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	2004 Summer Olympics
		Athens was chosen as the host city in 1997, after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics, the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games.
		Since the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France it has been the tradition to have a mascot for the games and this year the official mascots are sister and brother, Athena and Phevos, named after the goddess of wisdom, strategy and war and the god of light and music, respectively.
		An 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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	Summer
		Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics At the 1976 Summer Olympics thirty-seven athletics events were contested Burglind...
		Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics The Yugoslavia, 65-50.
		Summer Summer is one of the four temperate August in the Northern hemisphere.
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	Encyclopedia: Olympic medalists in athletics (men) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The first 5000 m was run at the 1912 Summer Olympics and the event has never left the programme since.
		Lauri Aleksanteri Lehtinen (August 10, 1908 – December 4, 1973) was a Finnish athlete, winner of a controversial 5000 m at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
		The distance of the marathon at the Olympics has varied in the early years, before being standardised at 42,195 m in 1924, the distance that was run at the 1908 Olympics.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Olympic-medalists-in-athletics-(men) (8070 words)

	1956 Summer Olympics - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Because Melbourne is situated in the southern hemisphere, the Olympics were held later in the year than those held in the northern hemisphere.
		Inspired by Australian teenager John Wing, an Olympic tradition begins when athletes of different nations are allowed to parade together at the closing ceremony, instead of with their national teams, as a symbol of world unity...
		The 1906 Olympic were organised by the IOC, but are currently not officially recognised by the IOC.
	open-encyclopedia.com /1956_Summer_Olympics (405 words)

	2000 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		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 the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/2000_Summer_Olympics (1690 words)

	2012 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Moscow, Russia: Moscow is representing Russia in a quest to define a "New Russia" by bidding for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
		Whilst the Olympic Park would undoubtedly leave a strong sporting and environmental legacy for London, the magnitude of the project, including the planned upgrade and expansion of transport infrastructure, would require careful planning to ensure all facilities and rehabilitation projects were completed on time.
		Their bid may be hampered by the fact that the 2010 Winter Olympics are being held in Vancouver and organizers are believed to be eager to avoid having consecutive Olympics on the same continent.
	www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/2012_Olympics (2499 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics
		These were the first celebration of the Olympic Games since the recreation of the ancient Greek Olympics with the founding of the International Olympic Committee in 1894.
		In the stadium, the Americans continue their dominance in athletics, winning the long jump (through Ellery Clark), the shot put (Garrett, winning his second title) and the 400 m (Tom Burke).
		The weightlifting contests are also conducted in the Olympic stadium, with Launceston Elliot of Britain and Viggo Jensen of Denmark taking a first and a second place each in the single-hand and double-hand contests.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/1/18/1896_summer_olympics.html (923 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		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.
	open-encyclopedia.com /1984_Summer_Olympics (367 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1936 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Canadian Olympic Team was the only olympic team from a non-fascist country to salute Hitler (in a gesture of friendship) while marching by during opening ceremonies.
		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/1936-Summer-Olympics (3410 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics. Who is 1936 Summer Olympics? What is 1936 Summer Olympics? Where is 1936 Summer Olympics? ...
		Although awarded before the Nazi Party came to power in Germany, the government saw the Olympics as a golden opportunity to promote their fascist ideology.
		For the first time the Olympic Flame was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
		Basketball and handball made their debut at the Olympics, both as outdoor sports.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/1936_Summer_Olympics (468 words)

	Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres
		The men's 200 metre race was held for the third time at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
		Categories: Athletics events at the 1908 Summer Olympics
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Athletics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_200_metres (305 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The 1908 Olympics were originally awarded to Rome, but were reassigned to London.
		Lighting the Olympic Flame by: The Olympic flame was first lit during the opening ceremony of the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam.
		Olympic Oath by: The first athletes' oath was sworn at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1908 (396 words)

	NZ Summer Olympic History
		She was placed 5th in the 100 metres freestyle but she could not compete in the final due to illness.
		Paul Kingsman and Anthony Mosse won bronze medals in the pool, in the 200 metres backstroke and the 200 metres butterfly respectively while John Cutler won bronze in yachting's Finn Class, and Rex Sellars and Chris Timms a silver in the Tornado class.
		The 1992 Olympic year kicked off in spectacular fashion for New Zealand as Annelise Coberger won this country's first Winter Olympic medal when she claimed silver in slalom skiing in Albertville.
	www.olympic.org.nz /Article.aspx?ID=343 (1747 words)

	kiat.net: Olympic Games London 1908
		Twenty-two countries competed in the 1908 Olympics, the same number as in 1900, but the number of athletes increased dramatically, from 1,330 to 2,035.
		As a result of the controversy, the IOC decided, after the 1908 Games, that judges would be drawn from an international pool, rather than being furnished by the host country, and that standardized rules would be drawn up for all sports.
		On the brighter side, the overall organization of the 1908 Olympics was nearly impeccable despite an almost constant downpour of rain.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/04london.html (1068 words)

