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	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The inauguration of the Olympic Museum at the Zetra Olympic Center and a figure skating gala, featuring some of the new European champions recently crowned in Budapest, will be the highlights of this commemoration.
		In 1984, Zetra hosted the ice hockey tournament and the (figure and speed) skating events with the unforgettable interpretation of Ravel's Bolero by the British couple Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean, as well as the Closing Ceremony.
		Destroyed in 1992, the Zetra Hall was reconstructed in 1999 thanks to a project organized by the IOC in cooperation with the European Union, the canton of Sarajevo, the International Skating Union, the city of Barcelona, the Spanish, Norwegian and Dutch governments, and the Sports Humanitarian Group.
	www.olympictruce.org /html/speeches/serajevo_100204.html (261 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics
		Olympic Hall Zetra is an indoor ice hockey arena in Sarajevo, Bosnia.
		Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at the Torino Palasport Olimpico and the Torino Esposizioni in Turin, Italy.
		The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1984 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ice-hockey-at-the-1984-Winter-Olympics (1555 words)

	Olympic Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Winter Olympic Games do not have a central Olympic Stadium, however some edifices are designated as the Olympic Stadium, which usually hosts the opening and closing ceremonies.
		The only stadium to have been used twice, but only host one Olympics, is the Melbourne Cricket Ground which was host venue in 1956 and hosted the first game of the Sydney 2000 soccer tournament.
		Initially built for the upcoming Olympics hosted by the fictional future city of Neo-Tokyo, it was instead used as a lair by Tetsuo and Akira's Great Tokyo Empire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olympic_Stadium (730 words)

	Olympic Games - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Saddledome, which is equipped for ice hockey and figure-skating, was built for the 1988 Winter Olympics.
		Thus the origin of the Olympic Games is lost in obscurity, though evidence from excavations suggests that the sanctuary at Olympia dates from at least the 13th century
		In the beginning what may be termed an ‘amateur’ spirit prevailed, but in time professionalism crept in, as eventually considerable money prizes were provided, and the Olympic champion was a national hero, receiving adulation and large material benefits.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Olympic%20Games (660 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		The Bosnian capital of Sarajevo was virtually unknown on the global stage when the Winter Olympics landed in the Balkans for the first time.
		The Zetra Olympic Hall, the hockey and ice skating venue that provided the backdrop for Torville and Dean, Katarina Witt and Brian Orser, burned to the ground after sustaining a direct missile hit during the Bosnian conflict.
		In May 1999, a rebuilt, state-of-the-art Zetra Olympic Hall opened in Sarajevo.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/history/1984sarajevo.shtml (1651 words)

	:: Chinese Olympic Committee ::
		The inauguration of the Olympic Museum at the Zetra Olympic Centre and a figure skating gala, featuring some of the new European champions recently crowned in Budapest, will be the highlights of this commemoration.
		Twenty years ago Zetra hosted the ice hockey tournament and the (figure and speed) skating events with the unforgettable interpretation of Ravel's Bolero by the British couple Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean, as well as the Closing Ceremony.
		Destroyed in 1992, the Zetra Hall was reconstructed in 1999 thanks to a project organised by the IOC in cooperation with the European Union, the canton of Sarajevo, the International Skating Union, the city of Barcelona, the Spanish, Norwegian and Dutch governments, and the Sports Humanitarian Group.
	en.olympic.cn /news/2004-02-10/76805.html (282 words)

	Olympic Stadium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Olympic Stadium has been one of the most criticized stadiums in recent years and probably for good reason.
		When it was built for the Olympics it was meant to be retractable but apparently D esigned for the Olympic Games Olympic Stadium was not completed on time due to a strike by construction workers.
		Herzog and De Meuron Olympic Stadium..Beijing China Next to the stadium there will be the new Olympic indoor stadium that will host the hockey tournaments while the Olympic Park is being constructed on a large green area opposite the facilities.
	sashaa.blogiston.com /Montreal/Olympic_Stadium (967 words)

