
	Where results make sense

Topic: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Related Topics

1976 in music

Grammy Awards of 1976

1976 Summer Olympics

1976 African Nations Cup

1976 in sports

1976 Japanese Grand Prix

1976 Brazilian Grand Prix

1976 in film

1976 Winter Olympics

1976 Quebec election

1976 in literature

1976 European Football Championship

In the News (Tue 29 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	1800-Olympics.com -- Winter Olympics: Biathlon
		, the Biathlon event stems from a way of life -- hunting for food in winter and a military need to defend land borders in snowy conditions.
		Biathlon as a sport is a test of cross-country skiing and rifle-shooting.
		The IBU is based in Austria although the president is Norwegian.
	1800-olympics.com /WinterOlympics/WinterSports/Biathlon.htm (427 words)

	Winter Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1940 Winter Olympics had originally been awarded to Japan, and were supposed to be held in Sapporo, but Japan had to give the Games back in 1938, because of the Japanese invasion of China in the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945).
		Biathlon was first included in 1960, although the very similar military patrol was contested in 1924.
		Winter pentathlon, a variant to the modern pentathlon, was included as a demonstration event in 1948.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winter_Olympics (5660 words)

	MSN Encarta - Winter Olympics
		The Olympics organization is headed by a president, elected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) members for an initial period of eight years.
		Biathlon was introduced in 1960 (1992 for women) and is a sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.
		Men’s speed skating was introduced at the inaugural Winter Olympics; the women had to wait until 1960 for their inclusion.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761572547/winter_olympics.html (1248 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.
		A total of eight sports were included in the winter Olympics in 1998: biathlon (cross-country skiing and rifle marksmanship), bobsled, curling (for the first time), ice hockey (which included women’s hockey for the first time), luge (toboggan), figure skating, speed skating, and skiing (which, for the first time, included snowboarding as a medal sport).
		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: 1976 Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Christl Haas, (born September 19, Austria - died July 8, 2001 at Antalya, Turkey) was an Alpine skiing Champion at the 1964 Winter Olympics.
		This decision caused the Swiss and Austrian skiers to boycott the Olympics.
		The Olympics were of fundamental religious importance, contests alternating with sacrifices and ceremonies honouring both Zeus (whose colossal statue stood at Olympia), and Pelops, divine hero and mythical king of Olympia famous for his legendary chariot race, in whose honour the games were held.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1976-Winter-Olympics (594 words)

	1994 Winter Olympics - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The XVII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway.
		For the first time, the Winter Olympics were not held in the same year as the Games of the Olympiad.
		The Olympic flame was brought into the stadium by a ski jumper.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/1994_Winter_Olympics (382 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/USSR at the Winter Olympics
		At six Winter Olympics USSR was on the first place by total number of gold medals won, at two Winter Olympics it was second by this count.
		USSR officially joined the Olympic Movement in 1951, when The Olympic Committee of the USSR was formed (April 21 1951) and was recognized by the IOC on its 45th session (May 7 1951).
		There the first Winter Olympic gold medal in the history of Soviet sport was won by Lyubov Kozyreva in women's Cross country skiing 10 km race event.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/USSR_at_the_Winter_Olympics (189 words)

	1998 Winter Olympics
		The Games of the XVIII Winter Olympiad were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan.
		Tara Lipinski, 15, won the women's figure skating title to become the youngest champion in an individual event in the history of the Winter Olympics.
		Hermann Maier[?] survived a fall in the downhill and went on to gold in the super-g and giant slalom.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1998_Winter_Olympics.html (213 words)

	1976 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The XII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria.
		Whistler would go on to be associated with neighbouring Vancouver's successful bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
		The IOC finally called on the home of the 1964 winter games.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1976_Winter_Olympics (118 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 (1129 words)

