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	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)

	1960 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, were held in 1960 in Rome, Italy.
		Rome had been awarded the organization of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but, after the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, had to decline and pass the honours to London.
		It was the second time an athlete died in competition at the Olympics, after the death of Portuguese marathon runner Francisco Lazaro at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1960_Summer_Olympics (690 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)

	1976 Summer Olympics: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		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.encyclopedian.com /19/1976-Summer-Olympics.html (373 words)

	Learn more about 1936 Summer Olympics in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		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.
		Basketball and handball made their debut at the Olympics, both as outdoor sports.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /1/19/1936_summer_olympics.html (481 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)

	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).
		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.
		Women's basketball became a medal sport at the 1976 Olympics and the Olympic Women's Basketball Committee, chaired by Mildred Barnes, was responsible for selecting team members.
	www.usabasketball.com /history/usab_history.html (2109 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Kerri stuck her landing in people's memories
		The strongest image I have from past Olympics is of the terrorist standing on the balcony of the Israeli athlete's quarters in Munich, 1972.
		The Olympics is at its best when the celebration of athletic excellence allows us all, competitors and watchers alike, to celebrate the joy and unity of humanity.
		Sadly, the Olympic moment from the 2000 Sydney games that will always stand out in my mind is the IOC stripping an innocent 16 year old Romanian gymnast of an all-around gold medal in the gymnastics competition.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/s/timeline/usercomments.html (3884 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		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 (998 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)

	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)

	Memorable Olympic Moments: Wilma Rudolph, Summer 1960
		Her historic performance at the Rome Summer Games in 1960 was the perfect example of what it means to be an Olympian.
		By the time she was 11, however, she was playing basketball in the yard.
		In high school she became a basketball star and was recruited to run track at Tennessee State where she blossomed into a superstar.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/mm-gazzella.html (262 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)

	The Summer Olympics, an Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		It is still disputed which events exactly were Olympic, since few or maybe even none of the events were advertised as such at the time.
		The 1960 Rome Games saw the arrival on the world scene of a young light-heavyweight boxer named Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, who would later throw his gold medal away in disgust after being refused service in a whites only restaurant in his home town.
		There were also emotional scenes, such as when Muhammad Ali, clearly affected by Parkinson's disease, lit the Olympic torch and received a replacement medal for the one he had discarded in 1960.
	www.juiceenewsdaily.com /0605/sports/olympics.html (2073 words)

	Olympics a natural fit for Whistler, boosters say
		One way to do that is to increase the summer season traffic, which global exposure to the winter offerings in 2010 could readily assist.
		Alan Kristmanson is the general manager of Whistler Golf Club and a former power forward for the Canadian national basketball team, appearing in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
		For the 2010 Olympics, the resort will build an athletes village to be later turned into residential housing, a Nordic facility, bobsled and luge tracks, and another sporting arena.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /olympics/188641_whistler31.html (1103 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)

	CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 1960 Rome
		The preparations and settings for the 1960 Olympics were no doubt something Greek organizers hoped to emulate with the 2004 Athens Games.
		Overall, it seemed to be a memorable Olympics for everyone but the Canadians, who managed just one medal, a rowing silver by the men's eights.
		But of all the surpassing figures of the 1960 Olympics, the most enduring may be Wilma Rudolph.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/2004/1960.html (1442 words)

	EdGate Summer Games
		Olympic boxers must be between the ages of 17 and 32; competitions are held in 12 weight divisions ranging from light flyweight (up to 48 kg, or about 106 lb) to super heavyweight (over 91 kg, or more than 200 lb).
		Olympic-style boxing is faster than the professional game, and the rules are vastly different as well.The scoring system in amateur boxing awards a point to the fighter who can connect with a punch and move away before his opponent can do the same.
		The International Olympic Committee is an invaluable resource for keeping up with the news.
	www.edgate.com /summergames/spotlight_sport/boxing.php (772 words)

	Summer Basketball Camp
		Basketball at the Legion Athletic Camp has featured a Who's Who of Canadian talent both in the coaching and players ranks.
		A graduate of Gordon Bell High School and Westminster Church basketball, Carl became one of the most outstanding basketball players in Manitoba through the late 1940's and the 1950's.
		The team finished third at the Pre Olympic Tournament in Augsburg, Germany, narrowly missing a trip to the 1972 Munich Olympics.
	www.frozenhoops.com /id17.html (1360 words)

	Olympic Facts (Reference) - TeacherVision.com
		The early Olympic Games were celebrated as a religious festival from 776 B.C. until 393 A.D., when the games were banned for being a pagan festival (the Olympics celebrated the Greek god Zeus).
		The five Olympic rings represent the five major regions of the world – Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceana, and every national flag in the world includes one of the five colors, which are (from left to right) blue, yellow, fl, green, and red.
		The Summer Olympic sports are archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, field hockey, gymnastics, judo, mountain biking, rowing, sailing, shooting, soccer, softball, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting and wrestling.
	www.teachervision.fen.com /olympic-games/sports/2260.html (537 words)

	Athens 2004 Summer Olympics : Modern Olympics, Paralympci Games
		The Olympic torch is first lit in Ancient Olympia and then passed on to the stadium of the city hosting the Opening Ceremony of the Games.
		The Modern Olympics were seen as an instrument to promote understanding and friendship among nations and uphold the true spirit of sportsmanship.
		An Olympic sport is one that should be widely practiced by men in at least 75 countries on 4 continents and by women in at least 40 countries on 3 continents.
	www.clearleadinc.com /site/sports.html (1301 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)

	Olympic News & Notes
		In Jamaica, a nation plagued by violent crime and economic decline, Merlene Ottey's yearlong battle against charges she used banned steroids has transformed the sprinter from merely a sports star to a symbol of resilience and justice.
		Known as the "Sprint Queen" in her Caribbean nation of 2.6 million people, Ottey withdrew last summer from the World Championships in Spain after traces of the banned steroid Nandrolone supposedly were found in her system.
		WADA also said it had signed agreements with 19 Olympic summer sports federations to allow out-of-competition testing and was still in negotiation with the nine others.
	www.post-gazette.com /olympics/20000723olynot7.asp (514 words)

	CJOnline.com \| The Topeka Capital-Journal \| Torch blazes trail across Nebraska 01/11/02
		Gold medal winner Bob Boozer, a former Kansas State standout who stayed out of professional basketball a year to play on the 1960 U.S. team in Rome, was the city of Omaha's official torchbearer.
		A forward, Boozer went on to play professional basketball in New York, Chicago and Milwaukee, where he won the NBA championship in 1971.
		After leaving basketball, Boozer worked for 27 years for US West and is on the Nebraska Parole Board.
	www.cjonline.com /stories/011102/tor_boozer.shtml (416 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)

	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)

	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)

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