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  2000 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The cover for the DVD of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics showing fireworks in the background and the lighting of the Olympic Flame by Cathy Freeman (who subsequently won the 400 m title).
During the raising of the Olympics Flag, the Olympic Hymn was sung by the Millennium Choir of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia.
Organisation of the 2000 Summer Paralympics was the responsibility of SPOC the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics   (2372 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.
A total of eight sports were included in the winter Olympics in 1998: biathlon (cross-country skiing and rifle marksmanship), bobsled, curling (for the first time), ice hockey (which included women’s hockey for the first time), luge (toboggan), figure skating, speed skating, and skiing (which, for the first time, included snowboarding as a medal sport).
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)

  
 Olympic Games - MSN Encarta
The modern Olympic Games began in Athens, Greece, in 1896, two years after French educator Pierre de Coubertin proposed that the Olympic Games of ancient Greece be revived to promote a more peaceful world.
Although the Olympic Charter, the official constitution of the Olympic movement, proclaims that the Olympics are contests among individuals and not among nations, the IOC assigns to the various NOCs the task of selecting national Olympic teams.
Women’s Olympic sports have grown significantly since then, and currently women account for approximately half of the members of teams, except in teams from Islamic nations, where the level of female participation is generally lower.
encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761562380   (1334 words)

  
 1964 Summer Olympics: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The olympic oath is taken by an athlete and a judge at the opening ceremonies of the olympic games....
The 1964 summer paralympics were the 2nd paralympic games to be held....
The international olympic committee is an organisation based in lausanne, switzerland, created by pierre de coubertin in 1894 to reinstate the ancient...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1964_summer_olympics.htm   (1556 words)

  
 1964 Summer Olympics -
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, were held in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan.
The 1964 Summer games marked the first time the Olympics were held in Asia.
Olympic Stadium, now known as "National Stadium," was the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies, and for track and field events.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/1964_Summer_Olympics   (667 words)

  
 Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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)

  
 GBROLYMPICS.COM / LONDON-OLYMPICS.COM - Olympic Games Medallists
The modern Olympics were first held in 1896.
Nevertheless all those competitions reported, at one time or another, as Olympic medal events have been included here for the record, with those no longer regarded as official footnoted.
Nationalities given are those of the countries the medallists were representing at the time of the event.
www.gbrathletics.com /olympic   (336 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)

  
 Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The year IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch brought the Olympics to his native Spain marked the first renewal of the Summer Games since the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and the reunification of Germany in 1990.
The first Olympics since the reunification of Germany in 1990 and the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 resulted in a record 2,174 athletes from 65 countries as the Winter Games were staged in the French Alps for the third time.
New medal events such as women's ice hockey as well as snowboarding and curling were also received well by the crowds.
www.personal.psu.edu /users/b/u/buw107/olympics.htm   (1180 words)

  
 Cool Attractions - Olympic History
As Salt Lake City prepares for the 19th Olympic Winter Games, constructing multi-million dollar venues, landing corporate sponsorships, and adjusting the city's infrastructure to accommodate the temporarily swollen population, all eyes are on the future.
The Olympics have always reflected the political goings-on in the world, and for this reason, the 1964 games in Innsbruck, Austria were particularly noteworthy.
Calgary's Olympics in 1988 were well received by both athletes and spectators, however, there were some concerns regarding the facilities, and the choice of competition sites.
www.saltlakecity.coolattractions.com /history.html   (862 words)

  
 Summer Olympics: Volleyball
In the Olympics there are two different kinds of volleyball, Volleyball and Beach Volleyball.
Volleyball became an Olympic sport in 1964 and Beach Volleyball became an Olympic sport in 1996.
In the Olympics both Volleyball and Beach Volleyball are played by men and women.
www2.lhric.org /pocantico/olympics/volleyball.htm   (222 words)

  
 CNN Cold War - Spotlight: Olympic boycotts
From 1956 through 1964, the two Germanys were forced to reach their own Olympic truce and compete as a joint team.
It was the only time from 1964 to 1992 that the Soviets did not win the gold.
In 1992, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia fielded their own teams, and the rest of the former Soviet Union competed as the "Unified Team." Winners were saluted with the flags and anthems of their countries.
www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/20/spotlight/highlights   (762 words)

  
 1928 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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.
For the first time, the Olympic Flame was lit during the Olympics.
The torch relay was however not started until the 1936 Summer Olympics.
www.fastload.org /19/1928_Summer_Olympics.html   (254 words)

  
 CBC.CA - Torino 2006
Hockey Night in Canada's Kelly Hrudey dissects the Canadian men's squad bound for Turin.
Olympic ice hockey has hosted its share of dynasties and upsets.
Olympic rules put a premium on a player's hockey sense — the ability to act quickly and positively with the puck and the discipline to know what to do without it.
www.cbc.ca /olympics/sports/icehockey   (657 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)