	1988 Winter Olympics -
		For the first time the Winter Olympics were extended to 16 days, the speed skating events were held indoors on a covered rink, the alpine events took place on artificial snow, and warm Chinook winds not only threatened to cancel events, but sent a ski jumper flying into a camera tower.
		Ever mindful of the financial disaster of the 1976 Summer Olympics, Calgary was financially successful, erasing the spectre of a second Canadian games at a loss.
		Well after the Olympics ended, CODA has continued to use its resources to develop resources for Olympic athletes in the city, which includes supporting Canada's first high school designed for Olympic calibre athletes, in a partnership with the Calgary Board of Education.
	www.psychcentral.com /psypsych/1988_Winter_Olympic_Games (694 words)

	Winter olympics games. Team Canada Olympic Teams. Olympiad
		The next winter olympics will be in Vancouver in 2010.
		Canadian snowboarder Ross Rebagliati was stripped of his gold medal in the winter Games held in Nagano, Japan in 1998 when he tested positive for marijuana.
		Canada was part of a big scandal in the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
	www.canadianolympicteams.ca /winterolympics.htm (400 words)

	1998 Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The XVIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan.
		XC skier Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won three gold medals in Nordic skiing to become the first winter Olympian to earn eight career gold medals and twelve total medals.
		Alpine skier Hermann Maier (Austria) survived a fall in the downhill and went on to gold in the super-g and giant slalom.
	hallencyclopedia.com /1998_Winter_Olympics (528 words)

	kiat.net: Winter Olympic Games Innsbruck 1976
		Two Olympic flames burned brightly at Innsbruck; one each was lit for the Austrian city's host roles in 1964 and 1976.
		Sixty thousand spectators were present at the opening ceremony of the XII Winter Games and 200 million people watched it live on television.
		Denver originally was the odds-on favorite to be host to the 1976 Games, but concerns about the financial cost of the Games, the possible environmental effect and concerns over a negative effect on the state's winter tourism prompted the local population to reject hosting the Games through a referendum.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/winter/w12innsbruck.html (433 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 Olympic facilities were as impressive as the cutting edge facilities that brought the Summer Olympics to a new level in Munich (1972).
		The Winter Olympics of 2002 were overshadowed by the terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001.
	www.fanbay.net /olympics/modern_history.htm (2739 words)

	1976 — Innsbruck, Austria - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		With 1976 being the bicentennial year for the United States and the centennial year for the state of Colorado, Denver was a natural choice for the IOC to award the ’76 Winter Olympics.
		In what many call the most electrifying and defying Alpine efforts in Olympic history, Franz Klammer of Austria cruises his way to the men’s downhill gold medal in front of a cheering home crowd.
		The Winter Olympics medal standings remain under Communist control for a second straight time as the Soviet Union and East Germany repeat as first- and second-place nations.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,7,00.html (401 words)

	1964 Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		nature of the Winter Olympics, as is familiarity...
		The IX Olympic Winter Games were held in 1964 Innsbruck, Austria.
		* The 1906 Olympic were organised by the IOC, but are currently not officially recognised by the IOC, although most Olympic historians disagree.
	hallencyclopedia.com /1964_Winter_Olympics (238 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics - Winter Olympics History
		Salt Lake City is named host city of the Olympic Winter Games of 2002 at the 104th IOC Session in Budapest, Hungary in the first ballot vote.
		From 1928, the Olympic Winter Games were held every four years in the same calendar year as the Olympic Games.
		Squaw Valley was the debut of the Biathlon and the staging of Speed Skating events for female contestants, with Helga Haase (Germany) capturing the first gold medal in the sport, winning the 500-meter race.
	www.utah.com /olympics/history.htm (941 words)

	1994 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lillehammer won the right to host the event in September 1988 in Seoul before the opening ceremony of the 1988 Summer Olympics.
		The Lillehammer Games were held in 1994, the only time the Winter Games have been staged two years after the preceding games.
		Myriam Bédard won both women's individual biathlon races.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1994_Winter_Olympics (385 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1992 Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Games of the XVI Winter Olympiad were held in 1992 in Albertville, France.
		The last Winter Games to be staged in the same year as the Summer Games.
		Toni Nieminen, 16, became the youngest male winner of a Winter event.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1992_Winter_Olympics (225 words)

