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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)

	1936 Summer Olympics - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, were held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany.
		The Berlin Olympics also saw the introduction to the ceremonies of the Olympic Torch bringing the Olympic Flame by relay from Olympia.
		The Olympic Flame was used for the second time at these games, but they marked the first time it was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/1936_Summer_Olympics (976 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics
		Although awarded before the Nazi Party came to power in Germany, the government saw the Olympics as a golden opportunity to promote their fascist ideology.
		Rower Jack Beresford[?] won his fifth Olympic medal in the sport, and his third gold medal.
		For the first time the Olympic Flame was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1936_Summer_Olympics.html (367 words)

	NBA.com: Summer Sanders
		Summer Sanders pursues and achieves excellence in all facets of her career, be it in front of the television camera or in the swimming pool.
		Summer also served as an on-site reporter for NBC at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and was also an on-air correspondent for NBC Sports at the Ford Gorge Games in Portland, Oregon in July 2002.
		Summer Sanders is the co-host of NBA Inside Stuff, a position she has held since December 1997.
	www.nba.com /inside_stuff/summer_bio.html (1039 words)

	1992 Summer Olympics - Medbib.com, the modern encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab03.cs.washington.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The 1992 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
		South Africa was allowed again to participate in the Olympics after a 28 years suspension in the Olympic Games for its apartheid policy.
		Yugoslav athletes were not allowed to participate with their own team, but could compete under the Olympic flag as Independent Olympic Participants.
	www.medbib.com.cob-web.org:8888 /1992_Summer_Olympics (568 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		She was also the first to introduce the Olympic torch to the ceremonies.
		Anti-fascists planned to host a "People's Olympiad" in Barcelona at the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc (now Estadi Olímpic Lluis Companys) as an alternative games to protest the Berlin Olympics but this was cancelled due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.
		The Canadian Olympic Team was the only team from a non-fascist country to salute Hitler (in a gesture of friendship) during opening ceremonies.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/1/9/3/1936_Summer_Olympics_a11e.html (852 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)

	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)

	swimming - Columbia Encyclopedia article about swimming (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab03.cs.washington.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Swimming calls more muscles into play with exact coordination than most other sports, and its high repetition of movement makes it extremely beneficial to the cardiovascular system.
		Swimming strokes should create the least possible water resistance; there should be a minimum of splashing so that forward motion is smooth and not jerky.
		A FOX swimming across a rapid river was carried by the force of the current into a very deep ravine, where he lay for a long time very much bruised, sick, and unable to move.
	columbia.thefreedictionary.com.cob-web.org:8888 /swimming (982 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		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 intention not to participate on May 8 1984).
		Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco becomes the first female Olympic champion an Islamic nation and the first of her in the 400 m hurdles.
		A marathon for women is held for the time at the Olympics won by Joan Benoit.
	www.freeglossary.com /1984_Summer_Olympics (481 words)

	Actors - Summer Sanders
		Summer Elisabeth Sanders (born October 13, 1972 in Roseville, California) is a sports broadcaster, actress and Olympic medalist in swimming.
		At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, she won gold medals in the 200-meter butterfly and in the 400-meter medley relay.
		An Olympic-size swimming pool at the Roseville Aquatics Complex in her hometown of Roseville, California is named after her.
	listing-index.ebay.com /actors/Summer_Sanders.html (422 words)

	WNBA.com: Summer Sanders Chat Transcript
		First, Summer Sanders was born and would come to change the face of women's swimming, and secondly, Title IX was enacted which would come to revolutionize the faces of athletics, and women's opportunities as athletes, forever.
		Summer Sanders: Well, Title IX means opportunity to me. Girls and women were given opportunity and you still have to work very hard once given it, but it's an honor and a priviledge.
		Summer Sanders: I'm very grateful to have had the opportunities I've had in sports and it's so important for girls who are benefitting now to remember and respect the sacrifices that women who came before us made for us.
	www.wnba.com /chats_mailboxes/Summer_Sanders_Chat_Transcript.html (1717 words)

	Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab03.cs.washington.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Olympics were of fundamental religious importance, contests alternating with sacrifices and ceremonies honouring both Zeus (whose colossal statue stood at Olympia), and Pelops, divine hero and mythical king of Olympia famous for his legendary chariot race, in whose honour the games were held.
		In the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, both Spanish and Catalan were official languages of the games, but due to politics surrounding the use of Catalan, the nations entered in French alphabetical order.
		The Seoul flag: Was presented to the IOC at the 1988 Summer Olympics by the city of Seoul, South Korea, and is passed on to the next organising city of the Summer Olympics, which was Barcelona, Spain, at that time.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Olympic_Games (6986 words)

	Olympics2000 \| TUCSON CONNECTION
		After the agony of missing the '96 Summer Olympics, the swimming world was his at last.
		She was 17 when she won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics, swimming on the same 400 freestyle relay team with Crissy Ahmann.
		She would miss the '96 Olympics, and by the time she had corrective surgery a year later, her career seemed to be over.
	www.azstarnet.com /sydney2000/tappin3.shtml (835 words)

	NBA.com NBA Buzz with Summer Sanders links NBA to pop culture
		Summer's weekly features, reported on from NBA TV's Newsroom and comprised of content from the popular NBA Buzz on NBA.com, which is e-mailed to more than 600,000 subscribers every day, are designed to showcase the NBA's growing connections with the world of show business.
		Summer Sanders is co-host of NBA Inside Stuff on ABC, a position she has held since December 1997, where she works in the studio and travels the country to give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the players and personalities of the NBA and WNBA.
		Summer had previously joined the staff at NBC’s Today Show as correspondent for the 2000 Olympic Games and continues to be a guest reporter for The Today Show.
	www.nba.com /nba_tv/Summer_Sanders_and_NBA_Buzz-108551-466.html (358 words)

