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	Gymnastics Summary
		Olympic events involve performing athletic feats of leaping, swinging, and tumbling on a variety of apparatus, judged on the basis of the Code of Points, established and regularly upda ted by the FIG.
		In the 1972 Olympics, Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut dazzled both judges and spectators around the world with her athletic and aggressive style, performing a back flip on the balance beam for the first time ever.
		Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness, such as handsprings, handstands, and forward rolls.
	www.bookrags.com /Gymnastics (2147 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		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 main Olympic Stadium, the designated facility for the opening and closing ceremonies, was completed only two months before the games opened, with the sliding over of a futuristic glass roof designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
		The Mayor of Athens, Dora Bakoyianni, passed the Olympic Flag to the Mayor of Beijing, Wang Qishan.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/2/0/0/2004_Summer_Olympics_330c.html (2001 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Female Olympic athletes now more confident
		In the summer of 1972, Francie Larrieu Smith had all the opportunity she ever wanted spread out on the track before her as she toed the start line for the Olympic 1,500-meter heat in Munich, Germany.
		There were 96 women on the U.S. team in Larrieu Smith's first Olympics and 203 on her last, when she walked into the stadium in Barcelona, Spain, in 1992 carrying the U.S. flag.
		With the International Olympic Committee delivering on its promise to help unlock the potential of female athletes everywhere, women will compete for the first time at the Olympics in the hammer throw, pole vault, triathlon, modern pentathlon, tae kwon do, water polo and weightlifting.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/s/2000/0829/710203.html (1557 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		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 lead a boycott of 22 African nations as the IOC refused not to admit the New Zealand team.
		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.
	www.encyclopedian.com /19/1976-Summer-Olympics.html (369 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)

	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)

	1896 Summer Olympics - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		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 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.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics (3849 words)

	Olympics
		The petite Korbut, the darling of the 1972 Munich games, was expected to win medals in several individual competitions, but she - and the rest of the field - was supplanted by the 14-year-old Romanian Nadia Comaneci.
		Comaneci had done what no other Olympic gymnast had ever done: scored a perfect "10" - the board had been built to accommodate a high core of 9.9 (soon after, competitions around the world had to replace or remodel their scoring systems to include a perfect 10).
		She won the first Olympic women's competition in the javelin (143 feet, 4 inches) and 80-meter hurdles, setting a world record with her time of 11.7 seconds.
	www.baseball-statistics.com /Greats/Century/Olympics.htm (1668 words)

	Learn more about 1936 Summer Olympics in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		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.
		Basketball and handball made their debut at the Olympics, both as outdoor sports.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /1/19/1936_summer_olympics.html (481 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Wild week ends in controversy
		Eighteen gymnasts blundered their way through a series of vaults in the women's all-around that looked more like junior high stuff than the mark of true Olympians.
		All the gymnasts were given the option of going over, but Khorkina declined.
		Raducan was the first gymnast to have a medal stripped and the doctor is more or less out of a job through 2004.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/gymnastics/s/2000/0926/779592.html (646 words)

	Olympic Preview: Artistic Gymnastics
		In 1984, American Mary Lou Retton dazzled us with her smile and spunk, and in 1996, it was the "Magnificent Seven" and Kerri Strug's gutsy vault that ensured the gold for the United States.
		While rhythmic gymnastics are performed with an apparatus (ropes, hoops, balls, etc.), artistic gymnastics are performed on an apparatus.
		The surprise of the 2003 artistic gymnastics world championships was the United States women's team taking home the U.S.'s first world championship title and Team USA as a whole earning a whopping five gold medals in the competition.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/ol-gymnastics.html (364 words)

	Special Olympics Maryland - Inspire Greatness
		Special Olympics gymnastics was first included as an official sport in the 1972 World Games in Los Angeles, California, USA, in which only 11 athletes competed in tumbling and free exercise routines.
		Olympic gold medalists Bart Conner and Nadia Comaneci have recently been filmed doing the new artistic routines for the 1996-1999 Official Special Olympics Summer Sports Rules; both also serve on the Special Olympics Board of Directors.
		Gymnastics training occurs at Frederick Gymnastics Club in Frederick, Maryland on Saturday's from 4:00pm-5:50pm.
	www.somd.org /competition/SportDefinitions/Gymnastics.html (649 words)

	CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 1972 Munich
		An Olympic oath for judges was introduced, and a number of new electronic devices were used in Munich, including a triangulation device to measure distances in the athletics throwing events.
		Canada had spent $2.5 million on their 1972 Olympic team - a modest sum compared to the athletic budgets of many countries - but there was general disappointment in the results.
		The United States finally lost the gold in basketball after seven straight Olympic titles, and as far as the Americans were concerned, it took nothing short of larceny to finally part them from their gold.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/2004/1972.html (1713 words)

