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LONDON 2012 OLIMPIC GAMES 5C



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Math project second draft ISABELA ANDRADE GARCIA 5ºC The Olympic games is a very important event in the world, is the event that is presented each 4 years. There are winter and summer Olympic games in each one are practiced and compited the sports of each season, the Olympic games goes all the world to compete for the gold medal ,the silver medal and the bronze medal that are the most important thing because is the image of th country.In our country Colombia we only have won one gold medal by MARIA ISABEL URRITIA in Weightlifting but also we have won a lot of silver and bronze medals but the most is 2001 gold only Colombian medal. The next Olympic games are in this year in London a beautiful old city that is in EUROPE, it has been also being selected SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING Is a form in the Olympic games to swim in a coordinate form ,it is to dance or maverithmic movements with another person in water.This sport need a lot of advanced water skills if you want to make this sport you need to practice a lot and know how to swim in different forms and also to dance with other people. In the Olympics the synchronized swimming is considerateda very important sport after swimming.This sport was named in the 20 century water ballet and the first record competition was in1891 in Berlin ,Germany. MEDALIST IN THE WORLD


 * GAMES || GOLD || SILVER || BRONZE ||
 * 1984  LOS ANGELES || Tracie Ruiz and Candie Costie Of U.S.A || SHARON HAMBROOK AND KELLY KRYCZKA || SAEKO KIMURA AND MIWAKO MOTOYOSHI OF JAPAN ||
 * 1988 SEUL || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">MICHELLE CAMERON AND CARROLYN WALDO OF CANADA || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">KAREN JOSEPHSON AND SARAH JOSEPHSON OF U.S.A || <span style="color: #403152; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">MIKAKO KOTANI AND MIYAKO TANAKA OF JAPAN ||
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">1992 <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">BARCELONA || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">KAREN JOSEPHSON AND SARAH JOSEPHSON OF U.S.A || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">PENNY VILAGOS AND VICKI VILAGOS OF CANADA || <span style="color: #403152; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">FUMICO OKUNO AND AKI TAKAMAYA OF JAPAN ||
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">1996 <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ATLANTA ||  ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">2000 <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> SYDNEY || <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">OLGA BRUSNIKINA AND MARIYAKISELYOVA OF RUSSIA || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">MIYA TACHIBANA AND MIHO TAKEDA OF JAPAN || <span style="color: #403152; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">VIRGINIE DEDIEU AND MYRIAM LIGNOT OF FRANCE ||
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">2004 <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ATHENS || <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ANASTACIA DAVYDOVA AND ANASTASIYA YERMAKOVAOF RUSSIA || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">MIYA TACHIBANA AND MIHO TAKEDA OF JAPAN || <span style="color: #403152; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ALISON BARTOSIK AND ANNA KOZLOVA ||

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">THERE ARE TOO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SWIMMING AND SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">HOW MUCH GOLD MEDALS HAVE WON THE COUNTRIES
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">GAMES || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">GOLD || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">SILVER || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">BRONZE ||
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">2010 <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">CHINA || <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ANASTACIA DAVYDOVA AND ANASTASIYA YERMAKOVAOF RUSSIA || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ANDRA FUENTES AND GEMMA MENGUAL OF SPAIN || <span style="color: #403152; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">SAHO HARADA AND EMIKO SUZUKI OF JAPAN ||
 * sport || characteristic ||
 * swimming || It is most of who swims faster in a distance . They are similar because are in water but this is of swimming fast alone with people of other countries. ||
 * Synchronized swiming || Is to dance and swim. Usually is with a group of a partner and you need to make routines with music using lifting and also ballet position ||
 * Rank || Nation || Gold || Silver || BRONZE || TOTAL ||
 * 1 || RUSSIA || 6 || 0 || 0 || 6 ||
 * 2 || USA || 5 || 2 || 2 || 9 ||
 * 3 || CANADA || 3 || 4 || 1 || 8 ||
 * 4 || JAPAN || 0 || 4 || 8 || 12 ||
 * 5 || SPAIN || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2 ||
 * 6 || CHINA || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 ||

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">WHY I LIKE SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING??? <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Because when I was very little I live in a house with pool and I love swimming with mi friend Ana and we said, we love swimming and dancing why we can not make a routine of synchronixed swimming and so we learned the positions. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">POSITIONS: <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">There are hundreds of positions because they are similar like ballet ones so you need to learn a little bit of ballet and swimming to make this sport some ones are : <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Back Layout: <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The most basic position. The body floats, completely straight and rigid, face-up on the surface while sculling at the sides. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Front Layout: <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Much like a Back Layout, the only difference is that the swimmer is on his/her stomach. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Sailboat/Bent Knee: <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Similar to the back layout, but one knee is bent with the toe touching the inside of the other leg, which remains parallel to the surface. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Ballet Leg: <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Beginning in a back layout, one leg is extended and held perpendicular to the body, while the other is held parallel to the surface of the water. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">HISTORY: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Synchronized swimming was developed from water ballet. In 1939 the first Synchronized Swimming contest was held. It was between Wright Junior College and the Chicago Teacher's College. The Amateur Athletic Union of the U.S. found out about the sport of Synchronized Swimming in 1941. Then in 1955 in Mexico City the sport became an event in the Pan American Games. The first time it was in the Olympic games was in 1984 in Los Angeles. So it is a very important new sport because this was one of the new ones because weren’t in Athens. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">MY MOST IMPORTANT SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMER Anna Kozlova: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Is one of the most importan synchronized swimmer in all the world, I think she is very important because she participate in three Olympic games and she get very good medals, she did not only participate in the Olympic she was in a lot of international contest in all the world she did not won in all but was very important in this theme .She was born the 30 of December of 1972 , actually she has 39 years and is very recognize as a famous talent synchronized swimmer. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">And if you want to practice a sport like this one you need an academy that special teach you ballet and swiming and then you put in practice like me.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">RANK || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">NATION || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">GOLD || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">SILVER || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">BRONZE || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">TOTAL ||
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">7 || <span style="color: #403152; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">FRANCE || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">0 || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">0 || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">1 || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">1 ||

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">first draft isabela andrade 5ºc <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Olympic Games is an event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participateThe Games are currently held every two years, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating, although they occur every four years within their respective seasonal games. Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894. The IOC has since become the governing body of the Olympic Movement, whose structure and actions are defined by the Olympic Charter. NOW IN OUR COUNTRY PEOPLE ARE TRAINING OR PRACTICING TO GO TO THE 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES THAT ARE GOIN TO BE IN LONDON AT SUMMER. MY FAVORITE SPORT THAT IS IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES IS THE SYNCHRONIZED swimming that is to swim like dancing and I love to swim and to dance so I think I wiil like to take classes of this marvelous for me sport. <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">THE SPORTS OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES: <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">DIVING <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">SWIMMING <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">SYNCHRONIZING SWIMMING <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">WATER POLO <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">CANOE SPRINT <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">CANOE SLALOM <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">BMX <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">MOUNTAIN BIKING <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">ROAD CYCLING <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">TRACK CYCLING <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">ARTISTIC RITHMIC <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">TRAMPOLINE <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">VOLLEYBALLBEACH <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">VOLLEYBALL INDOOR <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">DRESSAGE <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">EVENTING <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">JUMPING <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">FREESTYLR <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">GRECO ROMAN <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">ARCHERY <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">ATHLETICS <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">BADMINTON <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">BASKETBALL <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">BOXING <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">FENCING <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">FIELD HOCKEY <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">FOOTBALL <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">HANDBALL <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">JUDO <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">MODERN PENTATHLON <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">ROWING <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">SAILING <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">SHOOTING <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">TABLE TENNIS <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">TAEKWONDO <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">TENNIS <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">TRIATHLON <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">WEIGHTLIFTING <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">2012 OLYMPIC GAMES: <span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad or "London 2012 Olympic Games", are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. London will become the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games three times,having previously done so in 1908 and in 1948. <span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">London was selected as the host city on 6 July 2005 during the 117th IOC Session in Singapore, defeating Moscow, New York City, Madrid and Paris after four rounds of voting. The successful bid was headed by former Olympic champion Sebastian Lord Coe. <span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">COLOMBIA AT THE OLYMPICS:

<span style="color: #004dbb; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">HOW MUCH GOLD MEDALS HAVE WON THE COUNTRIES <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">SO AS IF YOU SEE WE HAVE BEEN A GREAT COUNTRY BUT THE BEST IS MARIA ISABEL URRUTIA SO WE HAVE WIN A GOLD MEDAL THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AWARD IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES, THE SECOND IS THE SILVER MEDAL THAT IS ALSO THE 2º AWARD AND FINALLY, BUT VERY IMPORTANT IS THE BRONZE MEDAL THET IS THE3º PLACE. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Now for the 2012 olympic games this are the people that is going to participate: <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Qualified three (or more) athletes at the A Standard <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Luis Fernando Lopez Men's 20 km race walk <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Gustavo Restrepo Men's 20 km race walk <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">James Rendon Men's 20 km race walk <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Qualified two athletes at the A Standard <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Lina Flores Women's 100 m hurdles <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Briggite Merlano Women's 100 m hurdles <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Yolanda Caballero Women's marathon <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Erika Abril Women's marathon <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Qualified one athlete at the A Standard <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Norma Gonzales Women's 200 m <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Catherine Ibarguen Women's triple jump <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Arabelly Orjuela Women's 20 km race walk <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Rafith Rodriguez Men's 800 m <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Paulo Cesar Villar Men's 110 m hurdles <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Juan Carlos Cardona Men's marathon <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Qualified one (or more) athletes at the B Standard <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Yomahara Hinestroza Women's 100 m <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Norma Gonzalez Women's 400 m <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Jennifer Padilla Women's 400 m <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Princesa Oliveiros Women's 400 m hurdles <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Rosibel Garcia Women's 800 m <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ingrid Hernendez Women's 20 km race walk <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Freddy Hernandez Men's 50 km race walk <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Qualified for Women 4x100 m relay <span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Eliecith Palacios, Alejandra Idrobo, Darlenys Obregon plus 3 more.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">CEREMONIES: <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">There are very important ceremonies in the olympic games this are opening ,colsing and the most important medal presentation: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">OPENING: <span style="color: #004dbb; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">As mandated by the Olympic Charter, various elements frame the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Most of these rituals were established at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. The ceremony typically starts with the hoisting of the host country's flag and a performance of its national anthem.The host nation then presents artistic displays of music, singing, dance, and theater representative of its culture. The artistic presentations have grown in scale and complexity as successive hosts attempt to provide a ceremony that outlasts its predecessor's in terms of memorability. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Games reportedly cost $100 million, with much of the cost incurred in the artistic segment.

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<span style="color: #004dbb; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">i want to talk about the olympic are special events that ocur each 4 years you can learn all about thing like about they started in athens and it was only men whe i was very little i go to beiging olympic games they were wonderful but i did not know what it was about so now that i have search and also see fact information like that we only have one medal and also that are paralympic games i love that idea. If you ever have went to london you could say that is a very beautiful place that you can visit,have yo ever heard all the story of the olympics???? i think that your answer will be a nooooo! so you dont need to live there or travel a lot just only read and get cultural informates about thi historic information event and if someday in your life you have the oportunity to go to an olympic game go that is not only to represent our country,is for know more and live onle of th mos beautiful and important thing in all the world so se: [] The **Olympic Games** is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a [|variety of competitions]. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate. [|[1]] The Games are currently held every two years, with [|Summer] and [|Winter Olympic Games] alternating, although they occur every four years within their respective seasonal games. Originally, the [|ancient Olympic Games] were held in [|Olympia], Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron [|Pierre de Coubertin] founded the [|International Olympic Committee] (IOC) in 1894. The [|IOC] has since become the governing body of the [|Olympic Movement], whose structure and actions are defined by the [|Olympic Charter]. The evolution of the Olympic Movement during the 20th and 21st centuries has resulted in several changes to the Olympic Games. Some of these adjustments include the creation of the Winter Games for ice and winter sports, the Paralympic Games for athletes with a physical disability, and the [|Youth Olympic Games] for teenage athletes. The IOC has had to adapt to the varying economic, political, and technological realities of the 20th century. As a result, the Olympics shifted away from pure amateurism, as envisioned by Coubertin, to allow participation of professional athletes. The growing importance of the [|mass media] created the issue of corporate sponsorship and commercialization of the Games. World Wars led to the cancellation of the 1916, 1940, and 1944 Games. Large boycotts during the [|Cold War] limited participation in the 1980 and 1984 Games. The Olympic Movement consists of [|international sports federations] (IFs), [|National Olympic Committees] (NOCs), and organizing committees for each specific Olympic Games. As the decision-making body, the IOC is responsible for choosing the host city for each Olympic Games. The host city is responsible for organizing and funding a celebration of the Games consistent with the Olympic Charter. The Olympic program, consisting of the [|sports] to be contested at the Games, is also determined by the IOC. The celebration of the Games encompasses many rituals and symbols, such as the [|Olympic flag] and [|torch], as well as the [|opening and closing ceremonies]. Over 13,000 athletes compete at the Summer and Winter Olympics in 33 different sports and nearly 400 events. The first, second, and third place finishers in each event receive [|Olympic medals] ; gold, silver, and bronze, respectively.

