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	Australia - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Australia's neighbouring countries are Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia to the north-east, and New Zealand to the south-east.
		Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of Australia, a role that is distinct from her position as Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
		Australia led the formation of the Cairns Group and APEC, and is a member of the OECD and the WTO.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/a/u/s/Australia.html (4630 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)

	1988 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.
		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.
		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, beating Chris Evert in the final.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics (691 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)

	1896 Summer Olympics - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		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.
		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.
		The true origin of the modern Olympics was acknowledged by De Coubertin as being in Much Wenlock, a rural market town in the English county of Shropshire.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics (3849 words)

	Olympics
		Until 1994, the Winter and Summer Olympics were held in the same year, but in 1986 the International Olympic Committee, which organises the Olympics, decided to separate them, so as to spread costs for all involved parties.
		As with the Ancient Olympics, once the flame has been lit, it is kept burning throughout the celebration of the Olympics, and is extinguished at end of the closing ceremony of the Games.
		The Olympic fire is then extinguished, and the Olympic flag is lowered, folded, and presented to the mayor of the host city of the next Olympic Games.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /olympics/Olympics.htm (1089 words)

	Australia - Genealogy - A Wikia wiki
		After sporadic visits by European explorers and merchants from the 17th century onwards, the eastern half of the continent was claimed by the British in 1770, and officially settled as the penal colony of New South Wales on 26 January 1788.
		Australia willingly participated in World War I;Template:Mn many Australians regard the defeat of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACs) at Gallipoli as the birth of the nation — its first major military action.
		By far the largest part of Australia is desert or semi-arid—40% of the land mass is covered by sand dunes.
	genealogy.wikia.com /wiki/Australia (3815 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Team Handball Fan Guide
		Underdog Denmark won the 1996 women's event over South Korea, the 1988 and 1992 champions, in overtime.
		Australia received an automatic bid as the host nation.
		The court: The playing surface is slightly larger than a basketball court, measuring 131 feet in length and 65½ feet from sideline to sideline.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/handball/s/viewers.html (210 words)

	SYDNEY OLYMPICS
		The facilities available to the athletes were so ideal that they "received the unqualified endorsement of each of the twenty-five international federations representing all the sports of the summer Olympics." In addition to the facilities available, Sydney was a city with natural beauty and boundless enthusiasm for sport.
		Greenpeace Australia, who played a large role in the development of these plans, hopes that the International Olympic Committee will apply the environmental criteria used by Sydney for all future Olympic bids.
		Culture: YES Unique to the Sydney Olympics is the cultural program which will express "humanity's quest for peace and harmony." The cultural Olympiad will begin in 1997 with the "Festival of the Dreaming." The festival is a celebration of the world's indigenous cultures, focusing on the Aborigines.
	www.american.edu /TED/SYDNEY.HTM (2377 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)

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

	Saudi Athletes in Atlanta Strive to Build on Their Nation's Olympic Tradition
		The Olympics have always inspired feelings of national pride, both in the inhabitants of the host country and in the inhabitants of every country sending athletes to the games.
		For the first time ever, the Kingdom's soccer team was represented in the Olympics, and although it lost its first game to Brazil and tied its second with Malaysia, it was a great moment in Saudi soccer history and set the course for the national soccer team's participation in future Olympics.
		In the 25th Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, in 1992, Saudi athletes represented the Kingdom in a number of sports, including some in which the Kingdom had never before competed, such as gymnastics, table tennis and swimming.
	www.saudiembassy.net /Publications/MagSummer96/olympics.html (951 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 (1311 words)

	AUSTRALIA
		Australia's neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia to the northeast, and New Zealand to the southeast.
		Australia also has several minor territories; the federal government administers a separate area within New South Wales, the Jervis Bay Territory, as a naval base and sea port for the national capital.
		Australia's emphasis on economic reform is often claimed to be key factor behind the economy's strength.
	www.speedace.info /australia.htm (4929 words)

	The Summer Olympics, an Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is still disputed which events exactly were Olympic, since few or maybe even none of the events were advertised as such at the time.
		Of the six Olympic games between 1900 and 1920, there were six different distances for the marathon.
		The 1988 Seoul games were sadly tainted when many of the athletes failed mandatory drug tests.
	www.juiceenewsdaily.com /0605/sports/olympics.html (2073 words)

	2008 Summer Olympics \| China \| Beijing \| IOC \| Mascots \| Games \| Boycott (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing will be the first time the Olympics have been held in China and the first time the summer games have gone to Asia since Seoul, South Korea in 1988.
		The IOC decided it was time for the Olympics to go to the world's most populated country, which had tried to win the bid for the 2000 Olympics but lost to Sydney, Australia.
		Despite their Olympic win, not everyone is happy that China will be hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics.
	www.kidzworld.com /site/p1049.htm (336 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)