	Saudi Athletes in Atlanta Strive to Build on Their Nation's Olympic Tradition
		The Olympics have always inspired feelings of national pride, both in the inhabitants of the host country and in the inhabitants of every country sending athletes to the games.
		For the first time ever, the Kingdom's soccer team was represented in the Olympics, and although it lost its first game to Brazil and tied its second with Malaysia, it was a great moment in Saudi soccer history and set the course for the national soccer team's participation in future Olympics.
		In the 25th Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, in 1992, Saudi athletes represented the Kingdom in a number of sports, including some in which the Kingdom had never before competed, such as gymnastics, table tennis and swimming.
	www.saudiembassy.net /Publications/MagSummer96/olympics.html (951 words)

	1972 Olympics — Infoplease.com
		The United States also lost an Olympic basketball game for the first time ever (they were 62-0) when the Soviets were given three chances to convert a last-second inbound pass and finally won, 51-50.
		John Akii-Bua - John Akii-Bua Age: 47 winner of the gold medal in the 400m hurdles at the 1972 Olympics; set a...
		Olympic tragedy: 1972 Revisited: the shadow of terrorism still haunts the Olympics almost 30 years after Israeli athletes were massacred......
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114715.html (526 words)

	Special: Athens Olympics 2004 \| The Christian Science Monitor
		In early February of 1980, the Olympic news at Lake Placid, N.Y. was that US President Jimmy Carter was asking the International Olympic Committee to move the summer games from Moscow.
		The USSR refused to attend the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
		The official reason was "alleged violations of the Olympic Charter by US authorities," but Monitor correspondent Gary Thatcher paints a picture of plain-old politics: "Although the Soviet authorities will never officially admit it, they are exacting belated retribution for the US boycott of the Moscow Olympics of 1980." PDF.
	www.csmonitor.com /specials/oly2004/docs/oly_politics.html (719 words)

	Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics was represented by 14 events: 6 for women and 8 for men.
		The scoring in the team competition event and in event finals was the same, as for gymnastics events at the previous Olympics.
		Note:country names are given in the form they were used in the official documents of the IOC in 1972.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gymnastics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics (349 words)

	1932 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		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.
		An Olympic Village was built for the first time, occupied by the male athletes.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/1932_Summer_Olympics (376 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics
		After the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, the Eastern Bloc, including the Soviet Union, East Germany and Cuba boycotts these Olympics (the USSR announced their 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.
		A marathon for women is held for the first time at the Olympics, won by Joan Benoit.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1984_summer_olympics.shtml (289 words)

	Gymnastics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		As in all Special Olympics sports, athletes are grouped in competition divisions according to the athletes' ability level, age and gender.
		Gymnastics is one of Special Olympics' expanding sports.
		Gymnastics is a summer sport for Special Olympics Texas with statewide competition at the Summer Games in May. The following events are sanctioned by Special Olympics Texas and are to be offered at all local, area and chapter competitions.
	www.sotx.org /competitions/sports/gymnastics (210 words)

	Summer Olympics
		Sailing first became an Olympic sport in Paris in 1900, where time handicaps were used to referee the race.
		Olympic racing is now conducted with boats categorised into one-design classes based on similar weights and dimensions.
		Olympic history abounds with tales of athletes who overcame crippling adversity to win gold medals, but Karoly Takacs' comeback may be the best.
	library.thinkquest.org /CR0214546/solympics.html (1844 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1980 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		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.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1980_Summer_Olympics (332 words)

	River Falls Public Library - 2004 Summer Olympics
		Discusses unusual and memorable athletic performances that have taken place in the history of the summer Olympics.
		Describes the accomplishments of the U.S. women's gymnastics team who won the gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
		A biography of the Soviet gymnast who won three gold medals in the 1972 Olympics and returned to win another in 1976.
	www.rfcity.org /LIBRARY/kids/olympics.html (420 words)

	Olympics Handball Events, News, Scores
		Wall handball is played against a wall, beach handball is played on the beach and team handball or fieldball, uses a smaller version of a soccer (foot)ball, a court, goals for scoring and, well, teamwork.
		Men's handball became an Olympic sport in 1936 but was dropped and then restored in 1972.
		Field Handball is one of the most popular spectator sports at the Summer Olympic Games, and f you've never seen it played, take the virtual tour...
	www.chiff.com /olympics/olympics-handball.htm (347 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)

	Research Starters: the Olympics
		In 1972 in Munich, 11 Israeli athletes were murdered by Palestinian terrorists, casting a pall over great performances by a number of athletes.
		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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