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	Art competitions at the Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Art competitions were held from 1912 to 1948 at the Olympic Games.
		Art contests were also held in Berlin (1936) and London (1948), with reasonable success, although the number of entered works had significantly dropped by 1948.
		The Olympic Charter required organisers of the Olympic Games to include a programme of cultural events, to "serve to promote harmonious relations, mutual understanding and friendship among the participants and others attending the Olympic Games".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Art_competitions_at_the_Olympic_Games (1866 words)

	THE OLYMPIC GAMES
		The Olympic Games are the most widely known international athletic competition held every four years at a different site, "host city." A modified revival of the Olympian Games, the Olympic Games were inaugurated in the Spring of 1896, largely through the efforts of the French sportsman and educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
		Since the first Olympics of the modern cycle, the number of women in Olympic competition and the number of sports and events open to competition at the games have increased.
		The Olympic Games are competitions of individual athletes, not of nations, and the IOC does not keep national scores.
	alexandros.com /mickey/olympic.html (1895 words)

	Values Aims Reality of the Modern Olympic Games
		Furthermore, the ancient meaning of the Games in relation to their modern form and the idea of regulating sporting life by looking towards the Olympic Games periodically, also the beneficial effects of the example of the Olympic competitors and the incentive provided by the possibility of taking part in the Games.
		The recurring sameness of the opening ceremony with the lighting of the Olympic Flame and the oath, the honouring of the victors with a fanfare and the march of all the participants are expressions of the basic quasireligious idea.
		The Olympic values may be placed in groups according to their content: values of religious commitment, of the perfecting of one's self, of social contacts, concepts of the harmonious synthesis of principal ancient and modern tendencies, of the independence of the Olympic movement and the concept of the Games as a means of national education.
	www.ioa.leeds.ac.uk /1960s/64205.htm (2367 words)

	Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the [[Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony.]] The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is an international multi-sport event taking place every fourth year.
		Coubertin's ideals are probably best illustrated by the Olympic Creed: :''"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.
		In detail: Olympic sports At the 2004 Olympics, events were held in 28 sports, per the IOC count.
	olympic-games.clonewars.ipupdater.com (4438 words)

	Olympic medallists in art competitions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Below is a list of the Olympic medallists in art competitions.
		See Olympic medallists for winners in other sports, and Art competitions at the Olympic Games for more background information on art competitions at the Olympic Games.
		For each year, the medal winners are listed on the first row, the names of their works of art are listed on the second row.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olympic_medallists_in_art_competitions (151 words)

	Lillehammer Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Description The ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece, every four years from at least 776 B.C., until they were banned by Emperor Theodosius in 393 A.D. Inspired by the original games, Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France conceived the modern Games, which were first held in 1986 in Athens.
		What made the Lillehammer Olympics so unique was not only their "greenness", but also the fact that LOOC was able to include the environmental groups in the day-to-day planning process.
		Furthermore, nations might look upon the Olympic Games as a way to quickly develop their country or part of it, and are thus unwilling to give up the chance of rapid economic development.
	www.american.edu /TED/LILLE.HTM (3247 words)

	Olympic Winter Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The International Olympic Committee released news today saying that the IOC executive board has approved places for more women to participate in the summer Olympic Games and that the number of women in the games continues to grow, bringing the IOC closer to gender equity.
		For most of the history of the X Games, from the time they began as the Extreme Games back in 1995, X Games athletes have had a decidedly anti-Olympic bent, priding themselves on not being part of the overly-commercial Olympic Games machinery.
		Some 30 X games participants are said to be part of their Olympic teams this year, and will be heading to Torino after their X Games events are over.
	www.internationalgames.net /olympicwtr.htm (3863 words)

	OLYMPIC GAMES
		The athletic competitions were the central theme of ancient Greek art and literature.
		However, the statues of the Olympic victors were not created just in memory of the person and his athletic achievement, but they were mainly a means for the promotion of the athlete's family and city of birth.
		The representations of themes related to the games were not solely on statues of Olympic victors.
	www.fhw.gr /olympics/ancient/en/207.html (265 words)

