61. United States Olympic Committee - Olympic History Men competed, in the nude, in running, wrestling, pentathlon, olympic OverviewHistory, facts and figures; AllTime Team USA Medals Summer Winter http://www.usoc.org/12690.htm

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62. INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES third time and became the only person in olympic history to win a career total After 42 kilometres (26 miles) of running, the first man to enter the http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1908

63. INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES Sante Gaiardoni of Italy became the only cyclist in olympic history to win both the Five days later in the marathon, Abebe Bikila, running barefoot, http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1960

64. Brief History Of The Olympic Games Brief history of the olympic Games. Ancient olympic Games Chronology of athletic This pentathlon, a fiveevent match consisted of running, wrestling, http://www.nostos.com/olympics/

Sydney Olympics - official site Your Comments Brief History of the Olympic Games Ancient Olympic Games Chronology of athletic events added to the Olympic Games Myths and the Olympic Games Pelops myth ... Athens for Olympic Games of 2004 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.

65. Black History Profiles Black history Abebe Bikila running barefoot to a recordsettingvictory in the He was the first athlete to win two olympic marathons. http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory/article.do?nKeyValue=2541

66. A Brief History Of Sneakers Sneakers and running shoe history. along immediately following the victoryof barefoot Abebe Bikila in the 1960 olympic Marathon of Rome gliding along http://www.drpribut.com/sports/sneaker_odyssey.html

Dr. Stephen M. Pribut's Sport Pages Sports Medicine Home Chess Shoes Site Index ... Office 2002: A Sneaker Odyssey by Stephen M. Pribut, DPM and Douglas H. Richie, DPM The US athletic shoe market is a $13 billion-per-year industry that sells more than 350 million pairs of sports shoes annually. Sports shoes have penetrated into all facets of mainstream America, covering the feet of both the high-level competitor and the fund-raising marathoner. They have also become a fashion statement and even assist in the everyday task of conveying the rest of us to work. The influence of youth culture on athletic shoes has been around for a long time. The 1981 movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Performance and new technology for athletic shoes were highlighted as long ago as 1961, when Fred McMurray, playing the Absent-Minded Professor

67. RUNNER'S WEB - A Running And Triathlon Resource Site The Runner s Web (RunnersWeb.com) is an Ottawa, Ontario based running and who caused one of the great upsets in olympic history with her 400 meters http://www.runnersweb.com/running/frontpage_archive_August2005.html

Google Search for: in Web Site Translate Runner's Web August 2005 FrontPage Archive August 31, 2005: [Links load in new window] Athletics: Canada Names Iaaf World Half Marathon Championships Team Athletics: Boulder awarded 2007 USA Cross Country Championships Athletics: Raith to depart USATF, become Executive Director of U.S. Figure Skating (Canada.com) Drugs in Sport: L'Equipe denies witch hunt against American cycling star Armstrong ... (Yahoo UK) Athletics: Shaheen Heads Field Saif Saeed Shaheen, who earlier this month defended his world 3,000 metres steeplechase title in Helsinki, heads a star-studded field in the BUPA 3,000m road race around Newcastle and Gateshead Quaysides on September 17 NDTV) Athletics: Marathon champion neglected by Karnataka governmentt (Penticton Western News) Triathlon: Bullock looks towards 2006 The chief local organizer for the 2005 Subaru Ironman Canada Triathlon said the event may have been the best ever (Cochrane Times) Triathlon: Ironman proves a grueling test for Red Rock (The Advertiser) Drugs in Sport: Drugs 'reason for Lance's success' A specialist in the fight against doping in sport has suggested seven-times Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has used a range of banned substances throughout his career (ZWire) Grand Columbian Triathlon racers signing up Volunteers still needed Athletics: Shaheen, Mottram, Kipchoge To Face-Off In Bupa 3000 Road Race

68. Runner's & Triathlete's Web Athletics: History Of The Olympic Trials Now For Sal The Runner s Web (RunnersWeb.com) is an Ottawa, Ontario based running and Athletics history of the olympic Trials now for sale at www.usatf.org http://www.runnersweb.com/running/news/rw_news_20040617_USATF_History.html

