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	Encyclopedia: 1972 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		the Olympic swimming hall, the "Olympiahalle" (a multipurpose facility) and the Olympic stadium (Olympiastadion).
		They were banned from the Olympics for life, as were Tommie Smith and John Carlos in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
		Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport at the Olympics, returning to the Olympic program after a 36 year absence.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1972-Summer-Olympics (3965 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		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.
		The 1906 Olympic were organised by the IOC, but are currently not officially recognised by the IOC.
	open-encyclopedia.com /1936_Summer_Olympics (687 words)

	Athens Olympics 2004. ABC Sport.
		But while every Olympic city has a fabulous stadium, nowhere else in the world could events be held at Ancient Olympia - the home of the ancient Games - and the magnificent Panathinaiko Stadium, home of the first Games of the modern era back in 1896.
		Through the prism of history, the Athens Olympics may come to be seen as the Games at which two major trends emerged - the rise of Asian nations as Olympic powers and the time the war on drugs became serious.
		The highlight of the football program at the Games was the victory by the United States over Brazil in the women's final, sending US superstar Mia Hamm, probably the best ever women's footballer, out a winner.
	www.abc.net.au /olympics (2755 words)

	Highlights of individual Olympic Games
		The 1916 Olympics were scheduled to be held in Berlin, but were canceled because of what came to be known as World War I. The 1920 Games were awarded to Antwerp to honor the suffering that had been inflicted on the Belgian people during the war.
		The 1932 Olympic Games saw the introduction of automatic timing to one hundredth of a second and of the photo finish, as well as the appearance of the national anthems and the raising of flags in honour of the victors during the medal ceremonies.
		The International Olympic Committee had a great political success in managing to bring together the two Germanys (East and West) within a combined team (EUA) competing under a fl, red and yellow flag with the Olympic rings and with "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's IX Symphony as their anthem.
	www.mapsofworld.com /olympic-trivia/olympic-games-highlights.html (5117 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The exposition organizers spread the events over five months and de-emphasized their Olympic status to such an extent that many athletes died without ever knowing that they had participated in the Olympics.
		Lighting the Olympic Flame by: The Olympic flame was first lit during the opening ceremony of the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam.
		Olympic Oath by: The first athletes' oath was sworn at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1900 (341 words)

	GBROLYMPICS.COM / LONDON-OLYMPICS.COM - Olympic Games Medallists
		The modern Olympics were first held in 1896.
		Nevertheless all those competitions reported, at one time or another, as Olympic medal events have been included here for the record, with those no longer regarded as official footnoted.
		The Winter Olympics were first held in 1924.
	www.london-olympics.com (336 words)

	1972 Summer Olympics -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Munich Games were marred by an act of (The calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimindation or coercion or instilling fear) terrorism.
		All Olympic events were suspended for one day after the terrorist action became known.
		They were banned from the Olympics for life, as were (additional info and facts about Tommie Smith) Tommie Smith and John Carlos in the (additional info and facts about 1968 Summer Olympics) 1968 Summer Olympics.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1972_summer_olympics.htm (1717 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)

	usolympicteam.com
		In 1972, the nation's were allowed to enter three swimmers per event.
		Before jumping into the water, Burton was written off as an athlete when at age 13, he had an unfortunate encounter with a large furniture truck, which left him with a dislocated hip and torn ligaments in his knee.
		Despite that tragic incident, most of Burton's Olympic memories remain focused on the competition and the fortune he had to compete for the USA.
	www.olympic-usa.org /CFDOCS/Munich/feature_burton.cfm (767 words)

	The Summer Olympic Games History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		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)

	Apple Learning Interchange
		From Athens 1896 to Sydney 2000, the modern Summer Olympics have brought together countries from all over the globe to participate in the spirit of competition.
		You'll be able to send postcards from some of the Olympic cities while you and your students learn about the geography, history and culture of the host metropolitan areas.
		Using these resources, together with the publicity surrounding the Olympic Games, you'll be ready for wonderful geography lessons related to not only to the Olympic cities, but also to the countries of the world that send teams or individual athletes to the competitions.
	ali.apple.com /features/s_olympics.shtml (1852 words)

	City Mayors: 2012 Summer Olympics
		Football could be played at a rebuilt Wembley Stadium, tennis at Wimbledon, gymnastics at the Millennium Dome, beach volleyball at Regents Park and rowing on the Thames.
		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 (4860 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 (1136 words)

	Summer Olympics: Handball
		Handball first became an official Olympic sport in 1936 on outdoor fields.
		It moved indoors in 1972 and women's handball was added in 1976.
		In the Olympics there is Women's Handball and Men's Handball.
	www2.lhric.org /poCantico/olympics/handball.htm (222 words)

