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	Summer Olympic Games
		Olympic victory is generally considered to be the most prestigious achievement in any field of sport.
		Sadly, memories of the 1988 Seoul games were tainted when many of the athletes failed the mandatory drug test.
		On the bright side it did, however, seem that the drug testing and regulation authorities were at last catching up with the cheating that had been widely to be endemic in athletics for some years, and it was generally held that the 1992 Barcelona Games were cleaner, although not without incident.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/summer_olympic_games (2015 words)

	2000 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Olympic flag was flown at half-staff during the period as a sign of respect to Samaranch's wife.
		People in Canada that wanted to see the Olympics between then and the closing ceremonies had to turn to TSN because the CBC was broadcasing news coverage related to the passing and state funeral of the former prime minister.
		Organisation of the 2000 Summer Paralympics was the responsibility of SPOC the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics (1817 words)

	Encyclopedia article on Olympic Games [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In 1988, North Korea boycotted the Seoul Olympics in 1988 along with a couple of other nations, though it was not officially announced as boycotts so as to avoid IOC censure.
		The Olympic Flame is lighted in Olympia and brought to the host city by runners carrying the torch in relay.
		Olympic Information Center by the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles (http://www.aafla.org/6oic/over_frmst.htm) – Includes a primer on the Olympic Games, and many historical documents on the Olympic Games are presented in digital form.
	encyclozine.com /Olympics (4399 words)

	1988 - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
		February 11 - Anthony M. Kennedy is appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
		February 24 - The Supreme Court of the United States sides with Hustler magazine by overturning a lower court decision to award Jerry Falwell $200,000 for defamation.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /1988.htm (2199 words)

	Venezuela at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The country participated in 14 previous Summer Olympics: 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000
		Venezuela's only competitor in the 2004 Olympic triathlon was a veteran of the 2000 competition.
		National Olympic Committees at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Venezuela_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (369 words)

	Timeline Russia 1988-1995
		1988 Feb 15, The Soviet Union was defeated by Afghanistan, and a total withdrawal by the Soviets occurred.
		1988 Sep 2, A command error to the PHOBOS 1 Orbiter and lander caused it be lost en route to Mars.
		1988 Oct 1, In a continuing shake-up of the Soviet leadership, Mikhail Gorbachev was confirmed as president, succeeding Andrei A. Gromyko.
	timelines.ws /countries/RUS_D_1988_1995.HTML (10195 words)

	cars - 2004 Summer Olympics
		Athens was chosen as the host city during the 106th IOC Session held in Lausanne in September 1997, after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics.
		It was the first Olympics since NBC had merged with Vivendi Universal Entertainment; the merger 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.
		Based on audience reaction, the emotional high point of the parade was the entrance of the delegation from Afghanistan which had been absent from the Olympics and had female competitors for the first time.
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	Time Line Project
		Thorpe was stripped of his Olympic medals because he has earned a small amount of money playing semi-professional baseball two years before the 1912 Stockholm Games.
		Olympic activities were suspended for a day to hold memorial services for the murdered Israeli athletes.
		1988 Seoul, South Korea, Summer Olympics East met West in Olympic competition for the first time since 1976, with only six nations (including Cuba and North Korea) boycotting, and the focus returned to the athletes.
	youth.net /olympic/timeline.events.html (1211 words)

	Timeline 1988
		1988 Jan 25, In his final State of the Union address, President Reagan declared America was "strong, prosperous, at peace." Vice President George Bush and Dan Rather clashed on "The CBS Evening News" as the anchorman attempted to question the Republican presidential candidate about his role in the Iran-Contra affair.
		1988 Feb 21, TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart tearfully confessed to his congregation in Baton Rouge, La., that he was guilty of an unspecified sin, and said he was leaving the pulpit temporarily.
		1988 Sep 20, Greg Louganis of the United States won the gold medal in springboard diving at the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, a day after he injured his head on the board in the preliminary round.
	timelines.ws /20thcent/1988.HTML (15678 words)

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	International Games News July 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		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.
		The Olympic Games have been shown on television in the Philippines since 1964, but a similar situation occurred in 1992, when bills had not been paid for broadcasts in 1988.
		Olympic and Commonwealth Games weightlifter Caroline Pileggi has been disqualified from the Olympic Games by Australian authorities for fleeing when drug testers came to the gym in Fiji where she was training.
	www.internationalgames.net /july2004.html (5971 words)

	The Summer Olympics
		—The 1940 Summer Games are originally scheduled for Tokyo, but Japan resigns as host after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937.
		Avaya connects Ireland for 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games; Avaya provides communications cabling infrastructure to largest global 2003 sporting event, being hosted outside USA for the first time.
		Olympian effort; looseleaf manufacturer, trade binder and design firm team up in attempt to lure 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114337.html (508 words)

	The Summer Olympics
		However, most record books include these interim games with the others.
		—The Soviet Union (USSR) participates in its first Olympics, Winter or Summer, since the Russian revolution in 1917 and takes home the second most medals (22-30-19—71).
		—The 1980 Games are boycotted by 64 nations, led by the USA, to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan on Dec. 27, 1979.
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