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	1972 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972.
		The 1972 Summer Olympics were the second Summer Olympics held in Germany, after the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
		They were banned from the Olympics for life, as were Tommie Smith and John Carlos in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1972_Summer_Olympics (1397 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: 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.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/2/20/2000_summer_olympics.html (672 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)

	1996 Summer Olympics
		Also during the games, the Centennial Olympic Park bombing took place on July 27, 1996 killing Alice Hawthorne and wounded 111 others, and causing the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack.
		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.
		Amy Van Dyken[?] wins four gold medals in the Olympic swimming pool, the first American woman to win four titles in a single Olympics.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1996_Olympics.html (364 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		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 (3549 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics
		This is remarkable, as the Olympics did not, for a long time, allow professional athletes to compete, with the sole exception of fencing.
		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)

	1972 Summer Olympics
		The Games of the XX Olympiad were held in 1972 in Munich, West Germany.
		In the bid to organise the Olympics, Detroit, Madrid and Montreal were beaten.
		White water canoeing is held for the first time at the Olympics.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1972_summer_olympics.shtml (395 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		These were the first celebration of Olympic Games since the recreation of the ancient Olympics with the founding of the International Olympic Committee in 1894.
		This is remarkable as the Olympics not for a long time allow professional to compete with the sole exception of The final of the amateur foil event a French battle won by Eugène-Henri Gravelotte.
		The weightlifting contests are also conducted in Olympic stadium with Launceston Elliot of Britain and Viggo Jensen of Denmark taking a first and a second each in the single-hand and double-hand contests.
	www.freeglossary.com /1896_Summer_Olympics (968 words)

	1972 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In the bid to organise the Detroit Madrid and Montreal were beaten.
		Lasse Virén of Finland won the and 10000 m (the latter after a a feat he would repeat in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
		Guinness book of Olympic records: Complete roll of Olympic medal winners (1896-1972, including 1906) for the 28 sports (7 winter and 21 summer) to be...
	www.freeglossary.com /1972_Summer_Olympics (508 words)

	2004 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.
		The 2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony was held on August 13.
		The Mayor of Athens, Dora Bakoyianni, passed the Olympic Flag to the Mayor of Beijing, Wang Qishan.
	www.askfactmaster.com /2004_Summer_Olympics (1705 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)

	SignOn San Diego Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics -- Olympics-Sydney, the almost-but-not-quite Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		There were no world records in athletics, too many great champions flopped and too much distress was generated by the removal of a gold medal from waif-like 16-year-old Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan for a trifling doping offence.
		The Dutchman with the shy smile proved to be one of the stars of the pool with two golds and two world records and his compatriot Inge de Bruijn stole the show in the women's races with three individual golds and, naturally, three world records.
		She was the first gymnast to fail a dope test at an Olympics but her case attracted huge sympathy and triggered street protests in Romania when it was learned she had innocently taken an over-the-counter cold remedy given her by the team doctor.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/20001001-746-sport-olympi.html (963 words)

	Apple Learning Interchange
		From Athens 1896 to Sydney 2000, the modern Summer Olympics have brought together countries from all over the globe to participate in the spirit of competition.
		You'll be able to send postcards from some of the Olympic cities while you and your students learn about the geography, history and culture of the host metropolitan areas.
		Using these resources, together with the publicity surrounding the Olympic Games, you'll be ready for wonderful geography lessons related to not only to the Olympic cities, but also to the countries of the world that send teams or individual athletes to the competitions.
	ali.apple.com /features/s_olympics.shtml (1852 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1896 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		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.
		The two other events, the rings and the pommel horse are won by Ioannis Mitropoulos of Greece and Louis Zutter of Switzerland, respectively.
		As he entered the stadium under loud cheering, he was accompanied by the two Princes, who attended the Olympics with their father.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1896_Summer_Olympics (946 words)

	River Falls Public Library - 2004 Summer Olympics
		Discusses unusual and memorable athletic performances that have taken place in the history of the summer Olympics.
		An overview of the athletic accomplishments of the track star who has been called the "first lady of the hepathlon".
		A biography of the Soviet gymnast who won three gold medals in the 1972 Olympics and returned to win another in 1976.
	www.rfcity.org /library/kids/olympics.html (420 words)

	Athletics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Women's events first appeared at the Olympic Games in 1928 and consisted of only 5 track events, plus discus and high jump.
		British women athletes won 12 Silver medals before the first Gold was won by Mary Rand in Tokyo (1964) in the long jump and Ann Packer who won the 800m at the same Games.
		Tessa Sanderson was the first British woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal in a throwing event - she won the javelin at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
	www.olympics.org.uk /sports/summer/athletics.asp (579 words)

	St. Petersburg Times Online: Summer Olympics Athens 2004 viewers guide
		Laura Wilkinson was one of the surprises of the Sydney Olympics, roaring from eighth place to first in the finals of the 10-meter platform and snatching gold from the favored Li Na of China - all while diving with a heavily wrapped broken foot.
		There are 12 Olympic sprint events (nine for men, three for women) and four in slalom (three men, one women).
		To train for Olympic water polo, Azevedo, perhaps the best player in the world, and his American teammates spend as much as six hours a day in the water and another couple in the training room.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/webspecials04/olympicstab (1911 words)

	1988 Olympics
		For the first time since Munich in 1972, there was no organized boycott of the Summer Olympics.
		Otherwise, Steffi Graf added an Olympic gold medal to her Grand Slam sweep in tennis, Greg Louganis won both men's diving events for the second straight time, and the U.S. men's basketball team had to settle for third place after losing to the gold medal-winning Soviets, 82-76, in the semifinals.
		The Barcelona Olympics and the perception of foreign nations: a panel study of Japanese university students.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114845.html (461 words)

	Summer Olympics: Handball
		Handball first became an official Olympic sport in 1936 on outdoor fields.
		It moved indoors in 1972 and women's handball was added in 1976.
		In the Olympics there is Women's Handball and Men's Handball.
	www2.lhric.org /poCantico/olympics/handball.htm (222 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics
		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.
		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.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/NewSport/Olympia2004.html (1798 words)

	Summer Olympics: Aquatics
		In the Olympics Swimming has 26 individual events and six relay or team events for both men and women.
		In the 1972 Olympics US swimmer Mark Spitz won seven gold medals.
		Swimming was one of the sports at the first modern Olympic games in 1896.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/olympics/aquatics.htm (280 words)

	Athletics at ... Jump - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Bungee jumping is leaping from a fixed location such as a crane, platform, bridge, or cliff and breaking the fall with a bungee cord—an elastic-type...
		And despite exciting boxing matches, great horse races, the best world series in years, and an exceptional football season, all individual sporting activities in 1952 were overshadowed by the Olympic Games.
		Search for books about your topic, "Athletics at...
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Athletics+at+...+Jump (116 words)

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