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

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Steve Prefontaine
Munich massacre at the 1972 Olympic Games
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
Learn about the deadly terrorist attack by Black September at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, which resulted in the death of 11 Israelis
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Otto, Frei
Frei Otto
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