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	1920 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium.
		The 1916 Olympics were scheduled to be held in Berlin but were canceled due to the fighting in World War I. Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey were not invited due to their part in the war.
		These Olympics were the first in which the Olympic Oath was uttered, the first in which doves were released to symbolize peace, and was the first time the Olympic Flag was flown.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1920_Summer_Olympics (268 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, were held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany.
		The Berlin Olympics also saw the introduction to the ceremonies of the Olympic Torch bringing the Olympic Flame by relay from Olympia.
		The Olympic Flame was used for the second time at these games, but they marked the first time it was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
	home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~umwieb43/cgi-bin/nph-proxy.cgi/010110A/http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics (1042 words)

	1928 Summer Olympics
		Amsterdam had made a bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympics, but had to give way to war-victim Belgium and De Coubertin's Paris before finally being awarded with the organisation.
		For the first time, the Olympic Flame was lit during the Olympics.
		The torch relay was however not started until the 1936 Summer Olympics.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1928_Summer_Olympics.html (215 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)

	1920 summer olympics - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		The Games of the VII Olympiad were held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium.
		The city was chosen to memorialize Belgium for its suffering in World War I, beating out Amsterdam and Lyon for the right to hold the games.
		The 1916 Olympics were scheduled to be held in Berlin but were canceled due to the fighting in World War I. Games of the VII Olympiad
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/1920-Summer-Olympics (170 words)

	1900 Summer Olympics - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The 1900 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad, were held in 1900 in Paris, France.
		Weightlifting and wrestling had been dropped since the 1896 Summer Olympics, but 13 new ones were added.
		Gold, silver, and bronze medals were retroactively awarded by the International Olympic Committee to reflect later practice of awarding such medals to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place competitors, respectively.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/1900_Summer_Olympics (513 words)

	Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		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)

	US Army Equestrian Olympic Team
		Olympic equestrian sport consists of three competitions: dressage, stadium jumping, and the three day event (also known as combined training).
		Organizing and operating the equestrian events was the task of the Army, in particular the cavalry.
		For the US team however, this was their Olympics and with the mentorship of General Henry they prepared for the 1932 Olympics as they had for no other games.
	www.militaryhorse.org /features/dimarco/team1.asp (2427 words)

	GBROLYMPICS.COM / LONDON-OLYMPICS.COM - Olympic Games Medallists
		The modern Olympics were first held in 1896.
		Nevertheless all those competitions reported, at one time or another, as Olympic medal events have been included here for the record, with those no longer regarded as official footnoted.
		The Winter Olympics were first held in 1924.
	www.gbrathletics.co.uk /olympic (336 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)

	Summer Games - Encyclopedia FunTrivia
		Canada entered the modern era Olympic Games in 1900, winning two medals, one silver (first) and one bronze (second) in Track and Field (there were no gold medals awarded in Paris in 1900).
		The first Olympic gold medal for Sweden was won by a combination of three Swedes and three other Scandanavians in a tug-of-war competition in 1900.
		Japan's first Olympic medals were in Tennis in Antwerp in 1920, with a silver in the men's doubles and a silver in the men's singles.
	www.funtrivia.com /en/Sports/Summer-Games-745.html (882 words)

