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	Olympic Meanings
		Olympic medals must be at least 60 millimetres in diameter and at least three millimetres thick.
		Gold and silver medals must be made of 92.5 percent pure silver; the gold medal must be gilded with at least six grams of gold.
		The U.S. Olympic Committee refers to the same four-year cycle as the "quadrennium." The USOC is currently in the 1997-2000 quadrennium.
	library.advanced.org /20622/olympic1.htm (593 words)

	2002 Olympic Medals
		The medals are designed in the shape of river rocks like those found in the spectacular streams and rivers of Utah, and they embody the spirit of the American West - from the forging of the West to the technological present.
		Medal Front: An athlete emerges from a background of flame, rock or ice, symbolizing a mastery of the elements.
		Medal Back: Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, is in full stride and holds a small victory leaf, symbolizing the olive wreaths presented to winners during ancient Olympic Games.
	2002.uen.org /html/medals.html (285 words)

	Olympic Games Winner Medals 1924 - 1928
		As the design of the Olympic medal had to be drawn up in order to be taken to the session of the International Olympic Committee in Rome in April 1923, it appeared impossible to assemble an international competition of far-flung artists, allowing them enough time to finish their work.
		During the same session, the Commission decided to entrust the commemorative medal to M. Roques; but, because of the failure of this artist, the completion of his work was entrusted to M Raoul Benard, who had previously engraved the Winter Sports medal.
		Medals bearing this design were struck at the Government Mint in Utrecht in gilded silver, silver, and bronze for the first, second and third prize winners respectively.
	www.olympic-museum.de /w_medals/wmed1924.htm (822 words)

	Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Olympics were of fundamental religious importance, contests alternating with sacrifices and ceremonies honouring both Zeus (whose colossal statue stood at Olympia), and Pelops, divine hero and mythical king of Olympia famous for his legendary chariot race, in whose honour the games were held.
		The Olympic Flame is lit in Olympia and brought to the host city by runners carrying the torch in relay.
		The Oslo flag: Was presented to the IOC at the 1952 Winter Olympics by the city of Oslo, Norway, and is passed on to the next organising city of the Winter Olympics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olympic_Games (7118 words)

	The Olympic Medals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Olympic medals are awarded to those individuals or teams placing first, second, and third in each event.
		The first place winner is bestowed a gold-plated medal of silver, which is commonly referred to as the "gold medal." Second and third places receive medals of silver and bronze.
		The 1998 Nagano Games medals, for example, combined traditional Japanese arts of lacquering, cloisonne and engraving to create medals incorporating the concept of "Games from the Heart --Together With Love." The medals were desigend to be an expression of Japan and of Nagano.
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Sports/olympicgames/medals.html (241 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - NEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The medal is round with an empty space at the centre, representing the Italian piazza.
		The medal is also round like the Olympic rings or a symbolic victory ring and, with its open space at its centre, it reveals the place where the heart beats, the symbol of life itself.
		The medal is only complete, however, when it is hanging geometrically from the athlete’s neck, lying on his chest, circling and revealing the area near his heart and focusing attention on the athlete’s vital energy and human emotions.
	www.olympic.org /uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=1575 (649 words)

	BOCOG calls for design proposals for Olympic medals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The image of the reverse of the medal shall be unique in concept and vivid in style, perfectly reflect the features of the Olympic Games and characteristics of China, stay compatible with the image of the obverse of the medal and conform with the requirements of the metal crafts work.
		The medals must mention the sport and the event for which they are awarded, and be fastened to a detachable chain or ribbon so as to be placed around the athlete's neck...
		The medals for first and second places shall be of silver of at least 925-1000 grade; the medal for first place shall be gilded with at least 6g of pure gold.
	en.beijing2008.com /56/81/article211998156.shtml (663 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Olympic medals, Olympic mascots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Olympic medals are an important part of the Games.
		The Olympic Rings are also on the front, along with an amphitheater, the year, number of the Olympiad and host city.
		Olympic medals must be 68 mm across and 3m thick.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595086282,00.html (554 words)

	Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
		The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade").
		At the end of an Olympics, the mayor of the host-city presents the flag to the mayor of the next host-city.
		For each Olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece, using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics (1311 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Precious medals
		Olympic winners in both 1896 and 1900 received silver medals, second-place athletes received bronze medals and no medals were awarded to those who finished third.
		Olympic medals typically are two inches in diameter.
		Just when officials at the Hall of Champions were pondering what to do for an Olympic display this year, Art Prior volunteered to loan his Olympic medal collection to the sports museum in conjunction with the Athens Games.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/20040530-9999-lz1s30sunspc.html (966 words)

	Art competitions at the Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Medals were awarded for works of art inspired by sport, divided into five categories: architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture.
		The issue continued to be debated within the Olympic Movement, and at the 49th IOC Session in Athens, 1954, the IOC members voted to replace the art contests with an exhibition for future Olympics.
		A notable example of this is the 1928 gold medal for architecture awarded to Jan Wils for his design of the Olympic Stadium used in the same Olympics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Art_competitions_at_the_Olympic_Games (1853 words)

