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Olympic Mountains
Olympic Mountains highest part of the Coast Ranges , on the Olympic Peninsula, NW Wash. Mt. Olympus (7,965 ft/2,427 m) is the highest point in the mountains, which are composed mainly of sedimentary rock. The western side of the mountains is in one of the areas of greatest precipitation in the Uni... Read more
Olympic games
Olympic games premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 BC, the contests in Homer's Iliad indicate a much earlier competitive tradition. ... Read more
Sites of the Modern Olympic Games
Sites of the Modern Olympic Games Sites of the Modern Olympic Games Summer Games Year Site 1896 Athens, Greece 1900 Paris, France 1904 St. Louis, Mo. 1908 London, En... Read more
Commonwealth games
Commonwealth games series of amateur athletic meets held among citizens of countries in the Commonwealth of Nations . Originated (1930) as the British Empire games, the series is held every four years and is patterned after the Olympic games; women have participated since 1934. In their early stag... Read more
pentathlon
pentathlon , composite athletic event. In ancient Greece it comprised leaping, foot racing, wrestling, discus throwing, and casting the javelin. The modern pentathlon, an Olympic games event for men since 1912, comprises a cross-country horseback ride, a cross-country run, a swimming race, é... Read more
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi , 1897-1973, Finnish track star. Between 1920 and 1932 he set 20 world running records and won nine Olympic gold medals. His Olympic victories included the 10,000-meter run and the cross-country event at Antwerp in 1920, the 1,500-meter and 5,000-meter and cross-country runs at Paris in ... Read more
Albert II
Albert II 1958-, prince of Monaco (2005-), grad. Amherst College (B.A., 1981). A member of the long-ruling Grimaldi family, he is the son of Prince Rainier III , upon whose death he succeeded to the throne, and Princess Grace , the former Grace Kelly. The prince, who trained in financial admini... Read more
Lake Placid
Lake Placid village (1990 pop. 2,485), Essex co., NE N.Y.; settled 1850, inc. 1900. In the Adirondack Mts. at an altitude of 1,800 ft (549 m), the village surrounds Mirror Lake. It is a famous resort and sports center. The 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics were held in the village, and a U.S. Olympic t... Read more
Nadia Comaneci
Nadia Comaneci , 1961-, Romanian-American gymnast. Under the tutelage of coach Bela Karolyi, she rose to prominence in the celebrated Romanian gymnastics program. Comaneci was known for the boldness of her routines and her implacable composure. In the 1976 Olympics, she won five medals—three g... Read more
decathlon
decathlon , in modern Olympic games , a contest for men held over two days and composed of 10 track-and-field events. It consists of the long jump; the high jump; the discus throw; the shot putt; the javelin throw; the 100-, 400-, and 1,500-meter races; the 110-meter hurdle race; and the pole vault... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "olympics"

Moscow Olympics of 1980
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History MOSCOW OLYMPICS OF 1980 The city of Moscow hosted the...sixty-two nations boycotted the Moscow Olympics to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan...was said that the mascot of the Moscow Olympics, Misha the Bear, had a tear in his...
Mark Spitz
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...record seven gold medals in the 1972 Olympics held in Munich, West Germany. This...during his career. Entered His First Olympics in 1968 The year 1967 saw Spitz's rise...seemed perfectly poised to sweep the 1968 Olympics, held that year in Mexico City. He...
Stella Walsh
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the U.S. National Championships to the Olympics. Walsh set 20 world records and won 41...medal in the 100 meter race in the 1932 Olympics and took silver for the same event in the 1936 Olympics. Born Stanislawa Walasiewiczowna on April...
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...known as the "first queen of women's Olympics." She remains the first and only woman ever to win four gold medals at a single Olympics. When Blankers-Koen began her sports...of stunning performances in the London Olympics." Fanny Blankers-Koen was born Francina...
Olympic Games
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...athletes were permitted to compete in the Olympics; professional athletes were not allowed...upheaval. De Coubertin may have seen the Olympics as an agent of international peace in...inexorably toward war, but the ideal of the Olympics as an event that could prevent war proved...
Ashford, Evelyn
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...United States had not boycotted the 1980 Olympics when she was in her prime. She participated in the Olympics in 1976, 1984, 1988, and 1992. She...against years, as she raced in her fourth Olympics at age 35. Ashford was born on April...
Heiden, Eric Arthur
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...ever to win five goldmedals in a single Olympics. After his record-setting performance...the skater to beat at the Lake Placid Olympics. In fact, some had already accepted...The rest of us are waiting for the next Olympics," according to ESPN online. With all...
Olympic games
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot...at Athens was also important). The Olympics reached their height in the 5th-4th...four years but had fewer events than the Olympics. Known to have been conducted as early...
Bonnie Blair
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...in 1984, Blair competed at the Winter Olympics held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. She did...her first gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics held in Calgary, Canada. Her win in...medal in speed skating. Also at the 1988 Olympics, Blair won the bronze medal for the...
Korbut, Olga
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...brought gymnastics to the forefront of the Olympics. Early Interest in Gymnastics Korbut...Volchetskaya, a gold medal winner from the 1964 Olympics. Volchetskaya saw Korbut's potential...two goals: to win a gold medal at the Olympics and to finish school. She finished third...