  
 NBCOlympics.com - Athletes - Lindsey Jacobellis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Even though the Olympic games are over, the NBC Universal Store still has your favorite Torino merchandise.
And she appeared to be the best rider in the Olympic debut of her sport at the 2006 Games.
Jacobellis had a sizable lead in the final race of the competition, and so decided to attempt a flashy grab move as she sailed over the penultimate jump of the course.
www.nbcolympics.com /athletes/5058592/detail.html   (745 words)

  
 Olympics :
This little bear is from the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.Famous for their dancing bears (I think they are trying to cut back on this animal cruelty).The foam bear is flocked brown and has an Olympic metal symbol at his waist.
This green sponge whale is flocked and has the Olympic ribbon wrapped around his body and the Olympic entwined circles symbol attached to the ribbons.He is good clean condition and is 8 inches long.Great vintage collectible.
Olympic Hero - A Tale of the 87th Greek Games was written by Henry Roxborough and published in 1960 by the Ryerson Press in Toronto.
search.rubylane.com /collectibles?id=54&cache=b0cca3e22c90737&...   (1185 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Former USA hockey coach Brooks dead   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Herb Brooks, who directed the U.S. Olympic hockey team's "Miracle on Ice" upset of the Soviet Union en route to an improbable gold medal in 1980, died Monday in a car accident north of Minneapolis.
The strength of hockey in the United States is a testament to Herb Brooks and the historic Olympic triumph in 1980.
Herb Brooks was a great innovator of the sport of hockey and it was a great privilege to be able to play for him at the University of Minnesota and for the 1980 Olympic team.
www.usatoday.com /sports/hockey/2003-08-11-brooks_x.htm   (1253 words)

  
 Ivy League Sports - Ivies in Athens 2004
The hockey team, however, was not the only pertinent Ivy League story from the 1932 Games.
The figure skating and ice hockey competitions were in an indoorrink for the first time in Winter Olympic history.
Official Olympic Posters appear with permission and are the property of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
www.iviesinathens.com /olympic/games.aspx?ID=203   (542 words)

  
 Summer Olympics: Judo
Kano was a member of the International Olympic Committee and an associate of Baron Peirre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic movement.
Men's judo was not added to the Olympic Games until 1964 and women's judo became an Olympic event in 1992.
In the Olympics there are seven weight categories for men and seven weight categories for women.
www2.lhric.org /pocantico/olympics/judo.htm   (199 words)

  
 2004 Summer Olympics
Athens was chosen as the host city during the 106th IOC Session held in Lausanne in 05 September 1997, 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.
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.
www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/NewSport/Olympia2004.html   (1798 words)

  
 1964 olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
All Olympics NewsfeedsOlympics - Afghanistan Olympics - Albania Olympics - Algeria Olympics - Angola Olympics...
The 1964 Olympic Games were marred by the absence of Indonesia, North Korea, and South Africa...
This website is an independent publication and has not been authorized, sponsored or otherwise approved or affiliated by or with any of the companies or entities identified on this website.
www.111-olympics.com /11/1964-olympics.html   (593 words)

  
 1964 Summer Olympics: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Olympic Torch (Thumb250pxthe olympic flame at the athens 2004 summer olympicsthe olympic flame or olympic fire is a symbol...)
Hockey (A game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of 6 skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with hockey sticks)
1964 Summer Olympics[click link for more facts about this subject] medal count (This is the full table of the medal count of the 1964 summer olympics....)
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/1964_summer_olympics   (1763 words)

  
 William Julison Papers
William Julison and his brothers, Steve and Adam, were active in hockey and softball in Grand Forks for over forty years, both as team members on local and state championship teams in the 1930's and 1940's and as team sponsors in the 1960's.
The material particularly documents the years of the 20's, 30's, and 40's and is arranged alphabetically by sport with emphasis on softball, hockey, and to a lesser degree on football.
Hockey, North Dakota Hall of Fame, correspondence, 1978-1987 and inductees.
www.und.nodak.edu /dept/library/Collections/og1169.html   (4853 words)

  
 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.
He was replaced by United States Olympic Committee president Avery Brundage, who supported the Games.
* For the first time the Olympic Fire was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
brandt.kurowski.net /projects/lsa/wiki/view.cgi?doc=487   (443 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS
Of course, it is derived in part from jujitsu, the hand-to-hand combat technique of ancient samurai warriors, and everything is relative.
While throwing opponents to the floor wins most matches, it is the only Olympic sport where submission holds allow choking an opponent or breaking an arm.
Discover the technique of all Olympic disciplines with flash animations.
www.olympic.org /uk/sports/programme/index_uk.asp?SportCode=JU   (171 words)

  
 SportsFilter | All Hockey links
Youth Hockey Runs Into Concerns over Checking Bodychecking should not be allowed for hockey players under age 14 because of the risk of serious injury, according to Toronto study of 4,700 hockey injuries.
Hockey players apology All I can say is that even though they did waste a season, this loyal hockey fan can't wait til they all start playing again.
A Hockey Player's Apology At least one hockey player has the guts to admit he was wrong and lay the blame where it belongs, on the all too powerful union.
www.sportsfilter.com /cat.cfm/sports/Hockey.html   (12001 words)

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