I have a question about the Olympics?
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Nope. no city has ever hosted the Summer Olympics after hosting the Winter Olympics and vice versa
1111851
As was already mentioned, the IOC decides where the games will be held.\n\nYou also asked about future games.  They are:\n\n2008 Summer Games -- Beijing\n2010 Winter ames -- Vancouver, BC, Canada\n2012 Summer Games -- London, England
1184812
Yes and yes.. Olympics are supposed to be the best athletic competition in the world.. once you start exluding people that are good enough to be paid.. then you lose the best perfromers\n\nI like seeing how olympic athletes earn money by doing what they do.. basketball is the only one that I hate how the US handles it
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Billards & Bowling? What are you smokin' son?\n\nThe events program for the Beijing 2008 Games is similar to that of the Athens Games.The 2008 Olympics will see the return of 28 sports, and will hold 302 events, one more than in Athens.\n\nNine new events are to be held, including the new cycling discipline of BMX (composed of individual events for men and women). Women will compete in 3000m steeplechase. Marathon swimming events for men and women, over the distance of 10 kilometers, will be added to the swimming discipline. Team events (men and women) in table tennis will replace the doubles events. In fencing, women's team foil and women's team sabre will replace men's team foil and women's team epee.\n\nThat's it considering that PHI's last medal was in '96...If the PI is gonna win a gold, you may wanna see if you can get someone to change their citizenship to Filipino.
1129264
Sorry, those game are over.  They were in Torino, Italy.  For a list of finalists, try going to the official Olympics website and looking for news on finalists before Torino.
140310
This is the only information I can find regarding the event at Barcelona 1992 that you are after:\n\nUNIFIED TEAM (EX USSR)  (Gold)\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA  (Silver)\nGREAT BRITAIN  (Bronze)\n\nFor details, you have have to contact the Spanish Olympic Committee
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The proceduce for choosing an Olympic Host City is as follows:\n\nEight years prior to the Olympics a city wishes to bid for they submit an application form to the IOC saying "We wish to bid for the Olympic Games of such a year". Then the IOC asks the cities that have expressed an interest to convince them to give the Olympics to them. This process lasts up to 18 months before about 6½ years before the Olympics itself, the IOC meet in Congress to elect the host of the Olympics
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a few years back, there was an olympic swimming event that had a european nation that was new to the olympics (at least in that event). it was one of the prequalifying runs, and the guy swimming was nowhere near finishing in time for the event, but he just wouldnt stop, and the crowd went NUTS. they didnt care where he was from, they didnt care that he wasnt going to win, they just were cheering on a guy who was clearly pushing himself, and didnt give in. even when he knew he lost, he was going to finish for him, and his ppl. THAT was a great moment in my book.
785044
mmmmm u should get sumthing from the greek olympic games.......thall be fun........look it them up on wkipedia or sumthing.......yah haha.
83901
It was indeed very impressive. As to getting a recording that could be a bit on the tricky side. The only thing I can suggest is contacting either your local television network, the Turin 2006 Organising Commitee or the IOC.
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I agree with the previous posters. On top of what they had to say, I believe that India probably doesn't have very many Olympic quality training facilities and Olympic coaches. \n      Also, how many people do you know would be able to spend the money for the equipment, training, and traveling across the world for 4 years to compete in internationl competitions in order to participate in the Olympics? Also, like someone already pointed out is the pressure on education. The competition for eduction is insanely fierce right now, and I doubt very many people will be interested in "wasting" time doing other things. \n       Another point is that most of the sports that are popular in India aren't really considered Olympics sports (like cricket and soccer).
70037
Really, no wonder people think that the world is heading in the wrong direction! The Winter Olympics are the biggest sporting festival in the world, second only to the Summer Games. How can you be so darn negative?
145846
no way! come on get a life. olympics come once every 2 years and winter olympics come once every 4 years! try something new. look at skeliten or downhill ski racing instead.
122324
Everyone did real good.  But this Olympics were not as much hyped as it was for the games at Salt Lake City in 2002.  The Next games in 2010 will be much closer since it will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada.  Best of luck to those who wil compete in those games as well as those training for the Bejing games in the summer of 2008!
