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	1984 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1984 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia.
		Skier Jure Franko won Yugoslavia's first Winter Olympic medal; a silver in the giant slalom.
		This would be the last time the closing ceremony for the Winter Games was held indoors until 2010.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1984_Winter_Olympics (320 words)

	KIAT.NET - Olympic Winter Games Ice Hockey
		The origins of ice hockey are unclear, but it's widely accepted that the British are responsible for bringing hockey to North America.
		From the 1980s, professional hockey players who had played in the National Hockey League (NHL) were declared eligible to compete in the Olympic ice hockey tournament.
		Women's ice hockey was approved as an Olympic sport in 1992, and debuted in Nagano in 1998.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/sports/winter/icehockey.html (726 words)

	1984 — Sarajevo, Yugoslavia - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		With most insiders expecting Sapporo, Japan, or Goteberg, Sweden, to earn the right to host the 1984 Winter Olympics, host privileges surprising are awarded to Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, marking the first and only time the Winter Games are conducted in a Socialist nation.
		Although the 1984 Games are remembered for the host city’s hospitality and problem-free program, civil war consumes Sarajevo in the coming years, with competition venues destroyed or turned into military positions.
		With the IOC opting to cover the expenses of one male and one female athlete per country, the number of participating countries jumps from 37 to 49 in 1984.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,5,00.html (349 words)

	Ice Hockey At the 1998 Winter Olympics Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ LaunchBase.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		Hockey commentators alternatively criticized Crawford's decision (Bourque, like the other four Canadian shooters, failed to score) and praised it on the grounds that Bourque was one of hockey's most accurate shooters at the time and Gretzky had always been surprisingly mediocre on breakaways.
		Thanks to the prowness of Dominik Hašek who was easily the best goaltender at the Olympics as well as the NHL, the Czech Republic went on to win the semi-final enroute to winning the gold medal.
		The format of the mens' tournament was also criticized because the National Hockey League clubs would not release their players for the preliminary round.
	www.launchbase.net /encyclopedia/Ice_hockey_at_the_1998_Winter_Olympics (942 words)

	Find Winter Olympics 1980 Ice Hockey Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		The young Americans' upset of the mighty Soviets in the 1980 Winter Olympics...
		The Olympic Center in Lake Placid is the site of the 1980 Miracle on Ice hockey game when the underdog U.S. hockey team upended the Soviet Union and ultimately won the Olympic gold medal.
		winter sports week with speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and nordic skiing was planned, but the 1916 Olympics...
	www.abovethefold.net /nhl/6/winter-olympics-1980-ice-hockey.html (308 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 2006 Winter Olympics are in Turino, Italy.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics (1311 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)

	SOAR Project 5th Grade
		The Olympics are a whole bunch of sports, which lots of different nations, and countries compete in, against each other.
		Ice hockey is when different teams compete in.
		The Winter Olympics were interesting considering all of the things that happen and go on in the Winter Olympics.
	www.selah.k12.wa.us /SOAR/Projects2001/EmilyH.html (858 words)

	1988 winter olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		The 1988 Winter Olympics were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada...
		For the first time, the Winter Olympics were not held in the same year as the Games of...
		A photographic gallery of the XV Winter Olympics held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in 1988.
	www.111-olympics.com /11/1988-winter-olympics.html (679 words)

	Fastest ice on Earth - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Making ice and making it fast for world-class athletes is a chore Sparber has been at for nearly 30 years.
		These days, the ice meisters are dealing with a series of massive snowstorms that have caused ice to accumulate on the track.
		One of the biggest Olympic challenges for the ice crew will be resurfacing the track — through spritzing and scraping — when bobsled and luge or skeleton events are held on the same days.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,50000110,00.html (1602 words)