	1964 Summer Olympics - WikiGadugi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Judo ᎠᎴ volleyball, ᎢᏧᎳ ᎤᏂᎸᏉᏗ ᏗᏁᎸᏗᏱ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎠᏰᎵ, ᎨᏒᎩ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏄᏩᏁᎸ ᎯᎠ Olympics.
		Olympic Stadium, ᎾᏊ ᎤᎾᏅᏛ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ "ᎬᎾᏕᎾ Stadium," ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᎯᎠ ᎠᏍᏚᎢᏍᎬ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏍᏚᎲᏍᎬ ceremonies, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᎦᏅᏅᎢ ᎠᎴ ᏠᎨᏏ ᏂᏕᎦᎵᏍᏔᏂᏙᎲ.
		ᎯᎠ Olympic ᎤᏍᏗ ᎦᏚᎲ, redeveloped ᎠᏫᏒᏗ ᎧᏃᎮᎭ ᎠᏂᏯᏫᏍᎩ ᎠᏂᏯᏫᏍᎩ ᏚᏂᎳᏦᏛ ᎠᎴᏅᏔᏅ ᎤᏯᏅᎲ "Washington ᏂᎦᏛᎢ," ᎨᏒᎢ ᎤᏂᎷᏨ ᎾᎿ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏴᏢ ᎠᏍᏆᎨᏂ Yoyogi ᎠᏣᏪᏐᎸᏍᏙᏗ.
	chr.wikigadugi.org /wiki/1964_Summer_Olympics (579 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)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki started in spectacular fashion with Pavvo Nurmi, then aged 55, entering the stadium with the Olympic flame and lighting the cauldron on the ground.
		It seemed appropriate that the most impressive achievements in Helsinki should be those of another long-distance runner, Emil Zatopek of Czechoslovakia, who became the only person in Olympic history to win the 5,000, 10,000 and marathon at the same Olympics.
		Interior view of the Olympic Stadium during the Opening Ceremony in front of the witnesses.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1952 (419 words)

	Graduate & Adult Studies Local Sponsor of Summer Olympics
		Helen Stephens, "The Fulton Flash," (pictured here with Jesse Owens) was enrolled at William Woods when she won her gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin; one for the women's 100 meters and another as part of the 4 x 100 meter relay.
		William Woods continues the tradition by being a local sponsor of the The Summer Olympics.
		Summer Olympic Events include: track and field, soccer, swimming, baseball, equestrian, sailing, greco-roman wresting and gymnastics.
	www.williamwoods.edu /gradadult/olympic.html (139 words)

	Olympic Oath - Gurupedia
		The Olympic Oath, written by Pierre de Coubertin was first taken by an athlete at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.
		The last part of the final sentence, concerning doping, was added at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
		equestrian events in 1956 were held in Stockholm, there were two speakers of the Olympic Oath in that year.
	www.gurupedia.com /o/ol/olympic_oath.htm (285 words)

	Egypt in the 2004 Summer Olympics
		The original Olympics were held every four years for a span that lasted for almost eight centuries.
		At Minsk in May of 2004, Nahla was the biggest star in the field of 262 competitors in both men's and women's weightlifting, and so not surprisingly, even Sport's Illustrated has picked her for Gold in the Women's 75 kg (165 lbs) event at Athens.
		Egypt's best results in the Olympic pool came in 2000 in Sydney when Egypt's retired golden fish Ranya Elwany reached the final B and clinched the 11th spot.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/egypt2004olympics.htm (1359 words)

	The Olympics in the North - ExploreNorth
		Danish equestrian competitor Lis Hartel won a special place in the hearts of Olympic fans - she won a silver medal despite having polio so severe that she had to be lifted on and off her horse.
		The Olympic flame for the games was lit from the fireplace in the home of Sondre Norheim, the most famous of early Norwegian skiers.
		The first-ever torch relay on skis was performed by 94 skiers, and the stadium torch was lit by the grandson of Arctic explorer Fridtjof Nansen.
	www.explorenorth.com /library/weekly/aa101698.htm (1017 words)

	1920 Summer Olympics - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The 1916 Olympics were scheduled to be held in Berlin but were canceled due to the fighting in World War I. Table of Contents
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about 1920 Summer Olympics contains research on
		1920 Summer Olympics, Highlights, Medals awarded, Medal count, Nations, See also, External links, 1920 Summer Olympics and Antwerp.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/1920_Summer_Olympics (297 words)

	Ivy League Sports
		The three athletes before them came in equestrian -- Penn's Frank Chapot (silver, 1960; silver, 1972); Cornell's Kevin Freeman (silver, 1964; silver, 1972) and Yale's William Steinkraus (bronze, 1952; silver, 1960; gold, 1968).
		Yale's Edward Eagan, who struck gold in boxing in 1920 and in bobsled in 1932.
		He is the only person to win gold in both the Summer and Winter Games.
	www.ivyleaguesports.com /triviaAnswer/index.asp?id=166 (114 words)

