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	Field hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		Hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by two events: men's team event and women's team event.
		For the first time a women's Olympic Games hockey tournament was organized.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hockey_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics (415 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		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 (548 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 2004 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		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)

	Wikipedia: 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.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/1/19/1936_summer_olympics.html (401 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics
		Also during the games, the Centennial Olympic Park bombing took place on July 27, 1996 killing Alice Hawthorne and wounded 111 others, and causing the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack.
		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.
		Amy Van Dyken[?] wins four gold medals in the Olympic swimming pool, the first American woman to win four titles in a single Olympics.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1996_Olympics.html (364 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Woodhead was devastated by boycott
		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)

	TSN : OLYMPICS - Canada's Sports Leader
		The Vancouver-Garibaldi bid for the 1980 Winter Games was withdrawn before the final IOC vote, leaving Lake Placid, United States, the sole contender and winner by acclamation.
		Having been denied the Winter Olympics four years ago, the United States were determined to make a go of it in 1980.
		The story of the 1980 games was the U.S. ice hockey team coached by little known Herb Brooks.
	www.tsn.ca /olympics/feature/?fid=10277 (720 words)

	Winter Olympics: Ice Hockey
		Ice hockey made its Olympic debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.
		In 1998 the face of Olympic hockey underwent a major change when it was ruled that professionals would be allowed to compete.
		Hockey games will be played at the new Palasport Olimpico and also at an ice rink set up in the existing Torino Esposizioni.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/winter-olympics-ice-hockey.html (517 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)

	2000 Summer Olympics
		The ceremonies concluded with the lighting of the Olympic Flame.
		Former Australian Olympic champions brought the torch through the stadium, handing it over to Cathy Freeman, who lit the flame in the cauldron.
		IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, at his last Olympics, had to leave for home, as his wife was severely ill. Upon arrival, his wife had already passed away.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/2/20/2000_summer_olympics.shtml (670 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1980 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union.
		On March 21, 1980, following the 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, American president Jimmy Carter announced a boycott of the Moscow Olympics.
		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)

	The other 1980 Olympic hockey team
		Men's field hockey had been in the Olympic program for years; the Americans finished third in Los Angeles at the 1932 Olympics, despite being walloped by India 23-1 in the preliminaries.
		Some of the members of the 1980 Olympic Team kept together, kept their skills at a high level for four solid years until the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
		But the women's field hockey tournament was still strong; the nations that did boycott were not medal contenders.
	www.geocities.com /topofthecircle/1980.html (1201 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)

	Wikinfo \| 1972 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In the bid to organise the Olympics, Detroit, Madrid and Montreal were beaten.
		Lasse Virén of Finland won the 5000 and 10000 m (the latter after a fall), a feat he would repeat in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
		For the first time, the Olympic Oath is also taken by a representative of the referees.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1972_Summer_Olympics (454 words)

	1980 olympics -- 1980 olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The 1980 Olympics in Moscow, boycotted by the United States and some other countries over the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, are still remembered by some in the Olympic movement.
		Sheremetyevo was built for the 1980 Olympics, and for a city of 8 million-plus, it's tiny.
		He was a distance marker at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, and again at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City.
	www.yoathens.com /1980olympics (3963 words)

	1980 Olympics Hockey Added to Lineup
		When Strat-O-Matic announced recently that it would try to salve hockey fans’ wounds with a Hall of Fame set and three historic NHL seasons (1946-47, 1968-69 and 1975-76), the game company said it had hoped to produce the Olympics set as well, but that it did not obtain the necessary data in time.
		Before the Olympics, the all-amateur American team comprised mostly of college players was considered to be no better than fifth best, certainly behind the Soviets, the Czechs, the Canadians and the Swedes.
		Soon after the Olympics was over, 13 of the 20 American players were headed for the National Hockey League.
	www.strat-o-matic.com /sphere/holympics.htm (426 words)

	'Miracle On Ice' Coach Brooks Dies, 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Coach Herb Brooks Killed In Car Crash - CBS News
		Witness the triumphs and drama of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics in pictures, explore a history of the Winter Olympics and see which countries hauled in the most medals.
		The young Americans were given no chance against the veteran Soviet squad that had dominated international hockey for years and had routed them 10-3 in an exhibition game at Madison Square Garden the week before the Olympics.
		Players from the 1980 team, led by Mike Eruzione, lit the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony in Salt Lake City.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/09/16/national/main573556.shtml (1078 words)

	ThePittsburghChannel.com - Olympics 2006 - Ice Hockey: Canada Is Team To Beat
		Overall, ice hockey in the Olympic Games dates back to 1920, when the tournament was part of the Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.
		The last team to win successive Olympic titles was the Soviet Union/Unified Team, which won in 1984, 1988 (as Soviet Union) and 1992 (as Unified Team).
		Sweden has emerged as a solid women's hockey team in recent years, winning bronze in both the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and the '05 IIHF World Championships.
	www.thepittsburghchannel.com /olympics2006/6207547/detail.html (1478 words)

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	Summer Olympics 2000 First medal for Fischer came in 1980
		Fischer, who competed at several Olympics under the married surname Schmidt but has since divorced, has won at least one gold medal at all five Olympics she's competed, including the last four.
		Her collection began with a gold in the solo race in 1980.
		She missed the '84 games because East Germany was part of the Soviet-led boycott, then won the pairs and quad in '88, the solo in '92 and the quad in '96.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/0930/794133.html (266 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)

	The 80s Server: The 1980 Olympics -- Summer
		The Summer Games of the XXII Olympiad, although boycotted by the United States and other countries, were held in Moscow, U.S.S.R. from July 19th to August 3rd.
		The boycott, a result of the December 1979 invasion of Afghanistan by Soviet troops, was announced by President Jimmy Carter on January 20th, 1980.
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said that the Games should not be concerned with politics and looked down upon the United States' actions.
	www.80s.com /Entertainment/Sports/Olympics/1980/summer.html (717 words)

	2006 Winter Olympics - Turin - Sports - New York Times
		The protesters managed to generate enough worry that Olympic organizers, for the third time in recent days, diverted the path of the torch relay to avoid them.
		Turin is transforming itself from a faded industrial powerhouse into a city capable of impressing the world as host to the 2006 Winter Olympics.
		Follow the Olympic flame as it makes its way to Turin, read athlete profiles, view slide shows of the Games's venues and check availability of event tickets.
	www.nytimes.com /pages/sports/olympics/?0912aa (449 words)

	Whaddaya Know? Try our official Summer Olympics quiz: 9/15/00
		For the host city, the Olympics can be a defining event -- the spectacle that brings the world to their doorstep and puts them on the map as a destination.
		The moments that we will remember forever from this Summer Olympics are yet to come.
		And though no one can absorb all the information about all the athletes competing this year, some background is important if the gravity of an Olympic moment is to properly sink in, if and when it comes.
	www.s-t.com /daily/09-00/09-15-00/b01li076.htm (488 words)

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