	Olympics - 2006 Winter Olympic Preview: Ice Hockey - sacbee.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		Overall, ice hockey in the Olympic Games dates back to 1920, when the tournament was part of the Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.
		Fresh from the Turin winter games, where she came back from a fall to take second place in figure skating, Cohen has taken a spin into the Hollywood arena.
		Turin bid farewell to its Olympics and handed over custody of the Winter Games to Vancouver in a spectacular, circus-like closing ceremony Sunday night, with a legion of clowns, acrobats and daredevils echoing both the misadventures and magnificence of the past two weeks.
	www.sacbee.com /24hour/olympics/story/3092429p-11793293c.html (1917 words)

	Australia - Winter Olympics
		Although the first official Winter Games were held at Chamonix in 1924, figure skating for men, women and pairs were held at the 1908 Summer Games, and Ice hockey was played at the 1920 Summer Games.
		Colin Coates improved his performance from the previous Olympics to be placed 11th in the 1000m, 10th in the 5000m, 8th in the 1500m and 6th in the 10000m speed skating.
		To alternated Summer and Winter Olympic Games the Olympics will no longer be held in the same year, there will be two years between the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
	www.markeaton.net /olhistory.html (749 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		The inaugural Winter Olympics were a resounding success in the picturesque spa town of Chamonix, France.
		On the ice, a new star was born, as figure skater Dorothy Hamill rocketed to fame in the U.S. by winning gold in the women’s competition.
		The Bosnian city of Sarajevo was virtually unknown on the global stage when the Winter Olympics landed in the Balkans for the first time.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/history (1273 words)

	Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the 1984 Winter Olympics held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, one Ice Hockey event was held: men's Ice Hockey.
		Games were held at the Olympic Hall Zetra.
		Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1984_Winter_Olympics (140 words)

	USA Hockey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		George Nagobads (Edina, Minn.), the team physician for 30 United States National, Olympic and Select Teams, is the recipient of the 2003 Paul Loicq Award, presented by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
		Born in Riga, Latvia in 1921, Dr. Nagobads began playing ice hockey at age 10, and during high school was a member of a club team called University Sports.
		Outside of his tenure with USA Hockey, Dr. Nagobads was the team physician for the University of Minnesota men's ice hockey team from 1958 until 1992, as the Golden Gophers captured three NCAA National Championships.
	www.usahockey.com /usa_hockey/main/home/nagobads_loicq_1025 (553 words)

	News & Information :: Campus News
		While Gionta and Cole are Olympic newcomers, both represented the United States at the 2005 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship this past spring.
		If he is on the ice in Team USA's opening game on Feb. 15 vs. Latvia, Chelios, who will be 44 at the time, will be the third-oldest participant ever in an Olympic ice hockey tournament.
		Chelios, who already became the oldest hockey medalist four years ago in Salt Lake City at the age of 40 and 30 days, was named both Best Defenseman by the Olympic directorate and to the all-star team as selected by the media in Salt Lake City...
	www.lssu.edu /whats_new/articles.php?articleid=933 (1056 words)

	Dallas Morning News \| News for Dallas, Texas \| 2006 Olympics: Top Stories
		Players and staff of the United States men's Olympic hockey team talked in recent days about being pleased with their play despite only one victory, just frustrated that wins didn't come against some of the world's top competition.
		Olympic officials banned a top Russian biathlete from further competition Thursday and forced her to give back a silver medal after she tested positive for drugs.
		It's the Olympic version of "You say tomato, I say tomahto." The city in northern Italy that's hosting the Winter Olympics next month is "Torino" to the locals and NBC.
	www.dallasnews.com /sharedcontent/dws/spt/olympics/vitindex.html (7168 words)

	Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas \| WFAA.com \| 2006 Olympics: Top Stories
		A fourth-place finish at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics taught her not that the devil is in the details, but that every detail might make a difference.
		Olympic hangover, the kind that comes from an upset loss in the women's hockey semifinals, was evident among members of the U.S. team Saturday morning.
		Olympic rings light up the stadium Friday during the opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
	www.wfaa.com /s/dws/spt/olympics/vitindex.html (7273 words)

