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	Austria - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Austria
		Austria's unstable economic position, producing as it did chronic poverty and unemployment, led to the growth of extreme leftist groups in Vienna itself, and this led to equal extremism among the non-socialists.
		But Austria was useful to Germany as an air-raid shelter, and affluent Germans evacuated their families to Austria, even before the mass evacuation to the Alpine districts.
		Hence Austria suffered from a shortage of houses and food, and in 1943 the population was 10 million compared with 7 million before the war.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Austria (2483 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1976 Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Innsbruck 1976 pointed the way to the future in Olympic security, which was further increased for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, as a result of the events of September 11, 2001.
		One of the Black September terrorists on the balcony of the Israeli team quarters at the Olympic village The Munich massacre occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage by the Palestinian terrorist organization Black September, a group...
		Sports festivals hosted in Austria The 2004 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece, over a period of 17 days from August 13 to August 29, 2004.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1976-Winter-Olympics (2791 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1952 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were held in 1952 in Helsinki, Finland.
		The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia.
		Categories: 1952 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece, over a period of 17 days from August 13 to August 29, 2004.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1952-Summer-Olympics (3289 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.
		The fire was reintroduced at the Olympics in 1928.
		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.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /olympics/Olympics.htm (1089 words)

	Olympics
		For many years the Olympics consisted of only one race, a sprint of 192 metres (210 yards, the length of the stadium) called the "stadion." A second race of 400 metres was added 50 years later.
		Olympic medals since 1928 have featured the same design on the front: a Greek goddess, the Olympic Rings, the coliseum of ancient Athens, a Greek vase known as an amphora, a horse-drawn chariot, and the year, number of the Olympiad, and host city.
		The modern Olympics is the brainchild of Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France.
	www.didyouknow.cd /sport/olympics.htm (593 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics
		Athens was chosen as the host city in 1997, after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics, the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games.
		Olympic Stadium, the designated facility for the opening and closing ceremonies, was completed -- without roof -- shortly before the games opened.
		Since the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France it has been the tradition to have a mascot for the games and this year the official mascots are sister and brother, Athena and Phevos, named after the goddess of wisdom, strategy and war and the god of light and music, respectively.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/2/20/2004_summer_olympics.html (1174 words)

	TSN : OLYMPICS - Canada's Sports Leader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The next day, she set an Olympic record in the 1,500m, winning by 2.9 seconds, the largest margin to date in the history of the event.
		She was also the first winter athlete to win six career gold medals and she remains the only woman in the history of the Winter Olympics to win six gold medals in individual events.
		Olympic officials surprised the Canadians by ruling that the tie-breaker would be goal differential based on the entire tournament - not just among teams involved in the medal round.
	www.tsn.ca /olympics/feature.asp?fid=10273 (1128 words)

	1972 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		the Olympic swimming hall, the "Olympiahalle" (a multipurpose facility) and the Olympic stadium (Olympiastadion).
		All Olympic events were briefly suspended but Avery Brundage, the IOC President, decided that "The Games must go on" and so they were continued a day later.
		They were banned from the Olympics for life, as were Tommie Smith and John Carlos in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/1972_Summer_Olympics (789 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)

	1936 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		The Canadian Olympic Team was the only olympic team from a non-fascist country to salute Hitler (in a gesture of friendship) while marching by during opening ceremonies.
	wikipedia.com /wiki/1936_Berlin_Games (819 words)

	wiki/1988 Summer Olympics Definition / wiki/1988 Summer Olympics Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He swam in the 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics, and won seven medals in the 1988 Summer Olympics alone (five of which were gold, and two of which were individual)....
		At six Summer Olympics USSR was on the first place by total number of gold medals won, at three Summer Olympics it was second by this count.
		USSR officially joined the Olympic Movement in 1951, when The Olympic Committee of the USSR was formed (April 21, 1951) and was recognized by the IOC on its 45th session (May 7, 1951).
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics (3878 words)

	wiki/1968 Summer Paralympics Definition / wiki/1968 Summer Paralympics Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 1968 Summer Paralympics were the third Paralympic GamesThe Paralympic Games are an official equivalent of the Olympics for athletes with physical disabilities.
		The Olympics are the most prestigious of such events in the world, featuring a larger range of sports than others.
		Olympic victory is generally considered to be the most prestigious achievement in sports.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/1968_Summer_Paralympics (1496 words)

