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  1932 Summer Olympics
An Olympic Village[?] was built for the first time, occupied by the male athletes.
Babe Didrikson[?] wins two gold medals in the javelin throw and the hurdles event, and only loses a third in the high jump because her jumping technique is ruled inferior and is placed second.
Finnish star Paavo Nurmi is barred from competing in the Olympic for being a professional.
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  1932 Summer Olympics
An Olympic Village was built for the first time, occupied by the male athletes.
Babe Didrikson wins two gold medals in the javelin throw and the hurdles event, and only loses a third in the high jump because her jumping technique is ruled inferior and is placed second.
Finnish star Paavo Nurmi is barred from competing in the Olympic for being a professional.
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 1932 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, were held in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was known in 1932 as Olympic Stadium.
Finnish star Paavo Nurmi was barred from competing in the Olympics for being a professional.
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 1984 Summer Olympics
After the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, the Eastern Bloc, including the Soviet Union, East Germany and Cuba boycotts these Olympics (the USSR announced their intention not to participate on May 8, 1984).
Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco becomes the first female Olympic champion of an Islamic nation, and the first of her country in the 400 m hurdles.
A marathon for women is held for the first time at the Olympics, won by Joan Benoit.
www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1984_summer_olympics.shtml   (289 words)

  
 Olympic Games - Search View - MSN Encarta
The Winter Olympics began in 1924 and were held in the same year as the Summer Olympics until 1994, since when the winter games have alternated with the summer games in even-numbered years.
The Olympics organization is headed by a president, elected by the IOC members for an initial period of eight years.
Amateur boxers regularly turn professional after participating at the Olympics and the early Olympics competitions were denied the spectacle of sprinters, in particular, who sought to earn cash payments for competing in their chosen sport and were thus barred from competition.
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 1984 Summer Olympics - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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.
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 1948 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were held in 1948 at Wembley Stadium in London, England.
After a hiatus of 12 years caused by the outbreak of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
Note that these Olympic Games were the first time that the host nation did not win enough medals to be included in the top 10 medal winners.
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 Wikipedia: 2000 Summer Olympics
The ceremonies concluded with the lighting of the Olympic Flame.
Former Australian Olympic champions brought the torch through the stadium, handing it over to Cathy Freeman, who lit the flame in the cauldron.
IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, at his last Olympics, had to leave for home, as his wife was severely ill. Upon arrival, his wife had already passed away.
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 1952 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were held in 1952 in Helsinki, Finland.
Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics but they were canceled due to World War II.
To the enjoyment of the Finnish crowd, the Olympic Flame was lit by two heroes, runners Paavo Nurmi and Hannes Kolehmainen.
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 2012 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012.
The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) was put in place to oversee the development of the Games after the success of the bid, and held their first board meeting on 7 October 2005.
London's bid featured 28 sports, in line with other recent Summer Olympics, but the IOC voted to drop baseball and softball from the 2012 Games two days after it selected London as the host city.
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 1976 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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.
Canada has subsequently hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, the largest city in the province of Alberta, and was selected to host the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the largest city in the province of British Columbia, and it will become the largest major city in a country ever to host a Winter Olympics.
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 1984 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Los Angeles was selected on May 18, 1978 on the 80th IOC session without voting, because it was the only city to bid to host the 1984 Summer Olympics.
In the wake of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 14 Eastern Bloc countries including the Soviet Union, East Germany and Cuba, boycotted these Olympics (the USSR announced its intention not to participate on May 8, 1984).
Daley Thompson apparently misses a new world record in winning his second consecutive gold medal in the decathlon; the next year his score is retroactively raised to 8798, giving him the record.
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 equestrianism - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about equestrianism
An Olympic sport, there are three main branches of equestrianism: showjumping, dressage, and three-day eventing.
Equestrian events have been held at the Olympic Games since 1912.
Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Individual dressage
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 1960 summer olympics - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
Rome had been awarded the organisation of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but had to decline and pass the honours to London.
They would not be allowed to return until 1992, after the abandonment of apartheid and during the transition to a fl-majority government.
It was the second time an athlete died in competition at the Olympics, after the death of Portuguese marathon runner Francisco Lazaro at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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 1964 Summer Olympics Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Tokyo had already been awarded with the organisation of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honour had been passed to Helsinki because of Japan's involvement in China.
The 1940 Olympics were eventually cancelled because of the outbreak of World War II.
Yoshinori Sakai, who lit the Olympic Flame, was born in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the day the atomic bomb exploded there.
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 1972 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The 1972 Summer Olympics were the second Summer Olympics held in Germany, after the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
In basketball, the United States' Olympic winning streak, which started in 1936, was ended by the Soviet team's victory in the gold medal game, which USA Basketball calls "the most controversial game in international basketball history" [1].
They were banned from the Olympics for life, as were Tommie Smith and John Carlos in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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 2012 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 18 May 2004, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as a result of a scored technical evaluation, reduced the number of cities to five: London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, and Paris.
In addition to these are those venues that, by necessity, are outside the boundaries of Greater London, such as the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy on the Isle of Portland in Dorset (which will host the Sailing events) and various stadiums across the UK.
Before the removal of baseball and softball the organisers planned to issue 8 million tickets for the Olympics and 1.6 million for the Paralympics.
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When the 23rd Olympics were held in Los Angeles in 1984, China sent a delegation of 353 members consisting of 224 athletes for gymnastics and another 15 events.
In 1988, at the 24th Olympics held in Seoul, 299 Chinese athletes of the 445-member delegation competed in a total of 21 events and accumulated five golds, 11 silvers and 12 bronzes, dropping seven places to 11th place in the golds tally.
At the 25th Olympics held in Barcelona in 1992, the 380-member Chinese delegation, including 251 sportspeople, collected 16 golds, 22 silvers and 16 bronzes to place fourth in gold medal standings behind the Commonwealth of Independent States, the United States and Germany.
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 BBC - h2g2 - The 1948 London Olympics
After the prolonged media coverage of the build-up to, and London's victory in, the 2012 Olympics race, it seems hard to believe that the last time the summer Olympics were held in London, the city was up against no competition whatsoever.
After the turmoil caused by the Second World War and two Olympic cancellations, the UK simply volunteered its capital as host city for 1948 and was willingly accepted by the International Olympic Committee.
She had competed in the 1936 Olympics at the age of 18, and at the time of the Olympics held world records for 100m, 200m, 80m hurdles, long jump and high jump.
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 2000 Summer Olympics
The ceremonies concluded with the lighting of the Olympic Flame.
Former Australian Olympic champions brought the torch through the stadium, handing it over to Cathy Freeman, who lit the flame in the cauldron.
IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, at his last Olympics, had to leave for home, as his wife was severely ill. Upon arrival, his wife had already passed away.
www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/2/20/2000_summer_olympics.shtml   (670 words)

