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	Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Four events were contested in archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
		The format for the individual competition was altered for the first time since the 1972 Summer Olympics.
		In Seoul, instead of all archers using the double FITA round to determine rankings, a sort of elimination plan was introduced.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Archery_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics (1018 words)

	1988 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After boycotts of the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Seoul Games were again boycotted, led by North Korea and followed by Cuba; the basis of the boycott was South Korea's refusal to co-host the Olympics with North Korea, which rejected all compromise.
		Anthony Nesty of Suriname wins his country's first Olympic medal by winning the 100 m butterfly, scoring an upset victory; he is also the first fl person to win a swimming title.
		Tennis returns to the Olympics after a 64-year absence, and Steffi Graf adds to her four Grand Slam victories in the year by also winning the Olympic title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics (571 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1988 Summer 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 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.
		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/1988_Summer_Olympics (3562 words)

	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)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The Olympics were suspended and a memorial service was held in the main stadium.
		Archery was reintroduced to the Olympic programme after a 52-year absence and handball after a 36-year absence.
		The Olympic Games were suspended for 34 hours and a mass was held in the main stadium to commemorate the victims.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1972 (537 words)

	Archery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Targets used in the Olympic Games are 122cm and 80cm in diameter and competitors stand at a distance of 70m from the target.
		Archery first appeared in the Olympic programme in 1900.
		Sybil Fenton Newall from Great Britain, won the Gold medal for Archery in 1908 and at the age of 53 is the oldest woman ever to win an Olympic Gold medal.
	www.olympics.org.uk /sports/summer/archery.asp (305 words)

	ScienceDaily: Archery at the 1988 summer olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/archery_at_the_1988_summer_olympics (923 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page : A/AR/ARC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Archery is the practice of using a bow to shoot arrows.
		Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at Panathinaiko Stadium (Kallimarmaro).
		Archery at the Summer Olympics had its debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 13 Olympiads.
	www.wikien.info /browse.php?title=A/AR/ARC (10990 words)

	2012 Summer Olympics - Psychology Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The 2012 Olympics will use a mixture of newly built venues, existing facilities, and temporary facilities, including the 80,000 seat Olympic Stadium and the new Wembley Stadium.
		The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) was put in place to oversee the development of the Games after the success of the bid, and held their first board meeting on 7 October 2005.
		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.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/2012_Olympics (1400 words)

	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.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/Olympics/archery.htm (205 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 South Korea sweeps women's individual archery
		Kim Soon-nyung, the 1988 Olympic champion and 1992 silver medalist, took bronze with a 103-101 victory against Choe Ok Sil of North Korea in the third-place match.
		It was the fifth straight Olympic victory in the women's individual event for a South Korean woman but the nation's first gold in any event at the Sydney Games.
		Kim, who won her first Olympic gold at 17, returned to competition this year after an absence of more than seven years during which she had two children.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/0919/757508.html (400 words)

	summer olympics 1988 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		1988 Summer Olympics: Information From Answers.com 1988 Summer Olympics The Games of the XXIV Olympiad were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.
		The modern comeback 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 athletes who seek illegal competitive advantages, often through the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
	www.olympic-headquarters.net /summer-olympics-1988.htm (1161 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).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics (1298 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Chief: Five athletes failed tests in 1988
		He said that in 1988, five U.S. athletes tested positive before the Seoul Olympics "and were enlisted at the games.
		The U.S. Olympic Committee said the cases had been publicized 12 years ago and the athletes involved were cleared because they used the drug, ephedrine, accidentally.
		Pre-games samples in 1988 found eight track athletes with traces of Mahuang, a trade name for ephedrine, contained in a nutritional supplement called Super Charge, according to USOC spokesman Mike Moran.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/0924/775264.html (614 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics - Gurupedia
		Athens was chosen as the host city in 1997, after surprisingly having lost the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics, the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games.
		After that, the International Olympic Committee expressed its concern over the status of the progress of construction work of the new Olympic venues.
		Olympic Stadium, the designated facility for the opening and closing ceremonies, is still currently under construction, with an estimated completion date of July 20, some three weeks before the games open.
	www.gurupedia.com /2/20/2004_summer_olympics.htm (442 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1988 Summer Olympics
		The Jamsil Olympic Stadium (formerly Anglicized Chamshil) in Seoul, South Korea was the main stadium built for the 1988 Summer Olympics, and is the centrepiece of the Jamsil Sports Complex in the Songpa-gu District, in the southeast of the city south of the Han River.
		Matthew Matt Nicholas Biondi (born October 8, 1965 in Palo Alto) is an Olympic swimmer.
		Flag of South Korea South Korea was the host nation and competed as Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1988-Summer-Olympics (3575 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		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.infosearchpoint.com /display/1984_Summer_Olympics (307 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		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 intention not to participate on May 8 1984).
		Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco becomes the first female Olympic champion an Islamic nation and the first of her in the 400 m hurdles.
		A marathon for women is held for the time at the Olympics won by Joan Benoit.
	www.freeglossary.com /1984_Summer_Olympics (481 words)

