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	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.
		At the heart of the Olympic Movement is the International Olympic Committee (IOC), currently headed by Jacques Rogge.
		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.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /olympics/Olympics.htm (1089 words)

	1960 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		South Africa appears in the Olympic arena for the last time under the apartheid regime.
		Danish cyclist Knut Jensen collapsed during his race under the influence of amphetamines and later died in the hospital.
		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.
	www.encyclopedia-1.com /1/19/1960_summer_olympics.html (255 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 (418 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics
		Athens was chosen as the host city in 1997, after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics, the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games.
		Olympic Stadium, the designated facility for the opening and closing ceremonies, was completed -- without roof -- shortly before the games opened.
		Since the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France it has been the tradition to have a mascot for the games and this year the official mascots are sister and brother, Athena and Phevos, named after the goddess of wisdom, strategy and war and the god of light and music, respectively.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/2/20/2004_summer_olympics.html (1174 words)

	2000 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Olympic flag was flown at half-staff during the period as a sign of respect to Samaranch's wife.
		People in Canada that wanted to see the Olympics between then and the closing ceremonies had to turn to TSN because the CBC was broadcasing news coverage related to the passing and state funeral of the former prime minister.
		Organisation of the 2000 Summer Paralympics was the responsibility of SPOC the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics (1808 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)

	1984 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		After the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, the Eastern Bloc, including the Soviet Union, East Germany and Cuba boycotts these Olympics (the USSR announced their intention not to participate on May 8, 1984).
		Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco becomes the first female Olympic champion of an Islamic nation, and the first of her country in the 400 m hurdles.
		A marathon for women is held for the first time at the Olympics, won by Joan Benoit.
	www.encyclopedia-1.com /1/19/1984_summer_olympics.html (307 words)

	wiki/1984 Summer Olympics Definition / wiki/1984 Summer Olympics Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A marathon for women is held for the first time at the Olympics, won by Joan BenoitJoan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) was an American marathon runner who won gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
		Summer Olympic GamesThe Summer Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event held every four years, organised by the International Olympic Committee.
		Olympic victory is generally considered to be the most prestigious achievement in sports.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics (3714 words)

	wiki/1928 Summer Olympics Definition / wiki/1928 Summer Olympics Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Amsterdam had made a bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympics, but had to give way to war-victim Belgium and De Coubertin's ParisParis is the capital city of France, as well as the capital of the Île-de-France région, whose territory encompasses Paris and its suburbs.
		The modern torch relay was introduced for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
		2008The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be held in Beijing in the People's Republic of China from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony to take place at 8 PM on August 8, 2008 (the number 8 stands for prosperity in Chinese culture).
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/1928_Summer_Olympics (3341 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anti-fascists planned to host a "People's Olympiad" in Barcelona as an alternative games to protest the Berlin Olympics but this was cancelled due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.
		For the first time the Olympic Flame was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
		The Canadian Olympic Team was the only olympic team from a non-fascist country to salute Hitler (in a gesture of friendship) while marching by during opening ceremonies.
	wikipedia.com /wiki/1936_Berlin_Games (754 words)

	1928 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Amsterdam had made a bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympics, but had to give way to war-victim Belgium and De Coubertin's Paris before finally being awarded with the organisation.
		For the first time, the Olympic Flame was lit during the Olympics.
		The torch relay was however not started until the 1936 Summer Olympics.
	www.ukpedia.com /1/1928-summer-olympics.html (235 words)

	GBROLYMPICS.COM / LONDON-OLYMPICS.COM - Olympic Games Medallists
		The modern Olympics were first held in 1896.
		Nevertheless all those competitions reported, at one time or another, as Olympic medal events have been included here for the record, with those no longer regarded as official footnoted.
		Nationalities given are those of the countries the medallists were representing at the time of the event.
	www.gbrathletics.com /olympic (353 words)

	Inside Britannica
		This month the Summer Olympics return to Greece, the nation where the ancient games originated, and to Athens, the city where the first modern games were held in 1896.
		The rebirth of the Olympic movement was largely the result of the perseverance of the French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who founded the International Olympic Committee.
		At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Ethiopian Abebe Bikila ran in his bare feet along the cobblestones of the ancient Appian Way on his way to victory in the marathon.
	newsletters.britannica.com /newsletter_AUG04.html (323 words)

	Station Information - 1920 Summer Olympics
		The city was chosen to memorialize Belgium for its suffering in World War I, beating out Amsterdam and Lyon for the right to hold the games.
		The 1916 Olympics were scheduled to be held in Berlin but were canceled due to the fighting in World War I. Games of the VII Olympiad
		These Olympics were the first in which the Olympic Oath was uttered, the first in which doves were released to symbolize peace, and was the first time the Olympic Flag was flown.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1920_summer_olympics.html (140 words)

