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  Summer Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In evidence there was increased professionalism amongst Olympic athletes, exemplified by U.S. basketball's "Dream Team." 1992 also saw the reintroduction to the Games of several smaller European states which had been incorporated into the USSR since World War II.
The 2008 Summer Olympics are to be held in Beijing, China.
The 2012 Summer Olympics are to be held in London, United Kingdom.
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 2004 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Athens was chosen as the host city in 1997, after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics, the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games.
Olympic Stadium, the designated facility for the opening and closing ceremonies, was completed -- without roof -- shortly before the games opened.
Since the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France it has been the tradition to have a mascot for the games and this year the official mascots are sister and brother, Athena and Phevos, named after the goddess of wisdom, strategy and war and the god of light and music, respectively.
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 Encyclopedia: 1992 Summer Paralympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
See also: 1992 Summer Olympics The Games of the XXV Olympiad were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
The 1992 Summer Paralympics were the ninth Paralympic Games to be held.
See also: 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Paralympics were the first Paralympics in 24 years that were held concurrently with the Olympics.
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 Learn more about Olympic Games in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Olympic Games were part of the Panhellenic Games, four separate games held at two- or four-year intervals but arranged so that there was one set of games every year.
Olympic is also the name the public sometimes uses for the Greek national airline, Olympic Airways.
Olympic uses varous types or airplanes, like the Boeing 747 and Airbus A340 for international routes, and the Boeing 727 and Boeing 737 for domestic routes.
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 Encyclopedia: 1924 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The 1896 Summer Olympics, formally called the Games of the I Olympiad, were the first modern Olympics 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.
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 Summer Olympic Games
Olympic victory is generally considered to be the most prestigious achievement in any field of sport.
On the bright side it did, however, seem that the drug testing and regulation authorities were at last catching up with the cheating that had been widely to be endemic in athletics for some years, and it was generally held that the 1992 Barcelona Games were cleaner, although not without incident.
1992 also saw the reintroduction to the Games of many smaller European states, which had been subsumed inside the USSR since the War, but were again independent since the fall of the Iron Curtain.
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 2000 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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.
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 1976 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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 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.
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 Station Information - 1996 Summer Olympics
Also during the games, the Centennial Olympic Park bombing took place on July 27, 1996 killing Alice Hawthorne and wounding 111 others, and causing the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack.
Cycling professionals were admitted to the Olympics, with five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain 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.
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 wiki/1984 Summer Olympics Definition / wiki/1984 Summer Olympics Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
A marathon for women is held for the first time at the Olympics, won by Joan BenoitJoan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) was an American marathon runner who won gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Summer Olympic GamesThe Summer Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event held every four years, organised by the International Olympic Committee.
Olympic victory is generally considered to be the most prestigious achievement in sports.
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 1992 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Games of the XXV Olympiad were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Five of the six golds were in individual events, tying Eric Heiden's record for individual gold medals at a single Olympics.
Badminton and women's judo become part of the Olympic programme, while slalom canoeing returns to the Games after a 20-year absence.
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 wiki/1920 Summer Olympics Definition / wiki/1920 Summer Olympics Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Funds that were to have gone to the Olympics were diverted to the reconstruction of Naples, so a new venue was required.
1996The 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 1928 Games were the first true Winter Olympics, held on its own, and not in conjunction with a Summer Olympics.
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 1928 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Amsterdam had made a bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympics, but had to give way to war-victim Belgium and De Coubertin's Paris before finally being awarded with the organisation.
For the first time, the Olympic Flame was lit during the Olympics.
The torch relay was however not started until the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Sailing first became an Olympic sport in Paris in 1900, where time handicaps were used to referee the race.
Olympic racing is now conducted with boats categorised into one-design classes based on similar weights and dimensions.
Olympic history abounds with tales of athletes who overcame crippling adversity to win gold medals, but Karoly Takacs' comeback may be the best.
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Although 1992, the target date for completion of the Single Market, is significant for all EC member states, it holds special significance for Spain, which will host the Summer Olympics in Barcelona and Expo '92 in Seville.
The EC 1992 program also proposes to open contracts in certain public procurement sectors to competition, particularly in the water, energy, telecommunications sectors and transportation services.
Preparations for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and Expo '92 in Seville have generated billions of dollars worth of investment in road, rail, airport, and telecommunications infrastructures.
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 Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At the 1900 Summer Olympics, a football tournament was contested for the first time.
Only two demonstration matches were held between club sides, and no medals were awarded.
Despite this, some medal tables credit Great Britain, France and Belgium with gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
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 Olympic Games --  Encyclopædia Britannica
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Founded mainly by writers, educators, scientists, and scholars, the Olympic Movement's understanding of “culture” has shifted over the years among the fine-arts conception, the idea of general moral cultivation,...
As a result of the United States boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow and the Soviet Union not attending the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, Calif., athletes from these countries were deprived of the opportunity to face one another in sports competition.
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 physics - Europe (dinghy)
LOA is 11 feet (3.35 m) with a sail area of 76 square feet (7 m²).
The Europe was introduced as an Olympic class in the 1992 Summer Olympics as the womens single-handed dinghy.
