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	1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were held in Moscow in the Soviet Union.
		Although approximately half of the 24 countries which boycotted the 1976 Summer Olympics participated in these, the Games were disrupted by another, even larger, boycott led by the United States followed by 64 other countries in protest at the 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
		NBC, which was thought to be another major one, cancelled its coverage in response to the U.S.-boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, and became a minor broadcaster as the network did air highlights and recaps of the games on a regular basis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics (744 words)

	Wikipedia: 1932 Summer Olympics
		An Olympic Village was built for the first time, occupied by the male athletes.
		Babe Didrikson wins two gold medals in the javelin throw and the hurdles event, and only loses a third in the high jump because her jumping technique is ruled inferior and is placed second.
		Finnish star Paavo Nurmi is barred from competing in the Olympic for being a professional.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/1/19/1932_summer_olympics.html (198 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The 1904 St. Louis Olympics organizers repeated all of the mistakes of 1900.
		The Olympic competitions, spread out over four and a half months, were lost in the chaos of a World’s Fair.
		Olympic Oath by: The first athletes' oath was sworn at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1904 (345 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - WRESTLING: Legend Dan Gable named head coach of U.S. World Cup team; Boise State's ...
		Wrestling legend Dan Gable of Iowa City, Iowa has been named as head coach of the U.S. team that will compete in the 2003 World Cup of Freestyle Wrestling at Bank of America Centre In Boise, Idaho, April 5-6.
		Gable was a 1972 Olympic gold medalist and 1971 World champion as an athlete, as well as a two-time NCAA champion for Iowa State Univ. Gable originally hails from Waterloo, Iowa.
		Charles is currently the assistant wrestling coach at the Univ. of Nebraska.
	www.olympic-usa.org /73_7508.htm (991 words)

	1964 Summer Olympics
		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.
		The 1940 Olympics were eventually cancelled because of the outbreak of World War II.
		Yoshinori Sakai, who lit the Olympic Flame, was born in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the day the atomic bomb exploded there.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1964_summer_olympics.shtml (231 words)

	Olympic Games \| Scholastic.com
		Perhaps the basic difference between the ancient and modern Olympics is that the former was the ancient Greeks' way of saluting their gods, whereas the modern Games are a manner of saluting the athletic talents of citizens of all nations.
		Olympic Games were held in 1900 and 1904, and by 1908 the number of competitors more than quadrupled the number at Athens — from 311 to 2,082.
		The Summer and Winter Games were traditionally held in the same year, but because of the increasing size of both Olympics, the Winter Games were shifted to a different schedule after 1992.
	content.scholastic.com /browse/article.jsp?id=5067 (2481 words)

	College Wrestling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Dan Gable, the 2000 USA Olympic wrestling coach, enters his sixth season as the color analyst on Iowa Public Television's College Wrestling Series.
		Gable was named to the U.S.A. Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1980 and to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1985.
		He was named the nation's outstanding wrestler by the AAU in 1970 and the U.S. Wrestling Federation in 1971.
	www.iptv.org /wrestling/dan.cfm (416 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").
		Many other sports were added, including other races, wrestling, boxing, pentathlon (five events, including the long jump, javelin throw, discus throw, foot race, and wrestling), and equestrian events (events with horses and people, like chariot races and horse races) The Olympic games were banned by the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II in the year AD 394.
		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 (1311 words)

	kiat.net: Olympic Games Moscow 1980
		While chosen to host the 1980 Summer Games of the XXII Olympiad on October 23, 1974, the IOC was all too aware of the difficulties that such a choice may incur.
		The Olympic movement still fell prey to politics when the Games were held in Moscow, the first Eastern European city to host an Olympiad.
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said that the Games should not be concerned with politics and looked down upon the United States' actions.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/22moscow.html (522 words)