	1994 Winter Olympics
		The Games of the XVII Winter Olympiad were held in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway.
		Vreni Schneider[?] won a complete set of medals in Alpine skiing and Manuela Di Centa[?] medaled in all five cross-country events.
		A massive Norwegian crowd sees the Norwegian relay team being beaten by the Italians in the final metres of the cross country skiing relay.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1994_Winter_Olympics.html (203 words)

	1976 winter olympics - Ultimate Guide To olympics
		Ultimate Guide To olympics is always looking to add new links on our feature subject 1976 winter olympics, so if you know of any great 1976 winter olympics sites, please submit them to our site.
		The IOC originally gave the 1976 Winter Games to Denver, but in 1972 Colorado voters rejected a $5...
		Being blue means being people olympische spiele 0lympia athleten eishockey 1976 winter olympics, hochsprung ioc jeux olympiques bischofshofen medaillenspiegel 1896 jeux olympiques olympische spiele.
	www.upslinkk.com /1976-winter-olympics (470 words)

	BlackCultureClothes.com.com - Winter Olympics
		The Olympics have always reflected the political goings-on in the world, and for this reason, the 1964 games in Innsbruck, Austria were particularly noteworthy.
		The IOC awarded the 1976 Olympics to Denver, Colorado, but after two years of preparation and financial squabbling, the people of Colorado refused to fund the major event through public taxes.
		Calgary's Olympics in 1988 were well received by both athletes and spectators, however, there were some concerns regarding the facilities, and the choice of competition sites.
	www.blackcultureclothes.com /Winter_Olympics.html (1183 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS
		Mixing strength and agility with style and grace, the high-flying acrobats have provided many of the most breathtaking Olympic spectacles of the past quarter-century.
		The 14-year-old Romanian achieved the seemingly impossible seven times in Montreal, a feat so unexpected that the scoring technology was set up for only three digits.
		The origins of the discipline and its development during the Olympic Games.
	www.olympic.org /uk/sports/programme/disciplines_uk.asp?DiscCode=GA (217 words)

	The First Four Olympics (I.S.H.A.)
		The Winter Olympic Games, although provided for in the charter of the International Olympic Committee as founded in 1895, was an orphan child for several reasons.
		The Winter Olympics were on course, hosting a truly international quadrennial ski meet, attracting participants from the far corners of the ski world.
		At an IOC executive session at the Olympics, the Swedish delegate, Col. Holmquist, declared that in his opinion, although there were ski organizations in the United States and Canada, neither “had the necessary competence to organize ski events.” Nevertheless, the IOC delegates as a whole welcomed the idea of an American Winter Games.
	www.skiinghistory.org /OlympicStory.html (9057 words)

	1980 Winter Olympics
		The Games of the XIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, United States of America.
		Another candidate city was Vancouver-Garibaldi, Canada; they withdrew before the final vote.
		Hanni Wenzel won the women's giant slalom and slalom, making Liechtenstein the smallest country to produce an Olympic champion.
	www.teachtime.com /en/wikipedia/1/19/1980_winter_olympics.html (193 words)

	Ivy League Sports - Ivies in Athens 2004
		The 1968 Winter Olympics were the first to be broadcast in color to its worldwide audience.
		The Winter Olympics biathlon involves skiing and shooting.
		Official Olympic Posters appear with permission and are the property of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
	www.iviesinathens.com /olympic/games.aspx?ID=210 (383 words)

	GBROLYMPICS.COM / LONDON-OLYMPICS.COM - Olympic Games Medallists
		The modern Olympics were first held in 1896.
		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.
		The Winter Olympics were first held in 1924.
	www.gbrathletics.com /olympic (367 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)