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	Modern pentathlon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The modern pentathlon is a sports contest consisting of 5 events, hence the name pentathlon.
		The epithet modern is important to discern it from the ancient athletics pentathlon – none of the events of modern penthatlon were part of the ancient Olympics.
		As the events of the ancient pentathlon were modeled after the skills of the ideal soldier of that time, Coubertin created the contest to simulate the experience of a 19th century cavalry soldier behind enemy lines: he must ride an unfamiliar horse, fight with pistol and sword, swim, and run.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Modern_pentathlon (540 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.
		The 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, reflected a changed political landscape: the 172 participating nations and territories included the Unified Team (with athletes from 12 former Soviet republics), a reunited Germany, and South Africa, which was allowed to compete for the first time since 1960.
		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)

	Olympics: Ancient Greece Vs. Present Day
		Now, two years after the Summer Olympics are held, the Winter Olympics are held, and two years after that are the Summer Olympics, and so on.
		Pentathlon: In ancients Greece the Pentathlon was made up of five different events which were discus, javelin, long jump, running, and wrestling.
		In modern Olympics, women are allowed to watch and/or compete Between 1940 and 1948, there was a large increase of women competitors in the Olympic games.
	period8dolzall.tripod.com /olympics.html (1778 words)

	Modern Pentathlon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		This is the final leg of the Modern Pentathlon event and is a is 3 km course, marked out over undulating terrain.
		Modern Pentathlon was invented by Baron de Coubertin (founder of the Modern Olympic Movement) - the metaphor being that of a soldier delivering a message, his horse being killed and the competitor having to "fight his way clear", by sword and pistol before swimming across a river and running to the final destination.
		Modern Pentathlon was introduced to the Olympic Games in 1912 and the Women's event will be included in the Olympic programme for the first time at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
	www.olympics.org.uk /sports/summer/modernpent.asp (349 words)

	2000 Summer Olympics - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		The Olympic flag was flown at half-staff during the period as a sign of respect to Samaranch's wife.
		People in Canada that wanted to see the Olympics between then and the closing ceremonies had to turn to TSN because the CBC was broadcasing news coverage related to the passing and state funeral of the former prime minister.
		Organisation of the 2000 Summer Paralympics was the responsibility of SPOC the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=71432 (1552 words)

	Modern Pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Modern Pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): Individual competition and Team competition.
		As usual in Olympic Modern Pentathlon, one competition was held and each competitor's score was included to the Individual competition event results table and was also added to his teammates' scores to be included to the Team competition event results table.
		Modern Pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics medal count
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Modern_Pentathlon_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics (123 words)

	Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		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)

	1976 Summer Olympics
		The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
		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.
		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.
	1976-summer-olympics.ask.dyndns.dk (913 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)

	The Ancient Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The ancient olympics were different from the modern olympics being held in the city of Sydney, Australia.
		The modern olympics were more frequent and had a lot more events then the ancient olympics and beginning in 1922 the Winter Olympics began.
		The olympics have always been held except for when the olympics is boycotted because of political reasons or war.
	www.wsd1.org /earlgrey/Grp1History.htm (300 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)

	Modern Pentathlon Events Olympic Games
		Designed for the modern olympics, it combines swimming, cross country running, pistol shooting, epee fencing and riding.
		There were 64 athletes who qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon at the Athens Summer Olympic Games in 2004, with more training everyday.
		The women's version of the sport was admitted to the Olympics in the 2000 games in Sydney, so 2004 was only the second Olympics where women competed at the games in Athens for a Pentathlon medal.
	www.chiff.com /olympics/olympics-pentathlon.htm (338 words)

	WashingtonPost.com: Pentathlon Strives to Become Modern
		CONYERS, Ga., July 30—Baron de Coubertin, father of the modern Olympics, devised it; George S. Patton competed in the first one in 1912, finishing fifth; and the Prince of Monaco, King and Queen of Sweden and the president of the International Olympic Committee all came by today to watch.
		These are good signs for modern pentathlon, a sport clinging by a thread to its Olympic life.
		The first one-day modern pentathlon in Olympic history came to a rousing conclusion as Russian Edouard Zenovka stumbled and fell with 10 yards to the finish, allowing Kazakhstan's Aleksandr Parygin to take the gold.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/olympics/daily/modpent/july/30/modern31.htm (1016 words)

	Olympic Preview: Modern Pentathlon
		American George Patton (yes, that George Patton) was a strong challenger for the modern pentathlon gold in 1912 but faltered in the shooting competition.
		The modern pentathlon used to be drawn out over anywhere from four to six days.
		The Sydney Olympics were the first games to hold a women's modern pentathlon competition.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/ol-pentathlon.html (500 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Dutch power sets world record
		Thompson is down to one last chance at a coveted individual Olympic gold -- the only medal color lacking in her illustrious career.
		De Bruijn, who holds the world record in three Olympic events, has brushed off the whispers, but critics wonder if she will be the Michelle Smith of the Sydney Olympics.
		Heyns, the defending Olympic champion, qualified fifth in 1:08.33 -- well off her world record of 1:06.52 set in the Olympic pool in August 1999.
	espn-att.starwave.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/0917/750660.html (809 words)

