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	1976 Summer Olympics: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		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 lead a boycott of 22 African nations as the IOC refused not to 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.encyclopedian.com /19/1976-Summer-Olympics.html (375 words)

	Wikipedia: 1994 Winter Olympics
		In 1986 the IOC voted to change the schedule of the Olympic Games so that the summer and winter games would be arranged in alternating even-numbered years.
		For the first time, the Winter Olympics are not held in the same year as the Games of the Olympiad.
		The Olympic flame is brought into the stadium by a ski jumper.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/1/19/1994_winter_olympics.html (224 words)

	Syndicate-Article.info - Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sports Olympics FREE Articles for Websites and Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Well, i made the demonstration sports' pictograms because i created the article (and other linked pages) for the roller hockey in Barcelona'92 and thought it should have one, even though it's not an Olympic sport and only once it was a demo sport at any Olympics.
		Now that we have graphics for the Summer Olympic sports, i had this idea to create a table, in the "Country at the XXXX Season Olympics" pages, where all the competitors would be sorted by their sport.
		The worst one I've seen is the olympic baseball template (which can be seen at the bottom of the Baseball at the Summer Olympics page.) All those "demonstration sport" statements clutters up the template.
	www.syndicate-article.info /search.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Sports_Olympics (9599 words)

	1980 winter olympics - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		The XIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America.
		Although they didn't get any medals, the People's Republic of China returned to the Olympics Games after the IOC agreed to designate the ROC "Chinese Taipei".
		Ulrich Wehling of the East Germany and Irina Rodnina won their respective events for the third time.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/1980-Winter-Olympics (233 words)

	WikiMiki.net - 1972 Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		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.
		Iran's general sporting boycott of Israel is manifest not in explicit refusal to compete (which would attract sanctions) but in withdrawals due to "injuries" and similar reasons.
		The growth of the Olympics also means that some less popular (modern pentathlon) or expensive (white water canoeing) sports have to fear for their place on the Olympic program.
	www.akiyan.com /hrgn/http://clay.roberts.en.wikimiki.net (5514 words)

	Learn more about 1936 Summer Olympics in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		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.
		Basketball and handball made their debut at the Olympics, both as outdoor sports.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /1/19/1936_summer_olympics.html (481 words)

	1956 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were held in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia, although the equestrian events could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations.
		Because Melbourne is in the southern hemisphere, the Olympics were held later in the year than former Olympics held in the northern hemisphere.
		Inspired by Australian teenager John Wing, an Olympic tradition began when athletes of different nations are allowed to parade together at the closing ceremony, instead of with their national teams, as a symbol of world unity.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/1956_Summer_Olympics (1445 words)

	1988 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		South Korea's government became a democracy under the pressure of organising the Olympics.
		After boycotts of the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Games were again boycotted, but only by four nations: North Korea, Cuba, Ethiopia and Nicaragua.
		Table tennis is introduced at the Olympics, with China and the host nation both winning two titles.
	www.gogoglo.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/1/19/1988_summer_olympics.html (350 words)

	1908 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Games of the IV Olympiad, originally scheduled to be held in Rome, were instead held in 1908 in London, England.
		Funds that were to have gone to the Olympics were diverted to the reconstruction of Naples, so a new venue was required.
		The 1908 Olympics also prompted the establishment of standard rules for sports, and the selection of judges from different countries, rather than just the host.
	1908-summer-olympics.iqnaut.net (562 words)

	That's lnteresting - 1972 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In the bid to organise the Olympics, Detroit, Madrid and Montreal were beaten.
		Handball (last held in 1936) and Archery (last held in 1920) return as Olympic sports after a long absence.
		For the first time, the Olympic Oath is also taken by a representative of the referees.
	www.lnteresting.com /1/19/1972_summer_olympics.html (389 words)