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In the Ancient Olympic Games, women were forbidden to take part. Married women were forbidden to even enter the competition areas as spectators. If they were caught, the punishment was death. Therefore, they created their own Games dedicated to the goddess Hera. Hera was the sister-wife of Zeus. The Olympic Games were dedicated to Zeus. \nWhen the Olympic Games were revived in 1896 even the founder himself, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, did not agree with women's participation in the Games. This issue was the topic of much debate between the initial members of the IOC. However, women did not take part in the Games until 1900 in Paris. It was here that Britain's Charlotte Cooper became the first female gold medallist in the tennis singles competition. Only one other sport saw women's participation in 1900, golf. \n\nIn London at the 1908 Games there were 36 women competitors in the figure skating and tennis events. After these Games and a recommendation from the British Olympic Association that women swimmers, divers and gymnasts be allowed to compete in future Games, the Swedish Organising Committee included two swimming events and one diving contest for women at the 1912 Stockholm Games. \n\nFinally, in 1924 the IOC decided to allow a larger participation of women in the Games. However, there was little evidence of this even by the 1936 Games in Berlin where there were only four sports available to women. \n\nIt was not until after the 1948 Games in London that there was a clearly marked increase in the participation of women in sport around the world. Nevertheless, there were only 5 women's sports in London and 6 sports by the 1968 Games in Mexico. \n\nAfter the 1976 Games, finally a large increase in the number of sports offered to women began to appear. At the 1996 Atlanta Games there were 26 sports and 97 events open to women, which is still far below the 163 events open to men. \n\nHighlights (Source: The Olympic Education Kit, Australian Olympic Committee) \n\n1896 At the first Olympic Games, a Greek woman called Melpomene became the first female to run an unofficial marathon in 4 hours and 30 minutes. \n1900 Tennis player Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain became the first female Olympic champion in the tennis singles. \n1908 Yachtswoman, Frances Clytie Rivett-Carnac and her husband win gold, making her the first woman in any event to win in a competition with men. \n1912 Swimmer, Fanny Durack first woman to win gold in a world-record time. \n1928 The collapse of several runners at the end of the 800m saw the race declared dangerous for women and banned. \n1948 Triumphant Fanny Blakers-Koen of the Netherlands breaks new ground as the first mother successful at the Olympic Games. She won four gold medals in the 100m, 200m, 4 x 100m relay and 100m hurdles. \n1952 The first women ever to compete in equestrian sport (against men). \n1956 The first woman, Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo (Italy), in Olympic history to take the athletes' oath at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games. \n1968 Mexico's Enriqueta Basilio becomes the first woman to light the Olympic flame in the stadium. The 800m women's event is re-instated. \n1972 70 year old British equestrian competitor, Lorna Johnstone became the oldest ever female Olympian. \n1973 The IOC decided that women could be proposed as IOC members. \n1980 The greatest mother-daughter Olympic success - when Soviet runner Irin Nazarova, daughter of 1952 discus medallist Elizabeth Bagrinaseva, won gold in the relay. \n1981 Pirjo Haggman (Finland) and Flor Isava-Fonseca (Venezuela) became the first women IOC members. \n1982 Dame Mary Glen-Haig (Great Britain) was elected member of the IOC. \n1984 Princess Nora of Liechtenstein was elected member of the IOC. Joan Benoit (USA) wins the first women's Olympic marathon. \n1988 HRH the Princess Royal (Great Britain) was elected member of the IOC. Tennis returns to the Games, with the inequitable agreement that f
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Who says the Olympics are about unity? The Olympics are about sport, and sportmanship...There are plenty of examples throughout Olympic history where an athlete has chosen to forego competition in observation of the Sabbath or other religious rites. See "Chariots of Fire"\n\nThis is purely between the athlete and their faith, it's not the responsibility of the Olympic organizers to accomodate the religious requirements of every athlete. Instead, it's up to the athlete to decide for themselves if they wish to observe the requirements of their faith.
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Athletes in the modern Olympic Games is not just awarded gold, silver and bronze medal for finishing first, second and third. The athletes are awarded with the experience of competing on a state-of-the-art facilities. As well as that they also compete in front of the world. Just competing in the Olympic Games is an award for many athletes.