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	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)

	Wikipedia: 1936 Summer Olympics
		Although awarded before the Nazi Party came to power in Germany, the government saw the Olympics as a golden opportunity to promote their fascist ideology.
		Rower Jack Beresford won his fifth Olympic medal in the sport, and his third gold medal.
		For the first time the Olympic Flame was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/1/19/1936_summer_olympics.html (401 words)

	Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by eight events.
		They were held between July 22 and July 31 at the fencing hall of the Sports Complex of the Central Sports Club of the Army (north-western part of Moscow).
		Country names in the medal table are given in the form they were used in official documents of the IOC in 1980
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fencing_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics (236 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics
		Also during the games, the Centennial Olympic Park bombing took place on July 27, 1996 killing Alice Hawthorne and wounded 111 others, and causing the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack.
		Michelle Smith[?] of Ireland wins three gold medals and a bronze, but her victories are overshadowed by doping allegations, which are later reinforced as she is banned after failing a test in 1999.
		Amy Van Dyken[?] wins four gold medals in the Olympic swimming pool, the first American woman to win four titles in a single Olympics.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1996_Olympics.html (364 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").
		At the end of an Olympics, the mayor of the host-city presents the flag to the mayor of the next host-city.
		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.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics (1311 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)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Woodhead was devastated by boycott
		Summer Olympics 2000 Woodhead was devastated by boycott
		Former U.S. Olympic swimmer Cynthia "Sippy" Woodhead remembers sitting in her high school classroom, embarrassed at the tears that were about to overcome her.
		But the 1980 U.S. Olympic boycott kept her from the Games where she was going to shine.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/s/boycott/woodhead.html (639 words)

	Shopping > Sports > Fencing
		There are designated points on the fencing strip; there is the en guard line (this is where the fencers start), the center line, the two meter warning lines and the end of the strip.
		It is also possible to fence "in the around," meaning that the bout takes place in a circular or square area instead of on a strip, and fencers can circle in addition to moving forward or backward.
		In foil fencing, the competitors wear special conductive vests covering the target area that allows a "valid" circuit to be completed, and a coloured light (usually red or green) turns on.
	fencing.generalanswers.org (4719 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)

	1988 Summer 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.
		Christa Rothenburger[?] becomes the first (and last) athlete to win Olympic medals at the Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics in the same year.
		Table tennis is introduced at the Olympics, with China and the host nation both winning two titles.
	www.findword.org /19/1988-summer-olympics.html (679 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		These were the first celebration of Olympic Games since the recreation of the ancient Olympics with the founding of the International Olympic Committee in 1894.
		This is remarkable as the Olympics not for a long time allow professional to compete with the sole exception of The final of the amateur foil event a French battle won by Eugène-Henri Gravelotte.
		The weightlifting contests are also conducted in Olympic stadium with Launceston Elliot of Britain and Viggo Jensen of Denmark taking a first and a second each in the single-hand and double-hand contests.
	www.freeglossary.com /1896_Summer_Olympics (968 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1980 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union.
		On March 21, 1980, following the 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, American president Jimmy Carter announced a boycott of the Moscow Olympics.
		Women's field hockey is Olympic for the first time, but all major nations boycott the tournament.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1980_Summer_Olympics (332 words)

	Special: Athens Olympics 2004 \| The Christian Science Monitor
		In early February of 1980, the Olympic news at Lake Placid, N.Y. was that US President Jimmy Carter was asking the International Olympic Committee to move the summer games from Moscow.
		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)