	Trees for Sarajevo. (includes related article on greening) - Encyclopedia.com
		At 7 or 8 he was skiing the more challenging Olympic slopes of the Jahorina and Bjelasnica mountains.
		Among the priceless treasures lost was the century-old Austrian-built City Hall, which housed the Bosnian National Library's millions of books and manuscripts.
		Gone was Zetra Olympic Hall, site of the figure skating and hockey competitions and the closing ceremonies for the Winter Olympics in 1984.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-20520072.html (1992 words)

	CNN.com - Sarajevo recalls Olympic glory - Feb. 10, 2004
		The Zetra hall, venue for the Olympic figure skating, speedskating and ice hockey, was burned down during the war in 1992, and war victims were buried in a graveyard next to it.
		The hall was reconstructed and had held only concerts or political rallies until Monday night's main anniversary celebration.
		While the Olympics is a long shot, officials hope to at least host figure skating in the rebuilt hall.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/02/10/bosnia.anniv.ap/index.html (575 words)

	1984: Sarajevo - New York Times
		Images of smoke billowing from the roof of bombed-out Zetra Hall, where skating events were held, were transmitted around the world.
		Zetra, too, has been reborn, but as an outdoor stadium for Sarajevo's sentimental but unsuccessful bid for the 2010 Winter Games.
		Sarajevo was chosen to play host to the 2009 Special Olympics Winter Games, where 2,000 athletes are expected to compete, but government officials decided to withdraw and to try instead for 2013.
	travel2.nytimes.com /2006/02/05/travel/05web1984.html?pagewanted=print (451 words)

	Survival Map - SarayNet Edition
		The monumental city hall was built during the period of the Austro-Hungarian rule in 1894.
		The destroyed City Hall building, the symbol of the besieged city and the barbarity of the aggressor, became the place where concerts and art exhibitions by local and foreign artists were held.
		The City Hall building is also the place where foreign cameramen keep bumping into each other and where they always start by shooting the glass construction of the City Hall roof turning beneath in circles.
	www.saray.net /SurvivalMap/mapa.asp?id=18 (215 words)

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		There were 49 national Olympic committees participating in the Games, and the number of participants was the highest ever in the history.
		The Sarajevo Olympic Games were inspiration for all the people working on behalf of peace and cooperation, for this city welcomed and welcomes all the good-will people, no matter race and religion, ideological and political orientation.
		The announcement was made in the partially reconstructed Zetra Olympic Hall, pulverised by mortar attacks in 1992.
	www.sarajevoreiziger.nl /sarajevo/geschiedenis/olompic.html (979 words)

	fm4.ORF.at / Das österreichische Haus
		Below, directly in front of me, there are several parks with adjacent cemetery stretching from the Presidency building into the city centre all the way to the Olympic Hall 'Zetra' that got its name after this 'green transversal'.
		At that time (in the year 1984, when Sarajevo was host of the Winter Olympic Games), the Austrian Olympic team built this nice, round shaped, half wooden montage cottage in the middle of those parks, to be the headquarters for sportsmen competing at the Olympic.
		After the Olympics, the 'Österreichische Haus' was donated to the city and it was used as an artistic pavilion for exhibitions and cultural events.
	fm4.orf.at /enes/46227 (651 words)

	Augusta Chronicle - Sarajevo recalls better times on Olympic anniversary 02/11/04
		Olympic gold medal winner Katarina Witt points to her picture of herself from 20 years ago on a promotion poster of the 20th anniversary of the Olympic Winter Games held in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo in February 1984, on Monday, Feb. 9, 2004, in Sarajevo.
		The Zetra hall, venue for the Olympic figure skating, speedskating and ice hockey, was burned down during the war in 1992, and war victims were buried in a graveyard next to it.
		While the Olympics is a long shot, officials hope to at least host figure skating in the rebuilt hall.
	www.augustachronicle.com /stories/021104/oly_LS0344-0.shtml (691 words)