  
 Sports Encyclopedia Article @ Recognized.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Sports became such a prominent part of their culture that the Greeks created the Olympic Games, which in ancient times were held every four years in a small village in Pelopponisos called Olympia.
The 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin was an illustration, perhaps best recognised in retrospect, where an ideology was developing which used the event to strengthen its spread through propaganda.
The closeness of art and sport in these times was revealed by the nature of the Olympic Games which, as we have seen, were celebrations of both sporting and artistic achievements, poetry, sculpture and architecture.
www.recognized.org /encyclopedia/Sports   (2109 words)

  
 1988 Summer Olympics information - Search.com
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.
After boycotts of the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Seoul Games were again boycotted, led by North Korea and followed by Cuba; the basis of the boycott was South Korea's refusal to co-host the Olympics with North Korea, which rejected all compromise.
Tennis returns to the Olympics after a 64-year absence, and Steffi Graf adds to her four Grand Slam victories in the year by also winning the Olympic title.
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 ipedia.com: 1996 Summer Olympics Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Also during the games, the Centennial Olympic Park bombing took place on July 27, 1996 killing Alice Hawthorne and wounding 111 others, and eliciting the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack.
Softball, beach volleyball and mountainbiking debut on the Olympic programme, together with women's football (soccer) and lightweight rowing.
Cycling professionals were admitted to the Olympics, with five-time Tour de France winner Miguel IndurĂ¡in winning the inaugural individual time trial event.
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 The Definitive Guide to 1956 Summer Olympics XXXX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
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.
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 1988 Summer Olympics
South Korea's government became a democracy under the pressure of organising the Olympics.
After boycotts of the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Games were again boycotted, but only by four nations: North Korea, Cuba, Ethiopia and Nicaragua.
Table tennis is introduced at the Olympics, with China and the host nation both winning two titles.
www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1988_summer_olympics.shtml   (329 words)

  
 dersimdestani.info: 1980_Summer_Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
It was the first time the Olympics were held in a socialist country.
The only other time 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.
The 1906 Olympic were organised by the IOC, but are currently not officially recognised by the IOC.
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 Overview of Penn in the Olympics, University of Pennsylvania Archives
Michail Dorizas, who won Olympic gold competing for his native Greece that same year, later did graduate work, coached and taught at the University of Pennsylvania, making him the first Penn coach or athlete to win a medal for another country.
Since the Olympics reemergence at the dawn of the twentieth century until today, the University of Pennsylvania has sent nearly two hundred athletes, coaches, managers, doctors and committee members to the Olympic Games.
As Olympic participation has expanded, Penn athletes may no longer make up the majority of Olympic athletes or provide the most success on the field, but Penn's presence is still felt and the importance of the University's early accomplishments will not soon be forgotten.
www.archives.upenn.edu /histy/features/sports/olympics/summary.html   (800 words)

  
 1972 Summer Olympics info here at en.doublequick.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Olympic Games : Football Facts Hungary took the gold in 1952, 1964 and 1968, the silver in 1972 and a bronze in 1960.
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972.
The Olympic Park (Olympiapark) was based on Frei Otto's plans and after the Games became a Munich landmark.
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 Statistics
From this table it can be seen that, apart from the 1932 and 1956 Olympics, there has been a steady and continuous increase in the number of female events and competitors since 1896.
In 1928 Edith Payne competed for Australia in the 800 metres in the Amsterdam Olympics, in Sydney she was a guest of Honour at the Opening Ceremony, aged 94.
The first woman to light the Olympic flame was Enriqeuta Basilio of Mexico in 1968.
www.olympicwomen.co.uk /Statistics.htm   (536 words)

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