query: when did the us not participate in the olympics

pos: United States at the Olympics basis. As a result, the Olympics has shifted away from pure amateurism, as envisioned by Pierre de Coubertin, to allowing participation of professional athletes. United States at the Olympics The United States of America has sent athletes to every celebration of the modern Olympic Games with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics, during which it led a boycott. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States. From 1896 to 2018 inclusive, U.S. athletes have won a total of 2,522 medals (1,022 of them gold) at the Summer Olympic Games, more than any

pos: Stephanie Hightower the IAAF Council in August 2015 She resigned as president of USATF in December 2016. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Hightower was a collegiate track star at The Ohio State University. From 1977 to 1980, she did not lose a race in the 60-meter dash, 60-meter hurdles or the 100-meter hurdles, and earned Big Ten Conference, NCAA and National championship titles. She was unable to participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics due to the US boycott of the games. She did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes. Hightower missed the 1984 Summer Olympics,

pos: Francie Larrieu Smith Mt. SAC Relays has stood for over 40 years. Smith has a master's degree in sports administration from the University of Texas. She married Jimmy Smith, a professor of kinesiology, in 1980 and they were divorced in 2013. She is notable for one of the longest distance running careers, beginning with the 1972 Olympics as a 19-year-old running the 1500 metres, then the longest distance race for women, and again in the 1976 Olympics. She also qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics but did not participate because of the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. Her best performance was when she finished

pos: Robert Muldoon in condemning the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 and boycotting the 1980 Summer Olympics. However, his government did not participate in the US-led trade boycott against the Soviet Union since it would hurt New Zealand's predominantly agricultural export economy. In 1980, the National government also expelled the Soviet Ambassador, Vsevolod Sofinski, for handing money over to the SUP. Despite his antagonism towards the Soviet Union and domestic Communist movements, Muldoon's government still maintained economic relations with the Soviet Union. After David Yallop drew Muldoon's attention to the case of Arthur Allan Thomas, twice convicted for the murders of farming

pos: Chile at the 2020 Summer Olympics Chile at the 2020 Summer Olympics Chile is scheduled to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo from 24 July to 9 August 2020. Since the nation's debut in 1896, Chilean athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, except for two different occasions. Chile did not attend the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of the worldwide Great Depression and was also part of the US-led boycott, when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics. Chilean shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the

pos: Chile at the 2016 Summer Olympics Chile at the 2016 Summer Olympics Chile competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's debut in 1896, Chilean athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, except for two different occasions. Chile did not attend the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of the worldwide Great Depression and was also part of the US-led boycott, when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics. The Chilean Olympic Committee () fielded a team of 42 athletes, 25 men and 17 women, to compete

pos: Kenya at the 2012 Summer Olympics Kenya at the 2012 Summer Olympics Kenya competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics, they did not participate in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the African and United States boycott. National Olympic Committee Kenya (NOCK) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games, surpassing the record set in Beijing by a single athlete. A total of 47 athletes, 27 men and 20 women, competed in athletics (specifically in the middle-distance events and marathon),

pos: Kenya at the 2012 Summer Olympics boxers for the following events Kenyan swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): Kenya has qualified 1 athlete. Kenya at the 2012 Summer Olympics Kenya competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics, they did not participate in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the African and

pos: Malaysia at the 2004 Summer Olympics Malaysia at the 2004 Summer Olympics Malaysia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's twelfth appearance at the Olympics, although it had previously competed in two other games under the name "Malaya". Malaysia, however, did not participate at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its partial support to the United States boycott. With the absence of the men's field hockey team, Olympic Council of Malaysia sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. A total of 26 athletes, 18

pos: Malaysia at the 2012 Summer Olympics Malaysia at the 2012 Summer Olympics Malaysia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Olympics, although it had previously competed in two other games under the name "Malaya". Malaysia, however, did not participate at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its partial support to the United States boycott. Olympic Council of Malaysia sent a total of 29 athletes to the Games, 16 men and 13 women, to compete in 9 sports. This was also the youngest delegation in Malaysia's Olympic history, with

pos: Malaysia at the 2004 Summer Olympics of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time): Malaysia has qualified a single taekwondo jin. Malaysia has qualified a single weightlifter. Malaysia at the 2004 Summer Olympics Malaysia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's twelfth appearance at the Olympics, although it had previously competed in two other games under the name "Malaya". Malaysia, however, did not participate at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its partial support to the United States boycott. With the absence of the

pos: Malaysia at the 2012 Summer Olympics the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): Malaysia at the 2012 Summer Olympics Malaysia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Olympics, although it had previously competed in two other games under the name "Malaya". Malaysia, however, did not participate at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its partial support to the United States boycott. Olympic Council of Malaysia sent a total of 29 athletes to the Games, 16 men and 13 women, to compete

neg: Calvin Harrison leg. In 2008, the 2000 Sydney Olympics 4×400 metres relay US team was stripped of their medals after teammate Antonio Pettigrew admitted that he had used performance-enhancing drugs. Calvin Harrison did not participate in the 2004 Summer Olympics due to a stimulant violation involving modafinil at the 2003 U.S. championships. Harrison received a two-year suspension that ended in 2006. While Alvin won an individual Silver medal at the Olympics, when the twins were in high school at North Salinas High School, in Salinas, California, Calvin was the star. He set the NFHS National High School record in the 400 meters

neg: Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's pentathlon the javelin throw pushed him back. And he did not participate in the Olympic long jump event held the next day, because he did not compete in this event at the US Olympic trials. Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's pentathlon The men's pentathlon event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. It was the third and last appearance of a pentathlon at the Olympics. The competition was held on Monday, July 7, 1924. Thirty pentathletes from 17 nations competed. Robert LeGendre set a new world record in long jump during

