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Facts

Also Known As Games of the XX Olympiad
Date August 26, 1972 - September 11, 1972
Location Germany • Munich

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Steve Prefontaine of the United States, wearing bib 1005, leads Lasse Viren of Finland, bib 228, and Emiel Puttemans of Belgium, bib 61, during the 1972 Olympic men's 5,000 meters race.
A person wearing a hood and mask stands on a balcony in the Munich Olympic Village during the 1972 hostage crisis.
Mark Spitz at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games
Olga Korbut at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games
Valery Borzov at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games
András Balczó
Avery Brundage
American wrestler Dan Gable
Kip Keino
Soviet wrestler Aleksandr Medved
Black September at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games
Uncovering the tragedy of the Munich massacre
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Jim McKay
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Otto, Frei
Frei Otto
German architect

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