1972 Summer Olympics

Games of the XX Olympiad
	Logo of the 1972 Summer Olympics
Host city	Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
Motto	The Cheerful Games; (German: Heitere Spiele)
Nations	121
Athletes	7,134 (6,075 men, 1,059 women)
Events	195 in 21 sports (28 disciplines)
Opening	26 August
Closing	11 September
Opened by	President Gustav Heinemann
Cauldron	Günther Zahn
Stadium	Olympiastadion
Summer
Winter

The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were held in Munich, West Germany (in what is now Germany), from 26 August to 11 September 1972. Munich won its Olympic bid in April 1966 over the cities of Detroit, Michigan, USA; Madrid, Spain; and Montreal, Canada. The 1972 Summer Olympics are one of 2 Olympic Games that had a significant criminal incident — the Munich massacre, in which a group of Palestinian terrorists kidnapped and killed several Israeli athletes. (The other Olympics with a significant criminal event was the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, USA — the Centennial Olympic Park bombing). A movie about the Israeli response to this was made called Munich.

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

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IOC page for the 1972 Summer Olympics

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[Opening_and_Cauldron-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

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