The Olympic Games did not die in 393. Already in the 17th century a sports festival, the "Olympick Games" was held in England. Over the next few centuries, similar events were organised in France and Greece, but these were all small-scale and certainly not international. The interest in reviving the Olympics grew when the ruins of ancient Olympia were uncovered by German archaeologists in the mid-19th century. At the same time, Baron de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, searched for a reason for the French defeat in the Franc ...

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The Olympic Games did not permanently die out in 393. It was revived in 1896. Already in the 17th century a sports festival, the "Olympick Games" was held in England. Over the next few centuries, similar events were organised in France and Greece, but these were all small-scale and certainly not international. The interest in reviving the Olympics grew when the ruins of ancient Olympia were uncovered by German archaeologists in the mid-19th century. At the same time, Baron de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, searched for a r ...

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Without qualification, the term is likely to refer to a winner's prize at the modern Olympic Games (medals were not awarded at the ancient games). In 1896, winners' medals were in fact silver. The custom of gold-silver-bronze for the first three places dates from the 1904 games and has been copied for many other sporting events. Minting the medals is the responsibility of the host city. From 1928-1968 the design was always the same: the obverse showed a generic design by Florentine artist Giuseppe Cassioli with text giving the host city; the ...

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Louganis was a major favorite for two golds in the Moscow Olympics. But an American boycott of the games, instituted by U.S. President Jimmy Carter, in protest of the Soviet invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, prevented him from participating. Four years later, with the Games in Los Angeles, Louganis (who in the mean time had won two world titles in 1982) grabbed his revenge: with record scores and leads over his opponents, Lou ...

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Two Olympic Games have been held in Australia; the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Australia is one of only three countries to have sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games. Australia is currently the only southern hemisphere country to win a gold Olympic medal in the Winter Olympics. The most successful Australian athlete at an Olympics in terms of medals won is Ian Thorpe with nine medals, with five of them gold. Athletes who have achieved four gold medals were: Betty Cut ...

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After the initial success, the Olympics struggled. The celebrations in Paris (1900) and St. Louis (1904) were overshadowed by the world's fair exhibitions in which they were included. The so-called Intercalated Games (because of their off-year status, as 1906 is not divisible by four) were held in 1906 in Athens, as the first of an alternating series of Athens-held Olympics. Although originally the IOC recognised and supported these games, they are currently not recognised by the IOC as Olympic Games, which has given rise to the explanation ...

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After the initial success, the Olympics struggled. The celebrations in Paris (1900) and St. Louis (1904) were overshadowed by the world's fair exhibitions in which they were included. The so-called Intercalated Games (because of their off-year status, as 1906 is not divisible by four) were held in 1906 in Athens, as the first of an alternating series of Athens-held Olympics. Although originally the IOC recognised and supported these games, they are currently not recognised by the IOC as Olympic Games, which has given rise to the explanation ...

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Main articles: Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics After the initial success, the Olympics struggled. The celebrations in Paris (1900) and St. Louis (1904) were overshadowed by the world's fair exhibitions in which they were included. The so-called Intercalated Games (because of their off-year status, as 1906 is not divisible by four) were held in 1906 in Athens, as the first of an alternating series of Athens-held Olympics. Although originally the IOC recognised and supported these g ...

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The Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics for short but more correctly The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games. They feature winter sports held on ice or snow, such as ice skating and skiing. The Winter Olympics are held every four years. Most recently, the 2002 Games were held in Salt Lake City, United States. The Italian city of Turin (Torino) will host the next Winter Olympics in 2006, and after that the games will be held in Vancouver, Canada in 2010. Including:

• Winter Olympic Games - History
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• Winter Olympic Games - 1956 Winter Olympics
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• Winter Olympic Games - 1964 Winter Olympics
• Winter Olympic Games - 1968 Winter Olympics
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• Winter Olympic Games - 1976 Winter Olympics
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• Winter Olympic Games - 1988 Winter Olympics
• Winter Olympic Games - 1992 Winter Olympics
• Winter Olympic Games - 1994 Winter Olympics
• Winter Olympic Games - 1998 Winter Olympics
• Winter Olympic Games - 2002 Winter Olympics
• Winter Olympic Games - Future Olympics
• Winter Olympic Games - Statistics
• Winter Olympic Games - Games overview
• Winter Olympic Games - All-time Winter Olympic medal table
• Winter Olympic Games - Top ten athletes
• Winter Olympic Games - Sports
• Winter Olympic Games - Current sports
• Winter Olympic Games - Discontinued sports
• Winter Olympic Games - Demonstration sports
• Winter Olympic Games - Bibliography

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The Ancient Olympic Games were an athletic and religious celebration held in the Greek town of Olympia from (historically) as early as 776 BC to 393 AD. Ancient Olympic Games - Origin. The historical origins of the Ancient Olympic Games are lost in the fog of time, but several legends and myths survive. One of these involved Pelops, king of Olympia and eponymous hero of the Peloponnesus, to whom offerings were made during the games. The Christian Clement of Alexandria asserted that "[The] Olympian games are ...

