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	Encyclopedia: 2004 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre for the flatwater events and the Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre at the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines.
		Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Olympic Softball Stadium in the Helliniko Olympic Complex from August 14 to 23.
		The Helliniko Olympic Complex is situated on the east coast of Greece south of Athens, approximately 30 kilometres from the Olympic Village, and was built for the staging of the 2004 Summer Olympics and consists of 5 separate venues.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/2004-Summer-Olympics (7487 words)

	Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Olympics were of fundamental religious importance, contests alternating with sacrifices and ceremonies honouring both Zeus (whose colossal statue stood at Olympia), and Pelops, hero and mythical king of Olympia famous for his legendary chariot race, in whose honor the games were held.
		For 1924, it was decided to organise a Semaine des Sports d'Hiver ("International Winter Sports Week") in Chamonix, France under the patronage of the IOC, and in connection with the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
		Until 1992, the Winter and Summer Olympics were held in the same year, but in 1986, the IOC voted to separate them, as to spread costs for all involved parties.
	www.asinah.net /en/wikipedia/o/ol/olympic_games.html (3688 words)

	Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The interest in reviving the Olympics grew when the ruins of ancient Olympia were uncovered by German archeologists in the mid- 19th century.
		The 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin were used for propaganda for his Nazi Party by Adolf Hitler.
		The 1924 events were retroactively designated as the first Winter Olympics at the 1926 IOC Session The sports conducted at the Winter Olympics are all held on either ice or snow, as required by the Olympic Charter, the IOC's constitution.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Olympic_Games.html (2230 words)

	1924 Summer Olympics: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about 1924 Summer Olympics
		The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1924 in Paris, France.
		The marathon distance was fixed at 42 km and 195 m, from the distance run at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
		The Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" (Faster, Higher, Stronger), was used for the first time.
	www.encyclopedian.com /19/1924-Summer-Olympics.html (228 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1912-Summer-Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The 1896 Summer Olympics, formally called the Games of the I Olympiad, were the first modern Olympics 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 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 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be held in Beijing in the Peoples Republic of China from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony to take place at 8 p.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1912_Summer_Olympics (2109 words)

	Summer Olympic Games -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Summer Olympic Games are an international (Click link for more info and facts about multi-sport event) multi-sport event held every four years, organised by the (Click link for more info and facts about International Olympic Committee) International Olympic Committee.
		The Olympics are the most prestigious of such events in the world, featuring a larger range of sports than others.
		Olympic victory is generally considered to be the most prestigious achievement in sports.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/su/summer_olympic_games.htm (3860 words)

	Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Olympics also had religious importance, honouring Zeus, of whom a huge statue stood at Olympia.
		When Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire, the Olympic Games were seen as a "pagan" festival, and in 393, the emperor Theodosius forbade the Olympics, ending a thousand year period of Olympic Games.
		At the 2000 Olympics, events were held in 28 sports, per the IOC count.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/olympic_games (3324 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1924 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The marathon distance was fixed at 42.195 km, from the distance run at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
		The International Olympic Committee is an organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece, and organise this sports event every four years.
		Jump to: navigation, search The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be held in Beijing in the Peoples Republic of China from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony to take place at 8 p.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1924-Summer-Olympics (3075 words)

	Summer Olympics
		Aquatics had included a lot of weird events like underwater swimming (1900), 200m obstacle swimming (1900) and a plunge for distance (1904).
		Olympic racing is now conducted with boats categorised into one-design classes based on similar weights and dimensions.
		Olympic history abounds with tales of athletes who overcame crippling adversity to win gold medals, but Karoly Takacs' comeback may be the best.
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	1908 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Games of the IV Olympiad, originally scheduled to be held in Rome,were instead held in 1908 in London, England.
		Italian authorities were preparing infrastructure for the games when Mount Vesuvius erupted on April 7, 1906, devastating the nearby city of Naples.Funds that were to have gone to the Olympics were diverted to the reconstruction of Naples, so a new venue was required andLondon was selected.
		The 1908 Olympics also prompted the establishment of standard rules for sports, and the selection of judges from differentcountries, rather than just the host.
	www.therfcc.org /1908-summer-olympics-9262.html (425 words)

	2012 Summer Olympics @ BaseballLiving.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On 18 May 2004, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as a result of a scored technical evaluation, reduced the number of cities to five: London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, and Paris.
		London's bid featured 28 sports, in line with other recent Summer Olympics, but the IOC voted to drop baseball and softball from the 2012 Games two days after it selected London as the host city.
		Other legacy items will include the conversion of the Olympic Village Polyclinic into a lifelong learning centre for the east London community with a nursery and primary and secondary schools, and the conversion of the media and press centre into a creative industries centre for East London.
	www.baseballliving.com /about/2012_Summer_Olympics (3132 words)

	1924 Summer Olympics -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1924 in (The capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce) Paris, (A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe) France.
		The opening ceremony and several sporting events took place in the Olympic Stadium of (Click link for more info and facts about Colombes) Colombes (official name Stade olympique Yves-du-Manoir), which had a capacity of 45,000 in 1924.
		(An island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) Ireland was given formal recognition as an independent nation in the Olympic Movement in Paris in 1924 and it was at these games that Ireland made its first appearance in an Olympic Games as an independent nation.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1924_Summer_Olympics.htm (804 words)

