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 Summer Olympic Games - Wikipedia
Four years later (in 1900) the Paris games attracted more than four times as many athletes, including 11 women, who were allowed to compete for the first time, in croquet and tennis.
The 2008 Summer Olympics are to be held in Beijing, China.
The 2012 Summer Olympics are to be held in London, United Kingdom.
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 Encyclopedia: Equestrian at the 1980 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Equestrian has several meanings: An equestrian is a horseback rider: see equestrianism An equestrian (Roman) is a member of one of the upper classes in ancient Rome.
Equestrian at the The Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union.
The Judo competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the first time that the medal count was not dominated by Japan, as the country joined the boycott of the games because of the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
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 Encyclopedia: 1936 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Canadian Olympic Team was the only olympic team from a non-fascist country to salute Hitler (in a gesture of friendship) while marching by during opening ceremonies.
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.
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be held in Beijing in the Peoples Republic of China from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony to take place at 8 p.
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The Olympic Games were part of the Panhellenic Games, four separate games held at two- or four-year intervals but arranged so that there was one set of games every year.
Olympic is also the name the public sometimes uses for the Greek national airline, Olympic Airways.
Olympic uses varous types or airplanes, like the Boeing 747 and Airbus A340 for international routes, and the Boeing 727 and Boeing 737 for domestic routes.
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 1900 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia
The 1900 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the II Olympiad, were held in 1900 in Paris, France.
Despite Greek efforts to keep the Games in their country, the International Olympic Committee decided to hold them at a different place each year.
The Games competed for visitors with the 1900 World's Fair, which was also held at Paris at the same time.
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At Olympic Games, the horses must be the same nationality as the riders and each horse must be at least seven years old and have (as well as the rider) a certificate indicating experience in top international competition.
The first Equestrian event to appear on the Modern Olympic programme was show jumping in 1900.
Equestrian is the only completely open Olympic sport, where men and women compete against each other.
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 1900 Summer Olympics
The Games of the II Olympiad were held in 1900 in Paris, France.
Despite Greek efforts to keep the Games in their country, the IOC decided to hold them at a different place each year.
For his victory in long jump, he was allegedly punched in the face by his rival Meyer Prinstein[?], who had refused to take the final run due to his religious beliefs, as that run was scheduled for a Sunday.
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 Information Directory equestrian olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
We all appreciate and admire the skills of the equestrian teams, particularly those that participate in dressage, endurance riding, show jumping and other events at the Olympic Games.
An interesting fact is that the equestrian sport is the only Olympic sport where a unique partnership exists between a human being and a member of the animal kingdom.
Equestrian Olympics in Sydney - Horse feeding at the Equestrian Centre
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1900 Summer Olympics medal count: Information From Answers.com 1900 Summer Olympics medal count This is the full table of the medal count of the 1900 Summer Olympics.
1900 Summer Olympics: Information From Answers.com 1900 Summer Olympics Games of the II Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris were considered a blunder, reduced to a side-show of the World's Fair.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which sets and enforces Olympic policy, has struggled with the licensing and commercialization of the games, the need to schedule events to accommodate American television networks (whose broadcasting fees help underwrite the games), and the monitoring of athletes who seek illegal competitive advantages, often through the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
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 Equestrian olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Equestrian Events of the 2000 Sydney Olympics TEAM In the team competition Germany's strength in depth proved decisive in warding off the...
The Equestrian event became part of the Olympics in 1900.
King was proposed as a venue to hold the equestrian Olympics in 2008.
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 1900 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Despite Greek efforts to keep the Games in theircountry, the IOC decided to hold them at a different place each year.
For his victory in long jump, he was allegedly punched in the face by his rival Meyer Prinstein, who had refused totake the final run due to his religious beliefs, as that run was scheduled for a Sunday.
Charlotte Cooper (tennis) was the first woman to become Olympic champion.
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Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre Freestyle
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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.
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 1900 Equestrian Olympics Summer
The success of the revived Olympics moved Greece to declare itself the rightful host of all future Games, but de Coubertin and the International Olympic Committee were determined to move the athletic feast around.
Along with sailing, equestrian is the only Olympic sport where men and women compete against each other.
The 1956 equestrian events were held at Stockholm, Sweden, due...
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 Summer Olympics 2004 :: Information on the Olympic Games - Equestrian Home Decor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Through the 12 centuries of the Olympic Games, many wonderful athletes competed in the stadium and the hippodrome of ancient Olympia's sacred area, moving the crowds with their great achievements.
The ancient olympics had a rich variety of games (or contests, as they were called by the Ancient Greeks).
This is the equestrian home decor page of the Summer Olympics 2004 directory.
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 1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - TESTVERSION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
It was the first time the Olympics were held in a socialist country.
The only other time before, where one part of the Olympics was in a different city was when Stockholm, Sweden hosted the equestrian events in the 1956 Summer Olympics while the rest of it was in Melbourne, Australia.
Women's field hockey was an Olympic sport for the first time.
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 Equestrian at the 1900 Summer Olympics: Definition and links.
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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.
Prior to her Olympic and Commonwealth achievements, Ottey won silver medals in the 100 and 200 meters in the 1979 CARIFTA Games (behind 100m winner Raymonde Naigré of Guadeloupe, and 200m winner Oralee Fowler of the Bahamas) and the 1979 Pan American Games 200 meter bronze.
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.
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 Equestrian Olympics - Information and Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Equestrian Olympics in Sydney - September 13 : Gavin Chester 20 years after.
Equestrian Pin: This site offers equestrian pins for sale or trade, olympic and non-olympic.
Crazy Horse Tack and Gift is dedicated to equestrians, their equine friends, and horse lovers everywhere.
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 Summer Olympics 2004 :: Information on the Olympic Games - Center Equestrian Latta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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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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