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	Encyclopedia: 1984 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In the wake of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, most of the Eastern Bloc, including the Soviet Union, East Germany and Cuba, boycotted these Olympics (the USSR announced its intention not to participate on May 8, 1984).
		Olympic Fanfare and Theme is a piece of music written by John Williams for the 1984 Olympic Games, which were held in Los Angeles.
		Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport for the sixth time, and it was the first time that the sport had been played in an Olympic tournament in the United States.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1984-Summer-Olympics (3408 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Los Angeles was selected on May 18, 1978 on the 80th IOC session without voting, because it was the only city to bid to host the 1984 Summer Olympics.
		In the wake of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 14 Eastern Bloc countries including the Soviet Union, East Germany and Cuba, boycotted these Olympics (the USSR announced its intention not to participate on May 8, 1984).
		Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco becomes the first female Olympic champion of an Islamic nation, and the first of her country in the 400 m hurdles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics (521 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
		The Olympic Stadium, a daring design of French architect Roger Taillibert, remains a lasting monument to the huge deficit, as it never had an effective retractable roof, and the tower was only completed after the Olympics.
		This was seen as a major threat to the future of the Olympic Games, and was not until the financially successful 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles that cities began to line up to be hosts again.
	sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1976_Summer_Olympics (1057 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1936 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		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.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1936-Summer-Olympics (3584 words)

	wiki/1984 Summer Olympics Definition / wiki/1984 Summer Olympics Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In the wake of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in MoscowMoscow (Russian/Cyrillic: Москва́, pronounciation: Moskva), capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva, and encompassing 878.7 km2.
		A marathon for women is held for the first time at the Olympics, won by Joan BenoitJoan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) was an American marathon runner who won gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
		John Williams composes the theme for the Olympiad, Olympic Fanfare and ThemeOlympic Fanfare and Theme is a piece of music written by John Williams for the 1984 Olympic Games, which were held in Los Angeles.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics (3607 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1976 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		One of the Black September kidnappers on the balcony of the Israeli hostel at the Olympic village The Munich Massacre occurred at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage by the Palestinian terrorist organization Black September.
		At the 1976 Summer Olympics thirty-seven athletics events were contested Overall Athletics rankings at the 1976 Olympics Medal Winners Mens 100 m Mens 200 m Mens 400 m Mens 800 m Mens 1500 m Mens 5000 m Mens 10000 m Mens...
		At the Judo competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics medals were awarded in 5 weight classes and in the open competition, and was restricted to male judoka only.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1976-Summer-Olympics (4549 words)

	The Ultimate Austria at the 1984 Summer Olympics Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
		Austria competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
		It was the nineteenth time that the nation had competed, having missed only the 1920 Summer Olympics.
		Austria competed under the IOC country code AUT (AUS was taken by Australia).
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Austria_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics (101 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		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.free-definition.com /1896-Summer-Olympics.html (941 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 (1145 words)

	The Ultimate Peter Seisenbacher - American History Information Guide and Reference
		Peter Seisenbacher (born March 25, 1960, Vienna, Austria) is one of the most successful Judo practitioners and participants of the Olympic Games from Austria.
		For his first Summer Olympics 1984 in Los Angeles, Seisenbacher exercised in Japan, where he found optimal training conditions.
		Four years later (Summer Olympics 1988 in Seoul) he won his second Olympic gold medal; something no judoka has succeeded before.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Peter_Seisenbacher (120 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)

	Read about 1984 Summer Olympics at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research 1984 Summer Olympics and learn about 1984 Summer ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		IOC session without voting, because it was the only city to bid to host the 1984 Summer Olympics.
		People's Republic of China appears the Olympics as "China" and wins 15 gold medals.
		Grammy Award for Williams and becomes the commonly known musical theme for the Olympic Games.
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/1984_Summer_Olympics (400 words)

	International Games News April 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Eunice Kennedy Shriver the founder of Special Olympics and her son, Tim Shriver, now the Special Olympics Chairman and CEO Tim Shriver are planning to be at the games.
		Pakistan Olympic Official were getting ready to open up their check book and make good on the promise to reward SAF gold medallists with 1 million rupees ($17,424 US), half a million rupees for silver ($8712 US) and 200,000 rupees for bronze ($3485 US).
		Malaysian Olympic officials are hoping the letter will be delivered this week, and also sent a letter to the Olympic Council of Asia asking them to postpone their evaluation committee visit set for April 12-13 until Malaysia could deliver the letter.
	www.internationalgames.net /april2004.html (7478 words)

