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	1956 Summer Olympics - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		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.
		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.
		The Olympic Flame was lit at the stadium by Ron Clarke.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/1956_Summer_Olympics (1809 words)

	US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : 1908 Olympics
		The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IV Olympiad, were held in 1908 in London, England.
		For the first time the Olympic creed saying that "the most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part" was publicly proclaimed, and its creator, a bishop from Pennsylvania, uttered it at a mass held at St.
		Serbia and Montenegro were still out of the Olympic affairs, and the first athlete from these parts of Europea to win an Olympic gold medal was a British water polo player and swimmer name Paul Radmilović, who was originally from Boka Kotorska and Dubrovnik.
	encyclopedia.us-bazaar.com /?title=1908_Olympics (1127 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)

	1800-Olympics.com -- Summer Olympics: Olympic Sports: Fencing
		Fencing provides high levels of physical and mental stimulus, with a great sense of satisfaction from the development of dexterity and the use of tactics to outwit the opponent.
		In Australia, fencing is widely practised in clubs, universities and increasingly in schools; with strong participation bases in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia and developing participation bases in Western Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory.
		Aspects of fencing still capture grace and spectacle of classical rapier duels (with their strict code of conduct and honour) without restricting the accessibility of the art form to the rich.
	1800-olympics.com /SummerOlympics/OlympicSports/Fencing.htm (574 words)

	Search Results - summer olympics
		Four years later the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris 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.
		At the end of the 1908 marathon the Italian runner Dorando Pietri was first to enter the stadium, but he was clearly in distress, and collapsed of exhaustion before he could complete the event.
		The 2008 Summer Olympics are to be held in Beijing, China.
	zitku.info /directory/search.php?q=Summer_Olympics (3418 words)

	Anecdotage.com - Olympics anecdotes. Anecdotes From Yeats to Gates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		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)

	fencing - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about fencing
		Women's fencing was included from 1924, but only using the foil; the épée was not added until in 1996.
		He determined to cultivate the good-will of the youth Raoul and, either whilst fencing with him or when out shooting, to extract from his simplicity some information which would connect the Athos of old times with the Athos of the present.
		Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's masters foil
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /fencing (320 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > 1960 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rome had been awarded the organisation of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but had to decline and pass the honours to London.
		South Africa appears in the Olympic arena for the last time under the apartheid regime.
		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.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/19/1960_Summer_Olympics (253 words)

	Summer Olympic Games information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		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.
		At the end of the 1908 marathon the Italian runner Dorando Pietri was first to enter the stadium, but he was clearly in distress, and collapsed of exhaustion before he could complete the event.
		The 2008 Summer Olympics are to be held in Beijing, China.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Summer_Olympic_Games (3489 words)

	France at the Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		France has competed at all Summer Olympic Games, though the 1904 Summer Olympics is questionable, with Albert Coray's appearance being credited in places both to the United States and to France.
		The nation was one of 14 to compete at the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics.
		France was one of five nations to compete in the inaugural Olympic equestrian events, taking one gold medal in the three events in a tie with Italy while Belgium took the other two.
	www.syzygytech.info /en/France_at_the_Summer_Olympics.htm (617 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		She was also the first to introduce the Olympic torch to the ceremonies.
		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 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)

	The Olympic Games - Features on thehistorychannel.co.uk
		The Olympics reached their height in the 5th-4th Centuries BC thereafter they became more and more professionalized until, in the Roman period, they provoked much censure.
		The winners of the Olympics (and of the Heraea) were crowned with chaplets of wild olive, and in their home city-states male champions were also awarded numerous honours, valuable gifts, and privileges.
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which sets and enforces Olympic policy, has struggled with the licensing and commercialization of the games, the need to schedule events to accommodate American television networks (whose broadcasting fees help underwrite the games), and the monitoring of athletes who seek illegal competitive advantages, often through the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
	www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/features/the_olympics.php (738 words)

	WONKA -- WONKA School -- Let's Learn About The History of the Olympics
		Fencing is one of only four sports that have been featured at every modern Olympic games.
		Olympic racing boats are categorized into design classes based on similar weights and measurements.
		Tennis was part of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, but it fell from favor after 1924 amid turmoil over where to draw the line between amateurism and professionalism, and it didn't return as a medal sport until 1988.
	www.wonka.com /wonkaschool/willysclassroom/learn/olympics/lla6.html (731 words)

	Olympic Headquarters
		The current comeback of the Olympic games is due in a large measure to the efforts of Pierre, baron de Coubertin, of France.
		As a visible focus of world energies, the Olympics have been prey to many factors that thwarted their ideals of world cooperation and athletic excellence.
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which sets and enforces Olympic policy, has struggled with the licensing and commercialization of the games, the need to schedule events to accommodate American television networks (whose broadcasting fees help underwrite the games), and the monitoring of entrants who seek illegal competitive advantages, often through the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
	www.olympic-headquarters.net (468 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics
		The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, were held in 1896 in Athens, Greece.
		However, the 1900 Summer Olympics were already planned for Paris and, barring the so-called Intercalated Games of 1906, the Olympics did not return to Greece until the 2004 Summer Olympics.
		The concept of a designated Olympic Village for the athletes would not appear until the 1932 Summer Olympics; the athletes had to care for their own lodging.
	www.radiofreeithaca.net /search/1896_Summer_Olympics (3646 words)

