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 2008 Summer Olympics Encyclopedia Article @ TeamoPrimo.com (Teamo Primo)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be held in 7.1 Olympic House, IOC commends preparation for 2008 Games from 08-14, Weightlifting through [1], demonstration sport, with the opening ceremony to take place at 08:08pm and 08 seconds on August 8th.
The centerpiece of the 2008 Summer Olympics is the construction of the 1980 Moscow Olympics, which began on Athens 2004, Snow Wolf Commando Unit.
However, the entrance of Wu Kai Sha (the remaining nation besides Taiwan that were not present at the 2004 Summer Olympics) is an open possibility provided that the country establishes a 2005 prior to IOC deadlines.
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 1984 Summer Olympics - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were held in 1984 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
In the wake of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 14 Eastern Bloc countries and allies including the Soviet Union, Cuba and East Germany (but not Romania), boycotted these Olympics.
Olympic soccer was unexpectedly played before massive crowds throughout America, with several sell-outs at the 100,000+ seat Rose Bowl.
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 World Almanac for Kids
The winter Olympics were begun in 1924 and were held in the same year as the summer games until the 1994 winter games in Lillehammer, Norway, when the alternating cycles began.
The 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, reflected a changed political landscape: the 172 participating nations and territories included the Unified Team (with athletes from 12 former Soviet republics), a reunited Germany, and South Africa, which was allowed to compete for the first time since 1960.
The Olympic games are competitions of individual athletes, not of nations, and the IOC does not keep national scores; however, the media of all nations report national standings according to one of two scoring systems.
www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/sports/olympics.html   (1093 words)

  
 Summer Olympics Encyclopedia Article @ TeamoPrimo.com (Teamo Primo)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an Germany Olympic Games held every four years, organised by the 1916.
National Olympic Committees may enter a limited number of qualified competitors in each event (3 is a common number), and the NOC decides which qualified competitors to select as representatives in each event if more have attained the benchmark than can be entered.
A Black September terrorist on a balcony in the Olympic Village in September 1972, during what became known as the London Olympics, in which 11 Israeli athletes were kidnapped and killed.
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 2008 Summer Olympic Games Encyclopedia Article @ Pitched.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be held in BOCOG, The Coca-Cola Company from 3.1 List of sports, e through China, Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium, with the opening ceremony to take place at 08:08pm and 08 seconds on August 8th.
The centerpiece of the 2008 Summer Olympics is the construction of the Canada, which began on Workers' Indoor Arena, Gymnastics.
However, the entrance of International Olympic Committee's (the remaining nation besides France that were not present at the 2004 Summer Olympics) is an open possibility provided that the country establishes a [6] prior to IOC deadlines.
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 1972 Summer Olympics
In the bid to organise the Olympics, Detroit, Madrid and Montreal were beaten.
Lasse Virén[?] of Finland won the 5000 and 10000 m (the latter after a fall), a feat he would repeat in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
For the first time, the Olympic Oath is also taken by a representative of the referees.
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 Archery, A Sport Event Included in The Summer Olympic Games
Archery: Archery is a sport event which involves shooting a target by means of a bow and arrows.
In the sport, archery, scores are given on the basis of nearness of the shot to the centre of the target.
Archery at the international level is administrated by the International Archery Federation.
www.mapsofworld.com /olympics/summer-olympic-events/archery.html   (851 words)