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Mariana Saldarriaga Figure Skating Once a vital means of transportation throughout northern Europe, ice skating evolved into a sport during the 18th century. The man credited with giving birth to the type of figure skating we see today is Jackson Haines, an American from New York. In the early 1860s, Haines's new combination of music, ballet, ice skating, and dancing wasn't well received in this country. So he took his revolutionary ideas to Vienna, Austria, where they flourished. Figure skating debuted at the 1908 Olympic Summer Games in London. The singles and pairs competitions have been a part of every Winter Games since 1924. The ice dancing competition was introduced in 1976. The men's and women's singles competitions and the pair’s competition each consist of two parts: a short program, in which skaters must complete required elements; and a free skate, which is a longer program that has few restrictions and emphasizes skaters' artistry. The ice dancing competition has three parts: a compulsory dance, an original dance, and a free skate. The men's singles will be held Feb. 14 and 16, while the women's singles will be held Feb. 21 and 23. At the Torino Games the figure skating events will be held Feb. 11–23 at the newly constructed Palavela. Figure skating was in the spotlight in the 2002 Olympics when it was discovered that vote-swapping had pushed the Russian pair into first place above the near-flawless Canadian performance. The French judge was sent packing and in an Olympic first, the gold was awarded to both the Canadians and the Russians. In response to the events at the 2002 Olympics,. figure skating judging and scoring have been overhauled. The old six-point system is gone, replaced by one in which the performance is awarded points for a technical score as well as five other elements: skating skills, transitions, performance/execution, choreography, and interpretation. Also, no more booing of any particular judge—it's now anonymous, so the whole lot of them will have to get the raspberry. The Russian men are favored for gold in Torino—2002's winner, Alexei Yagudin, might repeat or Evgeny Pleshenko could take home the medal. 2002's surprise women's winner, American Sarah Hughes is no longer competing. Both Sasha Cohen and Michelle Kwan had injuries in fall 2005 but are expected to be up to snuff for Olympic competition. 2005 world champ Irina Slutskaya is favored to become the first Russian woman to get the gold. The top American ice dancers, Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto, who placed second at the 2005 world championships, were expected to be ineligible to compete in Turin due to Belbin's Canadian citizenship. However, a provision in a bill signed by President Bush on Dec. 30, 2005, allowed her to formally become an American citizen in time for the Olympics. The Russian 2005 world champion team of Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov should be the duo to beat. As usual, the Russians will probably have a strong showing in pairs with two-time world champions Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin leading the way.


 * ======Men====== ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ======year====== |||||| ======Gold====== |||||| ======Sliver====== |||||| ======Bronze====== ||
 * ======1908====== |||||| ======Ulrich Salchow SWE====== |||||| ======Richard Johannson SWE====== |||||| ======Per Thorén SWE====== ||
 * ======1912====== |||||| ======not held====== ||||||  ||||||   ||
 * ======1920====== |||||| ======Gillis Grafström SWE====== |||||| ======Andreas Krogh NOR====== |||||| ======Martin Stixrud NOR====== ||
 * ======1924====== |||||| ======Gillis Grafström SWE====== |||||| ======Willy Böckl AUT====== |||||| ======Georges Gautschi SUI====== ||
 * ======1928====== |||||| ======Gillis Grafström SWE====== |||||| ======Willy Böckl AUT====== |||||| ======Robert Van Zeebroeck BEL====== ||
 * ======1932====== |||||| ======Karl Schäfer AUT====== |||||| ======Gillis Grafström SWE====== |||||| ======Montgomery Wilson CAN====== ||
 * ======1936====== |||||| ======Karl Schäfer AUT====== |||||| ======Ernst Baier GER====== |||||| ======Felix Kaspar AUT====== ||
 * ======1948====== |||||| ======Dick Button USA====== |||||| ======Hans Gerschwiler SUI====== |||||| ======Edi Rada AUT====== ||
 * ======1952====== |||||| ======Dick Button USA====== |||||| ======Helmut Seibt AUT====== |||||| ======James Grogan USA====== ||
 * ======1956====== |||||| ======Hayes Alan Jenkins USA====== |||||| ======Ronnie Robertson USA====== |||||| ======David Jenkins USA====== ||
 * ======1960====== |||||| ======David Jenkins USA====== |||||| ======Karol Divin TCH(SVK)====== |||||| ======Don Jackson CAN====== ||
 * ======1964====== |||||| ======Manfred Schnelldorfer GER(FRG)====== |||||| ======Alain Calmat FRA====== |||||| ======Scott Allen USA====== ||
 * ======1968====== |||||| ======Wolfgang Schwarz AUT====== |||||| ======Tim Wood USA====== |||||| ======Patrick Péra FRA====== ||
 * ======1972====== |||||| ======Ondrej Nepela TCH(SVK)====== |||||| ======Sergey Chetveroukhin URS(RUS)====== |||||| ======Patrick Péra FRA====== ||
 * ======1976====== |||||| ======John Curry GBR====== |||||| ======Vladimir Kovalev URS(RUS)====== |||||| ======Toller Cranston CAN====== ||
 * ======1980====== |||||| ======Robin Cousins GBR====== |||||| ======Jan Hoffman GDR====== |||||| ======Charles Tickner USA====== ||
 * ======1984====== |||||| ======Scott Hamilton USA====== |||||| ======Brian Orser CAN====== |||||| ======Josef Sabovcík TCH(CZE)====== ||
 * ======1988====== |||||| ======Brian Boltano USA====== |||||| ======Brian Orser CAN====== |||||| ======Viktor Petrenko URS(UKR)====== ||
 * ======1992====== |||||| ======Viktor Petrenko EUN(UKR)====== |||||| ======Paul Wylie USA====== |||||| ======Petr Barna TCH(CZE)====== ||
 * ======1994====== |||||| ======Aleksey Urmanov RUS====== |||||| ======Elvis Stojko CAN====== |||||| ======Philippe Candeloro FRA====== ||
 * ======1998====== |||||| ======Ilya Kulik RUS====== |||||| ======Elvis Stojko CAN====== |||||| ======Philippe Candeloro FRA====== ||
 * ======2002====== |||||| ======Aleksey Yagudin RUS====== |||||| ======Yevgeniy Plushenko RUS====== |||||| ======Timothy Goebel USA====== ||
 * ======2006====== |||||| ======Yevgeniy Plushenko RUS====== |||||| ======Stéphane Lambiel SUI====== |||||| ======Jeffrey Buttle CAN====== ||


 * ======Women====== ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ======year====== |||||| ======Gold====== |||||| ======Silver====== |||||| ======Bronze====== ||
 * ======1908====== |||||| ======Florence "Madge" Syers GBR====== |||||| ======Eisa Rendschmidt GER====== |||||| ======Dorothy Greenhough-Smith GBR====== ||
 * ======1912====== |||||| ======not held====== ||||||  ||||||   ||
 * ======1920====== |||||| ======Magda Julin-Mauroy SWE====== |||||| ======Svea Norén SWE====== |||||| ======Theresa Weld USA====== ||
 * ======1924====== |||||| ======Herma Planck-Szabó AUT====== |||||| ======Beatrix Loughran USA====== |||||| ======Ethel Muckelt GBR====== ||
 * ======1928====== |||||| ======Sonja Henie NOR====== |||||| ======Fritzi Burger AUT====== |||||| ======Beatrix Loughran USA====== ||
 * ======1932====== |||||| ======Sonja Henie NOR====== |||||| ======Fritzi Burger AUT====== |||||| ======Maribel Vinson USA====== ||
 * ======1936====== |||||| ======Sonja Henie NOR====== |||||| ======Cecilia Colledge GBR====== |||||| ======Vivi-Anne Hultén SWE====== ||
 * ======1948====== |||||| ======Barbara Ann Scott CAN====== |||||| ======Eva Pawlik AUT====== |||||| ======Jeannette Altwegg GBR====== ||
 * ======1952====== |||||| ======Jeannette Altwegg GBR====== |||||| ======Tenley Albright USA====== |||||| ======Jacqueline du Bief FRA====== ||
 * ======1956====== |||||| ======Tenley Albright USA====== |||||| ======Carol Heiss USA====== |||||| ======Ingrid Wendl AUT====== ||
 * ======1960====== |||||| ======Carol Heiss USA====== |||||| ======Sjoukje Dijkstra NED====== |||||| ======Barbara Roles USA====== ||
 * ======1964====== |||||| ======Sjoukje Dijkstra NED====== |||||| ======Regine Heitzer AUT====== |||||| ======Petra Burka CAN====== ||
 * ======1968====== |||||| ======Peggy Fleming USA====== |||||| ======Gabriele Seyfert GDR====== |||||| ======Hana Mašková TCH(CZE)====== ||
 * ======1972====== |||||| ======Beatrix Schuba AUT====== |||||| ======Karen Magnussen CAN====== |||||| ======Janet Lynn USA====== ||
 * ======1976====== |||||| ======Dorothy Hamill USA====== |||||| ======Dianne de Leeuw NED====== |||||| ======Christine Errath GDR====== ||
 * ======1980====== |||||| ======Anett Pötzsch GDR====== |||||| ======Linda Fratianne USA====== |||||| ======Dagmar Lurz FRG====== ||
 * ======1984====== |||||| ======Katarina Witt GDR====== |||||| ======Rosalynn Sumners USA====== |||||| ======Kira Ivanova URS(RUS)====== ||
 * ======1988====== |||||| ======Katarina Witt GDR====== |||||| ======Elizabeth Manley CAN====== |||||| ======Debra Thomas USA====== ||
 * ======1992====== |||||| ======Kristi Yamaguchi USA====== |||||| ======Midori Ito JPN====== |||||| ======Nancy Kerrigan USA====== ||
 * ======1994====== |||||| ======Oksana Baiul UKR====== |||||| ======Nancy Kerrigan USA====== |||||| ======Chen Lu CHN====== ||
 * ======1998====== |||||| ======Tara Lipinski USA====== |||||| ======Michelle Kwan USA====== |||||| ======Chen Lu CHN====== ||
 * ======2002====== |||||| ======Sarah Hughes USA====== |||||| ======Irina Slutskaya RUS====== |||||| ======Michelle Kwan USA====== ||
 * ======2006====== |||||| ======Shizuka Arakawa JPN====== |||||| ======Sasha Cohen USA====== |||||| ======Irina Slutskaya RUS====== ||


 * <span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">MANUELA LUQUE RUEDA : Math Project second draft **

**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">List of Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming since 1984-2008 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Candy Costie (USA) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Sharon Hambrook <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Kelly Kryczka <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> (CAN) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Saeko Kimura <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Miwako Motoyoshi <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> ( <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">JPN <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Carolyn Waldo <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> ( <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">CAN) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Karen Josephson <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Sarah Josephson <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> ( <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">USA <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Mikako Kotani <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Miyako Tanaka <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> ( <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">JPN <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Sarah Josephson <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> ( <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">USA <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Penny Vilagos <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Vicky Vilagos <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> ( <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">CAN <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Fumiko Okuno <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Aki Takayama <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> ( <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">JPN <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Mariya Kiselyova <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> ( <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">RUS <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Miya Tachibana <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Miho Takeda <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> ( <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">JPN <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Virginie Dedieu <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Myriam Lignot <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> ( <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">FRA <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Anastasiya Yermakova <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> ( <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">RUS <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Miya Tachibana <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Miho Takeda <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> ( <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">JPN <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Alison Bartosik <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Anna Kozlova <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> ( <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">USA <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Anastasiya Yermakova <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> ( <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">RUS <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Andrea Fuentes <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Gemma Mengual <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> ( <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">ESP <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Saho Harada <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Emiko Suzuki <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> ( <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">JPN <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">) ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Duet **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Games ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Gold ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Silver ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Bronze ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">1984 Los Angeles || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">[[image:https://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50" caption="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png"]] <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Tracie Ruiz
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">1988 Seoul || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">[[image:https://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50" caption="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Canada.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada.svg.png"]] <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Michelle Cameron
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">1992 Barcelona || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">[[image:https://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50" caption="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png"]] <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Karen Josephson
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">1996 Atlanta // |||||| //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">not included in the Olympic program // ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">2000 Sydney || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">[[image:https://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50" caption="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png"]] <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Olga Brusnikina
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">2004 Athens || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">[[image:https://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50" caption="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png"]] <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Anastasia Davydova
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">2008 Beijing || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">[[image:https://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50" caption="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png"]] <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Anastasia Davydova

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Suzannah Bianco <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Tammy Cleland <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Becky Dyroen-Lancer <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Emily Lesueur <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Heather Pease <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Jill Savery <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Nathalie Schneyder <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Heather Simmons <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Jill Sudduth <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Margot Thien || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Canada <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> (CAN) <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Lisa Alexander <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Janice Bremner <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Karen Clark <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Karen Fonteyne <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Sylvie Fréchette <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Valerie Hould <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Kasia Kulesza <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Christine Larsen <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Cari Read <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Erin Woodley || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Japan <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> (JPN) <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Raika Fujii <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Mayuko Fujiki <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Rei Jimbo <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Miho Kawabe <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Akiko Kawase <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Riho Nakajima <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Miya Tachibana <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Kaori Takahashi <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Miho Takeda <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Junko Tanaka || <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Yelena Azarova <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Olga Brusnikina <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Mariya Kiselyova <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Olga Novokshchenova <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Irina Pershina <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Yelena Soya <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Yuliya Vasilyeva <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Olga Vasyukova <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Yelena Antonova || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Japan <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> (JPN) <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Ayano Egami <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Raika Fujii <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Yoko Isoda <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Rei Jimbo <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Miya Tachibana <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Miho Takeda <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Yoko Yoneda <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Yuko Yoneda <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Juri Tatsumi || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Canada <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> (CAN) <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Lyne Beaumont <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Claire Carver-Dias <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Erin Chan <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Catherine Garceau <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Fanny Létourneau <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Kirstin Normand <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Jacinthe Taillon <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Reidun Tatham <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Jessica Chase || <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Yelena Azarova <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Olga Brusnikina <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Anastasia Davydova <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Anastasiya Yermakova <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Elvira Khasyanova <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Mariya Kiselyova <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Olga Novokshchenova <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Anna Shorina || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Japan <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> (JPN) <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Michiyo Fujimaru <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Saho Harada <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Kanako Kitao <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Emiko Suzuki <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Miya Tachibana <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Miho Takeda <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Juri Tatsumi <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Yoko Yoneda || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">United States <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> (USA) <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Alison Bartosik <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Tamara Crow <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Rebecca Jasontek <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Anna Kozlova <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Sara Lowe <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Lauren McFall <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Stephanie Nesbitt <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Kendra Zanotto || <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Anastasia Davydova <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Anastasiya Yermakova <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Mariya Gromova <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Natalia Ishchenko <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Elvira Khasyanova <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Olga Kuzhela <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Svetlana Romashina <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Anna Shorina <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Yelena Ovchinnikova || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Spain <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> (ESP) <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Alba María Cabello <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Raquel Corral <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Andrea Fuentes <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Thaïs Henríquez <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Laura López <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">* <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Gemma Mengual <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Irina Rodríguez <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Paola Tirados <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Gisela Morón || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">China <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> (CHN) <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Gu Beibei <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Jiang Tingting <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Jiang Wenwen <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Liu Ou <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Luo Qian <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Sun Qiuting <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Wang Na <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Zhang Xiaohuan <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Huang Xuechen ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Team **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Games ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Gold ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Silver ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Bronze ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">1996 Atlanta || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">[[image:https://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50" caption="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png"]] <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">United States <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> (USA)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">2000 Sydney || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">[[image:https://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50" caption="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png"]] <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Russia <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> (RUS)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">2004 Athens || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">[[image:https://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50" caption="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png"]] <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Russia <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> (RUS)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">2008 Beijing || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">[[image:https://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50" caption="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png"]] <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Russia <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> (RUS)

