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	1948 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1948_Summer_Olympics (393 words)

	2012 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 26 July to 12 August 2012.
		On 18 May 2004, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as a result of a scored technical evaluation, reduced the number of cities to five: London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, and Paris.
		The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) was put in place to oversee the development of the Games after the success of the bid, and held their first board meeting on 7 October 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics (2320 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Although approximately half of the 24 countries which boycotted the 1976 Summer Olympics participated in these, the Games were disrupted by another, even larger, boycott led by the United States followed by 64 other countries in protest at the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
		NBC, which was thought to be another major one, cancelled its coverage in response to the U.S.-boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, and became a minor broadcaster as the network did air highlights and recaps of the games on a regular basis.
		He won Olympic champion titles in "Finn" and "Tempest" classes before, and as of 2005 remains the only sailor in Olympic history to win gold medals in three different classes.
	www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/1980_Summer_Olympics (648 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 1948 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport as an official medal event.
		Olympic basketball returned to being an indoor competition after the disastrous weather conditions of the final game in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
		The 23 teams were split into 4 pools of 6 teams each, with one pool being of 5 teams.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Basketball_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics (144 words)

	Wikipedia: 1948 Summer Olympics
		The Games of the XIV Olympiad were held in 1948 in London, United Kingdom.
		Ilona Elek (Hungary) and Jan Brzak (Czechoslovakia) successfully defended their Olympic titles they won 12 years prior.
		For the first time, Olympic diplomas were awarded to the 6th highest placed athletes.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/1/19/1948_summer_olympics.html (163 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Athens was chosen as the host city during the 106th IOC Session held in Lausanne in 05 September 1997,(date of the 25th anniversary of the Munich Massacre 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 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.
		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)

	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.y2z.org /19/1984_Summer_Olympics.html (411 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics
		In the bid to organise the Olympics, Montreal defeated Moscow and Los Angeles, which would organise the 1980 and 1984 Olympics.
		In a protest to a tour of South Africa by the New Zealand rugby team, Tanzania lead a boycott of 22 African nations as the IOC refused not to admit the New Zealand team.
		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.
	www.y2z.org /19/1976_Summer_Olympics.html (485 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)

	Timeline 1948
		1948 Jan 7, Kenny Loggins, singer (and Messina-This is it, Footloose), was born in Everett, WA.
		1948 Nov 14, Charles, Prince of Wales and heir to the throne of England, was born.
		1948 Lyndon Johnson‘s nickname "Landslide Lyndon" was coined because of his slim victory in the 1948 primary election for the senate.
	timelines.ws /20thcent/1948.HTML (9809 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1972 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In the bid to organise the Olympics, Detroit, Madrid and Montreal were beaten.
		For the first time, the Olympic Oath is also taken by a representative of the referees.
		In basketball, the United States' Olympic winning streak, which started in 1936, was ended.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1972_Summer_Olympics (454 words)

	1936 Olympics
		In Berlin, dictator Adolf Hitler and his Nazi followers felt sure that the Olympics would be the ideal venue to demonstrate Germany's oft-stated racial superiority.
		He directed that $25 million be spent on the finest facilities, the cleanest streets and the temporary withdrawal of all outward signs of the state-run anti-Jewish campaign.
		Basketball also made its debut as a medal sport and was played outdoors.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114524.html (514 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In a protest to a tour of South Africa by the New Zealand rugby team, Tanzania led a boycott of 22 African nations as the IOC refused to not admit the New Zealand team.
		The organisation of the Olympics turned out bad financially for Montreal, as the city remained faced with debts well after the Games had finished.
		Women's events were introduced in basketball, handball and rowing.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/1/19/1976_summer_olympics.html (353 words)

	ipedia.com: 2000 Summer Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		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)

	USATODAY.com - Olympics to see London, not France, in 2012 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		SINGAPORE London won the 2012 Summer Olympics on Wednesday with a stretch-run burst aided by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, leaving New York to ponder whether to bid again and Paris to wonder where it went wrong again.
		Paris' third Olympic bid defeat in the last 20 years was the biggest surprise in a heavyweight contest that saw Moscow eliminated first, New York second and Madrid third before London edged Paris by four votes in the final round.
		Stadium and village: Olympic Stadium and village on undeveloped land in Stratford, on the eastern edge of city.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/summer/2005-07-06-2012-games_x.htm (849 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics
		On March 21, 1980, following the 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, American president Jimmy Carter announced a boycott of the Moscow Olympics.
		Women's field hockey is Olympic for the first time, but all major nations boycott the tournament.
		The team of Zimbabwe is invited just a week before the start of the Games, but it wins the nation's first gold medal.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1980_summer_olympics.shtml (273 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Index
		Armenian lifter Ashot Danielyan was stripped of his bronze medal after a positive test for the steroid nandrolone, becoming the fourth weightlifter to test positive in the Summer Games.
		U.S. women's basketball has now won the last two Olympic golds and the 1998 world championships.
		The Sydney Olympics drew to a close after 17 days, and were donned the "best ever" by IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch.
	www.espn.go.com /oly/summer00/index.html (426 words)

