Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's Singles

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	Summer Olympics: Table Tennis
		In the Olympic games, table tennis includes four disciplines; men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles.
		Table tennis first showed up in England in 1890 as a sport for the wealthy people.
		Table Tennis became an Olympic sport in 1988.
	www.pocanticohills.org /olympics/tabletennis.htm (159 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Williams sisters to go in doubles
		The U.S. Olympic women's tennis team is looking for a sweep of singles and a gold in doubles at Sydney.
		Summer Olympics 2000 Williams sisters to go in doubles
		U.S. women have won five of six gold medals since tennis returned to full-medal Olympic status in 1988 after a 64-year hiatus.
	www.espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/0801/663671.html (304 words)

	Zhang Yining claims China's 100th gold in summer Olympics - DalianNews
		Chinese table tennis player Zhang Yining wins the gold for the women's table tennis single after defeating Kim Hyang Mi of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 22, 2004.
		ATHENS, Aug. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- World top-ranked Zhang Yining claimed China's 100th gold medal in summer Olympic Games as she overcame a fast-hitting DPR Korean in the women's table tennis singles final here Sunday afternoon.
		It was the second gold for Zhang, who had long been living under the shadow of the 2000 Olympic dual gold medalist Wang Nan.
	www.runsky.com /homepage/english/special/2004/olympics/China/userobject1ai473089.html (504 words)

	Olympics News and Coverage
		Fish, unseeded in the 64-player event, was attempting to become the first American man to win the Olympic gold in men’s singles since Andre Agassi in 1996.
		To be eligible to compete for in the Olympic Tennis Event, players must be no younger than 14 years as at 12/31/2003 (men) or 15 years as at 8/13/2004 (women).
		8/21/04 9:15 PM Taylor Dent was denied the bronze medal in men’s singles at the 2004 Olympic Games tennis competition Saturday, losing to Fernando Gonzalez of Chile in the third-place match, 6-3, 2-6, 16-14, in the longest three-set singles match in Olympic tennis history.
	www.usta.com /protennis/home.sps?iType=956 (504 words)

	Summer Olympics: Table Tennis
		In the Olympic games, table tennis includes four disciplines; men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles.
		Table tennis first showed up in England in 1890 as a sport for the wealthy people.
		Table Tennis became an Olympic sport in 1988.
	www.pocanticohills.org /olympics/tabletennis.htm (504 words)

	Summer Olympics: Tennis
		At the Olympics there will be men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles.
		There was tennis in the Olympics from 1896 until 1924.
		It returned in 1984 as a demonstration sport and became an official Olympic sport in 1988.
	www2.lhric.org /POCANTICO/olympics/tennis.htm (504 words)

	Summer Olympics: Table Tennis
		In the Olympic games, table tennis includes four disciplines; men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles.
		Table Tennis became an Olympic sport in 1988.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/olympics/tabletennis.htm (504 words)

	Zhang wins China's 100 gold in summer Olympics
		China's gold medallist Zhang Yining returns the ball to North Korea's Mi Huang Kim at women's singles table tennis final match at Athens 2004 Olympic Games, August 22, 2004.
		China's Zhang Yining (R) celebrates victory with her coach Li Sun at the women's singles finals match against North Korea's Kim Hyang-Mi at Athens 2004 Olympic Games, August 22, 2004.
		This is also China's 20 gold in the Athens Games and 100th in summer Olympics.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-08/22/content_367759.htm (504 words)

	Zhang Yining claims China's 100th gold in summer Olympics - Newsgd
		World top-ranked Zhang Yining claimed China's 100th gold medal in summer Olympic Games as she overcame a fast-hitting DPR Korean in the women's table tennis singles final here Sunday afternoon(August 22).
		China pockets third badminton gold in Athens Olympics
		With these two titles, China is now head to head with the United States at the top of the gold tally, each with 20 golds.
	www.newsgd.net /specials/athensgames/chinaguangdong/200408230023.htm (504 words)

	Summer Olympics: Table Tennis
		In the Olympic games, table tennis includes four disciplines; men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles.
		Table Tennis became an Olympic sport in 1988.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/olympics/tabletennis.htm (159 words)

	Summer Olympics: Tennis
		There was tennis in the Olympics from 1896 until 1924.
		At the Olympics there will be men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles.
		It returned in 1984 as a demonstration sport and became an official Olympic sport in 1988.
	www2.lhric.org /Pocantico/olympics/tennis.htm (433 words)

	The Sports Network - Olympics
		Tennis returned to the Summer Games as a full medal sport in 1988 (following a 64-year hiatus), and finally seems to be picking up steam as an important event on the calendars of both ATP and WTA stars.
		Tennis first appeared in the inaugural Summer Olympics in 1896, before ultimately being dropped following the 1924 Games.
		The tennis portion in Greece will take place from August 15-22 at the Olympic Tennis Center, with 10 courts being put to use for 172 athletes competing in four events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles and women's doubles.
	article.wn.com /link/WNAT48270D223C1E141EDBF102DA9963AE7B?source=templategenerator&template=australiadaily/stories.txt (433 words)

