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The Decathlon In Olympic History - DECA, The Decathlon Association
history of the Decathlon as an olympic event, from Ancient Greece to the New Millenium. Sweden, an 'overall' champion was crowned using a three event contest (running, throwing a large stone, swimming).
http://www.decathlonusa.org/history.html

Extractions: Sponsored by The Decathlon in Olympic History Table of Contents: The Jim Thorpe Story When King Gustav V of Sweden presented awards at the 1912 Olympic Games of Stockholm, he proclaimed to the decathlon winner, an American Indian named Jim Thorpe, as the world's top athlete. "You sir, are the world's greatest athlete." Incidentally, Jim is purported to have replied, "Thanks, King" to the Swedish monarch, a story, true or not, which itself has become part of the Thorpe saga. Ever since, the Olympic decathlon champion or world record holder has been dubbed "the World's Greatest Athlete." And rightly so, since the decathlon is the only objective test of all around athletic ability. Decathletes must contest ten separate events and have those performances tallied on a standard scoring table. The decathlon measures basic sporting ability like jumping, sprinting and throwing. Within the backdrop and rules of track and field, decathlon champions must exhibit, the 4 S's: speed, spring, strength and stamina. Since 1912 great decathlon champions like Bob Mathias, Rafer Johnson, Bruce Jenner and Daley Thompson and others have become household names. But they all owe much to the legend of Thorpe.
HickokSports.com - History - Index By Sport
Amateur glory of olympics in the early twentieth century upheld in wacky marathon. you are here Column Archives In history olympic Follies. olympic Follies expresses dismay in these men's running ("very poor"), javelin ("another disappointment"), archery
http://www.hickoksports.com/history/sprtindx.shtml

Extractions: Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum Links Search Choose the first letter of the sport: History Biography Glossaries Calendar Quotations ... Directory A Arena Football Arm Wrestling Athletics; see Auto Racing Top of Page B Basketball Baton Twirling Beach Volleyball Biathlon Bicycle Polo Bicycle Stunt Riding Bicycle Racing; see Cycling Billiards BMX Racing Boardsailing Boat Racing; see Powerboat Racing ; Sailing Bobsledding Bocce Bodybuilding Boomeranging Bowling Boxball Boxing Broomball Bullfighting Bungee Jumping Top of Page C Top of Page D Danball Darts Disabled Sports Discs; see Flying Discs; Frisbee
Buffalo And Western New York Olympic History
Highlights of olympic history with stories about olympic medal winners and their accomplishments.Category Sports Events olympics history. went from coaching Buffalo's Sacred Heart Academy to top level women's collegeBasketball and olympic glory the buffalo news, and the running network on
http://members.tripod.com/~laxman36/olympics.html

Extractions: Olympic History from Buffalo and Western New York This page is maintained by a member of the International Society of Olympic Historians. The 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. last updated 3-25-3 NEW! ...Schlopy wins GS National championship...Hasan continues comeback... LAKE PLACID - Buffalo's Erik Schlopy won the giant slalom at the U.S. Alpine Championships on 3-24-3. He finished in 2 minutes, 24.64 seconds under less than ideal snow conditions at Whiteface Mountain. Schlopy continues his comeback from illness,taking third place in the giant slalom at the Alpine World Championships in february. The Buffalo native finished in 14th place in the recent Olympic men's slalom. Schlopy's win prevented Bode Miller's from win four national titles. (JOHN WAWROW Associated Press 3/25/2003 in Buffalo News) NEW YORK - 17 year old Ronnetta Alexander of Buffalo won the 60-meter hurdles Sunday 3/16/3 at the National Scholastic Track and Field Championships in New York City. Another Buffalo track star, Alyissa Hasan continued her comeback from a serious foot injury, taking third in the pentathlon with 3,469 points. Hasan is a former Junior Olympic petnathlon champion. Buffalo News, 3-17-3
Olympic History
olympic history. The earliest reliable date that recorded history gives for the first olympics is 776 BC, although Link to Track and Field Statistics in men's running events.
http://www.johncarlos.com/history.html
Running Movies: Olympic Games
Your ultimate resource for running captured on film, Summer olympics Going the DistanceGold Medal Champions Golden Moments in US olympic history Golden Moments
http://www.runningmovies.com/olympic.htm
Running Movies Homepage
Brief synopses for feature, documentary, and foreign films featuring several categories of running .Category Arts Movies Genres Sports The longest stage in the history of this olympic Games Coverage from the modernday Games; that chronicle individual athletes and their running achievements;
http://www.runningmovies.com/

