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		Lacrosse at the 1904 Summer Olympics At the Mohawk indians.
		Tug of War at the 1904 Summer Olympics At the tug of war tournament was contested.
		Weightlifting at the 1904 Summer Olympics At the weightlifting events were contested.
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	1904 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The 1904 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the III Olympiad, were held in St.
		Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic movement, gave in.
		The Olympic events were again mixed with other sporting events, but where Paris hardly ever mentioned the Olympics, Sullivan called all his sports events "Olympic".
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	1904 Summer Olympics
		The Games of the III Olympiad were held in 1904 in St.
		The Olympic competitions, spread out over four and a half months, were lost in the chaos of a World's Fair.
		Of the 94 events generally considered to have been part of the Olympic program, only 42 included athletes who were not from the United States.
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	Summer Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In evidence there was increased professionalism amongst Olympic athletes, exemplified by U.S. basketball's "Dream Team." 1992 also saw the reintroduction to the Games of several smaller European states which had been incorporated into the USSR since World War II.
		The 2008 Summer Olympics are to be held in Beijing, China.
		The 2012 Summer Olympics are to be held in London, United Kingdom.
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	2004 Summer Olympics
		Athens was chosen as the host city in 1997, after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics, the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games.
		Since the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France it has been the tradition to have a mascot for the games and this year the official mascots are sister and brother, Athena and Phevos, named after the goddess of wisdom, strategy and war and the god of light and music, respectively.
		An emotional high point of the parade was the entrance of the delegation from Afghanistan which had been absent from the Olympics, and had female competitors for the first time.
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	Encyclopedia: 1988 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.
		The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
		The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be held in Beijing in the Peoples Republic of China from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony to take place at 8 p.
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	Weightlifting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Weightlifting is a sport where competitors attempt to lift heavy weights mounted on steel bars.
		Weight-lifting contests have been common since ancient times (and were apparently included in the ancient Greek Olympics), and were a part of the original Olympic games in 1896.
		Weightlifting can be an awe-inspiring spectator sport, as competitors expend massive psychological and physical efforts to lift weights over twice their own body weight.
	www.information-and-answers.com /resource-Weightlifting.html (704 words)

	1904 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Olympic competitions, spread out overfour and a half months, were lost in the chaos of a World's Fair.
		In a number of sports, the U.S. national championship was combined with the Olympic championship, because there were nocompetitors from other nations.
		Louis as part of the BoerWar exhibit at the World's Fair, became the first Africans to compete in the Olympics.
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	1904 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The games lasted for months; in fact, James Edward Sullivan tried to hold an event every day, for the duration of the fair.
		In one of the more embarasing moments in Olympic history, the organizers of the games held "Anthropology Days" on August 12-13.
		Various indigenous men from around the world, who were at the World's Fair as part of the exhibits, competed in various events more for anthropoligist to see how they stacked up to the white man than for the sake of sport.
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	wiki/1928 Summer Olympics Definition / wiki/1928 Summer Olympics Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Halina Konopacka of PolandThe Republic of Poland, a country in Central Europe, lies between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania and Russia (in the form of the Kaliningrad Oblast exclave) to the north.
		Summer Olympic GamesThe Summer Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event held every four years, organised by the International Olympic Committee.
		Olympic victory is generally considered to be the most prestigious achievement in sports.
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	Station Information - 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.
		For the first time the Olympic Flame was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
		Basketball and handball made their debut at the Olympics, both as outdoor sports.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1936_summer_olympics.html (388 words)

	1936 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although awarded before the Nazi Party came to power in Germany, the government saw the Olympics as a golden opportunity to promote their Nazi ideology.
		Anti-fascists planned to host a "People's Olympiad" in Barcelona 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 olympic team from a non-fascist country to salute Hitler (in a gesture of friendship) while marching by during opening ceremonies.
	wikipedia.com /wiki/1936_Berlin_Games (745 words)

	1904 Summer Olympics Article, 1904SummerOlympics Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The 1904 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the III Olympiad, were held in St. Louis, Missouri in the United States from August 29 to September 3, 1904 — though varioussporting events were spread out over four and a half months between July 1 and November 23, 1904.
		Chicago, Illinois won the original bid to host the games but President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt insisted the Olympics would convene in St. Louis so as to not compete with the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and instead be a part of the festivities.
		Considered a blunder by present-day Olympic historians, St. Louis repeated the mistakes made at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
	www.anoca.org /won/louis/1904_summer_olympics.html (576 words)

