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	1992 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1992 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
		South Africa was allowed again to participate in the Olympics after a 28 years suspension in the Olympic Games for its apartheid policy.
		As the Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991, the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania participated with their own teams for the first time since 1936.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1992_Summer_Olympics (559 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)

	1936 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics (1050 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 2004 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Athens was chosen as the host city during the 106th IOC Session held in Lausanne in 05 September 1997,(date of the 25th anniversary of the Munich Massacre after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta nearly seven years before, on 18 September 1990, during the 96th IOC Session in Tokyo.
		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.hallencyclopedia.com /2004_Summer_Olympics (1826 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		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 at the 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
		NBC, which was thought to be another major one, 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.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/1980_Summer_Olympics (668 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)

	United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United States competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, under the IOC country code USA.
		It was the twenty-first time that the nation participated, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics.
		In the first appearance of the Americans' national pastime at the Olympics, the United States won five of its seven preliminary games, losing only to Cuba and Japan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics (934 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)

	2004 Summer Olympics
		Scene from the opening ceremony USPS issued a stamp to honor the 2004 Summer Olympics.]] The ceremony for the lighting of the flame was arranged as a pagan pageant, with "priestesses" dancing.
		For the first time the [[Olympic Flame toured the world.]] By late March 2004, some Olympic projects were still behind schedule, and Greek authorities announced that a roof would no longer be constructed over the main swimming venue.
		As part of the theatrics, the Olympic rings are seen burning in a pool of water.]] A bare-breasted goddess holding snakes, based on a Minoan statue The Opening Ceremony held on August 13, 2004 began with a thirty second countdown paced by the sounds of an amplified heartbeat.
	2004-summer-olympics.ask.dyndns.dk (1811 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)

	Wikinfo \| 1928 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		For the first time, the Olympic Flame was lit during the Olympics.
		The torch relay was however not started 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 still continued until this day.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1928_Summer_Olympics (293 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Controversies have marred sport's image
		Tunstall, an outspoken and sometimes controversial figure who was president of the Australian Boxing Union for 38 years to 1999, said the future of Olympic boxing may depend on the successor to IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch.
		Samaranch is presiding over his last Olympics in Sydney and a successor is due to be elected next year.
		The IOC gave boxing a warning after the 1988 Olympic tournament was overshadowed by allegations of corruption and fixed matches.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/0911/737938.html (235 words)

	kiat.net: Olympic Games Barcelona 1992
		The 1992 Olympic Games are probably best remembered for one of the most spectacular and stylish opening ceremonies of all time.
		The year IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch brought the Olympics to his native region of Catalonia in Spain marked the first renewal of the Summer Games since the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and the reunification of Germany in 1990.
		On 25 July 1992 in Barcelona, Nelson Mandela, the President of the Republic of South Africa, thus witnessed the parade of the first South African multiracial team at the Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXV Olympiad.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/25barcelona.html (1259 words)

	1992 Olympics
		The year IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch brought the Olympics to his native Spain marked the first renewal of the Summer Games since the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and the reunification of Germany in 1990.
		Memorable Olympic Moments: Mark Spitz - Ambitious Mark Spitz claims seven golds and an Olympic record by Mike Morrison Mark Spitz swims for...
		PPV Olympics begin talks with nets to clear channels.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114882.html (556 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics
		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 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.askfactmaster.com /2004_Summer_Olympics (1705 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 (433 words)

	Right To Play: Right To Play - Our Athletes
		In 1992 she became the first woman to qualify and compete in Equestrian in a Pan Arab Games, in Damascus Syria.
		She was voted "Athlete of the Year" by the Jordanian Public in 1993, and nominated "Athlete of the Year" by The Arab BBC Radio in 1994, after winning numerous National and International Events in the Arab and Asian Region.
		HRH Princess Haya was also twice (1988, 1992.) decorated by her late father, King Hussein for excelling in her sport internationally.
	www.righttoplay.com /site/PageServer?pagename=princess_haya (1546 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)

	Summer Olympics 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Marion Jones completed what probably was the most one-sided sweep of the sprints in Olympic history with her runaway victory in the 200 meters.
		Marie-Jose Perec, a three-time Olympic champion sprinter so reclusive she's been dubbed the "Greta Garbo of athletics," was ruled out of the Sydney Games after fleeing Australia the eve before she was to compete.
		U.S. sprinter Inger Miller reiterated Wednesday she had canceled her appearance in the Olympic 100-meter sprint in an effort to keep up her Olympic dream in the 200-meter, where she is the reigning world champion.
	www.active.com /special_events/olympics_2000/track_field.cfm (1390 words)

