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	Summer Olympic Games information - Search.com
		1896 - Games of the I Olympiad - Athens, Greece
		1920 - Games of the VII Olympiad - Antwerp, Belgium
		2004 - Games of the XXVIII Olympiad - Athens, Greece
	www.search.com /reference/Summer_Olympic_Games (3503 words)

	Summer Olympic Games Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		1896 - Games of the I Olympiad - Athens, Greece
		1920 - Games of the VII Olympiad - Antwerp, Belgium
		2004 - Games of the XXVIII Olympiad - Athens, Greece
	www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/Summer_Olympic_Games (3000 words)

	Winter Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The Winter Olympic Games, or Winter Olympics are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games.
		This decision caused the Swiss and Austrian skiers to boycott the Olympics.
		The 1940 Winter Olympics had originally been awarded to Japan, and were supposed to be held in Sapporo, but the IOC voted to take back the Games from Japan because of their involvement in the war in China.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/w/wi/winter_olympic_games.html (5117 words)

	Brief History of the Olympic Games
		The Olympic Games begun at Olympia in Greece in 776 BC.
		The Eleans traced the founding of the Olympic games to their King Iphitos, who was told by the Delphi Oracle to plant the olive tree from which the victors' wreaths were made.
		Although the Olympic games were never suspended, the games of 364 BC were not considered Olympic since the Arkadians had captured the sanctuary and reorganized the games.
	www.nostos.com /olympics (3240 words)

	Winter Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Sankt Moritz was appointed by the Swiss organizers to host the second Olympic Winter Games, held from February 11 to 19 in 1928.
		The 1940 Winter Olympics had originally been awarded to Japan, and were supposed to be held in Sapporo, but Japan had to give the Games back in 1938, because of the Japanese invasion of China in the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945).
		After not being able to host the Games in 1944 due to the war, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy was able to organize the 1956 Winter Olympics, held from January 26 to February 5.
	www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Winter_Olympic_Games (5395 words)

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		The games were appreciated for their excellent quality, from the point of view of their organization, hospitality, the excellence of the competition, and the image transmitted worldwide.
		1920 - Games of the VII Olympiad - Antwerp,
		2000 - Games of the XXVII Olympiad - Sydney,
	en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Summer_Olympic_Games (2638 words)

	Olympic Games scandals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Both the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games have been marred by various incidents and scandals.
		The U.S. athlete Jim Thorpe is stripped of his gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon after it is learned that he played professional minor league baseball one summer three years earlier.
		The Romanian team doctor who gave her the drug in two cold medicine pills was expelled from the Games and suspended through the 2002 Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olympic_Games_scandals (568 words)

	Abebooks: Modern Olympic Games
		Olympics is a triumphal history of the games, from ancient Greece to Sydney in 2000.
		It is the illustrated, chronological story of the re-creation of the Olympic Games by Pierre de Coubertin, of the often tempestuous and controversial fortunes of the governing body (including three successive boycotts and the Salt Lake City scandal of 1998), together with the highs and lows of the Games themselves.
		Olympic history is filled with the unusual, the bizarre, and the unbelievable.
	www.abebooks.com /docs/Community/Featured/modernOlympics.shtml (951 words)

	Olympic games -> The Modern Olympics on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The modern 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.
		The funeral of Israeli members of the Olympic team, assassinated by terrorists at the Munich 1972 Olympic games, being buried in Jerusalem.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/Olympicg_TheModernOlympics.asp (1136 words)

	Scandal - TheBestLinks.com - Accounting, 1950s, 2002, Olympic Games scandals, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Scandal, Accounting, 1950s, 2002, Olympic Games scandals, Witch-hunt...
		Some scandals are broken by a whistle-blower revealing wrongdoing within an organization or a group.
		Often, an attempt to cover-up a scandal ignites a greater scandal when the cover-up fails.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Scandal.html (210 words)

	Live with Olympic Games
		Among all the sport games, Olympic Games, a modern international sports event held once every four years in different countries, is undoubtedly the most exiting one.
		One of the attractive points of Olympic Games is their fair but ferocious world-level competitions in which athletes show their speed, strength and skill to win medals.
		Next batch of Olympic Games will be held in Beijing, China------ an honorable place of all Chinese in the world.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-08/30/content_370069.htm (621 words)