	Corpus Christi Online - / War-scarred Sarajevo eyes another Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Bosnian Olympic Committee announced its intentions Monday, the 15th anniversary of the 1984 Olympics.
		The city's pride, the Zetra sports arena for figure skating and speed skating, is being rebuilt and scheduled to reopen at the end of March.
		But next to the hall, in a soccer field, is a surrounding sea of graves.
	www.caller.com /autoconv/sportsworld99/sportsworld46.html (385 words)

	BikeAbout Trip Log: April 15, 1998
		The Kos(h)evo stadium were where the 1984 Winter Olympic Games opening ceremony was held and the Zetra sports hall was where they were closed.
		Today the Zetra is unusable (its copper roof collapsed after multiple bombings resulted in a fire which melted it), but the stadium is active.
		This placidity is reinforced by the fields around the stadium and hall - originally for track and fields event - having been converted into cemeteries.
	www.bikeabout.org /journal/notes_117.htm (2709 words)

	Auction 36
		The Olympic rings were introduced at the 1914 celebration ; the stationary is probably the first time that the Olympic rings were used officially.
		Olympic soccer events since 1908, cycling, venues, program of the female gymnasts, accommodations, also 2pp.
		Diploma for the Olympic Cup of the Centennial of the Luxembourg Independence, Oct. 15, 1939.
	www.ioneil.com /site/auction/auction36.htm (6654 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		As a reminder, this outstanding achievement, the winner of the prestigious Golden Bear Award at the recently held Berlin Film Festival, had its Bosnian premiere on March 1 in Sarajevo 's Zetra Olympic Hall, when it was seen by around 5.000 viewers.
		The screening of Berlinale laureate will be held in the large hall of the Sava Centre as part of the “Fest na bis” event, and will begin at 8 pm.
		Olympic Hall Zetra is ready to host more than four thousand people on Wednesday, 1st March at 20.00 hours, when the BH audience will have an opportunity to watch the Grbavica, film by Jasmila Zbanic.
	www.grbavica.ba /news_en_arhiva.htm (2602 words)

	EPIIC: Archives: 2000: Workshops: ASR: Johann Olav Koss
		After the Olympics, he organized a collection of used sporting equipment from the children of Norway to donate to the children of Eritrea.
		He was successful in establishing Olympic Aid Atlanta as an official part of the Atlanta Games, and the program raised $13 million which UNICEF used primarily to organize medical assistance for children in war torn areas of the world.
		In cooperation with the IOC, SHG was instrumental in reconstructing the Zetra Olympic Skating Rink in Sarajevo and is continuing with other projects in war torn and refugee areas including Sport in a Box, a program Johann developed to establish sport and recreational activities for refugees.
	www.epiic.com /archives/2000/asr/koss.html (782 words)

	OLYMPIC GAMES: History of Olympic Games - Phoenix Magazine Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In the course of 1200 years around 290 Olympic Games were organised which focused on physical exercise as the basis of upbringing and education.
		The ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the 14th Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo was held at the Olympic hall "Zetra" last year in February.
		Revitalisation of facilities and the Olympic beauties themselves have been prioritised tasks of the local authorities and the BiH Olympic Committee.
	www.feniks.co.ba /eng/node.php?id=490 (970 words)