	Abebooks: Ancient Olympic Games
		Greece was the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games.
		The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896 and this summer the 2004 Olympic Games will return to their origins when Athens hosts the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad.
		An account of the Olympic games as they probably occurred in 400 B.C. when they were at the height of their classic glory.
	www.abebooks.com /docs/Community/Featured/ancientOlympics.shtml (1338 words)

	PRE-OLYMPIC COMPETITIONS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		National pre-Olympic competitions of artists are designed in the form of championships of individual countries.
		Competitions of miscellaneous soloists and small ensembles should be categorized and classified for men and women.
		However, nearly all competitions (including the exiting traditional national and international festivals) will become pre-Olympic events where points will be given for entering the national team for all international competitions, including the Olympic Games.
	ww1.infosky.net /~oga-waa/pre_olympic_competitions.htm (65 words)

	Olympic Art Competitions
		Here too are the results of the art events and your opportunity to meet a few of the artists who pursued their quest for Olympic Gold.
		The first art competitor in Olympia was said to be Herodotus, the historical writer in 444 B.C. He was garlanded as well as the winners of the gymnastic and track matches.
		The Forgotten Olympic Art Competitions chronicles the correspondence, negotiations, confrontations, and, ultimately, the results of the art competitions between 1912 and 1948.
	www.garret.net /olympic-art.htm (840 words)

	An Art Idea for the Sydney Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Punctually at the close of the Olympic Games the symbols associated with its beginning will arrive at the place they were created, an artwork of Today pointing toward Tomorrow.
		Through the air transport of the walked-upon objects from Sydney to Austria at the start of the Olympic games, and the subsequent return flight of the completed wall sculptures from Austria to Sydney at the end, the tracks of the people who took part by simply entering will have orbited the globe.
		The Olympic competitors, their hearts filled with hope, the golden goal before them, the thorn-strewn path of the strictest training and self-discipline behind them.
	www.ta-art.com /olympia/sydney2000/idea1996.htm (1360 words)

	OLYMPIC GAMES
		The most important of these athletic competitions were the Olympic Games, which attracted people from nearly all the Greek cities.
		Hostilities stopped during the Olympic Games, a fact that added prestige to them and established their reputation throughout the Hellenic world.
		Most importantly though, is that the Olympic Games were mainly a religious festival and not just a series of athletic events, like they are today.
	www.fhw.gr /olympics/ancient/en/201.html (224 words)

	Olympic Games Art Competition 1932
		However, in the revival of the modern Games the founders of the new movement instituted competitions in the Arts alongside of the Sports, just as they were associated in the ancient Grecian festivals.
		The next step was the appointment of General Charles H. Sherrill, member of the International Olympic Committee for the United States and a recognized leader in the advancement of the Olympic Arts, as chairman of the special committee to undertake the organization of this important activity of the Games of the Xth Olympiad.
		The Olympic Committees of the various European nations in every instance assumed the responsibility of assembling their own exhibits, but a certain allowance was made to each for the cost of transportation, insurance, and other expenses, and arrangements for forwarding and returning the exhibits were made by or through Mr.
	www.olympic-museum.de /art/1932.htm (751 words)

	"An Aboriginal Version Of The Olympic Games"
		Many of the sports stemmed from early activities the Aboriginals still conduct even today eg, spear hunting became the javelin competition, and swimming was developed from the Aboriginals catching fish swimming to beat the tide before they escaped from the rivers into the ocean.
		These legends of how the Sports of the Olympic Games originated have been passed down from Aboriginal generation to generation and from tribe to tribe.
		It has bow only in recent times that the "White Man" or "Caucasians" as they are commonly referred to by some Aboriginals today, have befriended the Australian Aboriginal, so much so the natives of the country have passed their legends to now be recorded in history.
	www.austourism.com.au /aboriginal_art/pages/olympic.htm (207 words)

	wwwtools for teachers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		A sense of the spirit of the Games is established in a brief backgrounder from Hellas On-Line: The Olympic Games (1995).
		The International Centre for Olympic Studies (University of Western Ontario) - primary mission the generation and dissemination of academic scholarship focused specifically upon the socio-cultural study of the Modern Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement.
		The Olympic and Sport Studies Centre (University of Barcelona) - provides the Olympic Studies International Directory, the EDUSPORT database, seminars on sport and Olympism, documents and links on the paralympics and adapted sport, and links to many educational resources.
	magazines.fasfind.com /wwwtools/m/1354.cfm (1817 words)

