Olympic History
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Amateur Athletic Foundation
of Los Angeles |
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History of the games, the Olympic Movement, and symbols - the rings, the
flame, the torch relay, medals and mascots |
The Ancient Olympic Games
Virtual Museum |
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A pretty darn cool look at Olympic history. Courtesy of Dartmouth (also
the birthplace of BASIC!) |
Olympic Organizations
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USOC |
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The official USOC site, brought to you by the folks at the peacock network.
A good source of information on the United States Olympic Committee. Among
other things, includes information on Olympic training centers and a profile
of a different athlete each week. |
IOC |
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Press releases, structure and history of the International Olympic Committee.
Information on sports federations. |
Columbus 96 |
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The folks who hosted the Olympic softball venue in Columbus, GA. |
Birmingham, AL |
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The folks who hosted the Olympic soccer venue. |
Print Media
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
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The AJC's comprehensive site including news updates from the AJC as well
as information on lodging, transportation, food, entertainment, and more. |
Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph |
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Hometown paper for the home of the USOC. |
Sports Illustrated |
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Articles from the web site from the past 30 days; selected articles from
SI, including profiles of Gwen Torrence and Billy Payne; records by sport;
background on sports and athletes; Olympic timeline. |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
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Olympic coverage from the home of the next Summer Games. |
USA Today |
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Online Olympics special section. Click on "Search" bar to look
for previous articles by topic. |
Broadcast Media
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CNN |
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All aspects of Olympic news. Click on search bar to search entire site.
October 1995 is earliest date for an article mentioning Atlanta and the
Olympics. |
ESPN |
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A comprehensive site with news and background on the games; lists of medal
winners; detailed schedules of events and TV coverage. |
NBC |
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News updates, NBC event programming, background on athletes and sports. |
General Information
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Georgia Tech |
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Georgia Tech and the games - including information on the Olympic Village
and the Aquatic Center. |
It's Atlanta |
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A local site filled with links. Possibly the mother of all unofficial Olympic
websites. |
Sport Organizations
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International Sports
Federations |
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The "It's Atlanta"
site containing links to unofficial and official Olympic sites. |
National Sports
Teams & Federations |
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The "It's Atlanta"
site containing links to unofficial and official Olympic sites. |
Want More? |
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You can also use these links to look for a site related to a specific sport. |
Sponsors
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AT&T |
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Links to homepages of the 26 athletes sponsored by AT&T. Map and live
photo view of Centennial Olympic Park. |
IBM |
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Details of IBM technology support for the games. |
Xerox |
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Information on 100 Golden Olympians - former U.S. gold medal winners. |
Related Events
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Paralympics |
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Web page for Paralympics in Atlanta, August 15-25. |
Future Games
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Nagano, Japan |
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Winter Games, 1998 |
Sydney, Australia |
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Summer Games, 2000 |
Salt Lake City, Utah |
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Winter Games, 2002 |
Olympic Buzz
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atl.olympics |
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The Olympics in Atlanta, GA. |
clari.sports.olympic |
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The Olympic Games. (AP) |
rec.sport.olympics |
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All aspects of the Olympic Games. |
AJC Olympic Info
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Beat Lists |
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List of AJC and other Cox employees who were assigned to the Olympic Desk
and their respective PODs/desks and / or beat. |
Bibliography |
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Annotated Bibliography of AJC Olympic Resources |
By the Numbers |
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Facts about the Olympics (done pre-Olympics) |
Olympic Articles |
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How to find Olympic articles in Documaster |
Want more?
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Yahoo |
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Yahoo's Olympic links. |
InfoSeek |
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InfoSeek's Olympic links. |