	Seventies Almanac - 1972
		She began her hit career in 1971 with a ballad she wrote, "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be." A Top 10 smash, it was followed by "Anticipation," a tune later reworked into an ad jingle for ketchup.
		As she said, "I was tired of self-pity." What came from that feeling was "You're So Vain," an accusative song that caused much speculation about the identity of the central character (actually, it was a composite of men in her life, but most notably actor Warren Beatty).
		Football: The Miami Dolphins beat the Washington Redskins 14-7 on January 14, 1973, at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles in Super Bowl VII.
	www.superseventies.com /1972.html (957 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)

	1936 Summer Olympics - Biocrawler definition:1936 Summer Olympics - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		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 (816 words)

	Summer Olympics: Aquatics
		In the Olympics Swimming has 26 individual events and six relay or team events for both men and women.
		In the 1972 Olympics US swimmer Mark Spitz won seven gold medals.
		Swimming was one of the sports at the first modern Olympic games in 1896.
	www2.lhric.org /POCANTICO/olympics/aquatics.htm (280 words)

	ipedia.com: 1972 Summer Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		See also: 1972 Summer Paralympics The Games of the XX Olympiad were held in 1972 in Munich, West Germany.
		White water canoeing is held for the first time at the Olympics.
		In basketball, the United States' Olympic winning streak, which started in 1936, was ended.
	www.ipedia.com /1972_summer_olympics.html (444 words)

	SignOn San Diego Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics -- History is not their strong suit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		On the day before their quarterfinal game against Russia, players on the U.S. men's basketball team said they would not be trying to avenge the losses to the Soviet Union in 1972 and 1988.
		The 1972 gold medal game is the most famous game in the history of international basketball, and the 1988 semifinal game is what paved the way for professional players to compete at the Olympics.
		At the Olympics in Seoul, the U.S. team lost to the USSR 82-76 in the semifinals – a loss that convinced the American basketball federation that it was time to stop fielding a team of collegians and to start sending NBA players.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/basketball/20000927-991118-oly-mensbas.html (694 words)

	Fanbay.net - Athens 2004 Summer Olympics - Links, News, Travel info
		Here are some facts and information about the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece.
		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)

	LOGOs & MASCOTs
		Executives of the Japanese Olympic committee and national sports federations on 13th August 1997 by 29-17 in a secret ballot chose Osaka to become the country's candidate to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
		The U.S. Olympic Committee on 27th August 2002 selected New York and San Francisco as the U.S. finalists to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, while Houston and Washington, D.C., were eliminated as contenders.
		The Austrian Olympic committee on 2nd December 1997 chose Klagenfurt, capital of the Carinthia region (joint bid with Italy and Slovenia), to become the country's candidate to host the 2006 Olympic Winter Games.
	www.aldaver.com (2535 words)

	Travelling Shoes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The problem with American Football is that the players spend more time off the field than on in, some players never tackle, some are not allowed to touch the ball and all wear the most ridiculous padding.
		As for football's supposed poor showing in the television ratings, I'd quite happily compare the percentage of American viewers watching soccer to the percentage of European viewers watching American football.
		Yet when your basic English soccer hooligan is exposed to the controlled violence and mayhem of NFL football, he loves it, even as he behaves himself in the stands.
	travellingshoes.blogspot.com /2002_06_02_travellingshoes_archive.html (5888 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Summer 1972 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		We are also prepared to admit that Saudi Arabia will not be a contender for football’s World’s Cup in the next year or so and that it may be just as long before an Arab quintet takes on the Celtics.
		But as this issue suggests, along with the tremendous social, economic and educational progress in the Arab world in the last few years, there has also been impressive but generally unnoticed growth in both organized sport and weekend leisure activity in the Arab world.
		Today an active nationwide football league—with at least one sports club in nearly every town in the country—attracts fans by the thousands each weekend.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/197207 (688 words)

	On-This-Day.com - August 28
		1941 - The Football Writers Association of America was organized.
		1972 - Mark Spitz captured the first of his seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.
		He set a world record when he completed the 200-meter butterfly in 2 minutes and 7/10ths of a second.
	www.on-this-day.com /onthisday/thedays/alldays/aug28.htm (705 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		* For the first time the Olympic Fire was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
		* Basketball and handball made their debut at the Olympics, both as outdoor sports.
		* 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)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
		For example, to find out the list of all gold medallists in alpine skiing - downhill, select skiing for the sport, then alpine skiing for the discipline, then downhill for the event.
		The Olympic medal winner database is compiled using data taken from official publications containing Olympic results produced by the Organising Committees at the end of each edition of the Games.
		As the information is not yet fully standardised, we recommend that you search by nation, sport, Olympic Games, etc.
	www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp (118 words)

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