	kiat.net: Olympic Games Moscow 1980
		While chosen to host the 1980 Summer Games of the XXII Olympiad on October 23, 1974, the IOC was all too aware of the difficulties that such a choice may incur.
		The Olympic movement still fell prey to politics when the Games were held in Moscow, the first Eastern European city to host an Olympiad.
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said that the Games should not be concerned with politics and looked down upon the United States' actions.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/22moscow.html (522 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics
		The 1896 Summer Olympics, formally called the Games of the I Olympiad, were the first modern Summer Olympic Games and the first Games since Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the Ancient Olympic Games in AD 393 as part of the Christian campaign against paganism.
		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.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/NewSport/Olympia1896.html (3549 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics
		In the bid to organise the Olympics, Montreal defeated Moscow and Los Angeles, which would organise the 1980 and 1984 Olympics.
		In a protest to a tour of South Africa by the New Zealand rugby team, Tanzania led a boycott of 22 African nations as the IOC refused to not admit the New Zealand team.
		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.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1976_summer_olympics.shtml (353 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - Fencing Foundation: The Westbrook Factor
		After the Olympics, his love for the sport and the opportunities it provided continued and the Peter Westbrook Foundation was founded in 1991 with the goal helping inner city youth achieve their dreams through fencing.
		In fencing there is a lot of thought and a lot of fight, but not a lot of hurt.
		A seven-year-old girl is taught to hold a sword properly, Olympics bound Ivan Lee works with one of his coaches and Westbrook stares over to Henry, who is in the middle of an intense match in the far left corner.
	www.usoc.org /11817_20621.htm (1057 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1928 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		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.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1928_Summer_Olympics (293 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		Because the 1932 Olympics were held in the middle of the Great Depression and in the comparatively remote city of Los Angeles, half as many athletes took part as had in 1928.
		She could have won more medals in the discus throw, relay and long jump, but women were restricted to competing in only three individual events in track and field athletics.
		The Olympic Village (opposite picture) was reserved for men, and women stayed in the Chapman Park hotel.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1932 (389 words)

	BBC SPORT \| HISTORY \| Athens 1896
		The first of the modern Olympic Games was staged in Athens, Greece, although financial difficulties almost saw it staged in Budapest, Hungary.
		The majority of the participants were from the host nation with tennis, track and field, fencing, weightlifting, cycling, wrestling, shooting, swimming and gymnastics all contested.
		The first Olympic winner was American James Brendan Connolly who took the triple jump with a leap of 13.71 metres.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/olympics2000/fans_guide/features/history/872542.stm (249 words)

	History of the Modern Summer and Winter Olympics from Fanbay.net
		The Summer and Winter Olympics of 1932 were both held in the United States, in Los Angeles, CA and Lake Placid, NY, respectively.
		The U.S.A. won 30% of the Summer Olympic medals—their highest percentage over the years—not counting Saint Louis, where the U.S. won 84% of the medals because the attendance was even more skewed toward Americans.
		The Olympic facilities were as impressive as the cutting edge facilities that brought the Summer Olympics to a new level in Munich (1972).
	www.fanbay.net /olympics/modern_history.htm (2739 words)

	Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics
		Canada is not a power at the Summer Olympics.
		The main network for Olympic coverage in Canada is the CBC which covers events live, and then replays highlights in prime time.
		Most disappointing was the men's eights who had been undefeated for two years before the Olympics, but to the surprise of many finished fifth in their event.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Canada_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (2674 words)

	1980 Olympics
		Unable to persuade the IOC to cancel or move the Summer Games, U.S. President Jimmy Carter pressured the USOC to officially withdraw in April.
		But others, like Britain and France, while supporting the boycott, allowed their Olympic committees to participate if they wished.
		The first Games to be held in a Communist country opened in July with 80 nations competing and were dominated by the USSR and East Germany.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0114780.html (355 words)

	City Mayors: 2012 Summer Olympics
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was founded on 23 June 1894 by the French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who was inspired to revive the Olympic Games of Greek antiquity.
		The 1980 Olympics in Moscow, boycotted by the United States and some other countries over the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, are still remembered by some in the Olympic movement.
		The Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) left their candidature until the last minute, but in the end Rio de Janeiro was selected ahead of Sao Paulo, the country’s biggest city, to be Brazil’s representative.
	www.citymayors.com /features/2012olympics.html (4831 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Olympics 2004 \| Olympics 2012 \| Moscow launches Olympic bid
		Moscow staged the Olympics in 1980 but they were weakened by an American-led boycott following the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan a year earlier.
		Before the 1980 Olympics Soviet authorities have swept through the Olympic cities (Moscow, Leningrad, Tallinn, Riga, Kiev and Minsk) with mass police operations.
		Soviet regions provided the capital with extra police officers while the entry into the Olympic cities was effectively impossible for common citizens.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/low/olympics_2004/olympics_2012/2931598.stm (400 words)

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