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	1896 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 concept of a designated Olympic Village for the athletes would not appear until the 1932 Summer Olympics; the athletes had to care for their own lodging.
		Austria - Austria was part of Austria-Hungary at the time, though the results of Austrian athletes are typically reported separately.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics (3657 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)

	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.
		In the quarter-finals of the football tournament, Peru beat Austria by 4 to 2 in over-time, but a replay was ordered as Peruvian fans stormed the pitch during the match.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/1/19/1936_summer_olympics.html (401 words)

	sociology - Olympic Games
		The Olympics were of fundamental religious importance, contests alternating with sacrifices and ceremonies honouring both Zeus (whose colossal statue stood at Olympia), and Pelops, divine hero and mythical king of Olympia famous for his legendary chariot race, in whose honor the games were held.
		The first Olympic athlete to test positive for doping use was Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, a Swedish pentathlete at the 1968 Summer Olympics, who lost his bronze medal for alcohol use.
		At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the first three were given wreaths as well as their medals.
	www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Olympic_Games (4461 words)

	Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the 1896 Summer Olympics, four swimming events were contested.
		They were planned and organized by the Sub-Committee for Nautical Sports.
		All events took place on 11 April in the Bay of Zea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swimming_at_the_1896_Summer_Olympics (105 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The 1896 Summer Olympics, formally called the Games of the I Olympiad, were the first modern Olympics 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.
		Main article: Tennis at the 1896 Summer Olympics Although Tennis was already a major sport by the end of the 19th century, none of the top players turned up for the tournament in Athens, which was held at the courts of the Athens Lawn Tennis Club, and the infield of the velodrome.
		Main article: Wrestling at the 1896 Summer Olympics Schuhmann (left) and Georgios Tsitas shake hands before the final match of the wrestling competition.]] No weight classes existed for the wrestling competition, held in the Panathenaic Stadium which meant that There would only be one winner among competitors of all sizes.
	1896-summer-olympics.area51.ipupdater.com (3428 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.
		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.
		In 1896, the winner was awarded a silver medal, the second placed athlete received a bronze medal.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ga/Games_of_the_I_Olympiad.html (876 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)

	Highlights of individual Olympic Games
		The 1916 Olympics were scheduled to be held in Berlin, but were canceled because of what came to be known as World War I. The 1920 Games were awarded to Antwerp to honor the suffering that had been inflicted on the Belgian people during the war.
		The 1932 Olympic Games saw the introduction of automatic timing to one hundredth of a second and of the photo finish, as well as the appearance of the national anthems and the raising of flags in honour of the victors during the medal ceremonies.
		The International Olympic Committee had a great political success in managing to bring together the two Germanys (East and West) within a combined team (EUA) competing under a fl, red and yellow flag with the Olympic rings and with "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's IX Symphony as their anthem.
	www.mapsofworld.com /olympic-trivia/olympic-games-highlights.html (5199 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.
		Alfréd Hajós, the first Olympic champion in swimming, is one of only two Olympians to have won medals in both sport and art competitions, Photograph by A. Meyer, Athens, Benaki Museum.
		In the first modern Olympics of 1896, women were not allowed to compete, but there was an unofficial competitor in the marathon, a poor Greek woman who became known as 'Melpomene'.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/NewSport/Olympia1896.html (3540 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)

	Olympic Timeline
		The Olympic Games were celebrated 320 times -- every four years -- in the sacred stadium at Olympia, Greece, beginning in 776 B.C. Though boxing and wrestling were added later, the first Olympic event was a sprint.
		Olympic flag unfurled for first time; its five colored rings (fl, blue, yellow, green and red) incorporate at least one color found in flag of every nation on earth.
		Olympic torch run is established -- more than 3,000 runners carry the flame between Olympia, Greece, and Berlin.
	gtresearchnews.gatech.edu /reshor/rh-win96/timeline.htm (821 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)

	ipedia.com: 2000 Summer Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		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.ipedia.com /2000_summer_olympics.html (836 words)