	2000 Olympic Update
		Fencing is one of only four of those sports to have been conducted in every Olympic Games since.
		At the 1968 Olympic Games, Janice Lee York Romary, competing on her sixth Olympic Team, was selected to carry the U.S. flag, becoming the first woman ever for the U.S. and the second fencer.
		For the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) set limits on the total number of athletes and staff which could be accommodated at an Olympic Games (in consideration of the cost to the organizing committee).
	www.fencing.net /olympic-update.html (2551 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics
		These were the first celebration of the Olympic Games since the recreation of the ancient Greek Olympics with the founding of the International Olympic Committee in 1894.
		This is remarkable, as the Olympics did not, for a long time, allow professional athletes to compete, with the sole exception of fencing.
		The weightlifting contests are also conducted in the Olympic stadium, with Launceston Elliot of Great Britain and Viggo Jensen of Denmark taking a first and a second place each in the single-hand and double-hand contests.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/18/1896_summer_olympics.shtml (886 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)

	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)

	1928 Summer Olympics
		The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, were held in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
		The International Olympic Committee is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23, 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece between 776 BC to 396 AD.
		The IOC organizes the Olympic Games: the Games of the Olympiad (Summer Olympic Games) are celebrated during the first year of an Olympiad, and the Olympic Winter Games during its third year.
	libraryoflibrary.com /E_n_c_p_d_1928_Summer_Olympics.html (2571 words)

	summer olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Olympic victory is widely considered to be the most prestigious achievement in sports.
		In evidence there was increased professionalism amongst Olympic athletes, exemplified by U.S. basketball's "Dream Team." 1992 also saw the reintroduction to the Games of several smaller European states which had been incorporated into the USSR since World War II.
		The 2012 Summer Olympics are to be held in London, United Kingdom.
	www.pressarchive.net /libpa/summer_olympics (2767 words)

	Nba Summer Team (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Officially licensed by the NBA, nba summer team and introducing all-new gameplay modes, mini-games, nba summer team and presentation, NBA '07 is ready to deliver the thrill of nba summer team and excitement of NBA action on the go.
		Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's team Ã©pÃ©e - The men's team Ã©pÃ©e was one of four fencing events on the Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.
		Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's team - The men's team was one of two gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.
	nbatickets.usamsoc.com /nbasummerteam.html (1008 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia
		However, the 1900 Summer Olympics were already planned for Paris and, barring the so-called Intercalated Games of 1906, the Olympics did not return to Greece until the 2004 Summer Olympics.
		The true origin of the modern Olympics was acknowledged by De Coubertin as being in Much Wenlock, a rural market town in the English county of Shropshire.
		The fencing events were held in the Zappeion, named after Evangelos Zappas, who had organized Greek Olympic Games in the mid-19th century.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics (3849 words)

	1924 Summer Olympics
		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.
	www.libraryoflibrary.com /E_n_c_p_d_1924_Summer_Olympics.html (2597 words)

	kiat.net: Olympic Games London 1908
		Twenty-two countries competed in the 1908 Olympics, the same number as in 1900, but the number of athletes increased dramatically, from 1,330 to 2,035.
		As a result of the controversy, the IOC decided, after the 1908 Games, that judges would be drawn from an international pool, rather than being furnished by the host country, and that standardized rules would be drawn up for all sports.
		On the brighter side, the overall organization of the 1908 Olympics was nearly impeccable despite an almost constant downpour of rain.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/04london.html (1068 words)

	Bambooweb: 1908 Summer Olympics
		Funds that were to have gone to the Olympics were diverted to the reconstruction of Naples, so a new venue was required.
		The 1908 Olympics also prompted the establishment of standard rules for sports, and the selection of judges from different countries, rather than just the host.
		The 1908 race was 42.195 km but the next two Olympics in 1912 and 1920 used different distances.
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/1/9/1908_Summer_Olympics.html (536 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)

	Cornell College - Ram Report
		In the Oct. 12, 1908, Cornellian, President Emeritus William Fletcher King was quoted as saying, "(A new gymnasium) is an impulse to true manhood, the manhood of character, through the laying of a perfect foundation of physical strength."
		In the original plan, the basement was to have a class or fencing room, locker and dressing rooms and showers.
		Alumni was home to six Olympic wrestlers and hosted training runs by Glenn Cunningham, former director of athletics at Cornell and a two-time Olympian in distance running.
	www.cornellcollege.edu /ram_report/summer_2001 (1066 words)

	1908 Summer Olympics - Japan
		The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IV Olympiad, were held in 1908 in London, England.
		For the first time the Olympic creed saying that "the most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part" was publicly proclaimed, and its creator, a bishop from Pennsylvania, uttered it at a mass held at St.
		Serbia and Montenegro were still out of the Olympic affairs, and the first athlete from these parts of Europea to win an Olympic gold medal was a British water polo player and swimmer name Paul Radmilović, who was originally from Boka Kotorska and Dubrovnik.
	1908-summer-olympics.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/1908_Summer_Olympics (1702 words)

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