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	Athens Olympics 2004. ABC Sport.
		Russia was third (27, 27, 38, 92) and Australia hung on to fourth place - the same as Sydney in 2000 - with 17 gold medals, 16 silver and 16 bronze for a total of 49 - nine shy of the record 58, won four years ago.
		Australia was riding for an unprecedented third straight gold medal in the three-day eventing in Athens.
		Australia has a modest record in Olympic football tournaments so it was an outstanding effort for both the men (the Olyroos) and the women (the Matildas) to make the quarter-finals.
	www.abc.net.au /olympics (2755 words)

	Learn more about Olympic Games in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Olympic Games were part of the Panhellenic Games, four separate games held at two- or four-year intervals but arranged so that there was one set of games every year.
		Olympic is also the name the public sometimes uses for the Greek national airline, Olympic Airways.
		Olympic uses varous types or airplanes, like the Boeing 747 and Airbus A340 for international routes, and the Boeing 727 and Boeing 737 for domestic routes.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /o/ol/olympic_games.html (1183 words)

	DraftHelp.com - Olympics Summer 2004
		The 15 national Olympic teams must be chosen from 4 different pools, in which the nations have been divided, according to their performance in Sydney 2000, plus a host nation factor.
		Each participant must choose 2 Olympic teams from Group A, 3 Olympic teams from Group B, 5 Olympic teams from Group C and 5 Olympic teams from Group D (with encompasses all nations not in any of the former groups).
		*Australia's 2000 performance would put the team in Group A, and Greece's 2000 performance would put the team in Group C, the promotion and demotion are due to the change of host city.
	www.drafthelp.com /Olympics2004Summer.htm (635 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.
		Olympic medals are awarded to those individuals or teams placing first, second, and third in each event.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /olympics/Olympics.htm (1089 words)

	Summer Olympic Games
		The Summer Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event held every four years, organised by the International Olympic Committee.
		The Olympics are the most prestigious such event in the world, with a larger range of sports than other such events, and most of those considering Olympic victory the most prestigious achievement in their field.
		On the bright side it did, however, seem that the drug testing and regulation authorities were at last catching up with the cheating that had been widely to be endemic in athletics for some years, and it was generally held that the 1992 Barcelona Games were cleaner, although not without incident.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/s/su/summer_olympic_games.shtml (1962 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)

	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)

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	CBC News Indepth: Australia
		Eventually, the Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901 with a federation of six states: New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and Queensland.
		The nationhood of Australia was forged on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey on April 25,1915.
		Australia cemented its bond to the United States by participating in the Korean War in the early 1950s and the Vietnam War a decade later.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/australia (1099 words)

	CANOE -- SLAM! 2004 Games
		A vote on the state's commitment to the proposed $2 billion US stadium in Manhattan to be used by the New York Jets and considered crucial for New York's chances of hosting the 2012 Olympics was postponed Monday.
		Olympic silver medallist Adam Nelson wants a sponsor so badly, he put himself up for auction.
		Jailed IOC vice-president Kim Un-yong, formerly one of the most powerful figures in the Olympic movement, resigned from the organization Friday rather than face expulsion for ethical misconduct.
	2004games.canoe.ca (240 words)

	Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics was represented by Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) and abbreviated AUS.
		Australia first competed in the Olympics in 1896, and is one of only three countries, along with Greece and the United Kingdom, to have sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games.
		Australia entered the Athens Games having won a total of 58 medals, including 16 gold, as the host of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com.cob-web.org:8888 /reference/Australia_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (2370 words)

	Athens Olympics 2004
		Fittingly for an Olympic Games that was, more than most, about beginnings and endings, the honour of carrying the Australian flag and leading the team at the closing ceremony was given to veteran swimmer Petria Thomas.
		As is the fate of many Olympic athletes, the members of the men's hockey team who won perhaps the most thrilling of Australia's 17 gold medals will return to relative obscurity once the celebrations have died down.
		Olympic historian Harry Gordon speaks to Roy Masters about his impression of how the Games will be remembered.
	smh.com.au /olympics (464 words)

	Olympics 2004
		The Olympic Museum is for everyone for whom sport and the Olympic Movement are a passion, everyone fascinated by history, culture and art, and all those who are interested in to the future of our society.
		The 2004 Olympic Games emblem portrays an olive wreath, or kotinos, a symbol with special meaning in terms of its history, shape, and color.
		The Olympic symbol of five interlocked rings represents the five original continents: and the meeting of the athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games.
	www.swim2000.org /Olympics/olympics_2004.htm (1046 words)

	UC's Got Game - 2004 Summer Olympics - University of California News Room
		In fact, if UC were a country, its 2004 medal total would have been exceeded by only 11 other nations.
		This summer, UC Berkeley will send a strong contingent of athletes and coaches to participate in the 2004 Olympic Games.
		Keeping with its unprecedented Olympic tradition, UCLA will send 55 players and coaches to the 2004 Olympic Games.
	www.universityofcalifornia.edu /news/summerolympics2004.html (547 words)