Extractions: After winning a bronze medal in the 1956 Olympic 4 x 100 meter relay at the age of 16, Wilma returned to the Olympic arena in Rome four years later to become the first American women to win three gold medals (100 M, 200 M, and 4 x 100 relay). Being the 20th of her father's 22 children, she was born prematurely and had to overcome numerous ailments including double pneumonia, scarlet fever, measles, mumps, chicken pox, as well as polio that put her in metal leg braces from the age of 6 to 12. To read more about Wilma's groundbreaking accomplishments and awards you can read an article from ESPN entitled Rudolph ran and world went wild or select from one of the following fine films that feature her races: Best of the Best Olympic Moments Black Olympians 1904-1984 Girls Sports: On the Right Track Gold Medal Champions ... Olympica: America's Gold. Volume One, Great Moments of Track and Field
Olympic History
16.2 Rome saw a legendary African leave his mark on olympic history. Abebe Bikilawon and captured the imagination of the sporting world by running in bare feet
http://www.madeinethiopia.net/ethiopiasport/MARATHON/Olympic_History/olympic_his

Extractions: Sign The Golden Guest Book View The Golden Guest Book Medal Count Gold Sliver Bronze Total Sep 30, 2000 Select a link Haile Derartu Tulu Gete Wami Eshetu Tura Hailu Mekonnen Million Wolde Ayelech Worku Fita Bayessa Alemu Dagne Workinesh Kidane Brihane Adere Assefa Mezgebu Mohammed Kedir Fatuma Roba Elfenesh ALEMU Gadissie EDATO Addis Gezahegn Abebe Bikila Gezahenge Abera Miruts Yifter Mamo Wolde Belayneh Dinsemo Abebe Mekonnen Select a link MARATHON Women's Marathon Men's Marathon Yidnekachew Tesema Olympic History Guest book Medal Count 1896 - ATHENS The first Olympic marathon took place on April 10, 1896. There were 17 entrants and the race was run from Marathon to Athens. Most of the competitors were Greeks. The race was won by Spiridon Louis, from the village of Amarousion. As he entered the stadium he was greeted by two Greek princes, who accompanied him around the track to the finishing line. Australian Edwin Flack, the winner of two gold medals in Athens, led the race for a short period but dropped out due to exhaustion. 1900 - PARIS
Athletics News Reports, Sydney Results, Ancient Origins, Olympic History, Atl
Too many athletes were, effectively, running. and is as comfortable discussing history,politics and after disqualification cost him an olympic silver medal in
http://www.times-olympics.co.uk/communities/athletics/athleticsreport78.html

Extractions: Friday, September 29 Racewalkers running into more strife David Powell From David Powell, Athletics Correspondent, in Sydney Eight more disqualifications in Olympic racewalking today and the second-biggest blister on the toe of athletics was under examination once again. After drugs, there is nothing like walking the walk to invite the trash talk. Or, more precisely, running the walk. When the mens 20km walk at the 1993 world championships in Stuttgart finished up like a John Cleese sketch, the message rang loud and clear that racewalking needed to tidy itself up. Too many athletes were, effectively, running. Seven years later, little has changed. In Stuttgart, five walkers were disqualified in the last 400 metres while the chief judge behaved like a demented traffic warden, circling the stadium waving his red disqualification disc. However, calls for racewalking to lose its championship licence came to nothing. In both 20km walks here, the mens eight days ago and the womens yesterday, the athlete with the gold medal seemingly won was disqualified. Yesterday, in the 50km walk, such an embarrassment was spared as Robert Korzeniowski, from Poland, completed a historic Olympic double, the disqualifications being applied to chasing athletes. However, it was enough to keep the issue burning as hot as the morning sun, 81 degrees when Korzeniowski entered the Olympic stadium to become the first athlete to do the 20 and 50km double. No other walker had managed it, even at separate Olympics.
Olympic History
olympic history. 1968 XIX olympic Games Mexico City, Mexico 1227 October McIntyre (Paremata). 26th in running boar (523 points)
http://www.nzshootingfed.org.nz/OlympicHistory.htm