  
 1980_Summer_Olympics - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were held in Moscow in the Soviet Union.
Although approximately half of the 24 countries which boycotted the 1976 Summer Olympics participated in these, the Games were disrupted by another, even larger, boycott led by the United States followed by 64 other countries in protest of the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
NBC, which had intended to be another major broadcaster, cancelled its coverage in response to the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, and became a minor broadcaster as the network did air highlights and recaps of the games on a regular basis.
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 Olympics
Until 1994, the Winter and Summer Olympics were held in the same year, but in 1986 the International Olympic Committee, which organises the Olympics, decided to separate them, so as to spread costs for all involved parties.
As with the Ancient Olympics, once the flame has been lit, it is kept burning throughout the celebration of the Olympics, and is extinguished at end of the closing ceremony of the Games.
The Olympic fire is then extinguished, and the Olympic flag is lowered, folded, and presented to the mayor of the host city of the next Olympic Games.
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 CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 1900 Paris
Olympic godfather Pierre de Coubertin may well have wished the Greeks had gotten their wish, once he took stock of the fiasco his own country, France, made of the Games.
Besides, Paris was already hosting the World's Fair in 1900, and it seemed an obvious and appealing tie-in to the IOC to stage the Olympics in the City of Light.
Cricket, croquet, golf and tug of war all made their Olympic debuts in Paris, and were soon to exit the Olympic stage, along with one of the most curious of all Olympic events: the obstacle swimming race.
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 Olympic Events
Archery was first included in the Olympic competition programme in the year 1900, but had fallen out of favour by 1920.
Taekwondo was an Olympic demonstration sport at both the 1988 Games in Seoul and the 1992 Games in Barcelona, and it made its debut as an official Olympic sport at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
The Olympic Games competition schedule is the classic distance triathlon, which is made up of a 1,500m swimming event, a 40 km cycling event, and a 10 km running event.
www.ict.mic.ul.ie /websites/2002/Eilis_Faherty/events.htm   (1364 words)

  
 Olympic Preview: Archery
Archery was regularly featured as an Olympic sport from 1900 to 1920, but was removed from competition until the 1972 Olympics in Munich.
There are four archery events, individual events for the men and women, and team events for men and women.
In the 2004 Olympics, the archery competitions and the finish of the marathon will take place at Panathinaiko Stadium, which holds 40,000 spectators.
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 Archery Olympics
In the Archery Olympics they have to be the best of the best from each country.
* Bows that are used for the Archery Olympics are recurve bows or compound bows.
Archery is fun and almost anyone can do it, but not everyone can compete in the Archery Olympics.
www.complete-archery-information.com /archery-olympics.html   (1049 words)

  
 1800-Olympics.com -- Summer Olympics: Olympic Sports: Archery
Although archery probably dates to the Stone Age (20,000 BC), the earliest known people to have used bows and arrows were the ancient Egyptians, who adopted archery at least 5,000 years ago for hunting and warfare.
The Olympic Archery competition will be held at the Panathinaiko Stadium, from 15th to 21st August.
She then won a silver medal in the individual event at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and another gold medal in the team event; to retire at the tender age of 21.
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 Summer Olympics: Archery
According to Greek history, archery was an event even in the ancient times though it was originally used for hunting.
Archery became part of the Olympic competition in 1900.
In the Olympics there are individual events and team events for men and women.
www.pocanticohills.org /olympics/archery.htm   (205 words)

  
 Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade").
For each Olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece, using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun.
The events in the Summer Olympics include: archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, football (soccer), gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, kayaking, marathon, pentathlon, ping pong, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, taekwando, tennis, track and field (many running, jumping, and throwing events), triathlon, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman).
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 2004 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece, from August 13 to August 29, 2004.
Athens was chosen as the host city during the 106th IOC Session held in Lausanne in 05 September 1997, after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta nearly seven years before, on 18 September 1990, during the 96th IOC Session in Tokyo.
The main Olympic Stadium, the designated facility for the opening and closing ceremonies, was completed only two months before the games opened, with the sliding over of a futuristic glass roof designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
www.cheguevara.co.za /wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics   (2849 words)