	Give Russia a chance, says Tszyu \| \| The Australian
		Tszyu, who was born in Russia and represented the country at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, relocated to Australia in 1992.
		Russia has staged the Summer Olympics in Moscow in 1980, but that competition was blighted by the boycott of several western nations including the United States.
		Often referred to as the "summer capital of Russia" or the "Russian Riviera", Sochi is on the Black Sea coast and at the foot of the Caucasus Mountain range.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20518768-23218,00.html (458 words)

	CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 2004 Athens
		As the first Summer Olympics since the attacks of Sept. 11,2001, the safety of the athletes, spectators and Greek population were of utmost priority.
		The story of Kenteris, the defending Olympic 200-metre champion, and Thanou, the 100 m silver medallist from Sydney, dominated the headlines of every broadcast and newspaper as much for its impact on the host nation as for its sensational details.
		And on the final day of the Olympics, a spectator ran onto the road during the men's marathon and pushed lead runner Vanderlei de Lima of Brazil to the sidelines.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/2004 (2135 words)

	1932 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, were held in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
		Fewer than half the number of participants from the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam competed in 1932.
		An Olympic Village was built for the first time, occupied by the male athletes.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/1932_Summer_Olympics (389 words)

	1924 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were held in 1924 in Paris, France.
		The marathon distance was fixed at 42.195 km, 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.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/1924_Summer_Olympics (426 words)

	Actors - Summer Sanders
		Summer Elisabeth Sanders (born October 13, 1972 in Roseville, California) is a sports broadcaster, actress and Olympic medalist in swimming.
		Sanders first came to the attention of the swimming world in 1988 when she barely missed a spot on the 1988 U.S. Olympic team.
		At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, she won gold medals in the 200-meter butterfly and in the 400-meter medley relay.
	listing-index.ebay.com /actors/Summer_Sanders.html (422 words)

	Winter Olympics 2006: Warm Weather Countries
		Perhaps the most famous instance of a warm weather nation at the Winter Games was the Jamaican Bobsled Team, which first competed in the 1988 Calgary Games and made several subsequent Olympic appearances.
		In 1992 at the Albertville Olympics, a Moroccan skier actually got lapped on the giant slalom course, falling several times before finishing the course and embarrassing Morocco with his ineptitude.
		This year in Torino, a Belgium-born Moroccan is hoping to erase those painful memories for her country by becoming the first African woman to ski in the Winter Olympics.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/winter-olympics-warm-weather.html (622 words)

	History of the Modern Summer and Winter Olympics from Fanbay.net
		The Summer and Winter Olympics of 1932 were both held in the United States, in Los Angeles, CA and Lake Placid, NY, respectively.
		The Olympic facilities were as impressive as the cutting edge facilities that brought the Summer Olympics to a new level in Munich (1972).
		The Winter Olympics of 2002 were overshadowed by the terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001.
	www.fanbay.net /olympics/modern_history.htm (2739 words)

	'Sold out' signs going up at Games events - News in Depth -
		The Olympics will be relaxed compared to this," one soccer fan responded.
		Even the crowds to date are pretty remarkable for a nation of under 11 million people that does not have the sports culture Australia prides itself on.
		With the games deliberately held in the biggest summer holiday week, when Athenians normally flee the capital - presumably to leave room for the influx of international visitors - the level of local attendance was always a question.
	www.theage.com.au /olympics/articles/2004/08/22/1093113055507.html (448 words)

	Olympiads Page
		The last Winter Olympics Games were held in Salt Lake City, USA.
		The Last Summer Olympics Games were held in Sydney, Australia.
		In 1940 the Olympics were canceled, because of World War II.
	www.angelfire.com /fl/geder/olympic/olympics.html (57 words)

	The Ashes 2006/07 Australia
		The Ashes urn itself is never physically awarded to either England or Australia, but is kept permanently in the MCC Cricket Museum at Lord's Cricket Ground, where it can be seen together with a specially-made red and gold velvet bag and the scorecard of the 1882 match.
		In the 1990s, given Australia's long dominance of the Ashes series, the idea was mooted that the victorious team in an Ashes series should be awarded the urn as a trophy and allowed to retain it until the next series.
		The first cricket match deemed to be a Test was played at the MCG between Australia and England commencing on March 15, 1877 and was won by Australia by 45 runs.
	www.travelplaces.co.uk /ashes-info.htm (1728 words)

	ipedia.com: 1992 Summer Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		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 white water canoeing returns to the Games after a 20-year absence.
	www.ipedia.com /1992_summer_olympics.html (412 words)

	Summer Games Quizzes and Summer Games Trivia -- FunTrivia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Back before the days of ESPN and round the clock sports and millionaire athletes, the summer Olympics was a very special event.
		Match the olympic venues to the correct dates from this list- 1896, 1936, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000.
		After the First World War, the Olympic Games were a sporting tonic for the peoples of the world, after so much bloodshed.
	www.funtrivia.com /quizzes/sports/olympic_games/summer_games.html (603 words)

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