complaint to ABC but later said it was the result of a misunderstanding.
	archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-41-1289-7335/sports/olympics_cbc/clip8 (648 words)

	Los Angeles, 1984 Olympics
		Women's shooting events were first included in the Olympics in 1984.
		The right to be part of the torch relay was sold for $3,000 a kilometer, over Greek protests, although the $11 million raised went to local youth groups.
		Joan Benoit of the USA won the first women's Olympic marathon in Los Angeles in 1984.
	www.topendsports.com /events/summer/hosts/los-angeles2.htm (265 words)

	Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery
		Chicano photographer, Robert C.Buitron, was also invited to document the 1984 LA summer Olympics, in his Olympic images Buitron captures the pageantry, processions and ceremony of that event.
		With the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, there is a natural stage for the exhibition of cultural values.
		Following the end of the Olympic sporting events in mid-August, the Temporary Contemporary of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art hosted an exhibition of Bernal’s and the other nine artists’ work from November 18, 1984 through January 6, 1985.
	wc.pima.edu /art_gallery/past_exhibits.htm (4162 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Ueberroth pitches for New York Olympics in 2012
		ATHENS, Greece – The man who ran the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics came to Athens on Sunday to make a pitch for holding the Summer Games in an even larger American metropolis three decades later.
		When Los Angeles was awarded the games, no other cities were interested.
		The Olympics were crippled by financial problems and political boycotts.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/20040815-1226-oly-2012bids.html (720 words)

	LAX Expansion
		Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) was expanded in preparation for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
		Work included feasibility studies, constructability reviews, CPM scheduling, acceleration analysis, claims analysis, negotiation of numerous change orders and claims, litigation support for the City of Los Angeles, and frequent formal and informal reporting to the Department of Airports regarding progress and status of work as well as problem resolution.
		All projects were completed before the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
	www.sdcassociates.com /lax.html (121 words)

	Progressive Los Angeles Network
		The uprising of April 1992 - called the "Los Angeles riots" by the national media - signaled that life in the city's poorest neighborhoods had become intolerable.
		In the wake of federal "welfare reform," community groups such as the Community Coalition, ACORN, the Los Angeles Coalition to End Homelessness and Hunger, and Crystal Stairs (which worked with child care and family home care providers) began mobilizing to reshape riot-torn communities.
		This Los Angeles, they argued, would be a more livable, economically just and environmentally healthy place, a Progressive LA in the new millennium.
	www.progressivela.org /history/nineties.htm (801 words)

	Olympics Coverage and News - Los Angeles Times
		The year after Olympics is usually a down year for figure skating, but this year might be different.
		Some are no longer in use, some have seen their best days, and some look as nice as the day they were built, but they all remain landmarks of life in Los Angeles, whether you were a fan of the team playing there or not.
		Before football came and went, before the Dodgers and Lakers, boxing was the center of the Los Angeles sporting world.
	www.latimes.com /sports/olympics (649 words)

	LaughingPlace.com: Designer Times: 1984 Los Angeles Olympics - Closing Ceremonies Spacecraft - Jan 14, 2004 (The #1 ...
		Los Angeles and it's special entertainment folks were showing the world how to celebrate the most joyous games in Olympic history.
		Seconds later, an alien giant appeared on the peristyle where only minutes before, the Olympic flame was extinguished, signaling the end of the the XXIII Olympiad at Los Angeles.
		David L. Wolper Productions inherited the monumental task of Olympic Ceremonies Producer when Walt Disney Productions was unable to proceed just ten months prior to the Olympic games, due to their inability to furnish a budget.
	www.laughingplace.com /News-ID108360.asp (555 words)

	1984 Olympic Commemorative Coins
		The 1984 Olympic silver dollar was designed by Robert Graham, an American sculptor, who also created the sculpture placed at the entrance of the Los Angeles Coliseum.
		The 1984 Olympic $10 gold coin was designed by John Mercanti based on a concept by James Peed, an artist at the Mint.
		This neat set contains the 1984-W Proof US $10 gold coin commmemerating the 1984 summer olympics in Los Angeles and the 1982 Yugoslavia Proof 5000 Dinara gold coin commemorating the winter olympics which were held in Sarajevo in 1984.
	www.rivercitycoins.com /uscoins/moderncommcoins/1984olympics/1984olympics.html (467 words)