Runner's and Triathlete's Web News Know someone else who's interested in running and triathlon? Send this Runner's Web Story's URL to a friend. Visit the FrontPage View in Runner's Web Frame Posted: June 17, 2004 Athletics: History of the Olympic Trials now for sale at www.usatf.org The definitive history of the U.S. Olympic Trials, Hymans’ exhaustive narrative traces the Olympic Trials – the world’s greatest track meet outside the Olympics and World Championships – from 1908 through the 2000 Olympic Trials in Sacramento. Full results of all preliminary and final rounds, as well as narrative summaries of the competition and background details, are supplemented by archive photos. The Olympic Trials achievements of all-time greats including Babe Didriksen, Jesse Owens, Bob Mathias, Wilma Rudolph, Bobby Morrow, Bob Hayes, Steve Prefontaine, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Carl Lewis, Edwin Moses, Michael Johnson, Stacy Dragila, Maurice Greene and others are described in the 408-page book. Statistical highlights in the book include Olympic Trials record progressions and all-time performance lists, youngest and oldest Olympians, most Olympic Trials victories, records set at the Olympic Trials and other invaluable data. www.usatf.org

69. Colonials Pursue Olympic Dreams Swimming and running are Senior’s strengths; they’re the sports he’s been trainingfor, won only one game, but in doing so made olympic history. http://www2.gwu.edu/~bygeorge/090804/olympians.html

Sept. 8, 2004 Colonials Pursue Olympic Dreams Athletes Return from Athens By Rachel Muir Fast forward four years. In Athens, Abdullah, along with double sculls partner Henry Nuzum, advanced in an Olympic semifinal race with a margin of victory that made the 2000 trials seem like a rout when they edged out a Norwegian duo by .01 second. (After a protest from the Norwegian team, the race was deemed a dead heat and both pairs advanced to the finals.) Abdullah and Nuzum went on to finish an impressive sixth overall. Perfect Balance Being All You Can Be Senior explains that the US Modern Pentathlon Committee got its hands on a letter that he, as a high school student, sent out to colleges, inquiring about their athletic programs and detailing his accomplishments in swimming and running. The committee invited him to a development camp the summer after his sophomore year even though he had little or no experience in the other three disciplines. Four years ago in Sydney, Senior led the Olympic field after three events. A medal seemed all but certain, especially since his worst event, fencing, was behind him. But when his horse botched four jumps, Senior placed 18th in the horseback riding portion and finished sixth overall. Frustrated, he took a two-year hiatus from the sport.

70. Olympics Cool running, Athletics Australia Indigenous olympic history ATSIC AustralianParalympic Committee Indigenous women in the olympics C. Currie http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/issues/olympics.htm

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71. Online NewsHour: Olympic History: The Impact Of Professionalism A surprising and entertaining article on the history of the modern games. An olympic athlete running in a Hertz uniform is a generation away, says http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/july96/olympics_7-23.html

OLYMPIC CHANGES: DOLLARS AND SENSE TUESDAY 7/23/96 It's been 10 years since the distinction between "amateur" and "professional" was deleted from the Olympic charter and what has it bought us? Many argue that the advent of professionalism has devalued the Olympic spirit envisioned by the modern event's originator, France's Pierre de Coubertin. De Coubertin believed the modern Olympics should be a pristine, apolitical arena where "amateur" athletes indulge in pure competition and rejoice in the heights of human achievement. The Olympic mystique suggested that anyone could be a contender. Ordinary people dreamed of competing in the Olympics, and the dreams spurred athletic activity all over the world. Now that has changed... Olympic athletes have sponsors, expensive equipment, and the luxury of training full time. Money has changed the look and feel of the Olympics in the second half of the 20th century. July 17, 1996:

72. Training Zone Memorable races in the history of running (part one of two) Source runningThe Power and Glory Norman Harris. Back to top. olympic Games, Stockholm http://www.realrunner.com/training/article=tz62.php

