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  GBROLYMPICS.COM / LONDON-OLYMPICS.COM - Olympic Games Medallists
The modern Olympics were first held in 1896.
Nevertheless all those competitions reported, at one time or another, as Olympic medal events have been included here for the record, with those no longer regarded as official footnoted.
Nationalities given are those of the countries the medallists were representing at the time of the event.
www.gbrathletics.com /olympic   (336 words)

  
 Olympic Basketball   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics: Information From Answers.com - Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the indoor arena in the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the.
HickokSports.com - History - Olympic Basketball Medalists - This document lists all Olympic medalists in men's and women's basketball champions, with rosters of US gold medal teams.
United States Olympic Committee - Basketball - The 1956 Olympic basketball team dominated its competition, winning all eight of its...
www.top-olympics.info /olympic-basketball.html   (510 words)

  
 700 FAMOUS NEBRASKANS - Olympic Medalists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Athlete, won gold medal in horizontal bar event in gymnastics during 1992 Olympics, became first American gymnast to win a gold medal in a non-boycotted Olympics since 1932, was a member of the University of Nebraska's 1990 NCAA championship team; motivational speaker in corporate world, role model for Hispanic American community.
Swimmer, recipient of two gold medals in 1996 Olympics in 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke competition, bronze medal in 2000 Olympics in 100-meter breaststroke, a world record holder for 50, 100 and 200-meter breaststroke events, considered a hero in her native South Africa.
Athlete, coach, won silver medal in 167-pound division of Greco-Roman wrestling at 2000 Olympics, was member of University of Nebraska-Lincoln team that finished third at NCAA championships in 1993, and his 36-1 record during 1992-93 season remains the team's single-season win percentage record at.973.
www.nebpress.com /700/olympic.html   (2549 words)

  
 Tar Heel Basketball Glossary :: A look at the people, places and facts of Carolina men's basketball.
One of the most famous and feared offensive sets in college basketball history was the Four Corners, a system Dean Smith first used in 1965-66 with Larry Miller and Bob Lewis handling the ball and later perfected by point guard Phil Ford.
He hit the game-winning shot in the 1982 NCAA championship game against Georgetown, was the consensus National Player of the Year in 1984 and averaged 17.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per game as a Tar Heel (he played before the shot clock and with the three-point shot in just one of his three collegiate seasons).
Carolina's 18th head men's basketball coach was an assistant coach under Dean Smith from 1978-88 and the head coach at the University of Kansas from 1989-2003.
tarheelblue.collegesports.com /sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/100603aaa.html   (7656 words)

  
 Essence: Olympic legends - eight African American women Olympic medalists from 1948 on are highlighted   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
She came home with a bronze medal from the 1992 Olympics and two years later became the first gymnast since 1969 to make a clean sweep of everything gold at the U.S. National Gymnastics Championship.
Each time she walks through the Olympic village, she experiences "the most natural high you can get." But the best part, says the personal trainer and occasional model, is getting involved in charitable activities that help others.
By the time she was 1 6 and competing under the colors of Tennessee State, White had won her first of two Olympic silver medals in the long lump at the 1956 Games.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1264/is_n9_v26/ai_17862958   (1510 words)

  
 USA basketball qualifies for 2004 Olympic Games
With a trip to the 2004 Olympics already assured by Saturday’s semifinal win, the USA turned its attention to completing some unfinished business-- winning the gold medal and finishing with spotless 10-0 overall record.
The USA, gold medalists in 12 of the 14 Olympics in which it has played, including the last three when NBA players have participated (1992, 1996, 2000), has compiled in Olympic play a sensational record of 109 wins and just two losses.
Three Olympic qualifying spots will be determined at the Sept. 5-14 European Championship, while two teams will earn berths from the Oceania zone and one more will qualify from Asia.
www.insidehoops.com /usa-basketball-090103.shtml   (942 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
Although the drug disqualification of sprinter Ben Johnson was the biggest story of the 1988 Olympics, the Seoul Games were highlighted by numerous exceptional performances.
Christa Luding-Rothenburger, who was also a speed skater, earned a silver medal in cycling to become the only person in history to win Winter and Summer medals in the same year.
For the first time, all the medalists in dressage were women.
www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1988   (195 words)

  
 All Five ISU Olympic Wrestling Gold Medalists Return To Ames For Legacy Dinner :: Glen Brand, Dan Gable, Ben Peterson, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Olympic champions Glen Brand (London, 1948), Dan Gable (Munich, 1972), Ben Peterson (Munich, 1972), Kevin Jackson (Barcelona, 1992) and Cael Sanderson (Athens, 2004) will speak at the celebration.
Gable was inducted into the USA Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1980 and the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1985.
The East Lansing, Mich., native is considered one of the greatest freestyle wrestlers in U.S. history, winning a gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona at 180.5 pounds and claiming World Championship gold medals in both 1991 and 1995.
cyclones.collegesports.com /genrel/050405aac.html   (1005 words)

