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2008 Ohio Senior Olympics State Games Information

Senior Olympics is amateur athletic competition for men and women ages 50 and over. The State Games are held every year, in rotating sites around the state. The Ohio Senior Olympic games are open to all athletes- both residents of Ohio and those athletes from out of state. The state games are hosted by the regional games around the state, in a two year cycle. The state games held in even numbered years (2006, 2008, etc.) act as the qualifying competition for The National Senior Games: The Senior Olympics, which are held in the next odd numbered year (2007, 2009, etc.). 

The annual state games offer the majority of the sporting events that comprise The National Senior Games event menu. The state does not have qualifying criteria for athletes wishing to compete in the state games. Athletes are encouraged, but not required, to compete in regional/local competitions in Ohio prior to competing in the state games.

The rules followed by both the state and regional competitions are rules established by The National Senior Games Association for the national competition, and are based, in most cases, on the rules established by the governing body for that sport. A complete copy of the current rules for The National Senior Games are available on the NSGA web site.

The 2003 and 2004 state games were hosted by the Tri-County Senior Olympics in Akron. Athletes qualifying at the 2004 state games were invited to compete at the 2005 National Senior Games: The Senior Olympics held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in June 2005. 

In 2005 and 2006, the state Senior Olympics were held in Youngstown. The 2006 state games will qualify athletes for the 2007 National Senior Games: The Senior Olympics to be held in Louisville, Kentucky in June 2007.

The 2007 and 2008 Ohio Senior Olympics State Games are hosted by the Southwest Ohio Sports Zone, a collaborative effort of five convention and visitor's bureaus from southwest Ohio. To learn more about the 2008 state games, click here. The registration materials for the 2008 games will also be available on the web site when they become available in spring 2008.

To learn more about the 2009 National Senior Games, click here.

Results from the State Games

Results from the 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 Ohio Senior Olympics state games are now available in .pdf files. The file requires the free program Adobe Acrobat to view and/or print.

2007 results 

2006 results
2006 State Games Survey (for registered athletes only please)
2005 results
2004 results (Please note that this is a shorter version of the results book than the published version that was sent to athletes who competed.)

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