	Meet New Hampshire's Olympic Athletes - Olympics 2006
		Two brothers from Andover are striving for Olympic medals in cross-country skiing after overcoming their individual obstacles.
		A veteran Olympian from Derry, N.H., is hoping to win her third Olympic medal in women's hockey at the Torino Games.
		An Olympic medal hopeful from Keene is a member of skiing's royal family and says that he hopes to live up to their legacy.
	www.wmur.com /olympics2006/6684470/detail.html (273 words)

	Mrs. Ritenour's Olympic Symbols
		Olympic Games mascots are selected by the local organizing committee of the host city.
		Olympic medals must be at least 60 millimeters in diameter and at least three millimeters thick.
		The design of the medals is the responsibility of the host city's organizing committee.
	www.geocities.com /mrshogueclass/units/olympics/symbols.html (481 words)

	Olympic Minerals: MEDALS
		The bronze medals were made from 1c and 2c coins that were produced in Australia when the change was made to decimal currency in 1966.
		Each bronze medal contained 1% silver and the remaining 99% is what is called coinage bronze, from the 1c and 2c coins.
		The 2004 medals will depict the eternal flame, the opening lines of Pindar's 8th Olympic Ode (composed in 460 BC to honour the victory of Alkimedon of Aegina in wrestling) and the Athens 2004 Olympic Games emblem.
	www.minerals.org.au /olympics/medals (952 words)

	ATHENS 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES - Olympic Medals
		The most important feature of the Athens 2004 Olympic medals is the Greek language and alphabet, shown on both sides.
		All Olympic medals subsequently symbolise the Greek origin of the Olympic Games, as well as their modern revival in 1896.
		The total number of medals were 1,130 gold, 1,130 silver, and 1,150 bronze.
	www.akropol.net /athens_2004_olympiad/olympic_medals.htm (200 words)

	Time for Kids \| News \| Getting Ready for the Winter Olympics
		Medal winners will be awarded newly designed gold, silver or bronze medals with a hole in the middle.
		On November 27, the Olympic torch was lit and the 8,300-mile relay from Greece to Italy began.
		Greek actress Theodora Siarkou lit the flame at the birthplace of the Olympics at the Temple of Hera in Ancient Olympia, Greece.
	www.timeforkids.com /TFK/news/story/0,6260,1136751,00.html (436 words)

	Olympics
		Olympic ring border, list of words related to bobsledding and luge to use in poem.
		When the Olympics are over, use the results from your chart to answer the questions.
		This reading comprehension is a biography of Olympic champion Kerri Strug and the story of her famous gold-medal win in gymnastics at the 1996 Olympics.
	www.abcteach.com /directory/theme_units/sports/olympics (1215 words)

	Olympic Medals Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		The medals awarded to the winning athletes in the Sydney, Australia, Olympic Games were designed by the Australian sculptor Wojciech Pietranik.
		The medals are 68 mm across and from 3 to 5 mm thick.
		The medals are attached to a cyan blue ribbon that is inscribed with the words: SYDNEY 2000.
	www.zoomdinosaurs.com /olympics/printouts/Medals.shtml (206 words)

	(`~- Olympic Games Museum -~´)
		We are very pleased to welcome you to the private Olympic museum and invite you to participate in a tour along its attractions.
		Olympic Summergames 1896 - 2012, short overall view
		You, too, are given the opportunity to display your Olympic souvenirs in the Museum and to present them worldwide.
	www.olympic-museum.de /index.html (204 words)

	olympic symbols (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Olympic rings are the official symbol of the Olympic movement.
		Japanese arts of lacquering, cloisonne and engraving to create medals incorporating the concept of "Games from the Heart --Together With Love." The medals were desigend to be an expression of Japan and of Nagano.
		The Olympic mascots are characters that stand as a symbol of the Olympic Games for children of all ages.
	usd316.k12.ks.us /projectfolder/Niki2002/Olympics/olympicsymbols.html (791 words)

	EDSITEment - Lesson Plan
		The sight of a triumphant Olympic athlete stooping to receive the gold medal as his or her country's anthem plays is one of the more moving images of each Olympiad.
		Because the Olympic medal is both a familiar and mysterious object for students, it presents an ideal prompt to build basic literacy in the Greek alphabet.
		The ode was composed in 460 BC to honor the victory of Alkimedon of Aegina in wrestling.
	edsitement.neh.gov /view_lesson_plan.asp?id=583 (1927 words)

