1972 Summer Olympics 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (German: "Olympische Sommerspiele 1972"), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972. The sporting nature of the event was largely overshadowed by the Munich massacre in the second week, in which eleven Israeli athletes and coaches and a West German police officer at Olympic village were killed by Black September Palestinian terrorists. The 1972 Summer Olympics were the second Summer Olympics to be held in Germany, after the 1936 Games in Berlin, which had taken
East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic, called DDR in the opening ceremony) competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 297 competitors, 231 men and 66 women, took part in 161 events in 18 sports. Men's 800 metres Men's 1500 metres Men's 4 × 100 m Relay Men's High Jump Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg) Eleven cyclists represented East Germany in 1972. Men's 3m Springboard: Men's 10m Platform: Women's 3m Springboard: Women's 10m Platform: Five fencers, all men, represented East Germany in 1972. As