	ECHL - Premier 'AA' Hockey League
		Lewis was a member of the six-man officiating committee that selected the officials for each game in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan and for 11 seasons was responsible for the recruitment, training and assignment of AHL referees and linesmen.
		He was chosen to work the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia and the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan as well as the 1996 NHL All-Star Game.
		He served nine years as a supervisor of officials for the International Ice Hockey Federation and six years as a supervisor of officials for the NHL.
	www.echl.com /cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news&cat=1&id=5134 (474 words)

	20¢ Hockey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		With speeds of over one hundred miles per hour, this "slap shot" is by far the fastest shot in Ice Hockey.
		During the 1984 Winter Olympics to be held in Yugoslavia.
		In honor of this exciting Olympics event, the United States Postal Service issued the stamp which is featured on this First Day Cover.
	www.unicover.com /EA1CAKZW.htm (413 words)

	The Winter Olympics
		Despite the objections of Modern Olympics' founder Baron Pierre de Coubertin and the resistance of the Scandinavian countries, which had staged their own Nordic championships every four or five years from 1901-26 in Sweden, the International Olympic Committee sanctioned an “International Winter Sports Week” at Chamonix, France, in 1924.
		The 11-day event, which included nordic skiing, speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and bobsledding, was a huge success and was retroactively called the first Olympic Winter Games.
		Winter Sports: Gold rush in the hills; Sestriere's preparations for next year's Winter Olympics are well underway.Sarah Barrell checks up on progress in the Italian Alps and finds a world-class ski resort taking shape.(Features)
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0115111.html (725 words)

	RCC/Taking Numismatics to the Ice
		The reverse of the coin features two hockey players, one from the 1890’s and one from the 1990’s, as well as the original Stanley Cup and its modern day counterpart.
		Along with hockey, pairs figure skating, speed skating, bobsledding, and figure skating were also commemorated.
		The hockey coin shows two players in pursuit of the puck on its reverse, while the coin’s obverse, a design common to the entire series, features the Olympic rings, the 1984 Winter Olympics logo, and the Yugoslavian Coat-of-Arms.
	www.raleighcoinclub.org /articles/1997/ice.html (987 words)

	Olympics : (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		This is a limited edition Stars on Ice collectible of Olympic Gold medal winner Scott Hamilton,4 time world and US and 1984 Olympic Figure Skating Champion.
		This outstanding Modern Commemorative Olympic $5.00 Gold Coin has been independently certified by MCCS and given a grade of PR70 Cameo which means it is a flawless coin.
		This commemorative pewter belt buckle, designed and copyrighted by Sid Bell, was cast in 1978 by the Pilgrim Pewter Co. in Tully, NY especially for the 1980 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid.
	search.rubylane.com /collectibles?id=54&cache=184963e20f393e3&... (1222 words)

	1980 Olympics
		Over 1,100 athletes from 37 countries participated in the 1980 Winter Games, but the only ones most people will ever remember are 21–year-old American speed skater Eric Heiden, who won five individual gold medals, and the U.S. hockey team—a bunch of college kids (average age 22) who beat the unbeatable Russians.
		No one before or since Heiden has won five individual gold medals in a single Olympic Games (three of swimmer Mark Spitz's seven gold medals were for relay races).
		The hockey team, on the other hand, was a decided underdog.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0300770.html (498 words)

	kiat.net: Winter Olympic Games Lake Placid 1980
		As the Winter Games reconvened for the second time in Lake Placid, N.Y., relations between East and West were in a deep freeze, after the December 1979 invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviets.
		In what has since been known as "The Miracle on Ice," the young and inexperienced American hockey team defeated all the favorites, including the not-so-invincible Soviets.
		But even with all the varied success, it was the Soviet Union that topped the medals table once again with 22.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/winter/w13lakeplacid.html (336 words)

	1984 winter olympics - OneLook Dictionary Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		We found one dictionary with English definitions that includes the word 1984 winter olympics:
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		Phrases that include 1984 winter olympics: biathlon at the 1984 winter olympics, ice hockey at the 1984 winter olympics, ski jumping at the 1984 winter olympics
	www.onelook.com /?w=1984+winter+olympics (100 words)

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