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	1988 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After boycotts of the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Seoul Games were again boycotted, but this time only by four nations: North Korea, Cuba, Ethiopia and Nicaragua.
		Anthony Nesty of Suriname wins his country's first Olympic medal by winning the 100 m butterfly, scoring an upset victory; he is also the first Black to win a swimming title.
		Table tennis is introduced at the Olympics, with China and the host nation both winning two titles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics (430 words)

	1988 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		For the first time in history the Winter Olympics were extended to 16 days, the speed skating events were held indoors on a covered rink, the alpine events took place on artificial snow, and warm Chinook winds not only threatened to cancel events, but sent a ski jumper flying into a camera tower.
		1988 was the second time Canada had hosted the Olympics, this includes the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
		Ever mindful of the financial disaster of the 1976 Summer Olympics, Calgary was financially successful, erasing the spectre of a second Canadian games at a loss.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1988_Winter_Olympics (538 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Athens was chosen as the host city in 1997, after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics, the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games.
		Since the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France it has been the tradition to have a mascot for the games and this year the official mascots are sister and brother, Athena and Phevos, named after the goddess of wisdom, strategy and war and the god of light and music, respectively.
		An emotional high point of the parade was the entrance of the delegation from Afghanistan which had been absent from the Olympics, and had female competitors for the first time.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/2/20/2004_summer_olympics.html (1174 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		After the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, the Eastern Bloc, including the Soviet Union, East Germany and Cuba boycotts these Olympics (the USSR announced their intention not to participate on May 8, 1984).
		Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco becomes the first female Olympic champion of an Islamic nation, and the first of her country in the 400 m hurdles.
		The 1906 Olympic were organised by the IOC, but are currently not officially recognised by the IOC.
	open-encyclopedia.com /1984_Summer_Olympics (367 words)

	Olympics
		Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics The Yugoslavia, 65-50.
		Lacrosse at the 1904 Summer Olympics At the Mohawk indians.
		Tug of War at the 1900 Summer Olympics At the tug of war tournament was contested.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/olympics.html (4075 words)

	1956 Summer Olympics - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Games of the XVI Olympiad were held in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia, although the equestrian events could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations.
		Because Melbourne is situated in the southern hemisphere, the Olympics were held later in the year than those held in the northern hemisphere.
		Inspired by Australian teenager John Wing, an Olympic tradition begins when athletes of different nations are allowed to parade together at the closing ceremony, instead of with their national teams, as a symbol of world unity...
	open-encyclopedia.com /1956_Summer_Olympics (405 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		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.
		Cycling professionals were admitted to the Olympics, with five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Induráin winning the inaugural individual time trial event.
		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.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1996_Summer_Olympics (744 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Los Angeles was selected on May 18 1978 on the 80th IOC session without voting, because it was the only city to bid to host the 1984 Summer Olympics.
		In the wake of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, most of the Eastern Bloc, including the Soviet Union, East Germany and Cuba, boycotted these Olympics (the USSR announced its intention not to participate on May 8, 1984).
		John Williams composes the theme for the Olympiad, Olympic Fanfare and Theme.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1984_Summer_Olympics (488 words)

	Articles - 1896 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The true origin of the modern Olympics was acknowledged by De Coubertin as being in Much Wenlock, a rural market town in the English county of Shropshire.
		Other elements, such as the parade of nations, the lighting of the Olympic Flame and the Olympic Oath were initiated later.
		The concept of national teams was not a major part of the Olympic movement until the Intercalated Games ten years later, though many sources list the nationality of competitors in 1896 and give medal counts.
	www.mainearth.com /articles/1896_Summer_Olympics (3119 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		The Soviet Union sometimes lived on the edge at the 1988 Summer Games, but proved to be difficult to beat for their second Olympic football gold medal.
		Zambia stunned Italy, 4-0, in the opening round with a hat-trick from Kalusha Bwalya (many players on this team died in a plane crash en route to a World Cup qualifying match in 1993).
		Italy went on to lose to West Germany in the bronze-medal match, 3-0, as Klinsmann, Gerhard Kleppinger and Christian Schreier got the goals.
	www.fifa.com /en/comp/olympicsmen/0,3664,103-OLY-1988,00.html (375 words)

