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	1936 Summer Olympics
		The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the '''Games of the XI Olympiad''', were held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany.
		The Olympic Flame was used for the second time at these games, but they marked the first time it was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
		Basketball and handball made their debut at the Olympics, both as outdoor sports.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/1936_Summer_Olympics (931 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The 1936 Olympics were also the first to be broadcast on a form of television.
		Basketball, canoeing and team handball made their first appearances, while polo was included in the Olympic programme for the last time.
		Arrival of the Olympic Flame at the Olympic Stadium.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1936 (379 words)

	Learn more about 1936 Summer Olympics in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Games of the XI Olympiad were held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany.
		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.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /1/19/1936_summer_olympics.html (481 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)

	Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics was the first appearance of the sport as an official medal event.
		The International Basketball Federation, which is the governing body of international basketball, used the 1936 tournament to experiment with outdoor basketball.
		The medals were awarded by James Naismith, founder of basketball.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Basketball_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics (328 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)

	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)

	CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 1936 Berlin
		The hope was that the 1936 Berlin Olympics would be a beacon of hope in the global shadow cast by the Great Depression.
		Basketball also made its first Olympic appearance, winding up with American team defeating Canada for the gold outdoors in the rain by a 19-8 score.
		In the heart of the Olympic Village was an open-air, clay basketball court.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/2004/1936.html (1477 words)

	USA Basketball: USA Basketball History
		Although the AAU established a Basketball Committee, beginning with the 1936 Olympics, the first Olympic Games to feature men's basketball as an official medal sport, the selection of the USA Olympic teams and coaching staffs was handled by the U.S. Olympic Basketball Games Committee (originally known as the American Olympic Committee Basketball Committee).
		The 1936 Olympic Basketball Games Committee originally consisted of six representatives of the AAU, four representatives from the NCAA, and three other representatives, two of which were appointed by the American Olympic Committee.
		In 1972, the Olympic Trials were still controlled by the Olympic Basketball Games Committee, however, the Trials format was changed and 66 athletes were invited to tryout, 28 from the NCAA, eight from the AAU, junior college, NAIA and U.S. Armed Forces ranks, and six at-large.
	www.usabasketball.com /history/usab_history.html (2109 words)

	Jibber-Jabber: Summer or winter Olympics?
		The winter Olympics are full of winter sports that a big part of the nation doesn’t participate in at the level that Americans participate in the summer events.
		The Olympics are about the world stage, and the winter Olympic sports are only obscure to Americans who think that basketball is the be-all-end-all winter activity (remember basketball is a summer sport so that is doesn’t conflict with the NBA).
		The winter Olympics are contained to countries where the climate encourages participation at a young age because Olympic athletes begin early in life.
	www.winona.edu /winonan/S2006/2-22-06/Jibber-JabberSummerorwinterOlympics.htm (981 words)

	Olympics
		That was supposed to be the end of Owens' Olympic participation, but on August 9, he and Ralph Metcalf replaced Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller, the only Jews on the U.S. track team, on the 4x100-meter relay.
		Comaneci had done what no other Olympic gymnast had ever done: scored a perfect "10" - the board had been built to accommodate a high core of 9.9 (soon after, competitions around the world had to replace or remodel their scoring systems to include a perfect 10).
		She won the first Olympic women's competition in the javelin (143 feet, 4 inches) and 80-meter hurdles, setting a world record with her time of 11.7 seconds.
	www.baseball-statistics.com /Greats/Century/Olympics.htm (1668 words)

	Athens Olympic Games 2004 - 1936 Munich
		The 1936 Olympics were also the first to be broadcast on a form of television.
		Basketball, canoeing and team handball made their first appearances, while polo was included in the Olympic programme for the last time.
		She remains the youngest female gold medalist in the history of the Summer Olympics.
	guy-sports.com /olympics/athens_olympics_2004_1936.htm (568 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, were held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany.
		The Berlin Olympics also saw the introduction to the ceremonies of the Olympic Torch bringing the Olympic Flame by relay from Olympia.
		The Olympic Flame was used for the second time at these games, but they marked the first time it was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics (1251 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were held in 1984 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
		In the wake of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 14 Eastern Bloc countries and allies including the Soviet Union, Cuba and East Germany (but not Romania), boycotted these Olympics.
		Olympic soccer was unexpectedly played before massive crowds throughout America, with several sell-outs at the 100,000+ seat Rose Bowl.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/1984_Summer_Olympics (989 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics Information
		The film, titled Olympia, was arguably a piece of propaganda, but originated many of the techniques now commonplace to the filming of sports.
		Anti-fascists planned to host a "People's Olympiad" in Barcelona at the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc (now Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys) as an alternative games to protest the Berlin Olympics but this was cancelled due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.
		Italy's football team continued their dominance of the sport, winning the gold medal in these Olympics between their two consecutive World Cup victories (1934 and 1938).
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics (918 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)

	Summer Olympics: Basketball
		Basketball was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith at Springfield College in Massachusetts.
		Basketball games are divided into four periods of ten minutes each.
		To be a basketball player you need know how to shoot, dribble, know the rules, and it helps to be tall.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/olympics/basketball.htm (259 words)