neg: 1936 Summer Olympics be allowed to participate in the Games. When threatened with a boycott of the Games by other nations, Hitler appeared to allow athletes of other ethnicities from other countries to participate. However, German Jewish athletes were barred or prevented from taking part by a variety of methods and Jewish athletes from other countries (notably the US) seem to have been side-lined in order not to offend the Nazi regime. Total ticket revenues were 7.5 million Reichsmark, generating a profit of over one million ℛℳ. The official budget did not include outlays by the city of Berlin (which issued an itemized

neg: El Salvador national under-23 football team did not participate for that Olympics. In the 1984 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament, El Salvador lost in an aggregate score of 0–6 (0–2,0–4) against Guatemala. Coached by Contreras Palma, they did not participate for that Olympics. In the 1988 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament, El Salvador won in an aggregate score of 4–3 (1–1,3–2) against Panama. They did not participate for that Olympics. The El Salvador U-23 national football team has failed to qualify for the Olympic Games since it became a specifically under-23 competition during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Previously El Salvador had only once participated at

neg: 1936 Summer Olympics the Olympic games in the United States failed. US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his administration did not become involved in the debate due to a tradition of allowing the US Olympic Committee to operate independently of government influence. However, several American diplomats including William E. Dodd, the American ambassador to Berlin, and George Messersmith, head of the US legation in Vienna, deplored the US Olympic Committee's decision to participate in the games. Fencer Albert Wolff qualified for the French Olympic Team but boycotted the 1936 Summer Olympics, withdrawing from France's national team on principle because he was a Jew.

neg: Angela Ruggiero retirement via Twitter. Ruggiero presented the gold medals to the US women's soccer team at the 2012 Summer Olympics and did the same for the US women's ice hockey team at the 2018 Winter Olympics. After Ruggiero claimed the gold medal at the Nagano Winter Games, she was refused the opportunity to participate in a local game at a rink in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. Despite being willing to pay the entry fee, she was told that only men could participate at the rink. An undercover news crew investigated the matter, and the rink acquiesced to allow women to participate

neg: Andrew McDonald (water polo) which won the gold medal in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 1983, he won the title with the US team in Caracas, Venezuela. He was also a member of the 1980 US Water Polo National team that did not participate in the 1980 Olympics due to Jimmy Carter's decision to boycott the games. At Stanford he met his first wife Kim Peyton McDonald, an Olympic gold medalist from the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. He is now married to Carol Shurtz McDonald, a Chico State graduate. They have two children: Spenser and Devon

neg: Carmelo Camet team to attend the 1924 Summer Olympics. Despite the establishment of the Argentine Olympic Committee, and his participation and success in all of the trials, Camet did not attend a congratulatory gala for the Olympic delegation, nor did he travel to Paris to participate in the games themselves, for personal reasons. The official report lists him as a member of the official delegation, albeit one who did not participate. That year, the Argentines placed fifth in the team foil competition. He continued to practice fencing until 1926 when, after winning a national championship, he put the sport on hold to

neg: Sim Myeong-hui Sim Myeong-hui Sim Myeong-hui (born 12 October 1925) is a South Korean former sports shooter. He competed in the trap event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee initially chose Sim to represent the country in the trap event at the 1956 Summer Olympics, but in the end he did not participate. He worked for Daidong Transport, and represented the company at South Korea's Workplace Defense Shooting Championships in 1959, coming in first place in first place in the individual division. At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he did not progress to the finals. In 1965 when

neg: Steffen Peters a hopeful to compete for the US team. However, his citizenship papers were not processed in time to compete in the Olympic trials, and so he did not compete in Barcelona. Peters won his first Olympic medal when he rode with the US dressage team to a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, together with Robert Dover, Michelle Gibson and Guenter Seidel. Peters, riding Floriano, was an alternate for the US team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and did not compete. In 2006, with an aging Floriano, Peters and the US team won bronze at the 2006

neg: USA Cross Country Championships men did not participate but US women won the team bronze medal. US men again did not participate in the 1974 World Championships, though the US Junior Men did participate and won the team gold medal behind Rich Kimball's individual win over future Olympic medalist John Treacy. US men decided to take the World Championships seriously in 1975, holding a separate qualifying event in February. US women did not hold a separate qualifying race, then combined with the men, until 1998. USA Cross Country Championships The USA Cross Country Championships is the annual national championships for cross country running in

neg: Andy Roddick do with his shoulder injury. Roddick did not participate in the 2008 Summer Olympics, but chose to concentrate on the 2008 US Open. Roddick then played in the smaller hard-court tournaments in the US Open Series, including those at Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. At the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles, Roddick lost to Juan Martín del Potro in the final. At the 2008 US Open, Roddick defeated Fabrice Santoro in the first round. Roddick then won his next three matches against Ernests Gulbis, Andreas Seppi, and Fernando González. In the quarterfinals, Roddick lost to No. 3 Novak Djokovic, bringing

neg: Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics Games, and the only Olympic records set were in the two debut events, the men's and women's team pursuits. Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held over ten days, from 11 February to 25 February. Twelve events were contested at the Oval Lingotto. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals. The combination of low altitude and high humidity at the Oval Lingotto in Turin created fairly slow ice conditions, relative to previous Olympic ovals,

neg: Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held over ten days, from 11 February to 25 February. Twelve events were contested at the Oval Lingotto. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals. The combination of low altitude and high humidity at the Oval Lingotto in Turin created fairly slow ice conditions, relative to previous Olympic ovals, such as the Utah Olympic Oval. This meant that no world records in speed skating were set at the

neg: Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics above the sea, meant that no world records in speed skating would be set at these Games. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Skater who did not participate in the final, but received a medal. A total of twelve speed skating events were held at Vancouver 2010: A total of 177 athletes from 24 nations participated (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at the Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, British Columbia, between 13 and 27 February

