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	1912 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were held in 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden.
		Swedish marksman Oscar Swahn became the oldest Olympic gold medalist (up to that time), at the age of 64, in the deer-shooting event.
		Women's events in swimming and diving were introduced.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1912_Summer_Olympics (303 words)

	1956 Summer Olympics
		The Games of the XVI Olympiad were held in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia, although the equestrian events could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations.
		Therefore, these events were held in Stockholm (Sweden) marking the first, and so far only time, that events of the same Olympics were held in different countries.
		Because Melbourne is situated in the southern hemisphere, the Olympics are held late in the year.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/1/19/1956_summer_olympics.html (276 words)

	2000 Summer Olympics
		The ceremonies concluded with the lighting of the Olympic Flame.
		Swimming the last leg, Thorpe passed the leading Americans and arrived in a new World Record time, two tenths of a second ahead of the Americans.
		In the swimming pool, American Tom Dolan beat the World record in the 400 m medley, successfully defending the title he won in Atlanta four years prior.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/2/20/2000_summer_olympics.shtml (670 words)

	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.
		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.
		Amy Van Dyken[?] wins four gold medals in the Olympic swimming pool, the first American woman to win four titles in a single Olympics.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1996_Olympics.html (364 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics
		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.
		This is remarkable, as the Olympics did not, for a long time, allow professional athletes to compete, with the sole exception of fencing.
		The weightlifting contests are also conducted in the Olympic stadium, with Launceston Elliot of Great Britain and Viggo Jensen of Denmark taking a first and a second place each in the single-hand and double-hand contests.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/18/1896_summer_olympics.shtml (886 words)

	Swimming at the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Swimming has been a sport at every modern Olympic Games.
		It has been open to women since 1912.
		Along with track and field athletics it is one of the most popular spectator sports at the Games.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swimming_at_the_Summer_Olympics (78 words)

	olympic games summer and winter locations and history of the games
		The Olympic Games took their name from the Greek city of Olympia and though there were important athletic competitions held in other Greek cities in ancient times, the Olympic Games were regarded as the most prestigious.
		Participation in the Olympic Games was originally limited to free born Greeks, but as Greek civilization was spread by the conquests of Alexander the Great, the Games drew entrants from as far away as Antioch, Sidon and Alexandria.
		The organizers had planned the first modern Olympics for 1900 in Paris, but later decided to move the date forward to 1896 and to change the venue to Athens, though the local government of the Greek capital was initially hostile to the idea.
	worldatlas.com /aatlas/infopage/olympic.htm (1007 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
		The Olympic Stadium, a daring design of French architect Roger Taillibert, remains a lasting monument to the huge deficit, as it never had an effective retractable roof, and the tower was only completed after the Olympics.
		This was seen as a major threat to the future of the Olympic Games, and was not until the financially successful 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles that cities began to line up to be hosts again.
	1976-summer-olympics.ask.dyndns.dk (913 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics
		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.mlahanas.de /Greeks/NewSport/Olympia1896.html (3540 words)

	Inwit Publishing, Inc. and Inwit, LLC -- Writings, Links and Software Demonstrations - The Science of the Summer Games ...
		Organized swimming hardly existed until the nineteenth century, although the Japanese did have competitive swimming as far back as 36 B.C. During the Middle Ages Europeans swam very little — the feeling was that water spread disease, and should be avoided (for washing too!).
		James Counsilman, the hugely successful Indiana University swimming coach, wrote, "Although a swimmer may swim in an almost straight line, his movements to accomplish this are all circular or rotary...." World-class swimmers used to try to root out the s-curve from their strokes, but "it kept winning races," and now the s-curve is lovingly cultivated.
		Today in Olympic competition men and women swim four strokes: the freestyle (which in practice means "the crawl"), the butterfly, the backstroke, and the breaststroke.
	www.algorithm.com /inwit/writings/scienceofthesummergames.html (5160 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)

	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.
		By late March 2004, some Olympic projects were still behind schedule, and Greek authorities announced that a roof would no longer be constructed over the main swimming venue.
		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)

	Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics
		Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics was represented by Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) and abbreviated AUS.
		Australia first competed in the Olympics in 1896, and is one of only two countries to have sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games.
		Melissa Mitchell was a member of the Australian swimming team as part of the 4x100 m freestyle relay team, however she did not compete in any event at the games.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Australia_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (2035 words)

	1908 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Funds that were to have gone to the Olympics were diverted to the reconstruction of Naples, so a new venue was required.
		The 1908 Olympics also prompted the establishment of standard rules for sports, and the selection of judges from different countries, rather than just the host.
		The 1906 Olympics were organised by the IOC, but are currently not officially recognised by the IOC.
	1908-summer-olympics.ask.dyndns.dk (580 words)