	Olympics time line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The dawn of the modern Olympic movement breaks and the United States is among a handful of nations to usher it onto the world stage.
		Due to a quarantine on horses in Australia, the equestrian events are held in Stockholm Sweden.
		The Summer Olympics are held at their highest elevation ever, but the "thin air" seems to have no effect on a U.S. team that builds on its success in Tokyo.
	pentecostalevangel.ag.org /articles/Olympics/timeline.cfm (2054 words)

	Olympic Sport Debut Years quiz -- free game
		This quiz is based on 25 sports at the Olympics.
		Fencing is one of the few events that has been featured as a medal event at every Olympics, commening with the first of the modern era in 1896 at Athens?
		At which Olympics was shooting introduced as a medal event?
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=115147 (329 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)

	BBC SPORT \| HISTORY \| Athens 1896 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The first of the modern Olympic Games was staged in Athens, Greece, although financial difficulties almost saw it staged in Budapest, Hungary.
		Initially it was intended that Paris would host the first Olympics in 1900, but Athens was chosen four years earlier, though Greece ran into financial difficulties before the Games could begin.
		The first Olympic winner was American James Brendan Connolly who took the triple jump with a leap of 13.71 metres.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/olympics2000/fans_guide/features/history/872542.stm (249 words)

	1928 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, were held in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
		Amsterdam had made a bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Belgium and De Coubertin\'s Paris before finally being awarded with the organisation.
		For the first time, the parade of nations started with Greece, which holds the origins of the Olympics, and ended with the host country, a tradition which continues today.
	www.piedmontcaus.com /section/1928_Summer_Olympics (448 words)

	The Summer Olympic Games
		Because of Australian quarantine laws, the equestrian events were held in Stockholm, Sweden.
		1992 was the last year that both the summer games and the winter games were held in the same year.
		After 1992, the summer and winter games are staggered 2 years apart.
	www.janecky.com /olympics/summergames/index.html (76 words)

	SUMMER OLYMPIC STATISTICS
		The ranking is performed neither according to gold medal nor medal total but according to points (3 points for a gold, 2 for a silver and 1 for a bronze).
		In some cases, you will find "half medals": In the early Olympics, some people had unprecise nationality, therefore two countries shared the medal.
		It includes all Olympic results from Athens 1896 to Athens 2004 (when the sport is completed).
	www.darmoni.net /joete.htm (122 words)

	kiat.net: Olympic Games Antwerp 1920
		In some senses this Olympiad was historic: the five-ringed Olympic flag and oath - pronounced by Belgian fencer Victor Boin - made their first appearance (even though the oath had been read during the intercalated games in 1906).
		Another innovation was the public's involvement in the releasing of hundreds of doves during the opening ceremony, symbolizing the return of peace to the continent of Europe.
		American boxer Edward Eagan, who won an Olympic title in the light-heavyweight category, became the only athlete to win both summer and winter Olympic titles after his bobsleigh gold medal with three other team members during the Games in Lake Placid (1932).
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/07antwerp.html (522 words)

	1932 Olympics
		Despite a world-wide economic depression and predictions that the 1932 Summer Olympics were doomed to failure, 37 countries sent over 1,300 athletes to southern California and the Games were a huge success.
		Energized by perfect weather and the buoyant atmosphere of the first Olympic Village, the competition was fierce.
		Just before the Games, the IOC said that Nurmi would not be allowed to participate in his fourth Olympics because he had received excessive expense money on a trip to Germany in 1929.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114502.html (428 words)

	Modern Pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre at the Goudi Olympic Complex as single day events for men and women on August 26 and August 27, respectively.
		The five segments of the event were sport shooting, fencing, swimming, equestrianism, and cross-country running.
		If more than one of the qualification places was won by a single competitor or more than two were won by a single NOC, the field was brought up to 32 competitors by selecting the highest-rated pentathlete on the UIPM ranking list of 1 June 2004.
	www.piedmontcaus.com /info/Modern_Pentathlon_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (429 words)

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