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1972 Summer Olympics – Munich, West Germany. The Munich massacre occurred, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September. Eleven athletes, coaches and judges were murdered by the terrorists.
July 7, 2008, 11:37 AM PDT / Source: TODAY. In his book "Rome 1960," author David Maraniss explores the controversies of the first televised summer Olympics. With issues such as the equal rights...
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The 1960 Olympics were a wonder. In an Olympic world that was becoming more and more involved in political problems, the Roma Olympics were almost entirely devoid of controversy and politics. Many of the sporting events took place in settings thousands of years old.
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- 1964. Host City: Tokyo, Japan. Boycotting Countries: China, North Korea and Indonesia. The Details: China, North Korea and Indonesia chose to boycott the first Games held in an Asian country after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) declared it would disqualify athletes who competed in the 1963 Jakarta-held Games of the New Emerging Forces, created as an alternative multinational amateur competition.
- 1976. Host City: Montreal, Canada. Boycotting Countries: More than 20 mostly African countries and Taiwan. The Details: When New Zealand’s national rugby team defied an international sports embargo against South Africa and toured the apartheid nation earlier in the year, 28 African nations—comprising most of the continent—declared a boycott of the Olympics, which was allowing New Zealand to participate.
- 1980. Host City: Moscow, Russia. Boycotting Countries: 65 countries, led by the United States. The Details: Protesting the December 27, 1979, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, more than 60 nations refused to compete in the Moscow-held games.
- 1984. American sports fans display a banner with the message 'To Russia With Love! Having a Great Time, Wish You Were Here,' in reference to the boycott of the Games by the Soviet Union and 13 other Eastern Bloc countries, inside the Memorial Coliseum during the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Competing under protest, Taiwan wins its first Olympic medal during the 1960 games in Rome. AP Photo. Taiwan protests because the IOC forces it to compete under the name Formosa, instead of the...
Oct 31, 2018 · A Controversy. Unfortunately, there was a ruling problem on the 100-meter freestyle swim. John Devitt (Australia) and Lance Larson (United States) had been neck and neck during the last segment of the race.
Jul 26, 2008 · Old-boy notions of pristine amateurism, created by and for upper-class sportsmen, were crumbling. Rome brought the first doping scandal, the first commercially broadcast Summer Games and...
