7 Significant Political Events at the Olympic Games: Quick Facts

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Olympic protests, 1968

A person wearing a hood and mask stands on a balcony in the Munich Olympic Village during the 1972 hostage crisis.

Tegla Loroupe, wearing a Refugee Olympic Team shirt, signs the colorful Truce Mural covered with signatures at the Rio 2016 Olympic Village.

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