	Olympic Games scandals -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The U.S. athlete (Outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953)) Jim Thorpe is stripped of his gold medals in the (An athletic contest consisting of ten different events) decathlon and (An athletic contest consisting of five different events) pentathlon after it is learned that he played professional minor league baseball one summer three years earlier.
		After winning the silver in (Click link for more info and facts about equestrian dressage) equestrian dressage, the Swede Bertil Sandström is demoted to last for clicking to his horse to encourage it, though he asserts it was a creaking saddle making the sounds.
		Three East German competitors in the women's (A racing sled for one or two people) luge event are disqualified for illegally heating their runners prior to each run.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/ol/olympic_games_scandals.htm (745 words)

	Ancient Olympic games in Greece
		Every four years the great international Olympic games, which were revived in 1896, serve as a reminder of an important side of Greek life.
		Before the games, messengers would be sent to all parts of Greece to proclaim a "sacred truce" that halted all war for approximately three months.
		The first modern Olympic games were held in Athens in April of 1896, with 13 nations included.
	scsc.essortment.com /athleticshistor_rjzj.htm (779 words)

	Olympic Scandals: From Bribery to Steroids (Reference)
		Scandal is nothing new to the Olympic Games, but the scope and intensity of the recent corruption charges are.
		The United States Olympic Committee has asked the IOC to somehow compensate all the swimmers, including several Americans, who lost out on Olympic glory because of the chemically enhanced performances of the East Germans.
		The recent scandal surrounding the Olympics is likely to get worse before it gets better so continue to follow the story to see what other details come to light.
	www.teachervision.fen.com /page/2338.html (658 words)

	Olympic Games scandals - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		Both the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games have been marred by various incidents and scandals.
		The U.S. athlete Jim Thorpe is stripped of his gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon after it is learned that he played professional minor league baseball one summer three years earlier.
		The Romanian team doctor who gave her the drug in two cold medicine pills was expelled from the Games and suspended through the 2002 Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
	www.music.us /education/O/Olympic-Games-scandals.htm (783 words)

	Olympic Headquarters - Sitemap
		the ancient olympic games and the temple hera
		the stadium for the olympic games of greece
		the venue in athens for the olympic games 2004
	www.olympic-headquarters.net /sitemap.htm (938 words)

	Corruption scandals dog Beijing Olympics - World - smh.com.au
		The chief engineer of Olympic venue construction, Wu Jingjun, said that Jin Yan, one-time deputy to the sacked vice-mayor of Beijing, Liu Zhihua, was "helping" with the investigation into Liu.
		Mr Liu had been in charge of building the Olympic venues as well as the $US40 billion ($50.8 billion) upgrade of the city's infrastructure in time for the Games.
		Mr Wu repeated the statement of the Beijing Organising Committee for the Olympic Games at the time that Mr Liu was neither a member of that body and nor would his case affect construction.
	www.smh.com.au /news/world/corruption-scandals-dog-beijing-olympics/2006/12/07/1165081092203.html (418 words)

	KTVU.com - Balco - Doping Scandals Rock Olympic Games
		Meanwhile, Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis was stripped of his bronze medal Sunday and expelled from the Olympics for a doping offense, another embarrassment for the host nation.
		Sampanis was the first athlete at the Athens Games to lose his medal because of doping.
		She finished 19th and last in her qualifying group and was expelled from the games Friday by the IOC executive board.
	www.ktvu.com /balco/3672155/detail.html (753 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - Nine medals prove that system works
		At the Athens Games, the compelling story seemed to be about young people, mettle and medals.
		From not a single medal-worthy gymnast to two Olympic all-around champions is a monstrous stride in four years.
		Part of the fallout from having the new women's Olympic all-around champion is that North Texas will become a much more important gymnastics destination.
	www.olympic-usa.org /11831_25934.htm (766 words)

	Winter Olympic Games
		The Winter Olympic Games are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games.
		The First Olympic Winter Games were inaugurated on January 25, 1924 in Chamonix, France, although at the time they were not yet called Olympic Winter Games.
		The most recent Winter Games were the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/w/wi/winter_olympic_games.shtml (298 words)

	Scandals Stain National Games
		With the tenth National Games reaching the halfway point, the hottest topic during China's biggest sporting event isn't the great athletic feats, but the string of scandals rocking the Games from match-fixing allegations to heated referee disputes.
		Sun Fuming, the 1996 Atlanta Olympics gold medallist of Liaoning province, was accused of deliberately losing to Yan Sirui, a Liaoning native who represented for the Chinese Army Team in the Games, in the final of the event two days earlier.
		Refereeing scandals also marred the games as three wrestling judges were banned for life on bribery charges.
	www.china.org.cn /english/sports/145887.htm (1013 words)

