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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1952 Summer Olympics
		The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were held in 1952 in Helsinki, Finland.
		The first gold medal for the USSR was won by Nina Romashkova in the women's Discus Throwing event, and the Soviet women's gymnastics team won the first of its eight consecutive gold medals.
		Categories: 1952 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece, over a period of 17 days from August 13 to August 29, 2004.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1952-Summer-Olympics (3385 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1928 Summer Olympics
		The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, were held in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
		The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were held in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia, although the equestrian events could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations.
		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.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1928-Summer-Olympics (3383 words)

	Canada at the Winter Olympics
		The first gold medal was awarded to Charles Jewtrew of the United States for the menâs 500-metre speed skating event.
		After the Chamonix Olympics, the games were held in 1928 at St Moritz, Switzerland, where figure skating sensation Sonja Henie of Norway made her debut at age 15.
		In 1976 the Winter Olympics were awarded to Denver, Colorado, but in an unprecedented move the voters of Denver decided against the use of public funds.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=A1ARTFET_E8 (1087 words)

	CANOE -- SLAM! 2004 Games
		The flag was presented by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1914 at the Olympic Congress is 1914, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the founding of the International Olympic Committee.
		Olympic medals must be at least 66 millimeters in diameter and at least three millimeters thick.
		Gold and silver medals must be made of 92.5 percent pure silver; the gold medal must be gilded with at least six grams of gold.
	slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Athletics/Games/2004/History (1351 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1956 Winter Olympics
		The 1896 Summer Olympics, formally called the Games of the I Olympiad, were the first modern Summer Olympic Games and the first Games since Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the Ancient Olympic Games in AD 393 as part of the Christian campaign against paganism.
		The 1904 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the III Olympiad, were held in St....
		Category: 1956 Winter Olympics The International Olympic Committee is an organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on June 23 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece between 776 BC to 396 AD.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1956-Winter-Olympics (2050 words)

	1996 Olympics
		Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic torch during the opening ceremonies of the games and received his gold medal from the 1960 Summer Olympics (he had lost his previous one).
		Michelle Smith of Ireland wins three gold medals and a bronze in swimming, but her victories are overshadowed by doping allegations, which are later reinforced as she is banned after failing a test in 1998.
		The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a terrorist bombing on July 27, 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia during the 1996 Summer Olympics, the first of four committed by Eric Robert Rudolph.
	shs.starkville.k12.ms.us /~sj2/Olympics/1996.html (553 words)

	OLYMPICS: 100 Years Of Change
		Perhaps the most blatant of Olympic hypocrisies upheld over the past 100 years was the nonnegotiable rule that each athlete had to swear that he was an amateur before he could compete.
		The first women's athletics event in Olympic history, the discus throw, was won by the brawny Pole Halina Konopacka, who shattered her own world record by 45 cm and beat the runner-up by 2.53 m.
		During the fiercest decades of the cold war, Olympic amateurism was almost as volatile an issue in the East-West conflict as political ideology.
	www.time.com /time/international/1996/960527/olympics.history.html (6130 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics at AllExperts
		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.
		The 1996 Summer Olympics have been regarded by many elites and Olympic observers as being relatively unsuccessful.
		The song "The Power of the Dream", composed by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and David Foster, with words by Linda Thompson was performed in the opening ceremony by CÃ©line Dion accompanied by Foster and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Centennial Choir.
	en.allexperts.com /e/0/1996_Summer_Olympics.htm (933 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Summer Olympics medal count
		The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals.
		Medals are tabulated by the official IOC country code for each NOC.
		Medal counts are not combined for related NOCs except in the case of a simple change of IOC code for the same NOC (e.g.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Summer_Olympics_medal_count (282 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - 1996 Summer Olympics
		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.
		Examples of this are the mid-rise dormitories built for the Olympic village which became the first residential housing for Georgia State University and Turner Field which was a modification of the original Centennial Olympic Stadium.
		Michelle Smith of Ireland wins three gold medals and a bronze in swimming, but her victories are overshadowed by doping allegations, which are later reinforced as she is banned after failing a test in 1998.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=1996_Summer_Olympics (1033 words)