	1924 Summer Olympics - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The opening ceremony and several sporting events took place in the Olympic Stadium of Colombes (official name Stade olympique Yves-du-Manoir), which had a capacity of 45,000 in 1924.
		Originally called Semaine des Sports d'Hiver ("International Winter Sports Week") and held in association with the 1924 Summer Olympics, the sports competitions held in Chamonix between 25 January and 5 February 1924 were later designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the I Olympic Winter Games.
		1924 Summer Olympics, Highlights, Medals awarded, Medal count, See also and External links.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/1924_Summer_Olympics (419 words)

	City Unveils Its Last and Best Bid to Gain 2012 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Gone are the planned high-rises in an Olympic Village in Queens across the East River from the United Nations.
		Greece, the host to the Olympics this year, is a member of the European Union, so it may be North America's turn for the Summer Games after Beijing in 2008.
		The strategy is to divide and conquer the European capitals by surviving early rounds of voting and picking up the votes of cities that are eliminated but do not want Paris, for instance, to win, because that would kill their own chances in 2016.
	www.westsidestadium.com /content/newsarchives/nyt111804.htm (1704 words)

	Summer Olympics: Tennis
		There was tennis in the Olympics from 1896 until 1924.
		It returned in 1984 as a demonstration sport and became an official Olympic sport in 1988.
		At the Olympics there will be men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles.
	www.pocanticohills.org /olympics/tennis.htm (433 words)

	The Olympics
		The Olympics are supposed to cost Londoners around 38p a week, but the Conservatives say that the draft legislation contains no provision for a supplementary rate earmarked specifically for the event; the money will instead be raised as part of the overall council tax precept, which is added on to residents' overall council tax bill.
		But amid all the Olympic excitement, we have a duty to ensure that Londoners are not being forced to write a blank cheque to Ken Livingstone or his successors.
		Olympic organisers are keen to screw as much money out of people as possible, whilst they are still enthusiastic for the idea of holding the Olympics in Britain.
	olympics2004.blogspot.com (11457 words)

	Outstanding Athletes of the 1924 Chamonix Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He won the men's figure skating competition as he had done at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics.
		He won the 500-meter speed skating gold medal which was America's only gold in the Games.
		The first Olympic ski jump event was won by the Norwegian ahead of his compatriot Narve Bonna.
	www.sportz4u.com /isport/Olympics/fnlsite/hofame/Heroes/1924w.htm (71 words)

	SUMMER OLYMPIC STATISTICS
		The ranking is performed neither according to gold medal nor medal total but according to points (3 points for a gold, 2 for a silver and 1 for a bronze).
		In some cases, you will find "half medals" : In the early Olympics, some people had unprecise nationality, therefore two countries shared the medal.
		It includes all Olympic results from Athens 1896 to Sydney 2000 (when the sport is completed).
	www.darmoni.net /joete.htm (132 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sports
		Her memories of the 1920 Summer Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium, flow like vintage wine from a crystal decanter.
		Unlike the ultra-modern aquatic center for the 1996 games, the 1920 venue was a dark and frigid canal that surrounded ancient Antwerp.
		But she did swim at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
	starbulletin.com /96/07/17/sports/story2.html (770 words)

	Programs and events (from Olympic Games) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 1924 the Winter Games were sanctioned for winter...
		Founded mainly by writers, educators, scientists, and scholars, the Olympic Movement's understanding of “culture” has shifted over the years among the fine-arts conception, the idea of general moral cultivation,...
		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-60479 (969 words)

	1924 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The marathon distance was fixed at 42 km and 195 m, fromthe distance run at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
		Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller won three gold medals and abronze one in water polo.
		Ireland was given formal recognition as an independent nation in the OlympicMovement in Paris in 1924 and it was at these games that Ireland made its first appearance in an Olympic Games as an independentnation.
	www.therfcc.org /1924-summer-olympics-63559.html (241 words)

	Fanbay.net - Athens 2004 Summer Olympics - Links, News, Travel info
		Here are some facts and information about the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece.
		The Ancient Olympic games originated in Greece and the first modern olympics was held in Athens in 1896.
		Also, see the following link for an analysis of the performance of the United States in the Summer Olympics over the years, from 1896 to present.
	www.fanbay.net /olympics/2004.htm (449 words)

	1920 Olympics
		The Olympic quadrennial, scheduled for Berlin in 1916, was interrupted by World War I–the so-called “War to End All Wars,” which had involved 28 countries and killed nearly 10 million troops in four years.
		Less than two years after the armistice, the Olympics resumed in Belgium, a symbolic and austere choice considering it had been occupied for four years by enemy forces.
		The Antwerp Games were also noteworthy for the introduction of the Olympic oath–uttered for the first time by Belgium fencer Victor Bion–and the Olympic flag, with its five multicolored, intersecting rings.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114439.html (449 words)

	London Olympics forum - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		THE chief executive of Camelot, the lottery operator, has been approached to run Britain’s Olympic Games in 2012.
		Dianne Thompson has won praise for managing the company, whose ticket sales are experiencing their longest period of...
		Scale of Olympic planning is huge, but so are the benefits
	www.the2012londonolympics.com (247 words)

	The Olympics at PrimaryGames.com
		The 2008 Summer Olympic Games will be held in
		The next Summer Olympics will be in 2012.
		Click here to learn about the Winter Olympic Games.
	www.primarygames.com /socstudies/olympics/summer.htm (44 words)

	Sports: Olympics: Summer Games: Aquatics: Swimming: Medals: Men: 1500 Meter Freestyle - Open Site
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