	Sydney 2000: Track & Field
		Jones shook off bronze-medal disappointments in the long jump and the 400 meter relay to finish her Olympics with a remarkable 49.4 split on the third leg of the 1,600.
		Defending Olympic champ Gail Devers pulled up lame in a qualifying heat of the 100-meter hurdles, opening the door for a victory by Olga Shishigina of Kazakhstan, who finished in 12.65.
		Track and field events remain the centerpiece of the Summer Olympic Games and in many respects are the truest links to the competitions held in Greece 2,500 years ago.
	www.npr.org /news/specials/olympics2000/tnf.html (1566 words)

	1972 Summer Olympics
		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.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1972_summer_olympics.shtml (395 words)

	SI.com - Magazine - Olympics: Is This an Olympic Sport? - Tuesday May 31, 2005 4:19PM
		Members of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) are so upset that a vote on their future is even being taken that the organization's president, Denis Oswald, called a special ASOIF session for this week in Geneva to try to clear the air.
		Elimination from the Olympics would mean the loss of both the prestige of participating on the world's largest athletic stage and the substantial financial rewards cited by Henderson.
		Softball and modern pentathlon, the other sports targeted in 2002, have marshaled considerable support since and now seem secure enough to pass the vote.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2005/magazine/05/31/olympic.new0606 (1690 words)

	United States Modern Pentathlon Association – America’s Compete Athlete
		Pentathlon traces its origin back to ancient Greece where it was the first multi-sport event in the history of the Olympics.
		It first appeared in the Olympic Games in 708 BC to test the versatility and athletic prowess of the athletes based on the skills required of a military messenger.
		Modern Pentathlon was based on the skills required of a military messenger during the Napoleonic Wars.
	www.usapentathlon.org /about.php (465 words)

	Lincoln City Libraries - Reference - In the News: 2004 Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The first-ever medal won in the modern Olympics went to American James Connolly, who took gold in the triple jump on April 6, 1896.
		Since 1896, the summer Olympic Games have been held every 4 years, with the exceptions of 1940 and 1944 during the waging of World War II.
		At the last summer Olympics (2000 in Sydney, Australia), 199 countries were represented by 10,651 athletes (4,069 women, 6,582 men), who competed in 300 separate events.
	www.lcl.lib.ne.us /depts/ref/inthenews-olympics2004.htm (885 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)

	KOREA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The history of the Olympic Games dates back to 776 B.C. Messengers were sent around the Greek world to invite men to compete in games.
		Then came the pentathlon, a five-event competition that required sprinting, long jumping, javelin hurling, discus throwing and wrestling.
		The winners were given crowns of wild olive leaves and lived the rest of their lives with money given to them by the state and people.
	www.koreasociety.org /KS_curriculum/ES/1/1-text/1_65.htm (340 words)

	Modern Pentathlon
		Modern Pentathlon - Gustav Dyrssen, SWE 18 Erik de Laval, SWE 23 Gösta Runö, SWE 27 Fact Monster/Information...
		Modern Pentathlon - Event Individual William Grut, SWE 16 George Moore, USA 47 Gösta Gärdin, SWE 49 Fact...
		Modern Pentathlon - Bo Lindman, SWE 18 Gustav Dyrssen, SWE 39.5 Bertil Uggla, SWE 45 Fact Monster/Information...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0862344.html (143 words)

	US Army Community and Family Support Center
		Allen secured an Olympic berth in August by winning the women’s modern pentathlon in Pan American Games XIV at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
		Keith Sieracki, an alternate for the 2000 Olympics, won his fourth national championship and was elated to match Lewis’ mark of four titles as Soldiers won their third consecutive national team crown at Las Vegas.
		David Bartlett rejoined the military to pursue his Olympic dream and led 11 All-Army martial artists May 24-25 by winning the men’s featherweight division of the 2003 U.S. Senior National Taekwondo Championships at New Orleans.
	www.armymwr.com /corporate/news/display.asp?NEWS_ID=419 (1048 words)

	1972 Olympics
		The United States also lost an Olympic basketball game for the first time ever (they were 62-0) when the Soviets were given three chances to convert a last-second inbound pass and finally won, 51-50.
		Olympic tragedy: 1972 Revisited: the shadow of terrorism still haunts the Olympics almost 30 years after Israeli athletes were massacred......
		The Olympics of Terror: at the 1972 Games, Palestinian militants took Israeli athletes hostage, bringing terrorism to the world stage.......
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114715.html (540 words)

	SUMMER OLYMPIC STATISTICS
		The ranking is performed neither according to gold medal nor medal total but according to points (3 points for a gold, 2 for a silver and 1 for a bronze).
		In some cases, you will find "half medals": In the early Olympics, some people had unprecise nationality, therefore two countries shared the medal.
		It includes all Olympic results from Athens 1896 to Athens 2004 (when the sport is completed).
	www.darmoni.net /joete.htm (122 words)

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