	1908 summer olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Water Motorsports at the 1908 Summer Olympics: Information From - Water Motorsports at the 1908 Summer Olympics At the 1908 Summer Olympics, three water motorsports events were contested.
		1908 Summer Olympics: Information From Answers.com 1908 Summer Olympics The Games of the IV Olympiad, originally scheduled to be held in Rome, were instead held in 1908 in London, England.
		The modern comeback of the Olympic games is due in a large measure to the efforts of Pierre, baron de Coubertin, of France.
	www.olympic-headquarters.net /1908-summer-olympics.htm (825 words)

	1964 Summer Olympics
		Tokyo had already been awarded with the organisation of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honour had been passed to Helsinki because of Japan's involvement in China.
		The 1940 Olympics were eventually cancelled because of the outbreak of World War II.
		Yoshinori Sakai[?], who lit the Olympic Flame, was born in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the day the atomic bomb exploded there.
	www.fastload.org /19/1964_Summer_Olympics.html (251 words)

	Olympics Timeline
		Athletic contests are held at Olympia every four years, between August 6 and September 19.
		The Olympic flag is introduced, as is the Olympic oath.
		The American Olympic Committee sends a hockey team, as does the American Hockey Association; the IOC bars either from being considered for a medal.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/olympicstimeline.html (1348 words)

	1972 Summer Olympics Information - TextSheet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		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.
	viridian.sferahost.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1972_summer_olympics.html (420 words)

	1992 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo lights the Olympic Flame by shooting an arrow into the cauldron.
		Five of the six golds were in individual events, tying Eric Heiden's record for individual gold medals at a single Olympics.
		Badminton and women's judo become part of the Olympic programme, while slalom canoeing returns to the Games after a 20-year absence.
	www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1992_Summer_Olympics (434 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		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.
		The Olympic Flame was "electronically" transmitted from Athens to Ottawa, by means of an electronic pulse derived from the actual burning flame.
		This was seen as a major threat to the future of the Olympic Games, and was not until the financially successful 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles that cities began to line up to be hosts again.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/1976_Summer_Olympics (1091 words)

	1976 summer olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		At the 1976 Summer Olympics thirty-seven athletics events were contested.
		The first successful meeting was held at London in 1908; since then the games have been held in cities all over the world.
		As a visible concentration of world energies, the Olympics have been prey to many factors that thwarted their ideals of international cooperation and athletic superiority.
	www.olympic-headquarters.net /1976-summer-olympics.htm (866 words)

	1960 Summer Olympics - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Rome had been awarded the organisation of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but had to decline and pass the honours to London.
		South Africa appears in the Olympic arena for the last time under the apartheid regime.
		It was the second time an athlete died in competition at the Olympics, after the death of Portuguese marathon runner Francisco Lazaro at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
	www.free-definition.com /1960-Summer-Olympics.html (299 words)

	Summer Olympics: Hockey
		Hockey was included for the first time in the competition schedule of the 1908 Olympic games.
		At the Olympics Hockey is played outdoors on a grass or synthetic field with eleven players each on two teams.
		At the Olympics there will be men's teams and women's teams.
	www2.lhric.org /POCANTICO/olympics/hockey.htm (218 words)

	City Mayors: 2012 Summer Olympics
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was founded on 23 June 1894 by the French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who was inspired to revive the Olympic Games of Greek antiquity.
		The 1980 Olympics in Moscow, boycotted by the United States and some other countries over the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, are still remembered by some in the Olympic movement.
		The Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) left their candidature until the last minute, but in the end Rio de Janeiro was selected ahead of Sao Paulo, the country’s biggest city, to be Brazil’s representative.
	www.citymayors.com /features/2012olympics.html (4860 words)

	Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - free-definition
		At the 1908 Summer Olympics, twenty-six athletics events were contested.
		The final was a rerun, when the original final was declared void.
	www.free-definition.com /Athletics-at-the-1908-Summer-Olympics.html (153 words)

	World History :: Encyclopedia Index -- At (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metres Hurdles
		Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metres relay
		Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 400 metres relay
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/At.htm (571 words)

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