	Graduate & Adult Studies Local Sponsor of Summer Olympics
		Helen Stephens, "The Fulton Flash," (pictured here with Jesse Owens) was enrolled at William Woods when she won her gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin; one for the women's 100 meters and another as part of the 4 x 100 meter relay.
		William Woods continues the tradition by being a local sponsor of the The Summer Olympics.
		Summer Olympic Events include: track and field, soccer, swimming, baseball, equestrian, sailing, greco-roman wresting and gymnastics.
	www.williamwoods.edu /gradadult/olympic.html (139 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics
		After the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, the Eastern Bloc, including the Soviet Union, East Germany and Cuba boycotts these Olympics (the USSR announced their 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.
		A marathon for women is held for the first time at the Olympics, won by Joan Benoit.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1984_summer_olympics.shtml (289 words)

	Prospecting for Gold - NCAA Sports.com
		Since basketball was officially introduced as an Olympic sport at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, the USA men's hoop teams have been hauling in more Olympic gold than any other country in any other Olympic sport.
		Gold medalists in 12 of the 14 Olympics in which they have played, the USA men have owned a virtual monopoly on the Olympic hoop gold market while compiling a 109-2 record.
		Olympic quarterfinals play is August 26, with the medal-round semifinals action August 27.
	www.ncaasports.com /basketball/mens/story/7220030 (1248 words)

	USA Basketball: Fiba History
		Actually, the first international body to claim jurisdiction over the sport of basketball was the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF), which in 1926 formed a special commission to govern all ball games played with the hands, such as field-handball, court-handball, volleyball and basketball.
		By the time of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, FIBB's membership had expanded to include 32 nations, 23 of which sent basketball teams to the first Olympic basketball competition in Berlin.
		USA Basketball is a member of the FIBA Americas Zone, formerly known as the Confederation of Pan American Basketball Associations (COPABA).
	www.usabasketball.com /history/fiba_history.html (687 words)

	Summer Olympics
		After basketball entered the Olympic Games for 36 years, it was a sport for men.
		Olympic racing is now conducted with boats categorised into one-design classes based on similar weights and dimensions.
		Olympic history abounds with tales of athletes who overcame crippling adversity to win gold medals, but Karoly Takacs' comeback may be the best.
	library.thinkquest.org /CR0214546/solympics.html (1844 words)

	The History of the Olympic Games
		They were held in the same year as the summer Olympics until 1994, when they began to be held on separate 4-year cycles that were staggered by two years.
		Small, local festivals were being called “Olympics” as early as the 17th century in places like England and France, but the discovery of the ruins of Olympia in the 19th century sparked interest in the games once again on an international scale.
		The Olympic relay, another well-known symbol of the games, in which the torch is lit in Olympia and run to the host city, was introduced in 1936.
	www.wam.umd.edu /~leannajf/olympics.html (1072 words)

	1948 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were held in 1948 at Wembley Stadium in London, England.
		For the first time, Olympic diplomas were awarded to the six highest placed athletes.
		In a dramatic finish in the marathon, Belgian Étienne Gailly entered the stadium first, but was so physically drained that he could barely walk around the track.
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/1948_Summer_Olympics (446 words)

	EdGate Summer Games
		The Olympic court is slightly smaller than the court used in the United States.
		Find out more on the history of basketball at the USOC site, learn more about the athletes or read up on the rules of the game.
		The world's ruling body for basketball, the International Basketball Federation, and U.S.A. Basketball will keep you informed of news about amateur athletes and national teams.
	www.edgate.com /summergames/spotlight_sport/basketball.php (560 words)

	Berlin, 1936 Olympics
		The 1936 Berlin Games were the first games to be televised.
		In 1936, the chairman of the organizing committee for the Games, Carl Diem, suggested what is now the modern Olympic Torch relay.
		Basketball was admitted as an Olympic sport for the first time.
	www.topendsports.com /events/summer/hosts/berlin.htm (171 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Gaze scores 13 in late-game stretch
		The 35-year-old guard is the second-leading scorer in Olympic history to Oscar Schmidt of Brazil.
		Australia (4-2) started these Olympics poorly, losing to Canada and Yugoslavia in its first two games before losing a 24-point second-half lead to Russia before rallying for its first victory.
		Italy was making its first Olympic appearance since 1984 and was in its first semifinal since 1980, when it won the silver medal.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/0928/784956.html (1186 words)

	Jews in sports at the 1936 Olympics, Berlin
		San Diego, CA (special) -- A traveling exhibition prepared by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on the Berlin Olympics of 1936 came on view in San Diego this week with the reopening of the Hall of Champions in new quarters in Balboa Park.
		Marty Glickman, a Jewish sprinter who made the U.S. Olympic team in 1936 but wasn't permitted to compete, was the July 1 opening speaker (see related story).
		Interestingly, the exhibit on the 1936 Olympics looks at the reactions of two minority groups in the United States -- Jews and African-Americans -- to the proposed boycott.
	www.jewishsightseeing.com /germany/berlin/olympic_stadium/19990702-olympics_1936.htm (1752 words)

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