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	Summer Olympic Games: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		The Olympics are the most prestigious such event in the world, with a larger range of sports than other such events, and most of those considering Olympic victory the most prestigious achievement in their field.
		The 1960 Rome Games saw the first arrival on the world scene of a young light heavyweight boxer named Cassius Clay, later Muhammad Ali, who would later throw his gold medal away in disgust after being refused service in a "whites only" restaurant in his home town.
		On the bright side it did, however, seem that the drug testing and regulation authorities were at last catching up with the cheating that had been widely to be endemic in athletics for some years, and it was generally held that the 1992 Barcelona Games were cleaner, although not without incident.
	www.encyclopedian.com /su/Summer-Olympics.html (1976 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)

	Learn more about Olympic Games in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		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.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /o/ol/olympic_games.html (1183 words)

	1956 Summer Olympics
		The IOC considered bids by the city for the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics, but neither bid made it to the final round...
		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 situated in the southern hemisphere, the Olympics are held late in the year.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/1/19/1956_summer_olympics.html (299 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics Information
		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.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics (918 words)

	Summer Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Olympic victory is generally considered to be the most prestigious achievement in sports.
		The 1960 Rome Games saw the arrival on the world scene of a young light-heavyweight boxer named Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, who would later throw his gold medal away in disgust after being refused service in a whites only restaurant in his home town.
		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)

	1980_Summer_Olympics - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		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)

	Wikinfo \| Summer Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Olympics are the most prestigious such event in the world, with a larger range of sports than other such events, and most of those considering Olympic victory the most prestigious achievement in their field.
		The 1960 Rome Games saw the first arrival on the world scene of a young light heavyweight boxer named Cassius Clay, later Muhammad Ali, who would later throw his gold medal away in disgust after being refused service in a "whites only" restaurant in his home town.
		On the bright side it did, however, seem that the drug testing and regulation authorities were at last catching up with the cheating that had been widely to be endemic in athletics for some years, and it was generally held that the 1992 Barcelona Games were cleaner, although not without incident.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Summer_Olympics (2021 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)

	Summer Olympic Games information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The 2004 Summer Olympics, for which organizers had also expected 10,500 competitors, drew a total of 11,099 in the 301 events offered.
		National Olympic Committees may enter a limited number of qualified competitors in each event (3 is a common number), and the NOC decides which qualified competitors to select as representatives in each event if more have attained the benchmark than can be entered.
		Four years later the 1900 Summer Olympics attracted more than four times as many athletes, including 11 women, who were allowed to officially compete for the first time, in croquet, golf, sailing, and tennis.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Summer_Olympic_Games (3467 words)

	GBROLYMPICS.COM / LONDON-OLYMPICS.COM - Olympic Games Medallists
		The modern Olympics were first held in 1896.
		The Games are held every 4 years (this period is known as an Olympiad) although an additional "intercalated" event, not officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee, was introduced in 1906.
		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.
	www.gbrathletics.com /olympic (336 words)

	Mormon Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		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)

	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.
		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.
		The Olympic fire is then extinguished, and the Olympic flag is lowered, folded, and presented to the mayor of the host city of the next Olympic Games.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /olympics/Olympics.htm (1089 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The 2004 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece, over a period of 17 days from August 13 to August 29, 2004.
		Athens was chosen as the host city during the 106th IOC Session held in Lausanne in 05 September 1997, 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.
		When the International Olympic Committee expressed its concern over the progress of construction work of the new Olympic venues, a new Organizing Committee was formed in 2000 under President Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki.
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics (2256 words)

	1956 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		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 (1426 words)

	1920 Summer Olympics
		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.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1920_Summer_Olympics.html (132 words)

	Special: Athens Olympics 2004 \| The Christian Science Monitor
		The 1940 Summer Games were scheduled to be held in Tokyo, then were moved to Helsinki, Finland before being canceled altogether with the start of World War II.
		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)

	EdGate Summer Games
		Olympic boxers must be between the ages of 17 and 32; competitions are held in 12 weight divisions ranging from light flyweight (up to 48 kg, or about 106 lb) to super heavyweight (over 91 kg, or more than 200 lb).
		Olympic-style boxing is faster than the professional game, and the rules are vastly different as well.The scoring system in amateur boxing awards a point to the fighter who can connect with a punch and move away before his opponent can do the same.
		The International Olympic Committee is an invaluable resource for keeping up with the news.
	www.edgate.com /summergames/spotlight_sport/boxing.php (772 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics : Modern Olympics, Paralympic Games
		The Olympic torch is first lit in Ancient Olympia and then passed on to the stadium of the city hosting the Opening Ceremony of the Games.
		The Modern Olympics were seen as an instrument to promote understanding and friendship among nations and uphold the true spirit of sportsmanship.
		An Olympic sport is one that should be widely practiced by men in at least 75 countries on 4 continents and by women in at least 40 countries on 3 continents.
	www.clearleadinc.com /site/sports.html (1298 words)

	Olympic Facts (Reference) - TeacherVision.com
		The early Olympic Games were celebrated as a religious festival from 776 B.C. until 393 A.D., when the games were banned for being a pagan festival (the Olympics celebrated the Greek god Zeus).
		The five Olympic rings represent the five major regions of the world – Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceana, and every national flag in the world includes one of the five colors, which are (from left to right) blue, yellow, fl, green, and red.
		The Summer Olympic sports are archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, field hockey, gymnastics, judo, mountain biking, rowing, sailing, shooting, soccer, softball, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting and wrestling.
	www.teachervision.fen.com /olympic-games/sports/2260.html (768 words)

	1960 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rome had been awarded the organization of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but, after the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, had to decline and pass the honours to London.
		Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia won the marathon bare-footed to become the first fl African Olympic champion although he specialized in the 25km race.
		South Africa appeared in the Olympic arena for the last time under the apartheid regime.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1960_Summer_Olympics (677 words)

	ipedia.com: 2000 Summer Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		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.ipedia.com /2000_summer_olympics.html (836 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)

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