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Encyclopedia: Helsinki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Helsinki is also the birth place of several international celebrities, including the bands HIM, The Rasmus and The 69 Eyes who all have achieved extremely high levels of fame and success both at home and abroad, thus bringing many tourists eager to see the home city of their idols to Helsinki. Kamppi (Kampen in Swedish) is a district in the centre of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Kaivopuisto (Swedish Brunnparken) is a district in Helsinki, Finland. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Helsinki   (4788 words)

Olympic Stadium -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Olympic Stadium, (A port in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river) Antwerp, (A monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Belgium (1920) Olympic Stadium, (The capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan) Tokyo, (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan (1964) Olympic Stadium, (A city in southwestern Spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in Spain) Sevilla, (A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power) Spain www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/ol/olympic_stadium.htm   (675 words)

Encyclopedia: Olympic Stadium (Athens)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) The Olympic Stadium (also known as the Athens Olympic Stadium, and Spiridon "Spiros" Louis Stadium, after the first man to win a marathon race) is a stadium that is part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. The National Olympic Stadium is a stadium in Tokyo, that served as the main stadium for the 1964 Summer Olympics. Montreals Olympic Stadium (French Le Stade Olympique) was the main venue of the 1976 Summer Olympics and was the home ballpark of Major League Baseballs Montreal Expos from 1977 until the franchise was moved to Washington, DC after the 2004 season. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Olympic-Stadium-%28Athens%29   (1441 words)

Olympic Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the big centrepiece sports arena of the Summer Olympic Games. In addition to these, there are other stadia called Olympic Stadium around the world, which have either been built as part of a prospective bid for the Games (Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadyumu, Istanbul and Estadio Olímpico de la Cartuja, Seville) or have simply been named that way (Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat). The only stadium to have been used twice, but only host one Olympics, is the Melbourne Cricket Ground which was host venue in 1956 and hosted the first game of the Sydney 2000 soccer tournament. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olympic_Stadium   (508 words)

Encyclopedia: Olympic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Olympic Aviation was a subsidiary of Olympic Airways, the Greek national airline. The Olympic Peninsula is the large arm of land in western Washington state that lies across Puget Sound from Seattle. The Olympic Mountains The Olympic Mountains are a mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula of western Washington in the United States. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Olympic   (488 words)

Olympic Stadium (Olympiastadion) | Museum/Attraction Review | Helsinki | Frommers.com Helsinki was host to the Olympic Games in 1952; a tower remains from its impressive sports stadium, and an elevator whisks passengers up to the top for a panoramic view of the city and the archipelago. The stadium, 2km (1 1/4 miles) from the city center, was originally built in 1940, but the Olympic Games scheduled for that year were cancelled when World War II broke out. The stadium was closed and rebuilt between 1992 and 1994, and today it conforms to the highest standards of a venue for mass-market sports. www.frommers.com /destinations/helsinki/A20792.html   (236 words)

Helsinki celebrates Olympic 50th Anniversary Then, to a great surge of applause, the Olympic torch, borne aloft, was carried into the stadium by Lasse Virén, winner of the 5,000 and 10,000 metres in the Munich and Montreal Olympics, having been transported the whole length of the country from Finnish Lapland (home of the midnight sun) by a relay of runners. To mention just a few examples, Helsinki, one of the world's revered centres for track and field, was a logical choice to host the first World Athletics Championships, that was in 1983, and staged the European Athletics Championships in 1971 and 1994. The great Finnish distance runner Paavo Nurmi, winner of nine Olympic gold medals in the 1920s, was certainly there, alive and well, but at the age of 55 his role was to carry the Olympic torch into the stadium. virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/olymp50.html   (1073 words)

European Cities - Helsinki by Charles L. Mitchell Helsinki is a convenient city because one can adeptly reach all of the downtown on foot. Helsinki's cathedral was built in the style of a Russian Orthodox Church and serves as a reminder that Helsinki was Russian until 1919. Helsinki is an exciting city to photograph because the town is far distant from everywhere. www.casayego.com /europeancities/helsin/helsin.htm   (1255 words)

News release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Helsinki sets a world precedent in commemorating past Olympic Games with a major series of events during 2002. Sports events in the honor of the Olympics include the qualifying competition for the world championship in modern pentathlon in the event’s 1952 host city of Hämeenlinna; the world championship will be held in San Francisco on July 16, 2002. In addition to the International Olympic Committee, the guests of honor include representatives of all European Summer Olympic host cities to date and members of the original teams of 1952, including those of Australia, Israel, Germany, and the United Kingdom. www.hel.fi /english/current/release.html   (424 words)

Al-Ahram Weekly | Sports | Going for gold   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) At the 10th IAAF World Athletics Championship in Helsinki, five finals were set to take place on Thursday -- the men's pole vault, the 200 metres race, the triple jump, the javelin for wheelchair users and the women's 100 metres hurdles race. The other finals to be held in the coming four days will include the men's 50-kilometre race walk, the 400 metres, the marathon, the long jump, the 4x100 relay, the high jump, the wheelchair 200 metres, the 800 metres, the 5,000 metres, the 110 metres hurdle race and the 4x400 metres relay. But even as temperatures plummeted in the 1952 Olympic Stadium on the evening of day one, the crowds still rose energetically to applaud the women's 10,000 metres race. weekly.ahram.org.eg /2005/755/sp1.htm   (1512 words)