**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">Synchronized Swimming as an Olympic Sport ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Although first demonstrated at the 1952 Olympic Games, synchronized swimming did not become an official Olympic sport until the 1984 <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">Summer Olympic Games <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">. It was not until 1968 that synchronized swimming became officially recognized by <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">FINA <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> as the fourth water sport next to <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">swimming <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">, <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">platform diving <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> and <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">water polo <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">From 1984 through 1992, the Summer Olympic Games featured solo and duet competitions, but they both were dropped in 1996 in favor of team competition. At the 2000 Olympic Games, however, the duet competition was restored and is now featured alongside the team competition. <span style="background-color: white; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">At the turn of the 20th century, synchronized swimming was known as **water ballet**. The first recorded competition was in 1891 in Berlin, Germany. Many swim clubs were formed around that time, and the sport simultaneously developed within several countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the USA. As well as existing as a sport, it often constituted a popular addition to Music Hall evenings, in the larger variety theatres of London or Glasgow which were equipped with huge on-stage water tanks for the purpose. <span style="background-color: white; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">While exclusively a sport performed by men in its first days, it quickly became a women's sport because the nature of the physical movements are more suitable to the female physique (center of gravity) <span style="background-color: white; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">In 1933–1934 Kathryn Curtis organized a show, "The Modern Mermaids," for the World Exhibition weird people in Chicago, which the announcer introduced as "Synchronized Swimming." <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">From 1984 through 1992, the Summer Olympic Games featured solo and duet competitions, but they both were dropped in 1996 in favor of team competition. At the 2000 Olympic Games, however, the duet competition was restored and is now featured alongside the team competition. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Basic skills ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Sculls **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Sculls (hand movements used to propel the body) are the most essential part to synchronized swimming. Commonly used sculls include support scull, standard scull, torpedo scull, split-arm scull, barrel scull, and paddle scull. The support scull is used most often to support the body while a swimmer is performing upside down. Support scull is performed by holding the upper arms against the sides of the body and the lower arms at 90-degree angles to the body. The lower arms are then moved back and forth while maintaining the right angle. The resulting pressure against the hands allows the swimmer to hold their legs above water while swimming. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Eggbeater ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The " <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">eggbeater <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> kick" is another important skill of synchronized swimming. It is a form of treading water that allows for stability and height above the water while leaving the hands free to perform strokes. An average eggbeater height is usually around chest level. Using the eggbeater, swimmers can also perform "boosts", where they use their legs to momentarily propel themselves out of the water to their hips or higher. "Eggbeater" is also a common movement found in water polo as well as the "pop-up" movement. Eggbeating for a considerable period is also referred to as an "aquabob" and is used to build propulsion under water prior to a boost or pop-up. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Lifts ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">A lift is when swimmers use eggbeater or uses their feet and legs to propel their fellow teammates out of the water. They are quite common in routines of the older age groups. <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; text-align: justify;">Routines are composed of "hybrids" (leg movements) and arm or stroke sections. They often incorporate lifts or throws, an impressive move in which a group of swimmers lift or throw another swimmer out of the water. Swimmers are synchronized both to each other and to the music. During a routine swimmers can never use the bottom of the pool for support, but rather depend on sculling motions with the arms, and eggbeater kick to keep afloat. After the performance, the swimmers are judged and scored on their performance based on technical merit and artistic impression. Technical skill, patterns, expression, and synchronization are all critical to achieving a high score.
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Event ** || **1984** || **1988** || **1992** || **1996** || **2000** || **2004** || **2008** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Years ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Women's team ||  ||   ||   || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">• ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">• ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">• ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">• ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">4 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Women's duet || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">• ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">• ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">• ** ||  || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">• ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">• ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">• ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">6 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Women's solo || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">• ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">• ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">• ** ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">3 ||
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Total Events // || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">2 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">2 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">2 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">1 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">2 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">2 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">2 ||  ||
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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">ROUTINE **<span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[[image:https://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=220&h=146 width="220" height="146" caption="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Synchro_vertical.jpg/220px-Synchro_vertical.jpg" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Synchro_vertical.jpg"]]

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">In the United States
<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">In the United States, competitors are divided into groups by age. The seven age groups are: 10 and Under, 11–12, 13–15, 16–17, 18–19, Junior (elite 15–18), Senior (elite 18+), Collegiate, and Master. In addition to these groups, younger swimmers may be divided by ability into 3 levels: Novice, Intermediate, and Age Group. Swimmers compete year-round at competitions called "meets". Each swimmer may compete in up to three of the following routine events: solo, duet, trio, combo (consisting of eight to ten swimmers, and team (consisting of four to eight swimmers). Figure scores are combined with routines to determine the final rankings. USA Synchro's annual <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">intercollegiate championships <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> have been dominated by The Ohio State University, Stanford University, and The University of the Incarnate Word.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 19pt;">In Canada
<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; text-align: justify;">In Canada, synchronized swimming has an age-based Structure system as of 2010 with age groups 8 & under to 16 & over for the provincial levels. There is also a skill level which is 13-15 and juniors (16-18) known as national stream, as well as competition at the Masters and University levels. 13-15 age group and 16-18 age group are national stream athletes that fall in line with international age groups – 15 and Under and Junior (16–18) and Senior (18+) level athletes. There are also the Wildrose age group This is for competitors before they reach 13-15 national stream. Wildrose ranges from Tier 8 and under to 16 and over provincial/wildrose. These are also competitive levels. There are also the recreational levels which are called "stars". Synchro Canada requires that a competitor must pass Star 3 before entering Tier 1. To get into a Tier a swimmer must take a test for that Tier. In these tests, the swimmer must be able to perform the required movements for the level. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 19pt;">In the United Kingdom **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">In the UK, competitions include county level, regional level through to the national age group competition usually held towards the end of the year. Competitors are split by age group, 12 and under/ 13-14/15, 16, 17/18+ /and 19 and under. To compete in the competitive strand of competitions swimmers must hold the required skill level for their age group. Recreational strands of competitions are also present to allow those competitors who have not achieved the desired level. Swimmers compete through figures, duets, teams and combination routines.



Project First Draft

Laura Caro

5C **Brief History of the Olympic Games.** The Olympic Games is a mayor international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The games are held every two years, with Summer and Winter Games alternating, this means that they occur every four years within their respective seasonal games. At first the Ancient Olympic Games where held in Olympia, Greece from the 8th century BC to the century 4th AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894. The IOC has since become the governing body of the Olympic Movement, whose structure and actions are defined by the Olympic Charter. The celebration of the Games encompasses many rituals and symbols, such as the Olympic flag and torch, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies. Over 13,000 athletes compete at the Summer and Winter Olympics in33 different sports and nearly 400 events. The first, second, and third place finishers in each event receive Olympic medals; gold, silver and bronze, respectively. The Olympic Games have had several changes between Ancient and Modern Olympic Games as: - The creation of the Winter Games for ice and winter sports, the Paralympics Games for athletes with a physical disability, and the Youth Olympic Games for teenage athletes. - The Games have grown in scale to the point that nearly every nation is represented. The Games also constitute a major opportunity for the host city and country to showcase itself to the world. **The 2012 Olympic Games** The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. London will become the first city officially host the modern Olympic Games three times having previously done so in 1908 and in 1948. London was selected as the host city on 6 July 2005 during the 117th International Olympic Committee Session in Singapore, defeating Moscow, New York City, Madrid and *aris after four rounds of voting. Opening Ceremony. Opening Ceremony. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">The Opening ceremony of 2012 Summer Olympics will be called 'The Isles of Wonder’. Oscar Winning director Danny Boyle will be the artistic director for the spectacular opening ceremony. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">It was confirmed in February 2012 that Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh will officially open the games at the opening ceremony.

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** Olympic History ** ** 776 B.C.-A.D. 394 ** ** parts from internet: ** ** In 776 B.C. the early Olympic Games began in ancient Greece. The Games were so important to the Greek people, that they used periods in between the Games as a method of dating important historical events. The prize the winners received included free food and lodging for life. Winners were mentioned in poems, their figures set in sculpture, and their achievements known throughout Greece. To put it simply, winning the Olympic games made you a hero. **

** TAKED FROM INTERNET: Even being at the Games was an honor. People from Italy, Sicily, Asia, Africa, and Spain all made the long journey to Olympia. All the famous people of the time attended the Games. The sculptor Phidias, who made the enormous statues of Zeus and Athena in Greece, Pindar, the poet, and the historian Herodotus all came to witness the competition. ** ** Olympia was chosen as sight of the Games because it was recognized as a neutral area. It had been the most sacred place for the worship of Zeus, the supreme god in the Greek pantheon. Another factor was that it possessed a beautiful green valley and was accessed by two rivers, somewhat hard to find anywhere else in Greece. It was here, in Olympia, that the wild olive tree grew, and from these came the infamous olive wreath, called the Crown Olive. The Crown Olive was the most coveted, and only, prize won at Olympia. One Persian leader questioned, "What sort of men have you led us to fight against, who contend not for money but purely for the sake of excelling?" ** **Originally there was only one race, a sprint, and the prize for the winner was an olive wreath. As time went on, other races were added, as were other sports, including boxing and wrestling. Among the more unusual events were the race in armor and the apene race, in which a chariot was pulled not by horses, but by mules. Prizes became more elaborate, and there were even cases of bribery, corruption and boycotts.**

=**//the olympic games is a international event that is do it in thiferen cities or countries every four years teh olympis games is one of the most seen ssport event in the world because is like a mundial but with all the sports .//**= =**//Baron pierre de coubertin founded the internetional olympic committee (IOC)in 1894 the IOC has since become the governing body of the Olympic Movement, whose structure and actions are defined by the Olympic charter//**= =The evolution of the Olympic Movement during the 20th and 21st centuries has resulted in several changes to the Olympic Games. Some of these adjustments include the creation of the Winter Games for ice and winter sports, the Paralympic Games for athletes with a physical disability, and the Youth Olympic Games for teenage athletes. The IOC has had to adapt to the varying economic, political, and technological realities of the 20th century. As a result, the Olympics shifted away from pure amateurism, as envisioned by Coubertin, to allow participation of professional athletes. The growing importance of the mass media created the issue of corporate sponsorship and commercialization of the Games. World Wars led to the cancellation of the 1916, 1940, and 1944 Games. Large boycotts during the Cold War limited participation in the 1980 and 1984 Games.= = =
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Santiago Tapias second draft: Different scenes from the history of footballThe history of association football, known simply as football, is cited from 1863, year of foundation of The Football Association, although its origins, like those of other football codes, can be traced back several centuries in the past, particularly in the British Isles during the Middle Media.1 2 Although there were commonalities between different ball games that were developed from the third century. C. and the modern game, a sport as we know it today has its origins in the Islands Británicas.2The first British codes that gave rise to association football were characterized by poor organization and violence extrema.3 However, other codes were also less violent and better organized: perhaps one of the best known was the calcium Florentine popular team sport in Italy that had impact on some school codes británicas.4 the final line of football association had its heyday during the nineteenth century. In 1848 representatives of different English schools gathered at the University of Cambridge to create the code, which would function as a basis for creating the rules of football moderno.5 Finally in London in 1863 formalized the first rules of football asociación.6Since then football has enjoyed steady growth to become the most popular sport in the world with 270 million people involucradas.7 With the completion of the first meeting of the International Football Association Board in 1886 and the founding of FIFA in 1904, the sport has expanded to reach all corners of the world. Beginning in 1930 would begin to play the World Cup, which would become the most watched sporting event on the planet.
 * ** Medals **
 * type** || **Olympic football game/1992 medals** || **Olympic football game/1996 medals** || **Olympic football game/2000 medals** || ** Olympic football game/2004 **
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 * Gold || Spain || Nigeria || Cameroon || Argentina || Argentina ||
 * Silver || Poland || Argentina || Spain || Paraguay || Nigeria ||
 * Bronze || Ghana || Brazil || Chile || Italy || Brazil ||



** Olympic Games ** ** María Camila Parrado Huertas ** ** 5th C **

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a [|variety of competitions]. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate. The Games are currently held every two years, with [|Summer] and Winter Games alternating, although they occur every four years within their respective seasonal games. Since 2008, host cities are contracted to manage both the Olympic and the [|Paralympic Games], where athletes who have a [|physical disability] compete. The Paralympics are held immediately following their respective Olympic Games. Originally, the [|ancient Olympic Games] were held in [|Olympia], Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron [|Pierre de Coubertin] founded the [|International Olympic Committee] (IOC) in 1894. The [|IOC] has since become the governing body of the [|Olympic Movement], whose structure and actions are defined by the [|Olympic Charter].

