Open Directory - Sports: Events: Olympics
See also: This category in other languages: - [Official site] A variety of information involving the candidate and host cities, events, IOC policies, international sports federations, national Olympic committees, and Olympic museum. [Site in French and English] - An interactive site about Olympics, the IOC, how the competitions are held, the ancient games and World Olympic Records, Paralympics. Includes also message boards to voice out opinions on Olympic issues, interactive puzzles and quizzes. - A comprehensive review of the Olympic bid business. Contains news, information, glossary and an active forum. - Offers a detailed history of the games organized by year along with medal winners for each event. - Amateur glory of Olympics in the early twentieth century upheld in wacky marathon, racial exercises. - Some information and a brief history of modern and ancient games. - Historic results and statistics plus summaries of every Olympic Winter and Summer Games. - Established at The University of Western Ontario in 1989. It has as its primary mission the generation of academic scholarship focused specifically upon the socio-cultural study of the Modern Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement. - The purpose of the ISOH is to promote and study the Olympic Movement and the Olympic Games. Includes membership, constitution, links, and the Journal of Olympic History. - Comprehensive database of all Olympic program guides for summer and winter games. Includes images of each program and navigation to each day's events. - This site has links to news and information about the Olympic Games. - Complete list of medallists in all sports at both Summer and Winter Olympic Games. - A virtual museum of statistics and items such as medals, diplomas, tickets, and posters. - A virtual visit of the permanent exhibits, a virtual gallery with Nagano ceremonies, a philatelic and numismatic exhibition, concerts and conferences, a research centre. - OTAB is a sporting film and television library, offering films and videos that chronicles the Olympic Games history. The new acquisitions, the archive, Olympic programming, information about services, and FAQs. - Describes the history of the concept of world peace through sports, description of the foundation and news items. - Historical profile from prehistory through revival. Contains glossary, links and a comprehensive bibliography. - USADA, the independent agency, is responsible for managing the testing for U.S. Olympic, Pan Am, and Paralympic athletes, and for preserving the integrity of sport through research initiatives and educational programs. - Encyclopedia article with history and current events. - Promotes, coordinates, and monitors at the international level the fight against doping in sports in all its forms. - Campaigning for the formal recognition of those who revived the Olympic Games in modern times. Offers a timeline of events and commentary on publications concerning the revival of the Olympics. - Comprehensive medal history of every Summer and Winter Olympics since 1896. Site is indexed by sport category, country, athletes and venues.
