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  Winter Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Japan had to give the Games back in 1938, because of the Japanese invasion of China in the Sino-Japanese War.
Jacques Rogge, presiding over his first Olympics as IOC president, told the athletes of the host country that their nation was overcoming the "horrific tragedy" of that day and the IOC stands united with them in promoting the committee's ideals.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winter_Olympic_Games   (4303 words)

  
 Olympic Gold - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
Olympic Gold is the official video game of the XXV Olympic Summer Games, hosted by Barcelona, Spain in 1992.
Developed internally by US Gold, the game was the first to have an official license from the IOC; it also was sponsored by Coca-Cola, and the game featured both the company logo on a zeppelin above the scoreboard, but also the company jingle.
Scoring in the Olympic modes follow the results table by position, the gold medal giving 24 points, and then reducing one point for each competitor behind until the 12th and last receives 13 points.
education.music.us /O/Olympic-Gold.htm   (677 words)

  
 Olympic Silver Medals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This table shows the points for medals earned (3 for gold, 2 for silver, and 1 for bronze) divided by that countries population in millions.
Established in 1968, the North Baltimore Aquatic Club provides quality instruction for swimmers.  NBAC has developed Olympic athletes who have won gold, silver and bronze medals in the...
ClasThunberg won two more Olympic gold medals, bringing his total to five...
www.ezpredict.com /olympic-silver-medals.html   (208 words)

  
 NationMaster - Statistics > Olympic medals > Gold > Sydney 2000 by country
Olympic medals > Gold > Sydney 2000 by country.
FACTOID # 2: No winter olympic medals have ever been won by African or South American countries.
Gold medals won at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
www.nationmaster.com /graph/spo_oly_med_gol_syd_200-olympic-medals-gol...   (289 words)

  
 ScienceDaily: Scientists Unravel How The Brits May Have Struck Gold In Olympic Sailing
The Midas Bug -- Bacterial Alchemy Of Gold (August 2, 2006) -- Bacteria play an important role in the formation of gold nuggets in Australia according to new research published this month in the journal...
Amazing Light Emission Properties Of Gold Lead To Many Applications (December 4, 2000) -- The discovery of unexpected light emission properties of gold by a Texas A&M University chemist is leading to a wide range of applications in medicine, genetics and chemistry.
A pilot survey of 11 soil profiles across gold mining regions in the Peoples Republic of China indicates that elevated spore counts of Bacillus cereus, a common soil...
www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2005/10/051010100153.htm   (1893 words)

  
 July 11: Eric Liddell Takes Olympic Gold
He and his brother Rob were noted rugby players and when Eric began to run and win races, his picture was frequently in the newspapers.
It almost cost him his chance at Olympic gold, for the 100 meter was his best race.
This Olympic medalist from Scotland lived -- and died --for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
chi.gospelcom.net /DAILYF/2002/07/daily-07-11-2002.shtml   (673 words)

  
 Montreal Olympic Gold Coins - Coin Collecting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
How Gold And Silver Coins Were Used For Trading Goods
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