41. Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com history of the olympic Flame flame The tradition of the olympic flame began duringthe ancient One of the greatest track and field athletes of all time. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/olympics/

Join Enchanted Learning Site subscriptions last 12 months. Click here for more information on site membership. $20.00/year or other amount (directly by Credit Card $20.00/year or other amount (via PayPal As a thank-you bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages. (Already a member? Click here. EnchantedLearning.com The Olympic Games: Summer 2004 in Athens, Greece Athens, Greece, will host the 2004 Summer Olympics. For information on Greece, click here . For a page on Greece's flag, click here The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad are being held in Athens, Greece. The opening ceremonies are on August 13, 2004. The closing ceremonies are on Sunday, August 29, 2004. The Ancient Olympics The ancient Greeks dedicated the Olympic Games to the god Zeus. The original games were held on the plain of Olympia in Peloponnesos, Greece. The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade"). The race was run by men who competed in the nude. A wreath of olive branches was placed on the winner's head (in Greek, this is called a kotinos). The olive tree was the sacred tree of Athens, Greece. Women were neither allowed to compete in the games nor to watch them, because the games were dedicated to Zeus and were therefore meant for men.

42. Newsletter Article As an Assistant Coach of track and field in the 1964 Tokyo olympic Games and Those two teams have a very rich history for the sport of track field. http://coaching.usolympicteam.com/coaching/kpub.nsf/v/2Dec03?OpenDocument&Click=

43. U.S. Olympic Hall Of Fame Site Launches, Seeks Fan Votes pay tribute to some of the most emotional US victories in olympic Games history, 1988 Women’s track and field 4x100m Relay 3. 1992 Men’s Basketball http://www.urlwire.com/news/040104.html

Now available... Link Alert! Learn the linking strategies that keep your site linked, with Link Alert! Today's Launch URLwire headlines page URLwire homepage Getting your site on URLwire Receive URLwire ... EricWard.com URLwire for Thursday, April 1, 2004 U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Site Launches, Seeks Fan Votes The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) announced this month the return of the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame . Presented by Allstate, and supported by associate sponsor Kleenex Brand tissue, the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame has been inactive since 1992. In conjunction with the announcement, the USOC introduced a list of finalists (see below) eligible for induction as members of the Class of 2004, along with an online interactive component, encouraging the public to cast votes at usolympicteam.com to help select the honorees. The Class of 2004 will be announced following the voting period, which starts today and runs through April 14. Search URLwire archives In conjunction with the announcement, the USOC introduced a list of finalists (see below) eligible for induction as members of the Class of 2004, along with an online interactive component, encouraging the public to cast votes at usolympicteam.com

44. IMG Speakers -Speakers Bureau Michael Johnson olympic Gold Medalist, track field Johnson had the greatestconsecutive seasons of any sprinter in history in 1990 and 1991. http://www.imgspeakers.com/speaker_detail.asp?SpeakerID=119

45. Mt. San Antonio College Relays History Thus, in 1959 a major track and field meet was born on the West Coast, in national and olympic track and field) attracted the US olympic Team to Mt. SAC http://vm.mtsac.edu/relays/history.html

ALUMNI CURRENT STUDENTS COMMUNITY ED NEW STUDENTS ... MT. SAC HOME Mt. San Antonio College Relays Where The World's Best Athletes Compete History of the Mt. SAC Relay H Hilmer Lodge At the conclusion of the 1959 affair, Track and Field News reported, "The first annual Mt. SAC Relays got off to a good start with first class performances in every event and excellent standards of achievement in all areas. The West Coast's only two day affair (which will continue to occupy the same dates as the much older Penn and Drake Relays) outclassed the old established meets by a wide margin in a comparison of winning performances." The Mt. SAC Relays has maintained its quality throughout the years, and over the past 43 years continues to out-perform all other major meets across the nation. As we prepare to celebrate our 44th annual event, it is interesting to look back at the history of this famous meet. Hilmer retired in 1963 and moved with his wife Dorothy to Pala, California to devote full time to his citrus ranch which had previously been just a hobby. From his first Relays in 1959 through his retirement in 1962, the event had grown from 850 high school, community college, college and club athletes competing in 56 different events over a 14 hour period to a two day meet over 19 hours, consisting of 139 events with almost 3000 athletes. In that same span, the new facility (combined with Lodge's involvement in national and Olympic track and field) attracted the U.S. Olympic Team to Mt. SAC for its 1960 and 1964 training and trials site, and in 1968 as one of its two trial venues.

