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Olympic Games History:     more books (100)

The Olympics: A History of the Games by William Oscar Johnson, 1992-05 The 1984 Olympics Handbook: A Guide to the Los Angeles Olympics and a History of the Games -- First 1st Edition by Norman Giller, 1983-01-01 The Olympics_A History of the Games Downside the history of the Olympic Games in scandals, provocations, judicial errors and curiosities. / Oborotnaya storona medali (Istoriya Olimpiyskikh igr v skandalakh, provokatsiyakh, sudeyskikh oshibkakh i kurezakh) by Valeriy Shteynbakh, 2008 History of the Olympic Games (Olympic Games 2008) by Melanie Guile, 2008-01-01 History of Olympic games,: Ancient and modern, by Hugh Harlan, 1932 History of Olympic games: Ancient and modern, together with Olympic and world records by Hugh Harlan, 1931 Olympics:A History of the Games by WilliamOscarJohnson, 1992 THE OLYMPICS: A History of the Games by William Oscar Johnson, 1996 The Olympics: A History of the Games AN APPROVED HISTORY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES by Bill Henry & Patricia Henry Yeomans, 1984 The 1984 Olympics Handbook: a Guide to the Los Angeles olympics and a History of the Games. A Brief History of the Olympic Games.(Book review): An article from: The Historian by Nigel B. Crowther, 2005-12-22 Historia de los juegos olimpicos/ History of the Olympic Games (Spanish Edition) by Nestor Falcciani, 2009-03-30

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41. Tom Campbell: Olympic Games: A Historical Proposal
    gov.au/anc.html. A history of the olympic Gameshttp//devlab.dartmouth.edu/olympic/history/Gameshistory.html.The history of the  
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    Extractions: Olympic Games: An Historic Proposal By: T. Campbell Introduction Task Process ... Ancient Olympic Games Event Brochure Introduction In 776 B.C. the ancient Greeks began a tradition that lasted for over 1100 years. They stopped all wars and each city-state sent their best athletes to the plain at Olympia to compete for the honor of Zeus at the Olympic Games. In 2004 A.D. the modern Olympic Games will be held in Athens, Greece. This return to the country of the Games' ancient origins has the potential to be an historic event. However, the success depends on a careful plan. Introduction Task Process Evaluation ... Resources Task Your group will be creating a proposal for the events of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. The Greek government has ordered that the proposals must focus on the historical roots of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece. A successful proposal will design an Olympic Games that allows the spectators and athletes to experience the ancient tradition like no other modern Olympics has ever done. Your proposal must identify the most important ancient events and include an explanation of how the historical roots of each of those events will be preserved in the modern competition.

42. Canadian Olympic Committee - General History Overview
    General history and Overview. The olympic spirit carried through the ages. Did youknow… In 1896, the olympic games were originally revived to convince French  
    http://www.coa.ca/Games/OlympicGames/GeneralHistoryOverview/default.htm

43. ABC Coverage Of Sydney Olympic Games - History Features
    Sydney turned out to be the Girls’ games, with more Amanda Smith talks about thehistory of women in the olympics A wrap of the olympic Judo tournament 26  
    http://www.abc.net.au/olympics/features/OlyFeatures_subject_History.htm
    
    Extractions: Choose a sport: All Sports Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach Volleyball Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Gymnastics Handball Hockey Judo Modern Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Soccer Softball Swimming Synch. Swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Waterpolo Weightlifting Wrestling Home features Search features by subject Stories are listed in chronological order. Click on a title to see the story in full. The Girls' Games

44. A History Of The Olympics
    Henry, Bill. An Approved history of the olympic games. New York GP Putnam'sSons, 1948. Messinesi, Xenophon L. A Branch of Wild Olive.  
    http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa081000a.htm
    
    Extractions: Advertisement According to legend, the ancient Olympic Games were founded by Heracles (the Roman Hercules), a son of Zeus. Yet the first Olympic Games for which we still have written records were held in 776 BCE (though it is generally believed that the Games had been going on for many years already). At this Olympic Games, a naked runner, Coroebus (a cook from Elis), won the sole event at the Olympics, the stade - a run of approximately 192 meters (210 yards). This made Coroebus the very first Olympic champion in history. The ancient Olympic Games grew and continued to be played every four years for nearly 1200 years. In 393 CE, the Roman emperor

