CATEGORY: Culture & Society > Greece > Greek Olympics
SITE LISTINGS
Ancient Olympic Games Virtual Museum - Includes background history, descriptions of original events, and interviews with history professors. Presented by Dartmouth College. Free registration required.
http://minbar.cs.dartmouth.edu/greecom/olympics
Ancient Olympics: The Real Story - Online exhibit from the University of Pennsylvania's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Olympics/olympicintro.html
Disabilities > Events 2004 Paralympic Summer Games - Athens - Official organizing committee site for the games to be held September 17-28, 2004.
http://www.athens2004.com/athens2004/page/paralympic...
Olympics Through Time - Thorough exploration of the Olympics' prehistory, antiquity and revival. From the Foundation of the Hellenic World.
http://agones.fhw.gr
Hellenic Ministry of Culture: The Olympic Games - Includes information on the ancient Olympic games and their modern revival.
http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21107a/og/games.html
Hellenic Olympic Committee - Official site of the Greek Olympic Committee.
http://www.hoc.gr/en/default-en.asp
HickokSports.com: The 1896 Olympics - History and results for the games held in Athens, Greece.
http://www.hickoksports.com/history/ol1896.shtml
Infoplease: 1896 Olympics Athens, Greece - History and information about the first modern Olympic Games.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0114349.html
LearnToQuestion.com: 1896 Olympics - History of the first modern games.
http://www.learntoquestion.com/seevak/groups/2002/sites/decoubertin/first
Olympics.html
Olympic Baseball Centre
information about the baseball stadium built for the 2004 Athens Olympics.
http://www.athens2004.com/athens2004/page/venues...
Olympic Palace Hotel - Luxury class hotel/accommodations. Dodecanese (Dhodhekanisos) > Rhodes > Ixia > Lodging
http://www.helios.gr/hotels/olympic-palace
Also see Travel & Entertainment
Perseus Project: The Ancient Olympics - Compare ancient and modern Olympic sports, tour Olympia as it looks today, or read about the Olympic athletes who were famous in ancient times. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics
Photos: Olympic Stadium - Includes images of the Olympic Stadium, part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.
http://www.athens2004.com/en/WorksInProgressOlympicStadium...
Royal Olympic Hotel - Hotel located close to the city center, the Royal Palace and the Acropolis, 8 kilometers from the airport.
http://www.srs-worldhotels.com/greece/athens/hotel_athroh.html
Also see Travel & Entertainment
The Olympic Stadium - Description of the Olympic Stadium in Athens.
http://www.athens2004.com/athens2004/page/legacy...
Track & Field: Javelin - History of the javelin throw, which is attributed to the ancient Greek Olympics.
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/8682/jav.htm
USA Gymnastics Online: 1896 Olympics - Gymnastics results from the Athens games. http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/results/1896/book-olympics-txt.html
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