41. CNNSI.com - Olympic Sports - U.S. Olympic Men's Track And Field Team, A-H - Thur olympic history Competing in his second olympics after running the leadoff legin the silver medalwinning 4x100 relay at the 96 Games in Atlanta http://www.cnnsi.com/olympics/news/2000/usteam_trackandfield_men_a-h/

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42. Athens Olympic Games Blog It was the first time in olympic history that five men broke 10 seconds in a race And the team attacked Mr Bush for running reelection campaign adverts http://www.livingroom.org.au/olympics/

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43. USATODAY.com - Afghan Women Making Olympic History Friba Razayee, left, and Robina Muqimyar make olympic history, whether they winan event or Now me, as an Afghan woman was just running in this place. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/lopresti/2004-08-17-lopresti-afghan_x.h

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44. 2004.com - Olympic History - Ancient History New running events were added from the 14th Olympics, two laps (approx. 370 metres)and in the next Olympiad a 12 laps race. In the 16th Olympiad the long http://www.2004.com/ohistory_ancient.asp

Home OLYMPIC WINNERS 2004 NEWS 2004 Athens ... Olympic truce A game for a God Once upon a time the Olympics was an event that started in order to honour the mythical God Zeus, the father of Greek Gods. From the beginning the Olympics was a local competition but later on more and more Greek city states participated. 293 events were organized during almost twelve centuries. The Olympic area was a combination of temples, halls and the stadium. The Temple of Zeus was one of the Seven Wonders of the World with a 40 feet high statue in gold and ivory of the god. A game for freeborn Greek In a beautiful valley, at the city of Olympia in the state of Elis, 320 km west of Athens, the first organised Olympic Games were held 776 BC. The games took place every four years and were open only for freeborn Greek men. Most of the athletes came in the beginning from wealthy families because they had to pay their own expenses.

45. Ancient Olympic History - Olympics - Sports - Webindia123.com Ancient Olympics has a history dating as long back as 776 BC. Stadion running,discus and Javelin were some of the early athletic events of that era. http://www.webindia123.com/sports/olymp/history1.htm

Yellow Pages E-Mail E-Cards Matrimonial ... Athens 2004 Ancient to Modern Olympics Ancient Olympics has a history dating as long back as 776 BC. These games originally linked to the religious festivals of the cult of Zeus, were dedicated to the Olympian Gods. The games were held in Olympia located in the western part of the Peloponnese, 145 km west of Athens, Greece, and comprised of only a few events where any male youngster from the various cities of Greece could participate to show off their physical qualities. Olympia the ancient city of worship with its magnificent and elaborate shrines had a stadium which could accommodate 40,000 spectators. The games were first held here in 776 BC and continued to be played every four years for nearly 1200 years. Corebus , a cook from Elis is known as the very first Olympic champion in history by winning a run of approximately 192 metres. Stadion running, discus and Javelin were some of the early athletic events of that era. The victors received their first award of a palm branch from a Hellanodikis (Greek judge) soon after the competitions. The official award ceremony were held on the last day at the venue of the temple of Zeus and after announcing the winners, they were awarded with the sacred olive tree wreath (Kotinos) placed on their heads. Red ribbons were tied on the winners head and hands as a mark of victory. But in 393 CE, the ancient Olympic games came to a halt when the Roman emperor Theodosius I, abolished the Games.

46. The Running Network -- National News -- Article Villanova to Honor olympic history September 25, 2004 To celebrate the school sillustrious olympic history, Villanova University will host the http://www.runningnetwork.com/news/villanovahonorsSept04.html

