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	1936 Summer Olympics - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, were held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany.
		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.
		In the quarter-finals of the football tournament, Peru beat Austria 4-2 in extra-time, but a replay was ordered as Peruvian fans stormed the pitch during the match.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/1936_Summer_Olympics (1010 words)

	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)

	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.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1984_Summer_Olympics.html (240 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were held in Moscow in the Soviet Union.
		The yachting events were held in Tallinn; preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football (soccer) tournament were held, besides Moscow, at the stadiums of Leningrad, Kiev, and Minsk.
		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 at the 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
	www.higiena-system.com /wiki/link-1980_Summer_Olympics (592 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics - Medbib.com, the modern encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Germany's domination of the games was the rule, although there were exceptions to their domination in the likes of persons such as Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals.
		In the quarter-finals of the football tournament, Peru beat Austria 4-2 in extra-time, but a rematch was ordered, arguing that the field was too small for competition and that the Peruvian fans had stormed the field after the fourth goal.
		Despite being from non-fascist countries, the Canadian and the French Olympic Team saluted Hitler (in a gesture of friendship) during opening ceremonies.
	www.medbib.com /1936_Summer_Olympics (1134 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)

	1936 Summer Olympics - tScholars.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Olympic Torch was used for the second time in 1936.
		(According to Olympic rules, an athlete can delay his participation if he is getting advice from his coach, as long as he does not sit down, in which case, he would be disqualified.) So, for approximately twenty-five minutes, Farrell spoke nonsense to him while Owens waited to catch his breath and Germans yelled at them.
		Despite being from non-fascist countries the Canadian Olympic Team, the British and the French Olympic Team saluted Hitler (in a gesture of friendship) during opening ceremonies.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/1936_Berlin_Games (1153 words)

	Olympic Stadium (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		During the 1936 Olympics the Maifeld was used for polo events and several allegorical Nazi gymnastic demonstrations.
		On August 1, 1936, the Olympics were officially inaugurated by Chancellor Adolf Hitler, and the Olympic Flame was lit by the athlete Fritz Schilgen.
		While the Olympic Flame had been used for the first time in Amsterdam 1928, in Berlin 1936 a marathon-like tour of the Olympic Torch was introduced, from Olympia in Greece, crossing six frontiers with a journey of 3000 km to Berlin, through Greece, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Austria and Germany.
	www.globalguide.org.cob-web.org:8888 /index.html?id=200245 (2872 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
		It 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.
		This was seen as a major threat to the future of the Olympic Games, and was not until the financially successful 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles that cities began to line up to be hosts again.
	www.higiena-system.com /wiki/link-1976_Summer_Olympics (1500 words)

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

	Football at the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Football was not on the original modern Olympic Games programme; perhaps unsurprisingly, as international football was still in its infancy in 1896.
		After 1974, when the Football Association abolished the distinction between "amateur" and "professional" football, Great Britain no longer entered the qualifying competition, and this continued to be the case even after the change of format in 1984.
		The first women's Olympic football tournament was held at the 1996 Atlanta Games, with the hosts, the United States, being arguably the strongest team in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Football_at_the_Summer_Olympics (1306 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		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)

	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)

	Olympics Pathfinder
		He began and served as president of the International Olympic Committee for 29 years, which is now the "supreme authority over the Olympic Movement" (Olympic Primer).
		The Modern Olympic Games are referred to by Roman numerals designating the number of the particular games, with the first being the one held in Athens in 1896.
		In the summer of 1936, Tony runs away from his home above his family's Italian restaurant in Chicago, while in Berlin David is present at the Olympics and prepares to move to America.
	eaglesnest.dsc.k12.ar.us /hs/library/pathfinders/olympics/olympics.html (3353 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		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 intention not to participate on May 8 1984).
		Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco becomes the first female Olympic champion an Islamic nation and the first of her in the 400 m hurdles.
		A marathon for women is held for the time at the Olympics won by Joan Benoit.
	www.freeglossary.com /1984_Summer_Olympics (481 words)

	Olympics -> Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Summer Olympics (Games of the Olympiad) have been held every fourth year starting in 1896, except in 1916, 1940, and 1944 due to the World Wars.
		The first winter Olympics competitions were held as a non-Olympic sports festival, but were declared to be official Games by the International Olympic Committee in 1925.
		Originally these were held in the same year as the Summer Olympics, but as of 1994 (the Lillehammer Games) the Winter Games and the Summer Games have been held two years apart.
	www.bloggy-city.info /olympics (158 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)

	1936 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The film, titled '' Olympia '', was arguably a piece of propaganda, but originated many of the techniques now commonplace to the filming of sports.
		Anti-fascist s planned to host a " People's Olympiad " in Barcelona at the Estadi OlÃmpic de MontjuÃ¯c (now Estadi OlÃmpic Lluis Companys) as an alternative games to protest the Berlin Olympics but this was cancelled due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.
		Italy 's football team continued their dominance of the sport, winning the gold medal in these Olympics between their two consecutive World Cup victories (1934 and 1938).
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/1936_Summer_Olympics (908 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		The Soviet Union sometimes lived on the edge at the 1988 Summer Games, but proved to be difficult to beat for their second Olympic football gold medal.
		Romario, who would go on to World Cup stardom at USA '94, and who was the tournament's top scorer (seven goals), lifted the Brazilians into a 1-0 advantage in the 29th minute, but Igor Dobrovolski equalized with a penalty kick in the 63rd.
		Attendance did not live up to the expectations generated by the previous two Olympic Football Tournaments as 729,000 spectators watched 32 contests, which still wound up as the most popular sport of the Summer Games.
	www.fifa.com /en/comp/olympicsmen/0,3664,103-OLY-1988,00.html (375 words)

	Lincoln City Libraries - Reference - In the News: 2004 Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Since 1896, the summer Olympic Games have been held every 4 years, with the exceptions of 1940 and 1944 during the waging of World War II.
		At the last summer Olympics (2000 in Sydney, Australia), 199 countries were represented by 10,651 athletes (4,069 women, 6,582 men), who competed in 300 separate events.
		The following are a sampling of videos featuring footage from past Olympics, plus the soundtrack CD including music used during the Olympics television coverage of the past 20 years.
	www.lcl.lib.ne.us /depts/ref/inthenews-olympics2004.htm (885 words)

	USATODAY.com - Olympic sports coverage - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Memmel, who fell from the uneven bars during team finals Wednesday night, hurt her right shoulder a bit later in the routine when she flew from the high to the low bar and caught the bar awkwardly.
		Baseball and softball were dropped from the Olympics after the 2008 Beijing Games in an IOC vote last year.
		Rogge said he is still in contact with the Olympic committees of both North and South Korea and that the IOC remains committed to the two nations forming a unified team.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/front.htm (562 words)

	Baseball at the 1936 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Baseball was again a demonstration sport at the 1936 Summer Olympics after a 24 year absence.
		Leslie Mann, who had pushed strongly for inclusion of baseball as an Olympic sport, was the umpire.
		The Olympics scored in the seventh to tie the game before McNeese hit a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the seventh to end the game.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baseball_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics (198 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A torch carried in relay by cross-country runners is used to light the Olympic flame which burns without interruption until the following Olympics.
		These torches were introduced first by Adolf Hitler's movie maker Leni Riefenstahl for the 1936 Summer Olympics.
		In construction usage, a torch is a small hand-held burner which makes a hot flame, usually fueled by oxygen and either acetylene or propane, that is used for either cutting or welding metals, particularly iron and steel.
	www.experiencefestival.com /1936_summer_olympics/page/4 (450 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		1936 Summer Olympics: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
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