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Atheme Atheme is an open source IRC services package available under the BSD license. It is designed to provide an effective but minimalist framework to allow operators to run an IRC network, while minimising the potential for operator abuse.
Athen Grey Athen Grey is an internationally known professional freelance photographer who specializes in celebrity, commercial advertising, editorial, fashion, fitness, physique, and fine art photography. He is based in Los Angeles, California.
Athena In Greek mythology, Athena (Greek: , Athēnâ, or , Athénē; Doric: , Asána) was the goddess of civilization, specifically wisdom, weaving, crafts and the allegedly more noble side of war, as violence and bloodlust were Ares' domain. Athena's wisdom encompasses the technical knowledge employed in weaving, metal-working, but also includes the cunning intelligence (metis) of such figures as Odysseus.
Athena (rocket) The Athena rocket has undergone several name changes in its lifetime. Initially developed as the Lockheed Launch Vehicle (LLV) at its inception at Lockheed, the name was changed to the Lockheed Martin Launch Vehicle when its developing company merged with Martin Marietta.
Athena Nike Nike means "Victory" in Greek, and Athena was worshiped in this form, as goddess of victory, on the Acropolis, Athens. Her temple was the earliest Ionic temple on the Acropolis sanctuary, completed c.
Athena Parthenos Athena Parthenos is the title of a massive sculpture of the Greek goddess Athena by Phidias that was housed in the Parthenon in Athens. It was considered one of the greatest achievements of Phidias, the most acclaimed sculptor of ancient Greece.
Athena Promachos The Athena Promachos ("Athena who fights in the front line") was a colossal bronze statue of Athena sculpted by the great Pheidias, which stood between the PropylaeaIts surviving base shows that it was alligned with the old Propylon, before the construction of the existing "new" Propylaea. and the Parthenon on the acropolis of Athens.
Athena Technologies Athena Technologies is a developer and manufacturer of control and navigation solutions for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs). Athena's GuideStar™ product line provides true INS/GPS solutions that seamlessly integrate IMU, GPS, magnetometer and air data signals for dynamic maneuvering.
Athenaeum (Tennessee) The Athenaeum Rectory is a historic building in Columbia, Tennessee that features both Gothic and Moorish architectural elements. Completed in 1837, the building originally served as the rectory for The Columbia Female Institute and as the residence of the school's first president, the Reverend Franklin Gillette Smith.
Athenaeum, Melbourne The Athenaeum or Melbourne Athenaeum is the oldest public institution in Victoria, Australia, founded in 1839. The first President was Captain William Lonsdale, the first Patron was the Superintendent of Port Philip, Charles La Trobe and the first books were donated by Vice-President Henry Fyshe Gisborne.
Athenagoras of Athens Athenagoras (circa 133-190) was a Christian apologist of the second half of the 2nd century of whom little is known for certain, besides that he was Athenian (though possibly not originally from Athens), a philosopher, and a convert to Christianity. There is some evidence that he was a Platonist before his conversion, but this is not certain.
Athenian coup of 411 BC The Athenian coup of 411 BC was a revolutionary movement during the Peloponnesian War which overthrew the democratic government of ancient Athens, replacing it with a short-lived oligarchy. The movement was led by a number of prominent and wealthy Athenians who held positions of power in the Athenian army at Samos, in coordination with Alcibiades, who promised to deliver Persian support to Athens if the democracy was overthrown.
Athenian democracy The Athenian democracy (sometimes called classical democracy) was the democratic system developed in the Greek city-state of Athens (comprising the central city-state of Athens and its surrounding territory Attica). Athens was one of the very first known democracies and probably the most important in ancient times.
Athenian pederasty Pederasty in Athens was a formal bond between an adult man and an adolescent boy outside his immediate family, consisting of loving and often sexual relations. As an erotic and educational custom it was initially employed by the upper class as a means of teaching the young and conveying to them important cultural values, such as bravery and restraint.
