Live Poll: Most Thrilling Summer Olympic Telecast?

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The Summer Olympic Games have been broadcast on television since the 1936 Berlin Games. How did the most recent Olympics Games' broadcast compare to previous Summer Olympics telecasts?

Which Summer Olympic Games telecast is the most thrilling that you have seen in your lifetime?


Live Poll: http://www.imdb.com/poll/ee11ldC097g/

See the complete list of Summer Olympic broadcasts here: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls063384017/
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urbanemovies,

FYI: Both the 1904 World Fair and 1904 Olympics were held in St. Louis. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) prominently mentions the 1904 World Fair, but does not mention the 1904 Olympics.

Update:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase_Exposition
1904 Summer Olympics

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The World's Greatest Fair (2004)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435780/reviews
... The viewer will learn all about the Fair, including David Francis (the President of the Fair), the music, food, art, and people that at the Fair, the Pike (the mile of entertainment), the 1904 Olympics, and the great Ferris Wheel. ...
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