	Where the Rich and Elite Meet to Compete
		Unlike the widely attended Summer Olympics, the winter version is almost exclusively the preserve of a narrow, generally wealthy, predominantly Caucasian collection of athletes and nations.
		Nations wealthy enough to host a Winter Olympics tend to be those that win most of the medals (17 of the 20 Winter Olympics have been held in Western Europe, Canada or the United States).
		The Winter Olympics might collapse were it not for the financial support of American broadcasters and their (mostly) American advertisers.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/03/AR2006020302280.html (1249 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)

	Austria, looking back on 100 years of participation in Olympic G (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Austria, looking back on 100 years of participation in Olympic Games, hopes for several medals at the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta and presents the first-ever athlete to compete in his tenth Olympic Summer Games
		Over the years, Austria participants in Summer Olympics never got anywhere close to the triumphs of Austrian Winter Olympians.
		However, Austria ranks 31st among all countries in the list of Summer Olympics with 15 gold, 26 silver and 31 bronze medals.
	www.austria.org /oldsite/press/prel0705a.htm (207 words)

	1920 Olympics
		The Olympic quadrennial, scheduled for Berlin in 1916, was interrupted by World War I–the so-called “War to End All Wars,” which had involved 28 countries and killed nearly 10 million troops in four years.
		Germany and Austria, the defeated enemies of Belgium and the Allies, were not invited.
		The Antwerp Games were also noteworthy for the introduction of the Olympic oath–uttered for the first time by Belgium fencer Victor Bion–and the Olympic flag, with its five multicolored, intersecting rings.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114439.html (441 words)

	Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics
		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 two countries to have sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games.
		National Olympic Committees at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
	www.askfactmaster.com /Australia_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (2035 words)

	LOGOs & MASCOTs
		Executives of the Japanese Olympic committee and national sports federations on 13th August 1997 by 29-17 in a secret ballot chose Osaka to become the country's candidate to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
		The U.S. Olympic Committee on 27th August 2002 selected New York and San Francisco as the U.S. finalists to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, while Houston and Washington, D.C., were eliminated as contenders.
		The Austrian Olympic committee on 2nd December 1997 chose Klagenfurt, capital of the Carinthia region (joint bid with Italy and Slovenia), to become the country's candidate to host the 2006 Olympic Winter Games.
	www.aldaver.com (2537 words)

	Wikinfo \| Olympic Games
		Sculptors would create statues of Olympic victors (see Ageladas).
		XIX Olympic Winter Games - 2002, Salt Lake City, United States
		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=Olympic_Games (1155 words)

	Sites of the Summer and Winter Olympics - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In reviving the Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin fought all attempts to permanently locate the Games in any one place.
		When the Winter Olympics joined the Summer Olympics, organizers attempted to have both the Summer and Winter Games in the same calendar year and in the same region, if not the same nation.
		Starting in 1994, the Summer Games and Winter Games alternated every two years, rather than both being in the same year.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,25000018,00.html (121 words)

	All-Time Medal Standings, 1896-2000
		Medal counts include the 1906 Intercalated Games, which are not recognized by the IOC.
		Athletes from the USSR participated in the Summer Games from 1952-88, returned as the Unified Team in 1992 after the breakup of the Soviet Union (in 1991) and have competed as independent republics since the 1994 Winter Games.
		Germany was barred from the Olympics in 1924 and 1948 following World Wars I and II.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0115108.html (196 words)

	News.Kids.us
		The Olympic Games took their name from the Greek city of Olympia and though there were important athletic competitions held in other Greek cities in ancient times, the Olympic Games were regarded as the most prestigious.
		1940 Summer Olympics: Not held due to World War II (originally scheduled for Tokyo, Japan, then proposed site was transferred to Helsinki, Finland because of Japan's invasion of China)
		2012 Summer Olympics: The bidding process for this Olympiad is currently in progress.
	www.news.kids.us /sportsnews1.html (172 words)

	Poynter Online - Olympics Past and Present
		The Olympics: From Athens to Athens (Life Magazine)
		Howard Berkes on Covering the Olympics for NPR
		Olympics Through Time (Foundation of the Hellenic World)
	poynter.org /column.asp?id=49&aid=1136 (131 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - Olympic Games Chronology
		United States Olympic Committee - Olympic Games Chronology
		Support the 2006 U.S Men's National Soccer Team this summer with a great selection of jerseys, jackets, tees, hats and more!
		It's never to late to support the team at U.S. Olympic Shop.
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