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  2004 Summer Olympics - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
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 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.
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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.
Less than two years after the armistice, the Olympics resumed in Belgium, a symbolic and austere choice considering it had been occupied for four years by enemy forces.
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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 1924 Olympics
Paavo Nurmi may have been the talk of Antwerp in 1920, but he was the sensation of Paris four years later.
Two days later, he blew away the field in the 10,000-meter cross-country run where the heat and an unusually difficult course combined to knock out 23 of 38 starters (Finland also won the team gold in the event).
Olympic Preview: Fencing - Fencing First Olympic Appearance: 1896 by John Gettings One of the four sports that has been...
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 Search Tuna Report for 1960 summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Her historic performance at the Rome Summer Games in was the perfect example of what it means to be an Olympian.
Description: 1960 Summer Olympics The Games Of The XVII Olympiad Were Held In 1960 In Rome, Italy.
Olympic Games The Modern Olympic Movement Has Been Around In Its Current Form Since 1896 But The Olympic Games Are Some 3000 Years Old, Beginning At Ancient Olympia In 776 BC And Lasting For Almost 1000 Years Before Being Banned....
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 1932 in History
February 6 1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, New York (demonstration sport)
February 9 America enter Olympic 2-man bobsled competition for 1st time
February 15 3rd Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, New York
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