  
 Olympic Sports News ./SPORTS
China plans to recruit 2,000 extra police to ensure a safe 2008 Beijing Olympics, state media reported on Friday, adding to the martial arts, counter-terrorism and riot control experts it is already training.
Sports The International Olympic Committee has launched what is expected to be a lengthy doping investigation into Austrian biathlon and cross-country skiers and team chiefs, an IOC official said...
Research starts on legislation for 2008 Olympic Games: Liu Qi Research starts on legislation for 2008 Olympic Games: Liu Qi (photo attached) Updated:2006-03-10 [] [Font: ] Liu Qi shares his opinion with the rest of the deputies during the discussion.
news.nabou.com /sports/olympic_sports_news.html   (1067 words)

  
 WNBA.com: 2004 Olympic Women’s Basketball Primer
Brazil: The 2000 Olympic bronze and 1996 silver medalists have continued to dedicate themselves to improving on the international stage.
At 35, former Comets star Janeth Arcain is one of the best players in the world and even took a year off from WNBA competition to stay at home and train with her national team.
A unified Russian team was the last non-American team to win Olympic gold (in 1992) and also took top honors in 1976 and 1980.
www.wnba.com /features/womens_olympic_primer.html   (551 words)

  
 Ten Stanford Greats Inducted Into Athletic Hall of Fame :: Olympic gold medalists and NCAA champions headline the Class ...
Olympic gold medalists and NCAA champions headline the Class of 2002
Olympic gold medalists, NCAA champions and one of the greatest coaches in school history comprise Stanford University's Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2002, announced today by Athletic Director Ted Leland.
The 10-member class won a total of eight NCAA team titles and 31 individual NCAA titles during their careers on The Farm.
gostanford.collegesports.com /genrel/081402aaa.html   (747 words)

  
 Olympics - Olympic Basketball
This was the 2003 competition between Canada, the United States, Central America and South America to qualify for the 2004 Olympics.
The USA, gold medalists in 12 of the 14 Olympics in which it has played, including the last three when NBA players have participated (1992, 1996, 2000), must earn a qualifying spot for the 2004 Olympic Games.
USA Basketball has had to qualify for the Olympics through a zone qualifying tournament twice before, 1992 in Portland, Oregon, and 1999 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
www.insidehoops.com /olympic-qualifiers-2003.shtml   (231 words)

  
 Learn more about Olympic medalists in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Learn more about Olympic medalists in the online encyclopedia.
Olympic Games, IOC country codes, list of prizes, medals, and awards
I've had to omit some of the diacritical marks, especially for the Eastern Europeans because I couldn't generate them on my PC.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /o/ol/olympic_medalists.html   (143 words)

  
 USA Basketball Women's Programs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The USA Basketball Women's Senior National Team will utilize a series of three spring training camps to help prepare for the 2006 FIBA World Championship and to evaluate an assortment of elite players who are candidates for the 12-member 2006 USA Women's World Championship Team.
Entrenched in the USA Basketball organization for three decades as a player, committee member and coach, Anne Donovan will return to the red, white and blue as the head coach of the USA Basketball Women's Senior National Team for 2006-08.
Following the 1995-96 USA Basketball Women's Senior National Team's month-long training camp in Colorado Springs, Colo., the squad hit the road for what has got to be one of the longest and toughest road trips in history.
www.usabasketball.com /women   (975 words)

  
 WNBA.com: Women’s Olympic Basketball Team Capsules
The 2000 Olympic bronze and 1996 silver medalists have continued to dedicate themselves to improving on the international stage.
Spain will be participating in their second Olympic Games after competing as the host nation in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and finishing in fifth place.
The Kiwis are looking to improve on their disappointing 2000 Olympics, where they finished 1-5 overall, good enough for 11th out of the 12 places.
www.wnba.com /athens2004/teamcapsules.html   (1042 words)

  
 Olympic Basketball And Extra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Basketball is played on a rectangular court, which has a hard surface (often...
For 36 years after basketball entered the Olympic Games as a full medal sport for men, the question...
International Olympic Committee - Discover the organisation, the heroes, the past Games, the news of the Olympic movement, Live sports news, the Olympic Museum.
www.basketball-dunk-shoot.com /basketball/4/olympic-basketball.html   (367 words)

  
 O Pensador: Angola Represents Africa in Olympic Basketball   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Although they did not win a medal at the Olympics, the Angolan national basketball team earned the respect of its competitors by playing solid defensive basketball at the Atlanta games.
The squad was favorably profiled in the Wall Street Journal which said the team's attitude and struggle to get to the Olympics epitomized the Olympic spirit.
Although not medalists, the team has much to be proud of.
www.angola.org /news/pensador/august/basketball.html   (312 words)

  
 Sportz Tawk: Basketball - USA Olympic Basketball   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The United States has not lost since the NBA began sending players to the Olympics in 1992, but a lack of outside shooting and team chemistry were obvious to the near-capacity crowd at the Helliniko Indoor arena.
USA wont win, i know i should be cheering for them but face it they play selfish basketball, and they dont play team defense, and PR is playing great TEAM ball right now and have the lead with 4 min to go and a 12 point lead.
The basketball team took shots when they shouldnt have taken shots, when tehy shouldve passed and made a better looking shot.
www.sportztawk.com /viewthread.php?tid=5242   (1026 words)

  
 medalists - OneLook Dictionary Search
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medalists : Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
Phrases that include medalists: cross country skiing world cup medalists, new zealand olympic medalists, olympic medalists, olympic medalists in basketball, olympic medalists in biathlon, more...
www.onelook.com /?w=medalists   (103 words)

