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Topic: Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

	World Almanac for Kids
		The winter Olympics were begun in 1924 and were held in the same year as the summer games until the 1994 winter games in Lillehammer, Norway, when the alternating cycles began.
		The 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, reflected a changed political landscape: the 172 participating nations and territories included the Unified Team (with athletes from 12 former Soviet republics), a reunited Germany, and South Africa, which was allowed to compete for the first time since 1960.
		The Olympic games are competitions of individual athletes, not of nations, and the IOC does not keep national scores; however, the media of all nations report national standings according to one of two scoring systems.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/sports/olympics.html (1093 words)

	Olympics
		Until 1994, the Winter and Summer Olympics were held in the same year, but in 1986 the International Olympic Committee, which organises the Olympics, decided to separate them, so as to spread costs for all involved parties.
		As with the Ancient Olympics, once the flame has been lit, it is kept burning throughout the celebration of the Olympics, and is extinguished at end of the closing ceremony of the Games.
		The Olympic fire is then extinguished, and the Olympic flag is lowered, folded, and presented to the mayor of the host city of the next Olympic Games.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /olympics/Olympics.htm (1089 words)

	Special: Athens Olympics 2004 \| The Christian Science Monitor
		In early February of 1980, the Olympic news at Lake Placid, N.Y. was that US President Jimmy Carter was asking the International Olympic Committee to move the summer games from Moscow.
		The USSR refused to attend the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
		The official reason was "alleged violations of the Olympic Charter by US authorities," but Monitor correspondent Gary Thatcher paints a picture of plain-old politics: "Although the Soviet authorities will never officially admit it, they are exacting belated retribution for the US boycott of the Moscow Olympics of 1980." PDF.
	www.csmonitor.com /specials/oly2004/docs/oly_politics.html (719 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The 1916 Olympics were scheduled to be held in Berlin, but were canceled because of what came to be known as World War I. The 1920 Games were awarded to Antwerp to honor the suffering that had been inflicted on the Belgian people during the war.
		The Opening Ceremony was notable for the introduction of the Olympic flag and the presentation of the Athletes’ Oath.
		The 1920 12-foot dinghy sailing event was the only event in Olympic history to be held in two countries.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1920 (345 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)

	Highlights of individual Olympic Games
		The 1932 Olympic Games saw the introduction of automatic timing to one hundredth of a second and of the photo finish, as well as the appearance of the national anthems and the raising of flags in honour of the victors during the medal ceremonies.
		The International Olympic Committee had a great political success in managing to bring together the two Germanys (East and West) within a combined team (EUA) competing under a fl, red and yellow flag with the Olympic rings and with "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's IX Symphony as their anthem.
		With the Olympics being held in the United States only four years after the U.S.- led boycott of the Moscow Games, it was not surprising that the Soviet Union organized a revenge boycott in 1984.
	www.mapsofworld.com /olympic-trivia/olympic-games-highlights.html (5199 words)

	Yachting at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Yachting at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by six events.
		They were all held at the Pirita Yachting Centre, situated in Tallinn Bay, on the Baltic Sea near Tallinn.
		Note: Country names are given in the form they were used in the official documents of the IOC in 1980.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yachting_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics (122 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 For those affected, boycott still lingers
		He pledged to boycott that year's Summer Olympics, to be held in Moscow, if the Soviets didn't pull the troops.
		"There are two types of athletes from 1980," former Olympic hurdler Tonie Campbell said, "those that moved on with their life and learned from the boycott and those whose life was never the same.
		A group led by rower Anita DeFrantz, the spokesperson for the U.S. Olympic Committee's Athletes Advisory Council, took legal action, contending that the boycott violated a constitutional right to compete in the Olympics.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/s/boycott/mainbar.html (1244 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics
		It was the first Olympics since NBC had merged with Vivendi Universal Entertainment; the merger 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.
		The 2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony was held on August 13.
		The Mayor of Athens, Dora Bakoyianni, passed the Olympic Flag to the Mayor of Beijing, Wang Qishan.
	www.askfactmaster.com /2004_Summer_Olympics (1705 words)

	H1910
		1980 Jan 3, Conservationist Joy Adamson, author of "Born Free," was killed in northern Kenya by a servant.
		1980 Jan 10, George Meany, former plumber and president of the AFL-CIO from 1955 to 1979, died in Washington, D.C., at age 85.
		1980 Apr 21, At the Boston Marathon, Rosie Ruiz was the first woman to cross the finish line; but she was disqualified as a fraud when officials discovered she had jumped into the race about a mile from the finish.
	www.eleggua.com /History/1980A.html (1710 words)

