History Of The Olympics + Cartoon Fun By Brownielocks The olympic Primer Encyclopedia Britannica olympic Games Ancient olympics 1896Athens olympics German olympic history olympic medallists olympic Posters http://www.brownielocks.com/olympics.html
Extractions: The History of the Olympics Since the Olympic games go way back to the early Greeks, to do an entire history on one page is a bit overwhelming. So, I'll give you a brief summation of how it all began, and then provide some further links for additional information. So, how and why did it all begin? In ancient Greece, they often combined religious festivals with sporting events, to honor certain gods. The Greeks held the following: The Pythian Games The Olympic Games It was the last one, the Olympics, that were held for the Greek God Zeus and were also the most popular with the people. The first game is said to be held at Olympia, Greece in 776 B.C. and has been held every 4 years since = 1,168 years! Then, Greece came under the rule of the Roman Empire and the Olympic games were declined, to the point where they actually declined in 393 B.C. by the Christian Roman Emperor, Theodosius I, who objected to what he felt were some "pagan rites" associated with the games. In the beginning, the Olympic games were confined to just one day and one event. That event was a footrace that was the length of the stadium. Soon, additional races were added as the popularity grew, as well as discus and javelin throws (tosses), broad jumps, boxing, wrestling, chariot racing and a pentathlon. The pentathlon was composed of 5 different track and field competitions.
SPORTS FACTS - Swimming - Women's Olympic Medallists The No1 site for Sports history Tony Hinchliffe's Sports Facts. history. Swimming. Women's olympic medallists. HOME. DIARY. history World Record = olympic Record Freestyle50 Metres 1988 Kristin Otto GDR 25.49 http://sportsfacts.net/history/swimming/olympics/swimming_womens_olympic_medalli
Extractions: * = World Record = Olympic Record Freestyle 50 Metres 100 Metres 200 Metres 1968 Debbie Meyer USA 2:10.5 Jan Henne USA 2:11.0 Jane Barkman USA 2:11.2 1972 Shane Gould AUS 2:03.56* Shirley Babashoff USA 2:04.33 Keena Rothhammer USA 2:04.92 1976 Kornelia Ender GDR 1:59.26* Shirley Babashoff USA 2:01.22 Enith Brigitha NED 2:01.40 1980 Barbara Krause GDR 1:58.33 Ines Diers GDR 1:59.64 Carmela Schmidt GDR 2:01.44 1984 Mary Wayte USA 1:59.23 Cynthia Woodhead USA 1:59.50 Annemarie Verstappen NED 1:59.69 1988 Heike Friedrich GDR 1:57.65 Silvia Poll CRC 1:58.67 Manuela Stellmach GDR 1:59.01 1992 Nicole Haislett USA 1:57.90 Franziska van Almsick GER 1:58.00 Kerstin Kielgass GER 1:59.67 1996 Claudia Poll CRC 1:58.16 Franziska van Almsick GER 1:58.57 Dagmar Hase GER 1:59.56 2000 Susie O'Neill AUS 1:58.24 Martina Moravcová SVK 1:58.32 Claudia Poll CRC 1:58.81 300 Metres 1920 Ethelda Bleibtrey USA 4:34.0* Margaret Woodbridge USA 4:42.8 Frances Schroth USA 4:52.0
SLAM! NAGANO: Winter Olympic History By Alphabet. Multiple medallists. Gold medallists. Silver medallists. Bronze medallists. AllTime. olympic records. By Sport. All-Time. olympic medallists. Biathlon MEN- 10k, 20k, 4x7.5 http://www.icimontreal.com/SlamNaganoHistory/home.html
The Dirtiest Race In History Olympic 100m Final, 1988 The Dirtiest Race in history olympic 100m Final, 1988 century was among more than 100 competitors, including 19 olympic medallists, involved in a coverup of drug use from http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/text4-17-2003-39222.asp
Extractions: That included the 100m after Canada's Ben Johnson failed his drug test and Lewis was awarded the gold ahead of Britain's Linford Christie in a race one International Olympic Committee official yesterday described as "the dirtiest in history". He also won the long jump, part of his career tally of a record nine Olympic gold medals.
