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	International Olympic Committee - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The International Olympic Committee is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece, and organize this sports event every four years.
		On June 23, 1894 the Olympic games were re-created by Pierre de Coubertin after a hiatus of 1500 years.
		The IOC is a parent organisation intended to localise administration and authority for the Games, as well as to provide a single legal entity which owns copyrights, trademarks, and other intangible properties associated with the Olympic games.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /international_olympic_committee.htm (567 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Olympic Games in 1996
		From July 19 until August 4, 1996, Atlanta hosted the Centennial Summer Olympic Games, an event that was without doubt the largest undertaking in the city's history.
		The rich prize of hosting the Olympics resulted in a pattern of lavish gift-giving and providing favors to IOC members that cost the six cities competing for the games in excess of $100 million.
		Preparations for the games were intense, since many of the sports venues had to be expanded and others needed to be designed and built.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2042 (1231 words)

	OLYMPIC GAMES
		The 1996 Olympic Games were the twenty sixth to be held and marked one hundered years of Olympic competition.
		It is estimated that 3.5 billion people around the world watched the games on television - each one watching and hoping that an athlete from their country will bring their nation some glory.
		Such Games are unique in the way that, unlike a World Championship, all the athletes stay together in the Olympic Village for the duration of their stay in the host city.
	www.geocities.com /CollegePark/Field/1347/olympics.htm (395 words)

	Olympic Mascot, Summer Olympic Games Mascots
		Since the first mascot in Olympic history made its appearance at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, mascots have become a main element of the Olympic image.
		As a unique and popular image full of vitality, a mascot is able to materialize the Olympic spirit, communicate the concepts of each Olympic Games, promote the history and culture of the host city and create a festive atmosphere for the Games.
		For the 1988 Olympic Games, which was held in an Oriental country, a little tiger designed by Kim Hyun with typical Oriental color was chosen as the mascot, who was named Hodori.
	www.mapsofworld.com /olympic-trivia/olympic-mascot.html (636 words)

	1996 Summer Olympic Games Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Athens was the sentimental favorites around the world and for this reason hoped to organise the games conmemoring the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games.
		Though the Games made a financial profit, this was accomplished through a major advertising presence, particularly from Atlanta-based Coca-Cola, which caused numerous observers to consider the Games "over commercialized".
		More seriously, the Centennial Olympic Park bombing of July 27, 1996, killed spectator Alice Hawthorne and wounded 111 others, and elicited the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack.
	www.matronofthearts.com /encyclopedia/1996_Summer_Olympic_Games (1088 words)

	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., 1996 (from Olympic Games) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Before the 1970s the Games were officially limited to amateurs, but since that time many events have been opened to professional athletes.
		From July 19 to Aug. 4, 1996, the city of Atlanta, Ga., welcomed the world to join it in celebrating the XXVI Olympiad, 100 years after the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896.
		As a result of the United States boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow and the Soviet Union not attending the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, Calif., athletes from these countries were deprived of the opportunity to face one another in sports competition.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-214318?tocId=214318 (920 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1996 Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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 Georgia, United States.
		The infrastructure could not be improved enough in time to successfully host the Games.
		In his closing speech, Slovene gymnast Leon Štukelj arises at the open ceremony as one of the oldest living sportsmen in the world.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1996-Olympic-Games (563 words)

	date of olympic games
		Olympic Games Summer and Winter locations and history of the games - The organizers had planned the first modern Olympics for 1900 in Paris, but later decided to move the date forward to 1896 and to change the venue to -
		The modern revival of the Olympic games is due in a large measure to the efforts of Pierre, baron de Coubertin, of France.
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which sets and enforces Olympic policy, has struggled with the licensing and commercialization of the games, the need to schedule events to accommodate American television networks (whose broadcasting fees help underwrite the games), and the monitoring of entrants who seek illegal competitive advantages, often through the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
	www.olympic-headquarters.net /date-of-olympic-games.htm (1307 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Athens had hoped to organise the 100th anniversary of the modern (The modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country) Olympic Games.
		Though the Games made a financial profit, this was accomplished through a major advertising presence, particularly from Atlanta-based (additional info and facts about Coca-Cola) Coca-Cola, which caused numerous observers to consider the Games "over commercialized".
		More seriously, the (additional info and facts about Centennial Olympic Park bombing) Centennial Olympic Park bombing of July 27, 1996 killed spectator Alice Hawthorne and wounded 111 others, and elicited the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1996_summer_olympics.htm (2010 words)

	Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At the Olympic Games, the horse Over and Over broke a leg in cross country eventing, and had to be euthanized after it was determined that surgery would not be successful.
		Prior to her Olympic and Commonwealth achievements, Ottey won silver medals in the 100 and 200 meters in the 1979 CARIFTA Games (behind 100m winner Raymonde Naigré of Guadeloupe, and 200m winner Oralee Fowler of the Bahamas) and the 1979 Pan American Games 200 meter bronze.
		PanPan, a panda, was the mascot of the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, a rooster, Dongdong the mascot of the 1993 East Asian Games in Shanghai.
	www.internationalgames.net /olympic.htm (8101 words)

	Ernie B's at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Without the help of the travel agency, the parents of Lisa Misipeka would have been unable to watch her compete in the Olympic shot put in the Olympic Games in Atlanta.
		Lisa, a 1993 Temecula Valley High School graduate, qualified to represent American Samoa, where she was born, in the 1996 Olympic games.
		Ernie B's at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta
	www.temelink.com /ernie/olympics.html (453 words)

	WashingtonPost.com: The 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
		U.S. Olympic officials will vote next month on whether to enter a bid for the 2008 Olympic Games.
		The Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta came to a close Sunday night, after two weeks of athletic competition between 197 countries and over 11,000 athletes -- the most ever in an Olympic Games.
		The Games closed with International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch praising the city of Atlanta, but notably failing to call the game as "the greatest in Olympic history" -- a phrase that has become routine in his Closing Ceremonies speeches.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/summer96.htm (271 words)

	1996 Summer Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The memory I took away from the Games was hanging out with fans from all over the world.
		Attending an Olympics is something that I may never get the opportunity to do again.
		I am so lucky that I was able to take part in the 1996 Games.
	www.geocities.com /atl_eve/olympics.html (141 words)

	Charlotte County, Florida : The 1996 Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia are upon us.
		Just several hours to the north of SW Florida, the world is coming together for the 100th Anniversary of the Olympic Games.
		Yahoo's Olympic Site -- Yahoo, the famous search engine, has put together an impressive array of Olympics news, as well as detailed news of every sport the Olympics offers.
	www.sun-herald.com /sports/olympics.htm (277 words)

	Sand volleyball - Games of Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The game was invented in 1895 by William Morgan, the physical education director of the YMCA.
		Indoor volleyball made its first appearance at the Pan American Games in 1955 and at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964.
		Games of Texas medals will be awarded to the first-, second- and third-place finishers.
	www.lubbockonline.com /news/072597/sand.htm (114 words)

	1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics
		I consider my trip to Atlanta for the 1996 Olympics one of the greatest experiences of my life.
		In 1993 or 1995 (I forget), the Olympic torch was bicycled through High Springs as part of its journey for an pre-Oympic equestrian event.
		I was editor of the High Springs Herald at the time, and I got to hold the Olympic torch.
	www.ronald-dupont.com /oly.htm (320 words)

	BELLSOUTH POISED FOR 1996 OLYMPIC GAMES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRAFFIC
		Since the original projections of telecommunications needs were based on the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, BellSouth's network development had to adapt to vastly greater demands than the initial estimates.
		With cumulative viewership of the 1996 Olympic Games expected to reach 35 billion, an astounding 672 video loops are now in place to guarantee the success of broadcast applications -- more than three times the initial expectations of less than 200 video loops.
		BellSouth is the official local telecommunications sponsor of the 1996 Olympic Games and the 1996 U.S. Olympic Team.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/23508&EDATE= (461 words)

	USA Gymnastics Online: News: USA Earns Berth to Olympic Games in Rhythmic Gymnastics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This event was the qualifying competition for the 1996 Olympic Games for individual competitors.
		The 1996 Olympic Trials for Rhythmic Gymnastics is scheduled for June 27-30 in Boston, Mass.
		This Olympics will be the first time that the Rhythmic Group competition will be a part of the Games.
	www.usa-gymnastics.org /news/1995/sep22-rsgworld.html (289 words)

	The Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the ancient times, four great game festivals were held on Greek land: The Isthmians, The Nemeans, The Pythians and The Olympic Games.
		Each participating country has a National Olympic Commitee that is responsible for arranging the participation of the nation's athletes in the games.
		The Olympic Flame is lit with a torch that is brought by a relay of athletes from the ruins of ancient Olympia in Greece.
	www.hol.gr /greece/olympic.htm (402 words)

