1972 Summer Olympics
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{{Olympics infobox|1972|Summer |
Name = Games of the XX Olympiad |
Logo = 1972 Summer Olympics emblem.svg|
Size = 144 |
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Host city = [[Munich]], [[West Germany]] |
Nations participating = 121 |
Athletes participating = 7170 (6075 men, 1095 women) |
Events = 195 in 23 [[sport]]s |
Opening ceremony = [[26 August]] [[1972]] |
Closing ceremony = [[11 September]] [[1972]] |
Officially opened by = [[President of Germany|President]] [[Gustav Heinemann]] |
Athlete's Oath = [[Heidi Schüller]] |
Judge's Oath = [[Heinz Pollay]] |
Olympic Torch = [[Günther Zahn]] |
Stadium = [[Stadium, Munich|Olympiastadion]] |
}}
The '''1972 Summer Olympics''', officially known as the '''Games of the XX Olympiad''', were an [[international]] multi-[[sport]] event which was celebrated in [[Munich]], in what was then [[West Germany]], from [[26 August]] to [[11 September]] [[1972]]. Munich won its Olympic bid on [[April 26]], [[1966]] at the 64th [[IOC Session]] at [[Rome]], [[Italy]], over the cities of [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]], [[Madrid]] and [[Montreal]].
The 1972 Summer Olympics were the second [[Summer Olympics]] held in Germany, after the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in [[Berlin]]. The Munich Olympics were intended to present a new, democratic and optimistic Germany to the world, as shown by its official motto, "the Happy Games". The emblem of the Games was a blue solar logo (the "Bright Sun"). The Olympic mascot, the [[dachshund]] "[[Waldi]]", was the first officially named Olympic mascot. The games also saw the introduction of the now universal sports [[pictograms]] designed by [[Otl Aicher]]. However, this joyful mood was ruined by the killings of 11 [[Israel]]i athletes by [[Palestinian political violence|Palestinian terrorists]] in an event known as the "[[Munich massacre]]".
The Olympic Park (''Olympiapark'') is based on [[Frei Otto]]'s plans and after the Games became a Munich landmark. The competition sites, designed by architect [[Günther Behnisch]], included the Olympic swimming hall, the Olympics Hall (''Olympiahalle'', a multipurpose facility) and the [[Olympic Stadium, Munich|Olympic Stadium]] (''Olympiastadion''), and an Olympic village very close to the park. The design of the stadium was considered revolutionary, with sweeping canopies of [[acrylic glass]] stabilized by metal ropes, used on such a large scale for the first time.
Below was the vote results, compliments of [http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html the International Olympic Committee Vote History] web page.
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||[[Detroit, Michigan]]||{{USA}}
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==Munich massacre==
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The games were marred by what has come to be known as the [[Munich massacre]]. On [[5 September]] a group of eight Palestinian terrorists belonging to the [[Black September (group)|Black September]] organization broke into the [[Olympic Village]] and took eleven Israeli athletes hostage in their apartment, killing two of the hostages in the apartment after fighting back; the subsequent standoff in the Olympic Village lasted for almost 18 hours.
During a botched German rescue attempt at the military airport of [[Fürstenfeldbruck]], where the captors with their hostages had been transferred by helicopter ostensibly to board a plane bound for an undetermined Arab country, all the surviving Israeli hostages were killed by a Palestinian who threw a grenade into the helicopter carrying the hostages.
All but three of the Palestinians were killed as well. Two of those three were supposedly killed later by the [[Mossad]]. [[Jamal Al-Gashey]] is believed to be the sole survivor, and is still living today in hiding in an unspecified Arab country. The Olympic events were briefly suspended but [[Avery Brundage]], the [[International Olympic Committee]] president, decided that "the Games must go on" and the games resumed a day later.
The attack prompted heightened security at future Olympics beginning with the [[1976 Winter Olympics]]. The massacre led the German federal government to realize the inadequacy of its post-[[World War II]] pacifist approach to combatting terror, and to the creation of the elite counter-terrorist unit [[GSG 9]]. It also led Israel to launch an aggressive [[counterterrorism]] campaign known as [[Operation Wrath of God]]. The events of the Munich massacre were chronicled in the Oscar-winning documentary, ''[[One Day in September]]''. A fictional account of the aftermath was dramatized in [[Steven Spielberg|Steven Spielberg's]] [[2005 in film|2005 film]] ''[[Munich (film)|Munich]]''.