SPORTS FACTS - Modern Pentathlon - Olympic Medallists The No1 site for Sports history Tony Hinchliffe's Sports Facts. history. Modern Pentathlon. olympic medallists. HOME. DIARY. history. LINKS. Message Board http://sportsfacts.net/history/modern_pentathlon/modern_pentathlon_olympic_medal
Extractions: The sport was created for army officers in the 1912 Olympics when Second World War hero Gerge S Patton, then a 2nd lieutenant represented the United States (came 5th). The sport consists of: Cross-country riding Fencing Air Pistol shooting (10m, originally .22 calibre at 25m) Swimming (200m, originally 300m) Running (4000m, originally 5000m cross-country) A messenger sent on horseback fights the enemy with sword and pistol, swims across a river and continues on foot. In its early days it was dominated by members of the armed forces who had the opportunity to hone so many different skills. Lars Hall (1952) was the first civilian champion. Men Top Men's Team 1952 Hungary 166 Sweden 182 Finland 213 1956 Soviet Union 13690.5 United States 13482 Finland 13185.5 1960 Hungary 14863 Soviet Union 14309 United States 14192 1964 Soviet Union 14961 United States 14189 Hungary 14173 1968 Hungary 14325 Soviet Union 14248 France 13289 1972 Soviet Union 15968 Hungary 15348 Finland 14812 1976 Great Britain 15559 Czechoslovakia 15451 Hungary 15395 1980 Soviet Union 16126 Hungary 15912 Sweden 15845 1984 Italy 16066 United States 15568 France 15565 1988 Hungary 15886 Italy 15571 Great Britain 15276 1992 Poland 16018 Unified Team 15924 Italy 15760
Journal Of Olympic History Magazine Index Journal of olympic history (formerly Citius, Altius, Fortius) Index 19921999 Obituaries Deceased olympic medallists, Ove Karlsson, 34 - 37 http://www.aafla.org/index/JOHIndex.html
Extractions: AAF Home All AAF Journals Search Page Journal of Olympic History (formerly Citius, Altius, Fortius) Index 1992-1999 Volume 1 No 1 Table of Contents, 2 http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n1/JOHv1n1a.pdf Honorary President's Message: Praise to The Olympic Athletes,Erich Kamper, 3 http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n1/JOHv1n1b.pdf President's Inaugural Message,Ian Buchanan, 4 http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n1/JOHv1n1c.pdf Message from the Secretary-General,Bill Mallon, 5 - 6 http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n1/JOHv1n1d.pdf Baseball in the Olympics, Pete Cava, 7 - 15 http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n1/JOHv1n1e.pdf A Look at Olympic Costs, C. Frank Zarnowski,16 - 32 http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n1/JOHv1n1f.pdf Olympic Ice Hockey - Goal Scoring Records, 33 http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n1/JOHv1n1g.pdf Work in Progress, 34 http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n1/JOHv1n1h.pdf Book Reviews, 35 http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n1/JOHv1n1i.pdf ISOH Members Biographies, 35 http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n1/JOHv1n1j.pdf
Topics In Sport - Olympic Games Summer Olympics Through The Years including brief histories, gold medallists,leading nations and also Winter Olympics Through The Years; history of the http://www.ausport.gov.au/info/olympic.htm
Extractions: Facts sheets that cover the history, issues such women, politics, technology etc and Australian performances at the Olympics. AUSTRALIA AT THE OLYMPICS Australian Olympic FAQ from the AOC including no of medals won, flag bearers, statistics Total Australian Olympic Medal Tallies - by Sport and then by Male/Female listing with every medal winners name. Listing of all Australian Medallists at Summer and Winter Games - Listed by year and then medal type Australian Results at 2000 Sydney Olympics Australian Results at 1996 Atlanta Olympics Speech by Pru Goward at the National Press Club (PDF) Melbourne Olympics 1956 Sydney Olympics 2000
ISOH - International Society Of Olympic Historians history of the olympic Movement and harmonious development of personality. Malcolm Andrews. AUSTRALIA. Research Interests Australian medallists olympic history history of olympic http://www.olykamp.org/isoh/membership-alpha.html
SLAM! NAGANO: Winter Olympic History AllTime olympic records By Sport. All-Time olympic medallists. Biathlon MEN- 10k,20k, 4x7.5 relay; WOMEN- 7.5k, 15k, 4x7.5 Relay Bobsled 2 Man, 4 Man Hockey http://www.canoe.ca/SlamNaganoHistory/home.html
Olympic Tennis 2000 - Olympic Medallists' Club ITF olympic medallists Club The ITF olympic medallists Club was launched in 1999to recognise those players who had embraced olympic Tennis and achieved the http://www.tennisgold.com/html/history/omc/omc.html
Extractions: Front - Wendy Turnbull, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Monique Kalkman, Eric Stuurman. It is one of several ITF initiatives to promote Olympic Tennis. Many past and present tennis champions along with officials from the International Olympic Committee, the British Olympic Association, the International Tennis Federation and the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games showed their support by attending the launch. BOC President Craig Reedie (l to r) Olympic medallists Arantxa Sanchez Vicario and Wendy Turnbull with ITF Executive Director responsible for the Olympics Debbie Jevens. IOC member and British Olympic Association President Mr Craig Reedie said of the Club: "Olympic medallists are very special. Tennis brings many assets to the Olympics and it is good news that an international federation recognises its Olympic and Paralympic athletes in this Club." As part of the launch each of the medallists in attendance was presented with a special pin signifying membership of the Olympic Medallists Club. Afterwards, they spoke of their pride in being a member of this elite club.
