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	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)

	Encyclopedia: 1996 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Summon the Heroes is an Olympic theme written by John Williams for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
		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.
		The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be held in Beijing in the Peoples Republic of China from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony to take place at 8 p.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1996-Summer-Olympics (4916 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		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.
		Softball, beach volleyball and mountainbiking debut on the Olympic programme, together with women's football (soccer) and lightweight rowing.
		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.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1996_Summer_Olympics (744 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		More seriously, the Centennial Olympic Park bombing of July 27, 1996, killed spectator Alice Hawthorne and wounded 111 others, and elicited the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack.
		The song "The Power of the Dream", composed by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and David Foster, with words by Linda Thompson was performed in the opening ceremony by Céline Dion accompanied by Foster and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Centennial Choir.
		Atlanta was chosen as the host city by the International Olympic Committee on September 18, 1990.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics (854 words)

	Summer Olympics: Softball
		Softball was invented in 1887 as an indoor sport by George Hancock of the Chicago Board.
		Softball is played by two teams at a time, nine players per team on the field.
		Softball became an Olympic sport in 1996 and in the Olympics there is only fast pitch and it is played by women.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/olympics/softball.htm (209 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.
		Softball, beach volleyball and mountainbiking debut on the Olympic programme, together with women's football (soccer) and lightweight rowing.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics (966 words)

	Amateur Softball Association of America
		Softball is a way of life for thousands of people each year, and their choice for softball is the Amateur Softball Association, the national governing body of softball in the United States.
		As the NGB of softball, the ASA is the only softball organization that can offer players the opportunity to play in these prestigious events, which are often held throughout the world.
		The 2004 Olympics, for example, will be held in Greece, and USA Softball is responsible for selecting and training the USA Olympic Team for the 2008 Games.
	www.softball.org /about/why_play_asa.asp (637 words)

	Archery_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Michele Frangilli's score of 170 in the round was an Olympic record for 18 arrows.
		Oh's score of 115 in the match was an Olympic record for a 12-arrow match, as well as combining with the 114 and 109 to set a world record at 338 for the 36 arrow final round.
		Yoon's score of 331 in the R32/R16 combined set a new Olympic record even as she was defeated by one point in the round.
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Archery_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics (408 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about 1996 Summer Olympics
		Also during the games, the Centennial Olympic Park bombing took place on July 27, 1996 killing Alice Hawthorne and wounded 111 others, and causing the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack.
		softball, beach volleyball and mountainbiking debut on the Olympic programme, together with women's football and lightweight rowing.
		cycling professionals were admitted to the Olympics, with five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain[?] winning the inaugural individual time trial event.
	www.encyclopedian.com /19/1996-Olympics.html (397 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics
		The Games of the XXVI Olympiad were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
		Also during the games, the Centennial Olympic Park bombing took place on July 27, 1996 killing Alice Hawthorne and wounding 111 others, and eliciting the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack.
		In his closing speech, Juan Antonio Samaranch, head of the IOC, for the first time did not describe the games as being the "best ever".
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/1/19/1996_summer_olympics.html (481 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 (2755 words)

	1800-Olympics.com -- Summer Olympics: Olympic Sports: Softball
		When the ASA entered the softball picture in 1933, the sport was in a state of confusion with no unified set of playing rules and no national governing body to provide guidance and stability.
		The first organised competitions took place in the summer of 1937/38, the Wellington Softball (Baseball) Association was formed in November 1937, and with the game spreading rapidly up and down the country the N.Z. (Baseball) Softball Council was formed at a meeting at Kelvin Gymnasium, Wellington, on January 11, 1938.
		After many deliberations Softball South Africa was born in 1992, when the three Presidents put their signatures to the new draft constitution.
	1800-olympics.com /SummerOlympics/OlympicSports/Softball.htm (478 words)

