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	Encyclopedia: 1968 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.
		The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
		The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be held in Beijing in the Peoples Republic of China from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony to take place at 8 p.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1968-Summer-Olympics (2988 words)

	Learn more about 1936 Summer Olympics in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		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.onlineencyclopedia.org /1/19/1936_summer_olympics.html (481 words)

	Special Olympics European Football Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Football Week is one of the highlights of the Special Olympics football development project that aims to increase the number of players to 50,000 by 2005.
		Football Week has proved to be a highly inclusive initiative that brings many new opportunities to players with intellectual disabilities.
		As part of the Special Olympics week to further enhance public awareness, as well as the acceptance and integration of mentally handicapped people in our society, UEFA is organising a UEFA-Special Olympics friendly match on 25 April 2005.
	www.ezilon.com /information/printer_3906.shtml (379 words)

	2000 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		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.factspider.com /20/2000-summer-olympics.html (791 words)

	1968 Summer Olympics -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Games of the XIX Olympiad were held in (The capital and largest city of Mexico is a political and cultural and commercial and industrial center; one of the world's largest cities) Mexico City in 1968.
		The Games were immediately preceded by the (additional info and facts about Tlatelolco massacre) Tlatelolco massacre, in which hundred of students were killed by Mexican security forces.
		In the medal award ceremony, two (An American whose ancestors were born in Africa) African-American athletes (additional info and facts about Tommie Smith) Tommie Smith (gold) and (additional info and facts about John Carlos) John Carlos (bronze) raise their fl-gloved fists as a symbol of (additional info and facts about Black Power) Black Power.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1968_summer_olympics.htm (748 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Athens was chosen as the host city during the 106th IOC Session held in Lausanne in September 1997, after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics.
		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 Mayor of Athens, Dora Bakoyianni, passed the Olympic Flag to the Mayor of Beijing, Wang Qishan.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/2/2004-Summer-Olympics.htm (1751 words)

	1960 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rome had been awarded the organisation of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but had to decline and pass the honours to London.
		They would not be allowed to return until 1992, after the abandonment of apartheid and during the transition to a fl-majority government.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1960_Summer_Olympics (330 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 (1145 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The tale of Hitler snubbing Owens at the ensuing medal ceremony is, however, apocryphal.
		Anti-fascists planned to host a People's Olympiad in Barcelona as an alternative games to protest the Berlin Olympics but this was cancelled due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.
		Although the medal count for Germany is official, it would not be considered legitimate by today's standards since the German atheletes would have been disqualified because of drug use.
	open-encyclopedia.com /1936_Summer_Olympics (687 words)

	The Summer Olympic Games History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The first Modern Olympics were born two years later in Athens where 245 athletes from 14 nations competed in the ancient Panathenaic stadium.
		A highlight from the Olympics was that Spiridon Louis ran the first marathon race, which was the same course that the hero Pheidippides after the battle of Marathon in 490BC.
		The 1904 Olympics were held in St. Louis, which were held in conjuntion with the centennial celebration of the Louisana Purchase.
	www.fccps.k12.va.us /gm/Webs-2002/gr8-3/hillary/summerhistory.html (3230 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 (388 words)

	Timeline 1968 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		1968 Mar 17, In Vietnam during the siege of Khe Sanh, the longest and bloodiest battle of the Vietnam War, Manny Babbit was wounded.
		1968 J. Anthony Lukas (d.1997 at 64) won a Pulitzer Prize for his book "The Two Worlds of Linda Fitzpatrick." It was about a teenage girl from an affluent Connecticut family beaten to death with her hippie boyfriend after turning to a life of drugs in the East Village.
		1968 Cerro Negro, a volcano in Nicaragua, erupted.
	timelines.ws /20thcent/1968.HTML (12156 words)

	1972 Summer Olympics - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		In the bid to organise the Olympics, Detroit, Madrid and Montreal were beaten.
		They were banned from the Olympics for life, as were Tommie Smith and John Carlos in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
		In basketball, the United States' Olympic winning streak, which started in 1936, was ended by the Soviet Union team's close victory in the final game.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/1972_Summer_Olympics (583 words)

	Definition of 1936 Summer Olympics - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		She was also the first to introduce the Olympic torch.
		The tale of Hitler snubbing Owens at the ensuing medal ceremony is, however, untrue.
		The Canadian Olympic Team was the only olympic team from a non-fascist country to salute Hitler (in a gesture of friendship) while marching by during opening ceremonies.
	www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/1936_Summer_Olympics (806 words)

	SUMMER OLYMPIC STATISTICS
		The ranking is performed neither according to gold medal nor medal total but according to points (3 points for a gold, 2 for a silver and 1 for a bronze).
		In some cases, you will find "half medals" : In the early Olympics, some people had unprecise nationality, therefore two countries shared the medal.
		It includes all Olympic results from Athens 1896 to Sydney 2000 (when the sport is completed).
	www.darmoni.net /joete.htm (132 words)

	Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		AP reports mentioned that this is the sixth horse to die in Olympic competition, two in 1960 in Rome, two in 1968 in Mexico City and one in Sydney.
		The Olympic gold was the latest in a string of successes for the Chinese star, bound to become an even bigger hero in China, as the gold is China's first ever in Olympic athletics competition.
		The promise to take the Olympic Torch to the top of the worlds' highest mountain was made by the Mayor of Beijing, Liu Qi, in the documents that Beijing presented when making their bid for the 2008 games.
	www.internationalgames.net /olympic.htm (8101 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Slay: 'There more to life than gold'
		Summer Olympics 2000 Slay: 'There more to life than gold'
		GRUVER, Texas -- Brandon Slay was already satisfied with his silver medal at the Olympics.
		The Sydney Games marked the first time the U.S. freestyle wrestling team left without a gold medal since 1968.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/1017/822771.html (791 words)

	1968 Summer Olympics: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about 1968 Summer Olympics
		1968 Summer Olympics: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about 1968 Summer Olympics
		The Games of the XIX Olympiad were held in 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico.
		Mexico beat Detroit, Buenos Aires and Lyons to host the Games.
	www.encyclopedian.com /19/1968-Summer-Olympics.html (257 words)

	Definition of 1952 Summer Olympics - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics but they were canceled due to World War II.
		To the enjoyment of the Finnish crowd, the Olympic Flame was lit by two heroes, runners Paavo Nurmi and Hannes Kolehmainen.
		For the first time in history, a team from the USSR participated in the Olympics.
	www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/1952_Summer_Olympics (348 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		On 27 July during a concert held in the Centennial Olympic Park, a terrorist bomb killed one person and injured a further 110 people, but the Atlanta Games are best remembered for their sporting achievements.
		Next to the site of the main competition venues was an open area known as the Centennial Olympic Park.
		The park appeared to be part of the Games, but was not actually a part of the Olympic security system.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1996 (269 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Olympics 2004 \| History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		After an enforced absence in 1916 due to World War One, the Olympics made a welcome return in 1920 in Antwerp.
		This was the first official Olympics to see athletes marched into the stadium behind their respective national flags.
		Female athletes competed in the Olympics for the first time in Paris in 1900.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/olympics_2004/history/default.stm (405 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		The 1968 Summer Games might have been the most tumultuous of all Olympics, and that confusion and problems touched the football tournament as well.
		In the end, Hungary, who captured their third gold medal, joined England (1908 and 1912) and Uruguay (1924 and 1928) as the only back-to-back Olympic champions.
		One interesting note: Hungarian defender Deszo Novak gained a rare and unique distinction by becoming the only football player to win three Olympic medals a bronze in 1960 and golds in 1964 and 1968.
	www.fifa.com /en/comp/olympicsmen/0,2482,108-OLY-1968,00.html (328 words)

	Fanbay.net - Athens 2004 Summer Olympics - Links, News, Travel info
		Basketball, Diving, Sailing, Soccer, and the Triathlon, are eagerly anticipated, higly watched events, but their are minimal amounts of medals awarded and they have no impact on the overall olympic medal counts.
		The Ancient Olympic games originated in Greece and the first modern olympics was held in Athens in 1896.
		Also, see the following link for an analysis of the performance of the United States in the Summer Olympics over the years, from 1896 to present.
	www.fanbay.net /olympics/2004.htm (449 words)

	Tommie Smith and John Carlos BLACK POWER Poster - Mexico City 1968 Summer Olympic Games, 200 Meters Medal Ceremony - ...
		After failing to convince their fellow fl athletes to boycott the Mexico City 1968 Olympics, Tommie Smith and John Carlos succeeded in winning the gold and bronze medals in the 200 meters track and field event.
		For disrespecting the "Star Spangled Banner" and the Olympic games, the IOC forced the U.S. Olympic Committe to withdraw them from the relays, banish them from the Olympic Village, and expel them from the U.S. Olympic team.
		Popularized by its appearance in the 2000 football film Remember the Titans, this poster gives you the chance to celebrate a historic moment that means so much to so many.
	www.sportsposterwarehouse.com /warehouse/mexicocity68ii.htm (351 words)

	SignOn San Diego Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics -- Fouled Out (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		She was in third place in the Olympic long jump final this morning (San Diego time).
		Jones put her best spin and widest smile on the situation, until the final question of her news conference.
		And Nick Hysong, who didn't even win the U.S. Trials, became the first American to win the Olympic pole vault since Bob Seagren in 1968.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/track/20000929-9999-lz1x29jones.html (739 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		* Rower Jack Beresford won his fifth Olympic medal in the sport, and his third gold medal.
		* For the first time the Olympic Fire 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.
	brandt.kurowski.net /projects/lsa/wiki/view.cgi?doc=487 (443 words)

	Photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Extensive photographic coverage of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games competitions.
		For the first time the visual identity manual for the Olympic Games is available in electronic format.
		Only Torchbearers were entitled to purchase the torch, upon completion of their portion of the Olympic Torch Relay.
	www.athens2004.com /en/GamesTimeImageGallery/gamesTimeGallery (174 words)

	databaseOlympics.com - Olympic results for all Winter and Summer Olympics
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	www.databaseolympics.com (113 words)

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