	Encyclopedia article on Olympic Games [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
	encyclozine.com /Olympics (4399 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/2004_Summer_Olympics (2285 words)

	Learn more about 1936 Summer Olympics in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.onlineencyclopedia.org /1/19/1936_summer_olympics.html (481 words)

	Hubert Raudaschl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hubert Raudaschl (born 26 August 1942) is an Austrian sailboat manufacturer and former olympic athlete.
		He holds the record for competing in the largest number of Olympic games, participating in 9 games between 1960 and 1992.
		He has won two silver medals, one in Mexico City in 1968 in Finn sailing, the other one in Moscow in 1980 in Star sailing.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hubert_Raudaschl (96 words)

	1948 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were held in 1948 at Wembley Stadium in London, England.
		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.
		Note that these Olympic Games were the first time that the host nation did not win enough medals to be included in the top 10 medal winners.
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/1948_Summer_Olympics (446 words)

	Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre where 390 competitors contested 17 gold medals.
		This is situated in the city of Markópoulo, in the east of the Attica region in Greece.
		In the last Olympic competition in running target before it was taken off the program, Manfred Kurzer set a new World record with 590 in the qualification round and though he did not perform a perfect final, he was never threatened.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shooting_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (694 words)

	UJC - The Forgotten Olympians
		At the 1900 Summer Games in Paris, Prinstein qualified for the long jump finals, but was persuaded by his Christian teammates not to take part in the competition on a Sunday, the Christian Sabbath.
		Henoch and her 66-year-old mother were deported to the Riga ghetto in Nazi-occupied Latvia in 1942, and were murdered in an Einsatzgruppe mass killing by a German army mobile killing unit.
		Alain Calmat, a world-class figure skater, won a silver medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, but he made his mark in Jewish athletic history four years later at the Games in Grenoble, France, when he was selected to carry the torch and light the Olympic flame during the opening ceremonies.
	www.ujc.org /content_display.html?ArticleID=121764 (1255 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics Information
		The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
		Examples of this are the mid-rise dormitories built for the Olympic village which became the first residential housing for Georgia State University and Turner Field which was a modification of the original Centennial Olympic Stadium.
		Michelle Smith of Ireland wins three gold medals and a bronze in swimming, but her victories are overshadowed by doping allegations, which are later reinforced as she is banned after failing a test in 1998.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics (966 words)

	1904 Summer Olympics Information
		Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic movement, gave in.
		Considered the lesser of two evils by De Coubertin, St. Louis repeated the mistakes made at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.
		The Olympic events were again mixed with other sporting events, but where Paris hardly ever mentioned the Olympics, Sullivan called all his sports events "Olympic".
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/1904_Summer_Olympics (1118 words)

	1972 Summer Olympics
		All Olympic events were suspended for one day after the terrorist action became known.
		Also in track and field, two African-American athletes, Vince Matthews and Wayne Collett, acted disrespectfully on the medal stand, twirling their medals (gold and silver, respectively) and joking with one another as the Star-Spangled Banner was being played during the award ceremony.
		The 1906 Olympics were organised by the IOC, but are currently not officially recognised by the IOC.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/1972_Summer_Olympics (632 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.ukpedia.com /1/1896-summer-olympics.html (887 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)

	Liese Prokop, 65; Austrian politician, Olympic medalist - Los Angeles Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Liese Prokop, 65, Austria's first female interior minister and earlier an Olympic medalist in the pentathlon, died Sunday of a ruptured aorta, the country's Interior Ministry announced.
		Prokop, who was appointed in 2004 to oversee Austria's police and overall security, died while being rushed to a hospital in St. Poelten, Austria, after complaining of chest pains and then collapsing.
		She placed second in the pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, broke the world record in the event the following year and set a national record in the shot put that stood until 1999.
	www.latimes.com /news/obituaries/la-me-passings2.1jan02,0,219819.story?coll=la-news-obituaries (261 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)

	HickokSports.com - History - The Winter Olympics
		Because of the coverage given the Winter Olympics by the press in Europe and North America, Henie was the first woman to become a genuine international sports figure.
		The Summer Games were held in Los Angeles in 1932, when the IOC reverted to the idea of a single host country for both Olympics.
		Alpine skiing became a major Olympic sport at St. Moritz and Gretchen Fraser of the U. was the surprise winner of the first Gold Medal for the women's slalom event.
	www.hickoksports.com /history/winterol.shtml (3708 words)

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