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Apr 27, 2023 · BRENNER: Well, you have to understand the 1972 Olympics in Munich were planned as a contrast to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, which was the one previous Olympics in Nazi Germany. And they should be light Olympics. You could see it in the symbols in the Olympic stadium, in the clothes, in everything.
The U.S. team, whose unbeaten Olympic streak dated back to when Adolf Hitler reigned over the Berlin Games, believed it had won the gold medal that September in Munich—not once, but twice. But it was the third time the final seconds were played that counted. What happened? The head of international basketball—flouting rules he himself had created—trotted onto the court and demanded twice ...
Mar 24, 2020 · The last time the Olympics were canceled was during World War II.The 1940 summer and winter Olympics were both scheduled to be held in Japan, the first non-Western country to host the games, but ...
The 1972 Munich Olympics were billed as Die Heiteren Spiele—the “Happy Games.” West Germans hoped they would help rehabilitate their country in international eyes after the horrors of Nazism, and nothing symbolized this new Germany more than the participation of a team from Israel. To avoid appearing militarized, the Olympic safety guards were largely unarmed.
Sep 4, 2022 · Organizers of subsequent Games were forced to devote more to prevent future attacks. "The security budgets just dramatically shot up," says Large, with the 1976 Montreal Olympics spending 50 times more on security than Munich had spent. China spent $6.5 billion on security alone for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Sep 1, 2022 · The 11 Israeli Munich Olympics victims. At 2:16 a.m. Munich time, AFP announced to its clients around the world that “all the hostages have been killed.” German authorities only confirmed the ...
Apr 27, 2023 · MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Germany is taking a long-awaited step toward accounting for a tragedy. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS") JIM MCKAY: The peace of what has - would have been called the serene Olympics was shattered just before dawn this morning, about 5:00. BLOCK: That was ABC sportscaster Jim McKay at the Munich Olympics ...