Athenian sacred ships Athenian sacred ships were ancient Athenian ships, often triremes, which had special religious functions such as serving in sacred processions (theoria) or embassies or racing in boat races during religious festivals.Jordan, Athenian Navy, 154-7 The two most famous such ships were the Paralus and the Salaminia, which also served as the messenger ships of the Athenian government in the 5th and 4th centuries BC.
Athenodorus of Byzantium Athenodorus (also known as Athenogenes) was Bishop of Byzantium from 144 until 148. During his years of office, which was at the time when the city was administrated by Zeuxippus, there was a significant increase of the Christian population.
Athenry Athenry ('Baile Átha an Rí' - 'Ford of the Kings' in Irish) is an agricultural town in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It lies 25 km to the east of Galway city, and is also famous for the song The Fields of Athenry.
Athens access and identity management Athens is an Access and Identity Management service that is supplied by Eduserv to provide single sign-on to protected resources combined with full user management capability. Organisations adopting the Athens service can choose between the Classic Athens service, where usernames are held by Eduserv, or Local Authentication where usernames are held locally and security tokens are exchanged via a range of protocols: SAML, Shibboleth or Athens Devolved Authentication (AthensDA) Over 4.
Athens College Athens College (Κολλέγιο Αθηνών) is a co-educational private independent school in Psychiko, Greece, a suburb of Athens, part of the Hellenic-American Educational Foundation (Ελληνοαμερικανικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα). It was established in 1925 to bring the best of both Greek and American educational systems to Greece.
Athens Daily Review The Athens Daily Review is six-day daily newspaper published in Athens, Texas, in the afternoon on weekdays (Monday through Friday) and morning on Sundays, and distributed throughout Henderson County. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
Athens Drive High School Athens Drive High School is a co-educational secondary Wake County public high school in Southwestern Raleigh that serves grades 9-12. As of 2004-2005 the school has approximately 1,747 enrolled students and approximately 130 hired educators.
Athens Folk Music and Dance Society The Athens Folk Music and Dance Society is an organization that promotes folk music and folk dance in the Athens, Georgia area. The Society grew out of the Athens Friends of Folk Music and was founded by a University of Georgia student, hammered dulcimer player and banjoist, Joe Wadsworth, and Art Rosebaum.
Athens High School (Troy, Michigan) Athens High School, located in Troy, Michigan, is attended by nearly 2000 students, serving grades 9-12. Athens is one of three high schools in the Troy School District, accompanied by Troy High School and Niles Community High School.
Athens Charter In architecture the Athens Charter (or 'Chartre d'Athenes') was the result of the 1933 Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne. The proceedings went unpublished until 1942, when Le Corbusier published them in heavily edited form.
Athens Memorandum The Athens Memorandum is a commitment by some nations of Europe, including those of the European Union, to undertake greater co-operation in energy related matters. Under the memorandum, participating countries have committed to undertake the following steps:
Athens Metro The Athens Metro is the underground public transport system of Athens, Greece, constructed by the Attiko Metro company (Αττικό Μετρό, literally 'Attican metro') and the ISAP (Ilektrikoi Sidirodromoi Athinon-Pireos) company (Ηλεκτρικοί Σιδηρόδρομοι Αθηνών-Πειραιώς "Athens - Piraeus Electric Railways"). The Athens Metro is one of the most impressive underground Mass Transit systems in the world because of the many ancient buildings, ruins and artifacts discovered during the excavation works for several downtown stations.
Athens Olympic Sports Complex The Athens Olympic Sports Complex is the central group of facilities for the 2004 Summer Olympics. The complex has been revamped for the games under a design produced by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
Athens Polytechnic uprising The Athens Polytechnic uprising in 1973 was a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974, which was otherwise known as the Regime of the Colonels and led by the dictator George Papadopoulos. The uprising began on November 14, 1973, escalated to nearly an open anti-junta revolt and ended with bloodshed in the early morning of November 17 when a tank crashed through the gates of the Polytechnic.
Athens Skate Park The Athens Skate Park is, as the name states, a skatepark located in Athens, Ohio. The park was at one time the only skatepark in the only skatepark in the world to feature a capsule (a full pipe connected to a cradle).
