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Israel's competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Israel competed at the
1972 Summer Olympics in
Munich ,
West Germany , which began on August 26. On September 5 and 6, in the
Munich massacre , 11 members of the Israeli delegation—5 athletes, 2 referees, and 4 coaches (names bolded on this page)—were taken hostage by
Palestine Liberation Organization terrorists and murdered. The remainder of the team left Munich on September 7.
Shaul Ladany , a
Holocaust survivor , competed in the
50-kilometer walk .
[2]
[3] He had been imprisoned in
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp as a child, and wore a
Star of David on his warm-up jersey.
[4]
[5] When he was congratulated by locals on his fluent German, he responded: "I learned it in Bergen-Belsen".
[5]
[6] He survived the Munich massacre by jumping off a balcony.
[2]
Results
Referees
The following nominated referees and judges were in the delegation:
[18]
Coaches and officials
The following coaches and officials were in the delegation:
[19]
References
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Israel
Archived 2015-06-28 at the
Wayback Machine
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b
"Shaul Ladany Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at" . Sports-reference.com. Archived from
the original on February 7, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013 .
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"Ladany, Shaul" . Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved February 24, 2013 .
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"Belsen Survivor Escapes Death Again" . The Miami News. September 6, 1972. Archived from
the original on March 9, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2013 .
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b Owen, John (July 24, 2008).
"Olympics Flashback: 1972: Terror and turmoil" . seattlepi.com. Retrieved February 25, 2013 .
^ Stan Isaacs (2008).
Ten Moments That Shook the Sports World: One Sportswriter's Eyewitness Accounts of the Most Incredible Sporting Events of the Past Fifty Years . Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN
9781602396289 . Retrieved February 24, 2013 .
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b
Official Report, p.56
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b
Official Report, p.65
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b
Official Report, pp.247–250
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Official Report, p.506
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b
Official Report, p.229
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Official Report, p.231
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Official Report, p.344
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b
Official Report, pp.166–7
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Official Report, pp.164–5
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Official Report, p.131
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Official Report, p.135
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Official Report, p.537
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Official Report, p.534
^ Binder, David (1972-09-06).
"9 Israelis on Olympic Team Killed with 4 Arab Captors as Police Fight Band that Disrupted Munich Games" .
New York Times . Retrieved 2008-08-31 .
Israel did not participate in 1980 due to a
boycott .
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