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	1932 Summer Olympics
		An Olympic Village[?] was built for the first time, occupied by the male athletes.
		Babe Didrikson[?] wins two gold medals in the javelin throw and the hurdles event, and only loses a third in the high jump because her jumping technique is ruled inferior and is placed second.
		Finnish star Paavo Nurmi is barred from competing in the Olympic for being a professional.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1932_Summer_Olympics.html (177 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics Encyclopedia Article @ TokyoEx.com (Tokyo Ex) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
		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.
		Canada 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 city to ever to host a Winter Olympics.
	www.tokyoex.com /encyclopedia/1976_Summer_Olympics (1788 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were held in 1984 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
		In the wake of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 14 Eastern Bloc countries and allies including the Soviet Union, Cuba and East Germany (but not Romania), boycotted these Olympics.
		Olympic soccer was unexpectedly played before massive crowds throughout America, with several sell-outs at the 100,000+ seat Rose Bowl.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/1984_Summer_Olympics (1031 words)

	1932 Summer Olympics - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, were held in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
		Fewer than half the number of participants from the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam competed in 1932.
		The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was known in 1932 as Olympic Stadium.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/1932_Summer_Olympics (427 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		The winter Olympics were begun in 1924 and were held in the same year as the summer games until the 1994 winter games in Lillehammer, Norway, when the alternating cycles began.
		The 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, reflected a changed political landscape: the 172 participating nations and territories included the Unified Team (with athletes from 12 former Soviet republics), a reunited Germany, and South Africa, which was allowed to compete for the first time since 1960.
		The Olympic games are competitions of individual athletes, not of nations, and the IOC does not keep national scores; however, the media of all nations report national standings according to one of two scoring systems.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/sports/olympics.html (1093 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - 1928 Summer Olympics
		The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, were held in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
		For the first time, the Olympic Flame was lit during the Olympics.
		Because of this, running events longer than 200 m were not included in the Olympics until the 1960s.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=1928_Summer_Olympics (401 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.
		The weightlifting contests are also conducted in the Olympic stadium, with Launceston Elliot of Great Britain and Viggo Jensen of Denmark taking a first and a second place each in the single-hand and double-hand contests.
		In the first gymnastics competitions, Germany takes the titles in both the parallel bars event for teams and the horizontal bar event, though they are the only entrant in the latter competition.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/18/1896_summer_olympics.shtml (886 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, were held in 1896 in Athens, Greece.
		However, the 1900 Summer Olympics were already planned for Paris and, barring the so-called Intercalated Games of 1906, the Olympics did not return to Greece until the 2004 Summer Olympics.
		The concept of a designated Olympic Village for the athletes would not appear until the 1932 Summer Olympics; the athletes had to care for their own lodging.
	www.higiena-system.com /wiki/link-1896_Summer_Olympics (3625 words)

	SLAM! Sports: 2000 Summer Games: History of the Games
		The first Olympic village was built and every athlete was housed, fed and transported for less than $2 a day.
		When Walsh was shot and killed years later an autopsy showed "she" was actually a man. If a sex-test had been used in 1932 Strike would have won gold.
		A sex-test was not introduced at the Olympics until 1968.
	www.canoe.ca /2000GamesHistory/1932games.html (278 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)

	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)

	1980 Summer Olympics : Information and resources about 1980 Summer Olympics : School Work Guru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The boycott severely affects a great number of events, and even in events where the top athletes are present, the fields are small.
		Soviet gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin wins a medal in each of the eight gymnastics events, including three titles.
		Women's field hockey is Olympic for the first time, but all major nations boycott the tournament.
	schoolworkguru.org /encyclopedia/1/19/1980_summer_olympics.html (343 words)

	1932 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jim Thorpe who was stripped of his medals took part only in the games in press reports.
		In honor of these Olympics, 10th Street was renamed Olympic Boulevard and continues to be known by this name today.
		The Grand Olympic Auditorium, built to attract the Olympics and home to boxing, weightlifting, and wrestling events, was the largest indoor arena in the United States at the time, seating 15,300.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1932_Summer_Olympics (535 words)

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		In view of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 14 Eastern Bloc countries and allies including the Soviet Union, Cuba and East Germany (but not Romania), boycotted these Olympics.
		Carl Lewis makes his first appearance in the Olympics of 4 and equals the performance of Jesse Owens of 1936 and wins four gold medals in the 100m, 200m, 4x400m relay and the Long Jump.
		The Olympic Velodrome and the Olympic Swim Stadium, funded largely by the 7-Eleven and McDonald\'s corporations respectively, were the only two new venues constructed specifically for the L.A. Games.
	www.centralparknyusa.com /section/1984_Summer_Olympics (1480 words)

	Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 14 events: 6 for women and 8 for men.
		Scoring on the vault in the event finals was different from that at the 1976 Summer Olympics: an average of two vaults was taken into account, instead of taking the best of two scores.
		The unlucky gymnast by 0.05 was a Soviet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gymnastics_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics (734 words)

	1956 Summer Olympics Biography,info
		The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were held in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia, although the equestrian events could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations.
		The Olympic Flame was relayed to Melbourne after being lit at Olympia on 2 November 1956.
		The Olympic Flame was lit at the stadium by Ron Clarke.
	www.parsnava.com /biography/sdmc_1956_Summer_Olympics (1671 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1928 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Amsterdam had made a bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympics, but had to give way to war-victim Belgium and De Coubertin's Paris before finally being awarded with the organisation.
		The torch relay was however not started until the 1936 Summer Olympics.
		For the first time, the parade of nations started with Greece, which holds the origins of the Olympics, and ended with the host country, a tradition still continued until this day.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1928_Summer_Olympics (293 words)