	The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports - About The Council
		Gable became known as the University of Iowa's "all-time winningest wrestling coach," with a career record of 355-21-5, all at Iowa.
		Gable was head coach for the 1980, 1984 and 2000 Olympic wrestling teams and assistant freestyle coach for the 1976 and 1988 Olympics.
		In 1980, he was named to the U.S.A. Wrestling Hall of Fame and in 1985 was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.
	www.fitness.gov /bio_gable.htm (184 words)

	Inside, May 1996
		He also was an assistant wrestling coach for four U.S. Olympic teams, and, in 1992, was named head coach of the U.S. Olympic wrestling team.
		Gable, head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa, was head coach of the U.S. Olympic wrestling teams in 1980 and 1984 and assistant coach for the 1988 games.
		Representing her native Morocco in the 1984 Olympics, Moutawakel-Bennis set a new Olympic record and won the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles.
	www.iastate.edu /IaStater/1996/may/olympics.html (1659 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Gardner only big star in wrestling
		If Gardner hadn't wrestled a nearly perfect nine minutes against Alexander Karelin, who had never lost an international match, it truly would have been an American meltdown on the mat.
		As it was, Sydney was a huge disappointment for what traditionally has been one of the United States' strongest Olympic sports, one that had produced 44 gold medals and 99 medals in freestyle.
		Kolat, the first American since 1980 not to win the gold medal at 136¾ pounds, lost two rematches of protested victories in the world finals the last three years.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/1001/796001.html (726 words)

	1988 Summer 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.
		Christa Rothenburger[?] becomes the first (and last) athlete to win Olympic medals at the Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics in the same year.
		Table tennis is introduced at the Olympics, with China and the host nation both winning two titles.
	www.findword.org /19/1988-summer-olympics.html (679 words)

	Sports Features Communications - Press Point
		Seay was the head coach of the 1996 U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestling team, which won five medals, including three individual champions, and captured first place in the medal count.
		Duroe was also the coach for the Wildcat Wrestling Club at Northwestern Univ. from 1985-86 and an assistant wrestling coach for the Univ. of Pennsylvania from 2001-2003.
		Seay was the assistant coach for the 1992 U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestling team, which won six medals at the Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
	www.sportsfeatures.com /PressPoint/show.php?id=19187 (1570 words)

	BU \| Terrier Athletics \| Wrestling \| Bios \| Head Coach Carl Adams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Additionally, he was inducted as a charter member of the Midlands Championship Hall of Fame in 1992, and was also inducted into the Massachusetts Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2002, a presentation which recognized his contributions to New England wrestling over the past two decades.
		In the summer of 2003, former Iowa State wrestling standout Cael Sanderson, who went 159-0 as a four-time NCAA National Champion, was a guest instructor.
		He is also the inventor of Adam, a wrestling takedown machine used by thousands of high schools and colleges across the nation.
	www.bu.edu /athletics/wrestling/bios/adams-carl.html (874 words)

	BBC SPORT \| HISTORY \| Athens 1896
		The first of the modern Olympic Games was staged in Athens, Greece, although financial difficulties almost saw it staged in Budapest, Hungary.
		The majority of the participants were from the host nation with tennis, track and field, fencing, weightlifting, cycling, wrestling, shooting, swimming and gymnastics all contested.
		The first Olympic winner was American James Brendan Connolly who took the triple jump with a leap of 13.71 metres.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/olympics2000/fans_guide/features/history/872542.stm (249 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1928 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		For the first time, the Olympic Flame was lit during the Olympics.
		The torch relay was however not started until the 1936 Summer Olympics.
		For the first time, the parade of nations started with Greece, which holds the origins of the Olympics, and ended with the host country, a tradition still continued until this day.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1928_Summer_Olympics (293 words)

	1896 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.
		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.
		In the first modern Olympics of 1896, women were not allowed to compete, but there was an unofficial competitor in the marathon, a poor Greek woman who became known as 'Melpomene'.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/NewSport/Olympia1896.html (3549 words)

