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	1976 Summer Olympics - tScholars.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
		Montreal saw the 1976 games as a chance to build on its world prestige that was first developed during the 1967 World's Fair, known as Expo 67 on Canada's centennial.
		Montreal 1976 pointed the way to the future in Olympic security, which was further increased for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/1976_Summer_Olympics (1342 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		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 led a boycott of 22 African nations as the IOC refused to not 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.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/1/19/1976_summer_olympics.html (353 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS
		Basketball was invented in December 1891 by James W. Naismith (1861-1939) of Canada, who was then an instructor at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, now Springfield College.
		Basketball was on the Olympic programme in 1904, but the event was contested by only a few American club teams and actually served as the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union of the USA) Championship for that year.
		The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the professional basketball league in the United States and universally considered to be the strongest in the world with the European leagues being close in terms of competition and public awareness.
	www.olympic.org /uk/sports/programme/history_uk.asp?DiscCode=BK&sportCode=BK (558 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics
		Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 games in May of 1970.
		It has subsequently hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, the largest city in the province of Alberta, and was selected to host the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the largest city in the province of British Columbia, and it will become the largest major city in a country ever to host a Winter Olympics.
		The capital of the host province of the Olympics, Quebec City, was a candidate city of the 2002 Winter Olympics.
	1976_s1summer_o1olympics.omilosci.pl (1388 words)

	About Topics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop.
		Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held at the Indoor Stadium of the Olimpiski Sports Complex and at the Sports Palace of the Central Sports Club of the Army, b...
		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...
	www.info-pedia.net /about/index_4.html (1405 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)

	Olympics
		At the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal, the athlete to beat in women's gymnastics was Olga Korbut, of the Soviet Union.
		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)

	Wikinfo \| 1972 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		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)

	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)

	1976 Olympics — Infoplease.com
		In 1970, when Montreal was named to host the Summer Olympics '76, organizers estimated it would cost $310 million to stage the Games.
		Nadia Comaneci - Gymnast, born 12 November 1961, Perfect-scoring Romanian gymnast of the 1976 Olympics
		The Barcelona Olympics and the perception of foreign nations: a panel study of Japanese university students.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114748.html (465 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The 1976 Montreal Games were marred by an African boycott to protest the fact that the national rugby team of New Zealand had toured South Africa and New Zealand was scheduled to compete in the Olympics.
		Fourteen-year-old gymnast Nadia Comaneci of Romania caused a sensation when, for her performance on the uneven bars, she was awarded the first-ever perfect score of 10.0.
		With his victory in platform diving, Klaus Dibiasi (ITA-diving) became the first Olympic diver to win three successive gold medals and to be awarded medals in four Olympic Games.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1976 (368 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.
		While a Bison, he was named CIAU Player of the Year in 1976 and an All-Canadian in 1976, '77, and '78.
		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)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for olympics
		Olympic games OLYMPIC GAMES [Olympic games] premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests.
		San Diego, Calif. He won gold medals in springboard diving and platform diving in the 1984 Olympics and repeated in both categories in 1988 despite a head injury incurred during the competition.
		In the first modern Olympics of 1896, a commemorative event retraced his route.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?q=olympics (639 words)

	Apple Learning Interchange
		From Athens 1896 to Sydney 2000, the modern Summer Olympics have brought together countries from all over the globe to participate in the spirit of competition.
		You'll be able to send postcards from some of the Olympic cities while you and your students learn about the geography, history and culture of the host metropolitan areas.
		Using these resources, together with the publicity surrounding the Olympic Games, you'll be ready for wonderful geography lessons related to not only to the Olympic cities, but also to the countries of the world that send teams or individual athletes to the competitions.
	ali.apple.com /features/s_olympics.shtml (1852 words)

	1988 Summer Olympics
		South Korea's government became a democracy under the pressure of organising the Olympics.
		After boycotts of the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Games were again boycotted, but only by four nations: North Korea, Cuba, Ethiopia and Nicaragua.
		Table tennis is introduced at the Olympics, with China and the host nation both winning two titles.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1988_summer_olympics.shtml (329 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)

