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	1972 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972.
		The 1972 Summer Olympics were the second Summer Olympics held in Germany, after the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
		They were banned from the Olympics for life, as were Tommie Smith and John Carlos in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1972_Summer_Olympics (1397 words)

	1972 Summer Olympics
		In the bid to organise the Olympics, Detroit, Madrid and Montreal were beaten.
		Handball (last held in 1936) and Archery (last held in 1920) return as Olympic sports after a long absence.
		For the first time, the Olympic Oath is also taken by a representative of the referees.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1972_Summer_Olympics.html (256 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		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.
		Examples of this are the mid-rise dormitories built for the Olympic village which became the first residential housing for Georgia State University and Turner Field which was a modification of the original Centennial Olympic Stadium.
		Michelle Smith of Ireland wins three gold medals and a bronze in swimming, but her victories are overshadowed by doping allegations, which are later reinforced as she is banned after failing a test in 1998.
	en.wikipedia.christams-ornament.com /wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics (1593 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 2004 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Athens was chosen as the host city during the 106th IOC Session held in Lausanne in 05 September 1997,(date of the 25th anniversary of the Munich Massacre 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 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.hallencyclopedia.com /2004_Summer_Olympics (1826 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were held in Moscow in the Soviet Union.
		Although approximately half of the 24 countries which boycotted the 1976 Summer Olympics participated in these, the Games were disrupted by another, even larger, boycott led by the United States followed by 64 other countries in protest at the 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
		NBC, which was thought to be another major one, cancelled its coverage in response to the U.S.-boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, and became a minor broadcaster as the network did air highlights and recaps of the games on a regular basis.
	www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/1980_Summer_Olympics (540 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		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.1bx.com /en/1984_Los_Angeles_Olympics.htm (962 words)

	Athens Olympics 2004. ABC Sport.
		But while every Olympic city has a fabulous stadium, nowhere else in the world could events be held at Ancient Olympia - the home of the ancient Games - and the magnificent Panathinaiko Stadium, home of the first Games of the modern era back in 1896.
		After a behind-closed-doors tongue-lashing by Australian Olympic Committee chief John Coates, the team emerged united, but there were plenty of commentators who saw this as simply papering over some pretty obvious cracks.
		Through the prism of history, the Athens Olympics may come to be seen as the Games at which two major trends emerged - the rise of Asian nations as Olympic powers and the time the war on drugs became serious.
	www.abc.net.au /olympics (2755 words)

	Summer Olympics: Handball
		Handball is one of the oldest sports in the history of sport.
		Handball first became an official Olympic sport in 1936 on outdoor fields.
		Handball is played on an indoor court between two teams of seven players each.
	www2.lhric.org /poCantico/olympics/handball.htm (222 words)

	TSN : OLYMPICS - Canada's Sports Leader
		The 1972 Games were to be the biggest ever staged to date - more than seven thousand athletes from 121 nations competing in 195 sporting events.
		The 1972 Games were also the first to have a named mascot, Waldi the dachshund and the officials took the Olympic Oath for the first time.
		Men's handball made its first appearance and archery was reintroduced into the programme after an absence of 52 years.
	www.tsn.ca /olympics/feature/?fid=9411 (361 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		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.
		Handball would not appear again on the program until 1972.
	www.free-download-soft.com /info/1936-summer-olympics.html (668 words)

