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Aug 26, 1972 · Memorable Champions. U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz won an incredible seven gold medals and broke seven world records. Yet the media star of the Munich Games was the tiny Soviet gymnast, Olga Korbut, whose dramatic cycle of success in the team competition, failure in the individual competition and renewed success in the apparatus finals captured the attention of fans worldwide.
The 1972 Munich Olympics will forever be remembered as one of the darkest moments in sports history. What was supposed to be a time of peace and unity quickly turned into one of violence and bloodshed. But they were also the first games to be broadcast in color on American television and featuring more female athletes than any previous Olympics.
Black September. The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack carried out during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian militant organization Black September, who infiltrated the Olympic Village, killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team, and took nine others hostage.
Sep 5, 2022 · 4 September 2022 · 6-min read. Munich massacre at 50: How a hostage crisis rocked the 1972 Olympics. On the night of 4 September 1972, the Israeli Olympic delegation returned to their apartment at Connollystrasse 31 in the north of Munich. Hours later, a group of eight Palestinian militants, dressed in tracksuits and carrying weapons in bags ...
The 1936 Summer Olympics ( German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936 ), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad ( German: Spiele der XI. Olympiade) and commonly known as Berlin 1936, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona at the 29th IOC ...
Jul 19, 2021 · The Munich Olympics are the largest yet, with 7,000 athletes from 121 nations competing in a record 195 events. American swimmer Mark Spitz shines with seven gold medals and seven world records ...
1972: Massacre in Munich 1976: Boycott Over Racial Segregation ... both the 1940 and 1944 Olympics are canceled amid World War II. 1940. ... This timeline is based on an audio timeline narrated by ...
