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	2012 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 26 July to 12 August 2012.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics (1972 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 1924 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The marathon distance was fixed at 42 km and 195 m, from the distance run at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
		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.
		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.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /1924_Summer_Olympics (362 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics Encyclopedia Articles @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		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 at the 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
		NBC, which was thought to be another major one, 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.
	www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/1980_Summer_Olympics (739 words)

	Wikipedia: 1932 Summer Olympics
		An Olympic Village was built for the first time, occupied by the male athletes.
		Babe Didrikson wins two gold medals in the javelin throw and the hurdles event, and only loses a third in the high jump because her jumping technique is ruled inferior and is placed second.
		Finnish star Paavo Nurmi is barred from competing in the Olympic for being a professional.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/1/19/1932_summer_olympics.html (198 words)

	Wikipedia: 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.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/1/19/1936_summer_olympics.html (401 words)

	Athens Olympics 2004. ABC Sport.
		But while every Olympic city has a fabulous stadium, nowhere else in the world could events be held at Ancient Olympia - the home of the ancient Games - and the magnificent Panathinaiko Stadium, home of the first Games of the modern era back in 1896.
		After a behind-closed-doors tongue-lashing by Australian Olympic Committee chief John Coates, the team emerged united, but there were plenty of commentators who saw this as simply papering over some pretty obvious cracks.
		Through the prism of history, the Athens Olympics may come to be seen as the Games at which two major trends emerged - the rise of Asian nations as Olympic powers and the time the war on drugs became serious.
	www.abc.net.au /olympics (2755 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 Great Britain and Viggo Jensen of Denmark taking a first and a second place each in the single-hand and double-hand contests.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/18/1896_summer_olympics.shtml (886 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		It was the first Olympics since NBC had merged with Vivendi Universal Entertainment; the merger, along with the acquisitions of the Bravo and Telemundo networks, made it possible for the network to broadcast over 1200 hours of coverage during the games, triple what was broadcast in the U.S. four years earlier.
		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.
		The Mayor of Athens, Dora Bakoyianni, passed the Olympic Flag to the Mayor of Beijing, Wang Qishan.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/2/0/0/2004_Summer_Olympics_330c.html (2001 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
		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.
		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.
	1976-summer-olympics.ask.dyndns.dk (913 words)

	1896 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 athletic highlight for the Greeks was the marathon victory by their compatriot Spiridon Louis.
		However, the 1900 Summer Olympics were already planned for Paris and, barring the so-called Intercalated Games of 1906, the Olympics did not return to Greece until the 2004 Summer Olympics.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/NewSport/Olympia1896.html (3540 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Scene from the opening ceremony USPS issued a stamp to honor the 2004 Summer Olympics.]] The ceremony for the lighting of the flame was arranged as a pagan pageant, with "priestesses" dancing.
		For the first time the [[Olympic Flame toured the world.]] By late March 2004, some Olympic projects were still behind schedule, and Greek authorities announced that a roof would no longer be constructed over the main swimming venue.
		As part of the theatrics, the Olympic rings are seen burning in a pool of water.]] A bare-breasted goddess holding snakes, based on a Minoan statue The Opening Ceremony held on August 13, 2004 began with a thirty second countdown paced by the sounds of an amplified heartbeat.
	2004-summer-olympics.ask.dyndns.dk (1811 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.gamesinathens.com /olympics/2/20/2000_summer_olympics.shtml (670 words)

	1988 Summer 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.
		Christa Rothenburger[?] becomes the first (and last) athlete to win Olympic medals at the Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics in the same year.
		Table tennis is introduced at the Olympics, with China and the host nation both winning two titles.
	www.findword.org /19/1988-summer-olympics.html (679 words)

	ipedia.com: 1996 Summer Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		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.
	www.ipedia.com /1996_summer_olympics.html (488 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics
		Athens was chosen as the host city in 1997, after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics.
		It was the first Olympics since NBC had merged with Vivendi Universal Entertainment; the merger made it possible for the network to broadcast over 1200 hours of coverage during the games, triple what was broadcast in the U.S. four years earlier.
		When International Olympic Committee expressed its concern over the progress of construction work of the new Olympic venues, a new Organizing Committee was formed under President Gianna Angelopoulos–Daskalaki.
	www.askfactmaster.com /2004_Summer_Olympics (1705 words)

	1928 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Amsterdam had made a bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympics, but had to give way to war-victim Belgium and De Coubertin's Paris before finally being awarded with the organisation.
		For the first time, the Olympic Flame was lit during the Olympics.
		For the first time, the parade of nations started with Greece, which holds the origins of the Olympics, and ended with the host country, a tradition still continued until this day.
	1928-summer-olympics.ask.dyndns.dk (286 words)

	1948 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		After a hiatus of 12 years caused by the outbreak of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
		For the first time, Olympic diplomas were awarded to the 6th highest placed athletes.
		In a dramatic finish in the marathon, Belgian Étienne Gailly entered the stadium first, but was so physically drained that he could barely walk around the track.
	1948-summer-olympics.ask.dyndns.dk (269 words)

	NOWW: portrait Gertrude Ederle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		At their summer cottage in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, her mother tied a rope around Trudy and let her down into the water.
		During the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, Trudy won a gold and two bronze medals in the five racing events open to women.
		On the very day Gertrude Ederle successfully swam the English Channel, a London newspaper ran a front-page editorial which argued that her previous failure to swim the Channel proved the athletic inferiority of women and the uselessness of competitive athletics for women.
	www.noww.nl /info/port-ederle-gertrude.html (1697 words)

	1908 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Games of the IV Olympiad, originally scheduled to be held in Rome, were instead held in 1908 in London, England.
		Funds that were to have gone to the Olympics were diverted to the reconstruction of Naples, so a new venue was required.
		The 1908 Olympics also prompted the establishment of standard rules for sports, and the selection of judges from different countries, rather than just the host.
	1908-summer-olympics.ask.dyndns.dk (580 words)

	Summer Olympics: Tennis
		There was tennis in the Olympics from 1896 until 1924.
		There are also professional tournaments like the US Open, the French Open, and the Australian Open, but the best known of all the professional tennis tournaments takes place in Wimbledon, England.
		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)

	Bertini Pram (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Olympic medalists in athletics (men) 470: 1924
		Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics 50: Romeo Bertini, ITA 2:47:19.6
		Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics 154: _large.png20px
	www.daikaiju.com /edge/23282-bertinipram.html (282 words)

	Light the Torch - Summer Olympics
		She won the gold in the 100m during the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles.
		It was during the 1924 Olympics in Paris.
		The 9 Disciplines are as enumerated: Aquatics, Athletics, Cycling, Fencing, Gymnastics, Shooting, Tennis, Weightlifting, and Wrestling.
	www.lightthetorch.net /category/summer-olympics (720 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 (4831 words)

	OLYMPIC STATISTICS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		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 sport is completed), and Chamonix 1924 to Salt Lake City 2002..
	www.darmoni.net (129 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Other Sport... \| Winter Olympics \| GB curlers awarded belated gold (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The International Olympic Committee have upgraded the golds won by the 1924 men's curling team from demonstration medals to official status.
		And now the first curling gold-medallists are Great Britain in 1924 and not the Swiss men or Canadian women who won in Nagano in 1998.
		Before the news broke, Team GB chef de mission Simon Clegg said he was looking for his team to win one medal of any colour at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/4699008.stm (343 words)

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