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	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.
		For the first time the Olympic Flame was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
		In the quarter-finals of the football tournament, Peru beat Austria by 4 to 2 in over-time, but a replay was ordered as Peruvian fans stormed the pitch during the match.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1936_Summer_Olympics.html (367 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Although awarded before the Nazi Party came to power in Germany, the government saw the Olympics as a golden opportunity to promote their Nazi ideology.
		She was also the first to introduce the Olympic torch to the ceremonies.
		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)

	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.
		The fire was reintroduced at the Olympics in 1928.
		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.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /olympics/Olympics.htm (1089 words)

	Wikinfo \| Summer Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		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 1928 Amsterdam Games were notable for being the first games which allowed females to compete at track & field athletics and benefitted greatly from the general prosperity of the times.
		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_Olympic_Games (2021 words)

	1900 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The 1900 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad, were held in 1900 in Paris, France.
		For his victory in the long jump, he was allegedly punched in the face by his rival Meyer Prinstein, who was prevented from competing in the final by officials of Syracuse University, because it was scheduled for a Sunday.
		Gold, silver, and bronze medals were retroactively awarded by the International Olympic Committee to reflect later practice of awarding such medals to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place competitors, respectively.
	enc.qba73.com /link-1900_Summer_Olympics (792 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		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.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/1/19/1976_summer_olympics.html (353 words)

	Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1928 Olympic football tournament, won with difficulty by Uruguay from their bitter rivals Argentina, would be the precursor to the first FIFA World Cup held in 1930 in Uruguay.
		The 1928 Olympic football tournament was, perhaps, the single most important football tournament in the history of the game, the significance of which should never be underestimated.
		However, the football tournament proved to be a fitting tribute to the strength of the Uruguayan team and would remain the only occasion that a South American side would win an international tournament in Europe until the Brazilians thirty years later.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Football_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics (1114 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)

	1956 Summer Olympics
		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.
		Therefore, these events were held in Stockholm(Sweden) marking the second, and so far last time, that events of the same Olympics were held in different countries.
		Because Melbourne is situated in the southern hemisphere, the Olympics are held late in the year.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1956_summer_olympics.shtml (281 words)

	ipedia.com: 1996 Summer Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		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 Induráin winning the inaugural individual time trial event.
		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.
	www.ipedia.com /1996_summer_olympics.html (488 words)

	1928 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, were held in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
		For the first time, the Olympic Flame was lit during the 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 which continues today.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1928_Summer_Olympics (438 words)

	Professional Football Researchers Association- Pro Football History
		Professional football, in stark contrast, was struggling to survive, a neglected stepchild in the sports boom.
		The National Football League was entering only its ninth season in the fall of 1928, and instead of roaring crowds in huge metropolitan stadia, small, intimate audiences in mostly smaller fields viewed the league's contests.
		One-platoon, 60-minute football was still the rule, with the league limit of 18 men per roster an indication of the conservative use of substitutes.
	www.footballresearch.com /articles/frpage.cfm?topic=provdnce (7030 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1980 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		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.
		The team of Zimbabwe is invited just a week before the start of the Games, but it wins the nation's first gold medal.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1980_Summer_Olympics (332 words)

	Sydney 2000: NPR Coverage
		Her bid for become the first Olympic female to win five golds ended today when she took bronze in the long jump.
		Now that it has been disclosed in the middle of the Olympics, the news could become a major distraction to Jones in her pursuit of five gold medals.
		Nabisco is not an official Olympic sponsor, and the USOC says its ad is unfair to the companies who've paid for the Olympic logo.
	www.npr.org /news/specials/olympics2000/coverage.html (3338 words)

	Olympics history - Soccer Fans Network Forums
		The Olympics were of fundamental religious importance, contests alternating with sacrifices and ceremonies honouring both Zeus (whose colossal statue stood at Olympia), and Pelops, divine hero and mythical king of Olympia famous for his legendary chariot race, in whose honour the games were held.
		The Olympic Flame is lit in Olympia and brought to the host city by runners carrying the torch in relay.
		Traditionally (starting at the 1928 Summer Olympics) Greece marches first, because of their historical status as the origin of the Olympics, while the host nation marches last.
	forums.soccerfansnetwork.com /showthread.php?t=39881 (2433 words)

	Roger S. Penske/Lehigh Athletics Hall of Fame - Lehigh
		Leeman was an Olympic Silver Medalist in wrestling at eh 1948 Olympics in London.
		A halfback on the football team, he played second base for the baseball team, leading the team in home runs and their best record in 10 years.
		As the head football coach at Wesleyan University, he was credited with discovering the ‘overhead spiral pass’ after he found that he got more distance and greater accuracy throwing the ball in that manner.
	www.lehighsports.com /info/hallfame (6567 words)

