Weightlifting at the 1906 Summer Olympics

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	Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
		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).
		The Olympic flag was first used in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
		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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	1896 Summer Olympics
		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.
		This is remarkable, as the Olympics did not, for a long time, allow professional athletes to compete, with the sole exception of fencing.
		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.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/18/1896_summer_olympics.shtml (886 words)

	1960 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rome had been awarded the organisation of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but, after the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, had to decline and pass the honours to London.
		It was the second time an athlete had died in competition at the Olympics, after the death of Portuguese marathon runner Francisco Lazaro at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
		Swedish canoer Gert Fredriksson won his sixth Olympic title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1960_Summer_Olympics (365 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 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 stadium was used again for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics (3533 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		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 2004 (see 2004 Summer Olympics).
		The heats of the 100 m were the first Olympic event to be conducted, and the winner of the first heat, Frank Lane, can thus be considered the first Olympic winner.
		Other elements, such as the parade of nations, the lighting of the Olympic Flame and the Olympic Oath were initiated later.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/1896_Summer_Olympics (3101 words)

	Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
		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).
		The Olympic flag was first used in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
		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.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics (1136 words)

	GBROLYMPICS.COM / LONDON-OLYMPICS.COM - Olympic Games Medallists
		The Games are held every 4 years (this period is known as an Olympiad) although an additional "intercalated" event, not officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee, was introduced in 1906.
		The Winter Olympics were first held in 1924.
		In addition in 1904 the majority of team events were limited to clubs only with national teams denied entry.
	www.gbrathletics.com /olympic (1136 words)

	1906 Olympics
		After disappointing receptions in Paris and St. Louis, the Olympic movement returned to Athens for the Intercalated Games of 1906.
		The mutual desire of Greece and Baron de Coubertin to recapture the spirit of the 1896 Games led to an understanding that the Greeks would host an interim games every four years between Olympics.
		Verner Järvinen, the first Finn to compete in the Olympics, won the Greek-style discus throw and placed second in the freestyle discus.
	www.factmonster.com /year/A0114388.html (1136 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - summer olympics
		history and overview, Summer Olympic Medal Sports, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964,...
		The 1896 Games included events in cycling, fencing, gymnastics, target shooting, swimming, tennis, track and field, weightlifting, and wrestling....
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		The 1896 Games included events in cycling, fencing, gymnastics, target shooting, swimming, tennis, track and field, weightlifting, and wrestling....
		history and overview, Summer Olympic Medal Sports, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964,...
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	Olympic Games
		The 2000 and 2002 Olympics showed that the battle is not nearly over, as several medallists in weightlifting and cross-country skiing were disqualified after doping offences.
		Either way, the 1906 Games again attracted a broad international field of participants — in 1904, 80% had been American — and great public interest, thereby marking the beginning of a rise in popularity and size of the Games.
		Under his presidency, the Olympic Movement made great progress, but has been seen as autocratic and corrupt.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/o/ol/olympic_games.html (123 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - summer olympics
		history and overview, Summer Olympic Medal Sports, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964,...
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		The 1896 Games included events in cycling, fencing, gymnastics, target shooting, swimming, tennis, track and field, weightlifting, and wrestling....
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	MSN Encarta - Search Results - summer olympics
		history and overview, Summer Olympic Medal Sports, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964,...
		The 1896 Games included events in cycling, fencing, gymnastics, target shooting, swimming, tennis, track and field, weightlifting, and wrestling....
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