	1928 Summer Olympics
		For the first time, the Olympic Flame was lit during the Olympics.
		The torch relay was however not started until the 1936 Summer Olympics.
		For the first time, the parade of nations started with Greece, which holds the origins of the Olympics, and ended with the host country, a tradition still continued until this day.
	www.fastload.org /19/1928_Summer_Olympics.html (254 words)

	Summer Olympics: Modern Pentathlon
		The choice of sports was based on a warrior having to carry a message to the troops during a battle.
		Swimming takes place in an Olympic swimming pools that is 50 meters long.
		This event is run on a public road and a distance of 3-km (3,000 meters) for both men and women.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/olympics/modernpentathlon.htm (424 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics
		Athens was chosen as the host city during the 106th IOC Session held in Lausanne in 05 September 1997, after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta nearly seven years before, on 18 September 1990, during the 96th IOC Session in Tokyo.
		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.
		Officially there were 28 sports as swimming, diving, synchronised swimming and water polo are classified by the IOC as disciplines within the sport of aquatics, and wheelchair racing was a demonstation sport.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/NewSport/Olympia2004.html (1798 words)

	1948 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		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.
		For the first time, Olympic diplomas were awarded to the 6th highest placed athletes.
		In a dramatic finish in the marathon, Belgian Étienne Gailly entered the stadium first, but was so physically drained that he could barely walk around the track.
	1948-summer-olympics.ask.dyndns.dk (269 words)

	Trojans to Compete in Summer Olympics
		Basketball star Lisa Leslie and swimmer Kaitlin Sandeno are among the 35 USC athletes appearing in Athens.
		USC will be represented by 35 past, present and future Trojans at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens.
		Of USC’s 2004 Olympians, 16 will compete in swimming, eight in track and field, three each in basketball and volleyball, two each in diving and water polo, and one in tennis.
	www.usc.edu /uscnews/story.php?id=10438 (365 words)

	35 Trojans To Compete In 2004 Summer Olympics :: USC'S amazing gold medal streak on the line.
		They have collected 217 medals (104 gold, 59 silver and 54 bronze), including at least one gold medal in every summer Olympics since 1912.
		Of USC's 2004 Olympians, 16 will compete in swimming, 8 in track and field, 3 each in basketball and volleyball, 2 each in diving and water polo, and 1 in tennis.
		USC swimming head coach Mark Schubert will be the head coach for the U.S. women's swimming team, and he'll be assisted by former USC swimmer Teri McKeever.
	usctrojans.cstv.com /genrel/080904aaf.html (391 words)

	Fanbay.net - Athens 2004 Summer Olympics - Links, News, Travel info
		The most important sports, as always, were track and field and swimming and diving.
		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)

	2006 Olympics News, 2008 & 2004 Olympics News: QuickSports.
		Olympics Search: The DMOZ Open Directory is a Yahoo-like website directory.
		One of Jim's biggest football thrills: "Running back two straight kickoffs for touchdowns against Army [and a cadet halfback named Ike Eisenhower] in 1912." In the Olympics that year, with hardly any formal training, Jim won both the pentathlon and the decathlon.
		Then it was discovered that Jim had played summer baseball in 1909 and 1910--for $25 a week.
	sports.quickfound.net /olympics_news.html (816 words)

	Stockholm 1912 Olympics
		The star of the 1912 Games was the American Indian Jim Thorpe, who won both the decathlon and pentathlon.
		The first women's swimming gold medal was won by the Australian Sarah 'Fanny' Durack, who won the 100m freestyle in 1912.
		In Stockholm, 1912, Finland begins its domination of long-distance running events, as Hannes Kolehmainen picks up three gold medals and a silver.
	www.topendsports.com /events/summer/hosts/stockholm.htm (121 words)

	Women in the Summer and Winter Olympics Games
		In the Ancient Olympic Games women were not allowed to compete at all.
		And the first modern olympics in Athens in 1896 kept with that tradition.
		And in 2004, it is expected to mark another significant step forward for female athletes at the summer olympics.
	www.fanbay.net /olympics/women.htm (207 words)

	Summer Olympics Through The Years
		Distribution of Medals—2004 Summer Games - Country Gold Silver Bronze Total United States 35 39 29 103 Russia 27 27 38 92 China 32 17 14 63...
		The First Modern Olympics: Athens, 1896 - The birth of the modern Olympic Games by John Gettings Marathon runners, Greece 1896 "I hereby...
		Olympic Preview: Wrestling - Wrestling First Olympic Appearance: 1896 (Greco-Roman); 1904 (freestyle) by John Gettings Did You...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0114335.html (133 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)

	The New York Times > Sports > Olympics > Swimming
		Swimming was born of necessity and grew into a competitive sport in the mid-1800's.
		It was particularly popular in England, where the first English Channel crossing by a swimmer, in 1875, captured the imagination.
		A look at the Olympic venues and other points of interest in in Athens.
	www.nytimes.com /top/news/sports/olympics2004/swimming (340 words)

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