neg: Julius Achon NCAA title, setting a new US college record of 1:44.55. Later in the year, he ran in the heats of the 1500m at the Atlanta Olympics, serving as captain of the Ugandan Olympic team. Achon went on to compete at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, where he reached the semifinal of the 1500m but did not participate in the Athens Games after his mother was killed by the LRA. A car crash in May 2007 put an end to his running career. He had been intending to run the 5000m at the Ugandan National Athletics Championships in July 2007. In 2003,

neg: Natalia Czerwonka Natalia Czerwonka Natalia Czerwonka (born 20 October 1988) is a Polish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions. In 2010, she was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she was a reserve when Poland team won a bronze medal in the women's team pursuit. Czerwonka did not receive a medal because she did not participate in any heat, unlike Katarzyna Woźniak, Luiza Złotkowska and Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi she won silver medal with the same team as four years earlier with the

neg: Natalia Czerwonka same squad. Natalia Czerwonka Natalia Czerwonka (born 20 October 1988) is a Polish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions. In 2010, she was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she was a reserve when Poland team won a bronze medal in the women's team pursuit. Czerwonka did not receive a medal because she did not participate in any heat, unlike Katarzyna Woźniak, Luiza Złotkowska and Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi she won silver medal with the same team as four years earlier

neg: Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held over thirteen days, from 12 February to 25 February. Eight events were contested at the Torino Palavela. In the men's competition, Ahn Hyun-soo earned a medal in each event, winning three golds. On the women's side, Jin Sun-yu scored three gold medals. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals. Of the four Olympic records set in Turin, three of them came in the

neg: Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics men's 1000 metres. Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held over thirteen days, from 12 February to 25 February. Eight events were contested at the Torino Palavela. In the men's competition, Ahn Hyun-soo earned a medal in each event, winning three golds. On the women's side, Jin Sun-yu scored three gold medals. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals. Of the four Olympic records set in Turin, three of them

neg: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle 15 km freestyle prior to the 2010 Games took place on 5 February at Canmore, Alberta, and was won by Italy's Giorgio Di Centa. Veerpalu did not participate to the event being in freestyle while Berger did not participate to the fact that the biathlon men's 12.5 km pursuit would take place the next day. Di Centa finished tenth in the event. Cologna is the first Swiss to win a gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics. Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle The men's 15 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at

neg: Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics also did not participate in the water polo tournament. The position of Yugoslavia was replaced by Czechoslovakia. Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics The men's water polo tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics was held from August 1 to August 10, 1992, in Barcelona, Spain. Reigning world champion Yugoslavia had qualified for the tournament, but as it had formally dissolved in the interim, it didn't participate. The successor countries didn't participate for several reasons. Serbia and Montenegro couldn't participate due to the UN sanctions due to their aggression on Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Croatia, which was the strongest

neg: 1980 Summer Olympics on 20 January 1980, that the US would boycott the Moscow Olympics if Soviet troops did not withdraw from Afghanistan within one month. 65 countries and regions invited did not take part in the 1980 Olympics. Many of these followed the United States' boycott initiative, while others cited economic reasons for not coming. Iran, under Ayatollah Khomeini hostile to both superpowers, boycotted when the Islamic Conference condemned the invasion. Many of the boycotting nations participated instead in the Liberty Bell Classic, also known as the "Olympic Boycott Games", in Philadelphia. However, the nations that did compete had won 71 percent

neg: 1936 Summer Olympics government led by the newly elected left-wing Popular Front boycotted the Games and organized the People's Olympiad as a parallel event in Barcelona. Some 6,000 athletes from 49 countries registered. However, the People's Olympiad was aborted because of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War just one day before the event was due to start, just as thousands of athletes had begun to arrive. The Soviet Union did not participate in international sporting events since the 1920 Olympics. The Soviet government was not invited to the 1920 Games, with the Russian Civil War still raging, and they did not participate

neg: Nadia Comăneci were strictly monitored; she was no longer allowed to travel outside of Romania. The one exception to Comăneci's travel ban was her participation in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles as part of the Romanian delegation. Although a number of Communist nations had boycotted the 1984 Olympics in tit-for-tat to the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, Romania chose to participate. Comăneci later wrote in her memoir that many believed Romania went to the Olympics because an agreement had been made with the United States not to accept defectors. However, Comăneci did not participate in the Games as

neg: Lamine Guèye (skier) changes to the qualification criteria for the 1994 Winter Olympics, Guèye was permitted to participate as Senegal's sole representative as he was ranked within the top 1500 skiers in the world. He participated in the men's downhill, but did not finish and therefore did not receive an overall ranking. Guèye has been a prominent figure in drawing attention to what he considers to be discriminatory qualification rules for the Winter Olympics, and has written to the International Olympic Committee requesting that all countries be granted the right to participate in the Winter Games, as was the case up to 1992

neg: Basque pelota at the 1992 Summer Olympics participants were the four best classified countries at the World Championships held in Cuba in 1990. However, the United States renounced to participate and had to be replaced by the team that had finished in fifth place when necessary. "Note:" Since Basque Pelota was a demonstration sport, medals were awarded, but the medals were not "official" (and did not count in the respective nations' medal totals). Basque pelota at the 1992 Summer Olympics Basque Pelota was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. It was the fourth and last time that the sport was included in the

neg: Somalia at the 2012 Summer Olympics beyond the heat stage of their respective events. Somalia participated in nine summer Olympic games between its debut in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The country did not participate in the 1976 Summer Olympics and 1980 Summer Olympics due to boycotts relating to the New Zealand national rugby union team touring South Africa earlier in 1976 and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan respectively. The nation also did not compete in the 1992 Summer Olympics, despite participating in the opening ceremony, because of the onging famine affecting the country. The

neg: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers participants were split in five groups of five teams with winners of each qualify for the Olympics. Four teams were contesting two berths in two of five groups. Seven football nations that did not participate included four team of British islands (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales) that refused to form the unified Great Britain team required by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Malta (never fielded its team previously), Luxembourg (not fielding in 1980s), and Albania (political restrictions since 1972). For the tournament returned Turkey and Warsaw Pact nations that chose not to participate in the 1984 Olympics football tournament in

