
	Where results make sense

Topic: Romania at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Related Topics

2004 Summer Olympics

Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Wheelchair racing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics medal count

August 2004 in sports

Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Earthquake

396 BC

Italian Renaissance

Renaissance

Filippo Juvara

Antonello da Messina

Messina, Italy

	2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Athens 2004 marked the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics that all countries with a National Olympic Committee were in attendance.
		By July/August 2004, all venues were delivered: in August, the Olympic Stadium was officially completed and opened, joined or preceded by the official completion and openings of other venues within the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA), and the sports complexes in Faliro and Helliniko.
		The Mayor of Athens, Dora Bakoyianni, passed the Olympic Flag to the Mayor of Beijing, Wang Qishan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics (2675 words)

	Romania - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Romania borders Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and Moldova to the northeast, and Bulgaria to the south.
		The modern state of Romania was formed by the merging of the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1859 under the Moldavian domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza.
		Romania is a semi-presidential democratic republic where executive functions are shared between the president and the prime minister.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Romania (5287 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The 2004 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece, over a period of 17 days from August 13 to August 29, 2004.
		Athens 2004 marked the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics that all countries with a National Olympic Committee were in attendance.
		It was the first Olympics since NBC had merged with Vivendi Universal Entertainment; the merger, along with the acquisitions of the Bravo and Telemundo networks, made it possible for the network to broadcast over 1200 hours of coverage during the games, triple what was broadcast in the U.S. four years earlier.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/2004_Summer_Olympics (2272 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Athens was chosen as the host city during the 106th IOC Session held in Lausanne in 05 September 1997,(date of the 25th anniversary of the Munich Massacre after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta nearly seven years before, on 18 September 1990, during the 96th IOC Session in Tokyo.
		It was the first Olympics since NBC had merged with Vivendi Universal Entertainment; the merger, along with the acquisitions of the Bravo and Telemundo networks, made it possible for the network to broadcast over 1200 hours of coverage during the games, triple what was broadcast in the U.S. four years earlier.
		By late March 2004, some Olympic projects were still behind schedule, and Greek authorities announced that a roof would no longer be constructed over the main swimming venue.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/2/0/0/2004_Summer_Olympics_330c.html (2001 words)

	Romania at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Romania competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
		Romania's sports in Greece included rowing, gymnastics, swimming, athletics, boxing and canoeing.
		Romania finished in 14th position in the final medal rankings, with eight gold medals and 19 medals overall.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Romania_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (779 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		In the bid to organise the Olympics, Montreal defeated Moscow and Los Angeles, which would organise the 1980 and 1984 Olympics.
		In a protest to a tour of South Africa by the New Zealand rugby team, Tanzania lead a boycott of 22 African nations as the IOC refused not to admit the New Zealand team.
		The Olympic Stadium, a daring design of French architect Roger Taillibert[?], remains a lasting monument to the huge deficit, as it never had an effective retractable roof, and the tower was only completed after the Olympics.
	www.encyclopedian.com /19/1976-Summer-Olympics.html (361 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics - Medbib.com, the modern encyclopedia
		The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece, from August 13 to August 29, 2004.
		By late March 2004, some Olympic projects were still behind schedule, and Greek authorities announced that a roof it had initially proposed as an optional, non-vital addition to the Aquatics Center would no longer be built.
		By July/August 2004, all venues were delivered: in August, the Olympic Stadium was officially completed and opened, joined or preceded by the official completion and openings of other venues within the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA), and the sports complexes in Faliro and Helliniko.
	www.medbib.com /2004_Olympic_Games (2694 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Romania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The modern state of Romania was formed by the merging of the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1859 under the Moldavian domnitor Alexander John Cuza.
		Romania was granted in October 2004 the much desired 'functional market economy' status by EU officials, and is expected to join the EU in January 2007.
		Romania now has one of the most liberal taxation systems in Europe, and it is expected that this, along with increased foreign investment, will boost economic growth in the coming years, as well as lower corruption and bring to light the grey economy.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/romania (5188 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > Olympics -- Romania locks up women's gymnastics gold
		Nonetheless, it was with almost supreme confidence that Martha Karolyi unabashedly hyped the current generation of U.S. Olympic gymnasts as perhaps the greatest women's gymnastics team of all time, or at least the best this country has known.
		Romania wound up with 114.283 points, the Americans with 113.584, and Russia was bronze with 113.235.
		When every score counts – this was the first Olympics in which only three gymnasts from the eight teams performed in each event and no marks were discounted – it's usually the bad ones that make the most difference.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/gym/20040817-1710-cnsolygymnastics.html (591 words)