	1972 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In the bid to organise the Detroit Madrid and Montreal were beaten.
		Lasse Virén of Finland won the and 10000 m (the latter after a a feat he would repeat in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
		Handball (last held in 1936) and Archery (last held in 1920) return as sports after a long absence.
	www.freeglossary.com /1972_Summer_Olympics (508 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		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.
		The Olympic Flame was "electronically" transmitted from Athens to Ottawa, by means of an electronic pulse derived from the actual burning flame.
	1976-summer-olympics.area51.ipupdater.com (895 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics
		Scene from the opening ceremony USPS issued a stamp to honor the 2004 Summer Olympics.]] The ceremony for the lighting of the flame was arranged as a pagan pageant, with "priestesses" dancing.
		For the first time the [[Olympic Flame toured the world.]] By late March 2004, some Olympic projects were still behind schedule, and Greek authorities announced that a roof would no longer be constructed over the main swimming venue.
		As part of the theatrics, the Olympic rings are seen burning in a pool of water.]] A bare-breasted goddess holding snakes, based on a Minoan statue The Opening Ceremony held on August 13, 2004 began with a thirty second countdown paced by the sounds of an amplified heartbeat.
	2004-summer-olympics.ask.dyndns.dk (1811 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)

	1996 Summer Olympics - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The IOC's vote for Atlanta was therefore slightly surprising; however, the reasoning was that Athens' infrastructure could not be improved enough in time to successfully host the Games.
		The 1996 Summer Olympics have been regarded by many as being relatively unsuccessful.
		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.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/1996_Summer_Olympics (801 words)

	1988 Summer Olympics
		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.findword.org /19/1988-summer-olympics.html (679 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics
		Athens was chosen as the host city in 1997, after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics.
		It was the first Olympics since NBC had merged with Vivendi Universal Entertainment; the merger 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.
		When International Olympic Committee expressed its concern over the progress of construction work of the new Olympic venues, a new Organizing Committee was formed under President Gianna Angelopoulos–Daskalaki.
	www.askfactmaster.com /2004_Summer_Olympics (1705 words)

	Olympics: Handball
		Kretzschmar, 31, started playing handball when he was 6 years old, and he joined the German national team in 1993 at 20.
		She won a silver medal for East Germany at the 1976 Olympics and a bronze in 1980.
		Nine of the top 12 men's teams in the Olympics are from Europe, with the women's side boasting six of 10.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/08/08/Olympics/Handball.shtml (611 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union.
		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.
	www.explainthis.info /19/1980-summer-olympics.html (407 words)

	Summer Olympics: Aquatics
		In the Olympics Swimming has 26 individual events and six relay or team events for both men and women.
		In the 1972 Olympics US swimmer Mark Spitz won seven gold medals.
		Swimming was one of the sports at the first modern Olympic games in 1896.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/olympics/aquatics.htm (280 words)

	Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		From the quarter final stage onwards the womens event moved to the Indoor Arena of the Helliniko Olympic Complex with the men joining them there for their semi-finals and final.
		The men's Handball event first made an appearance, played outside, at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany but did not then re-appear until the Games returned to Germany for the Munich Olympics in 1972 since when it has been ever present.
		The women's game debuted in Montreal, Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics and again has been ever present since.
	handball-at-the-2004-summer-olympics.ask.dyndns.dk (907 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Team Handball Fan Guide
		ESPN.com puts Olympic handball In the Crosshairs with our interactive fan guide feature.
		There are 12 teams in the men's field, which began play in 1972.
		Players are not allowed to obstruct or push an opponent or hit a ball out of an opponent's hands.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/handball/s/viewers.html (210 words)

	1992 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The 1992 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
		All of the IOC countries participated in the Games for the first time since Munich 1972 Summer Olympics.
		South Africa was allowed again to participate in the Olympics after a 28 years suspension in the Olympic Games for its apartheid policy.
	articles.gourt.com /?article=Barcelona_1992&type=en (675 words)

	United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The United States competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
		It was the seventeenth time that the nation had competed, being one of only four nations to have competed in every Summer Olympics at that point.
		The United States, which had lost all three of its games in the first Olympic handball tournament, fared no better in the first round of the second tournament.
	dictionpedia.com /en/United_States_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics (649 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Image:Aerial view of Olympic complex in Athens 2004 DSC06793.jpg
		NBC Universal paid the IOC $793 million for U.S. broadcast rights [2], the most paid by any country.
		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.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/2/0/0/2004_Summer_Olympics_330c.html (2001 words)

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