	HickokSports.com - History - The 1960 Olympics
		In Rome, where the ancient Olympics had ended more than 1600 years earlier, the 1960 Olympic venues were a curious blend of ancient and modern architecture.
		Near the brand-new Olympic stadium, sports palace and velodrome, wrestling was contested in the Basilica of Maxentius, which had hosted matches 2,000 years before; gymnastics took place in the Baths of Caracalla, and the marathon was run along the Appian Way, finishing at the Arch of Constantine.
		The Rome Olympics were the first to be thoroughly covered on broadcast television.
	www.hickoksports.com /history/ol1960.shtml (928 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Index
		American Emily deRiel, in only her first year of international competition, won the silver medal in the Olympic debut of the women's pentathlon.
		DeRiel's medal was the first in pentathlon for an American since 1960.
		A skittish horse made the difference as Senior fell to sixth place, and Dmitry Svatkovsky of Russia won the gold.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/pentathlon (87 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Also during the games, the Centennial Olympic Park bombing took place on July 27, 1996 killing Alice Hawthorne and wounding 111 others, and causing the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack.
		Cycling professionals were admitted to the Olympics, with five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain winning the inaugural individual time trial event.
		Michelle Smith of Ireland wins three gold medals and a bronze, but her victories are overshadowed by doping allegations, which are later reinforced as she is banned after failing a test in 1999.
	www.ukpedia.com /1/1996-summer-olympics.html (431 words)

	2000 Summer Olympics
		Former Australian Olympic champions brought the torch through the stadium, handing it over to Cathy Freeman, who lit the flame in the cauldron.
		The first medals of the Games were awarded in the women's air rifle shooting event, which was won by Nancy Johnson of the United States.
		IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, at his last Olympics, had to leave for home, as his wife was severely ill. Upon arrival, his wife had already passed away.
	www.fact-index.com /2/20/2000_summer_olympics.html (673 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics: Definition and links.
		Moscow won the bid to organise the Games by defeating Los Angeles, which would host the next Olympics.
		Women's field hockey is Olympic for the first time, but all major nations boycott the tournament.
		The team of Zimbabwe is invited just a week before the start of the Games, but it wins the nation's first gold medal.
	www.encyclopedian.com /19/1980-Summer-Olympics.html (282 words)

	Egypt in the 2004 Summer Olympics
		The original Olympics were held every four years for a span that lasted for almost eight centuries.
		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.
		In fact, she is the only Egyptian athlete to be picked for any medal by SI at the summer event.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/egypt2004olympics.htm (1359 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Two down, three tough ones to go
		Her quest is to become the first woman to win five golds at a Summer Olympics.
		Astrid Kumbernuss of Germany, the Olympic champion in 1996, took the bronze.
		Marla Runyan, the first U.S. paralympian to reach the Olympics, continued her amazing odyssey by qualifying for the final of the women's 1,500 meters.
	www.espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/0927/784201.html (1006 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics : Modern Olympics, Paralympic Games
		The Olympic torch is first lit in Ancient Olympia and then passed on to the stadium of the city hosting the Opening Ceremony of the Games.
		The Modern Olympics were seen as an instrument to promote understanding and friendship among nations and uphold the true spirit of sportsmanship.
		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 (1298 words)

	Whitehorse 2007 - Jeux du Canada Winter Games
		It appeared in the Olympics as a demonstration sport in 1972 and became a full medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
		The first Olympic Games to include ice hockey for men were the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.
		Shooting has been part of the Olympic Summer Games since 1896 and was on the program of the very first Canada Winter Games in 1967 in Québec City.
	www.2007canadagames.ca /en/sports (2371 words)

	Summer Olympics. Team Canada Olympic Teams beijing 2008
		Of the four medals Canada earned in the Mexico Summer Olympic Games in 1968, three were won by one swimmer.
		Canada won 14 medals in the Sydney Summer Olympic Games in 2000 and 12 medals in the 2004 Athens summer Games, but had fewer athletes competing in 2004.
		The next summer olympics will be in 2008 in Beijing.
	www.canadianolympicteams.ca /summerolympics.htm (420 words)

	1948 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		After a hiatus of 12 years caused by the outbreak of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
		With World War II in recent memory, Germany and Japan were not invited for the Games, although Italy was.
		For the first time, Olympic diplomas were awarded to the 6th highest placed athletes.
	www.portaljuice.com /1948_summer_olympics.html (155 words)

	NationMaster - Statistics > Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics > Medal count > Pos (Latest available) by country
		Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics > Medal count > Pos by country.
		Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics > Medal count > Pos
		Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics > Medal count > Pos
	www.nationmaster.com /graph/spo_sho_at_the_1960_sum_oly_med_cou_pos-summer-olympics-medal-count-pos (364 words)

	EdGate Summer Games
		The first Olympic style games for Paralympics athletes were held in Rome right after the 1960 Olympic Games.
		The first Olympic style games for disabled athletes were held in Rome right after the 1960 Olympic Games and are considered the first official Paralympic Games.
		Special Olympics events are year-round, often at the local level, and offer students opportunities to volunteer and give community service.
	www.edgate.com /summergames/paralympics (1364 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 (8350 words)

	azcentral.com sports \| Summer Olympics: 2004 Summer Olympic event capsules (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Led by Debbie McDonald, in her first Olympics at age 50, the U.S. will challenge Germany and the Netherlands for the dressage gold.
		Argentina is left as the favorite in the 16-team field, although the Olympic tournament is tough to gauge because rules restrict teams to players under 23, with three exemptions.
		Sure to draw plenty of attention is Tammy Crow, allowed to compete by U.S. Olympic Committee despite pleading no-contest to vehicular manslaughter charges in a crash that killed her boyfriend and a 12-year-old boy.
	www.azcentral.com /sports/azetc/04olympics/0808olycaps0808.html (2241 words)

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