	BBC SPORT \| HISTORY \| Athens 1896 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The majority of the participants were from the host nation with tennis, track and field, fencing, weightlifting, cycling, wrestling, shooting, swimming and gymnastics all contested.
		Cricket and soccer tournaments were cancelled due to a lack of participating teams while rowing and sailing competitions fell victim to poor weather.
		The first Olympic winner was American James Brendan Connolly who took the triple jump with a leap of 13.71 metres.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/olympics2000/fans_guide/features/history/872542.stm (249 words)

	Timeline 1980
		1980 Jan 10, George Meany (b.1894), former plumber and president of the AFL-CIO, died in Washington, D.C. Meany, president of the AFL-CIO from 1955 to 1979, was a NYC plumber before becoming a labor leader.
		1980 Louis Alvarez proposed that the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago at the Tertiary - Cretaceous boundary was due to a large meteor impact based on a thin line of sediment of dark clay containing unusually high levels of iridium at the boundary.
		1980 The paintings "La route" (Bend of the road) by Paul Cezanne, "La tete de jeune fille au Ruban bleu" (Portrait of a Lady) by Auguste Renoir, and "Le cri" (The cry) by Paul Gauguin were among nearly 2 dozen stolen from the Argentine National Fine Arts Museum in Buenos Aires.
	timelines.ws /20thcent/1980.HTML (11766 words)

	Olympic Committee Chooses London for 2012 Summer Games - New York Times
		Disappointment reverberated in the town of La Rochelle, which was scheduled to host sailing events in Paris's Olympic bid.
		Blair enthusiastically met with International Olympic Committee members until Tuesday, when he flew to Scotland to act as the host for the Group of 8 Summit.
		Pound, noting the Olympics held in Atlanta in 1996 and Salt Lake City in 2002.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/07/06/sports/othersports/06cnd-olympic.html?ex=1278302400&en=783d7d48596568a5&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss (934 words)

	Olympic games: The Modern Olympics
		The modern revival of the Olympic games is due in a large measure to the efforts of Pierre, baron de Coubertin, of France.
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which sets and enforces Olympic policy, has struggled with the licensing and commercialization of the games, the need to schedule events to accommodate American television networks (whose broadcasting fees help underwrite the games), and the monitoring of athletes who seek illegal competitive advantages, often through the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
		In pursuit of Olympic gold: modern medalists and newcomers are among the top prospects who are expected to compete at the games in......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/sports/A0860128.html (617 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Olympics 2004 \| History
		The 1980 Moscow Games were the first held in a country under communist rule.
		This was the first official Olympics to see athletes marched into the stadium behind their respective national flags.
		Female athletes competed in the Olympics for the first time in Paris in 1900.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/olympics_2004/history/default.stm (411 words)

	Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics
		Canada is not a power at the Summer Olympics.
		The main network for Olympic coverage in Canada is the CBC which covers events live, and then replays highlights in prime time.
		Most disappointing was the men's eights who had been undefeated for two years before the Olympics, but to the surprise of many finished fifth in their event.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Canada_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (2674 words)

	UC Irvine Athletics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Griffith, a 1992 graduate in economics, was an ICSA All-American crew for the Anteaters in 1992.
		The event will be sailed at the Stanford sailing center with our district fighting for two berths for the Nationals to be held in June.
		He was involved in two Intercollegiate Sailing Association national championships at Charleston: as a sailor in 1986 and as assistant coach in 1988.
	www.sailing.uci.edu /Archives/2002-03headlines.html (2308 words)

	Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics News
		In the drive to give the city a facelift before the 2008 Summer Olympics, most of the capital city's historic, community-oriented neighborhoods have been torn down, and families who have lived next to one another for generations have abruptly been separated and relocated in anonymous highrises on the city's outskirts.
		In the summer 2008, most of the world will be focusing on the Summer Olympics in Beijing, but for Wo...
		This is a guide to the history of the Olympics, how the it's organized, what the rings and flame symbolize,and controversies like advertising, drug use, and what the difference is between being an amateur and a professional athlete.
	www.squidoo.com /olympics_1 (1522 words)