	1996 Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		One of the oldest traditions of the Games is the Olympic Torch Relay.
		The Olympic flame, which originated in Athens, Greece, entered the United States on April 27, 1996.
		It is currently being passed from one runner's torch to another's until it reaches Atlanta to signal the beginning of the Games.
	ideanet.doe.state.in.us /super/1996/05-May/17/olympic.html (239 words)

	#222: 1996-05-15 - 1996 Olympic Games and Paralympics to be Accessible to Spectators with Disabilities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Department's efforts focused on the Olympic Stadium, as well as other venues including the Olympic aquatic center, the Stone Mountain Memorial tennis center, and the Morris Brown College and Clark Atlanta University field hockey stadiums.
		Patrick announced that the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) has agreed to ensure that the construction of these five newly-built venues are completed in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
		"The Olympic Stadium will serve as a model for all future stadiums." Following the summer games, the Olympic Stadium will be converted for use by the Atlanta Braves, and the other venues will continue to be used as sporting facilities.
	www.usdoj.gov /opa/pr/1996/May96/222.cr.htm (484 words)

	Recycling News - Royal Recycling - 1996 Olympic Games Supplier... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) has announced that it reached a supplier agreement with Royal Recycling Limited (Hamilton, Ontario), a unique firm specializing in recycling design and management services for special events and corporations.
		The supplier agreement was negotiated by staff of Atlanta Centennial Olympic Properties (ACOP), the joint marketing venture between ACOG and the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC).
		The 1996 Olympic Games mark the 100th anniversary of the Modern Olympic Games.
	www.rco.on.ca /policy/royal.htm (504 words)

	Olympic games on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The recently concluded Olympic Games featured more than athletic accomplishments, drug scandals, and the usual nationalistic rah-rah featured so predominantly in the mainstream media.(Brief Article)
		OLYMPIC GAMES: `This would be a benefit for the country as a whole'.(Sport)
		The funeral of Israeli members of the Olympic team, assassinated by terrorists at the Munich 1972 Olympic games, being buried in Jerusalem.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/O/Olympicg.asp (675 words)

	USA Field Hockey International Games: Olympic Games, Pan American Games, World Cup
		However, the Modern Olympic Games resulted from the work of Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France in the late 19th century.
		Inspired by this original Olympic ideal of peaceful competition, de Coubertin proposed a plan for reviving Games, and in 1896, the first Olympic Games of the modern era were held in Athens, Greece.
		Hockey returned to the Games in 1920 and again in 1928, and has been a part of the Olympic programme since that time.
	www.usfieldhockey.com /games/olympics.htm (427 words)

	Dekalb International Training Center :: 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, Venuste Nyiongabo, Olympic Commmittee of Burundi, ...
		On July 30, 1996, during the 26th Olympiad in Atlanta, Forging New Tomorrows (FNT), an international Atlanta based organization, together with former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson and Martin Luther King III hosted a reception for the National Olympic Committee of Burundi.
		This was the first Olympic medal ever won by a citizen of Burundi, not to mention that Burundi was participating in the Olympic Games for the first time.
		On May 6, 2002, Ambassador Andrew Young, former Atlanta Mayor and Co-Chair of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, inaugurated the DITC in the presence of representatives of 8 countries and officials from Georgia.
	www.ditc.us /history.htm (459 words)

	WELCOME TO SLAM!'s 1996 OLYMPIC HOME PAGE
		Or should I say the Olympics survived Atlanta.
		ATLANTA -- Olympic memories are made of this, that and a whole bunch of things.
		Yet, apparently, the worst was sitting home, watching NBC try to make heroes of every American who ever wore running shoes or a bathing suit.
	www.canoe.ca /Olympics/home.html (179 words)

	Olympic Mascots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Olympic mascots are characters that stand as a symbol of the Olympic Games for children of all ages.
		The first Olympic mascot was a live fl Scottish terrier, named Smoky, at the Olympic Village of the 1932 Los Angeles Games.
		The official mascot for the 1996 Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta is IZZY.
	www.youth.net /olympic/mascot.html (213 words)

	AT&T Slam Dunk winners get trip to 1996 Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- With the 1996 Olympic Games just a year away, AT&T is gearing up with a slam dunk of its own with a special promotion that involves more than 200,000 USA Dream Team basketballs.
		Grand prize winners will receive a trip for four to the Olympic Games, including round-trip coach air transportation to Atlanta from the airport nearest the winner's residence, two double occupancy hotel accommodations for five days/four nights, tickets to two events per day for four, and meals ($150 per person per day).
		AT&T is a Centennial Olympic Games Partner and a sponsor of USA Basketball.
	www.lucent.com /press/0895/950814.cpa.html (343 words)

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