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  Athens Olympics 2004
Fittingly for an Olympic Games that was, more than most, about beginnings and endings, the honour of carrying the Australian flag and leading the team at the closing ceremony was given to veteran swimmer Petria Thomas.
As is the fate of many Olympic athletes, the members of the men's hockey team who won perhaps the most thrilling of Australia's 17 gold medals will return to relative obscurity once the celebrations have died down.
Olympic historian Harry Gordon speaks to Roy Masters about his impression of how the Games will be remembered.
www.smh.com.au /olympics   (464 words)

  
 Summer Olympics 2000 Fragile truce crumbles as 2004 official is dismissed
Laliotis does not want 2004 organizers to hire advisers who will have direct involvement in building the venues for yachting, rowing and canoeing, the equestrian center, softball and baseball, and badminton and fencing.
He told Athens' Flash radio that the 2004 advisers should be allowed only to monitor the construction timetable and ensure the venues meet Olympic standards.
Athens 2004 officials want to hire their own technical advisers, who would have direct oversight of the construction.
espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/1018/825317.html   (428 words)

  
 Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre and featured 550 competitors taking part in 14 events.
Romania's Elisabeta Lipa won her fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal and fifth overall.
Lipa, who was part of Romania's women's eight, won her first in Los Angeles in 1984 followed by gold medals in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004, a record span of 20 years between her first and last gold medal.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rowing_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics   (515 words)

  
 Sports Venue Technology - 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
The Summer Games are returning home to the country that gave birth to the Olympic celebration more than 2,000 years ago and the city that staged the first modern Olympics in 1896.
It has the full responsibility for the organisation of the 2004 Olympics and, as part of this framework, co-ordinates all the other organisations which contribute to the preparation and organisation of the Olympics.
The Olympic Village covers an area of 310 acres and is located 11km from the Olympic Stadium in northern Athens.
www.sportsvenue-technology.com /projects/olympic2004   (1366 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").
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.
The events in the Summer Olympics include: archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, football (soccer), gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, kayaking, marathon, pentathlon, ping pong, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, taekwando, tennis, track and field (many running, jumping, and throwing events), triathlon, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman).
www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics   (1311 words)

  
 Athens 2004 Summer Olympics : Modern Olympics, Paralympci Games
The Athens 2004 Olympics torch relay will be the first to travel the globe and return to the country that gave us the Olympics Games.
The torch for the Athens 2004 Olympics has been inspired from an olive leaf and was chosen to enhance the Flame with its upward dynamic shape.
An Olympic sport is one that should be widely practiced by men in at least 75 countries on 4 continents and by women in at least 40 countries on 3 continents.
www.clearleadinc.com /site/sports.html   (1301 words)

  
 Olympics Aquatics: Canoe/Kayak, Diving, Rowing, Sailing, Swimming, Synchro. Swimming, Water Polo - CBS SportsLine.com
The Olympic Aquatic Centre is expected to be ready by the end of 2003.
The Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre currently under construction is located at Schinias, on the northeast part of the Attica region.
During the 2004 Olympic Games the weather will favour the sailing contest both for athletes and spectators, making the experience unforgettable.
www.sportsline.com /olympics/summer/aquatics   (458 words)

  
 Egypt in the 2004 Summer Olympics
The original Olympics were held every four years for a span that lasted for almost eight centuries.
In 2004, Egypt has high hopes for three medals, and in what seems like the spirit of this year's event, their best chance for a gold comes from the females, specifically Nahla Ramadan.
At Minsk in May of 2004, Nahla was the biggest star in the field of 262 competitors in both men's and women's weightlifting, and so not surprisingly, even Sport's Illustrated has picked her for Gold in the Women's 75 kg (165 lbs) event at Athens.
www.touregypt.net /featurestories/egypt2004olympics.htm   (1359 words)

  
 Olympic Rowing Events
Men and women compete for Olympic medals in single sculls, double sculls, lightweight double sculls, quadruple sculls, pair, and eight with coxswain.
But armchair athletes can follow the Olympics results and news here from the warm, dry comfort of their computer...
There is a special Olympics section with updates on the US team including the full roster of US athletes who will be rowing in the scull events.
www.chiff.com /olympics/olympics-rowing.htm   (352 words)

  
 Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics
The main network for Olympic coverage in Canada is the CBC which covers events live, and then replays highlights in prime time.
Controversy broke out over the rowing team of Dave Calder and Chris Jarvis who were disqualified from the men's pairs semifinal race for entering another team's lane, and thus failed to qualify for the final.
There were a few bright spots, including Rick Say making it to the finals of the 200 m freestlye, considerd by many to be the premier event of the 2004 Olympics, and a number of Canadian records were set.
www.askfactmaster.com /Canada_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics   (2674 words)

  
 SU Athletics - Women's Rowing Coaches
As executive director of the Indianapolis Rowing Center, Sanford was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the center, developing and coaching rowing programs, supervising fundraising and publishing a quarterly newsletter.
In 1996, she served as a statistician for NBC at the rowing venue at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
She was a member of the NCAA Women’s Rowing Committee, a group that oversees rules, regulations and policies pertaining to the sport, from 1998-2000.
www.suathletics.com /Sports/rowing/2002/coach.asp?path=rowing   (1450 words)