	Travel Classics: SOUNDS OF SARAJEVO: Doug Wilson
		But as he heads out for this summer's Olympics in Athens, legendary ABC Sports producer, Doug Wilson, remembers the aftermath of another terrorist tragedy and the impact it had on those producing the Olympic Games.
		Only the winter months had passed since the Munich Olympic Games stunned the world when all the members of the Israeli wrestling team lost there lives in the hostage taking horror that changed our world forever.
		Their original plan was botched when a bomb missed the open car and the thrower fell into the river adjacent to the roadway.
	www.travelclassics.com /library/sarajevo_wilson.shtml (1813 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Winter Olympic Games do not have a central Olympic Stadium, however some edifices are designated as the Olympic Stadium, which usually hosts the opening and closing ceremonies.
		The only stadium to have been used twice, but only host one Olympics, is the Melbourne Cricket Ground which was host venue in 1956 and hosted the first game of the Sydney 2000 football tournament.
		Initially built for the upcoming Olympics hosted by the fictional future city of Neo-Tokyo, it was instead used as a lair by Tetsuo and Akira's Great Tokyo Empire.
	stron.frm.pl /wiki.php?title=Olympic_Stadium (917 words)

	Sarajevo's bid for Winter Olympic Games 2010
		Last week, the outgoing president of the International Olympic Committee, IOC, Juan Antonio Samaranch, whose first job was to officiate at the 1984 Games, revisited the Bosnian capital for the inauguration of the newly reformed NOK.
		Outgoing president of the Bosnia's Olympic Committee, Bogic Bogicevic, has been pivotal to the creation of the NOK and was awarded the Olympic order by Samaranch last week for his "outstanding contribution to the promotion of Olympic ideals in the region".
		Although the facilities have been virtually destroyed, Enes Terzic, general manager of Zetra Olympic sports centre, believes most of the winter sports facilities are in a better position than they were in 1977 when the IOC picked Sarajevo to host the 1984 Games.
	balkansnet.org /zoi2001.html (903 words)

	sp17 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Zetra Sports Hall hosted the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Winter Olympic Games, and then served as a venue for various sporting events thereafter.
		On May 20, 1992, this landmark's copper roof melted and was consumed by flames after being hit by numerous incendiary shells.
		Despite the fire, the Zetra continued to function as a shelter and base for UN forces throughout the siege, and was rebuilt after the war.
	www.mediacircus.net /sp17.html (85 words)

	Survival Map - SarayNet Edition
		The Zetra sports hall was the place where the Winter Olympic Games were closed.
		The photo of Zetra in flames greatly saddened the President of the Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch, who had closed the Winter Olympic Games by saying: "GOD BYE, DEAR SARAJEVO".
		The Zetra basement was used as a shelter and the storage space of many humanitarian organizations.
	www.saray.net /SurvivalMap/mapa.asp?id=51 (100 words)

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		On April 6, 1992, as former communist state of Yugoslavia was disintegrating, Sarajevo was surrounded by the Yugoslav National Army (Bosnian: "Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija") and a number of paramilitary (Bosnian Serb Army) formations.
		Sports-related tourism uses the legacy facilities of the 1984 Winter Olympics, especially the skiing facilities on the nearby mountains of Bjelašnica, Igman, Jahorina, Trebević, and Treskavica.
		Many of the Olympic facilities survived the war, including Olympic Hall Zetra and Asim Ferhatović Stadion.
	uimag.com /?title=Sarajevo (3605 words)

	SkateResults.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Prior to the opening of the of the Olympic track Zetra in 1983, very little Yugoslav speed skaters were known, but during the 1980s and early 1990s, it was the centre for Yugoslavian speed skating.
		The rink was damaged during the civil war between Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia at the beginning of the 1990s, and no races have been held at the track since 1992.
		This was part of the inspiration for Johann Olav Koss when he started Olympic Aid, and one of the results of this project is the rebuilding of the Olympic ice hall in Sarajevo.
	skateresults.com /rink/show/118 (149 words)

	BW Online \| February 11, 2002 \| Can a Wounded City Snare the Games?
		The view from Ahmed Karabegovic's office at the Zetra Olympic Hall in Sarajevo is grim.
		As president of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Olympic Committee, he is at the helm of a most unlikely scheme, but one that is giving this city a buzz of hope.
		The same Olympic flame that will make its way into Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Feb. 8 came to this city in the mountains of then-Yugoslavia in 1984.
	www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/02_06/b3769026.htm (767 words)

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