Politics in Sport
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Politics in Sport The Nazi Olympics Sport as Propaganda, USSR Bloodbath in Melbourne 1956 The Black Panthers, Mexico City 1968 The Munich Massacre, Munich 1972 Olympic Boycots, Moscow 1980 LA 1984
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Politics in Sport. The Nazi Olympics Sport as Propaganda, USSR Bloodbath in Melbourne 1956 The Black Panthers, Mexico City 1968 The Munich Massacre, Munich 1972 Olympic Boycots, Moscow 1980 LA 1984. The Nazi Olympics. Berlin 1936. Adolf Hitler – the Nazi party. Symbolism Propaganda. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Politics in Sport
The Nazi OlympicsSport as Propaganda, USSRBloodbath in Melbourne 1956The Black Panthers, Mexico City 1968The Munich Massacre, Munich 1972Olympic Boycots, Moscow 1980 LA 1984
The Nazi Olympics
Berlin 1936
Adolf Hitler – the Nazi party
Symbolism Propaganda
Jesse Owens - 4 World Records
The results
The XI Olympic Games concluded with Germany as the overall victor, capturing 89 medals.
The Americans came in second with 56.
Helsinki 1952
USSR in Finland
WW II Russia The great wars that had devastated Europe were
over. Mother Russia had suffered unimaginable losses. Over 20 million of her people had died in World War II
alone. Now the fire of war had grown cold and so had the
spirit of a passionate and strong people. How to rekindle that spirit? In 1952 the Soviets challenged Capitalism at the
Olympics. Their athletes would carry the torch of a new ideology into an arena where their strength and will would define that spirit.
The Soviet Union USSR / CCCP
Melbourne 1956
Bloodbath in Melbourne 1952
Mexico City 1968
Only 10 days before the games began, government troops fired on a mass protest by striking teachers and students, killing hundreds
Tommie Smith & John Carlos
Munich 1972
11 Israeli athletes murdered in the Olympic Village by Palestine terrorists
Ankie Spitzer, widow of the Israeli fencing coach, Andre Spitzer, who was slain by Arab terrorists on Sept. 5, 1972, surveys the room where the incident occurred at Munich, Germany's Olympic Village on Sept. 8, 1972. The chalk circles on the wall were made by West German police to trace the impact of the bullets. Photo courtesy of Associated Press
Moscow and L.A.
Moscow 1980
Moscow 1980
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze
Total
1 Soviet Union (URS) 80 69 46 195
2 East Germany (GDR) 47 37 42 126
3 Bulgaria (BUL) 8 16 17 41
4 Cuba (CUB) 8 7 5 20
Los Angeles 1984
Los Angeles 1984
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze
Total
1 United States (USA) 83 61 30 174
2 Romania (ROM) 20 16 17 53
3 West Germany (FRG) 17 19 23 59
4 China (CHN) 15 8 9 32
5 Italy (ITA) 14 6 12 32
6 Canada (CAN) 10 18 16 44
Sources
olympic.org pbs.org abc.net.au bbc.co.net