	Articles - 1976 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		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.
		This was seen as a major threat to the future of the Olympic Games, and was not until the financially successful 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles that cities began to line up to be hosts again.
	www.storegolf.com /articles/1976_Summer_Olympics (1012 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > 2004 Summer Olympics
		NBC and its family of cable networks flooded American households with nearly nonstop coverage of the Athens Olympics, and the strategy – along with strong performances by the U.S. teams in swimming and gymnastics – produced not only a ratings increase, but an estimated profit of at least $60 million.
		The United States finished atop the medal charts for the third straight Summer Olympics, with Russia the overall runner-up and China second in gold medals – its best showing ever and leading a surge by Asian teams.
		It was predicted before the Olympics that prostitution, which is legal and heavily regulated in Athens, would enjoy a boom economy.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics (1589 words)

	1964 Summer Olympics
		Tokyo had already been awarded with the organisation of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honour had been passed to Helsinki because of Japan's involvement in China.
		The 1940 Olympics were eventually cancelled because of the outbreak of World War II.
		Yoshinori Sakai[?], who lit the Olympic Flame, was born in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the day the atomic bomb exploded there.
	www.fastload.org /19/1964_Summer_Olympics.html (251 words)

	1908 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Funds that were to have gone to the Olympics were diverted to the reconstruction of Naples, so a new venue was required.
		The 1908 Olympics also prompted the establishment of standard rules for sports, and the selection of judges from different countries, rather than just the host.
		One of the reasons for this was the 400 metre run in which the US winner was accused of interfering with the British runner.
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1908_Summer_Olympics (595 words)

	1900 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Games of the II Olympics were held in 1900 in Paris, France.
		For his victory in the long jump, he was allegedly punched in the face by his rival, who had refused to take the final run due to his religious beliefs, as that run was scheduled for a Sunday.
		Charlotte Cooper (tennis) was the first woman to become Olympic champion.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1900_Summer_Olympics (224 words)

	The Sports Network - Olympics
		It was first introduced to the Olympics in 1964 for both men and women.
		The U.S. is in group B along with Brazil, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia and Australia.
		However, the team may not be intact for the Olympics as May is sidelined with an abdominal strain, leaving her availability for the Summer Games in doubt.
	www.sportsnetwork.com /?c=sportsnetwork&page=olymp/news/bon3385701.htm (1627 words)

	1992 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo lights the Olympic Flame by shooting an arrow into the cauldron.
		Five of the six golds were in individual events, tying Eric Heiden's record for individual gold medals at a single Olympics.
		Badminton and women's judo become part of the Olympic programme, while slalom canoeing returns to the Games after a 20-year absence.
	www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1992_Summer_Olympics (434 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics - Athens 2004 Olympics
		The Modern Olympics were seen as an instrument to promote understanding and friendship among nations and uphold the true spirit of sportsmanship.
		The Olympic torch is first lit in Ancient Olympia and then passed on to the stadium of the city hosting the Opening Ceremony of the Games.
		An Olympic sport is one that should be widely practiced by men in at least 75 countries on 4 continents and by women in at least 40 countries on 3 continents.
	www.clearleadinc.com /site/sports.html (1428 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 (1145 words)

	1960 Summer Olympics Information - TextSheet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Rome had been awarded the organisation of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but had to decline and pass the honours to London.
		South Africa appears in the Olympic arena for the last time under the apartheid regime.
		It was the second time an athlete died in competition at the Olympics, after the death of Portuguese marathon runner Francisco Lazaro at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
	www.internshipasia.sferahost.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1960_summer_olympics.html (272 words)

	Summer Olympic Games : Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Olympics are the most prestigious such event in the world, with a larger range of sports than other such events, and most of those considering Olympic victory the most prestigious achievement in their field.
		The modern Olympic Games were founded in 1894 when Pierre Fredi, Baron de Coubertin, who sought to promote international understanding through the sporting competition.
		On the bright side it did, however, seem that the drug testing and regulation authorities were at last catching up with the cheating that had been widely to be endemic in athletics for some years, and it was generally held that the 1992 Barcelona Games were cleaner, although not without incident.
	www.city-search.org /su/summer-olympics.html (2132 words)

