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	1896 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1896 Summer Olympics, formally called the Games of the I Olympiad, were the first modern Summer Olympic Games and the first Games since Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the Ancient Olympic Games in AD 393 as part of the Christian campaign against paganism.
		However, the 1900 Summer Olympics were already planned for Paris and, barring the so-called Intercalated Games of 1906, the Olympics did not return to Greece until the 2004 Summer Olympics.
		The true origin of the modern Olympics was acknowledged by De Coubertin as being in Much Wenlock, a rural market town in the English county of Shropshire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics (3533 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The 1896 Summer Olympics, formally called the Games of the I Olympiad, were the first modern Olympics and the first Games since Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the Ancient Olympic Games in AD 393 as part of the Christian campaign against paganism.
		The heats of the 100 m were the first Olympic event to be conducted, and the winner of the first heat,, can thus be considered the first Olympic winner.
		The first Olympic champion was crowned in the triple jump, Harvard student James Connolly.
	www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1896_Summer_Olympics (3461 words)

	Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the 1896 Summer Olympics, five shooting events were contested.
		The military rifle event was held at a distance of 200 metres.
		The second rifle event, the last of the shooting events, was begun on 11 April.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shooting_at_the_1896_Summer_Olympics (409 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		These were the first celebration of the Olympic Games since the recreation of the ancient Greek Olympics with the founding of the International Olympic Committee in 1894.
		The weightlifting contests are also conducted in the Olympic stadium, with Launceston Elliot of Britain and Viggo Jensen of Denmark taking a first and a second place each in the single-hand and double-hand contests.
		In the morning, preliminary events of the shooting competition are held, while the first tennis matches are also played.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/1/18/1896_summer_olympics.html (880 words)

	1956 Summer Olympics - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Because Melbourne is situated in the southern hemisphere, the Olympics were held later in the year than those held in the northern hemisphere.
		Inspired by Australian teenager John Wing, an Olympic tradition begins when athletes of different nations are allowed to parade together at the closing ceremony, instead of with their national teams, as a symbol of world unity...
		The 1906 Olympic were organised by the IOC, but are currently not officially recognised by the IOC.
	open-encyclopedia.com /1956_Summer_Olympics (405 words)

	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)

	CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 1906 Athens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The modern Olympic founder, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, figured that the best medicine for the flagging Olympics would be to return them to their roots in Athens.
		The International Olympic Committee was cool to the idea, but de Coubertin and the IOC reached a compromise: the 1906 Games would not be deemed an official Olympics.
		Their legacy is that the Olympic movement regained its footing and sense of purpose, and the world actually looked forward to the next official Olympics of 1908 with some excitement.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/1906.html (558 words)

	Athens Olympics 2004. ABC Sport.
		But while every Olympic city has a fabulous stadium, nowhere else in the world could events be held at Ancient Olympia - the home of the ancient Games - and the magnificent Panathinaiko Stadium, home of the first Games of the modern era back in 1896.
		After a behind-closed-doors tongue-lashing by Australian Olympic Committee chief John Coates, the team emerged united, but there were plenty of commentators who saw this as simply papering over some pretty obvious cracks.
		Through the prism of history, the Athens Olympics may come to be seen as the Games at which two major trends emerged - the rise of Asian nations as Olympic powers and the time the war on drugs became serious.
	www.abc.net.au /olympics/default.htm (2755 words)

	1960 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rome had been awarded the organisation of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but had to decline and pass the honours to London.
		South Africa appears in the Olympic arena for the last time under the apartheid regime.
		It was the second time an athlete died in competition at the Olympics, after the death of Portuguese marathon runner Francisco Lazaro at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1960_Summer_Olympics (330 words)

