Games of the XX Olympiad

GPTKB entity

Statements (71)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Olympic_Games
gptkbp:closed 1972-09-11
gptkbp:commonName gptkb:1972_Summer_Olympics
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:1976_Summer_Olympics
gptkbp:hostCity gptkb:Munich
gptkbp:hostCountry gptkb:West_Germany
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Games of the XX Olympiad
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code gptkb:GER
gptkbp:logo gptkb:1972_Summer_Olympics_logo
gptkbp:mainVenue gptkb:Olympiastadion_(Munich)
gptkbp:mascot gptkb:Waldi
gptkbp:memberState 121
gptkbp:notableAthlete gptkb:Shane_Gould
gptkb:Dan_Gable
gptkb:Lasse_Virén
gptkb:Valeriy_Borzov
gptkb:Viktor_Saneyev
gptkb:Vladimir_Salnikov
gptkb:Mary_Peters
gptkb:John_Akii-Bua
gptkb:Klaus_Wolfermann
gptkb:Lyudmila_Bragina
gptkb:Renate_Stecher
gptkb:Rod_Milburn
gptkb:Ulrike_Meyfarth
gptkb:Valentina_Terskova
gptkb:David_Hemery
gptkb:Frank_Shorter
gptkb:Karin_Janz
gptkb:Kipchoge_Keino
gptkb:Klaus_Dibiasi
gptkb:Sawao_Kato
gptkb:Anatoly_Bondarchuk
gptkb:Ilona_Slupianek
gptkb:Olga_Korbut
gptkb:Faina_Melnik
gptkb:Richard_Fosbury
Mark Spitz
Munich massacre victims
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Munich_massacre
gptkbp:notableFor First time basketball final was won by Soviet Union
First Olympic Games to use electronic timing in all events
Rhythmic gymnastics and badminton were demonstration sports
Badminton was a demonstration sport
First Olympic Games held in Germany since 1936
First Olympic Games to use an official mascot
First official Olympic mascot (Waldi)
First time archery was included since 1920
Handball returned as an Olympic sport
Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals in swimming
Marked by terrorist attack (Munich massacre)
Olga Korbut became a gymnastics star
Rhythmic gymnastics was a demonstration sport
East Germany and West Germany competed as separate teams
First Olympic Games with a large-scale anti-doping program
First Olympic Games to use a color television broadcast in Europe
gptkbp:numberOfAthletes 7134
gptkbp:numberOfEvents 195
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:German
English
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Games_of_the_XX_Olympiad
gptkbp:opened gptkb:Gustav_Heinemann
1972-08-26
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:1968_Summer_Olympics
gptkbp:sport 21
gptkbp:torchRelayStartDate gptkb:Munich,_West_Germany
gptkb:Olympia,_Greece
gptkbp:year 1972
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1972_Summer_Olympics
gptkb:Летние_Олимпийские_игры_1972
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5