	Baseball, softball dropped from 2012 Olympics \| Chron.com - Houston Chronicle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		IOC president Jacques Rogge said baseball and softball, two sports invented in America, would be eligible to win their way back into the Olympics for 2016.
		Baseball and softball, which will remain on the program for the 2008 Beijing Games, are the first sports eliminated from the Olympics since polo in 1936.
		Softball, a women's only medal sport since 1996 won all three times by the United States, has been in danger because of its association with baseball and a perceived lack of global appeal and participation.
	www.chron.com /disp/story.mpl/sports/oly/3257867.html (893 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Harrigan pitches first Olympic solo no-hitter
		Although no-hitters and perfect games are more common in softball, where the quality of opponents can vary widely, no one ever has pitched a perfect game in the Olympics.
		Two Chinese pitchers combined on a no-hitter in 1996, when softball was added as an official Olympic sport.
		And in the Olympic opener, she set down the Canadians like they were counting cards at a fljack table.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/0916/749414.html (550 words)

	1996 Olympics — Infoplease.com
		The Atlanta Games were certainly the largest (a record 197 nations competed), most logistically complicated Olympics to date and perhaps the most hyped and overcommercialized as well.
		Arts to play key role in 1996 Summer Olympics.
		Countdown to the 1996 Olympics: although time is running out, aggressive companies can still get their share of the gold.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0201963.html (583 words)

	Summer Olympic Softball Tickets Olympics Ticket Brokers Buy and Sell All Olympic Games Tickets Olympics official site ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The first version of softball was invented in Chicago, Illinois in 1887 by George Hancock, a reporter for the Chicago Board of Trade, as a winter version of baseball.
		If available, tickets purchased from the Summer Olympic Softball box office are generally less expensive, but the seat selection may be limited.
		The market value for the Summer Olympic Softball tickets, which is based on supply and demand, determines the price we charge for them.
	ticketexplore.com /sports_olympics/summer_olympic_softball_tickets.asp (895 words)

	International Softball Federation - ISF
		For softball the road to the Olympics spanned more than 29 years from the birth of the dream in 1965 to its debut in the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games.
		By the medal rounds, softball had become one of the hottest tickets at the Games with streets lined with ticket seekers salivating at the prospect of becoming part of this historic Olympic moment.
		The Olympics marshaled in a new era for the sport of softball, a progression from the past into what may unfold for the future.
	www.internationalsoftball.com /english/events/96_olympics.asp (1350 words)

	OLYMPICS - CBS SportsLine.com
		Seven months after they were voted off the Olympic program, the sports could get a second chance from the International Olympic Committee when members consider possible reinstatement during their annual session next week on the eve of the Turin Olympics.
		Baseball, an Olympic sport since 1992, and softball, which debuted in 1996, were narrowly voted out at the IOC assembly in Singapore in July.
		Officials said softball stands the best chance, mainly because it's a female sport and the IOC is pushing for gender equality.
	cbs.sportsline.com /olympics/story/9208562 (597 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Athens had hoped to organise the 100th anniversary of the modern (The modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country) Olympic Games.
		The (Click link for more info and facts about IOC) IOC's vote for Atlanta was therefore slightly surprising, however the reasoning was that Athens' (The stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area) infrastructure could not be improved enough in time to successfully host the Games.
		More seriously, the (Click link for more info and facts about Centennial Olympic Park bombing) Centennial Olympic Park bombing of July 27, 1996 killed spectator Alice Hawthorne and wounded 111 others, and elicited the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1996_Summer_Olympics.htm (2097 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)

	azcentral.com sports \| Summer Olympics: Candrea built USA Softball in UA's image (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		He proved that in constructing six national softball champions at the University of Arizona, and now he is one win away from adding an Olympic title to his coaching résumé.
		Olympic rookie Jennie Finch could start on the mound today against Australia with three-time Olympian Leah O'Brien-Amico at first base and newcomer Lovie Jung at second.
		1996: In softball's debut in Atlanta, the United States went 8-1 with a 41-8 runs advantage and beat China 3-1 in the gold-medal game.
	www.azcentral.com /sports/azetc/04olympics/0823olysoftball0823.html (958 words)

