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	1968 Summer Olympics:
		The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were celebrated in Mexico City in 1968.
		On October 2, 1968, ten days before the start of the 1968 Summer Olympics the Plaza de las Tres Culturas was the scene of the Tlatelolco massacre, in which more than 300 student protesters were killed by army and police.
		Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the gold and bronze medalists in the men's 200-meter race, took their places on the podium for the medal ceremony barefooted and wearing civil rights buttons, lowered their heads and each defiantly raised a fl-gloved fist as the Star Spangled Banner was played.
	pandapedia.com /wiki/1968_Summer_Olympics (1172 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)

	Encyclopedia: 1968 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 1896 Summer Olympics, formally called the Games of the I Olympiad, were the first modern Summer Olympic Games and the first Games since Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the Ancient Olympic Games in AD 393 as part of the Christian campaign against paganism.
		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.
		The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be held in Beijing in the Peoples Republic of China from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony to take place at 8 p.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1968-Summer-Olympics (2988 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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.
		Basketball : This was the year that basketball became a recognized Olympic sport.
	open-encyclopedia.com /1936_Summer_Olympics (687 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1972 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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, now known to be...
		They were banned from the Olympics for life, as were Tommie Smith and John Carlos in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
		In basketball, the United States' Olympic winning streak, which started in 1936, was ended by the Soviet Union team's close victory in the final game.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1972-Summer-Olympics (3965 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It was the first Olympics since NBC had merged with Vivendi Universal Entertainment; the merger 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.
		When the International Olympic Committee expressed its concern over the progress of construction work of the new Olympic venues, a new Organizing Committee was formed under President Gianna Angelopoulos–Daskalaki.
		The Mayor of Athens, Dora Bakoyianni, passed the Olympic Flag to the Mayor of Beijing, Wang Qishan.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /2004_summer_olympics.htm (1601 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1956 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Inspired by Australian teenager John Wing, an Olympic tradition begins when athletes of different nations are allowed to parade together at the closing ceremony, instead of with their national teams, as a symbol of world unity... : "During the Games there will be only one nation.
		Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the fourth appearance of the sport in Olympic competition.
		Jump to: navigation, search The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be held in Beijing in the Peoples Republic of China from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony to take place at 8 p.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1956-Summer-Olympics (3025 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 (361 words)

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		She won the U.S. Olympic trials with a toss of 202-7, and was a runner-up at the LA Games, and won a silver medal for discus with a throw of 212-9.
		Olympic Bronze medalist in the 400-meters and a member of the U.S. Gold Medal-winning 1,600-meter relay team in the 1976 Olympic Games, he also won the NCAA 400-meter dash title in 1977 after anchoring ASU's 1,600-meter relay team to the NCAA crown in 1976.
		Freeman won the Bronze Medal in the 400-meters in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and he was also a member of the gold medal-winning 1600-meter relay team.
	thesundevils.cstv.com /genrel/081600aal.html (2009 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)

	1960 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rome had been awarded the organisation of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but had to decline and pass the honours to London.
		They would not be allowed to return until 1992, after the abandonment of apartheid and during the transition to a fl-majority government.
		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 (330 words)

	EdGate Summer Games
		The standard Olympic middle distance events are the 800- and 1,500- meter races for women and men.
		Discus Throw: The discus throw is one of the oldest of all Olympic events, clearly tracing its origins to the early Greeks.
		Twenty years later, the heptathlon was introduced to the Olympic program at the Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles, replacing the five-event pentathlon.
	www.edgate.com /summergames/spotlight_sport/track_field.php (1790 words)

	Basketball
		Basketball is that rare sport that was invented, largely from scratch and with rules close to its present ones, by one man. Dr.
		Basketball was popular from the beginning and, within a year, was being played all over the United States.
		Basketball was included in the Olympic Games in 1936, after a demonstration tournament was held in 1904.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /ba/basketball.html (2631 words)

	Basketball (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As in all Special Olympics sports, basketball teams are grouped in competition divisions according to the athletes' and team's ability level, age, and gender.
		Basketball is one of the first sports for Special Olympics, dating back to the 1968 Special Olympics World Games.
		In Texas, basketball is a summer sport with statewide competition held at the Summer Games in May. The following events are sanctioned by Special Olympics Texas and are to be offered at all local, area and chapter competitions.
	www.sotx.org /competitions/sports/basketball (230 words)

	Olympics: News, Live Events, Video, Schedules, Results, Photos and more - WCSN
		Scott Parsons is returning to the Olympics feeling on top of his game, but sheepish about being cast as a role model to his younger teammates.
		Olympic expert Rich Perelman, however, thinks the USOC is doing the right thing.
		Scenes from the lighting of the Olympic torch in Greece.
	web.wcsn.com /sport/index.jsp?id=34000 (1792 words)

