Olympic Champions and Medalists and London Olympic Tickets

The winners receive gold medals, which were solid gold until 1912, then made of gilded silver and now gold-plated silver. Every gold medal however must contain at least six grams of pure gold. The runners-up receive silver medals and the third-place athletes are awarded bronze medals. Olympic Fans can buy or Sell Olympic Tickets at Sport Ticket Exchange in very easy and secure way. Sport Ticket Exchange offers you Olympic Tickets for all Olympic sports and events at very affordable rates.

 In events contested by a single-elimination tournament (most notably boxing), third place might not be determined and both semifinal losers receive bronze medals. At the 1896 Olympics only the first two received a medal; silver for first and bronze for second. The current three-medal format was introduced at the 1904 Olympics.

 From 1948 onward athletes placing fourth, fifth, and sixth have received certificates, which became officially known as victory diplomas; in 1984 victory diplomas for seventh- and eighth-place finishers were added. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the gold, silver, and bronze medal winners were also given olive wreaths. The IOC does not keep statistics of medals won, but National Olympic Committees and the media record medal statistics as a measure of success. 

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Growing trend of Olympics and Olympic London Tickets

Since 1992, about 60 athletes have competed for the United States after previously competing for another nation, but only since 2000 have foreign-born and trained athletes been contributing to the United States medal count. Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian born member of the 1996 United States men’s basketball team, was the only foreign-born athlete to win an Olympic medal for the United States in the 1990s.

This can affect the participation of United States-born athletes who are pushed out of competition by foreign-born athletes, and can force the United States born athletes to compete for other nations. However, foreign-born athletes can actually help the United States with sports in which they previously had trouble competing in, increasing the chance for US medals. Despite the large contribution many athletes are making to the United States Olympic team, most athletes say they would immigrate to the United States regardless of their status as athletes. Olympic Fans can buy or Sell Olympic Tickets at Sport Ticket Exchange in very easy and secure way. Sport Ticket Exchange offers you Olympic Tickets for all Olympic sports and events at very affordable rates.

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Violence in Olympics and Olympic 2012 Tickets (II)

Terrorism has had an impact on the Olympic Games. In 1972, when the Summer Games were held in Munich, Germany, eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage by the terrorist group Black September in what is now known as the Munich massacre. The terrorists killed two of the athletes soon after they had taken them hostage and killed the other nine during a failed liberation attempt. A German police officer and 5 terrorists also perished.Olympic Fans can buy or Sell Olympic Tickets at Sport Ticket Exchange in very easy and secure way. Sport Ticket Exchange offers you Olympic Tickets for all Olympic sports and events at very affordable rates.

During the Summer Olympics in 1996 in Atlanta, United States, a bomb was detonated at the Centennial Olympic Park, which killed two and injured 111 others. The bomb was set by Eric Robert Rudolph, an American domestic terrorist, who is currently serving a life sentence for the bombing. Security at the Olympic Games has been an increasing concern and focus for Olympic planners since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. 

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Violence in Olympics and Olympic 2012 Tickets

Three Olympiads had to pass without a celebration of the Games because of war: the 1916 Games were cancelled because of World War I, and the summer and winter games of 1940 and 1944 were cancelled because of World War II. The South Ossetia War between Georgia and Russia erupted on the opening day of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Both President Bush and Prime Minister Putin were attending the Olympics at that time and spoke together about the conflict at a luncheon hosted by Chinese President Hu Jintao. When Nino Salukvadze of Georgia won the bronze medal in the 10 meter air pistol competition, she stood on the medal podium with Natalia Paderina, a Russian shooter who had won the silver. In what became a much-publicized event from the Beijing Games, Salukvadze and Paderina embraced on the podium after the ceremony had ended.

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International Olympic Committee and Olympics 2012

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The Olympic Movement encompasses a large number of national and international sporting organizations and federations, recognized media partners, as well as athletes, officials, judges, and every other person and institution that agrees to abide by the rules of the Olympic Charter.  As the umbrella organization of the Olympic Movement, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is responsible for selecting the host city, overseeing the planning of the Olympic Games, updating and approving the sports program, and negotiating sponsorship and broadcasting rights.

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Paralympics and Olympic 2012 Tickets

In 1948, Sir Ludwig Guttmann, determined to promote the rehabilitation of soldiers after World War II, organized a multi-sport event between several hospitals to coincide with the 1948 London Olympics. Guttmann's event, known then as the Stoke Mandeville Games, became an annual sports festival. Over the next twelve years, Guttmann and others continued their efforts to use sports as an avenue to healing. For the 1960 Olympic Games, in Rome, Guttmann brought 400 athletes to compete in the "Parallel Olympics", which became known as the first Paralympics. Since then, the Paralympics have been held in every Olympic year. As of the1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, the host city for the Olympics has also played host to the Paralympics.

In 2001 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympics Committee (IPC) signed an agreement which guaranteed that host cities would be contracted to manage both the Olympic and Paralympics Games. The agreement came into effect at the Summer Games in Beijing 2008, and the Winter Games in Vancouver 2010. Olympic Fans can buy or Sell Olympic Tickets at Sport Ticket Exchange in very easy and secure way. Sport Ticket Exchange offers you Olympic Tickets for all Olympic sports and events at very affordable rates.

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