46. Olympic Timeline The olympic Games in history. A brief look at humankind s most enduring sports Carl Lewis wins 4 golds in track and field, matching Jesse Owens http://gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-win96/timeline.htm

The Olympic Games in History A brief look at humankind's most enduring sports spectacle The Ancient Olympic Games The Olympic Games were celebrated 320 times every four years in the sacred stadium at Olympia, Greece, beginning in 776 B.C. Though boxing and wrestling were added later, the first Olympic event was a sprint. The prize was an olive leaf and deification by poets, as well as recognition as a hero forever. The Modern Olympic Games Athens 1896 In 1892, French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin proposes a renaissance of ancient Greek competition. In 1896, his dream is realized as England, Greece, Italy, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the United States open Games. James B. Connolly wins triple jump (the first medal in modern Olympic history); American flag is raised and Star Spangled Banner played, beginning tradition of honoring victor and his/her country. Paris 1900 Games opened to women. First female winner: Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain in singles tennis. Margaret Abbot of Chicago wins a gold medal in golf. Alvin Kraenzlein of U.S becomes first to win 4 gold medals. St. Louis 1904

47. Olympic Gold Rush: Making History In A Hurry But their stunning victory made olympic history as Flowers became the first African She was a seventime NCAA All-American in track and field at UAB, http://main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=55882

48. Track And Field Star Marion Jones Is Female Athlete Of The Year The confident Jones was the 10th female track and field athlete to win the of 0.37 seconds was the second largest in olympic history, man or woman. http://www.caaws.ca/girlsatplay/stuff/awards/jones.htm

Track and Field Star Marion Jones is Female Athlete of the Year December 27, 2000 -Slam Sports American track star Marion Jones is Associated Press female athlete of year NEW YORK (AP) Marion Jones gambled then won and lost.  Boldly predicting she could become the first track and field athlete to win five gold medals at a single Olympics, Jones' drive for five left her with three golds and two bronzes. Marion Jones:  "I didn't get everything I wanted, but I didn't give in. I can live with that." Th e five medals represented a first for a female track and field athlete at one Games, and for that accomplishment Jones was chosen Wednesday as The Associated Press' Female Athlete of the Year.  In balloting by sportswriters and broadcasters, Jones received 27 first-place votes and 111 points, beating tennis star Venus Williams, runner-up with 161/2 firsts and 1041/2 points. Golfer Karrie Webb was a distant third with 30 points. Points were awarded on a 3-2-1 basis.

49. The Women's Olympic Games: Important Breakthrough Obscured By Time WOMEN S SPORT history. The Women s olympic Games Important Breakthrough Obscured Such was the growing prestige of women s track and field that the IAAF http://www.caaws.ca/e/milestones/women_history/olympic_games.cfm

Home Links CAAWS eNews About CAAWS ... Search PlaceMenu("caaws") CAAWS PROGRAMS Mothers in Motion On the Move VIEWS ACTive ... PRINT THIS PAGE WOMEN'S SPORT HISTORY The Women's Olympic Games: Important Breakthrough Obscured By Time by Bruce Kidd Published in CAAWS Action Bulletin, Spring 1994 The Women's Olympic Games have long been forgotten, but during the 1920s and 1930s they were an important, international focal point for feminist efforts to improve women's sporting opportunities. The first "women's Olympic Games" was a one-day track meet in Paris in 1922. Eighteen athletes broke world records before 20,000 spectators. The second Games were held in Gothenberg, Sweden, four years later. Women from 10 nations, including distant Japan, took part. (Canada was not one of them). With a spectacular opening ceremony and marchpast, the patronage of the Swedish royal family, and several world records, the Games evoked comparisons with the IOC's Stockholm Olympics of 1912. Although Milliat kept her part of the bargain, the IAAF subsequently granted only five events. A majority of the FSFI went along, ensuring women's competition at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam where Ethel Catherwood, Bobbie Rosenfeld and the Canadian women's relay team excelled, but the powerful British Women's Athletics Association, whose athletes had dominated the Games in Gothenberg, refused to accept anything less than the 10-event minimum. They stayed away from Amsterdam, the only feminist boycott in Olympic history.