	NZ Summer Olympic History
		She was placed 5th in the 100 metres freestyle but she could not compete in the final due to illness.
		Paul Kingsman and Anthony Mosse won bronze medals in the pool, in the 200 metres backstroke and the 200 metres butterfly respectively while John Cutler won bronze in yachting's Finn Class, and Rex Sellars and Chris Timms a silver in the Tornado class.
		The 1992 Olympic year kicked off in spectacular fashion for New Zealand as Annelise Coberger won this country's first Winter Olympic medal when she claimed silver in slalom skiing in Albertville.
	www.olympic.org.nz /Article.aspx?ID=343 (1747 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Shooting Fan Guide
		Events: The 2000 Olympics will feature 17 medal events: men's and women's air pistol, men's free pistol, men's rapid-fire pistol, women's sport pistol, men's small-bore free rifle prone, men's and women's three-position, men's and women's air rifle, men's running target, men's and women's trap, men's and women's skeet and men's and women's double trap.
		Format: The shooting events are divided into: shotgun, rifle, pistol and running-target events.
		The rifle and pistol events are held on shooting ranges with competitors aiming at targets at 10 meters, 25 meters and 50 meters.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/shooting/s/viewers.html (238 words)

	1896 SUMMER OLYMPICS FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The 1896 Summer Olympics, formally called the Games of the I Olympiad, were the first modern Summer_Olympic_Games and the first Games since Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the Ancient_Olympic_Games in AD 393 as part of the Christian campaign against paganism.
		An 1894 congress organized by Pierre_de_Coubertin in Paris established the International_Olympic_Committee and appointed the Greek capital of Athens as the host city.
		However, the 1900_Summer_Olympics were already planned for Paris and, barring the so-called Intercalated Games of 1906, the Olympics did not return to Greece until the 2004_Summer_Olympics.
	www.flowergods.com /1896_Summer_Olympics (3152 words)

	Summer Olympics: Cycling
		Cycling was part of the first modern Olympic games in 1896 in Athens, Greece.
		In the Olympics there are three different kinds of cycling.
		In the Olympics there are events for women and men in all the Cycling events.
	www2.lhric.org /Pocantico/olympics/cycling.htm (250 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS
		Olympic history abounds with tales of athletes who overcame crippling adversity to win gold medals, but Karoly Takacs' comeback may be the best.
		Takacs was part of Hungary's world-champion pistol-shooting team in 1938 when an army grenade exploded in his right hand.
		In part this leap can be ascribed to advances in the technology of firearms and equipment, which have led to constant changes in the shooting competition.
	www.olympic.org /uk/sports/programme/index_uk.asp?SportCode=SH (182 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 (1136 words)

	History of the Modern Summer and Winter Olympics from Fanbay.net
		The Summer and Winter Olympics of 1932 were both held in the United States, in Los Angeles, CA and Lake Placid, NY, respectively.
		The U.S.A. won 30% of the Summer Olympic medals—their highest percentage over the years—not counting Saint Louis, where the U.S. won 84% of the medals because the attendance was even more skewed toward Americans.
		The Olympic facilities were as impressive as the cutting edge facilities that brought the Summer Olympics to a new level in Munich (1972).
	www.fanbay.net /olympics/modern_history.htm (2739 words)

	SUMMER OLYMPIC STATISTICS
		The ranking is performed neither according to gold medal nor medal total but according to points (3 points for a gold, 2 for a silver and 1 for a bronze).
		In some cases, you will find "half medals" : In the early Olympics, some people had unprecise nationality, therefore two countries shared the medal.
		It includes all Olympic results from Athens 1896 to Sydney 2000 (when the sport is completed).
	www.darmoni.net /joete.htm (132 words)

	2004 Olympics News, 2006 Olympics News: QuickSports. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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 (670 words)

	Detroit Free Press \| Summer Olympics 2000
		The U.S. Olympic swimming team, still feeling the sting of its opening-night loss to the Aussies in the 4x100-meter men's freestyle relay, got even with the host country in a big-time way Sunday night at the Sydney Aquatic Center.
		With the whole Olympic tournament in front of her, Sheryl Swoopes has more important things to deal with than to make some big announcement about her future in basketball.
		But there's a slew of new events in sports that were already on the Olympic agenda, such as trampoline in gymnastics and women's hammer throw and women's pole vault in track.
	www.freep.com /index/olympics2000.htm (8342 words)