	Drama and art competitions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The most important drama competitions were held separately from the athletic organizations, as in the case of the Dionysian competitions held in Athens and the Lynean competitions.
		Often, however, drama competitions were held concurrently with the athletic competitions. At the Pythian Games, the music competitions were held with the athletic events, followed by competitions in comedy and then tragedy. In the Isthmian Games, apart from the gymnastic and equestrian events, poetry and drama competitions were held in which women were allowed to compete.
		The initial revenue target of 200m euros was accomplished two years before the Games.
	www.athens2004.com /en/DramaAndArtCompetitions/youthinternal (174 words)

	Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In the past, the IOC has often been criticised for being a monolithic organisation, with several members remaining a member at old age, or even until their deaths.
		These colours, white (for the field), red, blue, green, yellow, and fl (for the rings), were chosen such that each nation had at least one of these colours in its national flag.
		In this section, the results of the 1906 Olympics have been included; without these, Ray Ewry would move down to 10th position in the above table, as he won two of his titles at those Intercalated Games.
	www.info-pedia.net /about/olympic_games (4237 words)

	The 1936 Olympic Games in Germany
		By awarding the XI 1936 Olympic games to Berlin, one can say that this was the IOC's way of showing the world that Germany was once again a member of good standing in the global community of nations.
		The famous poster of the 1936 Berlin Olympic games, showing an Olympic athlete in the background and the Brandenburg gate in the foreground, was conceived by Max Würbel.
		Sonia Henje of Norway was one of the darlings of the winter games as she won her third gold medal in ice dancing in what was her third consecutive Olympic games.
	www.feldgrau.com /1936olymp.html (5497 words)

	Trafford Publishing: The Forgotten Olympic Art Competitions
		History of the Olympic Art Competitions of the 20th Century including data tables and selected competitor biographical sketches.
		He continues with the developments of the art competitions in Antwerp 1920, Paris 1924, Amsterdam 1928, Los Angeles 1932 and Berlin 1936.
		The situation after World War Two, with the Olympic Games in London (and the last full art competition) is also given, just before the final chapter on the disparate union of the arts and sport unfolds immediately after these Games.
	www.trafford.com /4dcgi/robots/01-0008.html (841 words)

	Ancient Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
		The ancient Olympics were rather different from the modern Games.
		Like our Olympics, though, winning athletes were heroes who put their home towns on the map.
	www.perseus.tufts.edu /Olympics/sports.html (162 words)

	Olympic Games Medallists - Athletics (Men)
		The Olympic Games were first held in 1896.
		Nationalities given are those of the countries the athletes were representing at the time of the event, with their nationality under today's political boundaries given in brackets where otherwise unclear.
		Although not listed in modern sources, early sources include a range of handicap events on the programmes of the 1900 and 1904 Games.
	www.gbrathletics.com /ic/ogm.htm (1004 words)

	we make money not art: DoCoMo at the Olympic Games
		NTT DoCoMo will install temporary 3G FOMA base stations in Athens during the Olympic Games enabling FOMA subscribers attending the competition to enjoy the service with the same handsets they are currently using in Japan at no extra charge for...
		NTT DoCoMo will install temporary 3G FOMA base stations in Athens during the Olympic Games enabling FOMA subscribers attending the competition to enjoy the service with the same handsets they are currently using in Japan at no extra charge for services such as voice calling, video calling, and i-mode mobile internet.
		All communication charges will be applied as if calls originated from Tokyo and were placed at Japan Standard Time.
	www.we-make-money-not-art.com /archives/001847.php (120 words)

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