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	2004 Summer Olympics - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Athens 2004 marked the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics that all countries with a National Olympic Committee were in attendance.
		It was the first Olympics since NBC had merged with Vivendi Universal Entertainment; the merger, along with the acquisitions of the Bravo and Telemundo networks, 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 Paralympics were also held in Athens, from September 17 to 28.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/2/0/0/2004_Summer_Olympics_330c.html (2001 words)

	Sweden
		Sweden is a constitutional monarchy, its official title: the Kingdom of Sweden.
		Sweden's foreign minister, Anna Lindh, was attacked on September 10, 2003 and died on September 11, 2003, further shaking the sense of security and freedom that Swedes have felt.
		Sweden's third largest city, Malmo (on the Baltic Sea 30 kilometers east of Copenhagen, Denmark) is 40 percent foreign born.
	www.fsmitha.com /world/sweden.html (1248 words)

	Sweden at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sweden competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
		Sweden finished in 19th position in the final medal rankings, with 4 gold and 7 total medals.
		Sweden • Switzerland • Syria • Tanzania • Tajikistan • Thailand • Timor‑Leste • Togo • Tonga • Trinidad‑Tobago • Tunisia • Turkey • Turkmenistan • Uganda • Ukraine • United Arab Emirates • United States • Uruguay • Uzbekistan • Vanuatu • Venezuela • Vietnam • Virgin Islands • Yemen • Zambia • Zimbabwe
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sweden_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (465 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)

	1896 Summer Olympics - TvWiki, 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.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics (3849 words)

	DraftHelp.com - Olympics Summer 2004
		The aggregate result of these national Olympic teams will determine the winner, on the basis of 5 points for every gold medal, 3 points for every silver medal, and 1 point for every bronze medal.
		The 15 national Olympic teams must be chosen from 4 different pools, in which the nations have been divided, according to their performance in Sydney 2000, plus a host nation factor.
		Each participant must choose 2 Olympic teams from Group A, 3 Olympic teams from Group B, 5 Olympic teams from Group C and 5 Olympic teams from Group D (with encompasses all nations not in any of the former groups).
	www.drafthelp.com /Olympics2004Summer.htm (635 words)

	1988 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.
		After boycotts of the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Seoul Games were again boycotted, led by North Korea and followed by Cuba; the basis of the boycott was South Korea's refusal to co-host the Olympics with North Korea, which rejected all compromise.
		Tennis returns to the Olympics after a 64-year absence, and Steffi Graf adds to her four Grand Slam victories in the year by also winning the Olympic title.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/1988_Summer_Olympics (588 words)

	CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 1912 Stockholm
		The Stockholm Games were the fifth and most successful Olympics to that point, serving as a future model of organizational standards.
		When presented with his gold medals, Sweden's King Gustav V called Thorpe "the greatest athlete in the world." He was later honoured in the U.S. as the greatest athlete of the first half of the century.
		It was the first of three Olympics Kahanamoku would compete in before going on to be a film star and becoming an early surfing icon.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/2004/1912.html (1468 words)

	MySA.com: Olympics 2004
		Sweden not only won the gold medal Sunday with a 3-2 victory over Finland in men's hockey, it also had two members of its team named to the all-tournament team.
		For the last 16 days, the Olympics have been the biggest sporting event on the planet.
		Relive the 2004 Summer Olympics through the photos shot by Express-News staff photographer William Luther.
	www.mysanantonio.com /specials/olympics (279 words)

	Dwayne an Ambassador of Goodwill in Sweden 2004
		Sweden's modern immigration policy, launched in the mid-1970s, was based on experiences and ideas from the 1960s immigration to Sweden.
		What Sweden needs in the late 1990s it is no longer an immigration policy, but an integration policy.
		One lesson that other municipalities in Sweden have learned from Trollhättan is that when mounting a program to combat racism and xenophobia, a municipality must use its own employees, especially adults whose daily work puts them in contact with young people in school and in their leisure time.
	home.earthlink.net /~monteldwayne/2004.09.01_arch.html (4142 words)

