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	2004 Summer Olympics
		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)

	Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
		Great Britain competed under the IOC country code GBR.
		In the seventh appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, the nation was represented by only three archers and won no medals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics (220 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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.
	lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1996_Summer_Olympics (744 words)

	1956 Summer Olympics - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Because Melbourne is situated in the southern hemisphere, the Olympics were held later in the year than those held in the northern hemisphere.
		Inspired by Australian teenager John Wing, an Olympic tradition begins when athletes of different nations are allowed to parade together at the closing ceremony, instead of with their national teams, as a symbol of world unity...
		The 1906 Olympic were organised by the IOC, but are currently not officially recognised by the IOC.
	open-encyclopedia.com /1956_Summer_Olympics (405 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The IOC's vote for Atlanta was therefore slightly surprising; however, the reasoning behind this decision was that Athens' infrastructure could not be improved enough in time to successfully host the Games.
		The 1996 Summer Olympics have been regarded by some Olympic observers as being relatively because of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing of July 27, 1996.
		Atlanta was chosen as the host city by the International Olympic Committee on September 18, 1990.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics (771 words)

	Articles - 1896 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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.
		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.
		Great Britain and Ireland - The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland has historically maintained separate athletic organizations for each of its constituent kingdoms.
	www.mainearth.com /articles/1896_Summer_Olympics (3133 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Olympic victory is generally considered to be the most prestigious achievement in sports.
		FranceFrance at the 2004 Summer Olympics is represented by the National Olympic Committee of France (French: Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français).
		In the great festival, a wooden statue, referred to as a daidala, was led in procession in a wagon and then burned in a fire.
	www.wikimirror.com /2004_Summer_Olympics (3910 words)

	1964 Summer Olympics
		Tokyo had already been awarded with the organisation of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honour had been passed to Helsinki because of Japan's involvement in China.
		The 1940 Olympics were eventually cancelled because of the outbreak of World War II.
		Yoshinori Sakai, who lit the Olympic Flame, was born in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the day the atomic bomb exploded there.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1964_summer_olympics.html (259 words)

	Articles - 1976 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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 (1009 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Rugby League \| Great Britain in profile
		The former Gaelic footballer is aiming to become the first Irishman to play for Great Britain since ex-Salford and St Helens hooker Tom McKinney won the last his 11 caps in 1957.
		Great Britain captain and an ever-present since 1996, Farrell, 28, hopes to finally lead his country to an Ashes Series win.
		A key player for Lancashire, England and Great Britain, the only question is whether the 26-year-old wears six or 13 on his back.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/rugby_league/3221273.stm (1164 words)

	2000 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Olympic flag was flown at half-staff during the period as a sign of respect to Samaranch's wife.
		The CBC was airing the Olympics when the network's chief correspondent, Peter Mansbridge, interrupted it with news that Pierre Elliott Trudeau had died.
		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.
	www.infothis.com /find/2000_Summer_Olympics (1848 words)

	Cycling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		First introduced at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, the mountain bike event consisted of two cross-country races, one for men and one for women.
		Cycling was first introduced to the Olympic programme at the Games in 1896 although it was omitted from the 1904 Olympic Games in St Louis.
		Overall, Great Britain has won 9 Gold, 21 Silver and 16 Bronze medals across all the different Cycling events, some of which are now discontinued.
	www.olympics.org.uk /sports/summer/cycling.asp (511 words)

	1996 SUMMER OLYMPICS FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In addition, it was discovered, during and after the games, that Atlanta had exaggerated, and even out right lied, about its transportation capabilites, the heat and humidity in August, and about the high crime rate of the city in its proposal to host the games.
		The 1996 Summer Olympics have been regarded by many elites and Olympic observers as being relatively unsuccessful.
		More seriously, the Centennial_Olympic_Park_bombing of July_27, 1996, killed spectator Alice Hawthorne and wounded 111 others, and elicited the death of Melih_Uzunyol by heart attack.
	www.witwib.com /nl:1996_Summer_Olympics (740 words)

	Articles - 2000 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Former Australian women Olympic champions brought the torch through the stadium, handing it over to Cathy Freeman, who lit the flame in the cauldron within a circle of fire.
		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 died.
		Organisation of the 2000 Summer Paralympics was the responsibility of SPOC the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee.
	www.outship.com /articles/2000_Summer_Olympics (2220 words)

	Articles - 2004 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Athens was chosen as the host city during the 106th IOC Session held in Lausanne in 05 September 1997, after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta nearly seven years before, on 18 September 1990, during the 96th IOC Session in Tokyo.
		The Mayor of Athens, Dora Bakoyianni, passed the Olympic Flag to the Mayor of Beijing, Wang Qishan.
		Officially there were 28 sports as swimming, diving, synchronised swimming and water polo are classified by the IOC as disciplines within the sport of aquatics, and wheelchair racing was a demonstation sport.
	www.oldion.com /articles/2004_Summer_Olympics (1561 words)

	Egypt in the 2004 Summer Olympics
		The original Olympics were held every four years for a span that lasted for almost eight centuries.
		At Minsk in May of 2004, Nahla was the biggest star in the field of 262 competitors in both men's and women's weightlifting, and so not surprisingly, even Sport's Illustrated has picked her for Gold in the Women's 75 kg (165 lbs) event at Athens.
		In fact, she is the only Egyptian athlete to be picked for any medal by SI at the summer event.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/egypt2004olympics.htm (1359 words)