	Graduate & Adult Studies Local Sponsor of Summer Olympics
		Helen Stephens, "The Fulton Flash," (pictured here with Jesse Owens) was enrolled at William Woods when she won her gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin; one for the women's 100 meters and another as part of the 4 x 100 meter relay.
		William Woods continues the tradition by being a local sponsor of the The Summer Olympics.
		Summer Olympic Events include: track and field, soccer, swimming, baseball, equestrian, sailing, greco-roman wresting and gymnastics.
	www.williamwoods.edu /gradadult/olympic.html (139 words)

	1932 Olympics — FactMonster.com
		Despite a world-wide economic depression and predictions that the 1932 Summer Olympics were doomed to failure, 37 countries sent over 1,300 athletes to southern California and the Games were a huge success.
		Energized by perfect weather and the buoyant atmosphere of the first Olympic Village, the competition was fierce.
		Winter Olympics Through The Years - The Winter Olympics 1924 Olympics 1928 Olympics 1932 Olympics 1936 Olympics 1948 Olympics 1952...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0114502.html (325 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 organisation of the Olympics turned out bad financially for Montreal, as the city remained faced with debts well after the Games had finished.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/1/19/1976_summer_olympics.html (353 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		Because the 1932 Olympics were held in the middle of the Great Depression and in the comparatively remote city of Los Angeles, half as many athletes took part as had in 1928.
		The 1932 Olympics were the first to last 16 days.
		She could have won more medals in the discus throw, relay and long jump, but women were restricted to competing in only three individual events in track and field athletics.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1932 (389 words)

	1948 Summer Olympics - Enpsychlopedia
		The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were held in 1948 at Wembley Stadium in London, England.
		After a hiatus of 12 years caused by the outbreak of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
		Note that these Olympic Games were the first time that the host nation did not win enough medals to be included in the top 10 medal winners.
	www.enpsychlopedia.com /psypsych/1948_Summer_Olympics (449 words)

	China Wins Gold Medal in Men's Gymnastics at Sydney 2000
		During the Cold War, China was represented in the Olympics by the Nationalist government under dictator Chiang Kai-shek better known as the Republic of China or Taiwan.
		A year later, in 1981, the IOC and the Nationalist government on Taiwan agreed that any future representation from Taiwan would be under the name "Chinese Taipei" with a neutral flag and anthem.
		For although the Chinese team is the reigning world champion, the absence of Olympic Gold for gymnastics has denied China the worldwide attention given traditional powerhouses from Europe.
	www.sinomania.com /CHINANEWS/olympics.htm (528 words)

	News: 1996 Olympic Gold-Medalists Chow, Dawes Headline USA Gymnastics’ 2005 Hall of Fame Inductees
		A former member of the USA Gymnastics’ Board of Directors, Bjerke has also been heavily involved in the men’s program and was inducted into the National Gymnastics Judges Association’s Hall of Fame in 1991.
		She was USA Gymnastics’ Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2003 and the U.S. Elite Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 1991, 1993, 1996, 2000 and 2003.
		Based in Indianapolis, USA Gymnastics is the national governing body for the sport of gymnastics in the United States.
	www.usa-gymnastics.org /news/2005/aug04-05hof.html (911 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 Olympic facilities were as impressive as the cutting edge facilities that brought the Summer Olympics to a new level in Munich (1972).
		The Winter Olympics of 2002 were overshadowed by the terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001.
	www.fanbay.net /olympics/modern_history.htm (2739 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Olympic Venues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Olympic Stadium will seat nearly 110,000 fans and host the opening and closing ceremonies, track and field, soccer (men's finals).
		Triathlon is in the Olympics for the first time and will be held with the Sydney skyline, the landmark Opera House and the nearby Harbour Bridge as a backdrop.
		The Australians are hopeful of a medal haul in their home waters.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/s/venues.html (545 words)

	Mihai Bagiu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		John's father Fred was a member of the 1968 Olympic Gymnastics Team while his sister Marie was a member of the 1984 Olympic Gymnastics Team.
		John finished seventh all-around in Atlanta, at the time this was the best U.S. finish in a non-boycotted Olympics since 1932.
		John, who is also a brevet judge, is now serving on the Executive Committee of the USA Gymnastics Board of Directors as an Athlete Director and sits on the Athletes' Commission for the FIG.
	www.usa-gymnastics.org /hof/2005/jroethlisberger.html (341 words)

	Fanbay.net - Athens 2004 Summer Olympics - Links, News, Travel info
		Gymnastics, Cycling, Shooting, Wrestling, and Canoe/Kayak are the next biggest sports with about 50 medals awarded from competitions in each of these sports.
		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)

	1932 Olympics — Infoplease.com
		Celebrating an Olympics anniversary.(WATCHES)(Omega Watch Corp.recently launched the Omega 1932 to mark 22nd participation in the......
		Going for the (Taxpayers') Gold: The Olympic Games have produced a gold rush of federal subsidies -- and some of the nation's wealthiest......
		Environmental factors in the summer Olympics in historical perspective.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114502.html (428 words)

	Research Starters: the Olympics
		The Summer Games are scheduled for 2000, 2004, 2008, and so on, while the Winter Games will take place in 2002, 2006, 2010, and so on.
		The statistics and demographics of the Olympics: how many athletes compete at a typical Summer or Winter Games, and in how many sports; in the modern games, what countries have dominated particular sports, and why that dominance may have come about.
		For a given Olympic event, the amount of preparation an individual or team goes through to compete on the Olympic level.
	teacher.scholastic.com /researchtools/researchstarters/olympics (1067 words)

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