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Olympic Games.
the next decade nearly all the ISFs abolished the distinction between amateurs and professionals, accepting so-called open Games. One of the most visible examples of the policy change came in 1992, when professional players from the National Basketball Association (NBA) were permitted to play inthe Summer Games in Barcelona, Spain. Professionals from the National Hockey League (NHL) became eligible to participate beginning with the 1998 Winter Olympics inNagano, Japan. V CEREMONIES The Olymp...
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1996 Summer Olympics.
jump, the first African woman ever to win an Olympic field event. In the first Olympic women's soccer competition, the United States returned to world prominence with a 2-1 gold medal victory over China before more than 76,000spectators—believed to be the largest crowd in history for a women's sporting event. The U.S. team won the first women's World Cup in 1991, defeating Norway inthe final match, but had failed to defend the title in 1995 when they lost to the Norwegians in the semifinals...
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One Hundred Years of Olympics.
Getting over the Hurdles The next three Olympics attracted more athletes and saw stronger performances but otherwise did not measure up to Athens. The 1900 Paris Olympics were upstagedby the concurrent Exposition Universelle and were spread out over two months. The 1904 games in remote St. Louis were subordinated to the Louisiana PurchaseExhibition; over three-fourths of the competitors were Americans, and even Coubertin did not attend. The 1908 London Olympics were also overshadowed byanother...
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Winter Olympics Medal Standings.
Norway NOR 4 3 3 10 Sweden SWE 4 3 3 10 Switzerland SUI 3 4 3 10 United States of America USA 3 4 2 9 France FRA 2 1 2 5 Canada CAN 2 0 1 3 Austria AUT 1 3 4 8 Finland FIN 1 3 2 6 Belgium BEL 1 1 0 2 Italy ITA 1 0 0 1 Hungary HUN 0 1 0 1 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 0 1 Great Britain GBR 0 0 2 2 Source: International Olympic Committee (IOC).. Oslo, 1952.Participant Abbreviation Gold Silver Bronze Total Norway NOR 7 3 6 16 United States of America USA 4 6 1 11 Finland FIN 3 4 2 9 Austria AUT...
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Jim Thorpe's Olympic Triumph.
Thorpe's decathlon gold medal was widely hailed in the United States. James E. Sullivan, chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee, said it was particularlyimpressive in light of criticisms that the American team consisted of too many “specialists” in track and field. “His all-around work was certainly sensational,”Sullivan told the New York Times. ”In fact, the pentathlon was added to the games especially for the benefit of foreigners, but we have shown that we can produce all-around men, too. I...
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Boxing: Olympic Gold Medalists.
(Since 1952 up to 57 kg/126 lb)1904 Oliver Kirk United States 1908 Richard Gunn United Kingdom 1920 Paul Fritsch France 1924 John Fields United States 1928 Lambertus van Klaveren The Netherlands 1932 Carmelo Robledo Argentina 1936 Oscar Casanovas Argentina 1948 Ernesto Formenti Italy 1952 Ján Zachara Czechoslovakia 1956 Vladimir Safronov USSR 1960 Francesco Musso Italy 1964 Stanislav Stepashkin USSR 1968 Antonio Roldan Mexico 1972 Boris Kuznetsov USSR 1976 Angel Herrera Cuba 1980 Rudi Fink East...
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Boxing: Olympic Gold Medalists.
(Since 1952 up to 57 kg/126 lb)1904 Oliver Kirk United States 1908 Richard Gunn United Kingdom 1920 Paul Fritsch France 1924 John Fields United States 1928 Lambertus van Klaveren The Netherlands 1932 Carmelo Robledo Argentina 1936 Oscar Casanovas Argentina 1948 Ernesto Formenti Italy 1952 Ján Zachara Czechoslovakia 1956 Vladimir Safronov USSR 1960 Francesco Musso Italy 1964 Stanislav Stepashkin USSR 1968 Antonio Roldan Mexico 1972 Boris Kuznetsov USSR 1976 Angel Herrera Cuba 1980 Rudi Fink East...
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Summer Olympics Medal Standings.
Great Britain GBR 56 51 38 145 United States of America USA 23 12 12 47 Sweden SWE 8 6 11 25 France FRA 5 5 9 19 Germany GER 3 5 6 14 Hungary HUN 3 4 2 9 Canada CAN 3 3 10 16 Norway NOR 2 3 3 8 Italy ITA 2 2 0 4 Belgium BEL 1 5 2 8 Australasia ANZ 1 2 2 5 Russia RU1 1 2 0 3 Finland FIN 1 1 3 5 South Africa RSA 1 1 0 2 Greece GRE 0 3 0 3 Denmark DEN 0 2 3 5 Bohemia BOH 0 0 2 2 Netherlands NED 0 0 2 2 Austria AUT 0 0 1 1 Source: International Olympic Committee (IOC).. Stockholm, 1912Part...