	Athens disqualified from Green Olympics \| Greenpeace International
		Athens, Greece —; The Athens Olympics may boast gold, silver and bronze medals this summer - but green medals will be nowhere in sight despite Greece's promises of making the 2004 Olympics the greenest ever.
		One of our major victories was the Coke Spotlight campaign, which saw Olympic sponsor Coca-Cola meet our demands for a new refrigeration policy to reduce its impact on global climate change.
		It was the intention that all electricity used by related premises and users during the Olympics in 2004 should be generated by renewables.
	www.greenpeace.org /international/news/athens-disqualified-from-green (637 words)

	Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece
		Olympic style games for athletes with a disability were organized for the first time in Rome in 1960.
		The term “Paralympic” derives from the word “Olympic” and the prefix “Para”, a Greek preposition which means “close to”.
		In addition to abolishing the fees for the first time, ATHENS 2004 is the first Organising Committee for the Olympic Games since the signing of the 2001 IOC-IPC Agreement which, operating under a unified management structure, is responsible for organising both the Olympic and the Paralympic Summer Games.
	www.greecetravel.com /2004olympics/paralympicgames (662 words)

	1932 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, were held in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
		An Olympic Village was built for the first time, occupied by the male athletes.
		Athens 2004 — Torino 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/1932_Summer_Olympics (387 words)

	Olympics Timeline: Ancient Greece - 1940s
		The Olympic flag is introduced, as is the Olympic oath.
		Gillis Grafström of Sweden wins the last of his three consecutive gold medals in figure skating; Norwegian Sonja Henie will equal that feat, winning the first of her three consecutive gold medals in figure skating here at the age of 15.
		The American Olympic Committee sends a hockey team, as does the American Hockey Association; the IOC bars either from being considered for a medal.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/olympicstimeline.html (1358 words)

	CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 1960 Rome
		The atmosphere was much more buoyant, partly because the Rome was so thrilled to finally host the Olympics, particularly since it was forced to give up the 1908 Olympics in the aftermath of the 1906 eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.
		The preparations and settings for the 1960 Olympics were no doubt something Greek organizers hoped to emulate with the 2004 Athens Games.
		Overall, it seemed to be a memorable Olympics for everyone but the Canadians, who managed just one medal, a rowing silver by the men's eights.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/2004/1960.html (1442 words)

	Sports: Love of baseball lands area coach in Sweden
		But this summer, he found the offer to help the Swedish national team attempt to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics irresistible.
		As for the sleeping part, that was tough due to the 22 hours of sunlight during the Swedish summer.
		Sweden has never qualified for the eight-team Olympic tournament since it became an official medal sport in 1992.
	www.sptimes.com /2005/07/10/Sports/Love_of_baseball_land.shtml (647 words)

	USATODAY.com - Sweden to bid for 2014 Winter Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The International Olympic Committee will send bid applications in May. The deadline for submitting preliminary bids is July 28, with the IOC to select the host city in 2007.
		Sweden has never held a Winter Olympics, but it hosted the 1912 Summer Games and the equestrian events of the 1956 Summer Games.
		Ostersund and nearby Aare, which is Scandinavia's leading Alpine ski resort, finished second in balloting for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, and third in the voting for the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/winter/2004-12-08-sweden-2014_x.htm (342 words)

	The Summer Olympic Games
		Because of Australian quarantine laws, the equestrian events were held in Stockholm, Sweden.
		1992 was the last year that both the summer games and the winter games were held in the same year.
		After 1992, the summer and winter games are staggered 2 years apart.
	www.janecky.com /olympics/summergames/index.html (76 words)

	CNN - Explosion at Swedish stadium blunts Olympic hopes - Aug. 25, 1997
		GOTHENBURG, Sweden (CNN) -- An explosion rocked the main sports stadium in the western Swedish city of Gothenburg early Monday, the latest in a series of attacks that have jeopardized the country's bid for the 2004 Olympics.
		It was the ninth attack on a sports facility in Sweden since the spring.
		The International Olympic Committee votes on a site for the 2004 Summer Games on September 5, and Stockholm is one of the candidate cities.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9708/25/sweden.bomb (318 words)