neg: Ice hockey at the Olympic Games Agreement allowed league participation in the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. Some NHL team owners were against their players participating in the tournament because of concerns about injury or exhaustion. Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider commented that "I'm a believer in the Olympics and I think it's good for the NHL to participate, having said that, the people who participate should be the ones who are absolutely healthy." Some NHL players used the break as an opportunity to rest and did not participate in the tournament, and several players were injured during the Olympics and were forced to miss NHL

neg: Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around These are the results of the women's team all-around competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The compulsory and optional rounds took place on July 30 and August 1 at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion. Due to 1984 Summer Olympics boycott, USSR women's national gymnastics team did not participate in the 1984 Olympics. The 1984 Olympics marked the first time that the USSR did not win the gold medal in Olympic women's team all-around competition, since the 1948 Summer

neg: 1980 Summer Olympics boycott USA instead of the mayor of Los Angeles, Tom Bradley; there was no handover to Los Angeles ceremony at the closing. Sixty-six countries that were invited to participate in the 1980 Olympics did not do so for various reasons including support for the boycott and economic reasons. Qatar could not be invited until IOC recognition which occurred in 1980 but too late to be invited. Taiwan refused to participate as a result of the 1979 Nagoya Resolution, in which the People's Republic of China agreed to participate in IOC activities if Taiwan was referred to as "Chinese Taipei". However, China

neg: Football at the Summer Olympics and Argentina. Uruguay won both Olympics and FIFA became conscious that the Olympic movement was not only hindering the ability of nations to participate on an equal footing but, given that the Olympics only permitted amateurs to participate, did not represent the true strength of the international game. Following Henri Delaunay's proposal in 1929 to initiate a professional World Championship of Football, the sport was dropped from the 1932 Los Angeles Games in an attempt to promote the growing sport of American football in the United States. Football returned to controversy at the 1936 Berlin Games. The German organisers were

neg: Anna Kozlova unable to participate in international competition until she received her U.S. citizenship, which she finally did on 7 October 1999. Although Kozlova could not participate in international competition before she received her U.S. citizenship, she did remain active with a Santa Clara, California club team, the Santa Clara Aquamaids, where she won national titles in solo, duet, and team competitions multiple times. Because of the timing of her citizenship application, Kozlova's first major competition as an American was the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and at age 27, she competed at the Olympics under the U.S. flag. In the duet

neg: Solomon Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics Solomon Islands at the ceremonies. Sprinter Francis Manioru represented the Solomon Islands at Beijing in the men's 100 meters dash as its only male track and field athlete. Born in September 1981, Manioru was 22 years old when he first competed in the men's 100 meters dash at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He ranked seventh in his heat and did not advance past the qualification round. However, Manioru returned as a 26-year-old to participate in the 2008 Olympics. During the qualification round of the event, which took place on 14 August, Manioru was placed in the first heat against

neg: Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics Manchester Parish, Hyman was 27 at the time she participated in the women's 1,500 meters race at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She did not participate at the Athens games in 2004, but returned to the Olympics in Beijing at age 35, this time participating in the steeplechase event. She was placed in the second heat of the August 15 qualification round, which included 17 athletes. However, Hyman was the only athlete in her heat who did not finish the race. Chelsea Hammond competed as Jamaica's only female long jumper at the Beijing Olympics. Hammond was born in New York City,

neg: Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, was the 15th Olympic Championship. The Soviet Union won its sixth gold medal. Games were held mostly in the arena portion of the Olympic Hall Zetra, with some played in the arena portion of the Skenderija Olympic Hall. The IIHF did not run a championship in Olympic years at this time. Nations that did not participate in the Sarejevo Olympics were invited to compete in the Thayer Tutt Trophy. Source: The final standings of the 1983 championships were used to

neg: Luxembourg at the Olympics appearance of two ice skaters in subsequent Games: Patrick Schmit in 1998 and Fleur Maxwell in 2006. Luxembourg qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics two athletes but did not participate because one did not reach the criteria set by the NOC and the other was injured before the Games. Luxembourg at the Olympics Athletes from Luxembourg have competed at 28 editions of the modern Olympic Games. Luxembourg's National Olympic Committee, the Luxembourgish Olympic and Sporting Committee, was founded in 1912 and sent its first team to the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. Only two athletes won medals competing for Luxembourg

neg: Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics Winter Olympic debut at the 1928 Winter Olympics with a five-man bobsleigh team that finished eleventh of twenty-three entrants. Mexico did not return again to the Winter Games until the 1984 Winter Olympics. The first truly tropical nation to compete in the Winter Olympic Games is the Philippines, who sent two alpine skiers to the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. Ben Nanasca placed 42nd in giant slalom skiing (out of 73 entrants), and Juan Cipriano did not finish. In slalom skiing, neither skier was able to finish. Costa Rica became the second tropical nation to participate at the Winter

neg: Saint Lucia at the 2008 Summer Olympics winners in the event from the 2004 Summer Olympics. Spencer's best height cleared was 1.85, placing fourteenth in Qualifying Group B. However, during her event on 20 August 2008, Spencer placed twenty-seventh overall, and did not advance. Danielle Beaubrun was the only Saint Lucian swimmer to participate in the Beijing Olympics. She was the youngest member of the Saint Lucian delegation, at age 18. The 2008 Summer Olympics served as Beaubrun's Olympic debut. Beaubrun did not initially qualify for Olympic standards. However, because Saint Lucia had no naturally qualifying swimmers, the country was invited by FINA to send two swimmers

neg: Karen O'Connor at three. At the 1988 Summer Olympics, riding The Optimist, she posted a DNF (did not finish) in both the team and individual portions. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, riding Biko, she and the US team rode to a silver medal. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, riding Prince Panache, O'Connor and the US team again took a medal, this time bronze. O'Connor did not ride as an individual at either the 1996 or the 2000 events. In the 2008 Summer Games, riding Mandiba, she placed 44th individually, while the US team took 7th. O'Connor was not originally scheduled to ride

