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	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)

	Summer Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Olympic victory is generally considered to be the most prestigious achievement in sports.
		The 1928 Amsterdam games were notable for being the first games which allowed females to compete at track & field athletics, and benefitted greatly from the general prosperity of the times alongside the first appearance of sponsorship of the games, from Coca-Cola.
		The 2008 Summer Olympics are to be held in Beijing, China.
	www.gogoglo.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/s/su/summer_olympic_games.html (2815 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)

	1936 Summer Olympics - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		For the first time the Olympic Flame was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
		The host country had a stellar year in the equestrian events, winning individual and team gold in all three disciplines, as well as individual silver in dressage.
		The Canadian Olympic Team was the only team from a non-fascist country to salute Hitler (in a gesture of friendship) during opening ceremonies.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/1/9/3/1936_Summer_Olympics_a11e.html (852 words)

	Olympics
		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.
		The fire was reintroduced at the Olympics in 1928.
		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.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /olympics/Olympics.htm (1089 words)

	1928 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, were held in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
		The torch relay, however, would not occur until the 1936 Summer Olympics.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1928_Summer_Olympics (438 words)

	Anecdotage.com - Olympics anecdotes. Anecdotes From Yeats to Gates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Among the competitors in the single-scull rowing event at the 1928 Olympics was...
		Adolf Hitler staged the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin as a showcase for the sup...
		At the 2004 summer Olympics in Athens, Paula Radcliffe failed to finish both the...
	www.anecdotage.com /browse.php?term=Olympics (881 words)

	1980_Summer_Olympics - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		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.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=1980_Summer_Olympics (783 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)

	1932 Summer Olympics
		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.
		The Grand Olympic Auditorium, built to attract the Olympics and home to boxing, weightlifting, and wrestling events, was the largest indoor arena in the United States at the time, seating 15,300.
	www.libraryoflibrary.com /E_n_c_p_d_1932_Summer_Olympics.html (509 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)

	Mormon Olympics
		In an effort to rekindle the spirit of the ancient Olympics of Greece, which had been abolished as a pagan cult by Christian Byzantine Emperor Theodosius I in 393 A.D., the modern Olympic Games were initiated in 1896.
		The first Olympics in this modern era were held in Athens, Greece, as a result of the persuasive recommendation of Demetrius Vikelas, a Greek representative of the Pan-Hellenic Gymnastic Club who had come to Paris as a participant in the planning for the new Olympics.
		It is ironic that these two years saw no Olympics, considering the fact that right before the war started, the 1936 Games were held in Berlin, where Adolf Hitler tried to exploit the event to justify his ideas about the alleged superiority of the Aryan race.
	www.mormonolympians.org /mormon_olympians/history_modern_olympics.html (688 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS
		The Olympic champions were as follows: 1900: a combined Swedish/Danish team; 1904: an American club team representing the Milwaukee Athletic Club; 1906: Germany/Switzerland; 1908: a British team from the City of London Police Club; 1912: Sweden; and 1920: Great Britain.
		Rugby union football was held at the Olympics in 1900, 1908, 1920 and 1924.
		Polo was on the Olympic programme in 1900, 1908, 1920, 1924 and 1936.
	www.olympic.org /uk/sports/past/index_uk.asp (349 words)

	OLYMPICS: 100 Years Of Change
		Perhaps the most blatant of Olympic hypocrisies upheld over the past 100 years was the nonnegotiable rule that each athlete had to swear that he was an amateur before he could compete.
		The first women's athletics event in Olympic history, the discus throw, was won by the brawny Pole Halina Konopacka, who shattered her own world record by 45 cm and beat the runner-up by 2.53 m.
		During the fiercest decades of the cold war, Olympic amateurism was almost as volatile an issue in the East-West conflict as political ideology.
	www.time.com /time/international/1996/960527/olympics.history.html (6130 words)

	1900 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The 1900 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad, were held in 1900 in Paris, France.
		For his victory in the long jump, he was allegedly punched in the face by his rival Meyer Prinstein, who was prevented from competing in the final by officials of Syracuse University, because it was scheduled for a Sunday.
		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.
	enc.qba73.com /link-1900_Summer_Olympics (779 words)

