1972 Summer Olympics Olympic games in 1976. The Games were largely overshadowed by what has come to be known as the "Munich massacre". Just before dawn on September 5, a group of eight members of the Black September Palestinian terrorist organization broke into the Olympic Village and took eleven Israeli athletes, coaches and officials hostage in their apartments. Two of the hostages who resisted were killed in the first moments of the break-in; the subsequent standoff in the Olympic Village lasted for almost 18 hours. Late in the evening of September 5 that same day, the terrorists and their nine remaining hostages were
Norway at the 1972 Summer Olympics bracket. They defeated Japan to set up a match with Poland for ninth and tenth places, which Norway won. Men's Team Competition: Men's Coxed Pairs Flying Dutchman class Tempest class Finn class Star class Dragon class Soling class Seven male shooters represented Norway in 1972. Men's 100m Freestyle Men's 200m Freestyle Men's 400m Freestyle Men's 400m Medley Women's 100m Freestyle Women's 200m Medley Women's 400m Medley Norway at the 1972 Summer Olympics Norway was represented at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich by the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 112 competitors, 101 men and 11 women, took part