The greatest races Memorable races in the history of running (part one of two) Olympic Games, Melbourne, 1956 - Marathon Olympic Games, Stockholm, 1912 - 5,000m Terre Haute, Indiana, 1966 - 800m Commonwealth Games, Brisbane, 1982 - Marathon ... Olympic Games, Melbourne, 1956 - 10,000m Olympic Games, Melbourne, 1956 - Marathon The French distance runner Alain Mimoun had built up a reputation as a perpetual runner-up; he had finished second to Emil Zatopek five times in major championships. This was to change in 1956 at the Melbourne Olympics where, at the age of 35, he made his debut at the marathon. From as early as the fifth kilometre, in very hot and dry conditions, Mimoun looked comfortable, and by the 15th kilometre he was lying in second place in a group of 13 runners. By 20 kilometres this group was down to five and then in a long climb up to the turn-around point Mimoun pulled away without perceptively increasing the pace. Continuing at the same pace he declined to drink any water or run under the sprinklers provided. Far behind him Zatopek was struggling in the heat, as were the Russians Karnoven and Mihalic. One of the favourites, Kelly from America, was now walking. By 30 kilometres Mimoun was beginning to feel the pace and admitted later that by this point he was in agony but determined to maintain his lead. At the finish he entered the stadium to the applause of nearly 100,000 spectators, ran a lap and broke the tape in 2:25:00. Looking very composed he then waited to embrace his rivals, first Mihalic who was second in 2:26:32, then Karnoven who was third in 2:27:47 and finally his great rival Zatopek. It was only these men who knew the price he had to pay in order to run faster than they had.

73. History Of THE OLYMPIC GAMES history of THE olympic GAMES from historyWorld.net including Greek The entireday is taken up with heats for a running race a sprint the length of the http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac28

74. Welcome To The HistoryChannel.co.uk :: The Olympics Awardwinning history site combining professional articles on historical events At first, the olympic games were confined to running, but over time new http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/features/the_olympics.php

SIGN UP or LOGIN ANCIENT HISTORY : THE OLYMPIC GAMES Search Explore Home TV guide ... Family History Project Build your family tree History Study Stop The ultimate revision zone A Small Piece of History Record your story for future generations Ice Run: Submarine To The Arctic Clip > THE LAST DAYS OF WWII: Episode 20 Clip > Tomb Raiders: Robbing The Dead Clip > Military Movers Clip > HISTORY'S RAIDERS: The Dambusters Clip > Full listings > Browse our extensive encyclopedia and get historical facts at your fingertips. Search Now > Browse all features: A-F G-L M-R S-Z The Olympic Games Ancient Olympics The Olympic spirit The Modern Olympics A political platform? Today's Challenges Ancient Olympics Held in honour of Zeus in the city of Olympia for four days every fourth summer, the Olympic games were the oldest and most prestigious of four great ancient Greek athletic festivals, which also included the Pythian games at Delphi, the Isthmian at Corinth, and the Nemean at Argos (the Panathenaea at Athens was also important). Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776BC, the contests in Homer's Iliad indicate a much earlier competitive tradition. The Olympics reached their height in the 5th-4th Centuries BC thereafter they became more and more professionalized until, in the Roman period, they provoked much censure.

75. Momentum Sports - Running Training And Advice For Athletes Athletics and running history There is no greater prize in sport than anolympic Gold Medal and this book gives a rundown of the greatest olympic http://www.momentumsports.co.uk/FrHistory.asp

History Books Main Page Main Shopping Page Training Books Sports Science ... Others The Olympic Games The Olympic Games is the pinnacle of any athlete's ambitions. There is no greater prize in sport than an Olympic Gold Medal and this book gives a rundown of the greatest Olympic performances of all time. This book was published before the Sydney Games, but although a little out of date, it is very interesting to look at the predictions that are made for Sydney (did you know that the same Aussie team had won the previous two coxless four rowing events and were looking for the hat-trick!). For each of the summer and winter games, up to 1996, there is a chapter with descriptions of the most momentous events and a range of photos summarising the main stories. At the back of the book is a listing of each of the medallists in every event since the first games in Athens in 1896. The descriptions of each of the Olympics are only a page long – and could do with giving slightly more detail, but this is more than made up for by the fantastic array of photographs that accompany it. In all there are over 1000 photographs giving a thorough pictorial history of the games from their inception.

76. Canadian Olympic Committee Nearly 3000 years of olympic history The olympics first started nearly 3000 years The ancient Greek civilization enjoyed many sports—including running, http://www.olympic.ca/EN/youth/facts.shtml

HOME Cyrenus Boucher Youth > Facts/History How the Olympic Games began Sports in ancient Greece The rest of the ancient Olympic story Quick facts about the Olympics ... Quick facts about Canada and the Olympics How the Olympic Games began Nearly 3,000 years of Olympic history The Olympics first started nearly 3,000 years ago in Ancient Greece. The ancient Greek civilization enjoyed many sports—including running, boxing and wrestling—because they believed physical activity and competition were very important. Every Greek boy was expected to participate in sports, because the Greeks believed the skills they learned in sports would make them better warriors. In honour of Zeus The ancient Greeks also believed religion was very important. Zeus was their greatest god. The ancient Greeks built a shrine to honour Zeus in the Valley of Olympia. Greeks gathered at the shrine to play their favourite sports as part of their religious ceremonies. In 776 B.C. the ancient Greeks first recorded the results from their sporting events held in honour of Zeus. Every four years after that these Games were held, and because they took place in the Valley of Olympia, they became known as the Olympic Games.