	Category:Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics
		Republic of Moldova at the 2004 Summer Olympics
		Saint Kitts and Nevis at the 2004 Summer Olympics
		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the 2004 Summer Olympics
	www.askfactmaster.com /Category:Nations_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (206 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics Information
		The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
		Examples of this are the mid-rise dormitories built for the Olympic village which became the first residential housing for Georgia State University and Turner Field which was a modification of the original Centennial Olympic Stadium.
		Michelle Smith of Ireland wins three gold medals and a bronze in swimming, but her victories are overshadowed by doping allegations, which are later reinforced as she is banned after failing a test in 1998.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics (966 words)

	CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 2004 Athens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		As the first Summer Olympics since the attacks of Sept. 11,2001, the safety of the athletes, spectators and Greek population were of utmost priority.
		The story of Kenteris, the defending Olympic 200-metre champion, and Thanou, the 100 m silver medallist from Sydney, dominated the headlines of every broadcast and newspaper as much for its impact on the host nation as for its sensational details.
		And on the final day of the Olympics, a spectator ran onto the road during the men's marathon and pushed lead runner Vanderlei de Lima of Brazil to the sidelines.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/2004 (2135 words)

	:: The Balkan Pages ::
		Comaneci retained her Olympic title in the balance beam, tied for the gold medal in the floor exercise, and the Romanian team finish second.
		In 1947, King Michael I was forced to leave the country by the communists, and Romania became a communist state, under direct military and economic control of the USSR until 1958.
		After repudiating their 'Contract With Romania' platform which would have required the CDR to resign en masse after 200 days from a mixed coalition government (some members had signed on to the contract program while others had not), the major CDR parties were electorally eviscerated in 2000, and the Social Democrats returned to power.
	www.angelfire.com /blog2/balkanpages/romania.htm (2791 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics at AllExperts
		The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were held in 1984 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
		Los Angeles was selected on May 18 1978 on the 80th IOC session at Athens, Greece without voting, because it was the only city to bid to host the 1984 Summer Olympics.
		Olympic soccer was unexpectedly played before massive crowds throughout America, with several sell-outs at the 100,000+ seat Rose Bowl.
	en.allexperts.com /e/0/1984_summer_olympics.htm (1231 words)

	The Olympics
		Throughout the thousands of years that the Greeks competed every four years in the Olympics, there was war only 75% of the time among the various city states, including the famous pelopponesian war (Kids: Go here for some great information about this fantastic war that changed the world!) of 845BC.
		It was not until the Olympics of 662AD that the athletes finally agreed to wear clothes, as the local shoe company finally agreed to pay rights fees in the amount of 16 drachma per athlete.
		Since the Olympics were first televised in 1824, there have been 4100 sports attempted and rejected, including horse racing along the beach, indoor mountaineering, synchronized golfing, shuffleboard, chess, rhythmic gymnastics, and pizza toss, the favorite sport of the Italians.
	home.earthlink.net /~bobdavisknowledgebase/page04.html (938 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics at AllExperts
		The 2004 Summer Olympics are officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (the 28th Summer Olympic Games).
		Athens was chosen as the host city during the 106th IOC Session held in Lausanne in 05 September 1997,(date of the 25th anniversary of the Munich Massacre after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta nearly seven years before, on 18 September 1990, during the 96th IOC Session in Tokyo.
		The USPS issued a stamp to honor the 2004 Summer Olympics.
	en.allexperts.com /e/0/2004_Summer_Olympics.htm (1838 words)

	Metro Pulse/Sports/Cold War = Hot Games
		The passing of Ronald Reagan and the arrival of the 2004 Summer Olympics bring to mind what I consider the glory days of the modern Games—the Olympics of the Cold War.
		The formula for a typical Olympic broadcast is as predictable as the weather in Hades: quick event; tearjerker story; analysis of the tearjerker story; four minutes of commercials; tearjerker story.
		Under the current Olympic system—which essentially boils down to our professional athletes versus the professional athletes from the rest of the planet—no such drama exists, nor is it even possible.
	www.metropulse.com /dir_zine/dir_2004/1428/t_sports.html (569 words)

	washingtonpost.com: TODAY'S NEWS
		Basketball: The U.S. men, who were spanked by Puerto Rico on Sunday (the first U.S. loss in the Olympics since NBA players joined the squad 12 years ago), will be looking to redeem themselves today against Greece.
		He won a gold medal in boxing at the 1920 Summer Games, and 12 years later won one as a U.S. bobsledder.
		He is the only athlete to win gold at both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A6676-2004Aug16?language=printer (246 words)