	Ciao to the Winter Games
		Even so, Olympic officials say the overhyped failures of a few here created the impression that the United States performed and behaved poorly, when in fact it did extremely well for a Winter Olympics on foreign soil and shouldn't be measured against the 34 medals the U.S. team won at the 2002 Olympics.
		Wallechinsky, author of numerous books on the Winter and Summer Olympics, called this year's performance by the United States the best on foreign soil since the 1976 Games in Innsbruck -- which actually were moved from Denver after voters refused to support it.
		In Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta in 1996, the Chinese finished fourth.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/26/AR2006022600137_pf.html (1131 words)

	Olympic Gold: new futures for the Olympics?
		The Olympic flame passing on unblemished from ancient Athens to the modern era is about the ‘natural’ transmission of Hellenic values to global culture: the Olympics is partly about the ascension of the West.
		By promoting the Summer Olympics as a triumph of globalization and by ensuring that every country participates in the events determined by Western authorities, through the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the West indirectly promotes its own values.
		The future options for the non-West in the Olympics must be to either build on its own model of traditional sports or to utilise its numbers in the IOC to force a change.
	www.ru.org /olympics.htm (1824 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics
		These were the first celebration of the Olympic Games since the recreation of the ancient Greek Olympics with the founding of the International Olympic Committee in 1894.
		This is remarkable, as the Olympics did not, for a long time, allow professional athletes to compete, with the sole exception of fencing.
		The weightlifting contests are also conducted in the Olympic stadium, with Launceston Elliot of Great Britain and Viggo Jensen of Denmark taking a first and a second place each in the single-hand and double-hand contests.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/18/1896_summer_olympics.shtml (886 words)

	United States Association of Blind Athletes
		The Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee organized the 1988 Paralympics to be held in the Olympic venues two weeks after the Olympic Games.
		The 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games was held 10 days after the Centennial Olympic Games and boasted being the second largest sporting event in the world to date, second only to the Olympic Games.
		The United States sent 56 athletes that won 34 medals: 13 gold, 8 silver and 13 bronze to place sixth in the medal count.
	www.usaba.org /Pages/sportsinformation/paralympics.html (817 words)

	1920 Summer Olympics
		The city was chosen to memorialize Belgium for its suffering in World War I, beating out Amsterdam and Lyon for the right to hold the games.
		The 1916 Olympics were scheduled to be held in Berlin but were canceled due to the fighting in World War I. Games of the VII Olympiad
		These Olympics were the first in which the Olympic Oath was uttered, the first in which doves were released to symbolize peace, and was the first time the Olympic Flag[?] was flown.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1920_Summer_Olympics.html (132 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics medal count - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is the full table of the medal count of the 1996 Summer Olympics.
		These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country.
		Note, The IOC does not endorse a medal ranking per country, and provides one for informational purposes only.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics_medal_count (194 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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 led a boycott of 22 African nations as the IOC refused to not 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.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/1/19/1976_summer_olympics.html (353 words)

	WashingtonPost.com: A Curtain Call in Atlanta
		ATLANTA, Aug. 4— Tonight, the Closing Ceremonies for the 1996 Summer Olympics began with the traditional awarding of the medals in the men’s marathon, and it was a fitting moment for an Olympics that provided a bigger world stage for a far more diverse collection of athletes than any in history.
		And, early this evening, the final gold medal of these Games was won by the U.S. women’s basketball team, capping an Olympics in which the Americans—led by a long parade of successful women—finished with 101 medals, the most of any of the record 197 nations in attendance.
		An American—Michael Johnson—carried the Olympic flag onto the infield for the close of the Olympics tonight, but it was the parade of flags from the 197 participatory nations that brought home the scope of these Games.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/olympics/daily/aug/05/close5.htm (1104 words)

	ipedia.com: 1968 Summer Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		US discus thrower Al Oerter, wins his fourth consecutive gold medal in the event to become only the second athlete to achieve this in an individual event.
		Dick Fosbury wins the gold medal in the high jump using the radical Fosbury flop technique, which quickly became the dominant technique in the event.
		In the medal award ceremony, fl athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos (USA) raise their fl-gloved fists as a symbol of "Black Power".
	www.ipedia.com /1968_summer_olympics.html (321 words)