	Olympics - Holidays
		Then the games were abolished in 394 A.D. The Olympic Games were reinstated in their modern form in Athens in 1896.
		Every fan of the Summer Olympics has a story that captivates his or her memory.
		But the modern Olympics, though hardly Christian, hail from an era when athleticism was next to godliness.
	www.christianitytoday.com /holidays/olympics (649 words)

	The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics
		His magnus opus, The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics, is the one book even the casual fan - the one who might anticipate flipping on the television for only a few events from Athens next August - would find a significant adjunct to his or her viewing pleasure.
		Completely updated, this ultimate Olympic reference book contains all the nitty-gritty detail, including all records, statistics and medal standings as well as results of the top eight finishers in every Olympic event from the 1896 Games in Athens to the 2000 edition in Sydney.
		The richness and sheer abundance of the anecdotes leaves the reader feeling not only that he was on hand to witness the particular event as it unfolded, but that he had a seat both at the finish line and, later that evening, in the athletes' village.
	www.sportclassicbooks.com /summer-olympics.html (763 words)

	Fanbay.net - Athens 2004 Summer Olympics - Links, News, Travel info
		Gymnastics, Cycling, Shooting, Wrestling, and Canoe/Kayak are the next biggest sports with about 50 medals awarded from competitions in each of these sports.
		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)

	1896 Olympics
		Among the remains uncovered was the ancient stadium where the original Olympic Games were celebrated from 776 B.C. to 393 A.D., when Roman emperor Theodosius I banned all pagan festivals.
		The first victory at the 1896 Olympics in Athens was awarded to American James B. Connolly in the hop, step and jump.
		Panathinaiko Stadium, which was the central point of the 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece, will be the venue for archery competition and the completion of the marathon at this year's Games.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114349.html (707 words)

	Olympic Swimming Events, News, Pictures, Bios
		The swim meets and aquatic events at the Summer Games are some of the most popular Olympics spectacles.
		At the first Olympics in 1896, the swimmers were dumped into the water from a yacht and swam to shore.
		If you just want a quick review of who took home the medals, check their schedule, a day by day breakdown of events and medal winners.
	www.chiff.com /olympics/olympics-swimming.htm (377 words)

	Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
		The Olympic Torch - Color the sleek Sydney torch and learn about the history of the Olympics flame and the torch relay.
		The Olympic Medals - see the Australian and Greek imagery in the medals awarded to the winners.
		The Olympic games were banned by the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II in the year AD 394.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics/sydney.shtml (415 words)

	Directory - Sports: Events: Olympics: Summer Games
		Reflections on Glory · cached · Explore the history of the Olympics, from the first Games in Athens to the legends of today.
		Rob's Home of Discontinued Olympic Sports · iweb · cached · Compendium of unusual sports and demonstration events that have at one time been part of the Olympic Games.
		Association of Summer Olympic International Federations · News and articles from the participating organizations.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=331656 (208 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - summer olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The 1896 Games included events in cycling, fencing, gymnastics, target shooting, swimming, tennis, track and field, weightlifting, and wrestling....
		history and overview, Summer Olympic Medal Sports, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964,...
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	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=summer+olympics (114 words)

	Articles - 1896 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The track cycling events were held at the newly built Neo Phaliron Velodrome.
		No weight classes existed for the wrestling competition, held in the Panathenaic Stadium which meant that there would only be one winner among competitors of all sizes.
		Lennartz, Karl (ed.) (1996) Die olympischen Spiele 1896 in Athen: ErlÃ¤uterungen zum Neudruck des Offiziellen Berichtes, Kassel: Agon.
	www.crunner.com /articles/1896_Summer_Olympics (3200 words)

	Encyclopedia: Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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