neg: Dimitrios Vergos current champion he was selected by the Greek Olympic Committee to be part of the team going to the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. However for unknown reasons Vergos did not participate in the 1912 Olympics (possibly because he did not yet have Greek citizenship, but was an Ottoman citizen). From 1920 to 1923, he continued to take part in athletic events, having received special permission from the Greek army. Dimitris Vergos participated in the 1920 Summer Olympics in the Belgium city of Antwerp. He participated in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling along with Sotirios Notaras and Pavlidis Vasileios. His place

neg: History of the National Hockey League (1992–present) participation in future games remains in doubt, as it had expressed a desire not to participate in the 2014 games in Sochi, Russia. However, the NHL players did ultimately participate in those games. The players strongly favour continued participation in the Olympics. Due to the 2010 Olympics, the Canucks underwent the longest road trip in NHL history, with 14 games over 6 weeks, from January 27 to March 13, 2010, to allow General Motors Place to be used for ice hockey during the Winter Games. It marked the first time that an NHL-sized rink was used during the Winter Olympics.

neg: Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Oceania, 2 from Africa, 3 from America, 3 from Asia and 6 from Europe) boat quotas were allocated to each gender. As hosts, Argentina was given two boats, one for each gender to compete and a further four boats, two for each gender were decided by the tripartite committee. All athletes must compete in both disciplines (slalom and sprint) or risk disqualification. To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2003. <nowiki>*</nowiki> did not participate Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Canoeing at the 2018 Summer

neg: Ricky Grace crown, defeating the defending champion North Melbourne Giants in the Grand Final series. As Champions, the Wildcats were invited to participate in the 1995 McDonald's Championship in London. The Wildcats lost to NBA champions the Houston Rockets before defeating Real Madrid in their second match. In 1996, Grace signed a 6-year contract with the Wildcats and was considered unlucky not to gain a place in the Boomers squad for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Four years later he did make it to the Olympics when he was a member of the Boomers squad at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000,

neg: Cycling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics for the Mixed BMX Racing event will be decided by the YOG BMX Junior Nations Rankings, calculated by using the best ranking from the UCI Men’s or Women’s Junior BMX Nations Rankings. The quotas for the Mixed BMX Freestyle Park event will be decided by the ranking of individuals after the 2017 Urban Cycling World Championships. To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2001. <nowiki>*</nowiki> did not participate <br> <nowiki>**</nowiki> later added to the participation list Cycling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Cycling at the

neg: Mıgırdiç Mıgıryan at the 1912 Olympics. When Turkey was admitted to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1911, president of Turkey's Olympic committee Selim Sırrı Tarcan placed advertisements in the local "Ikdam" and "Sabah" newspapers in order to recruit athletes for the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm. Migiryan responded to the advertisement and expressed his desires to participate in the games. Unlike his counterpart Vahram Papazyan, who did not have the required finances to pay for the trip, Migir Migiryan came from a wealthy family who managed to cover all the necessary expenses needed for the trip to the Stockholm Olympics. Having

neg: Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres naturally frozen ice. Hjalmar Andersen set a new Olympic record with 8:10.6 minutes. Nikolay Mamonov who set a faster time than the standing world record (later recognized as world record) did not compete as the Soviet Union did not participate in Winter Games before 1956. Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, February 17, 1952, at 4p.m. Thirty-five speed skaters from 13 nations competed. These were the standing world and Olympic records

neg: Battle of Fontenoy and two battalions of British infantry, including the Highland Regiment. The Brigade of Dauphin were surprised by the irruption of these "Highland furies, who rushed upon us with more violence than ever sea did when driven by a tempest." However, concerted French fire drove the allied forces off again. This dispirited the Dutch who retired out of range and did not participate in the main attack. Along the French right flank the allies had been routed; but the battle was not yet over. On being congratulated by Monsieur de Bauffremont, Saxe simply replied, "all is not said; let us go

neg: Bahamas at the 2008 Summer Olympics Kokkodis (who completed the event in 2:01.22) but placing ahead of Croatia's Sasa Impric (who completed the event in 2:01.83). Out of the 47 competing athletes, Knowles placed 24th. He did not advance. Canada-born Auburn University alumnus Alana Dillette was the only swimmer to participate in the women's 100 meters backstroke while representing the Bahamas at the Beijing Olympics. Dillette participated in the preliminary rounds of her event on 10 August, when she swam in the third heat versus swimmers that included Columbia's Carolina Colorado and Israel's Anna Gostomelsky, who ranked, respectively, first and second in that heat. Dillette ranked

neg: Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics best mark. Overall, McGregor ranked 30 out of the 38 athletes who received a score, falling behind Morocco's Tarik Bouguetaib (7.69 meters) and placing ahead of Denmark's Morten Jensen (7.63 meters). He did not participate in the final round, which was held on August 18. Jamaica sent a team to compete in the men's 4 x 100 meters relay at the Beijing Olympics. The team competed in the semifinal (first) round on August 21, when they participated in the second heat against seven teams. This first team included both Asafa Powell and Michael Frater (who also participated in the men's

neg: Haiti at the 2008 Summer Olympics his weight, which exceeded 100 kilograms, he was placed in the heavyweight class. Brutus' appearance at Beijing marked his second Olympic appearance; he previously competed on Haiti's behalf as a heavyweight at the Athens Olympics in 2004. On August 15, Brutus participated in the twenty-sixth match of the Round of 64, the first round in which the judokas competed. Facing Kim Sung-Bum of South Korea, Brutus was defeated by Kim when he performed a seoi nage, scoring ippon. Brutus did not progress to further rounds. Then 23-year-old Ange Jean Baptiste was the only female judoka to participate on Haiti's behalf