Architecture of the Olympic Stadium - Helsinki, Finland Architecture of the Olympic Stadium - Helsinki, Finland This extension makes it visible for miles and helps keep the stadium in the minds of those who see it, and satisfy a minor sense of pride that comes from innovation. Later stadia would adopt the same combination of architectural discord, including Montreal's Olympic Stadium which features a vastly more futuristic interpretation of the "salad bowl and tongs" design. www.glasssteelandstone.com /FI/HelsinkiOlympicStadium.html   (293 words)

SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Olympic Stadium Tens of thousands of spectators arrived early and the 2000 Olympic stadium was half full as the two teams went through their pre-game warm-up 45 minutes before kick off. The preparation for the 2012 Olympics hit a snag as planners have discovered they are forbidden by law to build a sports facility on a plot of land near the Olympic stadium in Stratford. The Alouettes move indoors to Olympic Stadium on Saturday for their final home game of the regular season a battle for first place in the CFL East Division with the 9-6 Toronto Argonauts. venues.surfwax.com /files/Olympic_Stadium.html   (4751 words)

SPORTS & LEISURE: Helsinki - A great city for fitness freaks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) The nearby Olympic Stadium was built for the 1940 games, which never took place owing to the outbreak of war. Several major international sports competitions have been held in Helsinki in recent decades, such as the first world championships in track and field in 1983, the European championships in 1971 and 1994. The huge Hartwall Areena indoor stadium will be the venue for world championships in both figure skating and aerobics in 1999. www.publiscan.fi /sp04e-9.htm   (534 words)

Helsinki Hotel & Travel Information — Helsinki Finland Hotel and Travel Helsinki Travel Information - Helsinki is built on the islands and is frequently called the city of the sea. Customer service is a main factor in the Helsinki way of life. You will find Helsinki's Scenery to be at times no short of breathtaking with so much to look at that it may make you amazed at times to say the least. www.helsinkicitytourist.com   (364 words)

1956 Melbourne Olympic Stadium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) The idea for the Olympics to come south was first mooted back in the 1920s, when James Pa' Taylor, only the second person from Australasia to be appointed to the International Olympic Committee, lobbied for Australia to be awarded the 1936 Olympics. There were many people involved in the efforts to persuade the IOC that Melbourne should have the 1956 Games, not the least Frank Beaurepaire, the great swimmer who won six medals in an Olympic career stretching from 1908 to 1924. There were arguments about where the main stadium should be, and for a while there was so much industrial unrest and lack of endeavour that it looked a real possibility that there would be another first - the relocation of the Olympics to another country. www.sfo.com /~csuppes/Olympics/1956Melbourne/index.htm   (633 words)

BBC ON THIS DAY | 20 | 1952: Dynamic Zatopek wins gold at Helsinki Their athletes have been housed in separate accommodation from the rest of the world prompting fears that politics may sully an event that is meant to unite the world in a show of peace. Earlier the IOC had voted to accept all Chinese athletes on the grounds that the Olympics should be open to people from all over the world. What was more remarkable was that he had never run a marathon before Helsinki and took it in an Olympic record time of 2hrs 23mins 03.2secs. news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/20/newsid_3538000/3538602.stm   (520 words)

Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition - Metro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) The cost of roofing the east stand of Helsinki’s Olympic Stadium, part of the work required to bring the venue up to specifications for next year’s IAAF World Championships, will be around EUR 1.6 million more than anticipated. Erkki Aurejärvi, who heads the Stadium Foundation and is also on the organising committee for the 2005 games, says for example that the hastily-arranged European Champions League qualifier between FC Haka and Liverpool in 2001 brought in a windfall of more than EUR 300,000. The Olympic Stadium, with a concert capacity of 40-45,000, is also popular with large “stadium-class” rock acts, such as Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, and this year Metallica and Paul McCartney. www.helsinginsanomat.fi /english/article/1076153699497   (552 words)

Preparations for the 1940 Olympic Games in Helsinki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) The Olympic Games rules say that if a country is unable to host the Games at a given year, it cannot act as a host for the next games. The Olympic Commissar of the city of Helsinki, the city real estate director Erik von Frenckell says as his opinion that at least all construction work on firm buildings and installations, made by the city for the games, should be, in any case, finished. The Helsinki Olympic Stadium, by architects Yrjö Lindegren and Toivo Jäntti, was built in 1934-40 and 1947-52. www.histdoc.net /history/olympia.html   (406 words)