45. KIAT.NET - History Of The Olympic Games
    DISCLAIMER Obviously, I have not lived long enough to experience or witness theentire history of the modern olympic games. history OF THE olympic games.  
    http://www.kiat.net/olympics/history/
    
    Extractions: L'HISTOIRE DES JEUX : Obviously, I have not lived long enough to experience or witness the entire history of the modern Olympic Games. Therefore, credit goes to YAHOO! for most of the information I have in these websites. This site is also not affiliated with the Olympics or the IOC. All pictures, logos, trademarks and symbols are properties of the Olympic Movement and are used here for identification purposes only. This site is for personal use only. HISTORY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES Beginning in 776 B.C., the Olympic Games were held in the Valley of Olympia in Greece as a religious festival involving one event, a stade race held over 192 meters. By about 650 B.C., the Ancient Games were held over five days, involving running, wrestling, the pentathlon, horse riding and chariot racing. Athletes competed in the nude and upon victory were awarded a crown of wild olive leaves. Women and slaves were strictly forbidden to attend the Games under the punishment of death. In between, the 1976 Games were boycotted by 32 nations - most of them from black Africa - because the IOC did not ban New Zealand who earlier had toured racially-segregated South Africa in a rugby tournament. The 1980 Games were boycotted by 64 nations, led by the USA, to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan on Dec 27, 1979. The 1984 were boycotted by 14 communist Eastern Bloc nations, led by the USSR, as revenge for 1980.

46. INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - PASSION - THE OLYMPIC MUSEUM LAUSANNE
    Celebrating the history and spirit of the olympic games.  
    http://www.museum.olympic.org/e/museum/museum_e.html

47. Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
    history of the Torch The tradition of the olympic flame began duringthe ancient olympic games, over 2700 years ago in Greece. A  
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/olympics/
    
    Extractions: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, was where the year 2002 Winter Olympics were held. For information on Utah, click here . For a page on Utah's flag, click here The year 2002 Winter Olympic Games are being held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The opening ceremonies were on February 8, 2002. The closing ceremonies were on Sunday, February 24, 2002. The events in the Winter Olympics include: ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, snowboarding, luge, bobsleigh, skeleton (a type of sledding), curling, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, slalom, downhill (Alpine) skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined (skiing plus ski jumping), and biathlon (skiing and shooting). The flag of the Olympic Games has five interlocking rings (blue, yellow, black, green, and red) on a white ground. The rings represent the five parts of the world that were joined together in the Olympic movement: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe. The motto of the Olympic Games is "Citius, altius, fortius" (meaning "Faster, higher, stronger" in Latin). History of the Olympics Flag The flag was first used in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium. The Olympic flag is paraded during the opening ceremony of each Olympic Games. At the end of an Olympics, the mayor of the host-city presents the flag to the mayor of the next host-city. The flag will remain in the town hall of the next host-city until the next Olympic Games, four years later.

48. The Salt Lake Tribune - 2002 Winter Olympic Games
    In more than three quarters of a century, the history of the winter Posters fromthe games Below, a collection of 19 Winter olympic posters (Salt  
    http://www.sltrib2002.com/History/
    
    Extractions: In more than three quarters of a century, the history of the winter Games has played out in such snowy wonderlands as St. Moritz, Innsbruck, Sapporo, and Lake Placid. The plot has twisted around engaging personalities: figure skaters Sonja Henie, Dick Button and Peggy FLeming; skiiers Jean-Claude Killy, Toni Sailer and Rosi Mittermaier; speedskater Eric Heiden. In 1980 there was a miracle, just when the United States seemed in need of one. In 1936, there was nationalism of another sort as Adolph Hitler presided over the Opening Ceremony. There has been the Harding and Kerrigan soap opera, the triumph of Dan Jansen, the larger-than-life Hermannator and Tomba.

49. Cool Attractions - Olympic History
    votes have been tallied, the International olympic Committee has to make the 2002Winter games the most Perhaps the history of these prestigious games should  
    http://www.saltlakecity.coolattractions.com/history.html
    