ISOH - International Society Of Olympic Historians Her article mentions the history of the various sports inclusion on the the triumphsof Australias three gold medallists from the 1924 olympic Games. http://www.olykamp.org/isoh/journal-abs.html
Extractions: Abstracts of Most Recent Issue of Journal of Olympic History Vol. 8, No. 2 From the Trenches to the Track, and Back (by Harry Gordon). pp. 7-10. Australian Olympic historian Harry Gordon discusses the many Olympic athletes who have fought for their nation during wartime. He begins with the story of Claude Smeal, an Australian soldier who ran the 1952 marathon. Further discussion centered on several British soldiers who honored themselves both on the battlefield and the Olympic arena. Gordon ends the article by discussing the relationship of Jesse Owens and Lutz Long, which began at the 1936 Olympics, and ended with the death of Long while fighting in North Africa during World War II. The Olympic Bribery Scandal (by Bill Mallon). pp. 11-27. This long article attempts to be the most complete, and accurate, summary of the events surrounding the Olympic Scandal of 1999. The article is based on primary documentary sources, including all the reports issued in 1999 that evaluated the status of the scandal. These included the Pound Report (IOC), the Mitchell Report (USOC), the Sheridan Report (Sydney), and the Salt Lake City Board of Ethics Report (Salt Lake City 2002). After discussion of the findings of the reports, the article focuses on the attempts at reform by the IOC, including the institution of the IOC 2000 Commission, the IOC Ethics Commission, and the numerous reforms enacted by the IOC at their 1999 Session held on 11-12 December in Lausanne.
Extractions: More Internet resources Olympic movement General overview IOC Olympic Museum Lausanne National Olympic Committees ... International Sports Federations History Ancient Olympic Games Modern Olympic Games Past Olympic Games Future Olympic Games ... Politics Economics Economic impact Marketing and sponsorship Culture Education Communication Olympic symbols Media Internet Volunteers ... Gender Paralympics and adapted sport Paralympic games Adapted sport Environment Urban planning Modern Olympic Games In this section: Selected resources available on the Internet on the history of the Olympic Games, both Modern and Ancient, and more specific resources on the Modern Olympiads. Resources are classified alphabetically by title. ONLINE DOCUMENTS BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Extractions: More Internet resources Olympic movement General overview IOC Olympic Museum Lausanne National Olympic Committees ... International Sports Federations History Ancient Olympic Games Modern Olympic Games Past Olympic Games Future Olympic Games ... Politics Economics Economic impact Marketing and sponsorship Culture Education Communication Olympic symbols Media Internet Volunteers ... Gender Paralympics and adapted sport Paralympic games Adapted sport Environment Urban planning Participation at the Games In this section: Selected resources available on the Internet providing information on the countries participating at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, Olympic results, records, medallists and sports included in the Olympic programme. Resources are classified alphabetically by title. ONLINE DOCUMENTS INTERNET SITES ONLINE DOCUMENTS Countries competing in the Olympic Games
Saprelim-2 Others on the current ISAF olympic Class ranking lists are shown in italics.For the Optimist history of other olympic medallists, see ExOptimists. http://www.optiworld.org/ioda-worldhistory.html
Chistory For the Optimist history of other olympic medallists, see ExOptimists Someformer participants in the IODA Worlds who competed in the olympics. http://www.optiworld.org/chistory.html
United States Bobsled And Skeleton Federation Skeleton history. The USBSF will request additional projects when furtherathletes are identified as potential 2002 olympic medallists. http://www.usbsf.com/skelhistory.htm
Extractions: Skeleton History The women skeleton athletes have been training and racing in Lake Placid since 1987. Participation in World Cup competition did not commence until the early 1990s. The first womens World Championship will be held in conjunction with the mens in February, 2000 at Igls, Austria. Currently, the women are not in a position to medal in 2002. There are only six competitive athletes in international competition, however, the USBSF has identified one promising Podium prospect. Additionally, Cathy Turner, Double Gold medallist in Speed Skating, trained for skeleton in 1997 at Lake Placid and advanced rapidly. Cathy has expressed interest in training for 2002 pending a final decision regarding the sports inclusion. Therefore, the USBSF will: a) continue to recruit potential world class athletes to the program and b) work through the Core Program to develop the identified athlete and new recruits. The USBSF will request Podium grants for womens skeleton when those projects will likely produce an Olympic medallist.