	2004 Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Australia had more of the game in the last 30 minutes as the U.S. team lost some of the rhythm it had early on, and the Matlidas fired four shots on the goal in the latter part of the match.
		Australia finally got the equalizer when Peters cut in front of Foudy on a cross from Heather Garriock to head a looping shot over Scurry and under the crossbar in the 82nd minute.
		This is their first Olympics and to play at home in front of their own fans, they have a lot on their side and nothing to lose.
	www.southernsoccerscene.com /2004olympics.htm (14771 words)

	Three's Company Women's Basketball - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		At the end of the gold medal game between the United States and Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens there was a moment that captured the sense of history and respect that is the very essence of the U.S. Women's Olympic Team.
		The final buzzer sounded and the diminutive point guard, playing in her last Olympics, was swarmed by her teammates and lifted into the sky.
		While 2004 is the end of the Olympic story for Staley-and perhaps even Swoopes and Leslie-Athens underscored how committed both the veterans and newest Olympians are to continuing the U.S. women's legacy.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa4112/is_200412/ai_n9469679 (905 words)

	Lincoln City Libraries - Reference - In the News: 2004 Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Since 1896, the summer Olympic Games have been held every 4 years, with the exceptions of 1940 and 1944 during the waging of World War II.
		The summer games of Athens 2004 will be the games of the 28th Olympiad.
		At the last summer Olympics (2000 in Sydney, Australia), 199 countries were represented by 10,651 athletes (4,069 women, 6,582 men), who competed in 300 separate events.
	www.lcl.lib.ne.us /depts/ref/inthenews-olympics2004.htm (885 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 2004 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece, from August 13 to August 29, 2004.
		By late March 2004, some Olympic projects were still behind schedule, and Greek authorities announced that a roof it had initially proposed as an optional, non-vital addition to the Aquatics Center would no longer be built.
		Officially there were 28 sports as swimming, diving, synchronised swimming and water polo are classified by the IOC as disciplines within the sport of aquatics, and wheelchair racing was a demonstration sport.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics (2663 words)

	Myths and technology welcome Games back home - Athens Olympics 2004 - ABC Sport.
		The stadium floor was flooded with water, creating a shimmering sea that burst into flames as the five Olympic rings were set ablaze by a pyrotechnic comet flashing down from the sky.
		The security measures were a far cry from the Ancient Games when, throughout Greece, warriors laid down their arms to allow athletes to compete in peace and slaughtered 100 oxen to begin the festivities.
		The nation of 10 million, where the modern Olympics were reborn in 1896, is finally enjoying accolades for preparing a safe and efficient Games.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/content/200408/s1176444.htm (767 words)

	Canada and the 2004 Summer Olympics - dKosopedia
		At the 2004 Summer Olympics the United States won 103 Olympic medals, followed by Russia with 92, and China with 63.
		And the reason is that increasingly, the USA is becoming a nation of achievers and non-achievers.
		Like the United States, Australia is a place where self-reliance is emphasized and competition is celebrated.
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Canada_and_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (362 words)

	Wikinfo \| Summer Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Competitors represent their countries of origin, with Gold medals being awarded for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition which started in 1904.
		The first games held in Athens in 1896 attracted just 245 competitors of whom more than 200 were Greek, and 14 countries were represented.
		Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Summer_Olympic_Games (2021 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Australia 1, United States 1
		Joanne Peters' 12-yard header in the 82nd minute gave Australia a 1-1 tie Tuesday with the United States, breaking a 15-game Aussie losing streak that dates to the teams' first meeting in 1987.
		Australia qualified for the quarterfinals with the tie, although they would have advanced anyway because of Brazil's win over Greece.
		Kristine Lilly scored in the 19th minute for the Americans, who held Australia without a shot on goal until the final 30 minutes.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/20040817-1006-oly-australia-ussoc.html (406 words)

	Fringe: Summer Olympics 2004 Archives
		The Iraq soccer team continues to coast, beating Costa Rica 2-0 to reach the quarter-finals in the Athens Olympics.
		Bob Costas reveals he is still the greatest sportscaster currently working by throwing a smackdown on the Saudi Olympic delegation AND silencing Katie Couric in the same moment.
		Iraq stunned Portugal in its first Olympic competition since the war began.
	www.fringeblog.com /archives/categories/summer_olympics_2004 (248 words)

	Olympic Basketball - 2004 Olympics
		[2004 Olympics] The USA Senior men's basketball team has arrived in Greece and is ready to defend their Olympic Gold.
		NBA players who were on 2004 USA Olympic Basketball team but withdrew: Jason Kidd (recovering from knee surgery), Ray Allen (getting married), Tracy McGrady (Olympic "security concerns"), Karl Malone (healing from injury, emotional strain from mom passing away), Jermaine O'Neal (banged up from playoffs), Mike Bibby (we aren't sure of reason).
		To qualify for the Olympics, they had to do well in the 2003 Olympic qualifying tournament, where the best teams in North/Central/South America competed.
	www.insidehoops.com /olympics.shtml (538 words)

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