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	1992 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1992 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
		South Africa was allowed again to participate in the Olympics after a 28 years suspension in the Olympic Games for its apartheid policy.
		As the Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991, the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania participated with their own teams for the first time since 1936.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1992_Summer_Olympics (568 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)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 2004 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		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.
		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.
		The Mayor of Athens, Dora Bakoyianni, passed the Olympic Flag to the Mayor of Beijing, Wang Qishan.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /2004_Summer_Olympics (1826 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.
		Since first fielding in 1992 a team of legendary NBA stars, a team which was quickly tagged as the "Dream Team," USA Basketball Senior National Teams have competed in eight international basketball competitions and compiled a spectacular 69-3 record, while posting a record of 18-0 in exhibition games.
	www.usabasketball.com /seniormen/2004/04_moly_notes.html (3544 words)

	Encyclopedia
		He became one of basketball's greatest playmakers and helped revitalize interest in the game during the 1980s.
		He was a member of the “Dream Team,” the gold-medal-winning U.S. basketball team, in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
		On November 8, 1991, basketball great Earvin ''Magic'' Johnson announced that he had tested positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and was retiring.
	historychannel.com /encyclopedia/article.jsp?link=FWNE.fw..jo030550.a (507 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)

	The Official Site of the USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team
		With a trip to the 2004 Olympics assured to the winner, the USA made sure it would be in Athens next August as it fought off host Puerto Rico 87-71 Saturday night.
		Since first fielding in 1992 a team of legendary NBA stars, USA Basketball Senior National Team is competing in its ninth international basketball competition and currently boasts of a stellar 68-3 record, while posting a record of 18-0 in exhibition games.
		Since first fielding in 1992 a team of legendary NBA stars, a team which was quickly tagged as the "Dream Team," USA Basketball Senior National Teams have competed in eight international basketball competitions and compiled a spectacular 59-3 record, while posting a record of 17-0 in exhibition games.
	www.usabasketball.com /seniormen/2003/03_molyq_game-notes.html (5126 words)

	CNNSI.com - Pro Basketball - U.S. team to stay in athletes' village at 2004 Olympics - Tuesday November 19, 2002 ...
		If the United States wins one of the three Olympic berths at the qualifying tournament, the final two or three spots on the 2004 roster would be filled sometime during the 2003-04 NBA season.
		USA Basketball officials have already been in contact with International Olympic Committee officials regarding the accommodations the American players would have at the athletes' village, Jernstedt said.
		USA Basketball also plans to have an extended training camp and to play several exhibitions before the 2004 Olympics.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /basketball/news/2002/11/19/us_olympics_ap (751 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Both teams play down hard play
		SYDNEY, Australia - Australian Olympic basketball captain Andrew Gaze said on Monday he hoped tempers had cooled after clashes during a weekend warm-up with the United States.
		Gaze, the second-highest all-time scorer in Olympic history and an NBA championship guard with San Antonio, and Carter, a star with the Toronto Raptors, crashed to the floor after Gaze attempted a long-range shot.
		Gaze said the U.S. team, which is expected to sweep through the Sydney Olympics undefeated as the United States have done at the past two Games, does not have the same aura as the original Dream Team of 1992.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/basketball/s/000910aussiehoops.html (395 words)

	washingtonpost.com: USA Basketball Today
		As the name suggests, USA Basketball is the national governing body for men’s and women’s basketball in the United States.
		USA Basketball was organized in 1974 and known as the Amateur Basketball Association of the United States of America (ABAUSA).
		USA Basketball is governed by its six-member Executive Committee and its Board of Directors which are appointed and elected by active members.
	washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/bball/baskfact.htm (718 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > 2004 Summer Olympics > Basketball
		Yours is not the sole face of frustration at an Olympic basketball tournament that's shaping up as the most compelling since 1988.
		Puerto Rico, which shocked the basketball world in a rout of the United States in the opening game of the Olympic tournament, had to hold on until the buzzer for an 83-80 victory over Angola on Thursday.
		The U.S. Olympic basketball coach said Sunday that the suspension of Allen Iverson, LeBron James and Amare Stoudemire is forgotten.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/basketball/index.html (2093 words)

	CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 1992 Barcelona
		By the beginning of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the world's political landscape had drastically changed.
		The first Olympics of the post-Cold War era would signal hope for renewed harmony in international relations.
		The stadium intended for the 1936 Olympics was renovated, and the waterfront area underwent major transformations.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/2004/1992.html (1302 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)