  
 1976 Summer Olympics Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
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.
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 Wikinfo | 1900 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
The Games of the II Olympiad were held in 1900 in Paris, France.
For his victory in long jump, he was allegedly punched in the face by his rival Meyer Prinstein, who had refused to take the final run due to his religious beliefs, as that run was scheduled for a Sunday.
Charlotte Cooper (tennis) was the first woman to become Olympic champion.
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 ipedia.com: 1996 Summer Olympics Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
Also during the games, the Centennial Olympic Park bombing took place on July 27, 1996 killing Alice Hawthorne and wounding 111 others, and eliciting the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack.
Cycling professionals were admitted to the Olympics, with five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Induráin winning the inaugural individual time trial event.
Michelle Smith of Ireland wins three gold medals and a bronze, but her victories are overshadowed by doping allegations, which are later reinforced as she is banned after failing a test in 1999.
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 1920 Summer Olympics - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
Template:Olympics infobox The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium.
The 1916 Olympics were scheduled to be held in Berlin but were canceled due to the fighting in World War I. Contents
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.
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 Summer Olympics: Aquatics
In the Olympics Swimming has 26 individual events and six relay or team events for both men and women.
Swimming was one of the sports at the first modern Olympic games in 1896.
Water polo was included in 1900, Diving in 1904, and Synchronised swimming was added in 1984.
www2.lhric.org /pocantico/olympics/aquatics.htm   (280 words)

  
 The History of the Olympic Games
They were held in the same year as the summer Olympics until 1994, when they began to be held on separate 4-year cycles that were staggered by two years.
Small, local festivals were being called “Olympics” as early as the 17th century in places like England and France, but the discovery of the ruins of Olympia in the 19th century sparked interest in the games once again on an international scale.
The next two games in 1900 in Paris and 1904 in St. Louis were not as successful, however, due largely to the fact that they were included in the celebration of the World’s Fair in the same year as well as the lack of large-scale international representation.
www.wam.umd.edu /~leannajf/olympics.html   (1072 words)

  
 ANCIENT OLYMIPCS!!!
They differed in the number and type of events, the competitors and the scheduling and location of the events.The first real olympics were held in 776 B.C. There were not as many events in the ancient olympics as there are today and only free men who spoke greek could compete in them.
Prizes for the Ancient olympics were often shields or cups, but now the prize is a bronze medal for third place, a silver medal for second place, and a gold coated silver medal for first.
This year, the winter olympics will be held in Salt lake city, and in 2004, the Summer Olympics will be held in Athens, Greece.
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 Olympic Records in Archery, Records in the Sport of Archery in the Olympic Games
Olympic Records in Archery: Archery has been held in the modern Summer Olympic Games regularly between 1900 and 1920.
The current Olympic record in men's 54 Arrow Finals Combined is held by the United States with 502 points.
The current Olympic record in women's 72 Arrow Ranking Round is held by Lina Herasymenko of Ukraine.
www.mapsofworld.com /olympics/records/olympic-records-archery.html   (590 words)

  
 Summer Olympics 2000 Rowing Fan Guide
While a record 51 countries qualified for Sydney, the United States is the only one to send a full contingent of 14 boats and 48 athletes.
Britain's Steve Redgrave, who won gold at the past four Olympics, is switching from coxless pairs to the coxless four, an event won in 1992 and 1996 by the crew known as Australia's Oarsome Foursome.
Certain crew configurations may or may not include an extra member, called a coxswain (pronounced cox'n), who does not row but uses a rudder to steer and also coaches the rowers.
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 1988 Summer Olympics
South Korea's government became a democracy under the pressure of organising the Olympics.
After boycotts of the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Games were again boycotted, but only by four nations: North Korea, Cuba, Ethiopia and Nicaragua.
Table tennis is introduced at the Olympics, with China and the host nation both winning two titles.
www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1988_summer_olympics.shtml   (329 words)

  
 Summer Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event held every four years, organised by the International Olympic Committee.
Four years later the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris attracted more than four times as many athletes, including 11 women, who were allowed to officially compete for the first time, in croquet, golf, sailing, and tennis.
The 2008 Summer Olympics are to be held in Beijing, China.
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