	NBCOlympics.com - Countries - Italy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The 2006 Olympic host city of Torino, located in northwest Italy at the confluence of the Po and Dora Riparia rivers, is the capital of the Piedmont region.
		Alberto Tomba was the first Alpine skier to defend his gold medal, winning the giant slalom in 1988 and 1992.
		The 19-year-old, who earned bronze at the 2005 World Championships, is the daughter of a 1984 Olympic hockey player and the cousin of Alpine skier Isolde Kostner, who took silver in the women's downhill in 2002.
	www.nbcolympics.com /countries/5056762/detail.html (723 words)

	CNN/SI - Olympics - Olympic medals winner feels 'perfect' ahead of 100th birthday - Sunday November 08, 1998 ...
		But Leon Stukelj, winner of six Olympic medals in gymastics, still uses the rings hanging in the doorway of his home.
		As a cherished memory of the Berlin Olympics, staged by Hitler's Nazi Germany, Stukelj points at a photograph displayed in the living room cabinet, showing him talking to American sprinter Jesse Owens.
		Also displayed are photos of Stukelj as a strong young gymnast working on parallel bars or on a strength move on the rings - a move that became known as the Stukelj cross.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/news/1998/11/08/olympian_100 (793 words)

	Olympic Medals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Poets dedicated laudatory odes to them, monuments were erected in their honour and they were awarded olive wreaths and commemorative medals.
		At the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, the champions received a silver medal and an olive wreath, while the athletes who took second place won a bronze medal and a laurel wreath.
		The study of the designs of Olympic medals may be made by the help of Olympic stamps as many countries issued several stamps depicting the various forms of Olympic medals.
	www.angelfire.com /ms/stamp/olympic/medals.html (128 words)

	Defining Olympic moments - Olympic Info : Drug Testing -
		Two Olympic medallists at the 1936 Olympics successfully defended their titles twelve years later at the 1948 Games.
		This brought his outstanding career total to eleven Olympic medals, seven of which were gold.
		Tennis returns to the Olympics as a medal sport after an absence for 64 years allowing Steffi Graf to complete her Grand Slam tennis season by winning Olympic gold.
	smh.com.au /olympics/articles/2004/06/18/1089484299436.html (957 words)

	Amateur Athletic Foundation Olympic Primer
		Most Olympic team members have been training in their sports for nearly a decade or more before gaining the honor of participating in the Olympic Games.
		Thorpe was stripped of his Olympic medals because he had earned a small amount of money playing semi-professional baseball two years before the 1912 Stockholm Games.
		Although the goal of the Olympic Games is to bring together the athletes of the world in peaceful competition, the Games often have been affected by political tensions.
	www.aafla.org /6oic/primer_text2.htm (3537 words)

	Do Olympic medals look like bagels? - Olympics news - MSNBC.com
		In blogs and other forums on the Internet, the medals for the XX Winter Olympics, the first ever to have a hole in the middle, are being compared to bagels and doughnuts.
		Medals at the Summer Games, however, are always the same.
		The medals ended up being the heaviest in Olympics history at 20 ounces, two to three times heavier that past medals.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/10740157 (748 words)

	2002 Winter Olympic Games - Salt Lake City - on MountainZone.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Janica Kostelic, the Croatian sensation of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games made history as the first alpine skier to win four Olympic medals in a single Winter Games when she demolished the women's giant slalom field Friday.
		The Italian women claimed two medals in a single alpine skiing event for the first time in Olympic history, as Daniela Ceccarelli skied to gold and Karen Putzer claimed bronze in the women's super G on Sunday.
		Olympic medalists Ross Powers and Shannon Dunn plus four other members of the inaugural U.S. Olympic Snowboard Team were named Jan. 25 to the 14-member squad for the 2002 Winter Games.
	www.mountainzone.com /olympics/2002 (1235 words)

	OzDASL: Olympic Medals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The data give the number of medals won by each medal-winning country in the 1992 Summary Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, and the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway.
		However, larger countries would be expected to win more medals than smaller countries, simply because of their larger populations.
		some viewers, especially those from the smaller countries, felt that the number of medals should be standardised to account for the very wide range of populations, and that a per capita number of medals for a country was a fairer comparison.
	www.statsci.org /data/oz/medals.html (219 words)

	Mark Spitz - Winner of Seven Olympic Gold Medals in Swimming
		He has won a total of 11 Olympic medals, the most by any US athlete.
		It was the greatest performance by an Olympic athlete in history.
		Mark will continue to be a very hot commodity as long as there is the desire by a group to hear from one of the greatest living legends of all-time in sports.
	www.bigspeak.com /mark-spitz.html (458 words)

	NBCOlympics.com - Home
		In a Fellini-inspired circus atmosphere filled with clowns, acrobats and pyrotechnics, the world bid farewell to Torino and the "truly magnificent" 2006 Olympic Winter Games.
		Even though the Olympic games are over, the NBC Universal Store still has your favorite Torino merchandise.
		Any use reproduction, modification, distribution, display or performance of this material without NBC Universal's prior written consent is prohibited.
	www.nbcolympics.com (174 words)

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