ORF-ON Minorities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) GHM calls for the widest possible screening of this documentary as the only hope for these and other Roma of Greece to get what they were promised and what they are entitled to as residents in a EU member and state of law, the human rights organization stresses in a release. Their struggle to find housing, to extract the subsidies that they were promised from the local municipality, and to rebuild their lives represents a humble battle against racism and poverty. Their settlement is in the Athenian suburb of Marousi, adjacent to the Main Olympic Complex, and they have been informed that their homes will be demolished in order to make room for a parking lot. vgarchiv.orf.at /bin/at/en/news/200404/20040409115215kor.html   (419 words)

icNewcastle - Kelly goes for personal best in Helsinki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Olympic bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton insists she will be satisfied with the outcome of her heptathlon campaign at the World Championships as long as she knows she has given everything she can. Now the Birchfield Harrier is insistent she will give 100% in the seven-discipline event which starts today at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki. Sotherton is currently ranked third in the world behind Eunice Barber and Kluft with the former world champion having set a new French record of 6889 points in Arles in June and she faces a tough challenge if she is to once again guarantee herself a place on the podium. icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk /0200sport/0600athletics/tm_objectid=15826419%26method=full%26siteid=50081%26headline=kelly%2dgoes%2dfor%2dpersonal%2dbest%2din%2dhelsinki-name_page.html   (735 words)

TopFoto Gallery - Olympic Games - 1952 Helsinki Finland,Helsinki/ Olympics,1952: Paavo Nurmi of Finland is the Olympic torch-bearer. The stadium, now being enlarged in readiness for this world event, was to have been used for the 1940 Olympics which was cancelled owing to the war. Olympic Games 1952 Robert Mathias of the USA winning heat 8 of the decathlon 110m hurdles event from Geoffrey Elliott (Great Britain) at the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland. www.topfoto.co.uk /gallery/olympics/1952%20Helsinki/default.htm   (1057 words)

Caribbean Net News: Powell cements Athens Olympic Stadium's reputation for speed And the 22-year-old, who failed to live up to his reputation in the Olympics last year by finishing fifth in the final, attributed part of his success to the "really fast track" in Athens. The Olympic Stadium is no novice to historic performances. Built in 1982, the 56,000-seat Athens stadium was refurbished from top to bottom in the year prior to the 2004 Games. www.caribbeannetnews.com /2005/06/16/cements.shtml   (549 words)

[CCF] 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HELSINKI OLYMPIC GAMES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) The Olympic Stadium was packed full on July 19, 1952 during the opening ceremony of the XV Olympic Games in Helsinki. Those participating in the greatest and most spirited event in radio contesting, WRTC2002, are encouraged to join in the July 19, 2002 festivities at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium when footage of the original opening ceremony will connect us from 1952 to the present day in a true Olympic spirit. The WRTC2002 symbol featuring the Helsinki Olympic Tower reminds us of the unparalleled Spirit of Helsinki, the strength of this small nation. lists.contesting.com /pipermail/ccf/2002-June/001930.html   (170 words)

IORR - Helsinki review The opening band Seahorses didn't cause such a big stir on the olympic stadium in Helsinki last night, even if they were far from bad... There's also the question of the '90s stadium crowd: sadly, in the era of massive corporate sponsorship, more than half the 48,000 tickets that went on sale fell into the hands of the hospitality audience - many of whom were of the "I bought a Beatles record once, and the Stones... Someone even suggested that whilst Elton John could sell out the Olympic Stadium here in June, he might have had a job to sell out the much smaller Hartwall Arena - basically an ice-hall - simply because it would not be "the big event" to pull in the army of quasi-fans. www.iorr.org /rew98/helsinki.htm   (2313 words)

Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition - Sport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Work has got under way on the roof to be added to the East Stand of the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, in readiness for the hosting of the 2005 IAAF World Championships in Track and Field. Work has been going on at the stadium since June, after the last public event to be held there, a concert by Paul McCartney. The revamped stadium should be completely ready by the beginning of May. Finland’s football team will be among the first to return to the venue, when they play Holland in June. www.helsinginsanomat.fi /english/article/1076154297527   (242 words)

Channelnewsasia.com The development comes on the day of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) final, official inspection visit to check preparations for the August 13-29 Games and a week after a bomb attack on an Athens police station. The western arch, designed to carry the metal structure supporting the polycarbon roof plates overlooking the stadium, weighs around 9,000 tons and was to slide at a snail's pace across a distance of 60 metres (200 feet). Final refurbishing of the revamped 20-year-old stadium was expected to have finished at the end of July, two weeks ahead of the opening ceremony. www.channelnewsasia.com /stories/afp_sports/view/84140/1/.html   (789 words)

Olympic Legends: Paavo Nurmi After he was defeated by Joseph Guillemot in the 5,000 metres at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, Nurmi rethought all aspects of his daily routine. The Finn, whose statue stands outside the Olympic stadium in Helsinki, won nine gold and three Olympic silver medals and set 29 world records between 1920 and 1932. Constant rumours that Nurmi was infringing the strict amateurism rules of the day came to nothing until the 1932 Los Angeles Games when he planned to run the only Olympic distance he had never entered, the marathon. www.rediff.com /sports/2004/aug/09oly-ath.htm   (467 words)

Helsinki celebrates Olympic 50th Anniversary Helsinki was to have hosted the Games in 1940 but war spoiled that plan. What better public recreation could there be than the Olympic Games. No, the athlete who left an unforgettable mark on the 1952 Games was the Czech runner, Emil Zatopek. www.finland.fi /finfo/english/olymp50.html   (1073 words)

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