The evolution of the Olympic Movement during the 20th and 21st centuries has resulted in several changes to the Olympic Games. Some of these adjustments include the creation of the Winter Games for ice and winter sports, the Paralympic Games for athletes with a physical disability, and the [|Youth Olympic Games] for teenage athletes. The IOC has had to adapt to the varying economic, political, and technological realities of the 20th century. As a result, the Olympics shifted away from pure amateurism, as envisioned by Coubertin, to allow participation of professional athletes. The growing importance of the [|mass media] created the issue of corporate sponsorship and commercialization of the Games. World Wars led to the cancellation of the 1916, 1940, and 1944 Games. Large boycotts during the [|Cold War] limited participation in the 1980 and 1984 Games. The Games have grown in scale to the point that nearly every nation is represented. Such growth has created numerous challenges, including [|boycotts], [|doping] , [|bribery of officials] , and terrorism. Every two years, the Olympics and its media exposure provide unknown athletes with the chance to attain national, and in particular cases, international fame. The Games also constitute a major opportunity for the host city and country to showcase themselves to the world

** Modern Games ** The first significant attempt to emulate the ancient Olympic Games was the L'Olympiade de la République, a national Olympic festival held annually from 1796 to 1798 in [|Revolutionary France]. The competition included several disciplines from the ancient Greek Olympics. The 1796 Games also marked the introduction of the [|metric system] into sport. In 1850 an Olympian Class was started by Dr [|William Penny Brookes] at [|Much Wenlock], in [|Shropshire] , England. In 1859, Dr Brookes changed the name to [|Wenlock Olympian Games]. This annual sportsfestival continues to this day. [|]] The Wenlock Olympian Society was founded by Dr. Brookes on November 15, 1860. Between 1862 and 1867, [|Liverpool] held an annual Grand Olympic Festival. Devised by John Hulley and Charles Melly, in cooperation with Dr Brookes, these games were elitist in nature since only Gentlemen could compete. Someof the Gentlemen brought their coaches with them. The programme for Athens 1896 had similarities to that of the Liverpool Olympics, but that was to be expected since Dr. Brookes had incorporated events from the 1859 Athens Olympics programme at Much Wenlock and had contributed to the programme at Liverpool. In 1865 Hulley, Dr. Brookes and E.G. Ravenstein founded the National Olympian Association in Liverpool, a forerunner of the [|British Olympic Association]. Its articles of foundation provided the framework for the [|International Olympic Charter].[|]] In 1866, a national Olympic Games in Great Britain was organized at London's [|Crystal Palace]. = = |||||||| **<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">2008 Medals Table ** ||


 * = **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Country ** ||= **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Gold ** ||= **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Silver ** ||= **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Bronze ** ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">China ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">51 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">21 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">28 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">United States ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">36 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">38 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">36 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Russia ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">23 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">21 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">28 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Great Britain ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">19 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">13 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">15 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Germany ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">16 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">10 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">15 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Australia ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">14 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">15 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">17 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">South Korea ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">13 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">10 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">8 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Japan ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">9 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">6 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">10 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Italy ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">8 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">10 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">10 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">France ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">7 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">16 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">17 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Ukraine ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">7 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">5 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">15 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Netherlands ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">7 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">5 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">4 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Jamaica ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">6 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Spain ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">5 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">10 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Kenya ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">5 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">5 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">4 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Belarus ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">4 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">5 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">10 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Romania ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">4 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Ethiopia ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">4 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Canada ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">9 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">6 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Poland ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">6 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Hungary ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">5 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Norway ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">5 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Brazil ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">4 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">8 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Czech Republic ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Slovakia ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">New Zealand ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">5 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Georgia ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Cuba ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">11 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">11 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Kazakhstan ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">4 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">7 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Denmark ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Mongolia ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Thailand ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">North Korea ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Argentina ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">4 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Switzerland ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">4 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Mexico ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Turkey ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">4 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Zimbabwe ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Azerbaijan ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">4 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Uzbekistan ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Slovenia ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Bulgaria ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Indonesia ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Finland ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Latvia ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Belgium ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Dominican Republic ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Estonia ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Portugal ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">India ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Iran ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Bahrain ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Cameroon ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Panama ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Tunisia ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Sweden ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">4 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Croatia ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Lithuania ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Greece ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Trinidad and Tobago ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Nigeria ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">3 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Austria ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Ireland ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Serbia ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">2 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Algeria ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Bahamas ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Colombia ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Kirghyzstan ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Morocco ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Tajikistan ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Chile ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Ecuador ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Iceland ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Malaysia ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">South Africa ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Singapore ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Sudan ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Vietnam ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Armenia ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">6 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Chinese Taipei ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">4 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Afghanistan ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Egypt ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Israel ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Moldova ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||
 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Mauritius ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||
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 * = <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Venezuela ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">0 ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">1 ||

<span style="color: #4f2270; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">London Olympic Games

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad or "London 2012 Olympic Games", are scheduled to take place in [|London], [|England], [|United Kingdom] from 27 July to 12 August 2012. London will become the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games [|three times], having previously done so in [|1908] and in [|1948]. London was selected as the host city on 6 July 2005 during the [|117th] [|IOC] Session in [|Singapore], defeating [|Moscow], [|New York City], [|Madrid]and [|Paris] after four rounds of voting. The successful bid was headed by former Olympic champion [|Sebastian Coe]. The Olympics prompted a redevelopment of many of the areas of London in which the games are to be held – particularly themed towards sustainability. While the budgetary considerations have generated some criticism, the Games will make use of [|many venues] which were already in place before the bid, including [|Wembley Stadium], [|Wembley Arena], [|Wimbledon All England Club], [|Lord's Cricket Ground], [|The O2 Arena], [|Earls Court Exhibition Centre], [|Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy], and the [|Excel Centre]. = =

** Synchronized swimming ** Synchronized swimming has been in the Olympic Games since 1984 games. At the 20th century it was called as water ballet. From 1984 through 1992, the Summer Olympic Games featured solo and duet competitions, but they both were dropped in 1996 in favor of team competition. Swimmers are synchronized both to each other and to the music. During a routine swimmer can never use the bottom of the pool for support .There can be movements of arms and legs. Actually is more common to see teams that solo and duet people. It requires a lot of concentration and precision. In the beginning of this sport it was popular in Europe and USA. The “best” country is Russia with 6 gold medals; then United states with 5 gold,2 silver and 2 bronze; Canada with 3 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze; Japan with 4 silver and 8 bronze; Spain with 2 silver; and China and France whit 1.







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<span style="color: #c32d2e; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">TABLE OF CONTENTS


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Brief history of the Olympic Games
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Sports in the Olympic Games
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Winter Olympics
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Olympic Symbols
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Olympic Motto
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Paralympics
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Bibliography

<span style="color: #c32d2e; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">According to historical facts, the first ancient Olympic Games took place in 776 BC. They were dedicated to the Olympian gods and were staged on the ancient plains of Olympia. They were so important for the Greek people that their calendar was based on the Olympiad, which was the four-year period between games. In ancient Greece, games were closely connected to the worship of the gods and heroes and they were held as part of religious ceremonies in honor of heroes Theytook place in Olympia, where people built temples and statues to honor the Greek Gods; One of the greatest statues was made of gold and ivory by Phidias, it was considered one of the seven wonders of the world. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">From the beginning, the games at Olympia served as a bond between Greeks and strengthened the Greek sense of national unity. According to an ancient list of Olympic victors, found and dated to c.400 BC, historians have established that at first the only Olympic event was a 200-yard dash, called a stadium. From there on different sports were added each year as shown in the following table: <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The victors of these early games were crowned with a crown made of leaves from a sacred olive tree that grew behind the temple of Zeus. According to tradition Hercules, who was the founder of the games, planted this tree. The winners marched around the grove while some played the flute and others chanted to honor him. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The Olympic games were held without interruptions in ancient Greece. The games were even held in 480 BC during the Persian Wars. Although the Olympic games were never suspended, the games of 364 BC were not considered Olympic since some Greek enemies from Arcadia had captured the sanctuary and reorganized the games. One important event occurred at the 175th games in 80 BC., when the Olympiad was moved to Rome. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">After being held every four years since 776 BC, the Christian Byzantine Emperor Theodosius I abolished the games in 393 AD. The ancient Olympic Games lasted for 1170 years.The successful campaign to revive the Olympics was started in France by Baron Pierre de Coubertin late in the 19th century. The first of the modern Summer Games opened on Sunday, March 24, 1896, in Athens, Greece. An American college student named James Connolly won the first race. <span style="color: #c32d2e; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">SPORTS IN THE MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The international Olympic committee is an international agent with headquarters located in Switzerland that organizes the modern Olympic games. The first Olympic games that were organized by said committee were the 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece. This organization is also in charge of deciding which sports will compete each year, they have recently pronounced that they top the number of summer Olympic games that can compete is twenty eight. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Currently there are 26 summer sports and 12 winter sports. However, it is important to understand that one sport can include a variety of particular disciplines. For instance, “aquatics” is an Olympic sport and within it are five disciplines: swimming, synchronized swimming, diving, water polo and open water swimming. Swimming is one of the only sports that have always been part of the Olympic games, accompanied by: athletics, fencing and gymnastics.

__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The summer sports included are __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Aquatics
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Diving
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Swimming
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Synchronized swimming
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Water polo
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Open swimming
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Canoe/Kayak
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Slalom
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Sprint
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Cycling
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">BMX
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Road
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Track
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Mountain Bike
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Equestrian
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Dressage
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Eventing
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Jumping
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Gymnastics
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Artistic
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Rhythmic
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Trampoline
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Volleyball
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Beach
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Indoor
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Wrestling
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Greco – Roman
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Freestyle
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Athletics
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Archery
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Badminton
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Basketball
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Boxing
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Fencing
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Football
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Golf
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Handball
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Hockey
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Judo
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Modern Pentathlon
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Rowing
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Rugby
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Sailing
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Shooting
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Table tennis
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Taekwondo
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Tennis
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Triathlon
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Weightlifting

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The sports that compete in the winter Olympic games will be exposed in a different section of this project, however it will be noted that there are currently seven sports with their corresponding disciplines. The International Olympic Committee has not set a limit number of winter sports that can participate, however there are no new sports applying at this time. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The cities that have hosted the modern Olympic games since its beginnings ha <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">In 1956 there were two cities hosting the Olympic games because laws in Australia prohibited horse importation, therefore the equestrian events were held in Stockholm, the Swedish capital city. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The 2012 Olympics are scheduled to be held in London.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Year || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Olympiad || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Location ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1896 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">I || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Athens, Greece ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1900 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">II || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Paris, France ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1904 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">III || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">St. Louis – Missouri, USA. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1906 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">III || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Athens, Greece [Interim Games] ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1908 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">IV || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">London – England, Great Britain. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1912 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">V || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Stockholm, Sweden. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1916 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">VI || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">[Cancelled due to WWI] Berlin, Germany. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1920 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">VII || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Antwerp, Belgium. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1924 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">VIII || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Paris, France. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1928 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">IX || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Amsterdam, Netherlands. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1932 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">X || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Los Angeles – California, USA. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1936 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">XI || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Berlin, Germany. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1940 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">XII || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">[Cancelled due to WWII] Tokyo, Japan. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1944 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">XIII || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">[Cancelled due to WWII] London, England. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1948 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">XIV || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">London, England. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1952 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">XV || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Helsinki, Finland. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1956 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">XVI || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Melbourne, Australia & Stockholm, Switzerland. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1960 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">XVII || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Rome, Italy. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1964 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">XVIII || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Tokyo, Japan. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1968 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">XIX || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Mexico City, Mexico. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1972 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">XX || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Munich, Germany. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1976 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">XXI || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Montreal, Canada. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1980 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">XXII || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Moscow, Soviet Union (USSR) ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1984 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">XXIII || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Los Angeles - California USA ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1988 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">XXIV || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Seoul, South Korea. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1992 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">XXV || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Barcelona, Spain. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1996 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">XXVI || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Atlanta – Georgia, USA. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">2000 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">XXVII || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Sydney, Australia. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">2004 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">XXVIII || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Athens, Greece. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">2008 || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">XXIX || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Beijing, China. ||

<span style="color: #c32d2e; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">THE WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The first winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France in 1924. Until 1992 both summer and winter Olympic games were held in the same year. After that year however, they changed the dates so that they are held two years apart from each other. This change was needed because of the difficulty of financing two Olympics in the same year.

__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Currently there are seven sports included, these are __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">:


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Bobsleigh
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Bobsleigh
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Bobsleigh skeleton


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Skating
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Figure Skating
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Short track Speed Skating
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Speed skating
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Skiing
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Alpine skiing
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Cross country skiing
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Freestyle skiing
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Nordic skiing
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Ski jumping
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Snowboard


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Biathlon
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Curling
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Ice hockey
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Luge

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">It is important to note that the Olympic sport with the most disciplines within it is skiing.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Since the 1924 games in France, there have been 22 games held in different cities of Asia, North America and Europe. Due to World War II, the 1940 and 1944 games were cancelled.