==Notable events==
[[Image:Waldi Olympic 01.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Munich Olympics mascot, the dachshund [[Waldi]]]]
*[[Mark Spitz]], a swimmer from the United States, set a [[world record]] when he won seven gold medals (while on the way to setting a new world record for each of his seven gold medals) in a single Olympics, bringing his lifetime total to nine (he had won two golds in [[1968 Summer Olympics|Mexico City's Games]] four years earlier). Being [[Jewish]], Spitz was forced to leave Munich before the closing ceremonies for his own protection, after fears arose that he would be an additional target of those responsible for the [[Munich massacre]].
*[[Olga Korbut]], a tiny [[USSR at the Summer Olympics|Soviet]] [[gymnastics|gymnast]], became a media star after winning a gold medal in the team competition event, failing to win in the individual all-around after a fall (she was beaten by [[Lyudmilla Turischeva]]), and finally winning two gold medals in the [[Gymnastics balance beam|Balance Beam]] and the [[Gymnastics floor|floor exercise]] events.
*In the [[Basketball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics#Controversy |controversial gold medal basketball game]], the United States' Olympic [[basketball]] winning streak, which started in 1936, was ended by the [[USSR at the Summer Olympics|Soviet team's]] victory in the gold medal game, which [[USA Basketball]] calls "the most controversial game in international basketball history".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usabasketball.com/history/moly_1972.html |title= USA Basketball |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070822182059/http://www.usabasketball.com/history/moly_1972.html |archivedate=2007-08-22}} </ref> [[Doug Collins]] made two free throws with three seconds left to give the USA a 50-49 lead, despite the horn going off in the middle of his second attempt. The Soviets failed to score on the ensuing possession, but the clock was stopped at 0:01 after one official heard the earlier horn and the Soviets were frantically urging time-out. The clock had to be reset to three seconds but it was showing 0:50 when play began again. Again, the Soviets failed to score, time apparently expired, and the United States began celebrating, with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] displaying the 50-49 margin as "final". However, after the vehement protests of [[FIBA]] secretary general [[R. William Jones]] of [[Great Britain]], the referees added three seconds back to the clock due to error in re-starting the clock. Jones had no authority to intervene during a game, but his reputation was such that the officials dared not disobey him.{{Fact|date=October 2007}} The extra three seconds allowed the Soviet Union to have one more chance. The Soviets threw the ball downcourt, and [[Aleksandr Belov]] made a lay-up as time expired for the final margin of 51-50. A U.S. protest, filed after the match, was denied by [[FIBA]], which voted 3-2 against the protest along [[Cold War]] lines ([[Italy]] and [[Puerto Rico]] voted in favor; [[Hungary]], [[Poland]], and [[Cuba]] voted against) and award the gold medal to the Soviets. The U.S. team voted unanimously to refuse the silver medal, and to this day still have not accepted them. They remain in a vault in [[Lausanne, Switzerland]]. USA team captain [[Kenny Davis]] even has written in his will that his wife and children can never accept the silver medal.<ref>[http://espn.go.com/classic/s/Classic_1972_usa_ussr_gold_medal_hoop.html ESPN Classic - Classic 1972 USA vs. USSR Basketball game<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The end of the USA-USSR gold medal game remains one of the most controversial events in Olympic history and has been the subject of numerous film and television specials, including [[HBO]]'s documentary ''[[0:03 Seconds from Gold]]''.
*[[Lasse Viren|Lasse Virén]] of Finland won the 5,000 and 10,000 m (the latter after a fall), a feat he would repeat in the [[1976 Summer Olympics]]. The late United States middle-distance legend [[Steve Prefontaine]] finished a disappointing fourth in the 5,000 m after swapping the lead multiple times with the victorious [[Lasse Viren|Virén]]
*[[Valeri Borzov]] won both the 100 m and 200 m in [[track and field]]. The top two US sprinters and medal favorites in the 100 m, Rey Robinson and [[Edward Hart|Eddie Hart]], won their first rounds. But they were given the wrong starting time for the next round by their coach and missed the race, eliminating them.
