Monaco 1972

Monaco 1972

XX edition of the Summer Olympics

26 August - 11 September 1972

The Germans of Bavaria prepared an Olympics on a great scale, both in terms of technology and structures. And the first 10 days proved it was the right move. The competitions provided us with outstanding sporting results, such as those of Mike Spitz who managed to win seven gold medals. But the Munich Games will go down in history, not only Olympic, stained by the Israeli massacre. On the morning of the 5th of September, eight militants of "Black September" entered the Olympic village and captured 11 Jewish athletes asking, in exchange for their freedom, that of many Arab terrorists held in Israeli prisons. The refusal to negotiate led to a clash with German special forces during which all of the Israeli hostages and several terrorists were killed. The Games were suspended for a day: something that had never happened before not even in ancient times.

Medal table

  • gold 5

  • silver 3

  • bronze 10

Statistics

Nations

121

Athletes

7.134 (6.075 Uomini; 1.059 Donne)

ITALIAN Athletes

224 (197 Men; 27 Women)

GOLD
Scherma fioretto individuale donne
GOLD
Sport Equestri ostacoli individuale
GOLD
Tiro a Volo piattello fossa
GOLD
Tuffi piattaforma
SILVER
Nuoto 400 m stile libero donne
SILVER
Sport Equestri Completo individuale
SILVER
Tuffi Trampolino 3 m
BRONZE
Atletica 1.500 m donne
BRONZE
Atletica 200 m
BRONZE
Lotta greco-romana 52 kg
BRONZE
Lotta greco-romana 68 kg
BRONZE
Nuoto 400 m misti donne
BRONZE
Nuoto 800 m stile libero donne
BRONZE
Pesi 75 kg
BRONZE
Tiro a Volo piattello fossa
BRONZE
Tuffi piattaforma