	The Official Site of the USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team / USA Notes
		Men's basketball was first introduced internationally at the 1936 Olympics and the United States won 63 consecutive Olympic games before seeing the streak come to a halt with the controversial loss to the Soviet Union in the 1972.
		A third Olympics would not just tie Malone with future Hall of Famer David Robinson for most Olympic appearances by a US men’s basketball player, but if a third gold medal was to be realized, he would become the only male basketball player to have earned three Olympic golds.
		Named a member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team, he was forced to withdraw on Aug. 19, 2000, because of a knee injury (torn cartilage in his left knee) suffered against Sacramento on April 11 which also forced him to miss the Spurs final four regular season games and all four playoff games.
	www.usabasketball.com /seniormen/2004/04_moly_notes.html (3544 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS
		Equestrian events were included in the Olympic Games for the first time in 1900 and then in 1912, in a format very similar to that which will be used at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
		They all knew each other and the judges and were accepting of local variations to the fairly simple rules which existed.
		With the inclusion of the sport in the Olympic Games, it became obvious that some internationally recognised rules for the three Olympic disciplines were essential.
	www.olympic.org /uk/sports/programme/index_uk.asp?SportCode=EQ (187 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 U.S.A. won 30% of the Summer Olympic medals—their highest percentage over the years—not counting Saint Louis, where the U.S. won 84% of the medals because the attendance was even more skewed toward Americans.
		The Olympic facilities were as impressive as the cutting edge facilities that brought the Summer Olympics to a new level in Munich (1972).
	www.fanbay.net /olympics/modern_history.htm (2739 words)

	Fanbay.net - Athens 2004 Summer Olympics - Links, News, Travel info
		Basketball, Diving, Sailing, Soccer, and the Triathlon, are eagerly anticipated, higly watched events, but their are minimal amounts of medals awarded and they have no impact on the overall olympic medal counts.
		The Ancient Olympic games originated in Greece and the first modern olympics was held in Athens in 1896.
		Also, see the following link for an analysis of the performance of the United States in the Summer Olympics over the years, from 1896 to present.
	www.fanbay.net /olympics/2004.htm (449 words)

	Olympics
		"When the modern Olympics were founded more than a century ago, the stated goal of the Olympic movement was to contribute to building a peaceful and better world through sports.
		Corporate sponsorships at the Olympics are mostly a bad thing that needlessly commercialize the event.
		Corporate sponsorships at the Olympics are mostly a good thing that provide a source of needed funding.
	www.pollingreport.com /olympics.htm (557 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > Olympics -- Silver medal shines bright for gymnasts
		The only time the U.S. men won a medal in an Olympics, the boycotting Soviets weren't there, so their reward in 1984 in Los Angeles was fool's gold.
		That stretch was ended not by an opponent, but by the U.S.-led boycott of the 1980 Moscow Games, and Japan has never been the same in gymnastics.
		Paul Hamm, favored to become the first American to win the all-around in any Olympics anywhere this week, had to cut down his routine after a hand slipped off the bar during a catch.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/gym/20040816-1948-cnsolygymnastics.html (657 words)

	www.UConnHuskies.com Mens Basketball
		USA Basketball also officially confirmed that five previously named USA Team members, Mike Bibby (Sacramento Kings), Jason Kidd (New Jersey Nets), Karl Malone (Los Angeles Lakers), Tracy McGrady (Houston Rockets), and Jermaine O’Neal (Indiana Pacers), have withdrawn from the ‘04 team because of injuries or personal reasons.
		“USA Basketball appreciates the enthusiasm these five players bring to the team and we are looking forward to continuing the outstanding legacy the United States has built in men’s basketball in the Olympics,” stated USA Basketball President Tom Jernstedt.
		As a team, the 2004 USA Team’s average age will be 23.6 years old at the start of the Olympics, the youngest yet of the four Olympic teams comprised of NBA players.
	www.uconnhuskies.com /AllStories/MBasketball/2004/07/08/20040708.html (974 words)

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