	2016 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The 2016 Summer Olympics, formally called the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, will be an international athletic event that has yet to be organized by the International Olympic Committee.
		The organization under the leadership of Jacques Rogge is currently preparing to mount calls for cities to bid for the honor of hosting the event.
		Kenya would be one of two African countries (the other being South Africa) to seriously bid for the Olympics.
	www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/2016_Summer_Olympics (355 words)

	1960 summer olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics: Information From Answers.com Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics Cassius Marcellus Clay, aka, Muhammad Ali, won the gold medal in the heavy weight divission for the U. 1960 Summer Olympics: Information From Answers.com 1960 Summer Olympics The Games of the XVII Olympiad were held in 1960 in Rome, Italy.
		The current revival of the Olympic games is due in a large measure to the efforts of Pierre, baron de Coubertin, of France.
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which sets and enforces Olympic policy, has struggled with the licensing and commercialization of the games, the need to schedule events to accommodate American television networks (whose broadcasting fees help underwrite the games), and the monitoring of athletes who seek illegal competitive advantages, often through the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
	www.olympic-headquarters.net /1960-summer-olympics.htm (922 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > 2004 Summer Olympics > Basketball
		Italy used incredible 3-point shooting to advance to the gold medal men's basketball game for just the second time at the Olympics.
		Tina Thompson's journey to the Olympics has been as rocky as the hills that flank this city by the sea.
		The U.S. Olympic basketball coach said Sunday that the suspension of Allen Iverson, LeBron James and Amare Stoudemire is forgotten.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/basketball (2093 words)

	1924 Summer Olympics Information - TextSheet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The marathon distance was fixed at 42 km and 195 m, from the distance run at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
		The Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" (Faster, Higher, Stronger), was used for the first time.
		Ireland was given formal recognition as an independent nation in the Olympic Movement in Paris in 1924 and it was at these games that Ireland made its first appearance in an Olympic Games as an independent nation.
	station811.sferahost.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1924_summer_olympics.html (276 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		Individual stars included Klaus Dibiasi of Italy, who won his third straight gold medal in platform diving; Viktor Saneyev of Soviet Georgia, who won his third triple jump gold; and Irena Szewinska of Poland, winner of the 400m run, who brought her career total to seven medals - in five different events.
		Flags of the nations during the Olympic oath.
		The Olympic flame arrived by air, sent in the form of an electronic signal by a telephone cable towards a transmitter in the direction of a satellite from the Intelsat network.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1976 (442 words)

	azcentral.com sports \| Summer Olympics: Iraq loses to Italy; just misses bronze medal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Italy got the winner in the eighth minute of the match in Thessaloniki when Alberto Gilardino headed in a cross from Andrea Pirlo.
		Iraq's team, which defied expectations by making the last four, was seeking to add to the country's bronze in weightlifting in 1960 less than a year after the nation's Olympic organization was reformed.
		The team was put together after the Iraq Olympic Committee was reorganized last February following a ban by the International Olympic Committee for abuses of athletes under deposed leader Saddam Hussein.
	www.azcentral.com /sports/azetc/04olympics/0827iraqsoccer.html (438 words)

	The Sports Network - Olympics
		She was a member of the 1996 and 2000 Olympic winning teams and a three-time gold medalist in the World Championships.
		Iraq hasn't fielded an Olympic team of any kind since the 1988 games, and it will face the star power of a Portugal squad led by Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, VFB Stuttgart's Fernando Meira and Fulham's Luis Boa Morte.
		American beach volleyball standout Misty May, whose participation for the 2004 Olympics was in doubt due to an abdominal strain, arrived in Athens Wednesday night and is apparently ready to compete.
	www.sportsnetwork.com /?c=sportsnetwork&page=olymp/news/BON3422282.htm (637 words)

	1988 Summer Olympics biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		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.
		Anthony Nesty of Suriname wins his country's first Olympic medal by winning the 100 m butterfly, scoring an upset victory.
		US diver Greg Louganis wins back-to-back titles on both diving events, but only after hitting the springboard with his head in the 3-m event final.
	www.biography.ms /1988_Summer_Olympics.html (350 words)

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