	CNNSI.com - Olympic Sports - Softball - 10 Questions: Dot Richardson - Saturday September 16, 2000 09:59 AM
		Anyone who understands the two positions in baseball and softball understands that at second it is more difficult, because you are actually moving in the opposite direction from a lot of balls.
		Both sports have grown and with the Olympics, there is a thirst that all young athletes feel to be the best and to represent their country.
		With every softball game this year being televised, all of these athletes will realize their dreams can come true through softball.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2000/softball/news/2000/09/16/10_questions_dot_richardson (670 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Americans keep gold-medal chances alive
		China, which lost to the Americans in the gold-medal game in the 1996 Olympics, but beat them 2-0 in 14 innings in the round-robin this year, finished fourth.
		Arriving in Sydney with a 110-game winning streak that they extended to 112 with victories in their first two games, they lost an unprecedented three in a row.
		All of them were scoreless heading into extra innings; two of them were, at the time, the longest games in Olympic history.
	www.espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/0924/775383.html (723 words)

	Albion College Softball
		In addition, Cedric is a Distinguished Alumni Award winner, and both played influential roles in three College initatives; construction of the Elkin Isaac Track inside Sprankle-Sprandel Stadium; creation of the Isaac Lectureship Series which has developed into the Isaac Symposium; and the current campaign to fund and endow the Fritz Shurmur Education Institute.
		They are the primary donors for the project, which has literally encompassed the field, located on the north banks of the Kalamazoo River and within throwing distance of venues which are home to a third of Albion's 18-sport athletic program.
		The portable fencing in the outfield -- which allows the facility multiple use in the fall as practice and warmup areas for soccer -- is the same type used at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Marietta, Georgia, and for the Michigan High School Athletic Association Softball Championship in Battle Creek.
	www.albion.edu /sports/softball/dempseyfield.asp (660 words)

	WashingtonPost.com: The 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
		The move could bring the Summer Olympics back to U.S. soil for the third time in 24 years.
		The Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta came to a close Sunday night, after two weeks of athletic competition between 197 countries and over 11,000 athletes -- the most ever in an Olympic Games.
		The Games closed with International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch praising the city of Atlanta, but notably failing to call the game as "the greatest in Olympic history" -- a phrase that has become routine in his Closing Ceremonies speeches.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/summer96.htm (271 words)

	FOXNews.com - Baseball, Softball Nixed From 2012 Olympics - U.S. & World
		SINGAPORE — Baseball and softball were tossed out of the Olympics (search) for the 2012 London Games on Friday.
		The action by the International Olympic Committee (search) marked the first time it had dropped any sports from the Summer Games in 69 years.
		IOC president Jacques Rogge (search) said baseball and softball, two sports invented in America, would be eligible to win their way back into the Olympics for 2016.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,161893,00.html (1169 words)

	Pointed Magazine - 2004 Summer Olympics-- USA Women's Softball-- Pointed Magazine Sits Down With Softball Star and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Not only is she the hottest female athlete going right now, but she has a killer pitch that has struck out the likes of Mike Piazza and has grabbed the respect of Barry Bonds.
		With all of her accomplishments and where Finch is going in the near future, our staff decided to take a few minutes and sit down with the softball star and see what makes her tick and see just what it is like to be Jennie Finch.
		Dreaming about a gold medal and watching the 1996 and 2000 teams, I said I want to be on that field and god has blessed me with the opportunity to do so and that is the main goal.
	www.eastcoastattractions.com /040402jenniefinchinterview.htm (1087 words)

	history.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A year after her gold medal-winning performance as shortstop on the U.S. Women's Olympic Softball Team, Dot Richardson, M.D., is so busy being an orthopedics resident and sought-after personality that she doesn't have a second to, as she puts it, rest on her laurels.
		Other commitments include weekend softball clinics for 300 to 500 children and throwing the ball out at charity games or hosting fund-raisers for such causes as arthritis, abused children and childhood diabetes.
		"It was the first time women's softball was played in the Olympics, and so we were a part of history," she reminds softly.
	www.usc.edu /hsc/info/pr/hmm/97summer/history.html (506 words)

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