	1992 Olympics
		The year IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch brought the Olympics to his native Spain marked the first renewal of the Summer Games since the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and the reunification of Germany in 1990.
		Basketball was the chief beneficiary as America's popular “Dream Team” of NBA All-Stars easily won the gold.
		Memorable Olympic Moments: Mark Spitz - Ambitious Mark Spitz claims seven golds and an Olympic record by Mike Morrison Mark Spitz swims for...
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114882.html (503 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)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Backcourt leader might take backseat role
		Summer Olympics 2000 Backcourt leader might take backseat role
		MELBOURNE, Australia -- Gary Payton, the tough-talking playmaker of the U.S. men's basketball team, is content to take a backseat at the Olympics to help his team mates shine.
		Head coach Rudy Tomjanovich is also aware of the need for team chemistry among his NBA professionals, dubbed the Dream Team ever since the first all-star line-up included Michael Jordan and Larry Bird at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
	www.espn.go.com /oly/summer00/basketball/s/2000/0908/729665.html (435 words)

	Basketball: Sports of the modern Olympic Games
		In 1936 in Berlin, basketball was admitted as an Olympic sport for the first time.
		In 1936, the first ever final was played on a dirt court in the rain, which made dribbling impossible, The United States team beat Canada 19 to 8.
		In 1992, with the door open to professional athletes, the U.S. sent a 'Dream Team' including Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, and Karl Malone.
	www.topendsports.com /events/summer/sports/basketball.htm (161 words)

	HoopsCorner.com Articles: USA basketball, 2004 summer olympics
		The game announcer let's it known that Lisa Leslie and Dawn Staley played together as far back as '89 for the U.S. You think to yourself this is how the U.S men's team used to rout their opponents.
		It was such a powerful and practical concept that it transcended the basketball sidelines and into other venues.
		Composed of top level, cream of the crop talent, that was the last team that could run up a 20 point barrage almost at will in a single quarter.
	www.hoopscorner.com /articles/0304articles/2004olympics.html (642 words)

	Penn State Olympians - McConnell-Serio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Penn State University women were moving into the front row of the 1988 summer Olympic Games.
		Suzie McConnell, all 5'4" of her, combined with a talented American team and won basketball gold medals versus Yugoslavia.
		Four years later, Pittsburgh's Suzie McConnell-Serio and her American basketball team traveled to Barcelona for the 1992 version of the Olympic Games.
	www.psu.edu /sports/olympics/mcconnell.html (79 words)

	Participating In The Games, Summer 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		She has qualified for the 1996 U.S. Olympic team in the 800-meter freestyle relay.
		Torrence will also be back, in the100-meter dash and the 4 x 100- and 4 x 400-meter relays; she too is looking for more gold.
		Olympic trials were still in progress at press time, but UGA will definitely be well represented at the Games, by both students and alumni.
	www.uga.edu /~columns/Olympics/partic2.html (338 words)

	Basketball
		basketball - basketball, game played generally indoors by two opposing teams of five players each.
		Basketball - The first women's intercollegiate basketball game took place between Stanford and the...
		Basketball - Basketball in America: A History College Basketball NCAA Champions Men's NCAA Basketball...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0114922.html (756 words)

	OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT
		Today in Lausanne, the IOC met with the Olympic Committee of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Korean Olympic Committee.
		Olympic Museum: uninterrupted view of the triathlon (1 September 2006)
		This exhibition on fair play asks the visitor to consider his own angels and demons and confronts him with the fragile balance of these human...
	www.olympic.org /uk/index_uk.asp (191 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Image:Aerial view of Olympic complex in Athens 2004 DSC06793.jpg
		NBC Universal paid the IOC $793 million for U.S. broadcast rights [2], the most paid by any country.
		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.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/2/0/0/2004_Summer_Olympics_330c.html (2001 words)

	Bloomsburg University
		A native of Windber, Pa. who is well connected in basketball in the East, Sanow is a 1987 graduate of Indiana (Pa.) University.
		While at St. Francis (Pa.), he was an integral part of the Red Flash winning the 1991 Northeast Conference title and a trip to the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship.
		In 1992 he also was an assistant coach for the Panama Men's Olympic Team in its attempt to qualify for the Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
	galileo.bloomu.edu /sports/bios/mbbsanownamed.shtml (500 words)

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