50. 2004 USATF Junior Olympic Track Field Championships hard at work putting together the ground work for what we hope to be one ofthe best Junior olympic track and field experiences in recent history. http://www.2004juniorolympics.com/

51. Athletics – News Reports, Sydney Results, Ancient Origins, Olympic History, Atl olympic history. track Events / field Events / Road Events / Combined Events track and field events formed part of the inaugural modern Games of 1896. http://www.times-olympics.co.uk/communities/athletics/athleticshistory.html

OLYMPIC HISTORY Track Events Field Events Road Events Combined Events TRACK EVENTS Track and field events formed part of the inaugural modern Games of 1896. Track races included 100, 400, 800 and 1,500 metres, and the 110 metres hurdles, the marathon was run on the road from Marathon to Athens and the long jump, high jump, triple jump and pole vault on the field completed the picture. Athletics provided the first Olympic title of the modern era, when James Brendan Connolly leapt 13.71m in two hops and a jump to win the triple jump crown by a metre over Alexandre Tuffere of France. Connolly's place in history was secured by his decision to drop out of Harvard when the dean refused to allow him time off to go to the Games in Athens. His triumph followed a voyage of 16 and a half days on a ship from the US to Naples and a train journey to Athens. In 1900 the track events were run on grass and marked the start of an American domination that has stood the test of time, the greatest challenge to the US coming from the Soviet bloc countries in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. In 1904, George Poage became the first black runner to win an Olympic medal, a bronze in the 400 metres hurdles, but on the same day Joseph Stadler became the first black athlete to win an Olympic medal, with a silver in the standing high jump behind the great Ray Ewry.

52. USATODAY.com - Day-by-day Recap: Track And Field How the track and field competition in Athens unfolded, day by day. For thefirst time in olympic history, five men broke 10 seconds in the 100 meters. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/athens/track/2004-08-31-recap_x.htm

OAS_listpos = "PageCount,NavBottom120x90,Top728x90,Zaplet1,FloatBottom,Bottom468x60,VerticalBanner,Poster3"; Classifieds: Cars Jobs Dating USA TODAY ... Weather Olympic sports Olympics home Winter sports Future Games Athens 2004 Full coverage Results Multimedia Salt Lake 2002 Full coverage International Index Tools Game matchups Sheridan's odds Live odds Sagarin ratings Indexes Scores Columnist index Sports briefs TV listings ... Sports index Posted 8/31/2004 2:49 PM Click here for complete 2004 Olympics coverage Track and field Full coverage Track and field info page Predictions Results and schedules Track and field Meet the Olympians Sprints roster Distance events roster Field events roster 10.0: Curt Clausen Multimedia Graphic: Fast shoes for sprints Graphic: Cool shoes for marathon Graphic: Beneath the surface Graphic: Marking the track Drug testing issues Full coverage Graphic: BALCO background Today's Top Olympic Sports Stories Belgium's Boonen wins World Championship men's road race Uzbekistan's Mansurov defends title at wrestling worlds Wrestling Worlds revamped Germany's Schleicher wins gold in road race ... Add USATODAY.com headlines to your Web site

53. USATODAY.com - Athlete Of The Week Clement Chases Hurdling History For his effort, Clement is USATODAY.com s US olympic Athlete of the Week. track and field The busiest month of the European season begins with the http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2005-06-28-aow-clement_x.htm

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54. Olympic olympic history from Buffalo and Western New York 1912 Stockholm, Sweden;Charles Reidpathtrack and field, two gold medals. http://members.tripod.com/~laxman36/olympics.html

NEW! Hassan wins gold at Empire State games... Olympic History from Buffalo and Western New York News... History Last updated 7-29-5 This page is maintained by a member of the International Society of Olympic Historians. Olympic hopeful Alyssia Hassan of Buffalo won gold at the Empire State games in Poughkeepsie 7-28-5. She finished first in the women's open division 100 meter high hurdles. Her time was 14.75 seconds.(buffalo news 7-29-5 "roundup brothers wrestle each other for the gold" pg b6 byline scott lieber) The following is from the Buffalo News, fair use only INVESTIGATION ENDS Crash that killed woman did not involve crimes By GENE WARNER Buffalo News Staff Reporter Erie County sheriff's officials have ended their investigation into a crash that claimed the life of an Arcade mother of two, after charging the other driver with a traffic violation for failing to yield at a stop sign. Sheriff's deputies said a vehicle driven by Travis Mayer, 23, of East Aurora, went through a stop sign on Hunters Creek Road on June 21 and struck the driver's door of a vehicle driven by Diane L. Hamblin. Hamblin died in Erie County Medical Center, following the two-vehicle crash that afternoon in the Town of Wales.