Go to a Publication Near You! americanTRI Athletics Athletes HI Chicago Athlete Colorado Runner Footnotes Inside Texas Running Michigan Runner Midwest Running New England Runner New York Runner Northwest Runner Oklahoma Runner RaceCenter Northwest RunMinnesota Runner Triathlete News Runner's Gazette Running Journal RUNOHIO Silent Sports Tail Winds Washington Running Report document.write('') DATE: document.write(months[month] + "." + day + "." + year); NETWORK DEPARTMENTS National News National Features Training Tips Product Reviews ... EVENT DIRECTORS Villanova to Honor Olympic History September 25, 2004 From press release. Villanova University has had a storied and rich tradition at the Olympic Games. In its history, Villanova has produced 48 Olympians that have combined to garner nine gold medals and four silver medals. To celebrate the school's illustrious Olympic history, Villanova University will host the Villanova Olympian Gala on Saturday, October 23, 2004. This formal event will be held in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Philadelphia Hotel and will honor the Wildcat athletes and coaches who have participated in 16 different Olympic Games. Of the 48 Olympian honorees, 40 are expected to return for the Gala. Mike Breen, who has worked four Olympic Games for NBC, will serve as the emcee for the event. J.E. O'Connell began the Villanova Olympic tradition when he competed in the broad jump at the 1908 London Games. Since the 1948 London Games, at least one Villanovan has competed in every Summer Olympiad, including four who participated this year in Athens. The 2004 Wildcat Olympians included Carmen Douma (1,500m/Canada), Sonia O'Sullivan (5,000m/Ireland), Jen Rhines (Marathon/United States) and Carrie Tollefson (1,500m/United States).

47. NEWS ROOM DISTANCE running HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR INDUCTION one of onlyfive Americans to win a Gold Medal in a distance race in olympic history. http://www.distancerunning.com/news/news_2003_nominees.html

News Archives The National Distance Running Hall of Fame Class of 2005 Nominees National Distance Running Hall of Fame Names Carey Pinkowski 2004 Lebow Award Recipient The National Distance Running Hall of Fame Suspends Induction for 2004 National Distance Running Hall of Fame Names Earle Reed 2003 Lebow Award Recipient National Distance Running Hall of Fame Inducts 6th Class Ken Foreman the 2003 Bill Bowerman Coaching Award Recipient Celebrated Runner, Breast Cancer Survivor to be Honored with Suzy Komen Award George Hirsch Is George Sheehan Award Recipient ... Bowerman Press Release DISTANCE RUNNING HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR INDUCTION The eight nominees for induction into the Hall of Fame are: Gerry Lindgren , the original teenage distance running phenomenon, obliterated almost every high school distance running mark on the books and eventually set the world record for the six-mile. In 1964, his 10,000-meter victory over two seasoned veterans in the U.S./U.S.S.R. meet was a signal of what Americans could achieve in longer races. Some of his records still stand nearly four decades after they were set; George Young Jim Ryun Mary Slaney , exhibited world champion talent at age 14. Won international attention in 1973 with a surprise victory in the 800-meters at the U.S./U.S.S.R. meet. Despite physical problems that kept her from running competitively until 1978, amazingly set 11 world records throughout her career. Continues to hold several U.S. records;

48. NEWS ROOM Gerry Lindgren – the original teen distance running phenomenon. is one ofonly five Americans to win a Gold Medal in a distance race in olympic history. http://www.distancerunning.com/news/class_05.html

News Archives The National Distance Running Hall of Fame Class of 2005 Nominees National Distance Running Hall of Fame Names Carey Pinkowski 2004 Lebow Award Recipient The National Distance Running Hall of Fame Suspends Induction for 2004 National Distance Running Hall of Fame Names Earle Reed 2003 Lebow Award Recipient National Distance Running Hall of Fame Inducts 6th Class Ken Foreman the 2003 Bill Bowerman Coaching Award Recipient Celebrated Runner, Breast Cancer Survivor to be Honored with Suzy Komen Award George Hirsch Is George Sheehan Award Recipient ... Bowerman Press Release The National Distance Running Hall of Fame Class of 2005 Nominees Bob Schul - Joseph Kleinerman - a Seneca Indian from the Cattaraugus Reservation, dominated the long-distance racing scene in the mid-19th century. Deerfoot won his first race in 1856 at the Erie County fair, running five miles in 25 minutes. His intuitive running paid off with a victory over the Irish Champion John Levett, running 10 miles in 53:35. During his 20-month European tour, Deerfoot went from mysterious runner, to entertainer, to world record holder. With the aid of pace makers, he set world records of 10 miles in 51:26 and 12 miles in 1:02:02. In August 1868, he won a five-mile race in Buffalo in 24:15, despite giving the rest of the field a quarter-mile head start. In 1857 Bennett beat the Massachusetts 10- mile Champion with at time of 56:19. He won the championship cup for the 10-mile (54:21) in England (1861). In 1862 Bennett set three world records, 10-mile (51:26), 12-mile (62:02) and a one-hour contest running 11 miles and 720 yards

