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	Encyclopedia: Zimbabwe at the 1988 Summer Olympics
		Zimbabwe competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
		It was the nation's third appearance at the Summer Olympics.
		The Republic of Zimbabwe is a country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Zimbabwe-at-the-1988-Summer-Olympics (288 words)

	1988 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After boycotts of the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Seoul Games were again boycotted, but this time only by four nations: North Korea, Cuba, Ethiopia and Nicaragua.
		Anthony Nesty of Suriname wins his country's first Olympic medal by winning the 100 m butterfly, scoring an upset victory; he is also the first Black to win a swimming title.
		Christa Rothenburger becomes the first (and last) athlete to win Olympic medals at the Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics in the same year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics (409 words)

	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.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1988-Summer-Olympics (3129 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		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.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/2/20/2004_summer_olympics.html (1174 words)

	2000 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		The Olympic flag was flown at half-staff during the period as a sign of respect to Samaranch's wife.
		People in Canada that wanted to see the Olympics between then and the closing ceremonies had to turn to TSN because the CBC was broadcasing news coverage related to the passing and state funeral of the former prime minister.
		Organisation of the 2000 Summer Paralympics was the responsibility of the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/2000_Summer_Olympics (1690 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Athens was chosen as the host city during the 106th IOC Session held in Lausanne in 05 September 1997, after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta nearly seven years before, on 18 September 1990, during the 96th IOC Session in Tokyo.
		It was the first Olympics since NBC had merged with Vivendi Universal Entertainment; the merger, along with the acquisitions of the Bravo and Telemundo networks, made it possible for the network to broadcast over 1200 hours of coverage during the games, triple what was broadcast in the U.S. four years earlier.
		The main Olympic Stadium, the designated facility for the opening and closing ceremonies, was completed only two months before the games opened, with the sliding over of a futuristic glass roof designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics (1882 words)

	wiki/Seoul Summer Olympics Definition / wiki/Seoul Summer Olympics Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		He swam in the 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics, and won seven medals in the 1988 Summer Olympics alone (five of which were gold, and two of which were individual)....
		After gaining membership on the 1988 US Olympic team, she went on to win three gold medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, setting a new world record in the 400 meter fr...
		At six Summer Olympics USSR was on the first place by total number of gold medals won, at three Summer Olympics it was second by this count.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/Seoul_Summer_Olympics (3483 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Los Angeles was selected on May 18, 1978 on the 80th IOC session without voting, because it was the only city to bid to host the 1984 Summer Olympics.
		In the wake of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 14 Eastern Bloc countries 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics (521 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)

	Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Four events were contested in Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
		The format for the individual competition was altered for the first time since the 1972 Summer Olympics.
		In Seoul, instead of all archers using the double FITA round to determine rankings, a sort of elimination plan was introduced.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Archery_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics (1018 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		Although approximately half of the countries which boycotted 1976 Summer Olympics participated in these, the Games were disrupted by another, even larger, boycott led by the United States followed by 60 countries in protest at the 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
		In response to the U.S.-boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, NBC, which was slated to provide coverage of the games, canceled its coverage, but the network did air highlights and recaps of the games on a regular basis.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics (390 words)

	2000 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Former Australian women Olympic champions brought the torch through the stadium, handing it over to Cathy Freeman, who lit the flame in the cauldron within a circle of fire.
		Organisation of the 2000 Summer Paralympics was the responsibility of SPOC the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee.
		Organisation of the Olympic Games included not only the actual sporting events but also the management (and sometimes construction) of the sporting venues and surrounding precincts, the organisation of the Sydney Olympic Arts Festival and Olympic torch relay.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics (1820 words)

	azcentral.com sports \| Summer Olympics: Phelps wins fifth gold medal in 100m butterfly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Michael Phelps matched Spitz's record of four individual gold medals in the Olympic pool with a stirring comeback in the 100-meter butterfly, nipping rival and teammate Ian Crocker at the wall Friday night.
		Coventry swims at Auburn University, although her family remains in the Zimbabwe capital of Harare.
		The Americans had won the event in five consecutive Olympics, including back-to-back titles by Janet Evans in 1988 and 1992 and Brooke Bennett in 1996 and 2000.
	www.azcentral.com /sports/azetc/04olympics/0820butterfly-ON.html (865 words)

	TSN.ca - Olympics - Canada's Sports Leader
		While the 211 Canadian athletes selected to the team did not compete, they are still considered Olympians, but that is little consolation for the hard work and sacrifices they endured in pursuit of their Olympic dream.
		Zimbabwe captured the inaugural gold medal in women's field hockey.
		Five weeks before the Olympics, an invitation was sent out to Zimbabwe to field a team.
	www.tsn.ca /olympics/feature.asp?fid=9413 (323 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		The Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, the first OlympicGames to be held in a socialist country.
		Women's field hockey is Olympic for the first time, but all majornations boycott the tournament, leaving only the Soviet team.
		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.therfcc.org /1980-summer-olympics-41690.html (298 words)

	Timeline 1988
		1988 Jan 25, In his final State of the Union address, President Reagan declared America was "strong, prosperous, at peace." Vice President George Bush and Dan Rather clashed on "The CBS Evening News" as the anchorman attempted to question the Republican presidential candidate about his role in the Iran-Contra affair.
		1988 Feb 21, TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart tearfully confessed to his congregation in Baton Rouge, La., that he was guilty of an unspecified sin, and said he was leaving the pulpit temporarily.
		1988 Sep 20, Greg Louganis of the United States won the gold medal in springboard diving at the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, a day after he injured his head on the board in the preliminary round.
	timelines.ws /20thcent/1988.HTML (15678 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Moscow won the bid to organise the Games by defeating Los Angeles, which would host the next Olympics.
		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.
	www.factbase.info /19/1980-summer-olympics.html (254 words)

	Olympics
		Friday's deadline for National Olympic Committees to indicate the makeup of their teams across all sports has allowed Triathlonlive.com to piece together the final fields for the Olympics.
		The Olympic qualification criteria reserves two spots each for the men and women that are open for invitation.
		She is better known as a former Olympic 3000m runner; however, she has dabbled in triathlon and placed as high as 10th last year in the age-group race of the Australian Triathlon Championships.
	www.slowtwitch.com /headings/olympics.html (15604 words)

	Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium August 20 to August 23.
		For the first round competitors were split into eight heats with the first two finishers in each gaining automatic qualification and the next eight fastest runners from across all heats also qualifying for the semifinals.
		For the men's 400 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 45.55 seconds or faster during the qualification period.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/at/Athletics%20at%20the%202004%20Summer%20Olympics%20%20Mens%20400%20metres.htm (1391 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Swimming results
		Friday's results from the swimming event at the Summer Olympics in Sydney (Q-qualified for next round; all distances in meters):
		1, Brooke Bennett, Plant City, Fla., 8:19.67 (Olympic record.
		Old record: Janet Evans, United States, 8:20.20, Sept. 24, 1988).
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/0921/765484.html (763 words)

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