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	1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were held in Moscow in the Soviet Union.
		Although approximately half of the 24 countries which boycotted the 1976 Summer Olympics participated in these, the Games were disrupted by another, even larger, boycott led by the United States followed by 64 other countries in protest of the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
		NBC, which had intended to be another major broadcaster, cancelled its coverage in response to the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, and became a minor broadcaster as the network did air highlights and recaps of the games on a regular basis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics (796 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.
		The 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, reflected a changed political landscape: the 172 participating nations and territories included the Unified Team (with athletes from 12 former Soviet republics), a reunited Germany, and South Africa, which was allowed to compete for the first time since 1960.
		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)

	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 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.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/2/0/0/2004_Summer_Olympics_330c.html (2001 words)

	Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place in the Indoor Stadium of the Olympiski Sports Complex in Moscow.
		The boxing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 2 August.
		Eleven boxing events (all men's individual) were contested.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boxing_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics (1795 words)

	Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		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.
		Olympic medals are awarded to those individuals or teams placing first, second, and third in each event.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /olympics/Olympics.htm (1089 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		In the bid to organise the Olympics, Montreal defeated Moscow and Los Angeles, which would organise the 1980 and 1984 Olympics.
		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.
		This has been often called the greatest Olympic boxing team the United States ever had, and, out of the five American gold medalists in boxing, all but Davis went on to become professional world champions.
	www.encyclopedian.com /19/1976-Summer-Olympics.html (372 words)

	MACEDONIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
		The first participation ever of athletes from Macedonia at the summer Olympics is associated with the Australian ground, with Melbourne 1956.
		The latter brings us to participation at a total of 14 editions of summer and winter Olympics, at which, before the Republic of Macedonia has gained its independence in 1991, its athletes had performed as a part of the composition of the Olympic Team of the former SFR of Yugoslavia.
		Therefore, the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 was their first edition ever of the OG under the flag of the Republic of Macedonia.
	www.mok.org.mk /medal.htm (156 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were held in 1984 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
		In the wake of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 14 Eastern Bloc countries and allies including the Soviet Union, Cuba and East Germany (but not Romania), boycotted these Olympics.
		Olympic soccer was unexpectedly played before massive crowds throughout America, with several sell-outs at the 100,000+ seat Rose Bowl.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/1984_Summer_Olympics (998 words)

	The Summer Olympics, an Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		It is still disputed which events exactly were Olympic, since few or maybe even none of the events were advertised as such at the time.
		This distance was chosen to ensure that the race finished in front of the box occupied by the British royal family.
		This contributed to the 1980 Games being a less publicised and less competitive affair, which was dominated by the host country.
	www.juiceenewsdaily.com /0605/sports/olympics.html (2073 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)

	Special: Athens Olympics 2004 \| The Christian Science Monitor
		In early February of 1980, the Olympic news at Lake Placid, N.Y. was that US President Jimmy Carter was asking the International Olympic Committee to move the summer games from Moscow.
		The USSR refused to attend the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
		The official reason was "alleged violations of the Olympic Charter by US authorities," but Monitor correspondent Gary Thatcher paints a picture of plain-old politics: "Although the Soviet authorities will never officially admit it, they are exacting belated retribution for the US boycott of the Moscow Olympics of 1980." PDF.
	www.csmonitor.com /specials/oly2004/docs/oly_politics.html (719 words)

	Learn more about 1936 Summer Olympics in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Although awarded before the Nazi Party came to power in Germany, the government saw the Olympics as a golden opportunity to promote their fascist ideology.
		For the first time the Olympic Flame was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
		Basketball and handball made their debut at the Olympics, both as outdoor sports.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /1/19/1936_summer_olympics.html (481 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Cuban, U.S boxers to dominate in Sydney
		Summer Olympics 2000 Cuban, U.S boxers to dominate in Sydney
		SYDNEY, Australia -- The Cuban boxing team has been at the center stage of world dominance on the international boxing scene, but the United States and 70 other nations will be looking to knock out the "Goliath" of the amateur boxing world.
		But look for the Cuban and American boxing squads to write a new chapter in Olympic boxing history as they battle one another and try to conquer the amateur boxing world in Sydney.
	www.espn.go.com /oly/summer00/boxing/s/2000/0908/729956.html (1799 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
		The Olympic Flame was "electronically" transmitted from Athens to Ottawa, by means of an electronic pulse derived from the actual burning flame.
		This was seen as a major threat to the future of the Olympic Games, and was not until the financially successful 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles that cities began to line up to be hosts again.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics (1212 words)

	The Dream Team
		A standard-bearer since boxing was first added to the modern Olympics in 1904, the U.S. had slumped after winning a remarkable five gold medals at Helsinki in 1952.
		Olympic-style boxing, ring historians generally agree, had become a concern more for Communist countries and their sports machines, while the gold medal standard was coming to mean less and less for Stateside athletes.
		Indeed, by the 1976 Olympics in Montreal the Soviet Union and Cuba, winners of the lion's share of gold medals in Munich, were expected to dominate again.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /events/1996/olympics/daily/aug3/boxing.html (1940 words)