49. Memorable Olympic Moments: Abebe Bikila, Rome 1960 Ethiopian Abebe Bikila was an unforgettable sight running along the ancient had become the first black African to win a gold medal in olympic history. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mm-bikila.html

in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Daily Almanac for Sep 25, 2005 Skip Navigation Home Almanacs ... Word of the Day Editor's Favorites Hispanic Heritage Month Hurricane Katrina Daylight Saving Time Ramadan ... Texas Infoplease Tools Periodic Table Conversion Tool Perpetual Calendar Year by Year ... Site Map College Center Scholarship Search College Resources Career Center Job Search Post Your Resume Continuing Ed. more . . . Search: Infoplease Info search tips Search: Biographies Bio search tips Abebe on the Appian Way Runner Abebe Bikila became the first black African to win gold by Gerry Brown Abebe Bikila runs barefoot at the Rome Olympics in 1960. It was one of those nights. Ethiopian Abebe Bikila was an unforgettable sight running along the ancient Appian Way during that warm Roman evening in 1960. The race, which began in the evening in order to avoid the stifling summer heat, came down to just two runners in the final miles, the unheralded Bikila and Moroccan Rhadi Ben Adbesselem. The skinny Bikila, running barefoot, flew by the soldiers standing with flaming torches along the darkening course that evening and slowly pulled away from his Moroccan opponent before crossing the finish line at the Arch of Constantine in a world-record time of 2:15:16. With his 26-second win over Rhadi, Bikila had become the first black African to win a gold medal in Olympic history.

50. TIMEeurope Magazine | Olympic Preview at some of the closest finishes in olympic history. Longrunning Rivalry Bekele and Kipchoge are the latest in a long line of running sensations to http://www.time.com/time/europe/roadtoathens/preview/rivals.html

JEFF HAYNES/AFP-GETTY IMAGES FAST BOYS: Bekele, at left, and Kipchoge head to the finish line at the 2003 world championships in athletics in Paris MORE STORIES Hail To The Olympians A gallery of Europe's strongest competitors Too Close to Call TIME looks back at some of the closest finishes in Olympic history Long-Running Rivalry The traditional clash between Ethiopia and Kenya in distance running is also a contest between competing visions of sport Something Wild Austria's top whitewater kayakers share a love for the sport — and for each other Relative Success Keeping it in the family Queen Of The Bars To win gold at three consecutive Games, Russian star Svetlana Khorkina must take on a new generation Eastern Star Catalina Ponor is goilng for gold Front Page News TIME covers the Olympics LETTERS E-mail your letter to the editor ATHLETICS Long-Running Rivalry The traditional clash between Ethiopia and Kenya in distance running is also a contest between competing visions of sport by SIMON ROBINSON Posted Sunday, August 8, 2004; 11.13BST

51. TIMEeurope Magazine | Olympic Preview back at some of the closest finishes in olympic history. Longrunning Rivalry A sailor s tribute to Aphrodite is uncovered by olympic constructors http://www.time.com/time/europe/roadtoathens/preview/moments.html

