Heroes of the games : 100 years of the games of modern times 1896-1996

Relative age effect and age of peak performance: an analysis of women's football players in the Olympic games (1996-2016) by Júlia Barreira, Bruno Bueno, João Guilherme Cren Chiminazzo

“…Abstract Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relative age effect and the age of peak performance of women's football players who participated in the Olympic Games from 1996 to 2016. Methods: Birth dates, playing positions, and nationality of all players registered in women's football competition in the Olympic Games (1996 to 2016) were collected. …”
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Analysis of the 1966 Summer Olympic Games on real estate markets in Atlanta by Simmons, Susan M. (Susan Marie), 1970-

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The impact of rule updates on the performance of racewalkers and the classification of countries: An analysis at the Olympic Games by Mohamed Megahed, Zahraa Tarek

“…We collected data of 310 racewalkers from Olympic Games records (men) in 20km and 50km between 1956 and 2016. …”
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Principles Underlying the Adjudication of Selection Disputes Preceding the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games: Notes for Adjudicators by Tarik Sabry

“…Selection disputes inevitably arise prior to any major games such as an Olympics. Prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, some 25 disputes were heard in Canada. 1 In anticipation of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, an ad-hoc arbitration system was put in place in Canada to deal with these disputes. …”
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Psychological issues of the russian sport (towards the 31st Summer Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) by Alexander V. Morozov

“…The paper discusses fundamental differences of psychological preparation of the Russian and foreign athletes, comparative analysis of national team performances of Russia in the summer Olympics and Paralympic Games over the past 20 years, i.e. in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012. …”
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Olympic Challenge: Designing Equity into Mega-Events by Velasquez-Soto, Sharon Jacqueline

“…Borrowing the language of hazard mitigation from environmental planning and a framework for operationalizing equity in planning, this thesis evaluates the potentiality of diverse procurement and contracting in mega-events as a tool to minimize known vulnerabilities, particularly for traditionally marginalized communities, of hosting mega-events like the Olympic Games. The thesis leverages a prime, though imperfect, example of a more inclusive procurement program of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta to explore lessons learned about diverse procurement and contracting in that city. …”
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The less obvious effect of hosting the Olympics on sporting performance by Gergely Csurilla, Imre Fertő

“…We investigate the magnitude of having a home advantage at the recent Summer Olympic Games (1996–2021) separately for each organising country and by gender. …”
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1st. Olympic Council of Asia Sports Congress Kuwait City, Kuwait 12-14 March 2009 by Krasilshchikov, Oleksandr

“…Since Atlanta 1996 Olympics the presence of Asian countries was felt in a quick progressing manner and was obviously speeding further up from one Olympics to another. …”
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One-Year Monitoring PV Power Plant Installed on Rooftop of Mineirão Fifa World Cup/Olympics Football Stadium by Luís G. Monteiro, Wilson N. Macedo, Pedro F. Torres, Márcio M. Silva, Guilherme Amaral, Alexandre S. Piterman, Bruno M. Lopes, Juliano M. Fraga, Wallace C. Boaventura

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Appearance and development of mountain bike abroad by IONUȚ, Bogdan Mihnea

“…Due to the immense popularity of the new type of cycling, the "Cross Country" specialty was included in the 1995 Olympic Games program, and since 1996 began the Olympic MountainBike Olympic history in Atlanta.…”
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Tobaccolympics: Faster, higher, stronger and even smokier... by Abd Razak, Dzulkifli

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Socio-Economic Effects of Mega Sports Events by Arif Çağatay DÜZEN, Mehmet KARGÜN, Talip ÇELİK

“…Considering the findings of the research, the cost and profit table of the Olympic Games held between 1996 and 2016 has been explained. …”

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Transportation planning for mega events : a model of urban change by Kassens, Eva

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Parametric Evaluation of Cooling Pipe in Direct Evaporation Artificial Ice Rink by Zhenying Zhang, Shiqi Wang, Meiyuan Yang, Kai Gong, Yanhua Chen

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MEĐUNARODNA AKTIVNOST ASOCIJACIJE SPORTSKE MEDICINE SRBIJE I CRNE GORE I 10. KONGRES EVROPSKOG KOLEDŽA SPORTSKIH NAUKA by Dikić N., Živanić S., Ostojić S.M., Mazić S., Dabetić M.

“…One of the first medicine associations in history of medicine, Association International Medico-Sportive, has founded by 50 sports medicine doctors from 11 countries during Winter Olympic Games in Sent Moritz at February 1928, which changed the name to FIMS (Fedration Internationale de Medicine du sport). …”
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O futebol de mulheres na imprensa brasileira na década de 1990 = El fútbol de mujeres en la prensa brasileña de la década de 1990 = Women’s soccer in the 1990’s Brazilian press... by Bruna Rafaella Esporta Fernandes, Edivaldo Gois Junior, Evelise Amgartem Quitzau

“…Driven by the first edition of the Women’s World Cup in China (1991) and the introduction of the sport in the Atlanta Olympic Games (1996), women’s soccer started to appear on the sports pages of major Brazilian newspapers. …”
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EL PRINCIPIO DE VARIABILIDAD COMO FACTOR DETERMINANTE EN LA TÁCTICA INDIVIDUAL DEL SAQUE EN VOLEIBOL MASCULINO DE NIVEL INTERNACIONAL by A. Oña, E. Hernández, R. Calvo, M. Martínez, J. A. Santos, A. Ureña

“…<br /> As a sample to the survey, they took the players of the Olympic Games of Atlanta in 1996, the last international volleyball competition of the highest importance. …”
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The Race For Glory by Abd Razak, Dzulkifli

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