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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics
		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.
		The Olympic flag was flown at half-staff during the period as a sign of respect to Samaranch's wife.
		Organisation of the 2000 Summer Paralympics was the responsibility of SPOC the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tennis_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics/Medal_Winners (1944 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.
		After that, the International Olympic Committee expressed its concern over the status of the progress of construction work of the new Olympic venues.
		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.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/2/20/2004_summer_olympics.html (1174 words)

	NZ Summer Olympic History
		New Zealand's first Olympic gold medallist was swimmer Malcolm Champion.
		New Zealand's equestrian horses suffered from injury robbing the team of a medal in the three day event and cutting participation to just two entrants in the individual.
		New Zealand returned home after 16 days of intense competition having won three gold medals and two silver medals, a couple of fourth placings and a swag of diploma winners (those athletes or teams having finished within the top eight in their event.
	www.olympic.org.nz /Article.aspx?ID=343 (1747 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.
		Daley Thompson apparently misses a new world record in winning his second consecutive gold medal in the decathlon; the next year his score is retroactively raised to 8847, giving him the record.
	open-encyclopedia.com /1984_Summer_Olympics (367 words)

	1988 Summer Olympics Information
		The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.
		After boycotts of the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Seoul Games were again boycotted, led by North Korea and followed by Cuba; the basis of the boycott was South Korea's refusal to co-host the Olympics with North Korea, which rejected all compromise.
		Tennis returns to the Olympics after a 64-year absence, and Steffi Graf adds to her four Grand Slam victories in the year by also winning the Olympic title.
	www.bookrags.com /1988_Summer_Olympics (595 words)

	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)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Rugby union at the Summer Olympics
		In 1976, 22 African countries and Guyana boycotted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, after their demand to have New Zealand excluded was not met.
		A New Zealand rugby team had toured South Africa, which had been banned from the Olympics since 1964 because of its apartheid politics.
		Despite dropping baseball and softball as Olympic sports, the IOC did not add any new sports (squash and karate were not included either as neither sport obtained two thirds majority in the final decision).
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Rugby_union_at_the_Olympic_Games (2021 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		When the International Olympic Committee expressed its concern over the progress of construction work of the new Olympic venues, a new Organizing Committee was formed under President Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics (1903 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
		In a protest to a tour of South Africa by the New Zealand rugby team, Tanzania led a boycott of 22 African nations as the IOC refused to bar the New Zealand team.
		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.
	www.free-definition.com /1976-Summer-Olympics.html (789 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics
		Also during the games, the Centennial Olympic Park bombing took place on July 27, 1996 killing Alice Hawthorne and wounding 111 others, and causing the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack.
		Cycling professionals were admitted to the Olympics, with five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain 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.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1996_summer_olympics.shtml (430 words)

	Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Four events were contested in Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
		The format for the individual competition was altered for the first time since the 1972 Summer Olympics.
		In Seoul, instead of all archers using the double FITA round to determine rankings, a sort of elimination plan was introduced.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Archery_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics (1039 words)

	New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics Information
		It was the nation's eighteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, including twice as a combined team with Australia.
		The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 92 athletes and 61 officials.
		New Zealand finished in 18th position in the final medal rankings
	www.bookrags.com /New_Zealand_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics (342 words)

	1988 Summer Olympics - Definition, explanation
		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.
		Canadian Ben Johnson wins the 100 m in a new World Record, but is then disqualified after he has been found guilty of doping.
		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.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/1/19/1988_summer_olympics.php (478 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Olympic Flame was "electronically" transmitted from Athens to Ottawa, by means of an electronic pulse derived from the actual burning flame.
		As of 2004, Montreal is still paying off the debt, and the Montreal Olympic Stadium (formerly the home of Major League Baseball's Montreal Expos) is still not complete, and still under construction, needing a new roof, as previous designs have proved inadequate for the climate.
		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.grohol.com /psypsych/1976_Summer_Olympics (1091 words)

	NZ Winter Olympic History
		New Zealand was not represented at the first three Olympiads in Chamonix 1924, Saint Moritz 1928, Lake Placid 1932, Garmish-Partenkirchen 1936, Saint Moritz 1948.
		Gibson managed New Zealand's first top twenty result but her 19th placing was because that was the number of competitors in the slalom.
		Harris would represent her country in cycling at the Summer Olympics in Seoul later that year.
	www.olympic.org.nz /Article.aspx?ID=340 (997 words)

	The Summer Olympics — FactMonster.com
		Earlier that year, a rugby team from New Zealand had toured racially segregated South Africa.
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	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0114337.html (427 words)

	Summer Olympic Games : Summer Olympics
		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.fastload.org /su/Summer_Olympics.html (1967 words)

	Let The Games Begin
		If you're anything like me, which you probably are if you're reading this, the best reason to watch the Summer Olympics is because of the Boxing, or at least it used to be.
		Olympic Boxing is what introduced many great fighters to a majority of fans.
		Not only do the Olympics give the fans their first look at some of Boxing's future stars and greats, but it's fun to cheer your fellow Countrymen on.
	www.eastsideboxing.com /news.php?p=1623&more=1 (791 words)

