Deutschlandspiegel 217/1972 27.09.1972

Olympic Games Munich 1972 decorated brewery horses 6-Spänner. Olympic Stadium. Munich City pictures. TV Tower, Olympic site. Opening ceremony: Invasion of the teams into the stadium. Auditorium with Willy Brandt. Dance performances. Heinemann keeps opening speech: "I declare the Olympic Games of Munich in 1972 to celebrate of the 20th Olympiad of the modern era opened." Next to him stands including Willy Brandt, Prince Hendrik Von Denmark The Olympic flag is hoisted on the mast. Dancing folk - group from Mexico. Mexico - City Mayor awarded Avery Brundage Olympic flag, which forwards them to Munich Mayor Georg Kronawitter. Flying pigeons. Günther Zahn Torchbearer runs up the stairs at the stadium and lit the Olympic flame. Burning flame, big. Dolphin 200 meters: Mark Spitz leads, some swim in slow motion. The 6 x gold medalist from Munich WINS. Willy Brandt claps as spectators in addition to son Lars. Awarded the gold medal to Mark Spitz. Women's gymnastics: Olga Korbut USSR turns on uneven bars. Men's 100 metres: cameramen and photographers at the edge of the dirt track. Start and run i ZL. Valeri Borsow, USSR, WINS. Photographers surround him to run. Among the spectators of Edward Heath, Willy Brandt and Walter Scheel, Georges Pompidou. Pole vault: Wolfgang Nordwig, DDR, skips 5.50 m and WINS ZL. 10000 metres: Lasse Virén, Finland, takes the lead in the Sprint and WINS. Spectators waving a Finnish flag and running a victory lap through the stadium behind viruses. High jump women: Ulrike Meyfarth, BRD, jumping 1.92 m and wins the gold medal in ZL. Clapping spectators filling picture. Ulrike Meyfarth surrounded by photographers. The Olympic site, faces of pedestrians, black, child riding on his shoulders. The Carillon of the Town Hall, great. Crowd before the Town Hall, from above. Chilean dance group dance folk dances. Rowing: Finals of the eights. New Zealand WINS ahead of the German Democratic Republic and United States. The favored German team is 1st Augsburg: single person kayak whitewater driver Siegbert Horn, DDR, on the track of ZL. He won the gold medal. Kiel-Schilksee: aerial view of the port of Olympia. Sailing Regatta. As a spectator Gustav Heinemann in addition to Stoltenberg. U-turns in moving Lake. Regatta, total, from above. Terrorist attack of Palestinian guerrillas. Flying helicopter. Quarters of Israelis in the Olympic village. (Black and white shots). Funeral service: Waving flags of the Nations. Grieving people with hands in front of the face. The Olympic flag is at half-mast. Avery Brundage: "I will continue all the rest one day later than recently statuted. The games must go on." Dressage: Lieselotte Linsenhoff riding dressage on PIAF and wins gold. Marathon: Runners left the stadium. Walk viewers through the streets of Munich, on the side of the road. Champion Frank Shorter, United States, arrives first at the stadium. Exhausted champion Frank shorter. Long jump women: Heide Rosendahl jumps and wins gold ZL. 4 x 100 m relay ladies: season pass at the final runner Heide Rosendahl (ZL) against Renate Stecher, DDR, almost at the same level. Over the last 25 m Heide Rosendahl WINS lead and WINS. Happy hug through Staffelläuferinnen. Horse riding: Price of the Nations: William Steinkraus, United States, on the course makes mistakes at the moat. Winning team of Germany at the award ceremony. Closing ceremony: Spotlight circling in the stadium. The Olympic flame will disappear. Illuminated sign Montreal 1976 Olympic Games. The Olympic flag is obtained.

In countless reports and comments the world got to know a city, life in sound and image have been described their opposites, characterized her flair. There would be a "city of the year" it would be "Munich", the city of the 20th Olympic Games in 1972.
What remains of the games, which began as the cheerful, what is worth to be registered in the history of the sport: the opening ceremony without pathos, the sports facilities, the Organization, the perfection of the technology were also the consent of the world such as the neutrality of the audience, which was worth sporting performance with just A lot of applause.
Casual joy coined the ceremony as President Heinemann opened the games.
A tribute of Mexico's, the venue of the previous Olympic Games in Munich. The historic Olympic flag in the vaults of the Bavarian capital remains for four years. In a sign of the Olympic flame, there were WINS and losses and there are those unique moments that mark the games of Munich.