__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The years and cities that have hosted the winter Olympics are __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1924 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Chamonix, France.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1928 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> St. Moritz, Switzerland.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1932 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Lake Placid NY, U.S.A.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1936 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1940 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> [Cancelled] Sapporo, Japan.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1944 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> [Cancelled] Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1948 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> St. Moritz, Switzerland.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1952 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Oslo, Norway.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1956 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1960 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Squaw Valley, CA. U.S.A
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1964 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Innsbruck, Austria.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1968 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Grenoble, France.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1972 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Sapporo, Japan.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1976 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Innsbruck, Austria.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1980 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Lake Placid NY, U.S.A.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1984 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Sarejevo, Yugoslavia.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1988 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Calgary - Alberta, Canada.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1992 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Albertville, France.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1994 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Lillehammer, Norway.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1998 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Nagano, Japan.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">2002 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Salt Lake City – Utah. U.S.A.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">2006 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Torino, Italy.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">2010 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Vancouver – BC. Canada

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">In the year 2014 the winter games are planned to be in Sochi in Russia.

<span style="color: #c32d2e; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">THE OLYMPIC SYMBOLS

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Throughout history two Olympic symbols have characterized the Olympic games each year and have been established as the official icons of the Olympiads. There are other symbols, such as flags, that have been important for the institution, however the two most important ones are the Olympic Rings and the Olympic Torch. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">In 1913, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic games, created the Olympic Rings. These have become the most closely associated icon with the Olympics. The symbol consists of five interlocking rings colored blue, yellow, black, green and red on a white field. Each ring stands for a continent as follows; Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Europe, and the white background symbolizes peace and the compromise of the world to engage in healthy competition, the interlocking of the rings is seen as the ideal for peace and brotherhood of the whole planet. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Beginning in 1934, the International Olympic Committee introduced the Olympic flame with the idea that it would enrich the games. The torch-relay, starting with the flame lighting at ancient Olympia and arriving at the hosting city, would be a strong link between the ancient Olympic sites and the modern Olympic cities. The flame symbolizes the purity that embodies the eternal youth of the Olympic philosophy. The universal symbol of the flame would lead all competitors to understand that it is necessary to work towards the lasting unity of mankind. <span style="color: #c32d2e; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">THE OLYMPIC MOTTO

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The official Olympic motto was introduced in the 1924 games in Paris. Interestingly, the Olympic motto is a Latin, not Greek, phrase. It is: “Citius, Altius, Fortius” which corresponds to the adverbs “Faster, Higher, Stronger”. Pierre de Coubertin introduced another well-known motto, it reads: “The most important thing is not to win but to take part!”

<span style="color: #c32d2e; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">THE PARALYMPICS

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The Paralympic games are a major international event regulated by the International Paralympic Committee, where many sports are played and athletes with physical disabilities compete for the gold. Just as the summer and winter games described above, the Paralympics also host events in both seasons and with equal year distribution, however the location may differ. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Some of the most common disabilities seen within the participating athletes are: mobility problems, amputations, blindness and cerebral problems. However, the previously mentioned agent closely regulates this aspect. The International Paralympic Committee has established six major categories of disability in order to coordinate the competitions. These are: <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Most of the sports that are included in the summer and winter Olympic games are also included in the Paralympic games. The greatest difference aside from eligibility, is that game rules are different for each sport, taking into consideration the specific abilities and disabilities of the athletes according to their specific condition.
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Amputee __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">: partial or total loss of at least one limb.
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Cerebral Palsy __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">: non-progressive brain injury.
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Intellectual Disability __
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Wheelchair dependent __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">: athletes with spinal cord injuries and other disabilities.
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Visual Impaired __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">: Legally blind or total blindness
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Les Autres __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">: French for “The Others”, corresponds to physical disabilities that do not fall directly into any of the above-mentioned categories.

<span style="color: #c32d2e; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">BIBLIOGRAPHY
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Ancient Olympic Games. Nostos, Hellenistic Information Society UK. [online] <<http://www.nostos.com/olympics/>> [Consulted Dec. 10, 2011]


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">International Olympic Committee [online] <<http://www.olympic.org>> [Consulted Dec. 10, 2011]

=JUAN DAVID ESCALANTE= = London olympic games = ===The london olympic games were created by heracles a son of zeus.the olympic games is one of the most big event in all the hole world.In the olympic games we can found many types of sports like soccer, tennis ,basketball,volleyball,dancing,etc.===

===I am going to talk about basketball.This sport is play it with hands. In the history of the olympic games of basketball the better one team is united state (USA). In the last one events of the olympic games United state was the winner .===

=In all the olympic games history in basketball is the total of.= =Women'sTable= =Men's Table=
 * ~ Rank ||||||~ Men ||||||~ Women ||
 * ^  ||~ Team ||~ W ||~ L ||~ Team ||~ W ||~ L ||
 * 1 ! [[image:http://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50" caption="1"]] || [[image:http://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50"]] United States || 8 || 0 || [[image:http://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50"]] CIS || 4 || 1 ||
 * 2 ! [[image:http://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50" caption="2"]] || [[image:http://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50"]] Croatia || 6 || 2 || [[image:http://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50"]] China || 3 || 2 ||
 * 3 ! [[image:http://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50" caption="3"]] || [[image:http://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50"]] Lithuania || 6 || 2 || [[image:http://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50"]] United States || 4 || 1 ||
 * 4th || [[image:http://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50"]] CIS || 5 || 3 || [[image:http://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50"]] Cuba || 3 || 2 ||
 * **Rank** || **Nation** || **Gold** || **Silver** || **Bronze** || **Total** ||
 * 1 || United state(United state) || 6 || 1 || 1 || 8 ||
 * 2 || Sovietic union(URS) || 2 || 0 || 1 || 3 ||
 * 3 || Unified Time (EUN) || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 ||
 * 4 || Australia (AUS) || 0 || 3 || 1 || 4 ||
 * 5 || Brazil (BRA) || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 ||
 * ^  ||  Bulgaria (BUL) || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 ||
 * ^  ||  China (CHN) || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 ||
 * ^  ||  Yugoslavia (YUG) || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 ||
 * 9 || South Korea (KOR) || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 ||
 * 10 || Russia (RUS) || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 ||
 * **Rank** || **Nation** || **Gold** || **Silver** || **Bronze** || **Total** ||
 * 1 || United States || 13 || 1 || 2 || 16 ||
 * 2 || Sovietic union || 2 || 4 || 3 || 9 ||
 * 3 || Yugoslavia || 1 || 4 || 1 || 6 ||
 * 4 || Argentina || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 ||
 * 5 || France || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2 ||
 * ^  || Italy || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2 ||
 * ^  || Spain || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2 ||
 * 8 || Canada || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 ||
 * ^  || Croatia || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 ||
 * 10 || Brazil || 0 || 0 || 3 || 3 ||
 * ^  || Lithuania || 0 || 0 || 3 || 3 ||
 * 12 || Uruguay || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 ||
 * 13 || Cuba || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 ||
 * ^  || Mexico || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 ||

The total sum between the both table is of

rank Countrie gold Silver bronze Total


 * 1 || Unites State || 19 || 2 || 3 || 24 ||
 * 2 || [|Soviet Union] || 4 || 4 || 4 || 12 ||
 * 3 || [|Yugoslavia] || 1 || 5 || 2 || 8 ||
 * 4 || [|Argentina] || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 ||
 * 5 || [|Unified Team] (EUN) || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 ||
 * 6 || [|Australia] (AUS) || 0 || 3 || 1 || 4 ||
 * 7 || [|France] || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2 ||
 * ^  || [|Italy] || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2 ||
 * ^  || [|Spain] || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2 ||
 * 10 || [|Brazil] || 0 || 1 || 4 || 5 ||
 * 11 || [|Bulgaria] (BUL) || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 ||
 * ^  ||  [|China] (CHN) || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 ||
 * 13 || [|Canada] || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 ||
 * ^  || [|Croatia] || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 ||
 * ^  ||  [|South Korea] (KOR) || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 ||
 * 16 || [|Lithuania] || 0 || 0 || 3 || 3 ||
 * 17 || [|Uruguay] || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 ||
 * ^  ||  [|Russia] (RUS) || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 ||
 * 19 || [|Cuba] || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 ||
 * ^  || [|Mexico] || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 ||

=<span style="color: #ff0006; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">SERGIO GOMEZ : = = = = = =<span style="color: #ff0006; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">THE OLIMPIC GAMES: = ==The **Olympic Games** is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate. The Games are currently held every two years, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating, although they occur every four years within their respective seasonal games. Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894. The IOC has since become the governing body of the Olympic Movement, whose structure and actions are defined by the Olympic Charter.== ==The evolution of the Olympic Movement during the 20th and 21st centuries has resulted in several changes to the Olympic Games. Some of these adjustments include the creation of the Winter Games for ice and winter sports, the Paralympic Games for athletes with a physical disability, and the Youth Olympic Games for teenage athletes. The IOC has had to adapt to the varying economic, political, and technological realities of the 20th century. As a result, the Olympics shifted away from pure amateurism, as envisioned by Coubertin, to allow participation of professional athletes. The growing importance of the mass media created the issue of corporate sponsorship and commercialization of the Games. World Wars led to the cancellation of the 1916, 1940, and 1944 Games. Large boycotts during the Cold War limited participation in the 1980 and 1984 Games.==

OLIMPIC GAMES OF 1992 TO 2008 :

=1992:=


 * rank || ** Nation ** || ** Gold ** || ** Silver ** || ** Bronze ** || ** Total ** ||
 * || 1 || Unified Team || 45 || 38 || 29 || 112 ||
 * || 2 || United States || 37 || 34 || 37 || 108 ||
 * || 3 || Germany || 33 || 21 || 28 || 82 ||
 * || 4 || China || 16 || 22 || 16 || 54 ||
 * || 5 || Cuba || 14 || 6 || 11 || 31 ||
 * || 6 || Spain || 13 || 7 || 2 || 22 ||
 * || 7 || South Korea || 12 || 5 || 12 || 29 ||
 * || 8 || Hungary || 11 || 12 || 7 || 30 ||
 * || 9 || France || 8 || 5 || 16 || 29 ||
 * || 10 || Australia || 7 || 9 || 11 || 27 ||
 * || ==1996:== ||~ Rank ||~ Nation ||~ Gold ||~ Silver ||~ Bronze ||~ Total ||
 * 1 || United States || 44 || 32 || 25 || 101 ||
 * 2 || Russia || 26 || 21 || 16 || 63 ||
 * 3 || Germany || 20 || 18 || 27 || 65 ||
 * 4 || China || 16 || 22 || 12 || 50 ||
 * 5 || France || 15 || 7 || 15 || 37 ||
 * 6 || Italy || 13 || 10 || 12 || 35 ||
 * 7 || Australia || 9 || 9 || 23 || 41 ||
 * 8 || Cuba || 9 || 8 || 8 || 25 ||
 * 9 || Ukraine || 9 || 2 || 12 || 23 ||
 * || =2000:= || Rank || Nation || Gold || Silver || Bronze || Total ||
 * 1 || United States || 37 || 24 || 31 || 92 ||
 * 2 || Russia || 32 || 28 || 28 || 88 ||
 * 3 || China || 28 || 16 || 15 || 59 ||
 * 4 || Australia || 16 || 25 || 17 || 58 ||
 * 5 || Germany || 13 || 17 || 26 || 56 ||
 * 6 || France || 13 || 14 || 11 || 38 ||
 * 7 || Italy || 13 || 8 || 13 || 34 ||
 * 8 || Netherlands || 12 || 9 || 4 || 25 ||
 * 9 || Cuba || 11 || 11 || 7 || 29 ||
 * || = 2004: = ||  || nation || gold || silver || bronze || total ||
 * 1 || United States || 35 || 39 || 29 || 103 ||
 * 2 || China || 32 || 17 || 14 || 63 ||
 * 3 || Russia || 28 || 26 || 38 || 92 ||
 * 4 || Australia || 17 || 16 || 16 || 49 ||
 * 5 || Japan || 16 || 9 || 12 || 37 ||
 * 6 || Germany || 13 || 16 || 20 || 49 ||
 * 7 || France || 11 || 9 || 13 || 33 ||
 * 8 || Italy || 10 || 11 || 11 || 32 ||
 * 9 || South Korea || 9 || 12 || 9 || 30 ||
 * 10 || Great Britain || 9 || 9 || 13 || 31 ||
 * || 2008: || // Rank // || // Nation // || // Gold // || // Silver // || // Bronze // || // Total // ||
 * // 1 // || // China // || // 51 // || // 21 // || // 28 // || // 100 // ||
 * // 2 // || // United States // || // 36 // || // 38 // || // 36 // || // 110 // ||
 * // 3 // || // Russia // || // 23 // || // 21 // || // 28 // || // 72 // ||
 * // 4 // || // Great Britain // || // 19 // || // 13 // || // 15 // || // 47 // ||
 * // 5 // || // Germany // || // 16 // || // 10 // || // 15 // || // 41 // ||
 * // 6 // || // Australia // || // 14 // || // 15 // || // 17 // || // 46 // ||
 * // 7 // || // South Korea // || // 13 // || // 10 // || // 8 // || // 31 // ||
 * // 8 // || // Japan // || // 9 // || // 6 // || // 10 // || // 25 // ||
 * // 9 // || // Italy // || // 8 // || // 9 // || // 10 // || // 27 // ||
 * // 10 // || // France // || // 7 // || // 16 // || // 18 // || // 41 // ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

=Juan diego ruiz=





The **Olympic Games** is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a [|variety of competitions]. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate.[|[][|1][|]] The Games are currently held every two years, with [|Summer] and [|Winter Olympic Games] alternating, although they occur every four years within their respective seasonal games. Originally, the [|ancient Olympic Games] were held in [|Olympia], Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron [|Pierre de Coubertin] founded the [|International Olympic Committee] (IOC) in 1894. The [|IOC] has since become the governing body of the [|Olympic Movement], whose structure and actions are defined by the [|Olympic Charter]. The evolution of the Olympic Movement during the 20th and 21st centuries has resulted in several changes to the Olympic Games. Some of these adjustments include the creation of the Winter Games for ice and winter sports, the Paralympic Games for athletes with a physical disability, and the [|Youth Olympic Games] for teenage athletes. The IOC has had to adapt to the varying economic, political, and technological realities of the 20th century. As a result, the Olympics shifted away from pure amateurism, as envisioned by Coubertin, to allow participation of professional athletes. The growing importance of the [|mass media] created the issue of corporate sponsorship and commercialization of the Games. World Wars led to the cancellation of the 1916, 1940, and 1944 Games. Large boycotts during the [|Cold War] limited participation in the 1980 and 1984 Games.

