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	Encyclopedia: 1980 Summer Olympics
		Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinaesthetic awareness, such as handsprings and handstands.
		The Judo competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the first time that the medal count was not dominated by Japan, as the country joined the boycott of the games because of the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
		Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by ten events (all — mens individual), held between July 20 and July 30 at the Izmailovo Sports Palace, situated alongside the Izmailovo Park (eastern part of Moscow).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1980-Summer-Olympics (3676 words)

	Gymnastics At The 1908 Summer Olympics [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		At the 1908 Summer Olympics The Games of the IV Olympiad, originally scheduled to be held in Rome, were instead held in 1908 in London, England.
		The artistic gymnastics was held from August 14 to August 23, the rhythmic gymnastics from August 26 to August 29, and the trampolining from August 20 to August 21.
		The artistic gymnastics and trampolining events were held at the Indoor Hall and the rhythmic gymnastics events were held at the Galatsi Olympic Hall....
	www.wikimirror.com /Gymnastics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics (239 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although approximately a half of the countries, which boycotted 1976 Summer Olympics, participated in these ones, the Games were disrupted by another, even larger, boycott led by the United States in a protest to the 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
		In response to the U.S.-boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, NBC, which was slated to provide coverage of the games, canceled its coverage, but the network did air highlights and recaps of the games on a regular basis.
		Soviet gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin won a medal in each of the eight gymnastics events, including three titles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics (393 words)

	2000 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Olympic flag was flown at half-staff during the period as a sign of respect to Samaranch's wife.
		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 SPOC the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics (1813 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics (525 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics. Who is 1936 Summer Olympics? What is 1936 Summer Olympics? Where is 1936 Summer Olympics? ...
		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.
		Rower Jack Beresford won his fifth Olympic medal in the sport, and his third gold medal.
		For the first time the Olympic Flame was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/1936_Summer_Olympics (469 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 1900 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the II Olympiad, were held in 1900 in Paris, France.
		The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1936-Summer-Olympics (3300 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, the first Olympic Games to be held in a socialist country.
		On March 21, 1980, following the 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, American president Jimmy Carter announced a boycott of the Moscow Olympics.
		The boycott severely affected a great number of events, and even in events where the top athletes were present, the fields were small.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /1980_Summer_Olympics (418 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1992 Summer Olympics
		Krisztina Egerszegi (born August 16, 1974) is one of the greatest Hungarian Olympic champions of the modern era.
		The Unified Team used the Olympic flag The Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona was a joint team consisting of twelve of the fifteen former Soviet republics.
		This is the full table of the medal count of the 1992 Summer Olympics.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1992-Summer-Olympics (3228 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.
		All the events were held at the Sports Palace of the Central Lenin Stadium (at Luzhniki, south-western part of Moscow) from July 20 to July 25.
		Remark:country names are given in the form they were used in the official documents of the IOC in 1980.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gymnastics_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics (253 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Woodhead was devastated by boycott (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Summer Olympics 2000 Woodhead was devastated by boycott
		Former U.S. Olympic swimmer Cynthia "Sippy" Woodhead remembers sitting in her high school classroom, embarrassed at the tears that were about to overcome her.
		But the 1980 U.S. Olympic boycott kept her from the Games where she was going to shine.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/s/boycott/woodhead.html (639 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics: Definition and links by Encyclopedian.com Information about 1980 Summer Olympics
		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.
		The team of Zimbabwe is invited just a week before the start of the Games, but it wins the nation's first gold medal.
	encyclopedian.com /19/1980-Summer-Olympics.html (304 words)

	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - 1980 Summer Olympics
		The only other time before, where some part of the Olympics was in a different city was when Stockholm, Sweden hosted the equestrian events in the 1956 Summer Olympics while the rest of it was in Melbourne, Australia.
		In the Opening Ceremony, 16 nations (among those Great Britain and Australia) chose to march under the Olympic Flag - rather than their national flags and the Olympic Anthem replaced their national anthems at medal ceremonies.
		Another victim of the boycott was NBC, which had paid $87 million for the U.S. broadcast rights to the games, almost four times the amount paid four years earlier.
	www.fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/1980_Summer_Olympics (590 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 (1146 words)

	kiat.net: Olympic Games Moscow 1980
		While chosen to host the 1980 Summer Games of the XXII Olympiad on October 23, 1974, the IOC was all too aware of the difficulties that such a choice may incur.
		The Olympic movement still fell prey to politics when the Games were held in Moscow, the first Eastern European city to host an Olympiad.
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said that the Games should not be concerned with politics and looked down upon the United States' actions.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/22moscow.html (522 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 No harm, no foul for Hanzlik
		Smack in the middle of his senior season at Notre Dame, with the impending NBA Draft on the horizon, Hanzlik barely took notice when call of the Olympic boycott came down.
		You feel for the gymnastics people, the volleyball people, all those who this was their one shot.
		Some of the marquee college seniors in 1980, such as Kevin McHale, didn't tryout for the U.S. team due to the boycott.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/s/boycott/hanzlik.html (762 words)