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Summer Olympics Medal Standings.
Great Britain GBR 56 51 38 145 United States of America USA 23 12 12 47 Sweden SWE 8 6 11 25 France FRA 5 5 9 19 Germany GER 3 5 6 14 Hungary HUN 3 4 2 9 Canada CAN 3 3 10 16 Norway NOR 2 3 3 8 Italy ITA 2 2 0 4 Belgium BEL 1 5 2 8 Australasia ANZ 1 2 2 5 Russia RU1 1 2 0 3 Finland FIN 1 1 3 5 South Africa RSA 1 1 0 2 Greece GRE 0 3 0 3 Denmark DEN 0 2 3 5 Bohemia BOH 0 0 2 2 Netherlands NED 0 0 2 2 Austria AUT 0 0 1 1 Source: International Olympic Committee (IOC).. Stockholm, 1912.Par...
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Women's Swimming: Olympic Gold Medalists.
1912 Fanny Durack Australia 1:22.2 1920 Ethelda Bleibtrey United States 1:13.6 1924 Ethel Lackie United States 1:12.4 1928 Albina Osipowich United States 1:11.0 1932 Helene Madison United States 1:06.8 1936 Hendrika Mastenbroek The Netherlands 1:05.9 1948 Greta Andersen Denmark 1:06.3 1952 Katalin Szöke Hungary 1:06.8 1956 Dawn Fraser Australia 1:02.0 1960 Dawn Fraser Australia 1:01.2 1964 Dawn Fraser Australia 59.5 1968 Jan Henne United States 1:00.0 1972 Sandra Neilson United States 58.59 1976...
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Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists.
1964 Betty Cuthbert Australia 52.00 1968 Colette Besson France 52.03 1972 Monika Zehrt East Germany 51.08 1976 Irena Szewinska Poland 49.29 1980 Marita Koch East Germany 48.88 1984 Valerie Brisco-Hooks United States 48.83 1988 Olga Bryzgina USSR 48.65 1992 Marie-José Pérec France 48.83 1996 Marie-José Pérec France 48.25 2000 Cathy Freeman Australia 49.11 2004 Tonique Williams-Darling Bahamas 49.41 . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (400 m Hurdles).Year Name Country Winn...
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Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists.
1964 Betty Cuthbert Australia 52.00 1968 Colette Besson France 52.03 1972 Monika Zehrt East Germany 51.08 1976 Irena Szewinska Poland 49.29 1980 Marita Koch East Germany 48.88 1984 Valerie Brisco-Hooks United States 48.83 1988 Olga Bryzgina USSR 48.65 1992 Marie-José Pérec France 48.83 1996 Marie-José Pérec France 48.25 2000 Cathy Freeman Australia 49.11 2004 Tonique Williams-Darling Bahamas 49.41 . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (400 m Hurdles)Year Name Country Winni...
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Men's Swimming: Olympic Gold Medalists.
1896 Alfréd Hajós Hungary 1:22.20 1904 1 Zoltán Halmay Hungary 1:02.80 1906 Charles Daniels United States 1:13.40 1908 Charles Daniels United States 1:05.60 1912 Duke Kahanamoku United States 1:03.40 1920 Duke Kahanamoku United States 1:00.40 1924 Johnny Weissmuller United States 59.00 1928 Johnny Weissmuller United States 58.60 1932 Yasuji Miyazaki Japan 58.20 1936 Ferenc Csík Hungary 57.60 1948 Walter Ris United States 57.30 1952 Clarke Scholes United States 57.40 1956 Jon Henricks Austria 55...
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Men's Swimming: Olympic Gold Medalists.
1896 Alfréd Hajós Hungary 1:22.20 1904 1 Zoltán Halmay Hungary 1:02.80 1906 Charles Daniels United States 1:13.40 1908 Charles Daniels United States 1:05.60 1912 Duke Kahanamoku United States 1:03.40 1920 Duke Kahanamoku United States 1:00.40 1924 Johnny Weissmuller United States 59.00 1928 Johnny Weissmuller United States 58.60 1932 Yasuji Miyazaki Japan 58.20 1936 Ferenc Csík Hungary 57.60 1948 Walter Ris United States 57.30 1952 Clarke Scholes United States 57.40 1956 Jon Henricks Austria 55...