The Olympic Movement consists of [|international sports federations] (IFs), [|National Olympic Committees] (NOCs), and organizing committees for each specific Olympic Games. As the decision-making body, the IOC is responsible for choosing the host city for each Olympic Games. The host city is responsible for organizing and funding a celebration of the Games consistent with the Olympic Charter. The Olympic program, consisting of the [|sports] to be contested at the Games, is also determined by the IOC. The celebration of the Games encompasses many rituals and symbols, such as the [|Olympic flag] and [|torch], as well as the [|opening and closing ceremonies]. Over 13,000 athletes compete at the Summer and Winter Olympics in 33 different sports and nearly 400 events. The first, second, and third place finishers in each event receive [|Olympic medals]; gold, silver, and bronze, respectively. The Games have grown in scale to the point that nearly every nation is represented. Such growth has created numerous challenges, including [|boycotts], [|doping], [|bribery of officials], and [|terrorism]. Every two years, the Olympics and its media exposure provide unknown athletes with the chance to attain national, and in particular cases, international fame. The Games also constitute a major opportunity for the host city and country to showcase itself to the world

Ancient Olympics

The Ancient Olympic Games were a series of competitions held between representatives of several [|city-states] and kingdoms from [|Ancient Greece], which featured mainly athletic but also combat and chariot racing events. During the Olympic games all struggles against the participating city-states were postponed until the games were finished.[|[][|2][|]] The origin of these Olympics is shrouded in mystery and legend.[|[][|3][|]] One of the most popular myths identifies [|Heracles] and his father [|Zeus] as the progenitors of the Games.[|[][|4][|]][|[][|5][|]][|[][|6][|]] According to legend, it was Heracles who first called the Games "Olympic" and established the custom of holding them every four years.[|[][|7][|]] A legend persists that after Heracles completed his [|twelve labors], he built the [|Olympic stadium] as an honor to Zeus. Following its completion, he walked in a straight line for 200 steps and called this distance a "[|stadion]" ([|Greek]: στάδιον, [|Latin]: //stadium//, "stage"), which later became a [|unit of distance]. Another myth associates the first Games with the ancient Greek concept of Olympic truce (ἐκεχειρία, //ekecheiria//).[|[][|8][|]] The most widely accepted date for the inception of the

my disipline is swiming

tables

SwimmingWomen´s Records


 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Event || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Record || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Name || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Nation || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Games || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Date ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|50 m freestyle] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">24.06 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Britta Steffen] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Germany (GER)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 17, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|100 m][|freestyle] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">53.12 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Britta Steffen] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Germany (GER)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 15, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|200 m freestyle] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1:54.82 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Federica Pellegrini] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Italy (ITA)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 13, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|400 m freestyle] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4:02.19 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Federica Pellegrini] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Italy (ITA)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 10, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|800 m freestyle] || ♦8:14.10 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Rebecca Adlington] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Great Britain (GBR)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 16, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|100 m backstroke] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">58.77 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Kirsty Coventry] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Zimbabwe (ZIM)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 11, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|200 m backstroke] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2:05.24 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Kirsty][|Coventry] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Zimbabwe (ZIM)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 16, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|100 m breaststroke] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1:05.17 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Leisel Jones] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Australia (AUS)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 10, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|200 m breaststroke] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2:20.22 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Rebecca Soni] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|United States (USA)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 15, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|100 m butterfly] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">56.61 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Inge de Bruijn] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Netherlands (NED)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2000 Sydney] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">September 17, 2000 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|200 m butterfly] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2:04.18 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Liu Zige] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|China (CHN)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 14, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|200 m individual medley] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2:08.45 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Stephanie Rice] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Australia (AUS)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 13, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|400 m individual medley] || ♦4:29.45 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Stephanie Rice] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Australia (AUS)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 10, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">[|4×100 m freestyle relay] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">3:33.76 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Inge Dekker (54.37)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Netherlands (NED)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">August 10, 2008 ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.39)] ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Femke Heemskerk (53.42)] ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Marleen Veldhuis (52.58)] ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">[|4×200 m freestyle relay] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">7:44.31 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Stephanie Rice (1:56.60)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Australia (AUS)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">August 14, 2008 ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Bronte Barratt (1:56.58)] ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Kylie Palmer (1:55.22)] ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Linda Mackenzie (1:55.91)] ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">[|4×100 m medley relay] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">3:52.69 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Emily Seebohm (59.33)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Australia (AUS)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">August 17, 2008 ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Leisel Jones (1:04.58)] ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Jessicah Schipper (56.25)] ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Libby][|Trickett][| (52.53)] ||^   ||^   ||^   ||

SwimmingMen’s Records

SwimmingMedalTable 1
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Event || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Record || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">Name || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Nation || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Games || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Date ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|50 m freestyle] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">21.30 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|César Cielo Filho] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Brazil (BRA)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 16, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|100 m backstroke] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">52.54 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Aaron Peirsol] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|United States (USA)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 12, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|100 m breaststroke] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">58.91 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Kōsuke Kitajima] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Japan (JPN)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 11, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|100 m butterfly] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">50.58 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Michael Phelps] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|United States (USA)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 16, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|100 m freestyle] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">47.05 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Eamon Sullivan] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Australia (AUS)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 13, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">[|4×100 m freestyle relay] || ♦3:08.24 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Michael Phelps (47.51)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">[|United States (USA)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">August 11, 2008 ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Garrett Weber-Gale (47.02)] ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Cullen Jones (47.65)] ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Jason Lezak (46.06)] ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">[|4×100 m medley relay] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3:29.34 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Aaron Peirsol (53.16)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">[|United States (USA)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 17, 2008 ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Brendan Hansen (59.27)] ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Michael Phelps (50.15)] ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Jason Lezak (46.76)] ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|200 m backstroke] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1:53.94 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Ryan Lochte] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|United States (USA)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 15, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|200 m breaststroke] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2:07.64 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Kōsuke Kitajima] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Japan (JPN)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 14, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|200 m butterfly] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1:52.03 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Michael Phelps] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|United States (USA)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 13, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|200 m individual medley] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1:54.23 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Michael Phelps] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|United States (USA)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 15, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|200 m freestyle] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1:42.96 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Michael Phelps] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|United States (USA)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 12, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">[|4×200 m freestyle relay] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6:58.56 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Michael Phelps (1:43.31)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">[|United States (USA)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 13, 2008 ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Ryan Lochte (1:44.28)] ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Ricky Berens (1:46.29)] ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Peter Vanderkaay (1:44.68)] ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|400 m individual medley] || ♦4:03.84 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Michael Phelps] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|United States (USA)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 14, 2008 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|400 m freestyle] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3:40.59 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Ian Thorpe] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Australia (AUS)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2000 Sydney] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">September 16, 2000 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|1500 m freestyle] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">14:38.92 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Grant Hackett] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|Australia (AUS)] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">August 15, 2008 ||


 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Rank || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Nation || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">Gold || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Silver || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Bronze || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Total ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || __ [|United States (USA)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">214 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">155 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">120 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">489 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">2 || __ [|Australia (AUS)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">56 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">54 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">58 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">168 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3 || __ [|East Germany (GDR)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">38 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">32 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">22 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">92 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4 || __ [|Hungary (HUN)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">23 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">23 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">17 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">63 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">5 || __ [|Japan (JPN)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">20 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">21 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">21 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">62 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">6 || __ [|Netherlands (NED)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">17 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">17 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">18 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">52 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7 || __ [|Great Britain (GBR)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">15 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">21 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">28 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">64 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">8 || __ [|Germany (GER)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">13 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">18 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">28 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">59 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">9 || __ [|Soviet Union (URS)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">12 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">21 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">26 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">59 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">10 || __ [|Sweden (SWE)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">8 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">14 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">13 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">35 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">11 || __ [|China (CHN)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">15 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">27 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">12 || __ [|Canada (CAN)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">13 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">20 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">40 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">13 || __ [|Unified Team (EUN)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">10 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">14 || __ [|Russia (RUS)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">15 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">15 || __ [|France (FRA)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">11 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">18 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">33 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">16 || __ [|Ukraine (UKR)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">10 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">17 || __ [|Italy (ITA)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">9 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">17 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">18 || __ [|South Africa (RSA)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">12 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">19 || __ [|West Germany (FRG)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">14 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">22 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">20 || __ [|Romania (ROU)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">9 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">21 || __ [|Ireland (IRL)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">22 || __ [|Denmark (DEN)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">12 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">23 || __ [|Zimbabwe (ZIM)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">24 || __ [|Australasia (ANZ)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">8 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">25 || __ [|New Zealand (NZL)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6 ||

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 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Rank || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Nation || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">Gold || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Silver || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Bronze || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Total ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">26 || __ [|Austria (AUT)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">11 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">27 || __ [|Germany (EUA)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">12 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">28 || __ [|Brazil (BRA)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">11 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">29 || __ [|Greece (GRE)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">30 || __ [|Poland (POL)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">31 || __ [|Belgium (BEL)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4 ||
 * ^  || __ [|Costa Rica (CRC)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">33 || __ [|Argentina (ARG)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3 ||
 * ^  || __ [|Bulgaria (BUL)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">35 || __ [|South Korea (KOR)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2 ||
 * ^  || __ [|Yugoslavia (YUG)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">37 || __ [|Spain (ESP)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">38 || __ [|Suriname (SUR)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2 ||
 * ^  || __ [|Mexico (MEX)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">40 || __ [|Tunisia (TUN)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">41 || __ [|Slovakia (SVK)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">42 || __ [|Finland (FIN)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">43 || __ [|Cuba (CUB)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2 ||
 * ^  || __ [|Norway (NOR)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">45 || __ [|Croatia (CRO)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 ||
 * ^  || __ [|Serbia (SRB)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 ||
 * ^  || __ [|Slovenia (SLO)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">48 || __ [|Philippines (PHI)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">49 || __ [|Switzerland (SUI)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 ||
 * ^  || __ [|Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 ||
 * ^  || __ [|Venezuela (VEN)] __ || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Total || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">489 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">485 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">491 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">1465 ||

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<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">1) OLD GAMES

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">INTRO <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The first Olympic Games were born in Olympia with a sacred purpose it was about many festivities dedicated to the god Zeus. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In these festivals the religion was united to sport music and literary events to honor the gods of antiquity.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">THE FIRST OLYMPIC GAMES <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The first Olympic Games on record took place in 776 BC and since then have been happening every four years until 393 AC, the date on which the Roman Emperor Theodosius decided to suppress its pagan character. The total is 293 Olympics, that is, many times when the Greeks agreed to renounce war to meet the goal of worshiping the gods of Olympus measuring their forces in a peaceful and regulated. In Greece there were the only events, but as important were those that became the starting point of the Hellenic calendar. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Always held the second or third full moon after the summer solstice. Months before the start of roaming the city heralds announcing the start date, selecting each city representatives. A month before the truce began, during which paralyzed all wars, bearing in mind that if you violate this peace could not be participating again.Those who came to Olympia in those days were more spectators and actors in the spectacle of ancient Greece. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Participants were only free men who had not committed any crime. Women could not participate as athletes and even married women or as spectators because athletes competed naked. For 11 centuries, Olympia became the focus of world sport and a benchmark for games of posterity.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">IMPORTANTRITUALS

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">One of the most important moments of the Games occurred at the beginning of the festival with the slaughter or sacrifice a hundred oxen in honor of Zeus in front of his temple and the highlight was the end of the competitions with the crowning of the victors at the end games with an olive wreath, this was the only award he received there, but then in their native cities were all kinds of honors.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2) THE RESTORATION OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">After many centuries into oblivion reborn Olympics in the modern era with the encouragement of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who decided to restore the spirit of the ancient Games, giving an international dimension. Today's game represents a very important event both in terms of this sport and politically, economically and to a lesser extent in the culture. Baron de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the institution responsible for organizing the Games and to keep the idea and original content. The Olympic Charter is clear, continuously updated by the IOC, which sets out the detailed provisions and principles of the program. The participants of the games have to be citizens of a country whose national Olympic committee is recognized by the IOC.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Coubertin proclaimed the restoration of the Olympic Games on June 23, 1894 at the Sorbonne in Paris with representatives of 14 nations. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The first games of the modern age had played in Paris, but decided to be held in Athens to resume the old Hellenic tradition. Finally, the first Games of the modern era were held in Athens in 1896, the year from which would be repeated every four years in different parts of the world up to now with the nomination of Athens as the Olympic venue for 2004 Games by doing righteousness and repairing a debt to the host city of the first modern Games. So far, there have been 24 issues; only issues were suspended in 1916, 1940 and 1944 because of World Wars.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">From 1924 he created the Olympic Winter Games, also held every four years, at first agreed in the same year, but since 1994 he held two years after the summer with the same frequency, the Games are have held 19 editions.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Since 1960 Paralympics Games are held for disabled athletes in the same scenario as the Summer Games.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Olympic slogan, created by Baron, is a Latin phrase: Citius, Altius, Fortius, meaning faster, higher, and stronger, reflecting the stimulus to overcome athletes.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Prior to the Games, as in ancient times sacred torch was lit to symbolize purity, justice and peace among nations, Olympia hand a torch relay that runs on most of the participating countries. The Olympic flame is incorporated into the Amsterdam Games in 1928, the Athens 2004 was fired last March 25 with the slogan goes the flame unites the world. Is the first time that the torch tour the five continents and reach the August 13th Athens Olympic Stadium, the start of the Games.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">All games begin and end with the parade of the participants in an opening ceremony and closing ceremony, where winners will carry the medals won gold, silver or bronze award given in each of the tests. At the opening ceremony of an athlete in the country where the headquarters is located holds his hand corner of the Olympic flag and pronounces the following oath in the name of all: On behalf of all competitors I promise that we will participate in the Olympic Games respecting and following the rules that govern it, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honor of our teams. Also during these ceremonies you can hear the Olympic anthem, created for the event. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pierre de Coubertin created the Olympic flag consists of five rings of blue, black, red, yellow and green on a white background, symbolizing the five continents united by the spirit of sport.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">3) MODERN GAMES <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">TYPES:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">3.1) SUMMER OLYMPICS:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The **Summer Olympic Games** or the **Games of the Olympiad** are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that started in 1904. The Winter Olympics were also created due to the success of the summer Olympics. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Olympics have increased from a 42-event competition with fewer than 250 male athletes to a 300-event sporting celebration with over 10,000 competitors from 205 nations. Organizers for the2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing expected approximately 10,500 athletes to take part in the 302 events on the program for the games. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The United States has hosted four Summer Olympics Games, more than any other nation. The United Kingdom will have hosted three Summer Olympics Games when they return to the British capital in 2012, all of them have been (and will be) in London, making it the first city to hold the Summer Olympic Games three times. Australia, France, Germany and Greece have all hosted the Summer Olympic Games twice. Other countries that have hosted the summer Olympics are Belgium, Canada, Finland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, the Soviet Union and Sweden. China hosted the Summer Olympics for the first time in Beijing in 2008. In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro will host the first Summer Games in South America

