Games of the XX Olympiad

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Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

Games of the XX Olympiad is the formal title of the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, West Germany, remembered both for its athletic achievements and the tragic Munich massacre.

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Summer Olympic Games →
multi-sport event →
architectureFeature Olympiastadion (Munich) →
surface form: "Munich Olympic Stadium tensile roof"
awardedInCity Rome →
bidRivalCity Detroit →
Madrid →
Montreal →
closingDate 1972-09-11 →
commonName 1972 Summer Olympics (Munich) →
surface form: "1972 Summer Olympics"
continent Europe →
dateAwarded 1966-04-26 →
designedByArchitect Frei Otto →
englishMottoTranslation The Happy Games →
surface form: "The Cheerful Games"
featuredAthlete Mark Spitz →
Olga Korbut →
featuredEvent Mark Spitz winning seven gold medals in swimming →
followedBy 1976 Summer Olympics →
Games of the XXI Olympiad →
governingBody International Olympic Committee →
hostCity Munich →
hostCityCountryAtTheTime Munich →
surface form: "Munich, West Germany"
hostCountry West Germany →
hostNation West Germany →
surface form: "Federal Republic of Germany"
introducedSport Olympic archery (modern reintroduction) →
Olympic slalom canoeing (first time at Summer Games) →
iocSessionThatAwardedGames International Olympic Committee Session →
surface form: "64th IOC Session"
mainStadium Olympiastadion (Munich) →
mascot Waldi →
mascotSpecies dachshund →
motto The Happy Games →
surface form: "Die heiteren Spiele"
notableFor Munich massacre →
notableGymnasticsPerformance Olga Korbut’s routines for the Soviet Union →
numberOfAthletes 7134 →
numberOfEvents 195 →
numberOfFemaleAthletes 1059 →
numberOfMaleAthletes 6075 →
numberOfParticipatingNations 121 →
numberOfSports 23 →
officialName Games of the XX Olympiad →
olympiadNumber 20 →
olympicPark Olympiapark →
surface form: "Olympiapark München"
openingDate 1972-08-26 →
organisingCommittee Organising Committees for the Olympic Games →
surface form: "Organizing Committee for the Games of the XX Olympiad Munich 1972"
partOf modern Olympic Games →
precededBy 1968 Summer Olympics →
Games of the XIX Olympiad →
securityLegacy led to major changes in Olympic security protocols →
televisionCoverage extensive international broadcast in color →
terroristAttack Munich massacre →
terroristGroupInvolved Black September conflict →
surface form: "Black September"
year 1972 →

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Waldi → OlympicGames → Games of the XX Olympiad →
1972 Summer Olympics (Munich) → officialName → Games of the XX Olympiad →
subject surface form: "1972 Summer Olympics"
Games of the XX Olympiad → officialName → Games of the XX Olympiad →
Games of the XXI Olympiad → precededBy → Games of the XX Olympiad →