	EdGate Summer Games
		The Olympic all-around champion is the competitor with the highest cumulative score.
		This newest Olympic gymnastics discipline may be best described as a cross between a floor exercise and classical ballet.
		The International Olympic Committee site is so descriptive that it has special pages for artistic, rhythmic, and trampoline gymnastics.
	www2.edgate.com /summergames/spotlight_sport/gymnastics.php (1595 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Two down, three tough ones to go
		Her quest is to become the first woman to win five golds at a Summer Olympics.
		Astrid Kumbernuss of Germany, the Olympic champion in 1996, took the bronze.
		Marla Runyan, the first U.S. paralympian to reach the Olympics, continued her amazing odyssey by qualifying for the final of the women's 1,500 meters.
	www.espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/0927/784201.html (1006 words)

	2002 USA Equestrian Annual Convention
		USA Equestrian president Alan Balch provided his skills as emcee for the gala and his signature video presentations highlighted the accomplishments of the year's award recipients, as well as those who we will miss and fondly remember.
		From the USA Equestrian Media Awards for Excellence that opened the awards presentation section to the crowning of this year's Equestrian of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Award honoree, the festivities were a literal "Who's Who" of the panorama of our sport.
		Established in 1993 as a part of the "Making Strides for Equestrian Sports" campaign, the USA Equestrian Media Awards are designed to acknowledge and encourage outstanding efforts by the media to promote knowledge and appreciation of equestrian sports in the United States through their publications, articles and broadcasts.
	www.equestrian.org /convention/2002/1-11-2002.asp (5705 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.
	janecky.com /olympics/summergames/index.html (76 words)

	Olympics time line
		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.
		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.
		Tragedy strikes the Summer Olympics as Arab terrorists invade the athletes’ village and eventually take the lives of several Israeli competitors and coaches.
	pentecostalevangel.ag.org /articles/Olympics/timeline.cfm (2054 words)

	1956 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were held in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia, although the equestrian events could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations.
		Because Melbourne is in the southern hemisphere, the Olympics were held later in the year than former Olympics held in the northern hemisphere.
		Inspired by Australian teenager John Wing, an Olympic tradition began when athletes of different nations are allowed to parade together at the closing ceremony, instead of with their national teams, as a symbol of world unity.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/1956_Summer_Olympics (1432 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)

	1932 Olympics — Infoplease.com
		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.
		Environmental factors in the summer Olympics in historical perspective.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114502.html (415 words)

	1912 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were held in 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden.
		For the first time, competitors in the Games came from all five continents symbolized in the Olympic rings.
		Swedish marksman Oscar Swahn became the oldest Olympic gold medalist (up to that time), at the age of 64, in the deer-shooting event.
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/1912_Summer_Olympics (282 words)

	The New York Times > Sports > Olympics > Equestrian
		Equestrian became a competitive sport at the Dublin Horse Show in 1868, quickly spreading to North America and Europe.
		Equestrian events made their Olympic debut in 1900 with an individual jumping competition.
		Equestrian is supposed to be all about elegance, poise and politesse.
	www.nytimes.com /top/news/sports/olympics2004/equestrian/index.html (505 words)

	1924 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were held in 1924 in Paris, France.
		The marathon distance was fixed at 42.195 km, from the distance run at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
		Ireland was given formal recognition as an independent nation in the Olympic Movement in Paris in 1924 and it was at these games that Ireland made its first appearance in an Olympic Games as an independent nation.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/1924_Summer_Olympics (426 words)

	Women at the Olympic Games
		In 1928, women compete in track and field events for the first time; however, so many collapse at the end of the 800-meter race that the event is banned until 1960.
		She holds the world records in the high and long jumps, but does not compete in those, as rules prohibit women from competing in more than three individual events.
		British Equestrian, Lorna Johnstone was 70 years and 5 days old when she rode at the 1972 Games, thus being the oldest woman ever to compete at an Olympic Games.
	www.topendsports.com /events/summer/women.htm (307 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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