  
 United States Olympic Committee - BASKETBALL: Four USA Basketball Gold Medalists, Including 2000 Olympian Katie Smith, ...
USA Basketball also announced that Chamique Holdsclaw (Washington Mystics / Astoria, N.Y.), who was originally named to the 2002 USA World Championship Team, had
The four new USA team additions increase the number of named players for the 2002 World Championship to eight, leaving four USA roster spots that will be filled at a later date.
Catchings, an All-American at the University of Tennessee who sat out the 2001 WNBA season due to an injured right knee, was selected by the Indiana Fever as the third overall pick in the 2001 WNBA Draft and has claimed two gold medals and one silver on three prior USA Basketball squads.
www.olympic-usa.org /73_5593.htm   (860 words)

  
 Olympic Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Olympic Village is as lively and active as ever with less than half the athletes still waiting to compete and the majority staying up late, partying, sleeping in, and making a serious dent in the Big Mac inventory at the cafeteria's McDonalds.
Then I was able to take advantage of a full day of Olympics coverage by learning about team handball (great game, very wild and full of contact), badminton (insanely fast and incredibly talented athletes), and rowing (almost as tough as walking, but it doesn't last nearly as long as it should).
First I'll get my official Olympic accreditation badge with my photo ID and a barcode that tells the security at each and every checkpoint who I am, where I'm from and whether I am an athlete, coach, delegation member, medical staff, or some other member of the Olympic family.
www.edunns.net /journal/athens.html   (11380 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Summer Olympic Games
list of medal sports, Summer Olympics medal standings, archery, baseball, baseball – medalists, basketballmedalists (men), basketball –...
Olympic Games (modern) : summer games: track and field – first blind U.S. runner
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encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Summer+Olympic+Games   (134 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
For example, to find out the list of all gold medallists in alpine skiing - downhill, select skiing for the sport, then alpine skiing for the discipline, then downhill for the event.
The Olympic medal winner database is compiled using data taken from official publications containing Olympic results produced by the Organising Committees at the end of each edition of the Games.
As the information is not yet fully standardised, we recommend that you search by nation, sport, Olympic Games, etc.
www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp   (155 words)

  
 1972 Olympic Basketball Team   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A page dedicated to the 1972 Olympic men's basketball team, which still refuses to accept its silver medals.
The United States basketball team lost their gold medal game to the...
On September 10, the American team, never before beaten in Olympic competition, was on the...
www.justbasketball.info /browse/1972-olympic-basketball-team.html   (188 words)

  
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 InsideHoops.com - USA basketball women win Olympic gold medal
The U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team (8-0) accomplished its goal of winning a third consecutive gold medal in Athens, beating the previously unbeaten Australia (7-1) by a score of 74-63 on Saturday night.
The USA now owns a 42-3 overall record (.933 winning percentage) in Olympic play and has won a record five golds, one silver and one bronze medal in the seven Olympic basketball competitions the U.S. has competed in.
The United States, which earned the silver medal at the inaugural Olympic women's basketball tournament in 1976, won its first gold at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.
www.insidehoops.com /usa-women-082904.shtml   (1058 words)

  
 Welcome to USA Baseball - Home of 2000 Olympic Gold Medalists
USA Baseball is the National Governing Body of the sport in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC).
The organization selects and trains the USA Baseball Olympic Team, USA Baseball National Team (collegiate), the USA Baseball Junior National Team (18-under), and the USA Baseball Youth National Team (16-under) which participate in various international competitions each year.
Most recently, the USA Baseball Olympic Team won the Gold Medal at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney, Australia.
www.usabaseball.com /facilities/usab-heery.html   (711 words)

  
 NBA.com: 2004 Olympic Men’s Basketball Primer
The U.S. has been inconsistent on its exhibition tour, sandwiching blowouts over Puerto Rico and Serbia & Montenegro, and two wins at Turkey, around a dreadful doubleheader in Cologne, where it was clobbered by Italy and needed an Allen Iverson prayer to beat Germany, which did not qualify for the Games.
Argentina: The 2002 world silver medalists -- featuring breakneck Spurs star Manu Ginobili -- remain a dangerous outfit, due largely to team cohesion forged through years of experience playing together.
The Argentines are a physical, athletic squad, with former Temple and NBA point guard Pepe Sanchez running the show, wingman Andres Nocioni running wild, and center Fabricio Oberto working a variety of deft post moves inside.
www.nba.com /pretour/olympic_primer.html   (705 words)

  
 Wikipedia:WikiProject Red Link Recovery/Most red links - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Olympic medalists in athletics (men) - 1505 red links
Olympic medalists in swimming (men) - 998 red links
Olympic medalists in athletics (women) - 702 red links
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