	Australian Information from Wikipedia
		It is the most popular spectator sport in Australia in terms of annual attendances and club memberships.
		Sport plays an important part in Australian culture, assisted by a climate that favours outdoor activities; 23.5% Australians over the age of 15 regularly participate in organised sporting activities.
		Televised sport is popular; some of the highest rating television programs include the summer Olympic Games and the grand finals of local and international football (various codes) competitions.
	thinkingaustralia.com /thinking_australia/wikipedia/default.php?... (5205 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)

	1956 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Games of the XVI Olympiad were held in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia, although the equestrian events could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations.
		Because Melbourne is situated in the southern hemisphere, the Olympics were held later in the year than those held in the northern hemisphere.
		Inspired by Australian teenager John Wing, an Olympic tradition begins when Athletes of different Nations are allowed to parade together at the closing ceremony, instead of with their national teams, as a symbol of world unity...
	1956-summer-olympics.iqnaut.net (434 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
		The Olympic Flame was "electronically" transmitted from Athens to Ottawa, by means of an electronic pulse derived from the actual burning flame.
		This was seen as a major threat to the future of the Olympic Games, and was not until the financially successful 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles that cities began to line up to be hosts again.
	1976-summer-olympics.iqnaut.net (895 words)

	Wikipedia:WikiProject Sports Olympics
		This WikiProject aims primarily to describe a template for information about the Olympic Games.
		The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Sports.
		The pages should be about one sport only, using names "(Sport) at the (Year) (Season) Olympics" as the naming convention.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wi/WikiProject_Sports_Olympics.html (719 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1980 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		On March 21, 1980, following the 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, American president Jimmy Carter announced a boycott of the Moscow Olympics.
		Women's field hockey is Olympic for the first time, but all major nations boycott the tournament.
		The team of Zimbabwe is invited just a week before the start of the Games, but it wins the nation's first gold medal.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1980_Summer_Olympics (332 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In the wake of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, most of the Eastern Bloc, including the Soviet Union, East Germany and Cuba, boycotted these Olympics (the USSR announced its 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.
		Daley Thompson apparently misses a new world record in winning his second consecutive gold medal in the decathlon; the next year his score is retroactively raised to 8847, giving him the record.
	1984-summer-olympics.iqnaut.net (462 words)

	Riley Park-Little Mountain - Wikipedia Mirror
		Next to the stadium is the newly constructed Millennium Sports Centre, home to both the Phoenix Gymnastics Club and the Pacific Indoor Bowls Club.
		With the 2010 Winter Olympics coming to Vancouver the club will be getting a new, expanded facility next door to the Millennium Sports Centre.
		As part of the 2010 Winter Olympics, a new facility will be constructed housing a new community centre, library, ice rink, curling area and the Percy Norman Aquatic Centre.
	www.wiki-mirror.be /index.php/Riley_Park-Little_Mountain (336 words)

	Wikipedia:WikiProject Sports
		This WikiProject aims primarily to describe how sports articles should be represented and what information belongs in the articles.
		The descendant WikiProjects are WikiProject Sports Listing, WikiProject Sports Team Listing and WikiProject Sports Olympics.
		There shall be a listing of sport competitions, that involve multiple sports (e.g.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wi/WikiProject_Sports.html (236 words)

	Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Stub sorting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The only reason (s)he says that is because the articles are less likely to get expanded by people who know what they are doing if they are just in Cat:Stubs (meaning if there are bio articles there, you are definately less likely to expand them than if they are in Cat:People stubs).
		This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects.
		Also, since more stubs have redirects than WikiProjects, it's likely the cut will be slightly greater than that (though still nowhere near 0.15 Mb).
	enc.qba73.com /link-Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Stub_sorting (6915 words)