It will be replaced by the Laser Radial in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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 UCB Libraries | AMRC | Conferences   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
She is also Coordinator of accompanying and chamber music at MSCD and on the accompanying faculty of the Aspen Music Festival during the summer season.
As fellow at the Tanglewood Festival during the summers of 1997 and 1999, Joe Dan performed under renowned conductors Seiji Ozawa, Robert Spano and Tan Dun; and in 2000, he was invited to participate in Tanglewood’s first annual Bach Institute, directed by Craig Smith.
Last summer she was on the accompanying staff at Meadowmount School of Music and beginning in summer 2005, she will be associate faculty in collaborative piano at the Music Academy of the West.
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XXV Summer Olympics: Overall Medal Standings as of August 4.........
Such was China's might that at one time it would throw an occasional match to a foreigner early in a tournament, a policy known as "friendship first." Or if two Chinese players were in the finals, as was often the case, the coaches would decide who would win.
Although Wu is the first drug casualty of the Barcelona Olympics, three British athletes -- a sprinter and two weightlifters -- were sent home by their delegation before their competitions for failing drug tests that were done prior to the Olympics.
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 azcentral.com sports | Summer Olympics: Victory guarantees Iraq will play for soccer medal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Defending Olympic champion Laura Wilkinson of the United States was fourth after the platform diving semifinals, needing a comeback and some mistakes by competitors for a chance at another medal.
France was awarded the gold medal in the three-day equestrian team event and Britain's Leslie Law got the individual gold after three countries won a joint appeal against an earlier decision that gave both victories to Germany.
Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium won the singles gold medal, beating Amelie Mauresmo of France 6-3, 6-3 in the final.
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 Olympic Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
AP reports mentioned that this is the sixth horse to die in Olympic competition, two in 1960 in Rome, two in 1968 in Mexico City and one in Sydney.
The Olympic gold was the latest in a string of successes for the Chinese star, bound to become an even bigger hero in China, as the gold is China's first ever in Olympic athletics competition.
The NOC of Rhodesia is suspended for non-compliance with the Olympic Charter.
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We hope to bid for the Olympics for the year 2000." So when they talk in China these days of "going for the gold," they mean it literally.
Although the Chinese returned to the Olympic movement at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the real thrust began after the Seoul Games in 1988.
With a population of 1.15 billion, China has an enormous talent pool, but its athletes are not all made from the same mold.
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 Articles - Belgium at the 1992 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Belgium competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Belgium competed under the IOC country code BEL.
Veteran Paul Vermeiren was the only Belgian archer to compete in the nation's sixth appearance in the modern Olympic archery tournament.
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 Marathon & Beyond -- The web site for marathoners and ultrarunners.
Mid-September is spring in Sydney (in contrast to the Barcelona and Atlanta Games, which were both in high summer), where the average low temperature is in the low 50s, so the women have every chance of good running weather in the morning.
In the summer of 1998 he decided to test the region as a possible destination to expand his program of adventure running vacations.
The weather can go either way, but either way is wonderful: remnants of summer's warmth or a hint of the stereotypical crisp autumn day, either perfect for a hike through the country roads winding through a kaleidoscopic world of rich colors as the leaves make their annual change.
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 1920 Olympics
The Olympic quadrennial, scheduled for Berlin in 1916, was interrupted by World War I–the so-called “War to End All Wars,” which had involved 28 countries and killed nearly 10 million troops in four years.
Germany and Austria, the defeated enemies of Belgium and the Allies, were not invited.
The Antwerp Games were also noteworthy for the introduction of the Olympic oath–uttered for the first time by Belgium fencer Victor Bion–and the Olympic flag, with its five multicolored, intersecting rings.
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 cars - Natalia Nasaridze
Nasaridze represented Turkey at the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.
During 1996 Summer Olympics, on July 29 1996, she broke the Oympic record by 168 points in an 18 Arrow Match.
In 2004, she placed 16th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 639.
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 Sports Headlines from the Summer Olympics - Play Casino Online - SPORTSBOOKS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Thompson, a 10-time medal winner at the Summer Olympics, is seeking her first podium spot in this year's Games.
A battle of unbeatens in women's basketball is ongoing at this hour as the United States carried a 38-game winning streak in Olympic and World Championship games into a contest versus Spain.
Already a two-time Olympic champion in the women's 100-meters, American Gail Devers is trying to overcome huge odds at winning the event at the Athens Games.
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 RE: 2004 Summer Olympics - SANCTIONED THREAD
The USSR should have won the gold in 1980 in the Olympics, but they didn't, the U.S. left it all out on the ice and won it.
In the Olympics, shooting is more important than physical defense, and what does the USA do...
Same kind of thing happened in 1992, I believe, when a Canadian synchronized swimmer was given the wrong score, as well.
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 1920 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The city waschosen to memorialize Belgium for its suffering in World War I, beating out Amsterdam and Lyon for the right to hold the games.
These Olympics were the first in which the Olympic Oath was uttered, thefirst in which doves were released to symbolize peace, and was the first time the Olympic Flag was flown.
Sweden, Great Britain,Finland and Belgium round out the top 5 medal winning nations.
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