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	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)

	Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		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.
		The Olympic fire is then extinguished, and the Olympic flag is lowered, folded, and presented to the mayor of the host city of the next Olympic Games.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /olympics/Olympics.htm (1089 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics
		These were the first celebration of the Olympic Games since the recreation of the ancient Greek Olympics with the founding of the International Olympic Committee in 1894.
		This is remarkable, as the Olympics did not, for a long time, allow professional athletes to compete, with the sole exception of fencing.
		The weightlifting contests are also conducted in the Olympic stadium, with Launceston Elliot of Great Britain and Viggo Jensen of Denmark taking a first and a second place each in the single-hand and double-hand contests.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/18/1896_summer_olympics.shtml (886 words)

	Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics was split into two categories: Road and Track.
		All 4 events of the track cycling were held at the Velodrome of the Trade Unions Olympic Sports Centre (Krylatskoye district, Moscow).
		Remark: country names are given in the form they were used in the official documents of the IOC in 1980.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cycling_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics (351 words)

	Eric Heiden
		Generally, at the Olympic level, skaters hone their skills for either the short races or for the long races, but nobody before or since has even won all five events.
		He was an alternate on the U.S. Olympic cycling team in 1980, won the 1985 U.S. professional cycling championship, and was a member of the first U.S team to compete in the Tour de France, in 1986.
		At the 2002 Olympics, Heiden was asked to carry the torch into the stadium for the opening ceremony, but declined when he learned he was expected to hand it to a member of the 1980 gold medal U.S. Olympic hockey team, who would then light the flame for the Games.
	www.nndb.com /people/878/000024806 (447 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		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 (991 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.
		In a protest to a tour of South Africa by the New Zealand rugby team, Tanzania lead 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.
	www.encyclopedian.com /19/1976-Summer-Olympics.html (375 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The 1896 Summer Olympics, formally called the Games of the I Olympiad, were the first modern Summer Olympic Games 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.
		However, the 1900 Summer Olympics were already planned for Paris and, barring the so-called Intercalated Games of 1906, the Olympics did not return to Greece until the 2004 Summer Olympics.
		The true origin of the modern Olympics was acknowledged by De Coubertin as being in Much Wenlock, a rural market town in the English county of Shropshire.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics (3849 words)

	Learn more about 1936 Summer Olympics in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		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.
		In the cycling match sprint finals, the German Toni Merkens fouled Arie van Vliet of the Netherlands.
		For the first time the Olympic Flame was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /1/19/1936_summer_olympics.html (481 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)

	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)

	Saudi Athletes in Atlanta Strive to Build on Their Nation's Olympic Tradition
		The Olympics have always inspired feelings of national pride, both in the inhabitants of the host country and in the inhabitants of every country sending athletes to the games.
		For the first time ever, the Kingdom's soccer team was represented in the Olympics, and although it lost its first game to Brazil and tied its second with Malaysia, it was a great moment in Saudi soccer history and set the course for the national soccer team's participation in future Olympics.
		In the 25th Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, in 1992, Saudi athletes represented the Kingdom in a number of sports, including some in which the Kingdom had never before competed, such as gymnastics, table tennis and swimming.
	www.saudiembassy.net /Publications/MagSummer96/olympics.html (951 words)

	www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis
		The cycling audience is still a good one for them and the decision was very hard for them because they knew the program was so effective, but they have been reaching this same audience for 12 years now.
		Cycling is experiencing some lean times in financial terms and this means there will be fewer professionals next year.
		Women's cycling is taking a hard hit in the US year after year, and this year will be one of the worse if there are no new sponsors coming in.
	www.cyclingnews.com /features/?id=2003/saturnfarewell (2959 words)

	1932 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		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)

	1980 Summer Olympics
		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.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1980_summer_olympics.shtml (273 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)

	2000 Olympics: Witty adds Summer Games to her resume
		Witty returned to cycling competition a few months ago, and Friday afternoon she was named to the U.S. Olympic cycling team.
		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.
	www.post-gazette.com /olympics/20000709witty8.asp (840 words)

	CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 1980 Moscow
		The modern Olympics have had their share of boycotts, but nothing approaching the magnitude of the Moscow Summer Olympics in 1980.
		Number of national delegations that marched in Opening Ceremony under Olympic flag instead of national flag: 16 During the opening ceremony 65 delegations paraded behind their national flag with 16 exchanging their national colours for the Olympic flag, a signal of peace.
		He then became the first French Olympic judo champion, in the heavyweight division, and added a silver medal to his tally in the all categories division.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/2004/1980.html (1542 words)

	Speedskating: Canadian Women at the 2002 olympics in Salt lake City, Utah
		Having already won Olympic medals and a silver at the 1995 world cycling championship, Hughes knows she has the ability to compete at an elite level.
		She switched to cycling the following year when her speed skating coach died suddenly and there was no program in Winnipeg.
		She hopes to qualify for this summer's Commonwealth Games in pursuit cycling and hasn't ruled out riding in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
	www.caaws.ca /olympics/2002/speed/huges_dec18.htm (734 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 (1536 words)

	Olympics: history, humor and commentary from Hogan's Alley.
		Olympics: history, humor and commentary from Hogan's Alley.
		Olympics - Revisit the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City and look back at the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team.
		Winter Olympics on NBC, Bob Costas, women's biathlon, speed skating and Apolo Anton Ohno.
	www.115sports.com /Olympics/index.htm (185 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 First medal for Fischer came in 1980
		Fischer, who competed at several Olympics under the married surname Schmidt but has since divorced, has won at least one gold medal at all five Olympics she's competed, including the last four.
		Her collection began with a gold in the solo race in 1980.
		She missed the '84 games because East Germany was part of the Soviet-led boycott, then won the pairs and quad in '88, the solo in '92 and the quad in '96.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/0930/794133.html (266 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Mexico, Televisa provided full coverage of the games while the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation canceled their plans for coverage after Canada took part in the boycott.
		Women's field hockey was an Olympic sport for the first time.
		Olympic Yachting Center¹, Tallinn, Estonian SSR - yachting
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics (783 words)

	1984 Olympics — Infoplease.com
		The American gold rush was led by 23-year-old Carl Lewis, who duplicated Jesse Owens' 1936 track and field grand slam by winning the 100 and 200 meters and the long jump, and anchoring the 4x100 meter relay.
		The L.A. Olympics were the first privately financed Games ever and made an unheard of profit of $215 million.
		Now the good news: no Olympics, no fair; operators predict modest rise in domestic motorcoach tours after diasppointing year.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114812.html (469 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Witty to cycle for Summer gold
		Named last week as a member of the U.S. Olympic cycling squad for the 2000 Sydney Games, Olympic speedskating medalist Chris Witty becomes only the ninth American athlete to be selected for national teams to compete at both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
		He claimed won the light heavyweight division at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games and was a member of the United States' gold-medal squad in the four-man bobsled at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games.
		Willie Davenport ran the 110-meter hurdles at four Summer Olympics, tying for the gold and the world record time at the 1968 Mexico City Games and picking up a bronze eight years later at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,175019978,00.html (552 words)

	ipedia.com: 1992 Summer Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo lights the Olympic Flame by shooting an arrow into the cauldron.
		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 white water canoeing returns to the Games after a 20-year absence.
	www.ipedia.com /1992_summer_olympics.html (412 words)

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