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The 1972 Summer Olympic games were held in Munich, West Germany. The 1972 Winter Olympic games were held in Sapporo, Japan.
The Summer games were held in Munich, West Germany and the Winter games were held in Sapporo, Japan.
In 1972, the summer Olympics were held in Munich, West Germany. Eleven members of the Israeli team were held captive and murdered, as was a German police officer. This was called the Munich Massacre.
Two black American athletes have made history at the Mexico Olympics by staging a silent protest against racial discrimination.
Tommie Smith and John Carlos, gold and bronze medallists in the 200m, stood with their heads bowed and a black-gloved hand raised as the American National Anthem played during the victory ceremony.
The pair both wore black socks and no shoes and Smith wore a black scarf around his neck. They were demonstrating against continuing racial discrimination of black people in the United States.
As they left the podium at the end of the ceremony they were booed by many in the crowd.
At a press conference after the event Tommie Smith, who holds seven world records, said: "If I win I am an American, not a black American. But if I did something bad then they would say 'a Negro'. We are black and we are proud of being black.
"Black America will understand what we did tonight."
Smith said he had raised his right fist to represent black power in America, while Carlos raised his left fist to represent black unity. Together they formed an arch of unity and power.
He said the black scarf represented black pride and the black socks with no shoes stood for black poverty in racist America.
Within a couple of hours the actions of the two Americans were being condemned by the International Olympic Committee.
A spokesperson for the organisation said it was "a deliberate and violent breach of the fundamental principles of the Olympic spirit
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Were the Olympics held in Jamaica?
No, the Olympics were not held in Jamaica
Where did the Olympics games held in the year 2014?
The 2014 winter olympics will be held in Sochi. Sochi is in Russia
Where were the 1940 Olympics?
The 1940 Olympics were held in two cities of Japan. The summer Olympics were held in Tokyo while the winter Olympics were held in Sapporo.
Where was the 1970 Winter Olympics in skiing held?
there were no Olympics held in 1974 The summer Olympics were held in Munich Germany
When was the Olympics held in 1928?
the 1928 olympics were held in 1928
Where were the Olympics held in 1965?
The Olympics were held at Melbourne (1965).
Where was the 1987 Olympics held?
Summer Olympics were in 1988 in South Korea. There were no Olympics in 1987.
What city in Korea held the first Olympics?
The first and only Olympics held in Korea was the 1988 Summer Olympics which were held in Seoul.
Where will Olympics be held in 2012?
The 2012 Summer Olympics will be held in London, UK.
Were the 2000 Olympics were held in Rome?
No, the 2000 Olympics were held in Sydney, Australia. The 1960 Summer Olympics were held in Rome.
Where were the 1994 summer Olympics held?
The 2004 Summer Olympics were held in Athens, but unlike the first answer, the first Olympics were held in Olympia not in Athens.
Was the Olympics ever held in Luxembourg?
No, the Olympics were never held in Luxembourg.
