Israel at the Olympics 1972 Olympic team were murdered during the Munich massacre: The tragedy caused the Israeli delegation to withdraw from the remainder of the Games. The murdered people were: On 3 August 2016, two days prior to the start of the 2016 Summer Olympics, the International Olympic Committee officially honored the Israelis killed for the first time. An Iranian judoka, Arash Miresmaeili, did not compete in a match against Israeli Ehud Vaks during the 2004 Summer Olympics, due to the government of Iran having taken steps to avoid any competition between its athletes and those from Israel. He was officially disqualified for
Ireland at the 1972 Summer Olympics Ireland at the 1972 Summer Olympics Ireland competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 59 competitors, 51 men and 8 women, took part in 54 events in 12 sports. No Irish athletes received an Olympic medal in their sport. Men's 400 metres Men's 800 metres Men's 1.500 metres Men's 5.000 metres Men's 10.000 metres Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase Men's Marathon Men's Shot Put Women's 800 metres Women's 1.500 metres Women's 100m Hurdles Women's Pentathlon Men's Welterweigt 67 kg Joe Darcy unable to compete due to injury. Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) Four cyclists represented Ireland in