	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.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1972_summer_olympics.shtml (395 words)

	2000 Summer Olympics
		The ceremonies concluded with the lighting of the Olympic Flame.
		Former Australian Olympic champions brought the torch through the stadium, handing it over to Cathy Freeman, who lit the flame in the cauldron.
		IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, at his last Olympics, had to leave for home, as his wife was severely ill. Upon arrival, his wife had already passed away.
	www.factspider.com /20/2000-summer-olympics.html (791 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in 1980 in Moscow Soviet Union the first Olympic Games to be in a socialist country.
		The boycott severely affects a great of events and even in events where top athletes are present the fields are A movement to boycott the Olympics had building since January.
		Women's field hockey is Olympic for the first time all major nations boycott the tournament leaving the Soviet team.
	www.freeglossary.com /1980_Summer_Olympics (341 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics - Athens 2004 Olympics - Greece Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Modern Olympics were seen as an instrument to promote understanding and friendship among nations and uphold the true spirit of sportsmanship.
		The Olympic torch is first lit in Ancient Olympia and then passed on to the stadium of the city hosting the Opening Ceremony of the Games.
		An Olympic sport is one that should be widely practiced by men in at least 75 countries on 4 continents and by women in at least 40 countries on 3 continents.
	www.clearleadinc.com /site/sports.html (1294 words)

	The Beaufort Gazette: Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Forsberg decided to head to the Olympics despite the groin injury that cost him the final eight games of the pre-Olympic slate, although he is not made a decision on playing yet.
		Defending Olympic gold medalist Kelly Clark led a group of four Americans into the finals of the women's halfpipe competition at the Winter Olympics.
		The International Olympic Committee elected a vice-president and two new executive board members on Friday, and there won't be an American in any of the important positions within the Olympic hierarchy.
	www.beaufortgazette.com /24hour/olympics (5144 words)

	Inside Britannica
		This month the Summer Olympics return to Greece, the nation where the ancient games originated, and to Athens, the city where the first modern games were held in 1896.
		The rebirth of the Olympic movement was largely the result of the perseverance of the French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who founded the International Olympic Committee.
		At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Ethiopian Abebe Bikila ran in his bare feet along the cobblestones of the ancient Appian Way on his way to victory in the marathon.
	newsletters.britannica.com /newsletter_AUG04.html (323 words)

	1988 Summer Olympics - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Anthony Nesty of Suriname wins his country's first Olympic medal by winning the 100 m butterfly, scoring an upset victory; he is also the first Black to win a swimming title.
		Two Bulgarian weightlifters are stripped of their gold medals after failing doping tests, and theteam withdraw after this event.
		1988 Summer Olympics, Highlights, Medals awarded, Nations, Medal count, See also, External links and 1988 Summer Olympics.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/1988_Summer_Olympics (483 words)

	2000 Olympics: Return to archery pays off with Olympic berth
		And then, at age 14, she won a bronze medal in the team archery competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
		Parker returned to the Olympics in 1992, finishing fifth in the individual competition a year after winning the junior world championship.
		Then she hit a bit of a slump, finishing ninth at the 1996 Olympic trials, and she began to drift away from the sport.
	www.post-gazette.com /olympics/20000730parker8.asp (361 words)

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