	Obituaries in the news - Boston.com
		Maria Cioncan, who won a 1,500-meter bronze medal for Romania at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, died Sunday in a car accident in Bulgaria while returning from a training camp in Greece, sports officials said.
		BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Maria Cioncan, who won a 1,500-meter bronze medal for Romania at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, died Sunday in a car accident in Bulgaria while returning from a training camp in Greece, sports officials said.
		Ruhle began 2006 as the Reds' pitching coach, but the cancer was diagnosed during a routine physical in February and he missed the whole season.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2007/01/21/obituaries_in_the_news?mode=PF (294 words)

	CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 1956 Melbourne
		It was a team that also featured Marlene Mathews, the bronze medallist in both the 100m and 200m, and the late Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, who was part of the relay team and defended her gold medal in the 80m hurdles.
		But Cuthbert was the one closest to Aussies' hearts and remained so even after she had to pull out of the 1960 Olympics with a hamstring injury.
		She was a sentimental favourite at the 2000 Opening Ceremonies in Sydney, appearing in a wheelchair as she carried the Olympic Torch.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/2004/1956.html (1327 words)

	The Hindu : Sport / Olympic Games : Romania's reign continues
		A combination of Romania's superiority and American mistakes gave the eastern European country a gold medal on Tuesday in women's team gymnastics at the Athens Olympics.
		The American miscues were minor — Carly Patterson's foot scraping the lower of the uneven bars, Courtney Kupets' errant tumbling pass and Mohini Bhardwaj's slight stumble on the beam.
		Romania's team of Oana Ban, Alexandra Georgiana Eremia, Catalina Ponor, Monica Rosu, Nicoleta Daniela Sofronie and Silvia Stroescu finished with 114.283 points.
	www.hindu.com /2004/08/19/stories/2004081904112000.htm (329 words)

	Cheating in the 2004 Summer games.
		Hammer throw gold medallist Adrian Annus became the third Olympic medallist from Hungary to be stripped of a medal over a doping infraction on Sunday, according to a member of International Olympic Committee's executive board.
		The 24-year-old set an Olympic record in the snatch with a lift of 195 kg, although he finished behind gold medallist Dmitri Berestov of Russia in the overall standings.
		The Greek Olympic Committee met today to discuss the fate of Kenteris, the Olympic 200-metre champion and Thanou, the silver medallist in the 100m at Sydney.
	www.geocities.com /jaredperi/olympics/cheating.html (5921 words)

	DraftHelp.com - Olympics Summer 2004
		However, for most fantasy leaguers it will be little more than a way to bridge the gap between pre-season football, their annual fantasy draft and the kickoff of the actual NFL season.
		The 15 national Olympic teams must be chosen from 4 different pools, in which the nations have been divided, according to their performance in Sydney 2000, plus a host nation factor.
		Each participant must choose 2 Olympic teams from Group A, 3 Olympic teams from Group B, 5 Olympic teams from Group C and 5 Olympic teams from Group D (with encompasses all nations not in any of the former groups).
	www.drafthelp.com /Olympics2004Summer.htm (635 words)

	Odyssail - A regatta through the history of the Mediterranean Civilization.
		This is associated with another mythological and historical event, the return of Theseus from Crete to Athens, that resulted to the liberation of Athenians from Minoan domination and the gradual evolution of the city of Athens into a center of culture and democracy.
		During the Olympic Games, the participating yachts can be hosted in the marina of Nafplion, which is situated 1-hour drive from the Olympic venues.
		The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896 and since then they have been on a journey around the world for more than a century.
	www.odyssail.info /2004 (1245 words)

	Lucire Fashion: Summer fun, summer fashion (1) - The global fashion magazine
		Oh there's clothing and accessories to be sure in that closet, but you want something fun, hip and hot for summer 2004.
		SUMMER IS all about swimwear: getting a hot new swimsuit will definitely improve the outlook for summer.
		Key to a great summer shoe is getting one in a great design that also features superb material and hot colour.
	www.lucire.com /2004a/0724fe0.shtml (797 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)