AP Photo PHOTO FINISH: Olympic competitors dive into the pool at the start of the 400-meter freestyle men's swimming race at the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Ca., Aug. 10, 1932. Buster Crabbe (below as Flash Gordon ) of the United States, nearest the camera, won gold setting an Olympic record Front Page News TIME covers the Olympics MORE STORIES Hail To The Olympians A gallery of Europe's strongest competitors Too Close to Call TIME looks back at some of the closest finishes in Olympic history Long-Running Rivalry The traditional clash between Ethiopia and Kenya in distance running is also a contest between competing visions of sport Something Wild Austria's top whitewater kayakers share a love for the sport — and for each other Relative Success Keeping it in the family Queen Of The Bars To win gold at three consecutive Games, Russian star Svetlana Khorkina must take on a new generation Eastern Star Catalina Ponor is goilng for gold LETTERS E-mail your letter to the editor HISTORY Too Close To Call by AATISH TASEER Los Angeles/1932 Women's 200-m Breaststroke How did a 16-year-old Australian schoolgirl end up winning one of the closest swimming races in Olympic history? By listening to advice from Flash Gordon. American matinee idol Buster Crabbe, star of Tarzan and the Flash Gordon movies and a two-time Olympic freestyle medalist, spotted Clare Dennis' talent when she swam the fastest heat in the women's 200-m breaststroke at the L.A. Games. He decided to give her a tip that she hadn't learned in Sydney. Take three full strokes underwater at the start of the race, he advised, to boost speed. (This was before the single underwater stroke limit was introduced in 1956.) Crabbe's advice worked, and Dennis went on to beat Hideko Maehata of Japan by just 0.1 sec. Dennis came to Los Angeles a rank outsider, but became the only non-American female swimmer to win gold at the Games.

52. Art Competitions At The Olympic Games - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia history. Pierre de Coubertin conceived the idea of olympic art contests. at the 1908 Summer olympics in the running deer (double shot) competition. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_competitions_at_the_Olympic_Games

Art competitions at the Olympic Games From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Art competitions were held from to at the Olympic Games . The competitions were an idea of Pierre de Fr©dy, Baron de Coubertin , founder of the modern Olympic Movement. Medals were awarded in five areas: architecture literature music painting , and sculpture , to works of art inspired by sport The art competitions were abandoned in because artists were contended to be professionals, while Olympic athletes were required to be amateurs. Since , the Olympic cultural programme has taken the place of the art competitions. Contents History Competition Architecture Literature ... edit History Pierre de Coubertin conceived the idea of Olympic art contests. With the founding of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in , and the celebration of the first modern Olympic Games French Baron Pierre de Coubertin saw his ideals — men being educated in both mind and body, and competing in sport rather than war — fulfilled. One of his other desires was to combine both art and sport, and he thus considered including artistic competition in the Olympic Games. In May , Baron de Coubertin organised a meeting in Paris for both IOC members and representatives of organisations of artists. The meeting ended with a proposal to the IOC to organise artistic competitions at the Olympic Games in five areas (architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture). The works of art entered had to be inspired by sports.

53. Natural History Magazine | Feature that this olympic event comprised multiple jumps, such as a triple running olympic history records the deaths of several boxers—though surprisingly http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/0704/0704_feature.html

July-August 2004 With Hands or Swift Feet The ancient Greek city-states were rarely as united as they were at the Olympic Games. By David C. Young This article has been adapted from A Brief History of the Olympic Games, Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games, held every four years from about 776 B.C. until about 400 A.D. In those twelve centuries the political landscape inevitably underwent many changes, but Olympic events continued to attract athletes and spectators from Greek city-states and colonies throughout the Mediterranean. Map: Patricia J. Wynne B.C. , maybe 300 men from the Greek city-states and colonies competed in about fourteen events. In antiquity, perhaps as many as 40,000 spectators could watch the games. Today, because of modern electronic communication, the whole world watches. For the poet Pindar of Thebes, whose victory odes immortalized the greatest contenders of the Hellenic world between 498 and 446 B.C. , the athletic contest served as a microcosm of the human struggle to surpass ordinary achievements. In athletic games the victor wins the glory his heart desires as crown after crown is placed on his head

54. Dr J On Running - Olympic Marathon Trials Thus, for the first time in the history of the Olympics, the greatest nation on Unlike the shorter track events, running a marathon is a very demanding http://running.syr.edu/column/20000515.html

