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	2004 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Athens was chosen as the host city in 1997, after surprisingly having lost 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, is still currently under construction, with an estimated completion date of July 20, some three weeks before the games open.
		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 brother and sister, Phevos and Athena named after the god of light and music and the goddess of wisdom respectively.
	www.encyclopedia-1.com /2/20/2004_summer_olympics.html (547 words)

	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 eliciting the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack.
		Cycling professionals were admitted to the Olympics, with five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Induráin 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.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/1/19/1996_summer_olympics.html (481 words)

	2000 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Olympic flag was flown at half-staff during the period as a sign of respect to Samaranch's wife.
		People in Canada that wanted to see the Olympics between then and the closing ceremonies had to turn to TSN because the CBC was broadcasing news coverage related to the passing and state funeral of the former prime minister.
		Organisation of the 2000 Summer Paralympics was the responsibility of SPOC the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics (1829 words)

	Summer Olympic Games
		The special case of Taiwan was handled by having it compete as Chinese Taipei, to avoid the issue of Taiwanese independence.
		In the stadium in 1996, the highlight was 200 m runner Michael Johnson annihilating the world record in front of a home crowd.
		The 2008 Summer Olympics are to be held in Beijing, China.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Summer_Olympic_Games (2830 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.
		During the 1996 summer games in Atlanta, Ga., a bomb went off at Centennial Olympic Park, killing 2 (1 as a result of a heart attack) and injuring 111 others; the reason for the bombing remains a mystery.
		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: 1996 Summer Paralympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		See also: 1996 Summer Olympics 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.
		See also: 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Paralympics were the first Paralympics in 24 years that were held concurrently with the Olympics.
		The 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in Athens, Greece, from September 17 to September 28.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1996-Summer-Paralympics (747 words)

	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.
		Softball, beach volleyball and mountainbiking debut on the Olympic programme, together with women's football and lightweight rowing.
		Cycling professionals were admitted to the Olympics, with five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain winning the inaugural individual time trial event.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1996_summer_olympics.html (419 words)

	wiki/1984 Summer Olympics Definition / wiki/1984 Summer Olympics Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the wake of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, most of the Eastern Bloc, including the Soviet UnionSoviet Union (1922-1991) was a short name for The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).(Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик (СССР); tr.: Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik (SSSR)), also called the Sovie...
		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.
		2008The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be held in Beijing in the People's Republic of China from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony to take place at 8 PM on August 8, 2008 (the number 8 stands for prosperity in Chinese culture).
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics (3194 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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, andthe first of her country in the 400 m hurdles.
		In weightlifting, athletes from Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) and PRC win a medal in the same event.
	www.therfcc.org /1984-summer-olympics-51973.html (304 words)

	1998: THE YEAR IN REVIEW: The world of sports: Ukrainian, that is (12/27/98)
		Just as it did prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the first at which the nascent country had a separate delegation, the Ukrainian government gave its competitors a gala send-off in Kyiv on January 28, attended by Prime Minister Valerii Pustovoitenko.
		Stan Haba, veteran fund-raiser and head of the Canadian Friends of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (NOC-U), attended the gala, and was granted the honor of marching into Minami Stadium in Nagano together with the delegation led by flag-bearer Andriy Deryzemlia.
		In September, Atlanta's indefatigable popularizer of Ukraine's Olympic movement, Laryssa Barabash Temple, was appointed by the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine as its special attaché to the organizing committee of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympiad in 2002.
	www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/1998/529827.shtml (3094 words)

	Chinese Taipei wins first-ever Olympic gold - DalianNews
		Chen Shih Hsin won the first Olympic gold medal for Chinese Taipei when she defeated Yuliet Labrada 6-4 to win the women's taekwondo 49kg final at the 28th Olympic Games Thursday evening.
		The Chinese Taipei taekwondo women's team was in Beijing this summer to prepare for the Athens Olympic Games.
		Liu Jingwen, the coach of the Chinese Taipei taekwondo team, said, "We have set the target of at least one gold medal in Athens,Chen made it.
	www.runsky.com /homepage/english/special/2004/olympics/China/userobject1ai474909.html (410 words)

	Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics was split into three categories:
		Mountain, held at the Parnitha Olympic Mountain Bike Venue.
		In the World and Olympic Records table shown at the start of each track event's subsection, the records in question were those which existed before the event.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cycling_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (105 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Athens was chosen as the host city in 1997, after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics.
		It was the first Olympics since NBC had merged with Vivendi Universal Entertainment; the merger 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.
		When the International Olympic Committee expressed its concern over the progress of construction work of the new Olympic venues, a new Organizing Committee was formed under President Gianna Angelopoulos–Daskalaki.
	www.biography.ms /2004_Olympic_Games.html (1580 words)

	China Wins Gold Medal in Men's Gymnastics at Sydney 2000
		During the Cold War, China was represented in the Olympics by the Nationalist government under dictator Chiang Kai-shek better known as the Republic of China or Taiwan.
		A year later, in 1981, the IOC and the Nationalist government on Taiwan agreed that any future representation from Taiwan would be under the name "Chinese Taipei" with a neutral flag and anthem.
		For although the Chinese team is the reigning world champion, the absence of Olympic Gold for gymnastics has denied China the worldwide attention given traditional powerhouses from Europe.
	www.sinomania.com /CHINANEWS/olympics.htm (528 words)

