1. Olympic Games - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia The Olympic Games are a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games

Olympic Games From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search For the 776 BC to AD 393 Games see Ancient Olympic Games . For the most recent Summer Games in Beijing, see 2008 Summer Olympics . For the most recent Winter Games in Vancouver, see 2010 Winter Olympics . For other uses, see Olympic Olympic Games Organizations Charter IOC NOCs Symbols ... ceremonies Games Ancient Olympic Games Summer Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games Paralympic Games ... Youth Olympic Games The Olympic Games are a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions . The Games are currently held every two years, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating, although they occur every four years within their respective seasonal games. Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia , Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894. The IOC has since become the governing body of the Olympic Movement , whose structure and actions are defined by the Olympic Charter The evolution of the Olympic Movement during the 20th and 21st centuries has resulted in several changes to the Olympic Games. Some of these adjustments include the creation of the Winter Games for ice and snow sports, the

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Olympic Games From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search The Olympic flag's rings. The Olympic Games is a sporting event that takes place in a different city every four years . It includes many of the best athletes from all over the world. The first Olympics were held in ancient Greece from 776 BC to 393 AD. The first modern Games were held in Athens in . The motto of the Olympic Games is "Citius, Altius, Fortius," which means, in English, "Faster, Higher, Stronger." There are separate games for the summer and winter. The Summer Olympic Games has many sports, including athletics (track and field events such as sprint marathon , and discus swimming gymnastics cycling ... basketball , and many other sports. The Winter Olympic Games also have many sports, but they are played in the winter. These include curling skiing speed skating luge ... figure skating , and ice hockey Athletes win medals made of gold silver , and bronze for coming in first, second, and third place in the Olympics. The most recent Summer Olympics were held in 2008 in Beijing China ; before that, they were held in

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Olympic Games 2008/9 Schools Wikipedia Selection . Related subjects: Sports events The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. The Olympic Games (often referred to simply as The Olympics or The Games ) is an international multi-sport event subdivided into summer and winter sporting events . The summer and winter games are each held every four years (an Olympiad). Until 1992, they were both held in the same year. Since then, they have been separated two years apart. The original Olympic Games ( Greek: Olympiakoi Agones ) began in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece , and was celebrated until AD 393. Interest in reviving the Olympic Games proper was first shown by the Greek poet and newspaper editor Panagiotis Soutsos in his poem "Dialogue of the Dead" in 1833. Evangelos Zappas sponsored the first modern international Olympic Games in 1859. He paid for the refurbishment of the Panathinaiko Stadium for Games held there in 1870 and 1875. This was noted in newspapers and publications around the world including the London Review, which stated that "the Olympian Games, discontinued for centuries, have recently been revived! Here is strange news indeed ... the classical games of antiquity were revived near Athens". The International Olympic Committee was founded in 1894 on the initiative of a French nobleman

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11. Dicolympic.com Dictionary of the Olympic Games offers a reference to Olympic games news and history from Olympia to Sydney 2000. http://www.dicolympic.com/

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OLYMPIC GAMES MEDALLISTS The modern Olympics were first held in 1896. The Games are held every 4 years (this period is known as an Olympiad) although an additional "intercalated" event, not officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee, was introduced in 1906. The 1910 "intercalated" Games were cancelled and the idea dropped. The 1916, 1940 and 1944 events were also not held due to the First and Second World Wars. More Sports Goods... Travel and Hotels GBR Web Shopping Directory Venues: 1896 Athens (GRE), 1900 Paris (FRA), 1904 St. Louis (USA), 1906 Athens (GRE), 1908 London (GBR), 1912 Stockholm (SWE), 1916 Berlin (GER) , 1920 Antwerp (BEL), 1924 Paris (FRA), 1928 Amsterdam (NED), 1932 Los Angeles (USA), 1936 Berlin (GER), Archery Athletics (Men, including Tug of War Athletics (Women) ... Cultural Awards WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES MEDALLISTS The Winter Olympics were first held in 1924. Since 1994 they have been held in the middle year of the Olympiad. The 1940 and 1944 events were cancelled due to the Second World War. The Soviet Union first competed in 1956. Venues - Winter: 1924 Chamonix (FRA), 1928 St. Moritz (SUI), 1932 Lake Placid (USA), 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)

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