77. NYC's Olympic Bid Hits The Ground Running - Billingsgazette.com NYC s olympic bid hits the ground running. The Record (Bergen County, NJ) In the most competitive bid in olympic history, Paris is overwhelmingly http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=2&display=rednews/2004/11/12/build/s

78. Sydney Olympic Games History And Facts From Koala Express In Sydney Australia 20 Stadium Australia has built the largest olympic arena in history with 110000 to Zeus in the morning followed by simple running races in the afternoon. http://www.koalaexpress.com.au/olympics.htm

The Greek athletic games, otherwise commonly recognized as the Panhellenic Games, were an integral part of Greek life. They combined religion, sport, and music into extravagant festivals involving peoples throughout Mediterranean. Not only did they attract thousands of participants and spectators to their venues, but they also promoted solidarity among the various Greek city-states. By the Classical period, their influence was felt throughout Greece. There were four main games: the Olympic Games, Pythian Games, Nemean Games, and Isthmian Games. The games at Olympia were the oldest and most famous of these. They all began quite humbly as religious ceremonies. While the games had a small religious aspect throughout their history, this role diminished as time progressed. Mythological evidence suggests that the athletic events originally served as entertainment for humans and gods and were loosely associated with sacrificial offerings. At first they were purely local events most likely spanning two or three days, consisting only of dancing, running, and wrestling The centrepiece of every Olympics is the track and field stadium. Stadium Australia has built the largest Olympic arena in history with 110,000 spectators able to see the opening and closing ceremonies, track and field program and the final of the men's soccer tournament. Under an agreement brokered by the Olympic Co-ordination Authority, the majority of the cost of the $A615 million stadium is being borne by the private sector with the NSW public having ultimate ownership of the venue. Stadium Australia has already hosted several world-class events including top-flight rugby league and union, American NFL and the FIFA All Stars.

79. Website Of Humanistic Olympics Studies Center China in the olympic history(1). Author Time20055-5 11050 When shewas eventually told that it was a sports meet including running events, http://www.c2008.org/rendanews/english_te.asp?id=1555

80. Kids Running - Boston Indoor Haile is a twotime olympic Gold Medalist at 10000 meters, winning in Sydney,Australia in possibly the most exciting race in olympic history. http://www.kidsrunning.com/bostonindoor04/bostonindoor04.html

MILES OF SMILES WITH HAILE GEBRSELASSIE at the Boston Indoor Games, January 31, 2004 Photo by Carol Goodrow Many of us were lucky enough to be at the Boston Indoor Games to see the distance champion Haile Gebrselassi run at the Reggie Lewis Center. His running was confident and smooth, AND his gregarious smile, like his running, extended for miles. Our own Coach Mick and his track kids also attended the meet. Two of his girls and 2 of his boys ran in the meet as part of the BAA/adidas co-ed relay. But 4 of Mick's girls were all smiles from the start, for they knew there was a chance that they'd be photographed with Haile after his race. FACTS ON HAILE GEBRSELASSIE *30 years old *As a youngster had the job of chasing horses that got loose *Ran 6 miles to and from school daily *2-time Olympic 10,000 m gold medalist (1996 and 2000) *17-time world record breaker *Holds 5 world records: (5000m-12:39:36), (10,000m-26:22:75), 10-K road(27:02), 2-mile indoor (8:04:69), and 5000m indoor (12:50:38) *Subject and star of 1998 Disney Film "Endurance COACH MICK'S NOTES ON THE PRE-MEET PRESS CONFERENCE Haile Gebrselassie spoke today at the adidas Boston Indoor Games press conference.  We all had an opportunity to ask questions and meet with him privately after.  I was fortunate to meet him prior to the press conference.  I actually shook the Great One's hand!  Haile is a two-time Olympic Gold Medalist at 10,000 meters, winning in Sydney, Australia in possibly the most exciting race in Olympic history.

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