Dictionary entries related to "olympics"

Olympic Games, American Participation in
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Athens, Greece, in 1896. Chamonix, France, hosted the first Winter Olympics in 1924. (Since 1994, the Winter Olympics have been held two years after the Summer Olympics.) U.S. host cities have been St. Louis (1904), Los Angeles...
Ice Skating
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...competition until 1991. Ice hockey was included in the summer Olympics in 1920 and in the inaugural winter games of 1924, where men...skating championships were first held in 1936 and included in the Olympics in 1960. Ice dancing, a figureskating discipline, became...
Olympia
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Indianapolis, Indiana, 1967. Mandell, Richard, D., Nazi Olympics, 1971. Stewart, Hull, David, Film in the Third Reich...edition, New York, 1979. Horton, W. J., "Capturing the Olympics," in American Cinematographer (Los Angeles), July 1984...
Sport
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...four years beginning in 776 b.c.e., was the Olympic Games. The Olympics evolved into a vital celebration of pan-Hellenic identity for the...least once in a lifetime. Homages to and expos é s of the Olympics appeared f
Eder, Linda
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...the Moment" became an anthem of sorts for the 1994 Winter Olympics. Her husband, a songwriting machine with over 200 published...The title song of her release Gold (2002) opened the 2002 Olympics Ceremony. Gold also has Eder lending her versatile skills...
Swimming
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Although the Greeks did not include swimming in the ancient Olympics, a freestyle competition was part of the first modern games...three gold medals and two silvers in the 1912, 1920, and 1924 Olympics. Kahanamoku used six flutter kicks for each cycle of his arms...
Kästner, Erich
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...children's magazine); President of West German PEN Writers' Organization, 1952–62; cultural adviser for Munich Olympics, 1972. Awards: Federal Film Prize (Germany), for Das Doppelte Lottchen, 1950. Died: In Munich, Germany, 29 July...
Eminem
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...rhymes. His notoriety expanded with a second place finish in Rap Sheet magazine's 1997 freestyle competition, the "Rap Olympics." The famed rapper/producer Dr. Dre caught wind of Mathers, rapping as his alter ego, Eminem, and was sufficiently...
Skiing
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...skiing spread swiftly across New England and upstate New York, and in 1932 Lake Placid, New York, hosted the Third Winter Olympics. In 1936, a new resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, introduced chair lifts, swimming pools, private cottages, and other glamorous...
Massacre
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...king ’ s men attempt annihilation of MacDonald clan (1692). [Br. Hist.: Brewer Note-Book , 567] Munich Olympics ‘ 72 Arab terrorists brutally killed 11 Israeli athletes. [Jew. Hist.: Wigoder, 462] My Lai Massacre murder...