    Extractions: A Vintage Pair of Ice Skates 1924 marked the year of the first official Winter Games, and for the first time events such as figure skating, speed skating, Nordic skiing, bobsleigh, and ice hockey were held at a separate celebration than the Summer Games. Taking place in Chamonix, France, 294 competitors were involved in the first official Winter Olympics. The number of athletes participating in Salt Lake City is projected to be over 2,300. Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie made her debut at the 1924 Games, at age 12, and in 1928, 32, and 36 took home the gold medals. In 1937 Henie took advantage of her world popularity and appeared in her first movie. Her Hollywood career would last over 10 years. in Davos, Switzerland With the world at war in the 1940s the scheduled games in 40 and 44 were cancelled. As punishment for their roles in WW2, Japan and Germany's absence from Olympic ceremony would continue into the 1948 games in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Twenty-eight countries participated enthusiastically, and it was clear that the games had survived both the world's conflicts, and the 12-year span between the last Olympics. The IOC awarded the 1976 Olympics to Denver, Colorado, but after two years of preparation and financial squabbling, the people of Colorado refused to fund the major event through public taxes. Innsbruck offered to host the Winter Olympics only twelve years since it last played the role, and the underplayed event went off peacefully and without excessive spending.

50. CAAWS: 100th Anniversary Of Women At The Olympic Games
    history of Women at the olympics. 100th Anniversary of Women's Participation in theolympics The 2000 olympic games in Sydney mark the 100th anniversary of women  
    http://www.caaws.ca/olympics/2000/annivers/history.htm
    
    Extractions: Following Canadian Women to Sydney By Sport. Archery Badminton Basketball Canoe/Kayaking Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Gymnastics Judo Modern Pent. Paralympics Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Swimming Table Tennis Tae Kwon Do Tennis Triathlon Trampoline Volleyball Water polo Weight Lifting Wheelchair Bball Windsurfing Wrestling Who has Qualified The Way to Sydney Olympic History New Sports ... Back to CAAWS History of Women at the Olympics ONE hundred years ago this week, women's sport reached one of its most significant landmarks: acceptance into the Olympic Games. The co-authors of a new book featuring interviews with 32 of the oldest women Olympians from around the world struggled to find a publisher. "They were all saying 'who wants to hear a load of old women talking'? " Tedder said. - May 25, 2000 Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport

51. Clickhere.gr - Travel To The Olympic Games - History
    Clickhere presents the history of the olympic games from Ancient timesto present! begin your journey in the history of the olympic games!  
    http://www.clickhere.gr/olympics/olympic_history_en.html

52. Brief History Of The Olympic Games
    Brief history of the olympic games. Ancient olympic games Chronologyof athletic events added to the olympic games Myths and the  
    http://www.nostos.com/olympics/
    
    Extractions: Brief History of the Olympic Games Ancient Olympic Games The Olympic Games begun at Olympia in Greece in 776 BC. The Greek calendar was based on the Olympiad, the four-year period between games. The games were staged in the wooded valley of Olympia in Elis. Here the Greeks erected statues and built temples in a grove dedicated to Zeus, supreme among the gods. The greatest shrine was an ivory and gold statue of Zeus. Created by the sculptor Phidias, it was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Scholars have speculated that the games in 776 BC were not the first games, but rather the first games held after they were organized into festivals held every four years as a result of a peace agreement between the city-states of Elis and Pisa. The Eleans traced the founding of the Olympic games to their King Iphitos, who was told by the Delphi Oracle to plant the olive tree from which the victors' wreaths were made. According to Hippias of Elis, who compiled a list of Olympic victors c.400 BC, at first the only Olympic event was a 200-yard dash, called a stadium. This was the only event until 724 BC, when a two-stadia race was added. Two years later the 24-stadia event began, and in 708 the pentathlon was added and wrestling became part of the games. This pentathlon, a five-event match consisted of running, wrestling, leaping, throwing the discus, and hurling the javelin. In time boxing, a chariot race, and other events were included.

53. Copernicus Education Gateway
    Read about the history of the ancient and modern olympic games, the meaning behindfamiliar olympic symbols, and the traditions of the games with excerpts from  
    http://www.edgate.com/summergames/inactive/olympic_facts/
    
    Extractions: When the world celebrated the 2000 Summer Games, it continued a legacy several millennia old. Read about the history of the ancient and modern Olympic Games, the meaning behind familiar Olympic symbols, and the traditions of the Games with excerpts from texts published by Griffin Publishing Group . Along the way, find lots of links to help you learn and test your knowledge with quick quizzes. For many years, the ancient Greeks gathered in the beautiful Valley of Olympia to offer sacrifices to their gods. In time, the practice came to include games and contests. These games and contests came be known as the Olympic Games, with their first recorded date being 776 B.C. The Games were held every four years until A.D. 394. additional events were added. Eventually, the Olympic Games became a five-day festival that was deeply