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Bonnie Blair Wins Six Olympic Medals.
For the final race, Blair was paired against a familiar foe—Ye of China. Wearing goggles, a blue hood, and a red, white, and blue uniform, Blair breezed to a course-record time of 1 minute 18.74 seconds. “I don't know if that's good enough,” she told coach Nick Thometz afterwards, according to Sports Illustrated. “But that's all I had.” Blair had more than enough, outracing both Germany's Anke Baier and Ye by nearly 1.5 seconds. She won her fifth gold medal. Blair's sixth career Olympic me...
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Men's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists.
1896 Thomas Burke United States 54.20 1900 Maxwell Long United States 49.40 1904 Harry Hillman United States 49.20 1906 Paul Pilgrim United States 53.20 1908 Wyndham Halswelle United Kingdom 50.00 1912 Charles Reidpath United States 48.20 1920 Bevil Rudd South Africa 49.60 1924 Eric Liddell United Kingdom 47.60 1928 Ray Barbuti United States 47.80 1932 William Carr United States 46.20 1936 Archie Williams United States 46.50 1948 Arthur Wint Jamaica 46.20 1952 V. George Rhoden Jamaica 45.90 1956...
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Men's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists.
1896 Thomas Burke United States 54.20 1900 Maxwell Long United States 49.40 1904 Harry Hillman United States 49.20 1906 Paul Pilgrim United States 53.20 1908 Wyndham Halswelle United Kingdom 50.00 1912 Charles Reidpath United States 48.20 1920 Bevil Rudd South Africa 49.60 1924 Eric Liddell United Kingdom 47.60 1928 Ray Barbuti United States 47.80 1932 William Carr United States 46.20 1936 Archie Williams United States 46.50 1948 Arthur Wint Jamaica 46.20 1952 V. George Rhoden Jamaica 45.90 1956...
- Men's Alpine Skiing: Olympic Gold Medalists Alpine skiing was introduced to the Olympic Games in 1936.
- Women's Alpine Skiing: Olympic Gold Medalists Alpine skiing was introduced to the Olympic Games in 1936.
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Johnson Wins Olympic Gold.
Johnson rewarded himself with a solid jump but faltered a bit on his fourth step. Fredericks took full advantage, grabbing an early lead. Johnson recovered, firstpassing Boldon and then, at the 80-meter mark, overtaking the Namibian. A twinge of pain shot through Johnson's right hamstring as he neared the tape (the injury would keep him out of the 4 x 400 relay), but by then victory was secured.He erased the final 100 meters in a blazing 9.2 seconds, leaning into the tape a comfortable 5 met...
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Hayes Wins Olympic Marathon.
entered the stadium,” Pietri told the New York Times after the race. “When I heard the people cheering and knew I had nearly won, a thrill passed through me and I felt my strength going.” Visibly confused, Pietri stood for a moment before making a wrong turn—heading left instead of following a red cord to the right. Officials tried to redirect thedelirious runner, but only after several attempts did he correctly change his course. “He staggered along the cinder path like a man in a dre...
- Abebe Bikila Wins Olympic Marathon.
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Ali Wins Olympic Gold Medal.
And the brash young fighter who won gold in Rome in 1960 would become one of the most celebrated athletes of the 20th century. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
- Volleyball: Olympic Medalists.
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- Basketball: Olympic Medalists.
- Carl Lewis Carl Lewis, born in 1961, American track-and-field athlete, who won a total of nine gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996, including four straight gold medal performances in the long jump.
- Women's Diving: Olympic Gold Medalists.
- Men's Diving: Olympic Gold Medalists.
- Men's Diving: Olympic Gold Medalists.
- Nadia Comaneci Nadia Comaneci, born in 1961, Romanian-born gymnast, a favorite of fans and the media at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montréal, Québec, Canada, where she won three gold medals and a bronze medal in individual competition, and a silver medal for the Romanian team's second-place finish.
- Women's Track and Field Relay: Olympic Gold Medalists.
- Women's Track and Field Relay: Olympic Gold Medalists.
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- Jackie Joyner-Kersee Jackie Joyner-Kersee, born in 1962, American track-and-field athlete, who won the heptathlon event (an all-around event) at the Olympic Games in 1988 and 1992.
- Men's Track and Field Relay: Olympic Gold Medalists.
- Men's Alpine Skiing: Olympic Gold Medalists.
- Women's Alpine Skiing: Olympic Gold Medalists.