	Winter Olympics Trivia: Did You Know?
		Ice hockey made its Olympic debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.
		American Shani Davis narrowly failed in his historic attempt to compete on both the long track and short track speed skating teams at the same Olympics but as the world record holder in the men's 1500 meters he will still be a favorite to medal in the long track events at Turin.
		Father Jack, 91, was a double-gold medalist in speed skating, son Jim, Sr., was a U.S. ski team member at the 1964 Innsbruck Games, and in 2002 grandson Jim, Jr., won a gold medal in skeleton.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/winter-olympics-trivia.html (542 words)

	Light the Torch - Summer Olympics
		She won the gold in the 100m during the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles.
		It was during the 1924 Olympics in Paris.
		Athens 1896 - Upon hearing about the Summer Olympics in Athens, John Boland, an Oxford student and great fan of Greek mythology, traveled to Athens to watch the revival of the ancient Olympics.
	www.lightthetorch.net /category/summer-olympics (739 words)

	USA Football - History of the Sport - Professional Game
		Following the completion of the college football season, Grange, a local standout at the University of Illinois, signed with the Chicago Bears.
		The doors of the Pro Football Hall of Fame were officially opened in Canton, Ohio.
		Foster drew the outline of a miniature football field over the hockey rink on an envelope and wrote notes on what would evolve into Arena Football.
	www.usafootball.com /about-us/history-of-the-sport/professional (4306 words)

	Inside, May 1996
		Ralph Simpson was a student at ISU in the fall of 1928 only and a member of the U.S. Olympic track and field team at the 1928 games.
		Representing her native Morocco in the 1984 Olympics, Moutawakel-Bennis set a new Olympic record and won the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles.
		A native of Belgium, Wyns was a member of the 1988 Olympics track and field team for that country.
	www.iastate.edu /IaStater/1996/may/olympics.html (1659 words)

	1968 Summer Olympics Summary
		Smith and Carlos, in stocking feet, wearing fl beads and fl scarves, with their fl-gloved fists raised over their heads as the American national anthem was played, used the biggest stage in sports to air grievances about racial injustice in the United States.
		The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were held in Mexico City in 1968.
		Bob Beamon jumped 8.90 m in the long jump, a 55 cm improvement of the world record that would stand until 1991; it is still the Olympic record.
	www.bookrags.com /1968_Summer_Olympics (1108 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- U.S. sprinter Grimes tests positive for ephedrine
		Ariel Pestano singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, then homered in the ninth as Cuba continued its domination of baseball.
		Jered Weaver took his first loss of the summer and had his streak of scoreless innings end at 45 2-3.
		A former soccer player and gymnast, she won a gold medal in the Sydney Games in weightlifting, the first time the sport was held at the Olympics.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20030812-1928-panam-panamgames.html (765 words)

	Summer 2004 Class Notes
		As a student he was on the varsity football team, assistant manager of winter sports, and an avid hiker, active in the Mountain Club, and president of Skyline.
		In December the choir sang (from memory) the Christmas portion of the Messiah with a chamber orchestra from the Portland Symphony.
		After their fourth summer at their Algoma house on Lake Michigan, they migrated to their new winter home, a duplex ranch unit overlooking the golf course in a club community.
	www.middlebury.edu /administration/middmag/class_notes/summer04.htm (20773 words)

	ipedia.com: 1968 Summer Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		See also: 1968 Summer Paralympics The Games of the XIX Olympiad were held in Mexico City in 1968.
		In the medal award ceremony, fl athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos (USA) raise their fl-gloved fists as a symbol of "Black Power".
		John Stephen Akhwari of Tanzania became internationally famous after finishing the marathon in last place despite a dislocated knee.
	www.ipedia.com /1968_summer_olympics.html (321 words)

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		Modern (Summer) Olympics began in 1896, founded by Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
		Winter Olympics began in 1924 at Chamonix, France.
		A skier skidding prone on the snow can be badly hurt if a sharp edge hits the grippy surface, launching him into the air.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /sports/news-article.aspx?storyid=51422 (943 words)

	Ivy League Sports
		The Olympic posters are being used with the permission of the International Olympic Committee.
		The 1,206 men at the Games were housed in the Olympic Village -- Los Angeles was the first Olympics to have a single village.
		Albina Osipowich (Brown ‘33) became the first woman from the Ancient Eight to participate in the Olympics when she swam for the United States in 1928 -- winning two gold medals.
	www.ivyleaguesports.com /article.asp?intID=3515 (535 words)

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