55. THE HISTORY OF THE MARATHON: PART 1 During the 1896 olympic track and field competition in Athens, the Greeks had Find out in The history Of The Marathon, Part 2, coming in August! http://www.marathonguide.com/training/coachmindy/history1.cfm

Sep 26, 2005 Training THE HISTORY OF THE MARATHON: PART 1 By Mindy Solkin Owner and Head Coach The Running Center The first competitive marathon race was held as the final event of the track and field program at the 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece. Despite many references in literature to the "revival" of the marathon in the 1896 Olympics, there had been no competitive marathon races before 1896! In 1894, when the 1896 Olympics were being planned, a French linguist and historian, Michel Breal, suggested that a 40K (24.8 miles) race be included in the track and field program. He believed the race, which would commemorate the run of Pheidippides from Marathon (a city in Greece) to Athens in 490BC, would add local interest to the Games. The Greek organizers agreed wholeheartedly. According to legend, Pheidippides, a Greek soldier and a champion runner in the ancient Olympics, had been chosen as the courier to bear the news of a surprise Greek victory over the invading Persians on the plains of Marathon. Exhausted from the battle and the 25-mile run from Marathon to Athens, Pheidippides blurted out the message, "Rejoice, we conquer!" Then he collapsed and died. During the 1896 Olympic track and field competition in Athens, the Greeks had suffered daily disappointments, largely because of the outstanding performances of the American athletes. Heavily favored in several events, the Greeks had not won anything.

56. Web Archive Copy: Women In The Olympics - A Brief History In certain olympic sports, particularly swimming and track and field, The first woman in olympic history to take the oath at the opening ceremony is http://www.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2001/ascpub/women_olym_hist.asp

This is an archive copy of a document originally located at http://www.activeaustralia.org/women/olym_hist.htm Women in the Olympics - a brief history The 20th May 2000 marks the 100th anniversary of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games. It also marks the centenary of women’s participation in the modern Olympics. Three events were available for women at the 1900 Olympic Games: golf, tennis and yachting. When the modern Olympic Games began in 1896 women had no part in the competition. In fact, the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin had said on several occasions that the Olympics were no place for women. He felt that rather than seek records for herself, a woman’s greatest achievement was to encourage her sons to excel. Women had to work to gain a presence in the Olympic arena and force open the door to one sport after another. Swimming for women was included in the Games in 1912 and a limited program of track and field was added in 1928. Women’s races longer than 200m were banned until 1960 when the 800m was reintroduced. The women’s marathon was not added until 1984. In 1992 the 10,000m walk was introduced and recently, waterpolo — which had been the domain of men since the Olympics first began — was added to the 2000 Olympic Games program for women. Women have played an enormous role in painting the Olympic picture. Since Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain won gold in singles tennis at the 1900 Paris Olympics, many women have put their stamp on Olympic history.

57. FLORIDA STATE TRACK & FIELD - SCHEDULE and his time of 49.68 is the fourth fastest in FSU track and field history, the FSU track and field team was named to the olympic track and field http://www.fsu.edu/~track/olympians.html