*Also in track and field, two [[black American]] 400 m runners, [[Vincent Matthews]] and Wayne Collett, acted casually on the medal stand, twirling their medals (gold and silver, respectively) and joking with one another as "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" was being played during the award ceremony. They were banned from the Olympics for life, as [[Tommie Smith]] and [[John Carlos]] had been in the [[1968 Summer Olympics]].
*[[Dave Wottle]] won the AAU 800 m title before equalling the world record over 800 m of 1:44.3 at the US Olympic Trials. In the [[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Men's 800 metres|Olympic 800 m final]], Wottle immediately dropped to the rear of the field, and stayed there for the first 600 m, at which point he started to pass runner after runner up the final straightaway, finally grabbing the lead in the final metres to win by just 0.03 seconds ahead of the favorite, the Soviet Yevgeny Arzhonov. This gained him the nickname of "The Head Waiter". At the victory ceremony, Wottle subconsciously forgot to remove his golf cap. This was interpreted by some as a form of protest, but Wottle later apologized.
*[[Australia]]n swimmer [[Shane Gould]] won three gold medals, a silver, and a bronze medal at the age of 15.
*[[Team handball|Handball]] (last held in 1936) and [[Archery]] (last held in 1920) returned as Olympic sports after a long absence.
*[[Slalom canoeing]] was held for the first time at the Olympics.
*[[Dan Gable]] won the gold medal in [[sport wrestling|wrestling]] without having a single point scored against him.
*[[Wim Ruska]] became the first [[judoka]] to win two gold medals.
*For the first time, the [[Olympic Oath]] was taken by a representative of the referees.
*American [[Frank Shorter]], who was born in Munich, became the first from his country in 64 years to win the Olympic marathon. As Shorter was nearing the stadium, German student Norbert Sudhaus, wearing a track uniform, joined the race for the last quarter-mile as a gag. He entered the stadium and ran part way around the track. Thinking he was the winner, the crowd began cheering him. Officials then realized the hoax and ushered the jokester off the course. Arriving seconds later, Shorter was understandably perplexed to see someone ahead of him and to hear the boos and catcalls meant for Sudhaus. This was the third time in Olympic history that an American had won the marathon — and in none of those three instances (see [[Johnny Hayes]] and [[Thomas J. Hicks|Thomas Hicks]] articles for details) did the winner enter the stadium first.[[Image:1972olympiadCOIN.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Munich Olympics commemorative 10-[[German mark|mark]] coin, 1972]]
*On [[11 September]] a small plane was stolen in [[Stuttgart]] and authorities received information that Arab terrorists were planning to drop a bomb on the final ceremonies. IOC officials and [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Willy Brandt]], who were attending the ceremonies, were informed. Defense minister [[Georg Leber]] had two fighter planes follow the stolen plane, with the intent of shooting it down should it approach Munich. Radar contact to the plane was lost. A short while later, radar contact to an unknown plane was established, but it turned out to be a civilian passenger aircraft. The stolen plane was never found.
*[[Badminton]] and [[water skiing]] were the demo sports.
