1972 Summer Olympics (Munich)

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Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

The 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich were an international multi-sport event in West Germany, remembered both for their modern, optimistic “Games of Peace and Joy” image and the tragic Munich massacre terrorist attack.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
1972 Summer Olympics	21
1972 Summer Olympics football tournament	1
Munich 1972	1
Munich 1972 Olympic Games	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Summer Olympic Games ⓘ multi-sport event ⓘ
attackDate	1972-09-05 ⓘ
attackPerpetrator	Fedayeen ⓘ surface form: Black September Organization
attackVictims	Israeli Olympic team members ⓘ
awardedAtSession	60th IOC Session ⓘ
awardedBy	International Olympic Committee ⓘ
awardedInCity	Rome ⓘ
awardedInYear	1966 ⓘ
category	1972 in sports ⓘ Sports competitions in Munich ⓘ
closingDate	1972-09-11 ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
followedBy	1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
hostCity	Munich ⓘ
hostCountry	West Germany ⓘ surface form: Federal Republic of Germany West Germany ⓘ
hostNation	West Germany ⓘ
hostNationGoldMedals	13 ⓘ
hostNationTotalMedals	40 ⓘ
introducedEvent	archery (reintroduced to Olympic program) ⓘ handball (reintroduced to Olympic program) ⓘ
introducedSport	slalom canoeing ⓘ
logoMotif	Strahlenkranz (radiant garland) ⓘ
mainStadium	Olympiastadion (Munich) ⓘ
mascot	Waldi ⓘ
mascotSpecies	dachshund ⓘ
motto	The Happy Games ⓘ
nickName	The Happy Games ⓘ surface form: Games of Peace and Joy
notableAchievement	Mark Spitz won seven gold medals in swimming ⓘ Olga Korbut popularized women’s artistic gymnastics worldwide ⓘ
notableAthlete	Lasse Virén ⓘ Mark Spitz ⓘ Olga Korbut ⓘ
notableFor	Munich massacre ⓘ
numberOfAthletes	7134 ⓘ
numberOfEvents	195 ⓘ
numberOfFemaleAthletes	1059 ⓘ
numberOfGermanVictims	1 ⓘ
numberOfIsraeliVictims	11 ⓘ
numberOfMaleAthletes	6075 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations	121 ⓘ
numberOfSports	23 ⓘ
officialName	Games of the XX Olympiad ⓘ
olympiadNumber	20 ⓘ
olympicPark	Olympiastadion (Munich) ⓘ surface form: Olympiapark, Munich
openingDate	1972-08-26 ⓘ
partOf	Olympic Games ⓘ
politicalContext	Cold War era Olympics ⓘ
precededBy	1968 Summer Olympics ⓘ
primaryBroadcastingRegion	worldwide television audience ⓘ
securityDescription	relatively low-profile security to project friendly image ⓘ
shortName	1972 Summer Olympics (Munich) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Munich 1972
slogan	Die Heiteren Spiele ⓘ
terroristAttack	Munich massacre ⓘ
tookPlaceInCountryAtTheTime	West Germany ⓘ surface form: Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
tookPlaceInState	Bavaria ⓘ
topRankedNationByGolds	Soviet Union ⓘ
topRankedNationGoldMedals	50 ⓘ
topRankedNationTotalMedals	99 ⓘ
torchDesigner	Otl Aicher ⓘ
visualIdentityDesigner	Otl Aicher ⓘ