	2004 Olympics
		Sweden rebounded from a surprise 1-0 loss to Japan and came back from a goal down to defeat Nigeria 2-1 and win Group E on the head-to-head tiebreaker after each had the same points, goal difference and number of goals scored.
		The USA is 15-1-2 in 2004 heading into the Olympics, with that lone loss coming to Sweden (3-1) at the Algarve Cup, but the USA still won the group and advanced to the title game.
		Solo is playing professionally in Sweden with the Kopparbergs/Goteborg club in Gothenburg and the 23-year-old University of Washington All-American has received sparking reviews for her play, with the media tabbing her as one of the top goalkeepers in the Swedish First Division.
	www.southernsoccerscene.com /2004olympics.htm (14771 words)

	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.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1920_summer_olympics.shtml (151 words)

	May 2004 Zetterberg Fan.com
		It's quite a tribute to the globalization of hockey that a 26-man World Cup roster for Sweden will be very familiar to NHL fans in North America, thanks to the fact 24 of the players are currently playing in the NHL, one is a former NHLer and the last a prospect.
		Team Sweden announced that it will be filling its final two roster spots for the 2004 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships in the Czech Republic with superstars Peter Forsberg of the Colorado Avalanche and Niklas Lidstrom of the Detroit Redwings.
		Zetterberg played for Sweden after the Redwings were ousted from the playoffs in a four game sweep by the Anaheim Mighty Ducks last season.
	www.zetterbergfan.com /May2004.html (2770 words)

	Sweden Film Commission
		Sweden is a leading country for advanced post production work.
		A short film by Anders Skog, shown in conjuntion with the Swedish application for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
		Kiruna in the north of Sweden has zero daylight hours in January but 24 in July.
	www.swedenfilmcommission.com /2004/shot (105 words)

	GovMint.com - The 2004 Olympics: Back Where It All Started
		In August 2004, the Olympic Games will return to the country where they were born more than 2,500 years ago, and where they were revived in 1896.
		The six monuments depicted across the gold series all have a deep connection with the history of both the Ancient Olympic and the modern Olympic tradition, and all are beautifully portrayed in gold.
		While the first modern Olympics featured only a smattering of events —track and field, fencing, weightlifting, rifle and pistol shooting, tennis, cycling, swimming, gymnastics, and wrestling —; it was still considered a success.
	www.govmint.com /knowledgebase/olympicathen.aspx (857 words)

	CNN - Survey: Many Swedes oppose bid to host 2004 Olympics - August 30, 1997
		STOCKHOLM, Sweden (CNN) -- As a decision looms on where to hold the 2004 Summer Olympics, not all Swedes are excited about their country's bid to host the Games, a poll published Saturday shows.
		The Stockholm bid has suffered following a bomb and arson campaign that damaged the city's Olympic stadium, used when Stockholm hosted the 1912 Games, and an arena in Gothenburg in western Sweden, which is earmarked for soccer matches.
		A little-known group called "We Who Built Sweden" has claimed responsibility for the attacks on the grounds that money should be spent on solving social problems, not to host the Olympics.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9708/30/sweden (318 words)

	SFGate: Olympics: Turin 2006
		Fireworks explode behind the Olympic rings during Sunday's closing ceremonies at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy.
		Now it's off to Beijing in 2008 for the Summer Games and then to Vancouver in 2010 for more big fun with snowboards and skates.
		A thrilling Olympic ending for Italy in 50km ski race.
	sfgate.com /olympics (302 words)

	WCH2004.com Official site of World Cup of Hockey 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Hockey was not introduced in Sweden until 1919).
		Sweden's Bjorn Johansson is selected fifth overall but never plays an NHL game.
		Seven NHL players join Team Canada for the Olympics: Brian Bradley, Andy Moog, Randy Gregg, Jim Peplinski, 2002 Canadian Olympic director of player personnel Steve Tambellini, Tim Watters and Ken Yaremchuk.
	www.wch2004.com /history/timeline.html (1600 words)

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