Extractions: 1968 XIX Olympic Games Mexico City, Mexico 12-27 October Section Manager- N.A. Rees (Manawatu) I.R. Ballinger (Canterbury) 3rd in smallbore rifle prone English match 50m (597 points) BRONZE S.G. Nairn (Waikato) 12th in smallbore rifle prone position English match 50m (594 points) 1972 XX Olympic Games Minich, West Germany, 26 August -10 September Section Manager- H. Tse (Wellington) I.R. Ballinger (Christchurch) 46th in smallbore rifle prone (591 points) G.J.R. McIntyre (Paremata) 26th in running boar (523 points) B.N. McMillan (Lower Hutt) 28th in rapid fire pistol (582 points) M.P. Watt (Auckland) 29th in smallbore rifle prone (593 points) 1976 XXI Olympic Games Montreal, Canada. 17 July-1 August Section Manager- I.D. Wright (Auckland) I.R. Ballinger (Christchurch) 20th in smallbore rifle prone (590 points) G.J.R. McIntyre (Paremata) 19th in running game target D.G. Taylor (Levin) 26th in running game target (536 points) L.J. Woolley (Christchurch) 26th equal in skeet (190 points) 1980 XXII Olympic Games Moscow, USSR. 19 July-3 August (Selected but did not participate) Section Manager- I.D. Wright (Auckland)
History Of The Modern Olympic Games
history of the Modern olympic Games Where Athens, Greece Countries Participating 13 When March 25April 3 Athletes Participating 311 Male 0 Female Overall medal winner Greece of Events 43 Hannes Kolehmainen of Finland dominated the distance running events by winning the 5 000, the 10 000 and the 12 000-meter
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HickokSports.com - History - Olympic Track & Field Records
olympic Track Field Records. Indicates world record running. Event, Time, Athlete,Country, Date Set, Location. http//www.hickoksports.com/history/oltfrec.shtml.
http://www.hickoksports.com/history/oltfrec.shtml

Extractions: Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum ... Search Table of Contents Related Subjects * Indicates world record Event Time Athlete, Country Date Set Location 100 meters Donovan Bailey, Canada July 27, 1996 Atlanta 200 meters Michael Johnson, USA Aug. 1, 1996 Atlanta 400 meters Michael Johnson, USA July 29, 1996 Atlanta 800 meters Vebjoern Rodal, Norway July 31, 1996 Atlanta 1500 meters Noah Ngeny, Kenya Sept. 29, 2000 Sydney 5000 meters Said Aouita, Morocco Aug. 11, 1984 Los Angeles 10,000 meters Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia July 29, 1996 Atlanta Marathon Carlos Lopes, Portugal Aug. 12, 1984 Los Angeles Top of Page History Biography Glossaries Calendar Quotations ... Directory Event Time Athlete, Country Date Set Location 110 meters Allen Johnson, USA July 29, 1996 Atlanta 400 meters Kevin Young, USA Aug. 6, 1992 Barcelona 3000-meter st Julius Kariuki, Kenya Sept. 30, 1988 Seoul Top of Page Event Time Country (Runners) Date Set Location 4 x 100m USA (Marsh, Burrell, Mitchell, C. Lewis) Aug. 8, 1992
Winter Olympics - 2002 - Olympic Sports Trivia, History & Facts
Find out more about the Winter olympics, including unusual sport trivia, history and facts. Part 1 olympic history Sports Facts. As the olympic Torch Relay winds its way around the United States, Equestrian events. Pentathlon (jumping, running, javelin, discus, wrestling)
http://physicaltherapy.about.com/library/weekly/aa012602a.htm
Citius, Altius, Fortius (became Journal Of Olympic History In 1997)
Pool, Ion Distance running at the 1900 olympics Life and Place in olympic history. olympic DISSERTATIONS
http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv4n1/JOHv4n1h.pdf
International Institute For Sport And Olympic History
High school athletics; history of Sport Physical Education; Hockey IOC (InternationalOlympic Committee); Jeu de Paume; Jogging (see running); Judo; Kites and
http://www.harveyabramsbooks.com/501c3subjects.html

Extractions: Adapted physical education Air Sports Alpine skiing (see skiing) Ancient / Antiquities (Greece, Rome, etc) Aquatics (see Water sports) Archery Architecture (sports stadiums and facilities) Arts (see Sport in Art: coins, medals, posters) Association football (see soccer) Athletic injuries (see sports medicine) Backgammon Baseball Badminton Basketball Biathlon Bibliography Bicycling (see cycling Billiards Biomechanics Blacks in Sport Canoeing, Rowing, Yachting Bobsleigh (see Winter Sports) Bowling Boxing Business (see Sport and Business) Canoeing Cars and car racing (See Automobiles) Cards Checkers Cheerleading Chess Children and Physical Education Coaching (19th century) College Athletics Cricket Croquet Curling Cycling Dance Diving (See Dressage (See Equestrian Sports Drugs and sport (See Sports medicine) Equestrian Sports Exercise Facilities (see sports stadiums and facilities) Falconry Fencing Field Hockey Figure skating (see Skating) Fitness (See Physical Fitness) Football (American) Football (British, see Soccer)
Team USA Southern California
Offers information for the olympic competitors from California in the Team USA distance running program. Includes runners profiles, statistics, history, and links.
http://www.runningusa.org/teamUSA/teamUSA_socal.html