neg: Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's pentathlon only the best six pentathletes from the overall standings advanced to the last contest. Mort Kaer who only managed to finish in tenth place in the discus throw came back to fourth place overall - enough to participate in the final 1500 metres run. Brutus Hamilton who finished third in the discus throw did not improve his seventh place overall and failed to qualify for the 1500 metres run. So the first six places were unchanged and three Finns, two US-Americans, and one Hungarian started in the final. At this point of the competition the results from the non-qualified competitors

neg: Evan Lysacek win at the Olympics. Lysacek did not skate competitively in 2010–2011 but did not announce a retirement. In June 2011, he received two Grand Prix assignments for the 2011–2012 season – 2011 Skate America and 2011 Trophée Eric Bompard. He resumed training with Frank Carroll at Lake Arrowhead, California, and his publicist said he would make a decision whether to compete later in the summer. In September, he announced that his goal was to participate in the 2014 Winter Olympics. In October, U.S. Figure Skating announced that he would not compete at the 2011 Skate America due to a financial

neg: Avery Brundage had come around to the position that South Africa's racist policies were inconsistent with the ideals of the Olympic movement. At the 1963 IOC session in Baden-Baden (moved there from Nairobi when Kenyan officials refused to issue visas to South African representatives), the IOC voted to suspend South Africa from the Olympics unless its NOC and government adopted non-discrimination policies regarding Olympic selection. This did not come to pass, and South Africa did not participate in 1964. In 1968, Brundage and the IOC invited a South African team (supposedly to be multiracial) to the Mexico City Games, but under a

neg: Scott Baird Scott Baird Scott Baird (born May 7, 1951) is an American curler. At 54, he is the oldest American athlete to ever participate in the Winter Olympics, which he did at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Despite this feat, Baird was only the alternate for Pete Fenson's U.S. team and did not throw a stone. He still received a bronze medal, which the team won. On January 16, 2007, the team was named the 2006 USOC Team of the Year. In addition to the Olympics, Baird has skipped the U.S. team to three World Championship events (1979, 1993 & 1994), winning

neg: Lithuania at the Olympics race because of technical difficulties. In 1928 Summer Olympics Lithuania had 12 representatives for 4 sports: 2 boxers, 4 cyclists, and 5 athletics and one weightlifter. Juozas Vinča achieved the best results and took 5-7 place in boxing. In 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Lithuania did not participate due to economic difficulties and political controversies surrounding the National Olympic Committee. In 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Lithuania was not invited by Germany due to Memelland/Klaipėda region controversy. In 1940, Lithuania lost its independence to the USSR. After the war, Lithuanians participated in the Olympic games with the Soviet Union

neg: 1988 Summer Olympics before the next Olympic Games. The games were boycotted by North Korea and its ally, Cuba. Ethiopia, Albania and the Seychelles did not respond to the invitations sent by the IOC. Nicaragua did not participate due to athletic and financial considerations. The participation of Madagascar had been expected, and their team was expected at the opening ceremony of 160 nations. However, the country withdrew because of financial reasons. Nonetheless, the much larger boycotts seen in the previous three Summer Olympics (1976, 1980 and 1984) were avoided, resulting in the largest number of participating nations during the Cold War era. Seoul

neg: Edgar Baumann United States of America on 17 October 1999. Baumann was the first South American Javelin thrower to throw over 80 metres and was ranked 6th in the world in 1996. He qualified for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, although he did not compete. He competed at an Olympic Games for the first time at Atlanta 1996, reaching a maximum distance of 77.74 metres. His extension to the South American record of 84.70 metres qualified him for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, however, during a scandal which involved the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, without any justification Baumann did not participate and was replaced by

neg: Dominica at the 2008 Summer Olympics compete in the men's 400 meters, but did not participate in it. Track coach Jérôme Romain was the country's flag bearer at the Olympics. Dominica is an island nation located in the far eastern rim of the Caribbean Sea that lis between the French colonies of Guadeloupe (to the north) and Martinique to the south. The country's debut in the Olympics was in Atlanta during the 1996 Summer Olympics, and it has participated in every summer Olympics between then and the Beijing Olympics in 2008–numbering four in total. The largest delegation sent by Dominica was in 1996, and the size

neg: Colombia at the Olympics medal tally for the Colombian delegation to a total of three medals. Despite being a US historical ally, Colombia did not support the US-Led boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics and attended the Games. Initially the then President of Colombia Julio Turbay supported the boycott, but the then president of Comité Olímpico Colombiano Fidel Mendoza did not abide the president's order and gave green light to 23 Colombian athletes to compete in the former soviet capital. Competing in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, shooter Helmut Bellingrodt won his second silver medal in the same event he won his first

neg: Trinidad and Tobago at the 2002 Winter Olympics Games since, except the 1960 Summer Olympics, they did not participate in their first Winter Olympics until the 1994 Lillehammer Games, and have never won a Winter Olympics medal. Salt Lake City was thus the nation's third appearance at a Winter Olympics. The 2002 Winter Olympics were held from 8–24 February 2002; a total of 2,399 athletes took part representing 77 National Olympic Committees. The Trinidad and Tobago delegation to Salt Lake City consisted of three bobsledders, Gregory Sun, Andrew McNeilly, and Errol Aguilera. Sun was chosen as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony. Gregory Sun was 39 at

neg: Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics which placed third (38.87 seconds). The Trinidadian team placed first overall out of the ten relays that finished, and progressed to the August 22 final round. In the final round, Aaron Armstrong did not participate. He was replaced by then 24-year-old Emmanuel Callander, who was born in northern Trinidad and who did not participate in any event besides the relay. Burns, Thompson and Bledman remained. During the final round, Trinidad and Tobago finished the relay in 38.06 seconds, originally earning a silver medal behind the Jamaican team (37.10 seconds), which set an Olympic and a world record with its performance.