Athens Technical College Athens Technical College is a public college in Athens, Georgia. It was founded in 1958 as Athens Area Vocational-Technical School, was renamed Athens Area Technical Institute in 1987, and took its current name in 2000.
Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network is a community radio network based in Athens, Greece. Its members are node owners, comprising the Athens metropolitan area network, which at the moment has roughly 800 active nodes, using 802.
Athens, California Athens is an unincorporated district in the South Los Angeles region of Los Angeles County, California, near the intersection of the Century and the Harbor freeways. To the south is the city of Gardena, to the west is Hawthorne, and the to the east are the unincorporated community of Willowbrook, California and the Los Angeles community of Watts.
Athens, Ohio Athens is a historic college town in Athens County, in southeastern Ohio, USA, on the Hocking River. Athens is the county seat of Athens County, and the center of the Athens (Ohio) Micropolitan Statistical Area (as defined by the United States Census Bureau in 2003).
AtheOS AtheOS was a free software Unix-like operating system for x86-based computers. (The name is a contraction of Athena Operating System and is not related to the Greek adjective atheos (άθεος — "godless"); no reference to atheism was ever intended.
AtheOS File System The AtheOS file system (AFS) was originally used in the AtheOS operating system, and is now a part of the Syllable operating system. AFS started with exactly the same data structures as BFS, and extended the feature set of BFS in many ways.
Athermalization Athermalization, in the context of temperature measuring instruments, is the practice of designing the instrument and/or its' environment in a manner that prevents changes in the ambient temperature from altering the temperature of which is being measured.
Atherstone Atherstone is a town in Warwickshire, England. The town is located near the northernmost tip of Warwickshire, close to the border with Staffordshire and Leicestershire, and is the administrative headquarters of the North Warwickshire district.
Atherstone on Stour Atherstone on Stour is a village and civil parish in the Stratford on Avon district of Warwickshire, England, about three miles south of Stratford-upon-Avon. According to the 2001 census it had a population of
Atherton Shire Council Atherton Shire Council is a Local Government Area in Far North Queensland, Australia. The shire is situated on the Atherton Tableland, a plateau forming part of the Great Dividing Range west of the city of Cairns.
Atherton Tableland The Atherton Tableland is a fertile plateau which is part of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland, Australia. It is located west to south-south-west inland from Cairns, well into the tropics, but its elevated position provides a climate suitable for dairy farming.
Athfest Athfest is a free annual music festival in Athens, Georgia, first held in 1997. Jared Bailey founded the festival to promote the music of Athens, Georgia; he was formerly of the free alternative weekly Flagpole and the influential early nightclub the 40 Watt Club.
Athikia Athikia (Αθίκια) is the seat of the municipality of Saronikos, located in the prefecture of Corinthia in Greece. Athikia has a population of approximately 2000 and is located 15 km north of the city of Corinth.
Athina Livanos Athina Mary Livanos Onassis Spencer-Churchill Niarchos (19 March, 1926 - 10 October, 1974) was a daughter of the Greek shipping magnate Stavros Livanos. She was best known as the first wife of Aristotle Onassis.
Athinaikos Athinaikos (Greek: Αθηνα'ι'κός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος, Athnaiki Ethniki Syllogos or Athinaikos Athletic Association) is a Greek football club, formed in 1917. It was a founder amongst other Greek teams of the Hellenic Football Federation.
Athirappilly Falls Athirappilly Falls is a tourist place in Athirappilly in Thrissur district of Kerala, south India. It is located 70 km from Kochi city, 55 km from Cochin International Airport, 60 km from Thrissur city and 30 km from Chalakudy Town.
Athirne Athirne or Athairne the Importunate was a poet and satirist of the court of Conchobar mac Nessa in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. He was the foster-father of Amairgin mac Echit, who succeeded him as Ulster's chief poet.
Athis (mythology) In Book V of Ovid's mock-epic Metamorphoses, Athis was a youth from India, son of Limnaee, a nymph of the River Ganges. During a quarrel between Perseus and Phineus, Perseus killed sixteen-year-old Athis, who was preparing to shoot his bow, with a log that had been smoldering in the middle of the altar.