Extractions: Support Crew The mission of the Team USA Distance Running is to return American distance running to its former glory. During the 1970s and early 1980s, the United States was a dominating force in world distance running. Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers, Joan Benoit and Alberto Salazar were all, at one time or another, Olympic Champions or the top marathoner in the world. American rrunners were likely winners of any race regardless of the presence any other world class competition. Team USA California is directed by former UCLA head track coach Bob Larsen and former Adams State coach Joe Vigil and includes American stars Deena Drossin (ASICS) and Meb Keflezighi (Nike) who represented the USA at the 2000 Olympic Games, broke the long standing men's and women's 10,000m records. Click here for athlete accomplishments Team USA Southern California has a low altitude base at the ARCO U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California (near San Diego) and a high altitude location at Mammoth Lakes in the California High Sierras .
Mainichi Interactive - Top News
olympic history dies with Korean gold medalist. center, was the first Korean to winan olympic gold but in Seoul and soon took an interest in marathon running.
http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/archive/200211/15/20021115p2a00m0fp020000c.html

Extractions: Son Ki-jong, a Korean athlete who won a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin while participating as a Japanese team member, died Friday in Seoul as a result of kidney failure. He was 90. Mainichi Shimbun Son, center, was the first Korean to win an Olympic gold but had to compete in Japanese colors because of Tokyo's colonial rule. Son was born in Pyongan, in present-day North Korea, in May 1912. He attended a high school in Seoul and soon took an interest in marathon running. In 1936, Son traveled to Berlin to compete in the Olympic Games, but because Korea was under Japanese colonial rule at the time, he competed, along with fellow countryman Nam Sung-ryong as a representative of the Japanese team. Son took the gold medal, breaking the Olympic record in a time of 2 hours, 29 minutes and 19 seconds, and became a hero in both Korea and Japan. He was the first Korean to win a gold medal, but because he was representing the Japanese team at the time, the medal was never regarded as a Korean one right up to the time of his death.
History House: Olympic Follies
Amateur glory of olympics in the early twentieth century upheld in wacky marathon, racial exercises.Category Sports Events olympics he had lost ten pounds, and cheerfully retired from running entirely. Thus ended the1904 olympic marathon We here at history House feel that might very well be
http://www.historyhouse.com/stories/olympics.asp

Extractions: Advertisement In Brief We love the Olympics. Not because it gives us a glimpse of who we expect to see selling cars and toothpaste to us for the next six months, but because the Games embody the spirit of the amateur. Or at least theyre supposed to. If you really want to see the embodiment of the amateur, start looking at the early games. Like the guy who ran the 1904 marathon in dress shoes. Or the entire team that couldn't pay the landing fees in Los Angeles because they didn't sell enough coffee en route. When the flames at Sydney got stuck on that little mechanical track this year, the organizers looked bad. Trust us: that was nothing Party On You might also be interested in Circus Maximus: Rome's Astrodome
Avon Running: History
were a major reason the marathon became an official event in the olympic Games, said Kathrine Switzer, the program director of Avon running, original creator
http://www.avoncompany.com/women/avonrunning/history.html

Extractions: A von was the leader in creating a platform for women's running in the late 1970s through the mid-1980's when the company sponsored the Avon International Running Circuit. These races enjoyed enormous popularity and were largely responsible for securing the women's marathon as an Olympic event. Joan Benoit Samuelson, Gold Medallist in the inaugural Women's Olympic Marathon (1984) and US record-holder, was one of the early Avon Running Circuit's most prestigious participants. "The series nurtured and developed women's running at a time when it was felt that if a woman ran more than a mile, she would do herself bodily harm and would not be able to have children," said Benoit Samuelson. She has run some 85,000 miles, has two children and is still running strong. "Avon's financial backing and worldwide reach were a major reason the marathon became an official event in the Olympic Games," said Kathrine Switzer, the program director of Avon Running, original creator of the circuit and the woman who broke the gender barrier at the Boston Marathon in 1967. "Now that the distance events for women are in the Games, we want to give women the avenues to get there, and at the same time take running and walking to women who never before had the opportunity." This first Avon Running series, which unveiled the world's most talented women in the sport, ended in 1985 after the company refocused its marketing efforts. "Our mission then was acceptance," says Switzer. "Our goal now is accessibility to provide developmental activity and incentives to aspiring athletes, and encourage the general fitness of women everywhere."
Athens Marathon History: 2,500 Years Of Heroic Running
At the 1908 olympic Games in London, the marathon Today, marathons have become a runningtradition throughout looks forward to sharing the history and culture
http://www.athensmarathon.com/marathon/history.html

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MarathonGuide.com - History Of The Marathon, Marathon Records
captured the imagination and hearts of the running public world is almost as longas the history of the In his book, olympic Marathon, Charlie Lovett devotes a
http://www.marathonguide.com/history/index.cfm

Extractions: The History of the Marathon The marathon is one of the most storied races of all time. Originally conceived as a race for the 1896 Olympics in Athens, the marathon immediately captured the imagination and hearts of the running public. Transported to Boston in 1897 by American spectators, the history of the marathon in the new world is almost as long as the history of the marathon itself. In his book

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