neg: Nordic combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Individual normal hill/10 km US and Italy in Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics. Italy's best finish prior to this event in Nordic combined was fifth by Ezio Damolin at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. Nordic combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Individual normal hill/10 km The men's individual normal hill/10 km Nordic combined competition for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia, on 14 February. Germany's Georg Hettich was the defending Olympic champion when the event was known as the 15 km Individual Gundersen, but did not compete in this event.

neg: Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics Committee but did not participate because he did not get his Dutch passport before the start of the Olympics. Matschenz is originally from Germany. Two women were selected for the Netherlands in snowboarding events in Torino; Cheryl Maas for the halfpipe event and Nicolien Sauerbreij in the parallel giant slalom event. Maas qualified in 4th place for the final, but on her final run, Maas landed on the top edge of the halfpipe, fell and ended up in 11th. Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates

neg: 1983 World Ice Hockey Championships European title. Promotion and relegation was effective for 1985 as the IIHF did not run a championship in Olympic years at this time. Nations that did not participate in the Sarejevo Olympics were invited to compete in the Thayer Tutt Trophy. "Italy was relegated to Group B." Played in Tokyo March 21–31. The United States was promoted to Group A, and both Romania and Yugoslavia were relegated to Group C. Additionally, the USA, Poland and Austria earned berths in the Olympics. Fourth place Norway had to play off against the Group C winner (the Netherlands) to fill the final Olympic

neg: Badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics must be represented in each gender thus the highest ranked player from each continent automatically qualifies. Should they qualify no athletes the top ranked athlete from hosts China will also qualify, however this did not happen as China already qualified two athletes in each gender. Finally the quarterfinalists from the 2014 World Junior Championships will qualify provided they did not surpass the maximum quota for each NOC. A further 8 spots, 4 in each gender will also be allocated by the Tripartite Commission. To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January

neg: Fred Lauer Fred Lauer Frederick "Fred" W. Lauer (October 13, 1898 – December 17, 1960) was an American water polo player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, in the 1932 Summer Olympics, and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he was part of the American team which won the bronze medal. He played all five matches as goalkeeper. Eight years later he was a squad member of the American team which won the bronze medal again. He did not participate in a match and was not awarded with a medal. In 1936 he was eliminated in the first round with

neg: Fred Lauer the American team. He played one match as goalkeeper. Fred Lauer Frederick "Fred" W. Lauer (October 13, 1898 – December 17, 1960) was an American water polo player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, in the 1932 Summer Olympics, and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he was part of the American team which won the bronze medal. He played all five matches as goalkeeper. Eight years later he was a squad member of the American team which won the bronze medal again. He did not participate in a match and was not awarded with a medal. In

neg: Olympic Games by African American Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals, and Hungarian Jew Ibolya Csák, blunted the message. The Soviet Union did not participate until the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Instead, starting in 1928, the Soviets organised an international sports event called Spartakiads. During the interwar period of the 1920s and 1930s, communist and socialist organisations in several countries, including the United States, attempted to counter what they called the "bourgeois" Olympics with the Workers Olympics. It was not until the 1956 Summer Games that the Soviets emerged as a sporting superpower and, in doing so, took full advantage

neg: Yurik Sarkisyan the 1983 European Weightlifting Championships and 1983 World Weightlifting Championships, making him a consecutive two-time European and World Champion. He had also set several world records at this point. He was a clear gold medal favorite for the 1984 Summer Olympics, but was unable to participate at them because of the 1984 Summer Olympics boycott. Sarkisyan continued to rank among the top weightlifters in the world for years after the 1984 Olympic Games, but was not included in the USSR weightlifting team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. After that, he did not train for a while and thought

neg: Montenegro at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pistol 50 metres event, and ranked 44 overall. He did not earn any medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics, but went on to participate in both events again in 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Marina Kuč represented Montenegro in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. She ranked 31st in the preliminaries for the Women's 200m Breaststroke event with a finishing time of 2:31.24. The national team qualified as one of the twelve teams in the men's tournament by winning the European qualifying tournament in September 2007. The team finished in fourth place. Montenegro at the 2008 Summer Olympics Montenegro

neg: China at the Olympics over the political status of China, the PRC did not participate in the Olympics again until the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. Their first appearance at the Summer Olympic Games after 1952 was the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The Chinese Olympic Committee in its current form was recognized in 1979. Before the Chinese Civil War, athletes competed as the Republic of China (ROC) at the Olympics. The ROC continued to compete from 1952 to 1976 (Winter), but only representing athletes from the island of Taiwan (although the football team members of ROC in

neg: Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport. Although single exhibition games had been played in conjunction with five previous Olympics, it was the first time that the sport was officially included in the program, and also the first time that the sport was played in Olympics held in the United States. Eight teams competed in Los Angeles, California in the tournament. Games were held at Dodger Stadium. Cuba, after winning the gold medal at the 1983 Pan American Games, was to participate, but did not as a result of the Soviet-led

neg: Eitan Friedlander Friedlander and Brokman were set to compete in the 470 sailing event at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, but did not because Israel joined in the US-led boycott of the Olympics prompted by the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. Friedlander competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 26 in Sailing. In the Men's 470 Mixed Two Person Dinghy, he and Brokman came in 8th out of 28 teams. When he competed in the Olympics he was 6-1.5 (187 cm) tall and weighed 161 lbs (73 kg). Eitan Friedlander Eitan Friedlander (also "Fridlander";

neg: Myanmar at the 2004 Summer Olympics Myanmar at the 2004 Summer Olympics Myanmar competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Olympics, although it had previous competed in most games under the name "Burma". Myanmar, however, did not participate at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal for political reasons. Myanmar Olympic Committee sent only two women to compete only in archery and weightlifting, respectively. Weightlifting coach U Hla Win was among the officials and coaches who carried their national flags in the opening ceremony. Myanmar, however, has yet to win its