	1952 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics but they were canceled due to World War II.
		To the enjoyment of the Finnish crowd, the Olympic Flame was lit by two heroes, runners Paavo Nurmi and Hannes Kolehmainen.
		For the first time in history, a team from the USSR participated in the Olympics.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/1952_Summer_Olympics (265 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.ukpedia.com /1/1896-summer-olympics.html (887 words)

	wiki/1920 Summer Olympics Definition / wiki/1920 Summer Olympics Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		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.
		Figure Skating (on ice)At the 1920 Summer Olympics, three figure skating events were contested.
		Tokyo had already been awarded with the organisation of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honour had been passed to Helsinki because of Japan's involvement in China.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/1920_Summer_Olympics (2808 words)

	GBROLYMPICS.COM / LONDON-OLYMPICS.COM - Olympic Games Medallists
		The modern Olympics were first held in 1896.
		The status of many events held in 1900 and 1904 is questionable.
		In addition in 1904 the majority of team events were limited to clubs only with national teams denied entry.
	www.gbrathletics.com /olympic (353 words)

	CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 2004 Athens
		As the first Summer Olympics since the attacks of Sept. 11,2001, the safety of the athletes, spectators and Greek population were of utmost priority.
		The story of Kenteris, the defending Olympic 200-metre champion, and Thanou, the 100 m silver medallist from Sydney, dominated the headlines of every broadcast and newspaper as much for its impact on the host nation as for its sensational details.
		That was a small consolation for weightlifting fans; competitors from their sport accounted for half the total number caught cheating.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics (2135 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		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 their intention not to participate on May 8, 1984).
		Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco becomes the first female Olympic champion of an Islamic nation, and the first of her country in the 400 m hurdles.
		A marathon for women is held for the first time at the Olympics, won by Joan Benoit[?].
	www.factbase.info /19/1984-summer-olympics.html (240 words)

	1904 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		1904 Summer Olympics.....links: Discussion: Tennis at the 1904 Summer Olympics..
		1904 Summer Olympics.....links: Discussion: Roque at the 1904 Summer Olympics..
		Alphabetical index 1904 Summer Olympics The Games of the III Olympiad were held in 1904 in St. Louis, USA.
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	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").
		At the end of an Olympics, the mayor of the host-city presents the flag to the mayor of the next host-city.
		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.
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	1960 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Rome had been awarded the organisation of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but had to decline and pass thehonours to London.
		South Africa appears in the Olympic arena for the last time under the apartheid regime.
		It was thesecond time an athlete died in competition at the Olympics, after the death of Portuguese marathon runner Francisco Lazaro at the 1912 SummerOlympics.
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	1976 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In the bid to organise the Olympics, Montreal defeated Moscow and Los Angeles, which would organise the 1980 and 1984 Olympics.
		In a protest to a tour of South Africa by the New Zealand rugby team, Tanzania led a boycott of 22 African nations as the IOC refused to not admit the New Zealand team.
		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.
	www.enlightenweb.net /1/19/1976_summer_olympics.html (334 words)

	Summer Olympics: Aquatics
		In the Olympics Swimming has 26 individual events and six relay or team events for both men and women.
		Swimming was one of the sports at the first modern Olympic games in 1896.
		Water polo was included in 1900, Diving in 1904, and Synchronised swimming was added in 1984.
	www.pocanticohills.org /olympics/aquatics.htm (280 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics : 1996 Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		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.factbase.info /19/1996-olympics.html (364 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Americans still humble about medal hopes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		As in previous Olympics, the U.S. cyclists watched a steady parade of Europeans march to the podium in Sydney.
		Armstrong, riding in his third Olympics, finally got the medal that had eluded him.
		Perhaps U.S. Cycling will have Witty again after she competes in the Salt Lake Olympics, and team leaders are optimistic about many younger riders.
	www.espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/1001/796013.html (678 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - TESTVERSION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		It was the first time the Olympics were held in a socialist country.
		The only other time before, where one part of the Olympics was in a different city was when Stockholm, Sweden hosted the equestrian events in the 1956 Summer Olympics while the rest of it was in Melbourne, Australia.
		In the Opening Ceremony, 16 nations (among those Great Britain and Australia) chose to march under the Olympic Flag - rather than their national flags and the Olympic Anthem replaced their national anthems at medal ceremonies.
	www.wissen-im-web.net /wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics (600 words)

	Weightlifting at the 1904 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
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