==Venues==
[[Image:Munich_Olympiapark.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Olympiasee in Olympiapark, Munich]]
*Munich Olympic Park (''[[Olympiapark, Munich|Olympiapark]]'')
**[[Olympic Stadium (Munich)|Olympic Stadium]] (''Olympiastadion'') - opening/closing ceremonies, athletics, football/soccer, modern pentathlon, memorial service for Israeli athletes
**[[Boxing Hall]] (''Boxhalle'') - boxing, judo
**[[Cycling Stadium]] (''Radstadion'') - cycling
**[[Olympiahalle|Olympic Sports Hall]] (''Sporthalle'') - gymnastics, handball
**[[Hockey Facility]] (''Hockeyanlange'') - hockey
**[[Olympia Schwimmhalle|Swimming Hall]] (''Schwimmhalle'') - swimming, diving, water polo
**[[Volleyball Hall]] (''Volleyballhalle'') - volleyball
**[[Olympic Village, Munich|Olympic Village]] (''Olympisches Dorf'')
*Venues in Greater Munich
**Regatta Course (''Regattastrecke''), [[Oberschleißheim]] - rowing
**[[Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle|Basketball Hall]] (''Basketballhalle''), Siegenburger Straße - basketball, judo
**Fairgrounds, Fencing Hall 1 (''Messegelände, Fechthalle 1'') - fencing
**Fairgrounds, Fencing Hall 2 (''Messegelände, Fechthalle 1'') - fencing
**Fairgrounds, Weightlifting Hall (''Messegelände, Gewichtheberhalle'') - weightlifting
**Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall (''Messegelände, Judo- und Ringerhalle'') - judo, wrestling
**Dante Swimming Pool (''Dantebad'') - water polo
**Shooting Facility (''Schießanglange''), Hochbrück - shooting
**Archery Facility (''Bogenschießanlange''), [[Englischer Garten]] - archery
**Riding Facility, Riem - equestrian events
**[[Nymphenburg Palace|Dressage Facility Nymphenburg]] - equestrian events
*Other venues
**Olympic Yachting Center, [[Kiel|Kiel-Schilksee]] - water skiing, yachting
**[[Nürnberg]] - football/soccer preliminaries
**[[Regensburg]] - football/soccer preliminaries
**[[Passau]] - football/soccer preliminaries
**[[Ingolstadt]] - football/soccer preliminaries
**[[Augsburg]] - canoeing, football/soccer preliminaries, handball preliminaries
**[[Ulm]] - handball preliminaries
**[[Göppingen]] - handball preliminaries
**[[Böblingen]] - handball preliminaries
==Medals awarded==
See the medal winners, ordered by sport:
{|
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* [[Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Archery]]
* [[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]
* [[Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Basketball]]
* [[Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Boxing]]
* [[Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Canoeing]]
* [[Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Cycling]]
* [[Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Diving]]
* [[Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Equestrian]]
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* [[Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Fencing]]
* [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Football]]
* [[Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Gymnastics]]
* [[Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Handball]]
* [[Hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Hockey]]
* [[Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Judo]]
* [[Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Modern pentathlon]]
* [[Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Rowing]]
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* [[Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Sailing]]
* [[Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Shooting]]
* [[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Swimming]]
* [[Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Volleyball]]
* [[Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Water polo]]
* [[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Weightlifting]]
* [[Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]]
|}
===Demonstration sports===
* [[Badminton at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Badminton]]
* [[Water skiing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Water skiing]]
== Medal count ==
{{Main|1972 Summer Olympics medal count}}
These are the top ten nations that won medals at these Games.
{| {{RankedMedalTable}}
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|1||align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1972 Summer}} ||50||27||22||99
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|2||align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} ||33||31||30||94
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|3||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|GDR|1972 Summer}} ||20||23||23||66
|-style="background:#ccccff"
|4||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|FRG|1972 Summer}} (host nation) ||13||11||16||40
|-
|5||align=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|1972 Summer}} ||13||8||8||29
|-
|6||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUS|1972 Summer}} ||8||7||2||17
|-
|7||align=left| {{flagIOC|POL|1972 Summer}} ||7||5||9||21
|-
|8||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1972 Summer}} ||6||13||16||35
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|9||align=left| {{flagIOC|BUL|1972 Summer}} ||6||10||5||21
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|10||align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1972 Summer}} ||5||3||10||18
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==Participating nations==
[[Image:1972 Olympic games countries.PNG|thumb|240px|Participants]]
'''Articles about Munich Summer Olympics by nation:'''
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== See also ==
*[[Munich Massacre]]
*[[1972 Summer Paralympics]]
*[[International Olympic Committee]]
*[[IOC country codes]]
===Olympics with significant criminal incidents===
* '''1972 Summer Olympics''' – [[Munich]], [[Bavaria]], [[West Germany]] — [[Munich massacre]]
* [[1996 Summer Olympics]] – [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[USA]] — [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing]]
==References==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1972 IOC Site on 1972 Summer Olympics]
* [http://www.munich11.com/ Web site tribute to the Israeli Olympic Athletes who were held hostage and murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics]
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