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Gymnastics.
harmoniously with the equipment to perform a graceful and error-free routine. There are also two team events in which five competitors perform together. At thehighest international levels, rhythmic gymnastics is judged on a 30-point scale rather than with the traditional 10-point scoring system. IV TRAMPOLINE Trampoline first appeared in the Olympics as a medal sport at the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia, with a men’s individual event and a women’s individual event.Contestants bounce up and d...
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Joyner-Kersee Wins Heptathlon.
With her knee throbbing once again, Joyner-Kersee taped up for the javelin throw. Her toss of 45.35 m (149 ft 9.5 in) was about 3 m (10 ft) short of her personalaverage, dropping her another 86 points off of the record pace. “It was disgusting,” she told Sports Illustrated. ”The knee was sore. I wasn't using the legs. I was just arming it.” One event remained: the 800 meters, the most demanding of the heptathlon's seven tests. It was also the event that had cost Joyner-Kersee the gold meda...
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The Summer Games of 1992 - sport.
In the most ambitious undertaking of all, a stretch of rundown warehouses and abandoned factories beside the long-neglected Mediterranean waterfront wastransformed into a sparkling new district of apartments, shopping areas, and palmetto-lined promenades. During the games, the area served as the Olympic athletes'village, where, for the first time at any games, organizers offered accommodations to competitors and their coaches free of charge. After the games the apartmentswere to be sold to help...
- Soccer: Olympic Medalists.
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Decker Slaney Goes the Distance.
to where I felt relaxed.” She ran the laps in approximately 76 seconds each, running each of the six miles in under 5 minutes 10 seconds to finish at 31 minutes 35.3seconds, the fastest 10,000 meters ever run by a woman on a track. It was her third world record in six weeks. Decker Slaney continued to set world records. At the 1983 World Track and Field Championships in Helsinki, Finland, she raced against the best Russian andEastern European runners. In the 3000 meters she surprised the fie...
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Diving (sport).
water that creates a larger, more noticeable splash after the diver’s body displaces water under the surface. To minimize this upjet, top-level divers make a quickswimming motion by releasing their hands and collapsing their arms as they submerge. Instead of a large splash, the surface of the water appears to boil as the airbubbles rise from the diver’s entry. For feetfirst entries, which are rare in top-level competitions, divers place their legs and feet together while pointing their toes down...
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Washington (state) - geography.
The crest of the Cascade Range divides Washington into two distinct climatic regions. The area west of the Cascades, which is exposed throughout the year to rain-bearing winds from the Pacific Ocean, has a temperate marine type of climate that is characterized by mild wet winters and cool summers. The Cascades prevent themoist air blowing in from the Pacific from reaching eastern Washington. The Rocky Mountains on the eastern border also represent a climatic barrier. As a result, thesevere winte...
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Washington (state) - USA History.
The crest of the Cascade Range divides Washington into two distinct climatic regions. The area west of the Cascades, which is exposed throughout the year to rain-bearing winds from the Pacific Ocean, has a temperate marine type of climate that is characterized by mild wet winters and cool summers. The Cascades prevent themoist air blowing in from the Pacific from reaching eastern Washington. The Rocky Mountains on the eastern border also represent a climatic barrier. As a result, thesevere winte...
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Evans Wins Gold.
have fun.” Although she acted like a bubbly teenager, she undoubtedly possessed a competitive fire. As her coach Bud McAllister told Women's Sports and Fitness, “It's like death for her to lose.” Swimmer and television analyst John Naber added, “Janet doesn't swim a race, she attacks a race,” according to the magazine. “Andthat tells you a lot about what is going on upstairs.” Meanwhile, television viewers in the United States admired the teenager who almost single-handedly salvagedthe U.S. wom...
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Badminton.
Once play has started, players tend to hit straight, low-flying shots called drives. When the shuttle remains close to the center of the court, net shots can be a goodoption. Net shots can be hard-hit or delicate. They are aimed at the front area of the opponent’s court, forcing the opponent to play the shot close to the net. If the opponent manages to return a net shot, the return must be hit high to clear the net. This gives the player a chance for a smash—the deadliest attacking stroke inbadm...
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Atlanta - geography.
Prominent cultural and historical institutions in the city include the High Museum of Art (1983), designed by the noted postmodern American architect Richard Meier; theAtlanta Symphony; the Atlanta History Center, which maintains a history museum, historic houses and gardens, and extensive library and archives; NexusContemporary Art Center; the Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center; the Apex Museum; the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University; the Clark Atlanta University ArtGallery; Fernbank Scie...
- Ice Hockey: Olympic Medalists.
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- Bobsledding: Olympic Gold Medalists.
- Tennis: Olympic Gold Medalists.