	Special: Athens Olympics 2004 \| The Christian Science Monitor
		At the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City, fl American athletes used their position on the victory stand to display solidarity with the civil-rights movement, making "fl-power" hand gestures wearing fl gloves.
		In early February of 1980, the Olympic news at Lake Placid, N.Y. was that US President Jimmy Carter was asking the International Olympic Committee to move the summer games from Moscow.
		The official reason was "alleged violations of the Olympic Charter by US authorities," but Monitor correspondent Gary Thatcher paints a picture of plain-old politics: "Although the Soviet authorities will never officially admit it, they are exacting belated retribution for the US boycott of the Moscow Olympics of 1980." PDF.
	www.csmonitor.com /specials/oly2004/docs/oly_politics.html (719 words)

	1964 Summer Olympics
		Tokyo had already been awarded with the organisation of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honour had been passed to Helsinki because of Japan's involvement in China.
		The 1940 Olympics were eventually cancelled because of the outbreak of World War II.
		Yoshinori Sakai[?], who lit the Olympic Flame, was born in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the day the atomic bomb exploded there.
	www.fastload.org /19/1964_Summer_Olympics.html (251 words)

	1968 summer olympics (Site not responding. Last check: )
		1968 Summer Olympics: Information From Answers.com 1968 Summer Olympics The Games of the XIX Olympiad were held in Mexico City in 1968.
		Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics: Information From Answers.com Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics The United States, coached by Henry Iba of Oklahoma State University, went 9-0.
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which sets and enforces Olympic policy, has struggled with the licensing and commercialization of the games, the need to schedule events to accommodate American television networks (whose broadcasting fees help underwrite the games), and the monitoring of athletes who seek illegal competitive advantages, often through the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
	www.olympic-headquarters.net /1968-summer-olympics.htm (1194 words)

	ipedia.com: 1996 Summer Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Softball, beach volleyball and mountainbiking debut on the Olympic programme, together with women's football (soccer) and lightweight rowing.
		Cycling professionals were admitted to the Olympics, with five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Induráin winning the inaugural individual time trial event.
		Michelle Smith of Ireland wins three gold medals and a bronze, but her victories are overshadowed by doping allegations, which are later reinforced as she is banned after failing a test in 1999.
	www.ipedia.com /1996_summer_olympics.html (488 words)

	Basketball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the indoor arena in the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the preliminary rounds, with the latter stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.
		Reigning gold medallists from the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics in both the men's and women's event, the United States of America failed to retain its men's title, but successfully defended its women's title.
		The remaining 10 spots in each tournament were allocated to the five Olympic continents.
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Basketball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (477 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Kerri stuck her landing in people's memories
		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.
		In the 1968 Olympics, two African-American athletes (Tommie Smith, John Carlos, 200-meter gold and bronze, respectively) raised gloved fists of anger against the racial strife and Vietnam conflict.
		By 1968, in Mexico City, most of his competitors resigned themselves to competing for the silver and the bronze, as he won his fourth straight Olympic gold medal.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/s/timeline/usercomments.html (3884 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 (1328 words)

	1972 Summer Olympics at AllExperts
		As a counterpart to the Berlin Olympics the Munich Olympics were supposed to present a new, democratic and optimistic Germany to the world, therefore the motto of the Munich Games was "The happy Games".
		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.
	en.allexperts.com /e/0/1972_Summer_Olympics.htm (836 words)

	:: Special Olympics MENA ::
		In Unified Sports basketball, the roster must contain a proportionate number of Special Olympics athletes and partners; during competition, the line up shall never exceed three athletes and two partners at any time (two Athletes and one Partner for 3-on-3).
		As in all Special Olympics sports, athletes are grouped in competition divisions according to ability level, age and gender.
		Basketball was one of the 2000 2nd MENA Regional Games in Morocco, where three female teams from Egypt, Lebanon and Morocco competed in basketball.
	www.somena.org /showpage.aspx?PID=319 (394 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)

	1972 Olympics — Infoplease.com
		The United States also lost an Olympic basketball game for the first time ever (they were 62-0) when the Soviets were given three chances to convert a last-second inbound pass and finally won, 51-50.
		Olympic tragedy: 1972 Revisited: the shadow of terrorism still haunts the Olympics almost 30 years after Israeli athletes were massacred......
		The Olympics of Terror: at the 1972 Games, Palestinian militants took Israeli athletes hostage, bringing terrorism to the world stage.......
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114715.html (526 words)

	GBROLYMPICS.COM / LONDON-OLYMPICS.COM - Olympic Games Medallists
		The modern Olympics were first held in 1896.
		The Games are held every 4 years (this period is known as an Olympiad) although an additional "intercalated" event, not officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee, was introduced in 1906.
		Nevertheless all those competitions reported, at one time or another, as Olympic medal events have been included here for the record, with those no longer regarded as official footnoted.
	www.london-olympics.com /olympic (336 words)

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