54. Redirect To The Sport Page Of San Marino 2001
    Located in San Marino. Contains a brief history of the event, results, competition summaries, and a listing of athletes with biographical information.  
    http://www.sanmarino2001.sm/

55. Olympian Artifacts - Over 3,500 Olympic Items In Over 40 Different Categories Sp
    Over 2,000 olympic items in 21 different categories spanning the long and rich history of the games.  
    http://www.olympianartifacts.com

56. Olympic History: How The Games Began, Part 2
    ever, after 1,500 years! This week Read about how the games began.Quiz yourself on olympic history. Write About It. The games Are  
    http://www.scholastic.com/olympicgames/olympic_history/part2/index.asp
    
    Extractions: The Olympic Games as we know them have been around for over 100 years. But did you know that the Games go back to a tradition that began in the eighth century B.C.? This article picks up where Part I left off. Read on to find out about the end of the original Olympic Games, and how they came back, better than ever, after 1,500 years! After Rome conquered Greece in 146 B.C., the Olympics diminished in importance and religious significance. Many athletes became interested only in winning money. In A.D. 393, the Emperor Theodosius I banned the Games because they had declined in quality. Over time, people forgot about the Olympics, and no Games were held for more than 1,500 years. Then, in 1875, a group of German archaeologists came upon the ruins of the Stadium of Olympia. Seeing the ruins inspired Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a French educator, to organize a modern international Olympics. He believed that individuals needed to test their athletic skills against others.

57. Olympic History: How The Games Began, Part 1
    The olympic games as we know them have been around for over But did you know thatthe games go back to a Read Part I of this article about the history of the  
    http://www.scholastic.com/olympicgames/olympic_history/part1/index.asp
    
    Extractions: The Olympic Games as we know them have been around for over 100 years. But did you know that the Games go back to a tradition that began in the eighth century B.C.? That's almost 3,000 years ago. Read Part I of this article about the history of the Games, then check out the related Web sites. Uncover more history in Part II Of all the athletic contests held in ancient Greece, none rivaled the Olympics. The Games, which honored Zeus, the king of all gods, served many purposes: religious, political, and athletic. No one knows exactly why the Games began. Historians believe that the early Greeks organized competitions as a way to honor important individuals who had died. Later on, the events took on religious meaning. They also became a source of both local and national pride. The first Olympics took place in 776 B.C. at Olympia. The Games consisted of only one event, a 210-yard sprint known as the

58. Centre For Innovation In Mathematics Teaching - Olympics History
    CENTRE for INNOVATION in MATHEMATICS TEACHING. The olympic games Story.The Ancient games. The original games were held at Olympia, in  
    http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/data/olympics/olymhist.htm
    
    Extractions: Exactly when they started is not known, but the first written records date from 776BC, and the games continued until they were banned by a decree of the Roman Emperor Theodore I, "the Great", in 393AD So the last games held were in 389AD, which meant the games had been held 293 times (at least). The actual events in the games varied from time to time, but mainly were to do with running, wrestling, boxing and chariot racing. In those games there was interest only in who won, and the winner was awarded an olive wreath. Women were not admitted to the games, either as competitors or spectators. Revival Ernst Curtius, a German archaeologist, did a lot of excavation work at Olympia and, presumably inspired by that, in 1852 suggested that the Olympic Games should be revived. This idea was well-received by many and was finally taken up by Baron Pierre de Courbertin and, at his instigation, in Paris on 23 June 1894, a committee agreed to re-establish the Olympic Games, with a first meeting to be held at Athens in 1896 and every 4 years thereafter. Apart from the war years when no games were held, this has been kept up. In the ancient games, wars were suspended in order to allow the games to continue. The early games of the modern Olympics were of varied quality and success, with many highlights and low points. There were several calls for the games to be discontinued at various times but they always managed to keep going and, once they were re-established in 1948 (after a 12-year break), their future seemed assured. However, since that time they have become subject to much political action (boycotts and terrorism) so that it is not inconceivable that the future might see them discontinued or modified in some way.

59. Bigchalk: HomeworkCentral: History (Olympic Games)
    HomeworkCentral Linking Policy. HIGH SCHOOL BEYOND Physical Education Sports Sports olympic games history. A Brief history;  
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60. Bigchalk: HomeworkCentral: History (Olympic Games)
    HomeworkCentral Linking Policy. MIDDLE SCHOOL Physical Education Sports Sports olympic games history. A Brief history; Ancient  
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