	WashingtonPost.com: Table Tennis
		She completed her second consecutive sweep of the Olympic women's singles and doubles titles with a victory over Chen, who won the 1988 gold medal for China but now competes for Taiwan.
		At 22, he is at the Summer Olympics as a member of the U.S. table tennis team.
		Two table tennis spectators were arrested for a fight in the stands sparked when police tried to remove one of them for waving a banned flag from Taiwan in support of an athlete.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/tableten/front.htm (433 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		France’s Suzanne Lenglen dominated women’s tennis singles so completely that she lost only four games in the ten sets she played.
		The 1916 Olympics were scheduled to be held in Berlin, but were canceled because of what came to be known as World War I. The 1920 Games were awarded to Antwerp to honor the suffering that had been inflicted on the Belgian people during the war.
		The Opening Ceremony was notable for the introduction of the Olympic flag and the presentation of the Athletes’ Oath.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1920 (433 words)

	The Sports Network - Olympics
		Tennis first appeared in the inaugural Summer Olympics in 1896, before ultimately being dropped following the 1924 Games.
		Capriati captured women's singles gold as a 16-year-old in Barcelona in 1992, while the legendary 47-year-old Czech-born Navratilova will make her Olympic debut next month.
		Due to the persistence of then ITF president Philippe David Gray, tennis reemerged as a demonstration sport in Los Angeles in 1984 and was officially reinstated for the 1988 Games in Seoul.
	www.sportsnetwork.com /?c=sportsnetwork&page=olymp/news/BON3359305.htm (433 words)

	Summer Olympics: Tennis
		It returned in 1984 as a demonstration sport and became an official Olympic sport in 1988.
		At the Olympics there will be men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles.
		There was tennis in the Olympics from 1896 until 1924.
	www2.lhric.org /POCANTICO/olympics/tennis.htm (433 words)

	Summer Olympics: Tennis
		At the Olympics there will be men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles.
		There was tennis in the Olympics from 1896 until 1924.
		It returned in 1984 as a demonstration sport and became an official Olympic sport in 1988.
	www.pocanticohills.org /olympics/tennis.htm (433 words)

	WashingtonPost.com: Table Tennis
		At 22, he is at the Summer Olympics as a member of the U.S. table tennis team.
		She completed her second consecutive sweep of the Olympic women's singles and doubles titles with a victory over Chen, who won the 1988 gold medal for China but now competes for Taiwan.
		At 2, he was standing on the rust-colored linoleum floor of his kitchen, hitting a Ping-Pong ball against the refrigerator door.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/tableten/front.htm (326 words)

	WashingtonPost.com: Table Tennis
		At 22, he is at the Summer Olympics as a member of the U.S. table tennis team.
		She completed her second consecutive sweep of the Olympic women's singles and doubles titles with a victory over Chen, who won the 1988 gold medal for China but now competes for Taiwan.
		At 2, he was standing on the rust-colored linoleum floor of his kitchen, hitting a Ping-Pong ball against the refrigerator door.
	washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/tableten/front.htm (326 words)

	The Sports Network - Olympics
		But it wasn't until 1988, when table tennis was added to the Olympic Games in Seoul, that the sport began to take off in terms of world-wide recognition.
		Canada's best chance at a women's medal lies with Petra Cada, who will compete in singles, and also in doubles with partner Marie-Christine Roussy.
		"The competition will be coming from everywhere," said Nguyen, who competed in the 2000 Olympics and was an alternate on the 1992 and 1996 teams.
	www.sportsnetwork.com /default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=olymp/news/BON3359287.htm (326 words)

	WashingtonPost.com: Table Tennis
		She completed her second consecutive sweep of the Olympic women's singles and doubles titles with a victory over Chen, who won the 1988 gold medal for China but now competes for Taiwan.
		Deng had to go the full five games to down a stubborn Chen Jing of Taiwan in the Olympic women's table tennis final, 21-14, 21-17, 20-22, 17-21, 21-5.
		At 22, he is at the Summer Olympics as a member of the U.S. table tennis team.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/tableten/front.htm (326 words)

	Natasha Zvereva - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As for her best achievement in singles, in 1988 Zvereva reached the final of the French Open, where she was beaten (0-6, 0-6) by Steffi Graf, who went on to win all four Grand Slam titles and an Olympic gold medal that year.
		In 1992, she won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the doubles event (with Leila Meskhi, representing the CIS).
		Zvereva fined during Wimbledon 2000 for making obscene gestures at Williams sisters after they beat her in the Women's doubles semi-finals
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Natasha_Zvereva (279 words)

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