	City Mayors: 2012 Summer Olympics
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was founded on 23 June 1894 by the French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who was inspired to revive the Olympic Games of Greek antiquity.
		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)

	1976 Summer Olympics - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
		Other candidates in the bid to organise the Olympics were Moscow and Los Angeles.
		The final choice was made on May 12 1970 on the 69th IOC session.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/1976_Summer_Olympics (1091 words)

	Articles - Indonesia at the 2004 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mia Audina, who won the silver medal in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics, has repeated that feat in the 2004 Olympics.
		Mia Audina was born in Indonesia, and competed for that country in the 1996 Olympic Games.
		National Olympic Committees at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
	www.sidepoint.com /articles/Indonesia_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (183 words)

	1920 Olympics
		The Olympic quadrennial, scheduled for Berlin in 1916, was interrupted by World War I–the so-called “War to End All Wars,” which had involved 28 countries and killed nearly 10 million troops in four years.
		Less than two years after the armistice, the Olympics resumed in Belgium, a symbolic and austere choice considering it had been occupied for four years by enemy forces.
		The Antwerp Games were also noteworthy for the introduction of the Olympic oath–uttered for the first time by Belgium fencer Victor Bion–and the Olympic flag, with its five multicolored, intersecting rings.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114439.html (454 words)

	Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the Olympic Games, the horse Over and Over broke a leg in cross country eventing, and had to be euthanized after it was determined that surgery would not be successful.
		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)

	! International Angler
		Bransford was a man of great vision who possessed the imagination and the guts to follow his dreams and see them come true.
		Fishing great George White is credited with first calling Bransford an "old fox." The nickname stayed with Bransford for the rest of his life.
		Though he spent more than 30 consecutive seasons fishing heavy tackle on the Great Barrier Reef, Johnston is a highly skilled angler on tackle of all weights, has fished most of the world’s big game hotspots, and held an IGFA world record for a 142 pound dogtooth tuna on 30 pound line for 15 years.
	www.igfa.org /hall.asp (18746 words)

	Yale's Olympians at Athens 2004 ::
		Kate, a Milton, Mass., native, finished third at the July 16 U.S. Olympic Trials in Sacramento to qualify for the 10,000-meter event at Athens.
		She qualified for the Olympic Team Trials in multiple categories and will make her third (1996, 2000) Olympic Games appearance this summer.
		Since then he has earned a world silver medal in the coxless four (2002 and 2003) and was fifth in the eight (2001), rowing with the Great Britain national program.
	yalebulldogs.collegesports.com /genrel/071904aaa.html (728 words)

	1920 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The city was chosen to memorialize Belgium for its suffering in World War I, beating out Amsterdam and Lyon for the right to hold the games.
		The 1916 Olympics were scheduled to be held in Berlin but were canceled due to the fighting in World War I. Highlights
		These Olympics were the first in which the Olympic Oath was uttered, the first in which doves were released to symbolize peace, and was the first time the Olympic Flag[?] was flown.
	www.city-search.org /19/1920-summer-olympics.html (430 words)

	eBay.co.uk - olympics, Olympic Memorabilia, Thematics, Europe items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Yamaha EX Alpha Recurve Olympic Bow Ceramic Limb VGC NR
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	Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Complete Book of the Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		David Wallechinsky has sieved through more than a century of Olympic history to assemble a wealth of thought-provoking analysis and a collection of anecdotes and dramas that range from the inspiring, through the comic to the bizarre.
		This edition, fully updated to include the results of the Sydney Olympics and with hundreds of new anecdotes and observations added, aims to be a "bible" for sport fans following the drama of Athens 2004.
		For many years David Wallechinsky has produced his quadrennial publication in the months prior to each summer Olympic Games.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1854109901 (670 words)

	Camelot In Four Colors, Part 4
		He stays and meets all the great Arthurian characters, until he and Elaine decide to return to the land of the living.
		The young god called Big Bear found himself in Britain at the time of the Roman army's departure, where he helped a rough warrior named Arta impress his fellows (Gwane and Lanslac) with his leadership potential by secretly assisting him to pull a sword out of a tree trunk.
		Since legend says that Britain cannot be invaded only so long as Bran's head remains there, the British government calls on Brigantia to recover the head.
	www.camelot4colors.com /interact.htm (6576 words)

	All-Time Medal Standings, 1896-2000
		Athletes from the USSR participated in the Summer Games from 1952-88, returned as the Unified Team in 1992 after the breakup of the Soviet Union (in 1991) and have competed as independent republics since the 1994 Winter Games.
		Yugoslavia was not invited to the 1992 games (though Serbian and Montenegrin athletes were allowed to compete as independent athletes) but returned in 1996 and competed under the name Serbia and Montenegro starting in 2004.
		South Africa was banned from 1964-88 for using the apartheid policy in the selection of its teams.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0115108.html (195 words)

	ABM -- Belarusians in 1996 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The first Summer Olympics for Belarus as an independent team was not without some controversy, at least for Belarusians around the world.
		Sad to say, the US television network, NBC, appears to be ignorant of what the Olympics are all about, and rarely showed much of the athletic competition; and when doing so, almost exclusively showed the US participants.
		European coverage also was much, much better than US coverage.) If you want to view Olympic competition, don't try to do it from the US.
	misc.home.by /bel-oly.htm (315 words)

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