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Four cities have hosted two Summer Olympic Games: Los Angeles, London, Paris and Athens. Stockholm, Sweden, has hosted events at two Summer Olympic Games, having hosted the games in 1912 and the equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics—which they are usually listed as jointly hosting. Events at the summer Olympics have also been held in Hong Kong and the Netherlands (both represented by their own NOCs), with the equestrian events at the 2008 Summer Olympics being held in Hong Kong and two sailing races at the 1920 Summer Olympics being held in the Netherlands.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Five countries – Greece, Great Britain, France, Switzerland, and Australia (twice combined with New Zealand as Australasia) – have been represented at all Summer Olympic Games. The only country to have won at least one gold medal at every Summer Olympic Games is Great Britain, ranging from one gold in 1904, 1952 and 1996 to fifty-six golds in 1908.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">3.2) WINTER GAMES:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The **Winter Olympic Games** is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, jumping and speed skating. The Games were held every four years from 1924 until 1936 when they were interrupted by World War II. The Olympics resumed in 1948 and were celebrated every four years, in the same year as the Summer Olympic Games. In 1992 the governing body for the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), decided to place the summer and Winter Games on separate four-year cycles in alternating even-numbered years. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Winter Games have evolved since their inception. Sports have been added and some of them, such as luge, short track speed skating and freestyle skiing, have earned a permanent spot on the Olympic program. Others, such as speed skiing, bandy and skijoring, were demonstration sports but never incorporated as Olympic sports. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The rise of television as a global medium for communication enhanced the profile of the Games. It created an income stream, via the sale of broadcast rights and advertising, which has become lucrative for the IOC. This allowed outside interests, such as television companies and corporate sponsors, to exert influence. The IOC has had to address several criticisms, internal scandals, the use of performance enhancing drugs by Winter Olympians, as well as a political boycott of the Winter Olympics. Nations have used the Winter Games to showcase the claimed superiority of their political systems.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Winter Olympics have been hosted on three continents, but never in a country in the southern hemisphere. The United States has hosted the Games four times; France has been the host three times; Austria, Canada, Italy, Japan, Norway and Switzerland have hosted the Games twice. In 2014 Sochi will be the first Russian city to host the Winter Olympics. The IOC has selected Pyeongchang, South Korea, to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">3.3) PARALYMPIC GAMES

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The **Paralympic Games** are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. There are winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their respective Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Paralympics have grown from a small gathering of British World War II veterans in1948 to become one of the largest international sport events by the early 21st century. Paralympians strive for equal treatment with non-disabled Olympic athletes, but there is a large funding gap between Olympic and Paralympic athletes. There are also sports, such as track and field athletics, that are resistant to Paralympians who wish to compete equally with non-disabled athletes, though there have been Paralympians who have participated in the Olympic Games. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Paralympic Games include athletes with physical disabilities, and are run in parallel with the Olympic Games, while the IOC–recognized Special Olympics World Games include athletes with intellectual disabilities, and the Deaflympics include deaf athletes. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The present formal explanation for the name "Paralympic" is that it derives from the Greek preposition παρά, //pará// ("beside" or "alongside") and thus refers to a competition held in parallel with the Olympic Games. The Summer Games of 1988held in Seoul was the first time the term "Paralympic" came into official use. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Given the wide variety of disabilities that paralympic athletes have, there are several categories in which the athletes compete.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The allowable disabilities are broken down into six broad categories. The categories are amputee, Cerebral Palsy, intellectual disability, wheelchair, visually impaired, and //Les Autres// (literally "The Others", which are athletes with disabilities that don't fall into the other five categories; these include dwarfism, multiple sclerosis, and congenital deformities). These categories are further broken down into classifications, which vary from sport to sport. The classification system has led to cheating controversies revolving around athletes who over-stated their disabilities in addition to the use of performance-enhancing drugs seen in other events.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">3.4) YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The **Youth Olympic Games** (**YOG**) is an international multi-sport event first held in Singapore from August 14 to August 26, 2010. The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consistent with the current Olympic Games format. The age limitation of the athletes is between 14 to 18. The idea of such an event was introduced by Johann Rosenzopf from Austria in 1998. On July 6, 2007, International Olympic Committee (IOC) members at the 119th IOC session in Guatemala City approved the creation of a youth version of the Olympic Games. The costs of hosting the event will be shared by the IOC and the host city, while the travel costs of athletes and coaches are paid by the IOC. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">While the 2010 Youth Summer Olympics lasted 12 days, the winter version is planned to be a maximum of ten days, with the first edition taking place in early 2012.The IOC will allow a maximum of 3,530 athletes and 481 IOC accredited officials to participate the summer games, while 970 athletes and 580 officials are expected to attend the winter games. The Games will also feature cultural exchange programs and opportunities for participants to meet Olympic athletes. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Several other Olympic events for youth, like the European Youth Olympic Festival are held every other year with summer and winter versions, and the Australian Youth Olympic Festival, have proven successful. The Youth Games are modeled after these sporting events. The YOG are a successor to the discontinued World Youth Games.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The **1998 World Youth Games** was the first international multi-sport event of its kind. More than 7,500 young athletes representing 140 countries of the world participated in this event. It took place in Moscow, Russia from July 11 to 19, 1998.

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LAURA VALENTINA TORRES OLYMPIC GAMES 2012 The Olympic games is an important event that occurs every 4 years. In this important event there are many countries that participate, they are many sportsman or sportswomen that are representing each country to win a medal in one of the many categories of sports they are program in the OLYMPIC GAMES. This year the country that is the owner of sponsor is LONDON. This games are of winter. There are so much countries that have won medals (bronze, silver, gold). There are 2 pets that represent the OLYMPIC GAMES, their names are WENLOCK and MANDEVILLE, but the pet that am going to describe is WENLOCK that in his arms he have the rings of the OLYMPIC GAMES, he only have one eye that represent the camera when is recording the event, he also have a hat that is a headlight that is inspired by the lights of the black taxis of London, his face is the shape of the London stadium roof, his name is because the first OLYMPIC GAMES took place in Wenlock, 1850. The other pet is MANDEVILLE he´s characteristics are similar to those of WENLOCK the only ones that are different are that he represent the Paralympic games and WENLOCK represent the Olympic games, another characteristics are that he is blue and WENLOCK is orange I don´t know why but is like this and we cannot change this symbols that are chosen, he has a band that help him to train and to be best every day, his head is the shape of the three colors of the Paralympic sports. THESE ARE THE SPORTS There are 20 sports.

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<span style="background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES

<span style="background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The ancient Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions contested by representatives of various city-states of ancient Greece. Records indicate that began 2,800 years ago, in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece, and were held until AD 393. C. The Games are fought normally every four years. The first Games were very different from those we know now, but the Olympic spirit is maintained.Those who came to see the Games of Ancient Olympia had to wear an animal, which then would be sacrificed to honor the god Zeus. <span style="background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">An Olympiad, which was a unit. During the celebration of the Games a truce or peace promulgated Olympic athletes to allow safe travel from their countries to Olympia. The prizes for the victors were laurel wreaths, palm branches, strips of wool and sometimes, food for life. The ancient Olympics were rather different from modern, had fewer events and only free men who spoke Greek could compete, plus they were always held at Olympia instead of moving to different places each time.

<span style="background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES

<span style="background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The modern Olympic Games were created by Pierre de Coubertin, the main driver of Physical Education in France, who wanted to get sporting ideals of Greece Clásica.La First Modern Olympics Games held in 1896 in Athens, Greece.

<span style="background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">For the Olympic Games in London, each participating country was able to parade with their flags.

<span style="background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">On that occasion, Baron Pierre de Coubertin said "The important thing is not winning but taking part", a phrase that was in the history of the Games.

<span style="background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Since 1936, many athletes take turns to carry the Olympic torch lit in Greece, to the stadium which hosts the Games. There remains lit throughout the course of the same. <span style="background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Could participate only amateur athletes. The first prize for the winner of the ancient Olympic games was a crown of sacred olive tree. Today is the gold medal. <span style="background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In 1932, was built in Los Angeles the first Olympic Village, during the games held there. <span style="background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Jesse Owens, U.S., blacks, achieved in Berlin 1936, 4 gold medals. The Berlin Olympics of 1936 were the first to be televised. <span style="background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In 1960, he won his gold medal the first black African (Ethiopian), Abebe Bikila, who won the marathon, having run barefoot. Four years later he repeated the feat in Tokyo, but with shoes. <span style="background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The modern Olympics were not made in the years 1916, 1940 and 1944 by military problems, being the full world wars. <span style="background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In 1924 occurred the first time in Chamonix, France, the First Olympic Winter Games, and has since carried out separately, but in the same years as the summer. <span style="background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The IOC is the International Olympic Committee that regulates these games, and each country wishing to participate must have a National Olympic Committee recognized by the IOC. <span style="background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Among the rules is the NOT ALLOW ANY DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN PARTICIPANTS and competitions are considered on an individual basis rather than national, although the participation of any country is prohibited by its domestic politics.

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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Florete individual masculino || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Giulio Gaudini, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|ITA] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 7 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Edward Gardiere, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|FRA] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 6 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Giorgio Bocchino, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|ITA] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 4 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Florete por equipo masculino || <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Italia] || <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Francia] || <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Alemania] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Espada individual masculino || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Franco Riccardi, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|ITA] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 5 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Saverio Ragno, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|ITA] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 6 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|ITA] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 6 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Espada por equipo masculino || <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Italia] || <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Suecia] || <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Francia] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Sable individual masculino || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Endre Kabos, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|HUN] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 7 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Gustavo Marzi, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|ITA] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 6 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Aladar Gerevich, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|HUN] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 6 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Sable por equipo masculino || <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Hungría] || <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Italia] || <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Alemania] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Florete individual femenino || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Ilona Elek, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|HUN] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 6 || <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Helene Mayer] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|GER] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 5 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Ellen Preis, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|AUT] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 5 ||


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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Florete individual masculino || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Giulio Gaudini, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|ITA] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 7 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Edward Gardiere, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|FRA] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 6 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Giorgio Bocchino, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|ITA] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 4 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Florete por equipo masculino || <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Italia] || <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Francia] || <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Alemania] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Espada individual masculino || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Franco Riccardi, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|ITA] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 5 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Saverio Ragno, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|ITA] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 6 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|ITA] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 6 ||
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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Sable individual masculino || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Endre Kabos, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|HUN] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 7 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Gustavo Marzi, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|ITA] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 6 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Aladar Gerevich, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|HUN] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 6 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Sable por equipo masculino || <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Hungría] || <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Italia] || <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Alemania] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Florete individual femenino || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Ilona Elek, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|HUN] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 6 || <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Helene Mayer] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|GER] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 5 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Ellen Preis, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|AUT] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 5 ||

SARAH JOHNSON 1ST AND 2ND DRAFT
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Evento || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Oro: || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Plata: || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Bronce: ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Florete individual masculino || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Christian d'Oriola, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|FRA] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 8 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Edoardo Mangiarotti, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|ITA] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 6 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Manlio Di Rosa, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|ITA] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 5 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Florete por equipo masculino || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">, [|Francia] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Italia] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">, [|Hungría]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Espada individual || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Edoardo Mangiarotti, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|ITA] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 7 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Dario Mangiarotti, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|ITA] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 6 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Oswald Zappelli, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|SUI] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 6 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Espada por equipo || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Italia] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">, [|Suecia] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">, [|Suiza]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Sable individual || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Pal Kovacs, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|HUN] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 8 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Aladar Gerevich, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|HUN] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 7 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Tibor Berczelly, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|HUN] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 5 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Sable por equipo || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">, [|Hungría] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Italia] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">, [|Francia]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Florete individual femenino || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Irene Camber, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|ITA] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 5+1 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> Ilona Elek, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|HUN] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 5 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;">Karen Lachmann, <span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|DEN] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt;"> 4 ||

SARAH JOHNSON CEBALLOS

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a [|variety of competitions]. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate.

