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Games of the XX Olympiad - Munich 1972
Date: 26 August - 11 September.
Nations: 121.
Athletes: 7,123 (6.065 men, 1,058 women).
Sports: 23.
Events: 195.
Official opening of the Games by:
President Gustave Heinemann.
Olympic flame: - Günter Zhan (athletics).
Olympic oath: - Heidi Schüller (athletics).
Official oath: - Heinz Pollay (equestrian).
Number of medal-winning nations: 48.
National medal total:
1. USSR 99 (50, 27, 22).
   
                   
      The Games were overshadowed by a terrorist attack in which 11 Israeli athletes and coaches lost their lives.
The USA basketball team was defeated for the first time since 1932 after 62 triumphs. In the final match against the USSR they had a one-point lead – 50:49. However, as the USSR coach Kondrashkin had called for a time-out three second before the end, the clock was set back for three seconds and the match was continued.
Edeshko passed a long ball to Aleksandr Belov who scored the winning basket - 51:50. The Americans filed a protest but it was in vain (their official appeal was rejected) and they refused their silver medals. Those medals are to this day safekept in a Munich bank.
Yugoslavia participated in the Games with 128 athletes in 15 sports and won five medals – two golds, one silver and two bronzes. The Yugoslav national handball team became the first Olympic champion in the sport. Mate Parlov won the first Yugoslav Olympic boxing gold. The silver medal was won by Josip Čorak, and the bronzes by Zvonimir Vujin and Milan Nenadić.

Candidate cities: Detroit, Madrid and Montreal.


Defile sportista Jugoslavije u Minhenu

  
The most successful athlete:
Mark Spitz (USA), seven gold medals and seven world records 		 
               
     

SPORTS (23)

    
 		  
     
  • Aquatics1
  • Athletics
  • Badminton2
  • Cycling
  • Boxing
  • Rowing
  • Gymnastics
  • Weightlifting
  • Sailing
  • Canoe/kayak
  • Equestrian
  • Basketball
  • Fencing
  • Modern Pentathlon
  • Volleyball
  • Wrestling
  • Handball
  • Wrestling
  • Water Skiing2
  • Archery
  • Shooting
  • Football
  • Hockey
  • Judo
  1 - swimming, diving, water polo and starting with 1984, synchronized swimming
2 - demonstration sports included in the Olympic programme at the suggestion of the host country. Badminton became an Olympic sport in 1992.		  
             
     

NATIONAL MEDAL TOTAL

      
     
  Country Gold Silver Bronze
1. USSR 50 27 22
2. USA 33 31 30
3. GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 20 23 23
4. GERMANY 13 11 16
5. JAPAN 13 8 8
6. AUSTRALIA 8 7 2
7. POLAND 7 5 9
8. HUNGARY 6 13 16
9. BULGARIA 6 10 5
10. ITALY 5 3 10
11. SWEDEN 4 6 6
12. GREAT BRITAIN 4 5 9
13. ROMANIA 3 6 7
14. FINLAND 3 1 4
15. CUBA 3 1 4
16. NETHERLANDS 3 1 1
17. FRANCE 2 4 7
18. CZECHOSLOVAKIA 2 4 2
19. KENYA 2 3 4
20. YUGOSLAVIA 2 1 2
21. NORWAY 2 1 1
22. DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 1 1 3
23. NEW ZEALAND 1 1 1
24. UGANDA 1 1 0
25. DENMARK 1 0 0
26. SWITZERLAND 0 3 0
27. CANADA 0 2 3
28. IRAN 0 2 1
29. BELGIUM 0 2 0
30. GREECE 0 2 0
31. AUSTRIA 0 1 2
32. COLOMBIA 9 1 2
33. ARGENTINA 0 1 0
34. SOUTH KOREA 0 1 0
35. LEBANON 0 1 0
36. MEXICO 0 1 0
37. MOROCCO 0 1 0
38. PAKISTAN 0 1 0
39. TUNISIA 0 1 0
40. TURKEY 0 1 0
41. BRAZIL 0 0 2
42. ETHIOPIA 0 0 2
43. GHANA 0 0 1
44. INDIA 0 0 1
45. JAMAICA 0 0 1
46. NIGERIA 0 0 1
47. NIGER 0 0 1
48. SPAIN 0 0 1
  For the first time Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Colombia and Niger won Olympic medals.  
             
           
                   
             
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