	HoustonChronicle.com - Sports: Summer Olympics 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Olympic coverage from: 9/14 - 9/15 - 9/16 - 9/17 - 9/18 - 9/19 - 9/20 - 9/21 - 9/22 - 9/23 - 9/24 - 9/25 - 9/26 - 9/27 - 9/28 - 9/29 - 9/30 - 10/1
		The Court of Arbitration for Sport decided today that Angel Perez, a 1992 Olympic kayaker for his native Cuba, can compete for the U.S. team in Sydney even though he's been a citizen for only a year.
		Teresa Edwards is savoring her fifth Olympics, but she still provided spark today to charge the U.S. women's basketball team in a 90-61 rout of Cuba.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/sports/oly/00/oly918.html (366 words)

	Summer Olympics: Judo
		Kano was a member of the International Olympic Committee and an associate of Baron Peirre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic movement.
		Men's judo was not added to the Olympic Games until 1964 and women's judo became an Olympic event in 1992.
		In the Olympics there are seven weight categories for men and seven weight categories for women.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/olympics/judo.htm (199 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1920 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		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
		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.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1920_Summer_Olympics (210 words)

	Equestrian Olympics Events Sports
		Redlands riders dancing the horse balletRedlands Daily Facts, CA - 19 hours agoDressage, an equestrian sport, is the "horse ballet," so named for the seemingly effortless...
		Junior Olympic meet after strong finishes at the Region III Junior Olympics in Hoschton...
		Olympic organizers release Beijing Olympics pictogramsInterfax.cn (subscription), China - Aug 7, 2006...
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Sports/Events/Olympics/Equestrian (381 words)

	ESPN.com: OLY - New York City gets U.S. nod for 2012 Summer Games
		The International Olympic Committee will choose the 2012 site in three years, pitting New York against such possible rivals as Paris, Moscow, Toronto, Budapest, Rome, Istanbul, Rio de Janeiro, Madrid or Seville in Spain, and a city in Germany, perhaps Berlin.
		However, there were three consecutive Olympics in Europe in the 1990s -- Albertville, France, in the winter, Barcelona in the summer of 1992, and Lillehammer, Norway, in the winter of 1994.
		New York, which has never hosted an Olympics, was praised by USOC president Marty Mankamyer for the "compactness'' of its bid.
	espn.go.com /oly/news/2002/1102/1454873.html (1058 words)

	Summer Olympics: Baseball
		Baseball is America's National Pastime, but it only became an Olympic Sport in 1992.
		To play baseball you need a ball, a glove, a bat, a helmet, a uniform, and catcher's gear if you are a catcher and a baseball field, of course.
		At the Olympics there will be men's baseball.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/olympics/baseball.htm (347 words)

	Olympics History and Facts from Fanbay.net
		The centerpiece of the olympic grounds at Olympia was the Temple of Zeus.
		The Olympic Games we have all come to know were not all that different from the games that are celebrated today.
		And, it is only in the last 20 years that women in the Olympics has grown noticeably and impressively.
	www.fanbay.net /olympics/history.htm (599 words)

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		We hope to bid for the Olympics for the year 2000." So when they talk in China these days of "going for the gold," they mean it literally.
		Although the Chinese returned to the Olympic movement at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the real thrust began after the Seoul Games in 1988.
		One is equestrian because of a shortage of riders and the cost of training and preparing horses.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/packages/ccic/cnd/InfoBase/Olympics/92-olympics.6 (1140 words)

	Paralympics at the Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The games grew by the winter games in 1976 and by the summer games of 1992 in Barcelona, Spain there were 82 competing nations and about 3,500 athletes completing.
		Some of the summer events the disabled compete in include track, archery, basketball, boccie ball, bowling, cycling, equestrian events, fencing, goal ball, judo, soccer, shooting, swimming, table tennis, tennis, volleyball and weightlifting.
		The International Olympic Committee supports the Paralympics and they are governed by the International Paralympic Committee.
	library.thinkquest.org /J002862/para.htm (299 words)

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