FSU Athletics FSU Home FSU Varsity Club FSU Track Links NCAA The ACC Track Wire Schedule Results Prospects History ... Photo Gallery CHAMPIONSHIPS FSU Athletes that Qualified. FSU Ties with 2000 Olympians. Weekly ... are available. Kim Batten Former FSU All-American Iain Harnden 2000 Graduate-Ranked 5th in NCAA in 400m Hurdles in 2000 Ken Harnden Current FSU Volunteer Assistant Coach and coached by FSU Head Coach Terry Long Sam George 2000 Graduate-Ranked fourth in the NCAA in 400m in 2000 Kim Batten World-record holder in the 400m hurdles will be looking to medal for the second consecutive Olympics TALLAHASSEE, FL. Maintaining her status as one of the mostexceptional track athletes in school history, former FSU track star and current FSU assistant track coach, Kim Batten, qualified for the United States Olympics team on July 16th in Sacramento, California. Batten, a nine-time All-American at FSU, will be competing in her second Olympics. At the 1996 Olympics, Batten won the Silver Medal in the 400m hurdles. A year earlier, Batten set the world record in the 400m hurdles at the 1995 World Championships in Goteburg, Sweden. The whirlwind year culminated at the ESPY Awards in February when Batten was honored as the Women's Track and Field Performer of the Year.

58. Olympics: Fast Facts: Women's Track And Field Fast facts women s track and field. By Compiled from Times wires It was thesecondbiggest margin in olympic history. She didn t break out the clear http://www.sptimes.com/News/092400/Olympics/Fast_facts__women_s_t.shtml

The games Feb. 8-24, 2002 Olympics Coverage Photo Galleries Feb. 9, 2002 Opening night Feb. 10, 2002 Day one events Feb. 11, 2002 Day two events Feb. 12, 2002 Day three events Feb. 13, 2002 Day four events Feb. 14, 2002 Day five events Feb. 15, 2002 Day six events Feb. 16, 2002 Day seven events Feb. 17, 2002 Day eight events Feb. 18, 2002 Day nine events Feb. 19, 2002 Day 10 events Feb. 20, 2002 Day 11 events Feb. 21, 2002 Day 12 events Feb. 22, 2002 Day 13 events Feb. 23, 2002 Day 14 events Feb. 24, 2002 Day 15 events Feb. 25, 2002 closing ceremony Special links Salt Lake 2002 U.S. Olympic Committee International Olympic Committee NBC Olympics Interactive Forums: Follow your sport at our message boards Times sites Sports Fast facts: women's track and field By Compiled from Times wires Marion Jones is off to a fast start in her quest for five gold medals. The Saturday highlights: MARION JONES: The American won the 100 meters in 10.75 seconds, .37 ahead of Ekaterini Thanou of Greece. It was the second-biggest margin in Olympic history. She didn't break out the clear shoes, though. Instead, she chose a glistening hot-rod chrome model. Florida International University sprinter Tanya Lawrence was the surprise bronze medalist, finishing .01 seconds ahead of her idol, Merlene Ottey of Jamaica. CATHY FREEMAN: The Australian, trying to become the first Aborigine to win an individual medal, easily won her second-round heat in the 400, qualifying for the semifinals. "At the moment, it's the Cathy and Marion show," said American Michael Johnson, referring to Freeman and Jones. "They're just slotting us in."

59. Untitled Document Wu Xiaoxuan became the first female olympic champion in China’s history, becoming the first track and field champion in China’s olympic history. http://www.bjreview.com.cn/200430/Cover-200430(C).htm

60. Marion Fails To Medal In Long Jump, Relay - Track And Field - MSNBC.com Those olympics were some dreamland where she ruled track and field with a goldentouch and a sweet It was the first long jump sweep in olympic history. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5841534/

Skip navigation Sports Scores, schedules Hurricanes' impact ... Most Popular NBC NEWS MSNBC TV Today Show Nightly News Meet the Press ... Track and field Marion fails to medal in long jump, relay Star of Sydney Games comes up short in only chances for medals Jerry Lampen / REUTERS Marion Jones, left, of the U.S. struggles to pass the baton to Lauryn Williams in the women's 400-meter relay final Friday. The U.S. did not finish the race, and Jamaica won the gold medal ahead of Russia and France. ATHENS, Greece - For Marion Jones, Sydney must seem far more than half a world away. Those Olympics were some dreamland where she ruled track and field with a golden touch and a sweet smile, winning five medals that turned her into an international superstar. Four years later, Jones leaves Athens without a medal after a botched handoff in the 400-meter relay and a mediocre fifth-place long jump. "It's been a tough one," she said afterward, tears streaming down her cheeks. Americans Tim Mack and Toby Stevenson finished 1-2 in the pole vault Friday night, but their performance was overshadowed by Jones' saga. "Track," Stevenson said, "is an unforgiving sport."

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