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	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)

	1980 Summer Olympics Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were held in Moscow in the Soviet Union.
		Although approximately half of the 24 countries which boycotted the 1976 Summer Olympics participated in these, the Games were disrupted by another, even larger, boycott led by the United States followed by 64 other countries in protest at the 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
		NBC, which was thought to be another major one, cancelled its coverage in response to the U.S.-boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, and became a minor broadcaster as the network did air highlights and recaps of the games on a regular basis.
	www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/1980_Summer_Olympics (604 words)

	2012 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012.
		On 18 May 2004, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as a result of a scored technical evaluation, reduced the number of cities to five: London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, and Paris.
		The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) was put in place to oversee the development of the Games after the success of the bid, and held their first board meeting on 7 October 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics (2049 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		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 Mayor of Athens, Dora Bakoyianni, passed the Olympic Flag to the Mayor of Beijing, Wang Qishan.
		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.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/2/0/0/2004_Summer_Olympics_330c.html (2001 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, were held in 1896 in Athens, Greece.
		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.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics (3656 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)

	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)

	2008 Beijing Olympic Games
		Olympic chief Jacques Rogge thinks the Beijing Olympics will be a significant force for good in China, but cannot be expected to resolve all the issues facing the country
		Before the Olympics, the five gold medals and the world records, Michael Johnson was a skinny teen who almost quit his high school athletics team because he didn't think he was good enough.
		Otylia Jedrzejczak won Poland its first-ever swimming gold at the Athens Games and is gunning for more of the same in Beijing after recovering from a car crash that put her in hospital for six weeks.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /2008/olympics.html (332 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 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)

	Australian Sports Commission - Women & Sport
		The first events open to women in the modern Olympic games – yachting, golf and tennis – were included in the program for the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris.
		Australian women first competed in the Olympic Games in 1912, when Fanny Durack and Mia Wylie competed in the swimming events, winning a gold and silver medal respectively.
		Since 1912, Australian teams at the Olympics have included 956 women, of which 171 have won at least one medal.
	www.ausport.gov.au /women/fsolympics.asp (416 words)

	Fanbay.net - Athens 2004 Summer Olympics - Links, News, Travel info
		Your gateway to all olympics statistics, news, info, historical data, and top summer and winter olympic web resources.
		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)

	Search Tuna Report for 1960 summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Description: 1960 Summer Olympics The Games Of The XVII Olympiad Were Held In 1960 In Rome, Italy.
		The Rebirth Of The Olympic Movement Was Largely The Result Of The Perseverance Of The French Educator, Who Founded The International Olympic Committee....
		Olympic Games The Modern Olympic Movement Has Been Around In Its Current Form Since 1896 But The Olympic Games Are Some 3000 Years Old, Beginning At Ancient Olympia In 776 BC And Lasting For Almost 1000 Years Before Being Banned....
	www.searchtuna.com /ftlive2/1710.html (1698 words)

	1960 Olympics — Infoplease.com
		Free of political entanglements, save the ruling that Nationalist China had to compete as Formosa, the 1960 Games attracted a record 5,348 athletes from 83 countries.
		The brash but engaging Clay, who would later change his name to Muhammad Ali and hold the world heavyweight title three times, won the Olympic light heavyweight crown, pummeling Polish opponent Zbigniew Pietryskowsky in the final.
		Rafer Johnson - Rome - 1960; great Olympic moments.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114618.html (505 words)

	San Francisco abandons 2016 Olympics bid
		The city has abandoned its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics after plans for a new bayfront stadium collapsed when the San Francisco 49ers said they intend to move to Silicon Valley.
		The U.S. Olympic Committee is eager to avoid a repeat of New York's failed 2012 Olympics bid.
		The Summer Olympics will be in Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/11/13/state/n114442S22.DTL (937 words)

	Swimming results for the 1960 Summer Olympics
		Fast Links: Home Page Athletes Olympic Games Countries Olympic Sports
		Click on Country to view all medals for this country during this Olympics
		databaseOlympics is not associated with the Olympics or IOC.
	www.databaseolympics.com /games/gamessport.htm?g=15&sp=SWI (50 words)

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