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	Olympic Events
		Archery was first included in the Olympic competition programme in the year 1900, but had fallen out of favour by 1920.
		Taekwondo was an Olympic demonstration sport at both the 1988 Games in Seoul and the 1992 Games in Barcelona, and it made its debut as an official Olympic sport at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
		The Olympic Games competition schedule is the classic distance triathlon, which is made up of a 1,500m swimming event, a 40 km cycling event, and a 10 km running event.
	www.ict.mic.ul.ie /websites/2002/Eilis_Faherty/events.htm (1364 words)

	2002 Olympics-Rings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The Olympic rings are the official symbol of the Olympic movement.
		Olympic medals are awarded to those individuals or teams placing first, second, and third in each event.
		Contrast is the symbol of Utah’s landscape -- from the arid desert to the snowcapped mountains.
	sesd.sk.ca /tr/olympics/symbols.htm (1956 words)

	USA Field Hockey Symbols of the Olympic Games
		The Olympic symbol -- five interlocked rings -- represent the union of the five original major continents (Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Europe) and the meeting of the athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games.
		Olympic medals must be at least 60 millimeters in diameter and at least three millimeters thick.
		Olympic Games mascots are selected by the local organizing committee of the host city.
	www.usfieldhockey.com /games/oly_symbols.htm (528 words)

	Using Olympic Symbols
		The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) issues this statement on the use of Olympic symbols, marks, and terminology to clarify its position with schools and other educational institutions, and to forestall any misunderstanding.
		Because no statement can cover, or even anticipate, all contingencies, the overriding criterion for usage of Olympic symbols, marks, and terminology is whether or not they are used in an educational context by a not-for-profit education institution or organization.
		The organizing and holding of an "Olympic Day in the Schools" by a school or group of schools, as a culmination of a study of the Olympics, as described in materials prepared and disseminated by the USOC.
	www.usoc.org /education/usingsymbols/symbols.htm (553 words)

	Power to Learn: Olympics 2002 - Olympic Symbols
		In 1913 the rings became a symbol of the Olympics.
		This Olympic oath is a promise to play by the rules of the games.
		The Olympic Creed (set of beliefs) was created in 1908 and is shown during the start of the games; it is a reminder that trying your best is more important than winning.
	powertolearn.com /themes_olympics2002/symbols.html (323 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
		The olympic flag is to be used within the Olympic Games ceremonies only and may therefore not be purchased.
		The Olympic rings are the exclusive property of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and cannot be used without the IOC's prior written consent.
		It was adopted by the International Olympic Committee as its official anthem in 1958 at the Tokyo Session.
	www.olympic.org /uk/utilities/faq_detail_uk.asp?rdo_cat=10_39_0 (487 words)

	ARTSEDGE: Olympic Emblems
		The Olympic emblem is a visual representation of the Olympic ideals and the host country's culture, spirit and dreams.
		The olive tree was the sacred tree and symbol of the city-state of Athens.
		Since each Olympic emblem is destined to be one of the most recognizable in the world, the competition is rigorous, and adheres to strict design and publishing standards.
	artsedge.kennedy-center.org /content/3628 (2092 words)

	EdGate Summer Games
		Read about the history of the ancient and modern Olympic Games, the meaning behind familiar Olympic symbols, and the traditions of the Games with excerpts from texts published by Griffin Publishing Group.
		Eventually, the Olympic Games became a five-day festival that was deeply rooted in the religion of the people.
		A flock of doves–the birds symbolic of peace–are usually released, and the Olympic flame is lit.
	www.edgate.com /summergames/olympic_facts (1352 words)

	Mrs. Ritenour's Olympic Symbols
		The last runner carries the torch into the Olympic Stadium during the Opening Ceremony.
		The Torch Relay symbolizes the passing of Olympic traditions from one generation to the next!
		The Olympic oath is a gesture of sportsmanship that traces its origins to the 1920 Olympic Games.
	www.geocities.com /mrshogueclass/units/olympics/symbols.html (481 words)

	Olympics On-Line Theme Unit Page 1
		The first recorded Olympic Games took place almost 3,000 years ago in ancient Greece, in a rural area called Olympia.
		As a class, discuss what factors in addition to climate would need to taken into account for a city that hosts the Olympic Games (facilities for the sports events, accommodations for the athletes — or the room to build them — accommodations for the spectators, food for everyone, local transportation, long-distance transportation, and so on).
		Divide your class into seven small groups to trace the journeys of Olympic athletes from their hometowns to Sydney.
	teacher.scholastic.com /lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/olympics01.htm (680 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ORGANISATION - STRUCTURES
		The International Olympic Committee was founded on 23 June 1894 by the French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin who was inspired to revive the Olympic Games of Greek antiquity.
		The IOC exists to serve as an umbrella organisation of the Olympic Movement.
		It prepares, implements and follows-up on a day-to-day basis the decisions taken by the main organisations of the Olympic Movement.
	www.olympic.org /uk/organisation/ioc/index_uk.asp (344 words)

	Olympics 2002: Olympic Learning - Homeschooling Articles - Homeschool.com - Your Virtual Homeschool
		Although some evidence exists that Olympic Games were held as early as the tenth century BC, most historians believe that the first organized Olympic contest occurred in 776 BC, nearly 3,000 years ago.
		For 68 years, the Olympic Winter Games and the Games of the Olympiad (the summer Games) were held at different times and in different cities, but during the same year.
		The theme for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games is "Light the Fire Within." In keeping with that theme, we invite you to use the lessons in this unit to light the fire of knowledge within your children.
	www.homeschool.com /articles/Olympics/default.asp (1808 words)

	Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		When Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire, the Olympic Games were seen as a pagan festival and in discord with Christian ethics, and in 393 AD the emperor Theodosius I outlawed the Olympics, ending a thousand-year tradition.
		Others have alleged that the 2006 Winter Olympics were held in Turin because officials bribed the IOC and so Turin got the games and Sion, Switzerland (which was the favorite) did not.
		The Seoul flag: Was presented to the IOC at the 1988 Summer Olympics by the city of Seoul, South Korea, and is passed on to the next organising city of the Summer Olympics, which was Barcelona, Spain, at that time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olympic_Games (6944 words)

	Symbols At The Olympics - Minbar Protests
		The council is irate over the continued usurping of Minbari cultural symbols for Olympic games held on Earth.
		Graphics resembling Minbari cultural symbols have been used in the past and are slated for use in the future.
		An intriguing thought, however there is a looming problem of the 2006 Olympics and the hijacking of the symbol of the temple of Varini.
	www.code7r.org /inquiz/olympicsym.htm (346 words)

	Olympic symbols - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		====The Antwerp flag====yummy fags for dinner Was presented to the IOC at the 1920 Summer Olympics by the city of Antwerp, Belgium, and at the Closing Ceremony of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, was passed on to the next organising city of the Summer Olympics (the Games of Seoul 1988), when it was retired.
		The rings would subsequently be featured prominently in Nazi images in 1936 as part of an effort to glorify the Third Reich.
		The kotinos is an olive branch intertwined to form a circle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olympic_symbols (2323 words)

	Hennepin County Library - Fugitive Fact File - OLYMPIC GAMES - SYMBOLS & MUSIC
		An Olympic hymn or anthem, of slow and solemn beauty, was composed in 1896 by the Greek Sypros Samaras (1863-1917) to words by his colleague, the National Poet, Costis Polamas (1859-1943) for the first Olympic games.
		The Hymn was approved in 1958 by decision of the IOC Congress in Tokoyo, and has been recognized as the official Olympic Anthem.
		This was chosen by ABC in 1960 and is not Official Olympic music, but it has come to be associated with the Olympics.
	www.hennepin.lib.mn.us /pub/search/fff/FullDisplay.cfm?ID=574 (220 words)

	Architecture At The Olympics - Alien Design?
		There is a striking resemblance between the stadium tower, which holds the Olympic flame, and the architecture of Minbar.
		Minbar is a planet recently unknown until the Olympic symbol scandal.
		This reporter was able to interview a member of the worker caste on that statement.
	www.code7r.org /inquiz/olympicarch.htm (178 words)

	USA Field Hockey International Games: Olympic Games, Pan American Games, World Cup
		However, the Modern Olympic Games resulted from the work of Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France in the late 19th century.
		Inspired by this original Olympic ideal of peaceful competition, de Coubertin proposed a plan for reviving Games, and in 1896, the first Olympic Games of the modern era were held in Athens, Greece.
		Although dating back over 1200 years before the Ancient Olympic Games, the sport of field hockey did not appear on the Olympic programme until the 1908 London Games.
	www.usfieldhockey.com /games/olympics.htm (427 words)

	Olympics On-Line Theme Unit Page 4
		On May 10, 2000, an official Olympic torch was lit in Olympia, Greece, and was transported on a 100-day journey on its way to the Olympic Stadium in Sydney.
		As your students will have learned, local Olympic organizing committees have, since 1972, had the responsibility of designing the back of the medals.
		Individually or in their small groups, have your students cut medal-shaped circles from construction paper, and create their own design for the back of a medal.
	teacher.scholastic.com /lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/olympics04.htm (205 words)

	Olympic Symbols
		The public is invited to the free event, which is sponsored by Morningside’s Academic and Cultural Arts Series (ACAS).
		Reid is noted for her expertise on the philosophical foundations of the Olympic Games and was elected president of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport (IAPC) during its 33rd annual meeting in September 2005.
		She has presented at several international conferences on Olympic studies and served as a supervising professor at the 2005 International Postgraduate Seminar of the International Olympic Academy in Olympia, Greece.
	www.morningside.edu /morningside/news/Jan06/OlympicSymbols.htm (286 words)

	Olympic Sports Symbols - HardwareGeeks.com A Community For the Sophisticated Geek or Geekette
		Olympic Sports Symbols - HardwareGeeks.com A Community For the Sophisticated Geek or Geekette
		I have only done these 3, but I have all the symbols.....
		Shadows would be cool, but they cant be too strong or else they may look strange.
	www.hardwaregeeks.com /board/showthread.php?p=37792 (294 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - Guidelines for Using Olympic Symbols, Marks
		United States Olympic Committee - Guidelines for Using Olympic Symbols, Marks
		Support your US Olympic Event with a great selection of tees and sweatshirts!
		It's never too late to support your team at U.S. Olympic Shop.
	www.usolympicteam.com /12683_13699.htm (581 words)

	Winter Olympics 2006 \| Torino, Italy
		The Winter Games were held in Italy once before 2006.
		The Shea Family of Lake Placid, New York, is the first to produce three generations of Olympians.
		What the was first year that female athletes could compete in events other than figure skating at a Winter Olympics?
	www.factmonster.com /spot/winter-olympics.html (243 words)

	Acclaim Images - pictures, stock photography and stock photos of olympic symbols
		Acclaim Images - pictures, stock photography and stock photos of olympic symbols
		prints and posters of olympic symbols - clipart of olympic symbols
		pictures, stock photography and stock photos of olympic symbols
	www.acclaimimages.com /search_terms/olympic_symbols.html (127 words)

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