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The 117th International Olympic Committee Session was held for the first time in Singapore from 2 July to 9 July 2005. The meeting was particularly significant as two important decisions were made through voting during the session - namely the selection of the hosting city for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and a review of the 28 sports currently represented in the summer games. ...more on Wikipedia about "117th IOC Session"

The Ancient Olympic Games were an athletic and religious celebration held in the Greek town of Olympia from (historically) as early as 776 BC to 393 AD. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ancient Olympic Games"

Art competitions were held from 1912 to 1948 at the Olympic Games. The competitions were an idea of Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Movement. Medals were awarded in five areas: architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture, to works of art inspired by sport. ...more on Wikipedia about "Art competitions at the Olympic Games"

=== Bids for Summer Olympics === ...more on Wikipedia about "Bids for Olympic Games"

Following are all results of the ballots during the decisions about the host for Summer and Winter Olympics. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bids for Olympic Games (ballots)"

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS; Tribunal Arbitral du Sport or TAS in French) is an arbitration body set up to settle disputes related to sports. Its headquarters are in Lausanne; there are additional courts located in New York City and Sydney, with ad-hoc courts created in Olympics host cities as required. ...more on Wikipedia about "Court of Arbitration for Sport"

David Wallechinsky (born 5 February 1948) is an Olympic historian, who worked as commentator for NBC Olympic coverage and is the author of many Olympic reference books and other reference books. His is the author of The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics series. He is also known for his work on The People's Almanac and The Book of Lists series. He splits his time between Santa Monica and the South of France. ...more on Wikipedia about "David Wallechinsky"

The Deaflympics (previously called World Games for the Deaf, and International Games for the Deaf) are an IOC-sanctioned event at which Deaf athletes compete at an elite level. ...more on Wikipedia about "Deaflympics"

Evangelos Zappas ( 1800– 1865) was a Greek businessman and financier. ...more on Wikipedia about "Evangelos Zappas"

GamesBids.com is an informative Olympic Bid News and Information web site created in Toronto, Canada, by Robert Livingstone. ...more on Wikipedia about "GamesBids"

The Intercalated Olympic Games were to be a series of International Olympic Games half-way between what we now call Games of the Olympiad. The series of Intercalated Games was to always be held in Athens. ...more on Wikipedia about "Intercalated Games"

The International Olympic Committee is an organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on June 23 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece between 776 BCE to 396 CE. Its membership is 202 National Olympic Committees. ...more on Wikipedia about "International Olympic Committee"

The International Society of Olympic Historians is a non-profit organisation with the purpose of promoting and studying the Olympic Movement and the Olympic Games. This purpose is achieved primarily through research into their history, through the gathering of historical and statistical data concerning the Olympic Movement and Olympic Games, through the publication of the research via journals and other publications, and through the cooperation of the membership. ...more on Wikipedia about "International Society of Olympic Historians"

IOA is a three-letter acronym for Individual Olympic Athlete. Individual athletes from East Timor competed under the Olympic Flag at the 2000 Games, during the United Nations Transitional Administration. ...more on Wikipedia about "IOA"

John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is one of the most widely recognized composers of film scores. He is often credited with the revival of the grand symphonic film score, specifically with his richly thematic and highly popular 1977 score to George Lucas' Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Williams (composer)"

This is a list of cities that applied to host the Olympic Games but were not chosen by the IOC to do so. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of cities that failed in their bids to host the Olympics"

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) allocates three-letter country codes to all National Olympic Committees and other groups competing in the Olympic Games. For historical reasons, many of these are different from the standard ISO 3166-1 codes. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of IOC country codes"

This is the list of International Olympic Committee (IOC) meetings. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of IOC meetings"

(List of members of the International Olympic Committee) __TOC__ ==Current Members of the International Olympic Committee== ...more on Wikipedia about "List of members of the International Olympic Committee"

(List of Olympic logos) ¹Cancelled due to war. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Olympic logos"

The London Olympics ( London hosting the Olympic Games) have taken place twice, with a third scheduled for 2012. The planned 2012 Olympics will make London the only city to have hosted the Games of three Olympiads. London is the only city in the United Kingdom to have ever hosted the Olympics; the United States is the only country to have hosted them on more occasions than the UK. To date, no city in the UK has hosted the Winter Olympic Games. ...more on Wikipedia about "London Olympics"

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The Munich massacre occurred at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage by the Palestinian terrorist organization Black September – a group within Yasser Arafat's Fatah organization. The attack led to the deaths of 11 Israeli athletes and one German police officer. Five of the eight kidnappers were killed by the police during rescue attempts. Later, a series of Israeli revenge assassinations caused the deaths of some of the principal planners. It is believed that two of the three surviving kidnappers were also killed as part of this revenge operation, although some evidence has recently come to light to the contrary. It is certain that Jamal Al-Gashey, one of the kidnappers, is alive as of January 2006. ...more on Wikipedia about "Munich massacre"

An Olympiad is a period of four years between two celebrations of the Olympic Games. An occurrence of the Summer or Winter Olympic Games is often commonly called an Olympiad. ...more on Wikipedia about "Olympiad"

The Olympic Hymn, also known informally as the Olympic Anthem, is a musical piece composed by Spyros Samaras with words taken by a poem of the Greek poet and writer Kostis Palamas. It was performed for the first time for the ceremony of opening of the first edition at the 1896 Athens Olympic Games. In the following years every hosting nation commissioned to various musicians the composition of a specific Olympic hymn for their own edition of the games. This happened up to the edition at the 1960 Rome games. ...more on Wikipedia about "Olympic Anthem"

The Olympic Congress is a vast gathering of the Olympic Movement, which happens on an irregular basis, but generally every ten years or so during the last few decades. The Congress is organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). ...more on Wikipedia about "Olympic Congress"

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