	Beijing - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Particularly historic or picturesque hutongs are being preserved and restored by the government, with the objective that bythe 2008 Olympics, at least some hutongs will remain, albeit in a tidy, gleaming, showcase fashion.
		Beijing authorities claim that traffic jams may be a thing of a pastcome the 2008 Olympics.
		Despite the damage caused by the Cultural Revolution andthe more recent incessant urbanisation, including the demolition of Hutongs, Beijingstill sports (or maintains) tourist attractions which are rich in history.
	www.myonlyebay.com /default.asp?t=Beijing (3720 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The yachting events were held in Tallinn; preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament were held, besides Moscow, at the stadiums of Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk.
		This marked only the second time in which some Olympic events were held in a city other than the official host; the first time occurred in the 1956 Summer Olympics, when Melbourne, Australia hosted all events except the equestrian events, which were hosted by Stockholm, Sweden.
		Women's field hockey was an Olympic sport for the first time.
	1980-summer-olympics.iqnaut.net (651 words)

	ipedia.com: 1998 Winter Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Snowboarding and curling debuted as official sports and women's ice hockey was introduced to the Olympic program.
		Tara Lipinski, 15, won the women's figure skating title to become the youngest champion in an individual event in the history of the Winter Olympics.
		Alpine skier Hermann Maier (Austria) survived a fall in the downhill and went on to gold in the super-g and giant slalom.
	www.ipedia.com /1998_winter_olympics.html (274 words)

	Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Ben Johnson wins the 100 m in a new World Record, but is then disqualified after he has been found guilty of doping.
		Suriname wins his country's first Olympic medal by winning the 100 m butterfly, scoring an upset victory.
		Christa Rothenburger becomes the first athlete to win Olympic medals at the Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics in the same year.
	www.brujula.net /english/wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics.html (315 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > 1984 Winter Olympics
		The 20km race is added to women's Nordic skiing.
		Skier Jure Franko[?] won Yugoslavia's first Winter Olympics medal; a silver in the giant slalom.
		Gaétan Boucher[?] and Karin Enke[?] each won two gold medals in speed skating, while East German women win all but 3 of the 12 medals in the sport.
	kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/19/1984_Winter_Olympics?... (170 words)

	1972 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Olga Korbut, a tiny Soviet gymnast, became a media star after winning a gold medal in the Team Competition event, failing to win in the individual all-around after a fall, and finally winning two gold medals in the Balance Beam and the Floor Exercise events.
		Also in track and field, two African-American athletes, Vince Matthews and Wayne Collett, acted disrespectfully on the medal stand, twirling their medals (gold and silver, respectively) and joking with one another as the Star-Spangled Banner was being played during the award ceremony.
		In basketball, the United States Olympic winning streak, which started in 1936, was ended by the Soviet Union teams close victory in the final game.
	1972-summer-olympics.iqnaut.net (622 words)

	1924 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were held in 1924 in Paris, France.
		Ireland was given formal recognition as an independent nation in the Olympic Movement in Paris in 1924 and it was at these games that Ireland made its first appearance in an Olympic Games as an independent nation.
		Originally called Semaine des Sports d'Hiver ("International Winter Sports Week") and held in association with the 1924 Summer Olympics, the sports competitions held in Chamonix between 25 January and 5 February 1924 were later designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the I Olympic Winter Games.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/1924_Summer_Olympics (429 words)

	Community Yellow Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The city launched two unsuccessful candidate bids to organize the Summer Olympic Games: for the 1992 Summer Olympics it was to be decided between Barcelona and Belgrade, with the games going to Barcelona.
		There are 10 kilometres of long beaches and sports facilities for various sports including golf, rugby, football, basketball, volleyball and tennis.
		Extreme sports are included, like bungee jumping, water skiing, and there is even a paintball club.
	www.wifiiworld.com /wiki-Belgrade (6499 words)

	Wikipedia:WikiProject Sports team listing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This WikiProject aims primarily to catalogue known teams in team sports.
		There should be an individual entry for each "major league" (elite-level) sport franchise (NOTE: a sporting franchise in the US is the organisation associated with a professional sports team - the equivalent term might be "club" in British or Australian English).
		Defining what is a sport and what is an event is still open, as is "major league".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wikiproject_Sports_Franchise_Listing (332 words)

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