	Egypt in the 2004 Summer Olympics
		The original Olympics were held every four years for a span that lasted for almost eight centuries.
		In fact, she is the only Egyptian athlete to be picked for any medal by SI at the summer event.
		Medals unlikely, but perhaps it will prove their time to be spotted by athletic talent-seeking scouts.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/egypt2004olympics.htm (1359 words)

	Olympics Timeline: 1950s to the 1980s
		The Olympic torch is lit in the fireplace of skiing pioneer Sondre Norheim, and relayed by 94 skiers to the Games in Oslo.
		Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina wins six medals for the third time in a row; she remains the Olympic athlete with the most medals (18) and the most medals in individual events (14).
		In the overall medal count, the rankings are U.S.S.R. (132), East Germany (102), U.S.A. The IOC votes to disallow unofficial demonstration events at Olympics, starting with the 1996 Games.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/olympicstimeline2.html (2328 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics medal count information - Search.com
		This is the full table of the medal count of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
		These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee).
		Summer Olympics medal count — Winter Olympics medal count
	www.search.com /reference/2004_Summer_Olympics_medal_count (203 words)

	The History Of Drug Abuse In Sports
		Olympic athletes in ancient Greece were believed to have used herbs and mushromms in an attempt to improve their athletic performance.
		The Winter Olympics held in Oslo in 1952 was marred by heavy usage of stimulants among some partcipating athletes.
		The abuse of anabolic steroids was first reported in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
	www.prn2.usm.my /mainsite/bulletin/sun/1996/sun27.html (1305 words)

	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).
		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[?].
	www.y2z.org /19/1984_Summer_Olympics.html (411 words)

	SI Flashback
		That slim margin of victory was achieved only when she thrust her bike forward by the handlebars at the finish line, much in the manner of a youngster clearing a curb.
		In one race she and Twigg had equaled the total medal count for individual U.S. cyclists in all previous Olympics.
		She won two national championships, road race and pursuit, in her first year on the bike, but she quit the circuit for a year after the 1979 season out of frustration over the lack of competition and opportunities for women in the sport.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /events/1996/olympics/daily/july21/flashback.html (673 words)

	Tuck News and Events - Professor Predicts Olympic Medal Totals
		Their formula has a proven track record from the 2000 Sydney Olympics, where it exactly matched the U.S. overall medal total of 97 and the U.S. gold medal count of 39-an overall accuracy of 96 percent.
		The study explains that over the last 40 years, national Olympic medal totals have been driven by four distinct factors: population, per capita income, past performance, and a host effect.
		The good news for Australia is that this past Olympic achievement is likely to carry over to this summer's games in Athens, where the Bernard and Busse predict the country will win 54 medals.
	www.tuck.dartmouth.edu /news/releases/pr20040726_olympics.html (596 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC) does not recognise global ranking per country; the medal tables are displayed for information only.
		However, for the first Olympic Games (until Antwerp in 1920), it is difficult to give the exact number of medals awarded to some countries, due to the fact that teams were composed of athletes from different countries.
		The medal tables by country are based on the number of medals won, with gold medals taking priority over silver and bronze.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/table_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1996 (106 words)

	Olympics Theme Unit
		Keep track of your favorite country's medal count on this paper, with the Olympic logo printed in the surrounding border.
		This reading comprehension is a biography of Olympic champion Kerri Strug and the story of her famous gold-medal win in gymnastics at the 1996 Olympics.
		When the Olympics are over, use the results from your chart to answer the questions.
	www.abcteach.com /directory/theme_units/sports/olympics (1202 words)

	ipedia.com: 1980 Winter Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Games of the XIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, United States of America.
		An upstart United States ice hockey team, made up primarily of collegiate players, won the gold medal, defeating the heavily favored Soviet team and then Finland in the medal round.
		Their string of upset victories, and especially the defeat of the Soviet team in the medal round, became known as the "Miracle On Ice" in the US press.
	www.ipedia.com /1980_winter_olympics.html (255 words)

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