	1984 LA Olympics Coins
		During 1983 and 1984, the USA issued special commemorative silver dollars to mark the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California.
		Although the USA has produced a long series of commemorative half dollars, it did not produce commemorative dollars until this issue, so that these are the first American silver commemorative dollars.
		There were only two different designs, one in 1983 showing a discuss thrower, and another in 1984 showing a classical scene of a podium on an arch.
	www.24carat.co.uk /usa1984losangelesolympicsilverdollars.html (237 words)

	The 80s Server: Sports -- The 1984 Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Memorable moments were Carl Lewis' speed garnering him four gold medals, Edwin Moses hurdling to victory in the 400-m race, diver Greg Louganis taking the gold in the springboard and platform events, Mary Decker and Zola Budd colliding on the track, and the future Queen of Wheaties, Mary Lou Retton, doing her stuff.
		The Games of the XIV Winter Olympics, in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, went off without a single problem (i.e.
		Vucko, the official mascot of the Olympics, was on hand to welcome the 1,500+ athletes from 49 countries.
	www.80s.com /Entertainment/Sports/Olympics/1984 (215 words)

	1984 Olympics — Infoplease.com
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		Kira Ivanova - Kira Ivanova Age: 38 figure skating bronze medallist at the 1984 Olympics, who was found dead of...
		Now the good news: no Olympics, no fair; operators predict modest rise in domestic motorcoach tours after diasppointing year.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114812.html (480 words)

	CNN.com - Ueberroth enters California governor's race - Aug. 9, 2003
		Peter Ueberroth, who led the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and served as commissioner of Major League Baseball, will try to add a new title to his resume -- governor of California.
		Ueberroth, 65, served as president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee from 1980 to 1984 and was named Time magazine's "Man of the Year" for 1984 in recognition of his efforts.
		He was baseball commissioner from 1984-1989, and he served as the head of Rebuild Los Angeles, a group formed to restore the city after the 1992 race riots.
	www.cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/08/09/california.ueberroth/index.html (303 words)

	Judo Article - Judo Stamps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The United States won a gold medal in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
		Canada's judo stamp for the 1976 Montreal Olympics is interesting in that it can be viewed upside down as well as right side up, with the technique appearing effective in both situations.
		The closest America has come is to issue an aerogramme, an air letter with stamp printed on it, on whose reverse are depicted several sports including judo to commemorate the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
	www.bestjudo.com /article9.shtml (2188 words)

	Amazon.com: Olympics Challenge: The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games: Video: David Hoffman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In 1984, The LA Olympics was the one Olympics that beat out all of the others in terms of its spectacular opening ceremonies.
		It is a powerful and emotional look at some of the thousands of people who made the event happen.
		It is likely that such an event will never happen again, or if it does, it certainly won’t be as free and easy as the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
	www.amazon.com /Olympics-Challenge-Angeles-Olympic-Games/dp/B000EGFVN6 (419 words)

	Olympics History Quizzes and Trivia -- FunTrivia
		This quiz is about the cities that came second place in the International Olympic Committee voting for the Olympic host cities, or that intended to host the Olympics, but for some reason or other could not.
		Enchanting and mysterious, the Olympic Games have seen the most prominent sportsmen held in high regard since the time of the Ancient Greeks.
		This is not the be all and end all of Olympic Quizzes.
	www.funtrivia.com /quizzes/sports/olympic_games/olympics_history.html (523 words)

	1984 Olympics / Los Angeles Controversy (CBS) from the Vanderbilt Television News Archive
		(Studio) International Olympics Committee's provisional awarding of 1984 summer Olympics to Los Angeles, California, at meeting in Athens, Greece, reported View of some Los Angeles taxpayers that honor should be refused stated.
		Statement of IOC president given, that Los Angeles must sign standard Olympic contract, as has 1984 winter games winner, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
		(Los Angeles, California) Reaction of Los Angeles residents and city council to outcome of International Olympic Committee meeting reported [Cnclman.
	openweb.tvnews.vanderbilt.edu /1978-5/1978-05-18-CBS-8.html (473 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Archer Neroli Fairhall was the first paraplegic athlete to take part in a medal event.
		Los Angeles 28 July 1984 : the spectacle.
		Lighting the Olympic Flame by: Rafer Johnson (decathlete)
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1984 (197 words)

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