	InsideHoops.com - Olympics - Puerto Rico destroys USA
		The men's basketball competition at the 28th Summer Olympic Games are now officially a wide open competition after the USA (0-1) was handed a stunning 92-73 loss by Puerto Rico (1-0) Sunday night in in opening preliminary round play at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
		Richard Jefferson (New Jersey Nets) made one of two free throws to keep the USA within 11, 79-68, with 2:42 to play, but Arroyo scored at 2:22 to lead Puerto Rico on a game-sealing 9-0 run.
		USA Olympic teams featuring NBA players are 24-1 since making their first appearance at the 1992 Olympics and the U.S. has won the last three Olympic titles when NBA players have participated (1992, 1996, and 2000).
	www.insidehoops.com /usa-081604.shtml (1047 words)

	Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Olympic gold was the latest in a string of successes for the Chinese star, bound to become an even bigger hero in China, as the gold is China's first ever in Olympic athletics competition.
		China's Xinhua news agency reported, in typical fashion, that Xiang's 12.91 should be considered superior to Colin Jackson's 12.91 from the 1993 world championships as the wind for Jackson's race was.5 mps and the wind for Xiang.
		The promise to take the Olympic Torch to the top of the worlds' highest mountain was made by the Mayor of Beijing, Liu Qi, in the documents that Beijing presented when making their bid for the 2008 games.
	www.internationalgames.net /olympic.htm (8101 words)

	Olympics: South Korea has co-hosting dream with North - 16 Nov 2005 - NZ Herald: New Zealand and International Sport ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		South Korea's second-largest city, Pusan, wants to co-host the Summer Olympics in 2020 with the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, the southern city's mayor said today.
		The South Korean capital, Seoul, staged the Summer Games in 1988 but Pyongyang's last-ditch attempt to co-host some of the events came to nothing and North Korea eventually boycotted those Olympics.
		Back in 1988, the Olympic yachting events were held off Pusan, a port city of some 3.7 million people on the southern tip of the peninsula.
	www.nzherald.co.nz /section/story.cfm?c_id=4&ObjectID=10355483 (692 words)

	1920 Summer Olympics
		The city was chosen to memorialize Belgium for its suffering in World War I, beating out Amsterdam and Lyon for the right to hold the games.
		The 1916 Olympics were scheduled to be held in Berlin but were canceled due to the fighting in World War I. Games of the VII Olympiad
		These Olympics were the first in which the Olympic Oath was uttered, the first in which doves were released to symbolize peace, and was the first time the Olympic Flag was flown.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1920_summer_olympics.shtml (151 words)

	1988 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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		Seoul Olympics Mascot at the Korean Pavilion at World Expo '88
		Other multi-medalists in the pool are Matt Biondi (five) and Janet Evans (3).
	www.search.com /reference/1988_Summer_Olympics (610 words)

	kiat.net: Olympic Games Seoul 1988
		Otherwise, Steffi Graf added an Olympic gold medal to her Grand Slam sweep in tennis, Greg Louganis won both men's diving events for the second straight time, and the U.S. men's basketball team had to settle for third place after losing to the gold medal-winning Soviets, 82-76, in the semifinals.
		Also in 1988, at the Games of the Olympiad in Seoul, tennis - which had not been on the Olympic programme for 60 years - returned with the best players in the world taking part.
		The Seoul Olympics encouraged the West to explore the culture and history of South Korea instead of its chilly, often volatile relationship with its communist North Korean neighbour.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/24seoul.html (773 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > 2004 Summer Olympics > Basketball
		Tina Thompson's journey to the Olympics has been as rocky as the hills that flank this city by the sea.
		Yours is not the sole face of frustration at an Olympic basketball tournament that's shaping up as the most compelling since 1988.
		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)

	1920 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The 1916 Olympics were scheduled to be held in Berlin but were canceled due to the fighting in World War I. Highlights
		These Olympics were the first in which the Olympic Oath was uttered, the first in which doves were released to symbolize peace, and was the first time the Olympic Flag[?] was flown.
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	www.city-search.org /19/1920-summer-olympics.html (430 words)

	Timeline 1988
		1988 Jan 25, In his final State of the Union address, President Reagan declared America was "strong, prosperous, at peace." Vice President George Bush and Dan Rather clashed on "The CBS Evening News" as the anchorman attempted to question the Republican presidential candidate about his role in the Iran-Contra affair.
		1988 Feb 21, TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart tearfully confessed to his congregation in Baton Rouge, La., that he was guilty of an unspecified sin, and said he was leaving the pulpit temporarily.
		1988 Dec 2, Benazir Bhutto was sworn in as prime minister of Pakistan.
	timelines.ws /20thcent/1988.HTML (15678 words)

	azcentral.com sports \| Summer Olympics: U.S. earns fencing gold for 1st time in century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		For the first time in a century, the United States won a gold medal in Olympic fencing, and it added a bronze for good measure.
		Sweden, facing first-round elimination from the Olympics, scored two goals in four minutes in a 2-1 win against Nigeria in Volos and earned a place in the quarterfinals.
		The round-robin win was a breakthrough for Japan, which sat on the sideline while Cuba and the United States won the first three golds in Olympic play.
	www.azcentral.com /sports/azetc/04olympics/0818olycaps0818.html (1060 words)

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