Athitaya Dibhabha Prince Aditya Dibabha (July 24 1904 - May 19 1946) was a Siamese political figure. He served as the chief regent of Siam between 1935 and 1944 as the president of Council of Regency, as King Ananda Mahidol was still a minor.
Athlete An athlete is a person who has above average physical skills (strength, agility, and endurance) and is thus suitable for physical activities, in particular, contests. An ancient Greek word for "contest" was athlos, and those competing in the games were called athletes.
Athlete's heart Athlete's heart is a medical syndrome where an athlete's heart becomes enlarged from exercise, resulting in a lower resting pulse than that of an average person. These changes would indicate heart-disease if observed in a sedentary person, but in an athlete a large heart with a slow resting pulse is the result of normal and healthy physiological adaptions, and indicates a high level of fitness.
Athletes Against Autism Athletes Against Autism is a nonprofit organization founded by NHL players Olaf Kolzig, Byron Dafoe, and Scott Mellanby. It is led by athletes personally touched by autism who are raising awareness and funds for research, treatment, and education.
Athletes in Action Athletes in Action (AIA) is an evangelical Christian sports ministry. Athletes in Action, a ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ, works with athletes and coaches to use the unique plataform of sport to help people around the world with questions of faith.
Athletic conference An athletic conference is a collection of sports teams, playing competitively against each other at the collegiate or high school level. In many cases conferences are subdivided into smaller and smaller divisions, with the best teams competing at successively higher levels.
Athletic director Athletic director (more frequently, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic programs. At some colleges, the athletic director may hold academic rank but this practice is on the wane.
Athletic nickname The athletic nickname, or equivalently athletic moniker, of a university or college within the United States is the name officially adopted by that institution for at least the members of its athletic teams. Typically as a matter of engendering school spirit, the institution either officially or unofficially uses this moniker of the institution's athletic teams also as a nickname to refer to people associated with the institution, especially its current students, but also often its alumni, its faculty, and its administration as well.
Athletic pubalgia Athletic pubalgia, also called the sportman's hernia or sports hernia, Gilmore's groin or groin disruption, is a medical condition of the groin affecting sportsmenAhumada LA, Ashruf S, Espinosa-de-los-Monteros A, Long JN, de la Torre JI, Garth WP, Vasconez LO. "Athletic pubalgia: definition and surgical treatment".
Athletic shoe An athletic shoe is a generic name for a shoe designed for sporting activities, and is different in style and build than a dress shoe. Originally known as sporting apparel, today they are known as casual footwear.
Athletic scholarship An athletic scholarship is a form of scholarship to attend a college or university awarded to an individual based predominantly on their ability to play in a sport. They are common in the United States, but in many countries they are rare or non-existent.
Athletic trainer An 'athletic trainer' is an allied health care provider capable of performing immediate and emergency injury management, injury assessment, and rehabilitation. Athletic trainers work closely with other members of the allied health team including physicians, physician's assistants, occupational therapist, physical therapists, and others.
Athletic training Athletic Training is an allied health care profession recognized by the American Medical Association (AMA) that specializes in the prevention, evaluation, treatment, management and rehabilitation of athletic related injuries and illnesses.
Athletics at Rutgers University The impact of Athletics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (also known as Rutgers University) is associated chiefly to its heritage as the "Birthplace of College Football"—hosting the first ever intercollegiate football game on 6 November 1869 in which Rutgers defeated a team from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) with a score of 6 runs to 4.Rutgers Through the Years (timeline), published by Rutgers University (no further authorship information available), accessed 12 January 2007.
Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metres The men's 400 metres race was the second-shortest of the flat-track events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The competition's preliminary round was the last held on the first day, 6 April.
Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon The men's marathon event was a special race invented as part of the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. Michel Bréal originated the idea of a race from the city of Marathon to Athens, taking inspiration from the legend of Pheidippides.
Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's triple jump The men's triple jump was one of four jumping events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. There were 7 competitors in the triple jump, then known as the "hop, skip, and jump" despite the wide range of techniques used by the competitors.
Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics - Men's 2590 metre steeplechase The men's 2590 metre steeplechase was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first time the event was held at the 2590 metre distance, though the 1900 Summer Olympics had featured a similar event in the 2500 metre steeplechase.
Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 mile team race The men's 4 mile team race was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first time the event was held, though the 1900 Summer Olympics had featured a similar event in the 5000 metre team race.
Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics - Men's decathlon The men's decathlon was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first time the event, intended to be an all-around championship in athletics, was held.
Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics - Men's triathlon The men's triathlon was an unusual event conducted during the 1904 Summer Olympics. The International Olympic Committee lists it as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme, though other sources list it among the Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics events.
Athletics at the 1906 Summer Olympics At the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens, 21 events in athletics were contested. Now called the Intercalated Games, the 1906 Games are no longer considered as an official Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee.
Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's Greek discus The men's Greek-style discus throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. In the Greek-style event, throwers hurled the discus from atop a rectangular platform raised above the ground.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 kilometre walk The men's 10 kilometre walk was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of racewalking, which had debuted at the previous games with the 10 mile and 3500 metre walks.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres The men's 100 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 10000 metres The men's 10000 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the debut appearance of the event, which along with the 5000 metres replaced the 5 mile race held at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 110 metre hurdles The men's 110 metre hurdles was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metres The men's 1500 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres The men's 200 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which has appeared at every edition of the Summer Olympics since the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 3000 metre team race The men's 3000 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of a team race style event, though the first to be held at the distance of 3000 metres, which became the standard until the event was eliminated following the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metres The men's 400 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 4x100 metre relay The men's 4x100 metre relay was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the debut appearance of the event, which along with the 4x400 metre relay marked the first relays of equal legs in the athletics programme (a medley relay had been held in 1908).
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 4x400 metre relay The men's 4x400 metre relay was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the debut appearance of the event, which along with the 4x100 metre relay marked the first relays of equal legs in the athletics programme (a medley relay had been held in 1908).
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000 metres The men's 5000 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the debut appearance of the event, which along with the 10,000 metres replaced the 5 mile race held at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 800 metres The men's 800 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's decathlon The men's decathlon was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second time the event, which debuted at the 1904 Summer Olympics, was held.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's discus throw The men's discus throw was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every Summer Olympics.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's hammer throw The men's hammer throw was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which had been won all three previous times by John Jesus Flanagan.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's high jump The men's high jump, also known as the running high jump to distinguish it from the standing high jump, was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every Summer Olympics.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's long jump The men's long jump was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every Summer Olympics.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon The men's marathon was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's pole vault The men's pole vault was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every Summer Olympics.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's shot put The men's shot put was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every Summer Olympics.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's triple jump The men's triple jump, also known as the hop, step, and jump, was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every Summer Olympics.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's two handed discus throw The men's two handed discus throw was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the only appearance of the event at the Olympics, along with the other two handed throws.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's two handed javelin throw The men's two handed javelin throw was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the only appearance of the event at the Olympics, along with the other two handed throws.
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's two handed shot put The men's two handed shot put was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the only appearance of the event at the Olympics, along with the other two handed throws.
Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. Four events made their Olympic debut at these Games: men's 10 km walk, women's 200 metres, women's long jump and women's shot put.
Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 kilometre walk The men's 50 kilometre walk was the longer of the two men's race walking events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo, as well as the longest event on the program. It was held on 18 October 1964.
Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's hammer throw The men's hammer throw was one of four men's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 17 October and 18 October 1964, with the qualification on the first day and the final the next.
Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Women's pentathlon The women's pentathlon was part of the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 16 October and 17 October 1964, with the first three events on 16 October and the last two on 17 October.
Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Women's Marathon The official results of the Women's Marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California (USA), held on Sunday September 5, 1984. It was the first ever marathon for women in the history of the Olympic Games.
Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres The Men's 100m at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea ended in controversy, after Canada's Ben Johnson defeated defending champion Carl Lewis from the United States with a world record time of 9.79s.

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