USA Gymnastics Speakers Olympic Gymnast Personal Appearances the most successful coach in the history of gymnastics. has produced 28 Olympians,nine olympic Champions, 15 World Champions, 12 European medallists and 6 http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/findsportsspeaker/speakers_gymnastics.php
Extractions: The first American to win medals at every level of national and international competition, Bart Conner is America's most decorated male gymnast. After suffering through the boycott of the 1980 Olympics, Conner competed through to the 1984 Olympics, where he battled back from his second torn biceps injury to win two gold medals at the Los Angeles Olympics (team and parallel bars). At the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Canada, the world met "Nadia." At age 14, this Romanian dynamo captured the hearts and minds of the world with her daring and perfection. As contributing editor of International Gymnast Magazine, she is still very involved in her sport. She speaks five languages and is a commentator at major gymnastics competitions for several television networks. With a perfect 10, Tim Daggett clinched the first Olympic gold medal for the U.S. Men's Gymnastics Team in modern history. Despite hardship and numerous life threatening injuries, Tim continued to follow his heart and compete in the sport he loved. His desire and perseverence allowed Tim to leave gymnastics on his own terms...as a world-class competitor.
History Of Women In The Olympic Sailing Competition history of Women in the olympic Sailing Competition. After the break in olympicGames for World War II there were no women medallists until the 1952 http://www.yachting.org.au/default.asp?Page=8459&Format=print
VOLVO Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship History A Brief history The Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World be expected, the list of YouthWorlds medallists over the s who of contemporary yacht and olympic racing. http://www.boatingoz.com.au/~vyhist.htm
Extractions: The Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship has been staged at different venues around the globe, ranging from New Zealand and Australia in the Southern Hemisphere (1983 and 1987 respectively) to Greece (1994) through to Cape Town (1998) and Finland (1999). The 2000 event to be held in Sydney is the thirtieth running of the championship. There have been a number of changes over the years, ranging from an increase in competitor numbers different boats and most significantly in 1990, classes for girls. Over the years the way the event is managed on and off the water has changed significantly, often leading other major events, including the Olympic Games. One of the key people behind those changes, who helped transform the stature of the event from a yearly gathering attended by only a selected few nations in the early eighties, to the professionally managed and well structured international regatta it is today was Briton, John Barker. Seeing the potential of the event to become a truly significant world regatta, Barker, a former Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy and one of the key figures behind the British effort in the Falklands conflict, became a pivotal force in transforming the face of what was then the IYRU Youth Worlds. He remained a champion of the event and Chairman of the ISAF Youth Sailing Committee until ill health forced his retirement in 1998. Coming into the organisation of the event in 1987 Admiral Barker was a driving force in the introduction of sponsorship and, in 1991, the use of short course racing with a two races per day format, only introduced at the Olympic Games for the first time in Savannah in 1996.
SPORTS FACTS - Water Polo - Olympic Medallists Tony Hinchliffe s Sports Facts history Water Polo olympic medallists. http://sportsfacts.net/history/water_polo/olympics/water_polo_olympic_medallists