	Science Fair Projects - World Games
		Some of the sports that were on the program of the World Games eventually made it as Olympic sports (such as triathlon) or have been Olympic sports in the past (like tug of war).
		Participation in past World Games is included in the evaluation criteria used to select new Olympic sports adopted by the IOC on August 12, 2004.
		However, with the current position of the IOC to limit the Olympic Games to 10,000 participants, it is unlikely than many of the World Games sports will be elevated to the Olympic sports.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/World_Games (413 words)

	cars - 2004 Summer Olympics
		Athens was chosen as the host city during the 106th IOC Session held in Lausanne in September 1997, after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics.
		When the International Olympic Committee expressed its concern over the progress of construction work of the new Olympic venues, a new Organizing Committee was formed under President Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki.
		The Mayor of Athens, Dora Bakoyianni, passed the Olympic Flag to the Mayor of Beijing, Wang Qishan.
	www.carluvers.com /cars/Athens_Olympic_Games (1597 words)

	International Competition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Since the 1984 Olympics, the Republic of China has competed in international competitions under the banner of "Chinese Taipei." Today, ROC athletes compete all over the world.
		Chinese Taipei teams attend an average of 46 international championships a year.
		While the Chinese Taipei baseball team followed up a silver medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games with a disappointing fourth-place finish in the 1995 Asian Championships, the Shanhwa team from Tainan County won the 1995 Little League World Series.
	www.taiwaninfo.org /info/yb96/nf_html/ch23_4.html (538 words)

	Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		That sentiment goes against the agreement signed between the IOC and the Olympic Committee in Taipei by which the CTOC consented to change its name, its flag and its emblem and be known as Chinese Taipei.
		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 promise to take the Olympic Torch to the top of the worlds' highest mountain was made by the Mayor of Beijing, Liu Qi, in the documents that Beijing presented when making their bid for the 2008 games.
	www.internationalgames.net /olympic.htm (8101 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1996 Summer Olympics medal productivity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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		This article shows medal productivity of nations in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
		The 1906 Olympic were organised by the IOC, but are currently not officially recognised by the IOC.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1996-Summer-Olympics-medal-productivity (101 words)

	Summer Olympics '96 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		During the Gold Medal match in table tennis between Chen Jing of Taiwan, or "Chinese Taipei" and Deng Yaping of China there was an unfortunate incident.
		Many Taiwanese don't necessarily like the flag for political reasons, but we thought it was better than the generic flag that Chinese Taipei uses.
		I was the first person to report the incident on the Internet and you can read all the discussion by going to http://www.dejanews.com and do a search for my name using the archived database.
	davewou.home.mindspring.com /olympics96.html (250 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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.
	portaljuice.com /1984_summer_olympics.html (283 words)

	2004 Olympics
		For those who have never met me, I live in Georgia, site of the 1996 Summer Olympics, and I participated in the Olympics as a volunteer, so I hold a special place in my heart for the Olympics, no matter where it is held.
		Ancient Olympic events included boxing, chariot racing, riding (horses), the pentathlon (which consisted of five events: discus, javelin, jump, run, and wrestling) and pankration, which is considered to be the first martial arts event in the Olympics.
		Winners of the first Olympics wore a wreath made up of olive leaves on their head and was allowed to put a statue put up on Olympia.
	www.detarver.com /articles/2004%20Olympics/index.html (621 words)

	Chinese Taipei wins two taekwondo golds
		Gold medallist Chen Shih Hsin of the Chinese Taipei wipes her tears as she stands on the podium during the medal ceremony for the under 49kg taekwondo at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 26, 2004.
		Liu Jingwen, the coach of the Chinese Taipei taekwondo team, said, "We have set the target of at least one gold medal in Athens, Chen made it.
		Chu Mu Yen of the Chinese Taipei celebrates his gold medal win in the men's flyweight (under 58 kg) competition in the taekwondo event at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, August 26, 2004.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-08/27/content_369493.htm (705 words)

	Nations & States: Lists Showing Complex Status (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A 1996 report by the Secretary General says that the great majority of these NSGTs were small island territories which suffered from various handicaps, including limited size, remoteness, vulnerability to natural disasters, and lack of natural resources, as well as migration of skilled personnel.
		There were 197 "countries" participating in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
		All were invited by the International Olympic Committee and none invited failed to attend.
	www.igc.org /globalpolicy/nations/lists.htm (383 words)

	Belo Interactive - Olympics
		At the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, sellout crowds of more than 8,500 cheered as the United States captured the first Olympic softball gold medal.
		Four years later, the Americans are the favorites to repeat as Olympic champions, but they face stiff competition in host Australia, which won the bronze in '96, and China, the silver medalist.
		The pitching will be key, as Lisa Fernandez, who struck out 31 in 21 innings in the 1996 Olympics, has been devastating during a summer tour in preparation for the Olympics.
	olympics.belointeractive.com /general/165701_10olysoftball.html (854 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		image:cyclinglogo.jpg right'''Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics''' was split into three categories: *Bicycle racing Road, held on the streets of Athens.
		As a matter of fact, there are quite a few articles on olympic events displaying the respective pictograms, it would appear that all of them will have to be removed.
		There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Cycling_at%20the%202004%20Summer%20Olympics.html (1272 words)

	1996 Summer Paralympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wikimedia needs your help in its 21-day fund drive.
		Over $110,000 has been donated since the drive began on 19 August.
		This page was last modified 01:38, 15 July 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1996_Summer_Paralympics (71 words)

	kiat.net: Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984
		President Samaranch's first Games of the Olympiad were held in the City of Angels - Los Angeles, host of the 1932 Olympic Games, proved the catalyst for new era in the staging of the Olympiad, the 23rd, though, like many, could not avoid certain controversy.
		The organizing committee, the Los Angeles Olympic Organization Committee (LAOOC), was headed by 47-year-old successful businessman, Peter Ueberroth who, with the backing of several major sponsors, assured the event ran smoothly, eventually making a profit of $150 million dollars.
		The President reintegrated the People's Republic of China in the Olympic Movement, making the IOC the only international organization where the People's Republic of China and Chinese Taipei are jointly represented.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/23losangeles.html (664 words)

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