	CNNSI.com - Pro Basketball - Shaq likely to say no if Brown is coach - Monday November 18, 2002 12:09 AM
		Brown, Jackson, Miami Heat coach Pat Riley and Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan are being considered by the USA Basketball Selection Committee.
		Inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame in September, Brown was a player on the 1964 U.S. Olympic team that won a gold medal.
		He was an assistant coach on the 1976 and 1996 squads which also brought home gold.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /basketball/news/2002/11/17/shaq_olympics (672 words)

	The Official Site of the USA Basketball Women's Senior National Team
		Since the inception of Olympic women's basketball competition in 1976, the U.S. has rolled up a 34-3 record; earned a record four golds (1984, 1988, 1996, 2000), one silver (1976) and one bronze medal (1992); and has a current winning streak of 17-0 dating back to the 1992 Olympic bronze medal contest.
		Chancellor, who was named the 2002 USA Basketball National Coach of the Year for his efforts, guided the U.S. to the gold medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship in China.
		Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame on June 9, 2001, Chancellor was named the 1992 National Coach of the Year by the Women's Basketball News Service and was also honored as the Southeastern Conference Coach of theYear three times (1987, 1990, 1992).
	www.usabasketball.com /seniorwomen/2004/04_woly_coach.html (1234 words)

	InsideHoops.com - Olympics Women Basketball
		2000 Olympic gold medalist Katie Smith (Minnesota Lynx), who spent the first two games recovering from a knee injury sustained during the WNBA season, tore cartilage in her right knee during the Aug. 22 game against China and was unable to compete in the USA's medal round contests.
		The USA now owns a 42-3 overall record (.933 winning percentage) in Olympic play and has won a record five golds, one silver and one bronze medal in the seven Olympic basketball competitions in which the U.S. competed.
		The United States, which earned the silver medal at the inaugural Olympic women's basketball tournament in 1976, earned its first gold at the ‘84 Games in Los Angeles, collected gold again in Seoul in ‘88, and captured the last three golds with unblemished 8-0 records in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics.
	www.insidehoops.com /usa-women-091004.shtml (1040 words)

	SignOn San Diego Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics -- Doesn't matter who they're playing, the crowds cheer against the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		Already in these Olympics, the American men have trailed in the second half and trailed by double digits -- two things that never happened to the U.S. teams at the 1992 Olympics and the 1996 Olympics.
		It was the highest score by a U.S. opponent at the Olympics since 1976.
		Australia, which has never won a medal in Olympic men's basketball, is competing with basically the same team that went to Atlanta in 1996 and lost the bronze medal game to Lithuania.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/basketball/20000926-991157-oly-mensbas.html (534 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics
		The Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union.
		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)

	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)

	The Official Site of the USA Basketball Women's Senior National Team
		USA Basketball announced that the 2004 USA Basketball Women's Senior National Team will prepare for the 2004 Athens Olympics with three separate training sessions that will be held Feb. 19-27, March 18-28 and April 4-13.
		The USA owns a 34-3 overall record (.919 winning percentage) in Olympic competition and has won a record four golds, one silver and one bronze medal in the six previous Olympic basketball competitions in which the U.S. competed.
		The Olympic draw was conducted Jan. 26 and the U.S. was placed in Group B with China, Czech Republic, New Zealand, South Korea and Spain.
	www.usabasketball.com /seniorwomen/2004/04_woly_train-fla.html (1508 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Team Handball Fan Guide
		The women's division, which started in 1976, expands to 10 teams.
		There are 12 teams in the men's field, which began play in 1972.
		The court: The playing surface is slightly larger than a basketball court, measuring 131 feet in length and 65½ feet from sideline to sideline.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/handball/s/viewers.html (210 words)

	Olympic Preview: Basketball
		In the 15 Olympic competitions since basketball made its debut in 1936, the U.S. has won 12 golds, one silver (in the controversial 1972 games) and one bronze (in 1988).
		When basketball began as an Olympic sport in 1936 (for men only), it was played on outdoor sand courts, which turned to mud in the rain.
		Since professionals were allowed to participate in 1992, not only has the United States not lost a game, they haven't even come close to losing a game.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/ol-basketball.html (326 words)

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