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• Ancient Olympic Games - Events
• Ancient Olympic Games - Famous athletes

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The XVI Olympic Winter Games were held in 1992 in Albertville, France. Other candidate cities were Anchorage, USA; Berchtesgaden, Germany; Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; Lillehammer, Norway; Falun, Sweden; and Sofia, Bulgaria. These were the last Winter Games to be staged in the same year as the Summer Games. They were also the first Games where the Winter Paralympics and the Winter Olympics were held at the same site. 1992 Winter Olympics - Highlights. Freestyle skiing and short-track speedskating ...

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• 1992 Winter Olympics - Medals awarded
• 1992 Winter Olympics - Medal count

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The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be held in Beijing in the People's Republic of China from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony to take place at 8 p.m. on August 8, 2008 (08-08-08 - the number 8 stands for prosperity in Chinese culture). Some events like the Beach Volleyball, Sailing and Open Waters Swimming will be held in the coastal city of Qingdao. On July 8, 2005, the International Olympic Committee announced that Hong Kong will hold the eques ...

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• 2008 Summer Olympics - Beijing National Stadium
• 2008 Summer Olympics - Guangdong Stadium
• 2008 Summer Olympics - Olympic House
• 2008 Summer Olympics - Marketing
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• 2008 Summer Olympics - Mascots
• 2008 Summer Olympics - Slogan
• 2008 Summer Olympics - Torch relay
• 2008 Summer Olympics - Participating nations

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The Asian Games, also called the Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The games are regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) under the supervision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Medals are awarded in each event, with gold for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition which started in 1950. Competitors are entered by a National Olympic Committee (NOC) to represent their country of citizenship. National anthems and flags accompany ...

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• Asian Games - Reorganization of the Federation
• Asian Games - Western Expansion
• Asian Games - List of Asian Games
• Asian Games - Bidders for the 17th Asian Games in 2014
• Asian Games - List of Winter Asian Games
• Asian Games - List of Asian Indoor Games
• Asian Games - List of Asian Beach Games
• Asian Games - Participating Countries
• Asian Games - Sports
• Asian Games - See Also

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The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. London will become the first city to host the Olympics three times, having previously done so in 1908 and 1948. 2012 Summer Olympics - The bidding process. Main articles: 2012 Summer Olympic bids, and Including:

• 2012 Summer Olympics - The bidding process
• 2012 Summer Olympics - Olympic development and preparation
• 2012 Summer Olympics - Details of the bid
• 2012 Summer Olympics - Developments after the bid
• 2012 Summer Olympics - Venues and infrastructure
• 2012 Summer Olympics - Financing
• 2012 Summer Olympics - Sports

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Baseball had its first appearance at the 1912 Summer Olympics as an exhibition sport. A game was played between the United States, the nation where the game was developed, and Sweden, the host nation. The game was held on 17 July 1912 in Stockholm. The Americans were represented by various members of the American Olympic delegation, while the Swedish team was the Vesterås Baseball Club, which had been formed in 1910 as the first baseball club in Sweden. Four of the Americans p ...

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Baseball was again a demonstration sport at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Though it was nominally the "foreign" demonstration sport of that Olympiad, Australia had a long history of baseball dating back to at least 1889. The Australians were the first to field a full team in an exhibition match against the United States, represented by a detachment from the US Far East Command. The game was played o ...

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• Baseball at the 1956 Summer Olympics - United States roster
• Baseball at the 1956 Summer Olympics - Australia roster

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Winter Olympic Games - Prelude. When the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was established in 1894, one of the sports proposed for the programme was ice skating. However, no skating was conducted at the Olympics until the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, which featured four figure skating events. Ulrich Salchow (10-fold World champion) and Madge Syers (the first competitive woman fig ...

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Winter Olympic Games - Games overview. Winter Olympic Games - All-time Winter Olympic medal table. Note: Adding the tallies for East and West Germany between 1952 and 1988 together, Germany has 107 Gold, 104 Silver, 88 Bronze and a total of 299 medals. See also: All-time Summer Olympic medals Winter Olympic Games - Top ten athletes. ...

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Winter Olympic Games - Games overview. Winter Olympic Games - All-time Winter Olympic medal table. Note: Adding the tallies for East and West Germany between 1952 and 1988 together, Germany has 107 Gold, 104 Silver, 88 Bronze and a total of 299 medals. See also: All-time Summer Olympic medals ...

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