	Competitive Swimming-Masters swimmers use the Endless Pool to stay in shape
		Alex swam in the Olympics in 1984, 1988, and 1992.
		One constant in their lives has been swimming to stay in shape, first in the university pool, now in the Endless Pool.
		Sydney, who has been swimming for 20 of her 21 months, was named after the location of the 2000 Summer Olympics.
	www.endlesspools.com /why/swimming/swim_vonjouanne.html (321 words)

	Olympics: Women's swimming
		Nearing her 28th birthday, Bedford was swimming in her first trials when Quann was 4.
		Bedford said she is swimming better than ever because she has learned to put swimming in its proper place.
		She failed to qualify for an individual event in 1996 and won a silver in the 100-meter freestyle in 1992.
	www.sptimes.com /News/091000/Olympics/Women_s_swimming.shtml (1033 words)

	Current Biography Excerpts: Swimming
		In a sport in which women usually peak at the age of 19, Evans was considered an aging veteran at the 1992 Olympics, where she became the first woman ever to win back-to-back golds in the 800-meter freestyle and added a silver for good measure.
		Four years later, at the age of 24, she has fought off the challenge of a host of talented teenagers to qualify once again for the United States Olympic swim team in two events.
		Evans burst onto the international swimming scene as a 15-year-old, by breaking the three oldest records in swimming, all of which she still holds nine years later.
	www.hwwilson.com /currentbio/swimming.html (237 words)

	CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 1992 Barcelona
		By the beginning of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the world's political landscape had drastically changed.
		The first Olympics of the post-Cold War era would signal hope for renewed harmony in international relations.
		The stadium intended for the 1936 Olympics was renovated, and the waterfront area underwent major transformations.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/2004/1992.html (1302 words)

	History of the Modern Summer and Winter Olympics from Fanbay.net
		The Summer and Winter Olympics of 1932 were both held in the United States, in Los Angeles, CA and Lake Placid, NY, respectively.
		The U.S.A. won 30% of the Summer Olympic medals—their highest percentage over the years—not counting Saint Louis, where the U.S. won 84% of the medals because the attendance was even more skewed toward Americans.
		The Olympic facilities were as impressive as the cutting edge facilities that brought the Summer Olympics to a new level in Munich (1972).
	www.fanbay.net /olympics/modern_history.htm (2739 words)

	1992 Olympics — FactMonster.com
		The year IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch brought the Olympics to his native Spain marked the first renewal of the Summer Games since the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and the reunification of Germany in 1990.
		1992 Olympics - 1992 Olympics Albertville The first Olympics since the reunification of Germany in 1990 and the...
		Shannon Miller - Shannon Miller Born: Mar. 10, 1977 Gymnast won 5 medals in 1992 Olympics and 2 golds in '96...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0114882.html (433 words)

	90 Day Challenge '06 • Summer Sanders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, Summer Sanders emerged as the most decorated US swimmer, winning gold medals in the 200-meter butterfly and in the 400-meter relay, a silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley and a bronze medal in the 400-meter individual medley.
		Summer is the co-host of “NBA Inside Stuff,” Fox Sports Net’s “The List” and the 2006 Fox primetime hit “Skating with Celebrities.” In 1999, Summer published the book Champions Are Raised, Not Born: How My Parents Made Me A Success.
		Summer is also active with the “Right to Play” charitable organization and is an avid runner.
	www.eatcaliforniafruit.com /90day/summer_bio.asp (188 words)

	CNN.com - London wins 2012 Olympics - Jul 6, 2005
		International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge made the announcement after IOC members voted 54-50 to eliminate the French capital in the fourth and final round of secret ballots Wednesday in Singapore.
		"The International Olympic Committee has the honor of announcing that the Games of the 30th Olympiad in 2012 are awarded to the city of London," Rogge declared after opening a sealed envelope containing the result.
		Chirac spoke passionately to the IOC, saying, "The heart of Paris and the heart of France are beating in unison in the hope of becoming Olympic host in 2012," AP reported.
	www.cnn.com /2005/SPORT/07/06/singapore.olympics/index.html (1044 words)

	1992 Summer Olympics (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab03.cs.washington.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo lights the Olympic Flame by shooting an arrow into the cauldron.
		For the first time since 1960, South Africa is allowed to participate in the Olympics.
		Badminton and women's judo become part of the Olympic programme, while white water canoeing returns to the Games after a 20-year absence.
	www.factuwant.com.cob-web.org:8888 /1/19/1992_summer_olympics.html (357 words)

	Japanese American Summer Olympians
		In a year filled with international conflict and unrest, the 2004 Summer Olympics seem more important than ever as a reminder of the ancient ideals of competition, culture, education, and peace that began the Olympic games as early as 776 BC.
		The return of the games to Athens, Greece-the original site of the Olympics-and the customary lighting of the torch are reminders of the true spirit of the event where athletes from many countries honor the Olympic Truce and compete, not for personal gain, but to represent the best that their country has to offer.
		Her brother Eric also competed in the 1988 and 1992 men's volleyball teams which won gold and bronze medals.
	www.janmstore.com /summerolympics.html (848 words)

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