	The American Weasel - Olympic Scandals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Prior to the opening of the Olympics, a push-cart hot dog with a soft drink would set you back about three dollars, but since the opening ceremonies it will run you nine dollars and a promise to never drink coffee again.
		The International Olympic Committee approved the wearing of head-to-toe coverings for the Afghani women's luge contingent, until it was discovered they were secreting sled dogs under their bulky togs.
		Beer sales have been banned in parts of the Olympic village, and the entire Irish team was boarding a flight back home in protest, until they were coaxed back to the competition by an oversized nun with a large map-pointing stick.
	www.americanweasel.com /archives/olyscandal.html (378 words)

	AskMen.com - Olympic scandals
		The SLOC's (Salt Lake Olympic Committee) part of the IOC deal is less than $10 million, meaning that this money would have to be made up to balance the approximate $1.32 billion budget for the Salt Lake Games in 2002.
		Protecting the integrity of the Olympic games translates into finding quality sponsors that will carry on the flaming torch of tradition, so to speak.
		The SOCOG has hired a team of 60 lawyers to protect Olympic sponsors and ensure they are not overwhelmed during the Sydney Games.
	www.askmen.com /sports/business/13b_sports_business.html (575 words)

	Winter Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The Italian city of Turin (Torino) will host the next Winter Olympics in 2006.
		Germany competed as a single team for the first time since the 1930s, and former Yugoslavian republics Croatia and Slovenia made their debut.
		Snowboarding's introduction into the Olympics did not come without a scandal, as gold medallist Ross Rebagliati (Canada) was initially disqualified for marihuana use, but his disqualification was overturned later.
	www.peacelink.de /keyword/Winter_Olympic_Games.php (5153 words)

	AskMen.com - Olympic Games
		As the opening day for the Olympics on Sept. 15th is quickly upon us, ticket sales are not doing as well as anticipated.
		To downplay this matter, Glen-Marie Frost, the SOCOG (Sydney Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games) general manager for communications, explained that she did not anticipate a massive turnout and that this did not indicate a lack of consumer interest, but rather, it meant that the service needed more publicity.
		Even if the Sydney Olympics have not undergone any competition yet as the opening day is scheduled for September 15th, the organizers for the Winter Olympics, taking place in Salt Lake City, are in the midst of preparing the event.
	www.askmen.com /sports/business/13_sports_business.html (644 words)

	Doping scandals ruining Greece's Olympic party - Olympic news - MSNBC.com
		This is the Olympics, though, and the real authority rests with the anti-doping bloodhounds.
		The tally dipped to six when Sampanis got the news he was the first athlete at the Athens Games to lose a medal because of doping results.
		the joy of the Olympic Games, it overshadows the success of (the Games’) organization,” the Sunday edition of Apogevmatini newspaper said in a front-page editorial.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/5789734 (916 words)

	Winter_Olympic_Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Because of a dispute, two American ice hockey teams arrived in Sankt Moritz: one sanctioned by the American Olympic Committee (AOC), and one sanctioned by the American Hockey Association (AHA).
		Her male colleagues of Norway, Ole Ellefsæter and Harald Grønningen, also won two gold medals.
		New Zealand skier Annelise Coburger made history with a silver medal in the women's slalom, becoming the first Winter Olympic medallist from the Southern Hemisphere.
	www.usedaudiparts.com /search.php?title=Winter_Olympic_Games (5514 words)

	Care to Ice Dance? - Scandals
		Bourne and Kraatz came in to the Olympic Games as the two-time and reigning world bronze medalists in ice dancing, and as they believed their free dance to Riverdance was "brilliant" and "original," many believed they would earn at least a bronze in Nagano.
		The only major complaints at the Olympics, came from Drobiazko and Vaganas, who feel they deserved to place third, as the teams who actually placed third and fourth, Fusar-Poli and Margaglio and Bourne and Kraatz both fell in the free dance.
		Six months after the Olympic Games had ended, it was August, and most people, besides us die-hard skating fans, had forgotten about any ice dancing scandal at the Olympics.
	www.caretoicedance.com /scandals.html (736 words)

	Las Vegas Weekly: Cover Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City are proof that the daintiest of sports ain't so dainty.
		Why, we had yet another scandal with the French allegedly conspiring with the Russians so each country could claim a gold in pairs and ice dancing.
		Here's a little recap for those who may have forgotten: Both Kerrigan and Harding were in fierce competition for the gold medal--Kerrigan, with her princess good looks, was favored to snag the precious medal.
	www.lasvegasweekly.com /2002/02_28/news_coverstory_fiveevents_2.html (423 words)

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