	Bruce Baumgartner Full Biography
		In 1980, he was chosen as an Olympic team alternate and was the National Freestyle champion for the first time.
		He stepped down as the Fighting Scot wrestling coach that same year, and in 1998 was awarded the job on a permanent basis.
		This past summer saw a new outdoor track installed, and plans are underway for major improvements in the weight room.
	www.brucebaumgartner.com /Bruce_Bio_Page1.htm (1361 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - WRESTLING/USOTC: Dan Gable named Interim Head Resident Freestyle Coach for USA ...
		Wrestling legend Dan Gable of Iowa City, Iowa has been named as Interim Head Resident Freestyle Coach for USA Wrestling, announced USA Wrestling Executive Director Rich Bender.
		The bottom line is that USA Wrestling needs somebody right now, and I am a person that can meet those needs as well as anyone,” he said.
		“Dan Gable is a wrestling icon and an Olympic legend, and we proudly welcome him to the U.S. Olympic Complex,” said Lloyd Ward, Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Olympic Committee.
	www.olympic-usa.org /73_7637.htm (810 words)

	1980-1989
		What Eric Heiden accomplished at the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, N.Y., might be the most remarkable feat in the history of the Games, winter or summer.
		Bambi's Bombers ushered in the decade by leading the American League in home runs in 1980 and Harvey's Wallbangers climaxed it by leading the league again in 1982 when the Brewers won their only American League pennant in their 30-year history.
		From 1980 to 1990, participation in the Wisconsin Youth Soccer Association increased 438%.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/century/oct99/century120599.asp?format=print (1744 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Olympics 2004 \| Olympics 2012 \| Moscow launches Olympic bid
		Moscow staged the Olympics in 1980 but they were weakened by an American-led boycott following the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan a year earlier.
		Before the 1980 Olympics Soviet authorities have swept through the Olympic cities (Moscow, Leningrad, Tallinn, Riga, Kiev and Minsk) with mass police operations.
		Soviet regions provided the capital with extra police officers while the entry into the Olympic cities was effectively impossible for common citizens.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/low/olympics_2004/olympics_2012/2931598.stm (400 words)

	Brockport Wrestling Coaching Staff
		In 1980, he also was named AAU Man of the Year, given to the person contributing the most to wrestling at the national and international levels.
		Also in the summer of 1998, Murray was named the Junior (wrestlers under 20) Person of the Year by USA Wrestling.
		In 1980, he also was named AAU Man of the Year, given to the person contributing the most to national and international wrestling.
	www.brockport.edu /~athletics/wrestling/coaches (2354 words)

	Cal Olympic swimmers represent many nations
		At swimmers' training bases in Eastern Europe this summer, three UC Berkeley students, three alumni and an incoming freshman have been preparing together for the sports event of their lives – the 2004 Summer Olympic Games.
		Being on this summer's Olympic team has given Cavic, who broke the world record in the 100-meter butterfly in the European Short Course Swimming Championships last December representing Serbia-Montenegro, a "perk," he said.
		Draganja said he expects to swim in the Olympics in the 400-meter freestyle relay, the 100-meter butterfly, and the 50- and 100-meter freestyle.
	www.berkeley.edu /news/media/releases/2004/08/09_swim.shtml (1653 words)

	The Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Olympic Preview: Softball - Softball First Olympic Appearance: 1996 by John Gettings Olympic softball is played in fast-pitch...
		Summer heats up for networks: NBC's Olympics is top draw; other networks planning counterprogramming moves.
		Environmental factors in the summer Olympics in historical perspective.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114337.html (545 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1960 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Rome had been awarded the organisation of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but had to decline and pass the honours to London.
		South Africa appears in the Olympic arena for the last time under the apartheid regime.
		It was the second time an athlete died in competition at the Olympics, after the death of Portuguese marathon runner Francisco Lazaro at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1960_Summer_Olympics (306 words)

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