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	1988 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After boycotts of the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Seoul Games were again boycotted, but this time only by four nations: North Korea, Cuba, Ethiopia and Nicaragua.
		Anthony Nesty of Suriname wins his country's first Olympic medal by winning the 100 m butterfly, scoring an upset victory; he is also the first Black to win a swimming title.
		Two Bulgarian weightlifters are stripped of their gold medals after testing positive for doping.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics (430 words)

	2000 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		France Télévisions (France 2 and France 3) and Canal + (France)
		People in Canada that wanted to see the Olympics between then and the closing ceremonies had to turn to TSN because the CBC was broadcasing news coverage related to the passing and state funeral of the former prime minister.
		Organisation of the 2000 Summer Paralympics was the responsibility of the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/2000_Summer_Olympics (1690 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Athens was chosen as the host city in 1997, after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics, the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games.
		Since the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France it has been the tradition to have a mascot for the games and this year the official mascots are sister and brother, Athena and Phevos, named after the goddess of wisdom, strategy and war and the god of light and music, respectively.
		An emotional high point of the parade was the entrance of the delegation from Afghanistan which had been absent from the Olympics, and had female competitors for the first time.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/2/20/2004_summer_olympics.html (1174 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1936 Summer Olympics
		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.
		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 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/1936-Summer-Olympics (3410 words)

	2012 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Paris, France is considered by many to be the favourite to become the host city of the 2012 Olympics, after losing out to Barcelona and Beijing for the 1992 and 2008 Olympics, respectively.
		Whilst the Olympic Park would undoubtedly leave a strong sporting and environmental legacy for London, the magnitude of the project, including the planned upgrade and expansion of transport infrastructure, would require careful planning to ensure all facilities and rehabilitation projects were completed on time.
		Their bid may be hampered by the fact that the 2010 Winter Olympics are being held in Vancouver and organizers are believed to be eager to avoid having consecutive Olympics on the same continent.
	www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/2012_Summer_Olympics (2499 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Los Angeles was selected on May 18 1978 on the 80th IOC session without voting, because it was the only city to bid to host the 1984 Summer Olympics.
		In the wake of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, most of the Eastern Bloc, including the Soviet Union, East Germany and Cuba, boycotted these Olympics (the USSR announced its 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.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1984_Summer_Olympics (488 words)

	1988 Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The XV Olympic Winter Games were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
		The Olympics were highly successful, financially, as they brought in million dollar profits.
		For the first time in history the Winter Olympics were extended to 16 days, the speed skating events were held indoors on a covered rink, the alpine events took place on artificial snow, and warm Chinook winds not only threatened to cancel events, but sent a ski jumper flying into a camera tower.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/1/19/1988_winter_olympics.html (217 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		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.
		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.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1996_Summer_Olympics (744 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 Britain and Viggo Jensen of Denmark taking a first and a second place each in the single-hand and double-hand contests.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/1/18/1896_summer_olympics.html (923 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - 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 Opening Ceremony was notable for the introduction of the Olympic flag and the presentation of the Athletes’ Oath.
		France’s Suzanne Lenglen dominated women’s tennis singles so completely that she lost only four games in the ten sets she played.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1920 (350 words)

	Articles - 1976 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		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.
		The Olympic Flame was "electronically" transmitted from Athens to Ottawa, by means of an electronic pulse derived from the actual burning flame.
		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.storegolf.com /articles/1976_Summer_Olympics (1018 words)

	The Sports Network - Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		She was a member of the 1996 and 2000 Olympic winning teams and a three-time gold medalist in the World Championships.
		France's Amelie Mauresmo is seeded second among the women, followed by three Russians, Anastasia Myskina, Elena Dementieva and Svetlana Kuznetsova.
		American beach volleyball standout Misty May, whose participation for the 2004 Olympics was in doubt due to an abdominal strain, arrived in Athens Wednesday night and is apparently ready to compete.
	www.sportsnetwork.com /?c=sportsnetwork&page=olymp/news/BON3422282.htm (637 words)

	Articles - 1896 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		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.
		Other elements, such as the parade of nations, the lighting of the Olympic Flame and the Olympic Oath were initiated later.
		The concept of national teams was not a major part of the Olympic movement until the Intercalated Games ten years later, though many sources list the nationality of competitors in 1896 and give medal counts.
	www.mainearth.com /articles/1896_Summer_Olympics (3132 words)

	1908 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Funds that were to have gone to the Olympics were diverted to the reconstruction of Naples, so a new venue was required.
		The 1908 Olympics also prompted the establishment of standard rules for sports, and the selection of judges from different countries, rather than just the host.
		One of the reasons for this was the 400 metre run in which the US winner was accused of interfering with the British runner.
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1908_Summer_Olympics (595 words)

	Summer Olympic Games : Summer Olympics
		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 modern Olympic Games were founded in 1894 when Pierre Fredi, Baron de Coubertin, who sought to promote international understanding through the sporting competition.
		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.fastload.org /su/Summer_Olympics.html (1967 words)