neg: Myanmar at the 2012 Summer Olympics Myanmar at the 2012 Summer Olympics Myanmar competed at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Olympics, although it had previous competed in most games under the name "Burma". Myanmar, however, did not participate at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal for political reasons. Myanmar Olympic Committee sent a total of six athletes to the Games, an equal share between men and women, to compete in 5 sports, tying the record with Beijing at a single Olympics. Among these athletes, archer Nay Myo Aung and

neg: Somalia at the Olympics 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, because of the ongoing famine, it did not participate. They returned once again at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, where they entered four male athletes. That year, Bile recorded the best performance by any Somali athlete at the Olympics so far, finishing sixth in the final of the 1500 metres. From the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, onwards, Somalia reduced its contingent at each Games down to two competitors, one male and one female. This change meant that Somalia fielded female athletes for the first time, Safia Abukar Hussein becoming

neg: Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics if it did not. There were a maximum of thirty-two qualifiers for the 500m and 1000m events; thirty-six for the 1500m events; and eight for the relays. The following was the competition schedule for all eight events. Sessions that included the event finals are shown in bold. Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.<br> Twelve Olympic records (OR) and three world records (WR) were set during the competition. A total of 115 athletes from 22 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate (the numbers of athletes are shown in

neg: Kristi Harrower Championships in Brazil. In March 2007, she was named to the national team what would prepare for the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2008, she did not participate in the Good Luck Beijing 2008 held in China in the lead up to the Olympics because of a commitment to her European club. She was a member of the 2008 Summer Olympics Australian women's team that won a silver medal at the Olympics. In June 2010, Harrower was viewed by national team coach Carrie Graf as one of a quartet of strong players that would represent Australia in a tour of China,

neg: Erinn Smart States team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, but did not participate in competition. She outpointed sisters Iris and Felicia Zimmerman to earn a spot on the United States team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Both Erinn and her brother Keeth were part of the United States team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Both won silver medals in their team events. Erinn Smart Erinn Smart (born January 12, 1980) is an American fencer who was a member of the United States Fencing Team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she

neg: Yanet Seyoum the Ghion Hotel in Addis Ababa with the help of her mother and the advise of her coach who called her from Nazret. At the 2012 Summer Olympics 50 meter freestyle Preliminary Rounds she ranked 65 out of 75 with a time of 32.41 s. She did not participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Yanet Seyoum Yanet Seyoum Gebremedhin (born 9 July 1994 in Kombolcha, Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian swimmer. She is the first swimmer from Ethiopia to compete in the Olympics. Yanet competed in the 50 meter freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was the flag bearer of

neg: People's Olympiad the Spanish Civil War. Fifty-two years later, Barcelona hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics. The Soviet Union did not participate in the Olympics until 1952 considering them a "bourgeois" event. However, the Communist government later used the success of Soviet athletes at the Olympics to further its political agenda. In 1931, the International Olympic Committee had selected Berlin, then the capital of the Weimar Republic, to host the 1936 Summer Olympics at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona. Berlin had defeated Barcelona, which was also vying to host the games, by 43 votes to 16. During the same year, Spain had

neg: Sarah Attar Sarah Attar Sarah Attar (; born August 27, 1992), is a Saudi-American track and field athlete who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics as one of the first two female Olympians representing Saudi Arabia. She also competed in the marathon at the 2016 Olympics. Attar has lived in the United States her entire life, but has dual US-Saudi citizenship through her father, who was born in Saudi Arabia. She was invited to participate in the Olympics despite her not having met the standard Olympic qualifying times, which were waived by the International Olympic Committee. Attar was born and raised in

neg: Sarah Attar running apparel company that promotes and supports female athletes, as of April 2015. Sarah Attar Sarah Attar (; born August 27, 1992), is a Saudi-American track and field athlete who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics as one of the first two female Olympians representing Saudi Arabia. She also competed in the marathon at the 2016 Olympics. Attar has lived in the United States her entire life, but has dual US-Saudi citizenship through her father, who was born in Saudi Arabia. She was invited to participate in the Olympics despite her not having met the standard Olympic qualifying times, which

neg: 2016 United States presidential election in the US Virgin Islands 2016 United States presidential election in the US Virgin Islands The U.S. Virgin Islands did not participate in the November 8, 2016 general election because it is a territory and not a state. However, the five non-incorporated territories that send Delegates to the House of Representatives did participate in the presidential primaries. In presidential caucuses, Virgin Islands voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic and Republican parties' respective nominees for president. Registered members of each party only voted in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated chose any one primary in which to vote. The Republican convention took place

neg: 2016 United States presidential election in the US Virgin Islands on the Caucus results on each of the three islands: four from St Thomas and St. John jointly, and three from St. Croix. The Democratic Caucus took place on June 4, 2016. 2016 United States presidential election in the US Virgin Islands The U.S. Virgin Islands did not participate in the November 8, 2016 general election because it is a territory and not a state. However, the five non-incorporated territories that send Delegates to the House of Representatives did participate in the presidential primaries. In presidential caucuses, Virgin Islands voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic and Republican parties' respective

neg: Heike Kemmer breeding stable for Hanoverian horses now run by Heike. In the 1990s, Heike became the farm manager, and moved the focus of the stables from show jumping to dressage. Kemmer attended her first Olympics in 2000, as an alternate to the German team, but did not participate in the Games. In 2004, she rode in the Olympics for the first time, placing 26th individually. She also rode as part of the gold-medal winning German team, but as the lowest-scoring member, her score was not used to determine the team's standing. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, her performance improved significantly, and

neg: 2000 Summer Olympics may be inconsistent due to not taking into account all later doping cases. 199 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the Sydney Games, two more than in the 1996 Summer Olympics. In addition, there were four Timorese Individual Olympic Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Eritrea, Federated States of Micronesia and Palau made their Olympic debut this year. Afghanistan was the only 1996 participant that did not participate in 2000, having been banned due to the extremist rule of the Taliban's oppression of women and its prohibition of sports. A number of quasi-government bodies were responsible for the construction, organisation