Is thought that the regular celebration begins in 776 BC and its name is due to the place of celebration: the Greek town of Olympia, the site of the shrine of the god Zeus in the valley of the Alpheus, between Mount Olympus and the hill of Cronos. Were held every four years between June and August. The value of the ancient Games were multiple: it represents a religious manifestation of obedience to the gods, contributed to the harmonious development of body and soul encouraged the friendship of the towns and villages and sought unity of the Hellenes.

In the cities, organized and chaired its judges representing them to the state. Public life was paralyzed during the holidays because it was suspending all official activity. During these matters were resolved only in extreme emergency. Exerted a great influence on the relations of the states, came to them from the most remote and sacred truces established. The public games were an opportunity for rapprochement between the Greek states. They were the soul of interhelénicas relations, as equivalent to real general assemblies of the Greek people. Gradually, in addition to mainland Greece polis, the share of multiple scattered Greek colonies along the shores of the Mediterranean. Olympia became a powerful force, which brought together, with the idea of a growing Panhellenism, all Greek immigrants scattered throughout the Hellenic world. The official participation of the Greek cities in the offerings and sacrifices and cooperation of individuals created a sense of brotherhood and the feeling came from belonging to a socio-political structure than that of the polis. Alongside the spirit of competition, traditionally monopolized by the nobility, spread to the rest of society, without abandoning their religious roots still pouring into the sport more democratic features. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">

games that take place at the olympic games:

Athletics, Badminton Basketball, Handball Baseball, Boxing Cycling on road, mountain track, water Sports Swimming, Synchronized swimming Jumping, Water Polo. Fencing, gymnastics. Artistic Gymnastics Rhythmic Gymnastics Trampoline,Weightlifting Field Hockey

Judo, Fight Modern Pentathlon canoeing, Whitewater Canoeing, Remo Softball, Taekwondo Tennis, Table tennis Archery, Olympic shooting Triathlon, Vela Volleyball, Beach Volleyball and Chess

The XXX Olympic Games will be held between July 27 and August 12, 2012 in London, UK. This will be the first city to host the Olympics three times, having played host in 1908 and 1948.

Will be located in Stratford, east London. Be built on an industrial area and is seven minutes from downtown. This area is located: The Olympic Stadium which will host the athletics events and opening and closing ceremonies. London Aquatic Center, site of the jumping competitions, swimming, synchronized swimming and

water polo. The Velopark, including a covered velodrome for track cycling competitions and a BMX circuit. The Olympic Hockey Centre, which will host hockey competitions. Four covered pavilions, which will host the competitions of basketball, fencing, volleyball, handball and fencing disciplines of modern pentathlon and shot. Hall 1 - Volleyball Pavilion 2 - basketball, modern pentathlon Hall 3 - Handball Hall 4 - Fencing The Olympic Village. The Main Press Center (MPC) and the International Radio and Television (IBC)

London 2012 Games have been controversial of all kinds from the moment she was elected as a candidate city. It has accused the International Olympic Committee to provide a bias exacerbated by the London 2012 Olympic Games over others who had better sports projects, communication and infrastructure. He has been charged from the beginning, if one of the candidate cities with

lower sports infrastructure projects completed in the history of the Olympic games. The logo of the 2012 Olympics has sparked much controversy among various sectors due to three main reasons: a teaching too abstract, not represent the values of Olympism, and it seems that has some resemblance to the infamous swastika Nazi Germany. Anyway, the logo of the London Olympic Games seems to have loved and raised too bitter criticism from many sectors directly or indirectly related to international sport and Olympism.

London's bid beat out Paris, which stood as the top seed in the final voting of the 117 th Assembly of the International Olympic Committee. The final vote was held at the Raffles Convention Centre of the Asian city of Singapore. Now we approach the upcoming Olympics, please go thought your bet by the country with the most medals. Against all odds, the games held in 2012, overtaking London's capital, thus the main favorite all bets: Paris. In total, 54 votes went to the British bid for 50 of the French. The desolation was complete for the Gallic country already looked like a winner.

The Olympic Games were imposed not only Paris but also other applications which had the approval of the majority of senior representatives of the International Olympic Committee. Madrid was on the verge of the finals after getting only two votes less than Paris and London over eight. London has made infrastructure a good program but much of it still has not been fulfilled despite being projected in a while. The high commissioner of the Olympic Games no doubt the British government's ability to successfully complete all works and projects that are still on paper.

The Olympic Park is one of its jewels, and is situated in East London. For next year's games you can make football betting and other Olympic competitions. The land was for industrial use and they will be about seven minutes from downtown London. It will be the hub of the 2012 Olympic Games and will host the Olympic Stadium, ie the constantly beating heart during each day of competition with her cauldron on until the day of closing. In this area you can also find the London Aquatic Center, as its name suggests, will host competitions such as swimming, synchronized swimming

and water polo.

London Olympic Games will be given the importance it deserves in the sports to be developed in this complex: contact combat sports and will be held at the ExCel Exhibition Centre (boxing, taekwondo, wrestling, judo) as well as table tennis and weightlifting. Moreover, the 2012 Olympic Games projects in the area of construction Fluvial Millennium Dome, the Arena in Greenwich, the Greenwich Park and Royal Artillery Barracks where disciplines converge as gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, shooting and badminton.

The 2012 Olympics will also be equipped with the best infrastructure in the Central Zone is called where sports such as football, tennis, archery, road cycling, beach volleyball and triathlon can be seen at the All England Club, Lord's Cricket Ground, Regent's Park and Hyde Park. Some football playoffs will be played in stadiums following annexes to the 2012 London Games: Hampden Park in Glasgow, Cardiff Millennium Stadium, Old Trafford in Manchester, St James' Park in Newcastle and

Villa Park in Birmingham.

London Olympics. Farewell to a great athlete, James Fuchs

Although the best he could offer the world, in addition to their great participation in sporting events has been the shot put technique using a lateral more fluid than it had been used to date, a technique that has served to athletes who have come after him have been able to improve their results and have avoided many of the injuries that poor James Fuchs had to suffer.

2012 Olympics: Colleton division denies Real Madrid

He also wanted to use to defend Mourinho, ensuring that people who criticize it is because they only see it in press conferences and not know it as is. Also has good words for his captain, Iker Casillas,

who was considered a benchmark in the Real Madrid and an example to follow for jóvenes.Callejón also wanted to thank the good reception he had by his peers when he reached

the club, that made him feel at home.



<span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Hernán Felipe Russi

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Olympic Games is a best international event <span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> that starts in 776 BC until now. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> The Games are currently held every two years, with <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Summer] <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> and <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Winter Olympic Games] <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> alternating, although they occur every four years within their respective seasonal games. The growing importance of the <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|mass media] <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> created the issue of corporate sponsorship and commercialization of the Games. World Wars led to the cancellation of the 1916, 1940, and 1944 Games. Large boycotts during the <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Cold War] <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> limited participation in the 1980 and 1984 Games. The Games have grown in scale to the point that nearly every nation is represented. Such growth has created numerous challenges, including <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|boycotts] <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|doping] <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|bribery of officials] <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, and <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|terrorism] <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">. Every two years, the Olympics and its media exposure provide unknown athletes with th

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">e chance to attain national, and in particular cases, international fame. All this years the Olympic games have a medalist in each discipline like the <span style="color: red; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">FENCING <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">the fencing is a sport of a swords fight the last gold medalist was Benjamin Kleibrink he is from Germany and was the gold medalist in Beijing 2008 games. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">ANCIENT GAMES ** <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Ancient Olympic Games were a series of competitions held between representatives of several <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|city-states] <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> and kingdoms from <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">ANCIENT GREECE, which featured mainly athletic but also combat and chariot racing events. During the Olympic games all struggles against the participating city-states were postponed until the games were finished. The origin of these Olympics is shrouded in mystery and legend. One of the most popular myths of Hercules and his father Zeus as the progenitors of the Games. According to legend, it was Heracles who first called the Games "Olympic" and established the custom of holding them every four years. A legend persists that after Heracles completed his<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> labors, he built the Olympic Games as an honor to Zeus. **<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">MODERN GAMES ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">The first significant attempt to emulate the ancient Olympic Games was the //L'Olympiade de la République//, a national Olympic festival held annually from 1796 to 1798 in Revolutionary France The competition included several disciplines from the ancient Greek Olympics. The 1796 Games also marked the introduction of the metric system into sport. <span style="background-color: white; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">In 1850 an Olympian Class was started by Dr William Penny Brookes at Much Wenlock, in Shropshire, England. In 1859, Dr Brookes changed the name to Wenlock Olympian Games. This annual sports festival continues to this day. The Wenlock Olympian Society was founded by Dr. Brookes on November 15, 1860

<span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">This is the fencing table from 1932 to 2008:


 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Games || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Gold || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Silver || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Bronze ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">1932 Los Angeles || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Gustavo Marzi] ( [|ITA] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Joseph Levis] ( [|USA] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Giulio Gaudini] ( [|ITA] ) ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|1936 Berlin] || <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;"> [|Giul]

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|io Gaudini] ( [|ITA] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Edward Gardère] ( [|FRA] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Giorgio Bocchino] ( [|ITA] ) ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|1948 London] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Jehan Buhan] ( [|FRA] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Christian d'Oriola] ( [|FRA] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Lajos Maszlay] ( [|HUN] ) ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|1952 Helsinki] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Christian d'Oriola] ( [|FRA] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Edoardo Mangiarotti] ( [|ITA] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Manlio Di Rosa] ( [|ITA] ) ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|1956 Melbourne] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Christian d'Oriola] ( [|FRA] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Giancarlo Bergamini] ( [|ITA] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Antonio Spallino] ( [|ITA] ) ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|1960 Rome] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Viktor Zhdanovich] ( [|URS] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Yuri Sisikin] ( [|URS] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Albert Axelrod] ( [|USA] ) ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|1964 Tokyo] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Egon Franke] ( [|POL] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Jean Claude Magnan] ( [|FRA] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Daniel Revenu] ( [|FRA] ) ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|1968 Mexico City] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Ion Drîmbă] ( [|ROU] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Jenő Kamuti] ( [|HUN] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Daniel Revenu] ( [|FRA] ) ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|1972 Munich] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Witold Woyda] ( [|POL] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Jenő Kamuti] ( [|HUN] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Christian Noël] ( [|FRA] ) ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|1976 Montreal] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Fabio dal Zotto] ( [|ITA] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Alexandr Romankov] ( [|URS] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Bernard Talvard] ( [|FRA] ) ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|1980 Moscow] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Vladimir Smirnov] ( [|URS] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Pascal Jolyot] ( [|FRA] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Alexandr Romankov] ( [|URS] ) ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|1984 Los Angeles] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Mauro Numa] ( [|ITA] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Matthias Behr] ( [|FRG] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Stefano Cerioni] ( [|ITA] ) ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|1988 Seoul] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Stefano Cerioni] ( [|ITA] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Udo Wagner] ( [|GDR] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Alexandr Romankov] ( [|URS] ) ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|1992 Barcelona] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Philippe Omnes] ( [|FRA] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Sergei Golubitsky] ( [|EUN] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Elvis Gregory] ( [|CUB] ) ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|1996 Atlanta] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Alessandro Puccini] ( [|ITA] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Lionel Plumenail] ( [|FRA] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Franck Boidin] ( [|FRA] ) ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|2000 Sydney] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Kim Young-Ho] ( [|KOR] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Ralf Bissdorf] ( [|GER] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Dmitriy Shevchenko] ( [|RUS] ) ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|2004 Athens] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Brice Guyart] ( [|FRA] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Salvatore Sanzo] ( [|ITA] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Andrea Cassara] ( [|ITA] ) ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|2008 Beijing] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Benjamin Kleibrink] ( [|GER] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Yuki Ota] ( [|JPN] ) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Salvatore Sanzo] ( [|ITA] ) ||

<span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">ALL ABOUT FENCING: <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Fencing is a sport I like because is a sword fight and when I was with my cousin we start doing fencing so this is my favorite discipline. The rules are that they start fighting and you have to touch the opponent chest 10 times one touch is 1 point so you need to score 10 points and they will accumulate until the end. Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons. It is also known as french sword fighting or french sword fencing. It is usually practiced with the help of a sword or mini-blade. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Fencing is one of four sp

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">orts which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games. The sport of fencing is divided into three weapons:


 * § <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Foil—a light thrusting weapon that targets the torso, including the back, but not the arms. Touches are scored only with the tip; hits with the side of the blade do not count, and do not halt the action. Touches that land outside of the target area (off-target) stop the action, and are not scored. Only a single hit can be scored by either fencer at one time. If both fencers hit at the same time, the referee uses the rules of right of way to determine which fencer gets the point.
 * § <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sabre—a light cutting and thrusting weapon that targets the entire body above the waist, excluding the off hand. Hits with the edges of the blade as well as the tip are valid. As in foil, touches which land outside of the target area are not scored. However, unlike foil, these off-target touches do not stop the action, and the fencing continues. In the case of both fencers landing a scoring touch, the referee determines which fencer receives the point for the action, again through the use of "right of way".
 * § <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Épée—a heavier thrusting weapon that targets the entire body. All hits must be with the tip and not the sides of the blade. Touches hit by the side of the blade do not halt the action. Unlike foil and sabre, Épée does not use right of way, and allows simultaneous hits by both fencers. However, if the score is tied at the last point and a double touch is scored, nobody is awarded the point

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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">DISCIPLINES: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Archery, basketball, Karate, baseball and chess. I like them all because they are so fun and I play them some times. <span style="color: red; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad or "London 2012 Olympic Games", are scheduled to take place in [|London], England, [|United Kingdom] from 27 July to 12 August 2012. London will become the first city to officially host the modern [|Olympic Games] [|three times], having previously done so in [|1908] and in [|1948]. This is home country and the others are the visitors this is the 4th time home country. <span style="color: red; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">INAUGURATIONS <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">For me they are the best part of the Olympic Games with the fire torch that turn on the Olympic flame. Like the school games and is very beautiful.

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