	History of the Modern Summer and Winter Olympics from Fanbay.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		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 (2740 words)

	1980 Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Olympics was among a number of athletes vacationing in Southern Asia when earthquake-driven tidal waves swept the region, leaving more than 22,000 dead in 10...
		Women's hockey was not introduced to the Olympic Games until 1980, however due to boycott of the 1980 Olympics, the Australian women's team first competed in the Olympics in 1984 in Los Angeles...
		Sheremetyevo was built for the 1980 Olympics, and for a city of 8 million-plus, it's tiny.
	www.olympicsi.com /1980olympics (960 words)

	1968 Summer Olympics
		In the medal award ceremony, fl athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos (USA) raise their fl-gloved fists as a symbol of "Black Power".
		Czechoslovakian gymnast Věra Čáslavská; wins the hearts of the Mexican crowd and four gold medals.
		US swimmer Debbie Meyer became the first swimmer to win three individual gold medals, in the 200, 400 and 800 m freestyle events.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1968_summer_olympics.html (301 words)

	Your Free Yelena Davydova Art History Online Reference and Guide
		The Soviet Olympic gymnastics team was to be chosen after The USSR Cup competition in June in Kiev.Davydova won it comfortably and scored a 10 on floor.She finished 0.5 ahead of her nearest rival,Shaposhnikova.
		Missing from the 1980 Olympics was the 1978 World Champion,Elena Mukhina,who had been paralysed after an accident while training.She was unable to speak for 6 months and remains in a wheelchair to this day.Davydova has always kept in contact with her and Mukhina describes her as "a real friend".
		The Soviet women's gymnastics team finished the 1980 Summer Olympics with 8 medals,the same as in Montreal but less than they had won at any previous Olympics.In percentage terms they won 38% of the medals awarded,less than at any previous Olympics.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Yelena_Davydova (1136 words)

	1988 Summer Olympics - Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		After boycotts of the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Games were again boycotted, but only by four nations: North Korea, Cuba, Ethiopia and Nicaragua.
		Christa Rothenburger becomes the first (and last) athlete to win Olympic medals at the Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics in the same year.
		Table tennis is introduced at the Olympics, with China and the host nation both winning two titles.
	www.greatestinfo.org /1988_Summer_Olympics (380 words)

	[Olympic Preview] Athletes remember 1980 Summer Olympics boycott (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He was unable to compete in the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics because of a U.S. boycott but won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
		Vidmar quickly became a great gymnast himself. After capturing the NCAA All-Around title in 1983, he was notified of his second Olympic invitation, this time in front of a hometown crowd in Los Angeles.
		Vidmar now serves as one of the chairs on a summit for summer Olympic sports, which has enabled him to be in Athens, Greece, this week to evaluate the future of men's gymnastics.
	www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /news/articles.asp?ID=29817 (1306 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		Gerd Wessig became the first male high jumper to break the world record at the Olympics and swimmer Vladimir Salnikov broke the 15-minute barrier for the 1,500m.
		In adramatic confrontation, runners Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe split the 800 and 1,500m.
		The Olympics were disrupted by another, even larger boycott, this one led by U.S. president Jimmy Carter, part of a package of actions to protest the December 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1980 (349 words)

	Fanbay.net - Athens 2004 Summer Olympics - Links, News, Travel info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		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 (451 words)

	Articles - 1928 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		For the first time, the Olympic Flame was lit during the 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.
		Because of this, running events longer than 200 m were not included in the Olympics until the 1960s.
	www.x-moto.net /articles/1928_Summer_Olympics (230 words)

	2000 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		France's Lionel Torres, who won the Olympic test event in Sydney last year, was atop the most recent men's world rankings, and Britain's Alison Williamson was second at the 1999 worlds.
		At the Olympics, his biggest hurdles figure to be Chagaev and Savon, who have considerably more international amateur experience.
		Alison Dunlap, 31, of Denver converted to mountain biking after placing 37th in the 1996 Olympic road race and is a medal contender after top-five finishes in the last two world championships.
	www.buffzone.com /sports/misc/a204127a.html (4278 words)

	1980-summer-olympics software downloads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Beautiful summer wildflowers show to an accompaniment of an acoustically based digital soundtrack, and all images are captioned.
		Beautiful women soak in the summer sun and relax in front of quiet, majestic sun sets.
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