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	1984 Summer Olympic Games
		Olympic contests are meant to be a competition among individuals, not nations.
		As with all Olympic athletes, the contestants can be of any age, but they must be citizens of the country they represent and must have amateur standing.
		Olympic contenders were permitted to earn an expense allowance equal to what they might have earned on regular jobs had they not been in training.
	hometown.aol.com /efirpo/olymp84.html (676 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics
		Also during the games, the Centennial Olympic Park bombing took place on July 27, 1996 killing Alice Hawthorne and wounded 111 others, and causing the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack.
		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.
		Amy Van Dyken[?] wins four gold medals in the Olympic swimming pool, the first American woman to win four titles in a single Olympics.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1996_Olympics.html (364 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)

	Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Final results for the Basketball competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held in Inglewood at the Great Western Forum:
		Events at the 1984 Summer Olympics (Los Angeles)
		This page was last modified 18:56, 2 August 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Basketball_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics (70 words)

	Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		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)

	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").
		At the end of an Olympics, the mayor of the host-city presents the flag to the mayor of the next host-city.
		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.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics (1311 words)

	Olympic world turns with ever less American influence - The Boston Globe
		So both will be dropped from the Summer Games, with United States Olympic officials as powerless to save their signature sports as they were to spare New York City from early elimination last year in the high-stakes bidding for the 2012 Summer Games.
		US Olympic Committee chairman Peter Ueberroth maintains that American involvement is crucial for both the US and the Olympics.
		Of the 34 global federations that govern Olympic sports and wield enormous influence with the International Olympic Committee, only one is led by an American: Porter's softball federation.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/olympics/articles/2006/02/20/olympic_world_turns_with_ever_less_american_influence (1181 words)

	1988 Summer 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.
		Christa Rothenburger[?] becomes the first (and last) athlete to win Olympic medals at the Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics in the same year.
		Table tennis is introduced at the Olympics, with China and the host nation both winning two titles.
	www.findword.org /19/1988-summer-olympics.html (679 words)

	1984 olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were held in 1984 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
		This pin is from the 1984 Olympics which were held in Los Angeles.
		She trained hard, winning the world championship in 1983 and winning the first gold medal ever in cycling at the 1984 Olympics with a time of 2:11.14 for the 49.25-mile race.
	1984-olympics.pyemic.info (1030 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: Aquatics
		In the Olympics Swimming has 26 individual events and six relay or team events for both men and women.
		Swimming was one of the sports at the first modern Olympic games in 1896.
		Water polo was included in 1900, Diving in 1904, and Synchronised swimming was added in 1984.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/olympics/aquatics.htm (280 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics
		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.
		The 2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony was held on August 13.
		The Mayor of Athens, Dora Bakoyianni, passed the Olympic Flag to the Mayor of Beijing, Wang Qishan.
	www.askfactmaster.com /2004_Summer_Olympics (1705 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		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 bar the New Zealand team.
		The Olympic Flame was "electronically" transmitted from Athens to Ottawa, by means of an electronic pulse derived from the actual burning flame.
		The 1906 Olympics were organised by the IOC, but are currently not officially recognised by the IOC.
	1976-summer-olympics.ask.dyndns.dk (913 words)

	ipedia.com: 1996 Summer Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Also during the games, the Centennial Olympic Park bombing took place on July 27, 1996 killing Alice Hawthorne and wounding 111 others, and eliciting the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack.
		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.
	www.ipedia.com /1996_summer_olympics.html (488 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Not quite head and shoulders above the rest
		Edwards will be playing in her fifth Olympics for the United States next month, and the 36-year-old guard has seen firsthand how the game has grown in other nations.
		Since winning the gold medal for the first time in 1984, U.S. women's basketball teams are 23-1 in the Olympics.
		The summers used to be wide open for that kind of activity.
	www.espn.go.com /oly/summer00/s/2000/0817/690404.html (615 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.
		East St. Louis, Ill. One of the world's best all-around women athletes, she won the silver medal in the heptathlon in the 1984 Summer Olympics, won the gold medal and set the world record in the event in
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?q=olympics (652 words)

	Summer Olympics: Shooting
		Shooting was part of the first Olympic games in 1896 but shooting goes back to the invention of gun powder.
		Women's shooting was not part of the Olympic games until 1984.
		In the Olympics there are seventeen shooting events, ten for men and seven for women.
	www2.lhric.org /Pocantico/olympics/shooting.htm (97 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS
		Since then, the sport's evolution has been a steady climb as athletes and engineers experiment with anything that might shave a few seconds off their times.
		That inaugural Olympic road race was held on the marathon course, with riders completing two laps covering a total of 87 kilometres.
		Almost a century passed before women got their chance to race in 1984, and, 12 years later, at the 1996 Atlanta Games, time trials were introduced.
	www.olympic.org /uk/sports/programme/disciplines_uk.asp?DiscCode=CR (238 words)

	1972 Summer Olympics
		The Games of the XX Olympiad were held in 1972 in Munich, West Germany.
		In the bid to organise the Olympics, Detroit, Madrid and Montreal were beaten.
		White water canoeing is held for the first time at the Olympics.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1972_summer_olympics.shtml (395 words)

	The 80s Server: Sports -- The 1984 Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Tennis and basketball were also on display as "exhibition" sports but no medals were awarded.
		Memorable moments were Carl Lewis' speed garnering him four gold medals, Edwin Moses hurdling to victory in the 400-m race, diver Greg Louganis taking the gold in the springboard and platform events, Mary Decker and Zola Budd colliding on the track, and the future Queen of Wheaties, Mary Lou Retton, doing her stuff.
		Vucko, the official mascot of the Olympics, was on hand to welcome the 1,500+ athletes from 49 countries.
	www.80s.com /Entertainment/Sports/Olympics/1984 (215 words)

	1948 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		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.
		For the first time, Olympic diplomas were awarded to the 6th 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.
	1948-summer-olympics.ask.dyndns.dk (269 words)

	Basketball - Information and References
		Handbook of basketball drills from the Coaching clinic.
		Basketball clinic., The Basketball clinic's complete book of defensive fundamentals and drills.
		Basketball in the Bluegrass State : the championship teams.
	modern-bibliography.tripod.com /Basketball.html (7251 words)

	Chicago Olympics 2016 - SkyscraperPage Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		For New York, it was the Olympic "X" plan, extending from the Bronx in the north to Staten Island in the south, New Jersey to the west and Queens to the east.
		Maybe having the Olympic Games in Chicago would allow to the dead zones in South and West Sides to be built and harness the rich culture of Jazz/Art in that area.
		Sure it would be great if Chicago held the Olympics, but when you look at what the games tend to do for a city afterwards, it's really hard to justify the expense and the "destruction" of public space.
	forum.skyscraperpage.com /showthread.php?t=94921 (2799 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1980 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Moscow won the bid to organise the Games by defeating Los Angeles, which would host the next 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.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1980_Summer_Olympics (332 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics
		Athens was chosen as the host city during the 106th IOC Session held in Lausanne in 05 September 1997, 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 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.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/NewSport/Olympia2004.html (1798 words)

	Michael Jordan Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		He accepted a basketball scholarship from the University of North Carolina and as a freshman scored the winning basket in the 1982 NCAA championship game against the Hoyas of Georgetown.
		Jordan was selected college player of the year for the 1983-1984 season, and in 1984 he led the United States basketball team to a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
		Jordan was also a member of the United States Olympic basketball team, known as the Dream Team, that captured the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
	www.ewsonline.com /sports/jordan/bio.html (594 words)

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