	2000 Olympics: Witty adds Summer Games to her resume
		She finished second in the time trial at the Olympic trials, and she finished sixth in a World Cup event in Moscow that included what U.S. sprint Coach Des Dickie called some of the world's better women time-trialers.
		Connie Paraskvein-Young was a member of the 1980 and 1984 speedskating Olympic teams and the 1988, 1992 and 1996 cycling teams.
		Eddie Eagen won a gold medal in boxing at light heavyweight in the 1920 Olympics, then was part of a third-place four-man bobsled team in 1932.
	www.post-gazette.com /olympics/20000709witty8.asp (840 words)

	Olympics Pathfinder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		He began and served as president of the International Olympic Committee for 29 years, which is now the "supreme authority over the Olympic Movement" (Olympic Primer).
		The Modern Olympic Games are referred to by Roman numerals designating the number of the particular games, with the first being the one held in Athens in 1896.
		In the summer of 1936, Tony runs away from his home above his family's Italian restaurant in Chicago, while in Berlin David is present at the Olympics and prepares to move to America.
	eaglesnest.dsc.k12.ar.us /hs/library/pathfinders/olympics/olympics.html (3353 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1980 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union.
		On March 21, 1980, following the 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, American president Jimmy Carter announced a boycott of the Moscow Olympics.
		Women's field hockey is Olympic for the first time, but all major nations boycott the tournament.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1980_Summer_Olympics (332 words)

	1980 Moscow Olympics boycott demands perspective (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		It was the summer of 1980 and the Moscow Olympics.
		"1980 is one of the things I use now in speeches about the Olympic movement," said Hawaii Athletic Director Herman Frazier, a former ASU associate athletic director and a 1976 gold medalist who was part of the 4x400 relay that would have run in Moscow.
		In 1980, however, there were only medals and a smaller window at winning one for athletes planning on other careers.
	www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/sports/articles/0719moscow0719.html (1225 words)

	The History of the Olympic Games
		They were held in the same year as the summer Olympics until 1994, when they began to be held on separate 4-year cycles that were staggered by two years.
		Small, local festivals were being called “Olympics” as early as the 17th century in places like England and France, but the discovery of the ruins of Olympia in the 19th century sparked interest in the games once again on an international scale.
		The Olympic relay, another well-known symbol of the games, in which the torch is lit in Olympia and run to the host city, was introduced in 1936.
	www.wam.umd.edu /~leannajf/olympics.html (1072 words)

	Research Starters: the Olympics
		The Summer Games are scheduled for 2000, 2004, 2008, and so on, while the Winter Games will take place in 2002, 2006, 2010, and so on.
		The statistics and demographics of the Olympics: how many athletes compete at a typical Summer or Winter Games, and in how many sports; in the modern games, what countries have dominated particular sports, and why that dominance may have come about.
		For a given Olympic event, the amount of preparation an individual or team goes through to compete on the Olympic level.
	teacher.scholastic.com /researchtools/researchstarters/olympics (1067 words)

	Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics News
		For reference, the EB is the body responsible for deciding on events and disciplines; the Session remains responsible for the composition of the Olympic programme as far as sports are concerned.
		In the drive to give the city a facelift before the 2008 Summer Olympics, most of the capital city's historic, community-oriented neighborhoods have been torn down, and families who have lived next to one another for generations have abruptly been separated and relocated in anonymous highrises on the city's outskirts.
		This is a guide to the history of the Olympics, how the it's organized, what the rings and flame symbolize,and controversies like advertising, drug use, and what the difference is between being an amateur and a professional athlete.
	www.squidoo.com /olympics_1 (1548 words)

	NewsHour Extra: Olympics - September 13, 2000
		Although he's the first Olympic champion listed in Greek Olympic records, it's generally accepted that the games were probably at least 500 years old at that time.
		The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in April 1896, with 13 nations sending nearly 300 representatives to take part in 42 events and 10 different sports.
		Officials from the IOC and the U.S. Olympic Committee decided the display was counter to the ideals of the Games; both athletes were banned from the Olympic Village and sent home.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/extra/features/july-dec00/olympics.html (1015 words)

	Boxing : Sports of the modern Olympic Games
		American Eddie Eagan, who was a boxing gold medallist in the 1920 Games, became the only person to have won gold medals in both the Summer and Winter Games, with gold at the 1932 Lake Placid Games in the team bobsled event.
		In Rome, 1960, 18-year-old boxer Cassius Clay - later to be known as Muhammad Ali - is the light heavyweight boxing champion.
		In 1980, super-heavyweight Teófilo Stevenson of Cuba became the first boxer to win in the same weight division three times in a row.
	www.topendsports.com /events/summer/sports/boxing.htm (149 words)

	1932 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, were held in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
		An Olympic Village was built for the first time, occupied by the male athletes.
		After her death in 1980, it was discovered that she was intersex and would have been ineligible to particpate.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/1932_Summer_Olympics (384 words)

	USATODAY.com - Bidding for the Olympics on TV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		And while Olympic TV tonnage is steadily expanding — NBC's outlets plan virtually round-the-clock coverage of next year's Summer Games in Athens — the new deal will likely give viewers even more access to the thousands of hours of competition in an Olympics.
		For next year's Summer Olympics in Athens, General Electric's NBC and four other GE-owned channels will carry about 807 hours of coverage — nearly quadrupling the total TV hours for the Atlanta Summer Games on NBC seven years ago.
		That would be a 33% increase from the last Olympic TV deal, when NBC paid $1.5 billion for rights to the 2006 and 2008 Games in what were 12% increases over previous rights deals.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/2003-04-21-tv-rights_x.htm (1501 words)

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