  
 Lincoln City Libraries - Reference - In the News: 2004 Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Since 1896, the summer Olympic Games have been held every 4 years, with the exceptions of 1940 and 1944 during the waging of World War II.
At the last summer Olympics (2000 in Sydney, Australia), 199 countries were represented by 10,651 athletes (4,069 women, 6,582 men), who competed in 300 separate events.
The following are a sampling of videos featuring footage from past Olympics, plus the soundtrack CD including music used during the Olympics television coverage of the past 20 years.
www.lcl.lib.ne.us /depts/ref/inthenews-olympics2004.htm   (885 words)

  
 ESPN.com: Olympics
Though FIG wants him to give up his gold, the IOC on Friday announced it would not issue a dual gold for the all-around title, despite a scoring gaffe.
The Russian Olympic delegation joined the growing list of Olympic malcontents Tuesday, arguing that its two biggest stars got cheated in the gymnastics competition.
ESPN.COM'S 2000 SUMMER OLYMPICS: From the opening ceremonies to the final gold medal.
sports.espn.go.com /oly/summer04/gymnastics/index   (225 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Olympic sports coverage - USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Samaranch has agreed to serve as honorary chairman of a task force aimed at regaining Olympic status for the sport, the International Softball Federation said Thursday.
BEIJING — Swimming and most gymnastic finals will be held in the mornings at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, allowing NBC to televise those high-profile events live in the lucrative prime-time American market.
In March, a month after placing sixth at the Torino Olympics, Meissner won the gold at the world championships in Calgary.
www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/front.htm   (568 words)

  
 Rowing Service Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Qualification in Rowing for the Athens 2004 Olympics
A total of 550 rowing athletes (358 men and 192 women) will be permitted at the 2004 Olympic Games.
This mechanism qualifies the NOC to enter a crew in the Games in that event, and the rowers are not individually qualified, so they may change.
www.rowingservice.com /olys04qual.html   (367 words)

  
 Fanbay.net - Athens 2004 Summer Olympics - Links, News, Travel info
Here are some facts and information about the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece.
The Ancient Olympic games originated in Greece and the first modern olympics was held in Athens in 1896.
Also, see the following link for an analysis of the performance of the United States in the Summer Olympics over the years, from 1896 to present.
www.fanbay.net /olympics/2004.htm   (449 words)

  
 2004 Summer Olympics
Wood was the 2004 Olympic trials champion and came in 2nd at the 2004 U.S. nationals.
He served as adviser for the U.S. boxing team in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and was named 2002 Coach of the Year.
Parker placed 1st in the 2004 Olympic trials and was the 2003 USA Outdoor champion.
www.defenselink.mil /specials/2004Olympics   (660 words)

  
 Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's ... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 2006 Olympics News, 2008 & 2004 Olympics News: QuickSports.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Olympics Search: The DMOZ Open Directory is a Yahoo-like website directory.
Jim Thorpe was born in a one-room log cabin near Prague, Okla. Jim's Indian mother--his father was half Irish--gave him the Sac and Fox tribal name Wa-Tho-Huck, meaning Bright Path.
Then it was discovered that Jim had played summer baseball in 1909 and 1910--for $25 a week.
sports.quickfound.net /olympics_news.html   (816 words)

  
 ESPN.com: Olympics
But their male counterparts came through in a big way, ending a four-decade drought in rowing gold.
Aquil Hashim Abdullah became the first fl male rower to qualify for the U.S. Olympic squad Wednesday, teaming with U.S. Navy officer Henry Gantt Nuzum to win double skulls at the Qualified Olympic Small Boat Trials.
Jennifer Devine advanced to the Olympic Qualification Regatta by winning the women's single sculls at the Non-Qualified Olympic Small Boat Trials on Lake Mercer on Saturday.
sports.espn.go.com /oly/summer04/rowing/index   (275 words)

  
 2004 Athens Olympics - A site dedicated to Athens 2004 and Past Olympics
Lighting ceremony of the Olympic Flame in Ancient Olympia to start on the 25th of March 2004
This web site is not affiliated with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), Athens Olympic Committee (ATHOC) or the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of any country.
The word olympic is a trademark of IOC.
www.gamesinathens.com   (115 words)

  
 The New York Times > Sports > Olympics > Diving
Modern diving owes much to European gymnasts who practiced their routines over water in the 1800's, taking the sport away from its roots of jumping off cliffs.
Platform diving was added to the Olympic program in 1904 and springboard diving in 1908.
China has become dominant on the men's and women's sides, winning 29 medals at the last five Olympics, including more than half the gold medals in that span.
www.nytimes.com /top/news/sports/olympics2004/diving/index.html   (480 words)

  
 Baseball Tickets - Athens Summer Games - 2004 Olympics Schedule
The Baseball competition will take place at the Olympic Baseball Center.
Browse the schedules below for tickets and event schedules.
If you would like to visit the official Olympics site please visit Olympics.org
www.tickco.com /athens2004/baseball.htm   (120 words)

  
 SI.com - 2004 Summer Olympics - Rowing
The U.S. men's elite eight crew team celebrates its gold.
The American men's elite eight crew ended a four-decade drought in rowing golds, pulling out to a big lead and fending off a late Dutch charge.
The women's eight settled for silver, finishing behind the Romanian boat that they edged in their initial heat.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2004/rowing   (122 words)

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