	ESPN.com: OLY - New York City gets U.S. nod for 2012 Summer Games
		The International Olympic Committee will choose the 2012 site in three years, pitting New York against such possible rivals as Paris, Moscow, Toronto, Budapest, Rome, Istanbul, Rio de Janeiro, Madrid or Seville in Spain, and a city in Germany, perhaps Berlin.
		The IOC usually prefers to move the Summer and Winter Games around the globe, and it's doubtful North America would get to host two straight Olympics.
		However, there were three consecutive Olympics in Europe in the 1990s -- Albertville, France, in the winter, Barcelona in the summer of 1992, and Lillehammer, Norway, in the winter of 1994.
	espn.go.com /oly/news/2002/1102/1454873.html (1058 words)

	Detroit Free Press \| Summer Olympics 2000
		The U.S. Olympic swimming team, still feeling the sting of its opening-night loss to the Aussies in the 4x100-meter men's freestyle relay, got even with the host country in a big-time way Sunday night at the Sydney Aquatic Center.
		With the whole Olympic tournament in front of her, Sheryl Swoopes has more important things to deal with than to make some big announcement about her future in basketball.
		But there's a slew of new events in sports that were already on the Olympic agenda, such as trampoline in gymnastics and women's hammer throw and women's pole vault in track.
	www.freep.com /index/olympics2000.htm (8350 words)

	kiat.net: Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984
		The organizing committee, the Los Angeles Olympic Organization Committee (LAOOC), was headed by 47-year-old successful businessman, Peter Ueberroth who, with the backing of several major sponsors, assured the event ran smoothly, eventually making a profit of $150 million dollars.
		The President reintegrated the People's Republic of China in the Olympic Movement, making the IOC the only international organization where the People's Republic of China and Chinese Taipei are jointly represented.
		In Los Angeles in 1984, the athletes of the People's Republic of China participated in the Games after an absence of 32 years.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/23losangeles.html (664 words)

	Olympic Games -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		For the first time every invited National Olympic Committee (a total of 197) sent a team, including each of the former Soviet republics, Burundi, North Korea, Palestine, and Hong Kong,...
		Founded mainly by writers, educators, scientists, and scholars, the Olympic Movement's understanding of “culture” has shifted over the years among the fine-arts conception, the idea of general moral cultivation,...
		As a result of the United States boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow and the Soviet Union not attending the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, Calif., athletes from these countries were deprived of the opportunity to face one another in sports competition.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9108519 (934 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 (2459 words)

	Detroit Free Press \| Summer Olympics 2000
		Morgan White, the youngest member of the U.S. gymnastics team, withdrew from the Olympics because of a stress fracture in her left foot and was replaced by someone even younger.
		SYDNEY, Australia -- The Olympic flame survived a hijack attempt in which the torch was nearly thrown in a harbor.
		Defending gold medalist Andre Agassi pulled out of the Sydney Olympics on Wednesday because of concern for his mother, Elizabeth, and his sister, Tami, who are fighting breast cancer.
	www.freep.com /backindex/2000/09/15/olympics2000.htm (2234 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics Information - TextSheet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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		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.
		In the marathon two Korean athletes -- Sohn Kee-chung and Nam Sung-yong -- won medals, while running for Japan and under Japanese names.
	www.jaxx.sferahost.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1936_summer_olympics.html (424 words)

	Marathon & Beyond -- The web site for marathoners and ultrarunners.
		Mid-September is spring in Sydney (in contrast to the Barcelona and Atlanta Games, which were both in high summer), where the average low temperature is in the low 50s, so the women have every chance of good running weather in the morning.
		In the summer of 1998 he decided to test the region as a possible destination to expand his program of adventure running vacations.
		The weather can go either way, but either way is wonderful: remnants of summer's warmth or a hint of the stereotypical crisp autumn day, either perfect for a hike through the country roads winding through a kaleidoscopic world of rich colors as the leaves make their annual change.
	www.marathonandbeyond.com /tocvol3.htm (10461 words)

	May 8 Events in History
		May 8, 1984 Chicago White Sox beat Milw Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (completed 5/9)
		May 8, 1984 Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed
		May 8, 1984 U.S.S.R. announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics
	www.brainyhistory.com /days/may_8.html (2013 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Results -- Wednesday, Sept. 20
		Summer Olympics 2000 Results -- Wednesday, Sept. 20
		Old record: Mary T. Meagher, United States, 2:06.90, Aug. 4, 1984).
		1, United States (Samantha Arsenault, Peabody, Mass., 1:59.92; Diana Munz, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, 1:59.19; Lindsay Benko, Elkhart, Ind., 1:59.34; Jenny Thompson, Dover, N.H., 1:59.35), 7:57.80 (Olympic record.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/results/000920.html (1512 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Results -- Day 5
		Wednesday's results from the swimming event at the Summer Olympics (Q-qualified for next round, WD-withdrew from next round; all distances in meters):
		1, Lenny Krayzelburg, Studio City, Calif., 1:57.27 (Q), (Olympic record.
		1, Agnes Kovacs, Hungary, 2:24.03 (Q), (Olympic record.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/results/swimming5.html (471 words)

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