Thesaurus entries related to "olympics"

misadventure
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus misadventure • noun  their journey to the Olympics began as one misadventure after another synonyms : accident, problem, difficulty, misfortune, mishap; setback, reversal...
race
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...horses racing at Churchill Downs synonyms : run, take part in a race, contend, compete.   2. race each other in the Olympics synonyms : run against, compete against, be pitted against.   3. race to the finish line synonyms : run, sprint...
prepare
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...ready, make preparations, arrange things, make provision, get everything set.   4. athletes preparing for the Olympics synonyms : train, get into shape, practice, get ready.   5. I must prepare for my exams synonyms : study, review...
train
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...xA0; 2. she's training to be a hairdresser synonyms : study, learn, prepare, take instruction.   3. with the Olympics in mind, athletes are training hard synonyms : exercise, do exercises, work out, get into shape, practice, prepare...
measure
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...addition, besides, as well. get/have the measure of  she wants to get the measure of Kate before they meet at the Olympics synonyms : evaluate, assess, gauge, judge, understand, fathom, read, be wise to, see through; informal have someone...

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Special Olympics Global Messenger to Serve as Honorary Pit Crew Member At NASCAR Winston Cup Race in Daytona.
PR Newswire; 7/5/2001; 700+ words ; ...Cingular's 'Winning for Special Olympics' Pledge at Daytona Supports Overall...Raising $40 Million for Special Olympics ATLANTA, July 5 /PRNewswire...Cingular Wireless and Special Olympics have teamed up to offer a Special...
Special Olympics Washington Benefits From Cingular Wireless Promotion; Promotion Supports Team Washington Heading to Special Olympics World Games.
PR Newswire; 4/28/2003; 700+ words ; ...of Cingular Wireless customers, Special Olympics Washington Team USA athletes will travel...Ireland to compete in the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games. A team of fifteen Special Olympics athletes and five coaches from Washington...
Special Olympics is more than just a basic track and field meet
Newspaper article from: Mount Prospect Times (IL); 5/7/1998; 700+ words ; ...On its 30th anniversary, the Special Olympics continues to provide a way for mentally...accomplishment and friendship. "The Special Olympics were something I never did before...said Karen Milligan of Northwest Special Olympics. The joy was readily apparent. "I...
Special Olympics International and AMF Strike New Relationship
PR Newswire; 10/13/1997; 700+ words ; ...Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Special Olympics International today announced that AMF...each of the next four years for Special Olympics. The series includes a penny-per-open-play-game program, a new Special Olympics summer league program, and an annual...
Special Olympics Team USA Meet in Los Angeles Before Heading to Shanghai for the 2007 World Summer Games.
PR Newswire; 9/26/2007; 700+ words ; ...Charitable Foundation Assists with Special Olympics Team USA's Preparation for World Games...In less than 24 hours, Special Olympics Team USA's 550 delegates will be heading...Shanghai, China for the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games. Special Olympics...
Special Olympics Looks to AT&T Celebrity Winterfest, Upcoming Polar Plunge to Raise Much Needed Funds.
Business Wire; 2/26/2009; 700+ words ; ...celebrities, business leaders and Special Olympics athletes will meet and compete at Lake...Winterfest to raise critical funds for Special Olympics in a day of alpine racing March 7. In...packed weekend have supported Special Olympics Winter Games, a three-day snow sports...
Special Olympics. (includes executive directors of U.S. chapters)
Magazine article from: The Exceptional Parent; 3/1/1990; 700+ words ; Special Olympics Sports events and activities that are...ability of each athlete. PURPOSE Special Olympics is an international movement which...human potential. PHILOSOPHY Special Olympics is founded on the belief that people...
Special Olympics Athletes of the Year honored by USOC. (Cinthia Bentley, Andrew Leonard, United States Olympic Committee)
PR Newswire; 11/9/1990; 700+ words ; SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES OF THE YEAR HONORED BY USOC WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Two outstanding Special Olympics athletes have been chosen as the 1991 Special Olympics Athletes of the Year by the United States Olympic...
2008 Olympics: dragon in the limelight.(ASIA PACIFIC)
Magazine article from: Harvard International Review; 3/22/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...When Beijing won the bid for the 2008 Olympics in 2001, thousands of Chinese citizens...wreaked havoc on the reputation of the Olympics. There is an estimated 95 percent approval...the citizens of Beijing for the 2008 Olympics. To the Chinese people the Olympics...
With Olympics starting, do opposing networks fight back or lie down?
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 2/9/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Michelle Kwan, or another darling of the Winter Olympics. The Olympics, which open Friday from Turin, Italy, on NBC...the spotlight from the skiers and skaters. "The Olympics aren't as daunting as people think they are...