	Fanbay.net - Athens 2004 Summer Olympics - Links, News, Travel info
		Basketball, Diving, Sailing, Soccer, and the Triathlon, are eagerly anticipated, higly watched events, but their are minimal amounts of medals awarded and they have no impact on the overall olympic medal counts.
		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)

	kiat.net: Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984
		President Samaranch's first Games of the Olympiad were held in the City of Angels - Los Angeles, host of the 1932 Olympic Games, proved the catalyst for new era in the staging of the Olympiad, the 23rd, though, like many, could not avoid certain controversy.
		The organizing committee, the Los Angeles Olympic Organization Committee (LAOOC), was headed by 47-year-old successful businessman, Peter Ueberroth who, with the backing of several major sponsors, assured the event ran smoothly, eventually making a profit of $150 million dollars.
		The President reintegrated the People's Republic of China in the Olympic Movement, making the IOC the only international organization where the People's Republic of China and Chinese Taipei are jointly represented.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/23losangeles.html (664 words)

	SignOn San Diego Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics -- Zelezny wins Olympic javelin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Zelezny, who set the Olympic mark of 294-2 (89.66 meters) at Barcelona in 1992, shattered it with his third throw of the night to overtake the early leader in the event, Steve Backley of Britain.
		Makarov's father, who watched the competition, won the silver medal in the event at Moscow in 1980.
		Zelezny was asked if he would come back and try for a fourth gold medal in 2004, when he will be 38 years old.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/track/20000923-545-oly-javelinr.html (318 words)

	Christian Science Monitor Blog \| We're Just Fans Archive February, 2006
		In rummaging through some old postcards recently, I came upon one sent home years ago from the 1980 winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. The picture, taken in broad daylight at the Opening Ceremony, was a vivid reminder that this spectacle and the one that closes the Games have become prime-time events.
		The Olympic downhill skiing events are being held an estimated 3-1/2 hours away from Turin in the Italian Alps, a distance that doesn’t make for a cohesive Olympic atmosphere.
		Lillehammer was the host in 1994, when the winter Olympics began alternating with the summer Olympics rather than falling in the same year.
	blogs.csmonitor.com /just_fans/2006/02 (6862 words)

	Amazon.com: Chronicle of the Olympics (Updated Edition): Books: DK Publishing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The 1996 Olympics in Atlanta will mark the centenary of the modern games, and this lavish volume, with more than 750 photos in color and b&w, is an impressive tribute.
		Here are the historical background to their founding by French nobleman Pierre de Coubertin and accounts of the summer and winter (the latter founded in 1925) events, from the moving victory of Greek athlete Spiridon Louis in the first marathon in Athens to the 16-day winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, in 1994.
		The result of all competitions in the entire summer and winter olympics really comprehensive, text and pictures were useful and enjoyable.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/078942312X?v=glance (899 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Index
		Just getting to the Olympics -- let alone getting to be able to represent the United States -- has been a long waiting process for Angel Perez.
		Perez and partner Peter Newton took sixth in their event as all the finals were delayed.
		Nothing has been able to stop Birgit Fischer of Germany, however, as she won her seventh gold medal since 1980.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/canoekayak (145 words)

	The Steamboat Pilot: Larry Johnson
		He was an avid Snipe Class sailboat racer in the 1970s and became the director of the U.S. Sailing Center on Association Island near Watertown, N.Y., in 1976.
		While at Association Island, Larry developed the Standard Sailing Instructions with U.S Olympic Gold Medalist Bill Benson, and those racing rules still are used by the International Sailing Federation.
		In 1980, Larry was the lead official at the U.S. Olympic Sailing Trials in Newport, R.I., and was selected to officiate at the Olympics that year.
	www.steamboatpilot.com /section/obituaries/storypr/29290 (695 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 (126 words)

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	kiat.net: The Olympic Games
		DISCLAIMER: This is a purely informational, educational, and non-commercial site about the Olympic Games and therefore it is NOT affiliated with the Olympics or the IOC.
		All pictures, logos, trademarks and symbols are properties of the Olympic Movement and are used here for identification purposes only.
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	www.kiat.net /olympics (215 words)

	The Olympics at PrimaryGames.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The 2008 Summer Olympic Games will be held in
		The next Summer Olympics will be in 2012.
		Click here to learn about the Winter Olympic Games.
	www.primarygames.com /socstudies/olympics/summer.htm (44 words)

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