TrackMeets.com Olympic Marathon Trials Process Needs Reform Published May 15, 2000 in The Post-Standard. By Dr Kamal Jabbour, Contributing Writer The victory of Rod De Haven at the US Olympic Trials in the marathon on Sunday May 7 in Pittsburgh was a sad moment in the history of American distance running. Since De Haven has not achieved the Olympic A standard of 2 hours 14 minutes, he will be the only American competing in the men's marathon in Sydney. Earlier this year, USATF adopted a new procedure for selecting the Olympic teams. In the marathon, the procedure provided for two scenarios. In the first scenario, if the winner of the Olympic trials has achieved the A-standard, the winner and the next two finishers who have achieved the A-standard make the team. In the second scenario, if the winner of the Olympic trials has not achieved the A-standard, he will be the lone US representative in Sydney. This limit of one runner derives from the International Olympic Committee's rule to classify nations by the quality of their runners. Those nations with more than one fast runner can field a team of up to three marathoners who have met the A-standard. Those nations unable or unwilling to form a team of three A-standard qualifiers may send at most one runner who has met a slower B-standard. In the case of the US, only three men have run faster than 2:14 in the past year. They are newly-sworn citizen Khalid Khannouchi, who set a world record of 2:05:42 in Chicago last October; David Morris, who finished fourth in Chicago in an American record of 2:09:32; and Joe LeMay, who won the California International Marathon in 2:13:55.

55. History News Network The worst marathon in olympic history, said another. running farther wasunheard of in sports, although longdistance runners were frequently used as http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/7013.html

@import url("/css/style.css"); HNN History News Network Because the Past is the Present, and the Future too. Donations Archives ... FAQs Search HNN: Breaking News Departments HNN Articles Hot Topics Books Features ... Did You Know? The Worst of the Modern Olympics Was Held ... ? John Hanc, in Newsday (Aug. 25, 2004): The first runner across the finish line was a cheat. The second was on drugs. The man who finished fourth had hitchhiked 700 miles to get to the race, ran in dress shoes and was so hungry on the course he stole fruit. Another competitor was chased off the course by dogs, and there was a car accident involving one of the official vehicles along the route. And oh yes, for good measure, it was 90 degrees, competitors ran through a cloud of dust and there was only one place to get water. There has never been a race quite like the 1904 Olympic Marathon in St. Louis. "A circus," is how one historian described it. "The worst marathon in Olympic history," said another. David Wallechinsky, author of "The Complete Book of the Olympics" went further: "The 1904 marathon," he wrote, "ranks very high on the list of bizarre events in Olympic history." Whatever the criticisms of Athens, its facilities and organization in 2004, it's unlikely that a debacle resembling what happened a century ago could ever occur today. The 1904 Olympic Marathon left the daughter of the president of the United States confused and the city of St. Louis disgraced; it also triggered a cheating scandal and a drug controversy, and almost led to the elimination of the marathon from the Olympic program.

56. Running On Ice: The Overcoming Faith Of Vonetta Flowers - By: Vonetta Flowers Wi On February 18, 2002, Flowers made olympic history, becoming the I m the author/artist and I want to review running On Ice The Overcoming...... http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1012964&item_no

57. History Of Sweatshop history of Sweatshop Careers in running Join our Mailing List Sweatshop wasfounded in 1971 by Chris Brasher, olympic gold medallist and cocreator http://www.sweatshop.co.uk/history.cfm

History of Sweatshop Careers in Running Join our Mailing List Join our Email List ... Women's Running Store locator... Birmingham (Brierley Hill) Bristol Cambridge Chorley Covent Garden Dartford Dundee Edinburgh Fulham Glasgow Harrods Hatfield Ipswich Maidstone Milton Keynes North Finchley Nottingham Reading Ribby Hall Village, Wrea Green Teddington The City Woking York History of Sweatshop Sweatshop was founded in 1971 by Chris Brasher, Olympic gold medallist and co-creator of the London Marathon. Not originally selected for the Olympics and in the words of the BBC commentary team, 'looking rather heavy', Chris Brasher was far from being favourite to take the 3000m steeplechase title in the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. But take he did, setting a new personal best and Olympic record of 8.41 in the process. That day he was wearing his 'J. T. Law' hand made spikes, with ultra light shaved leather and titanium spikes pillaged from the engine of a Rolls Royce. Two years prior to this in 1954 he paced Sir Roger Bannister to the first ever sub 4 minute mile. His passion and enthusiasm for running and the outdoors spilled over into the business arena and in 1971 (just before Nike was born) he founded 'Chris Brasher's Sporting Emporium' which soon became Sweatshop.

