Monaco 1972
XX edition of the Summer Olympics
26 August - 11 September 1972
Medal table
- 5
- 3
- 10
STATISTICS
- Nations 122
- Athletes 7113 (6054 men; 1059 women)
- Italian Athletes 224 (197 men; 27 women)
The Germans of Bavaria prepared an Olympics on a great scale, both in terms of technology and structures. And the first 10 days proved it was the right move. The competitions provided us with outstanding sporting results, such as those of Mike Spitz who managed to win seven gold medals. But the Munich Games will go down in history, not only Olympic, stained by the Israeli massacre. On the morning of the 5th of September, eight militants of "Black September" entered the Olympic village and captured 11 Jewish athletes asking, in exchange for their freedom, that of many Arab terrorists held in Israeli prisons. The refusal to negotiate led to a clash with German special forces during which all of the Israeli hostages and several terrorists were killed. The Games were suspended for a day: something that had never happened before not even in ancient times.
Athlete | Medal | Sport |
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Klaus DIBIASI | GOLD | Diving 10m Platform |
Graziano MANCINELLI | GOLD | Equestrian Individual Jumping |
Antonella RAGNO - LONZI | GOLD | Fencing Individual Foil |
Michele MAFFEI , Mario Tullio MONTANO , Mario Aldo MONTANO , Rolando RIGOLI , Cesare SALVADORI | GOLD | Fencing Team Sabre |
Angelo SCALZONE | GOLD | Shotgun Trap |
Franco CAGNOTTO | SILVER | Diving 3m Springboard |
Alessandro ARGENTON | SILVER | Equestrian Individual Eventing |
Novella CALLIGARIS | SILVER | Swimming 400m Freestyle |
Paola PIGNI - CACCHI | BRONZE | Athletics 1500m |
Pietro MENNEA | BRONZE | Athletics 200m |
Franco CAGNOTTO | BRONZE | Diving 10m Platform |
Piero D'INZEO , Raimondo D'INZEO , Graziano MANCINELLI , Vittorio ORLANDI | BRONZE | Equestrian Team Jumping |
Silvano BASAGNI | BRONZE | Shotgun Trap |
Novella CALLIGARIS | BRONZE | Swimming 400m Individual Medley |
Novella CALLIGARIS | BRONZE | Swimming 800m Freestyle |
Anselmo SILVINO | BRONZE | Weightlifting 75 kg |
Giuseppe BOGNANNI | BRONZE | Wrestling Greco Roman 52kg |
Gian Matteo RANZI | BRONZE | Wrestling Greco Roman 68kg |