	1988 summer olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics: Information From Answers.com Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics Final results for the Basketball competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea : Men's.
		1988 Summer Olympics: Information From Answers.com 1988 Summer Olympics The Games of the XXIV Olympiad were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which sets and enforces Olympic policy, has struggled with the licensing and commercialization of the games, the need to schedule events to accommodate American television networks (whose broadcasting fees help underwrite the games), and the monitoring of athletes who seek illegal competitive advantages, often through the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
	www.olympic-headquarters.net /1988-summer-olympics.htm (904 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > 2004 Summer Olympics
		NBC and its family of cable networks flooded American households with nearly nonstop coverage of the Athens Olympics, and the strategy – along with strong performances by the U.S. teams in swimming and gymnastics – produced not only a ratings increase, but an estimated profit of at least $60 million.
		The United States finished atop the medal charts for the third straight Summer Olympics, with Russia the overall runner-up and China second in gold medals – its best showing ever and leading a surge by Asian teams.
		It was predicted before the Olympics that prostitution, which is legal and heavily regulated in Athens, would enjoy a boom economy.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics (1580 words)

	1952 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		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.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1952_Summer_Olympics (304 words)

	1900 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Games of the II Olympics were held in 1900 in Paris, France.
		For his victory in the long jump, he was allegedly punched in the face by his rival, who had refused to take the final run due to his religious beliefs, as that run was scheduled for a Sunday.
		Charlotte Cooper (tennis) was the first woman to become Olympic champion.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1900_Summer_Olympics (224 words)

	2000 Summer Olympics Information - TextSheet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Although the country-to-be had no National Olympic Committee yet, they were allowed to compete under the Olympic Flag.
		Former Australian Olympic champions brought the torch through the stadium, handing it over to Cathy Freeman, who lit the flame in the cauldron.
		The first medals of the Games were awarded in the women's air rifle shooting event, which was won by Nancy Johnson of the United States.
	www.jaxx.sferahost.com /encyclopedia/2/20/2000_summer_olympics.html (695 words)

	dates for summer olympics 1988 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Summer Game Trivia, Quizzes, Quiz Questions, Fun Facts, Information - to the correct dates from this list- 1896, 1936, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, - 5, Summer Olympic Dates In what year were the Summer Olympics held in -
		The modern revival of the Olympic games is due in a large measure to the efforts of Pierre, baron de Coubertin, of France.
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which sets and enforces Olympic policy, has struggled with the licensing and commercialization of the games, the need to schedule events to accommodate American television networks (whose broadcasting fees help underwrite the games), and the monitoring of entrants who seek illegal competitive advantages, often through the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
	www.olympic-headquarters.net /dates-for-summer-olympics-1988.htm (903 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)

	1924 Summer Olympics Information - TextSheet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The marathon distance was fixed at 42 km and 195 m, from the distance run at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
		The Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" (Faster, Higher, Stronger), was used for the first time.
		Ireland was given formal recognition as an independent nation in the Olympic Movement in Paris in 1924 and it was at these games that Ireland made its first appearance in an Olympic Games as an independent nation.
	station811.sferahost.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1924_summer_olympics.html (276 words)

	Summer Olympics: Tennis
		There was tennis in the Olympics from 1896 until 1924.
		It returned in 1984 as a demonstration sport and became an official Olympic sport in 1988.
		At the Olympics there will be men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles.
	www2.lhric.org /POCANTICO/olympics/tennis.htm (433 words)

	The New York Times: 2000 Summer Olympics
		He matched the four gold medals won by Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, winning the 100 meters, 200 meters, long jump and the 4x100-meter relay.
		Lewis went on to win the 100 again at the 1988 Seoul Olympics after Ben Johnson of Canada was stripped of his victory for using steroids.
		Late last year, Lewis was named in France as the greatest athlete of the 20th century.
	www.nytimes.com /events/olympics/sydney2000/2000_oly_moment_20.html (819 words)

	1988 - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		1988 is a leap year starting on Friday (click on link for calendar).
		September 22 - Ocean Odyssey drilling rig suffers a blowout and fire in the North Sea.
		September 17-October 2 - 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, Korea
	open-encyclopedia.com /1988 (2100 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)

	Olympic Games -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The width-to-length ratio of the flag is 2:3.
		Founded mainly by writers, educators, scientists, and scholars, the Olympic Movement's understanding of “culture” has shifted over the years among the fine-arts conception, the idea of general moral cultivation,...
		As a result of the United States boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow and the Soviet Union not attending the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, Calif., athletes from these countries were deprived of the opportunity to face one another in sports competition.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9108519 (934 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.
		cycling professionals were admitted to the Olympics, with five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain[?] winning the inaugural individual time trial event.
		Kerri Strug becomes an American heroine after bringing victory to the American female gymnastics team in spite of having to jump perform an injury in the final event.
	www.fastload.org /19/1996_Summer_Olympics.html (403 words)

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