58. Cool Running :: Mercedes Marathon Weekend Of Races Links Birmingham, Alabama To Longdistance running was a new concept for the olympics, The competitorsin the olympic Trials will run through the history of Birmingham, http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/3/3_4/966.shtml

Top News USA: Northeast USA: Mid_Atlantic USA: South ... Got news? Send us your news for inclusion on Cool Running. Free e-mail newsletter Running news, tips and links, delivered to your inbox twice a month. home news usa: south Mercedes Marathon Weekend of Races Links Birmingham, Alabama to Greece - Home of the 2004 Olympic Games BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - (December 18, 2002) - When the pistol fires starting the USA Men's Marathon Championship race in Birmingham, Ala. on February 8, 2003, it also signals the start of a relationship between the city of Birmingham and the country of Greece - origin of the ancient Olympic Games and host of the 2004 Olympic Games August 13-29. E-mail this page Printer-friendly page Posted Friday, 20 December, 2002 Media Contact: Marianne Higgins, APR, Panorama Public Relations (256) 536-2100/(256) 651-8636 cell; Marianne@prview.com The USA Men's Marathon Championship race launches a series of road racing events during the second annual Mercedes Marathon Weekend Feb. 8-9 in Birmingham. "The national championship race is a qualifying race for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for the Men's Marathon, which also will be held in Birmingham," said Valerie McLean, director of Mercedes Marathon. "The men who experience the championship race in 2003 all do so with hopes and dreams of returning to Birmingham for the Olympic Trials, on their personal road to reaching the Olympics."

59. File Not Found “It’s the olympic Games, so people get a little too anxious.” Louis to completeone of the greatest comefrom-behind performances in olympic history. http://www.runningstats.com/Pages/846/Page1.html

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60. Marathons, Running Information, History, Training They include half marathons, walking marathons, and even special olympic marathons.Some runners engage in marathon running for the competition, http://www.moneyinstructor.com/art/marathons.asp

MARATHONS RUNNING EXERCISE PROGRAM STARTING TIPS HEALTHY LIVING BENEFIT LIFE SKILLS FITNESS WELLNESS BASIC EDUCATION FREE EASY ONLINE ARTICLE INFORMATION Marathons The length of a marathon has varied from place to place throughout the years, but the current distance is 26 miles and 385 yards. This length was set in 1908 during the London Olympics. It was the distance between Windsor Castle and the front of the Royal Box. In 1921, this became the official distance of the Marathon. In 1897, the marathon came to the United States. The first marathon run in the states was in Boston. The Boston Marathon is now recognized as the oldest annual marathon in the world. Other extremely popular marathons include the London Marathon held in April, the Berlin Marathon, run in September, the New York City Marathon in November, and the Chicago Marathon held in October. Every marathon has its own unique characteristics and terrain. Training for marathons is based on which marathon a person is running, does it have a lot of hills or is it flat? Is it prone to wind gusts and gales or is it calm? Will the weather be at an extreme hot or cold temperature? Each marathon will have its own training strategy that runners follow to get ready for the race. The thing that all marathons have in common, however, is the enormous amount of practice and training that is needed to get the body ready for 26 miles of continuous running. Although the original marathon was a running event, there are now a multitude of marathon types. They include half marathons, walking marathons, and even special Olympic marathons. Some runners engage in marathon running for the competition, others for the challenge and enjoyment, and still others run for fundraising events for donations to be used in treating specific diseases, health problems and even for disaster relief.

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