The outstanding personality of this 16 days is a medical student from America. Mark Spitz, 22 years old, a man who loves deep water, a miracle swimmer breaking 7 world records in Munich and seven gold medals WINS.
It will remain the name of a girl seventeen years in memory, Olga Korbut, who pursued Sparrow from Minsk, of luck and bad luck. You win three gold and a silver medal despite everything and is the favourite of the audience in the crowded Sports Hall.
On the classical spurt track over 100 m wins a "sprinter from Kiev": Valeri Borsow. Like no one before it is built up by a team of coaches to sports science knowledge, and he creates, what did no more for twelve years: A European wins the Olympic duel against the Americans.
Gold for Borzov of the Soviet Union. Three days later he repeated the second gold medal on the 200 m track.
In the honor box, heads of State are often leaders and celebrities from all over the world to see.
The great battle Instead of finds in the pole vault. Wolfgang Nordwig from East Germany is lined up to beat the world champion Seagren from the United States. And he manages it. He jumps over 5 metres 50 - new Olympic record.
At the Olympic Stadium in Munich, a new Idol is born for the distance of 10,000 and 5,000 m. A Finn is released from the Group and he is-Endspurt in the history with the fastest long-haul two gold medals.
The great tradition of running his country continues this success let viruses - the new Nurmi of Finland -.
A jump is the biggest surprise of this Olympic Games. A 16-year-old student jumps 1 m 92 new Olympic record: Ulrike Meyfarth from the Federal Republic of Germany. But who was Munich, is held in memory as the hunting records and medals. Munich had prepared themselves for a Festival, stretching into about the stages in the last corner of the city. And the Munich took part in the Festival. Even if they had no tickets, they were seeking the proximity of stages and enjoyed at the echo of jubilation to be feeling it.
The city of Munich was from noon until late in the evening a meeting place of Nations they met before the town hall under the glockenspiel.
The guest of many countries Mannheim took revenge with folkloric dances - a salute to the Olympic city of Munich.
The finale of the eighth belongs in the catalog of the highlights of these games. A major disappointment for the German rower who clearly favored on the 5th revert. The first blow to leads the team from New Zealand. Unchallenged, she drives the victory before the boats from the German Democratic Republic and the United States. The Munich Games were also the games of Augsburg and Kiel. The Eiskanal in Augsburg, the first artificial slalom course in the world, were the most forecasts in the water. The athletes from the GDR cope best with the treacherous flow conditions on the course for 600 m.
In Kiel-Schilksee, about 800 km north of Augsburg and Munich, the sailors vying for Olympic honor. 152 boats from 42 Nations sailing to 18 medals. The President of Germany took part in this event, in which almost everybody knows everybody, and that is recorded in the Chronicle of the games as Olympic Regatta in one of the most beautiful sailing areas.
But the radiant splendor went out, broke up the idea of the cheerful games, as on the 11th day of the 20th Olympic Games an incomparable massacre shocked the world. Palestinian terrorists chose the biggest international mass as a backdrop for hostage-taking and murder. They raided the quarters of the Israelis at the Olympic village, shot two members of the Israeli team and set 9 more hostage. Also the 9 hostages were murdered while attempting to free them. The world was United in their compassion for the victim - in their abhorrence of this Act.
The games were interrupted. The arena was the site of a memorial service.
"The Games must go on" - this now mostly discussed quote of the games should encourage the world to surrender not from political violence. After 24 hours of interruption, Lieselotte Linsenhoff wins the gold medal in the dressage from the Federal Republic of Germany became the first woman.
As the 76 marathon runners leave the stadium, no one speaks of Frank Shorter of the United States. Operation of suffering through Munich, where it is the most beautiful, is the highlight for the onlookers of the games. In the stadium but the Germans among the 80,000 spectators found their Idol: Heide Rosendahl, Pentathlete and world record holder in the long jump.
She wins the gold medal by one centimetre margin and deciding the 4 x 100 meter relay as final runner.
Their race against the Olympic champion Renate Stecher of East Germany becomes the most exciting finish of the games. Still approaching with every step of their rival Renate Stecher but about 25 meters from the finish proves to Heide Rosendahl as the stronger that day.
Victory in world record time for the girls from the Federal Republic of Germany. After this run, Heide Rosendahl and her rival Renate Stecher with two gold and a silver medals are the most successful athletes of Munich.
Today, it has started to speak of Frank Shorter. 1 1/2 hours he's alone at the top. In the middle of the city of Munich, he learns the anguish of the lone marathon runner and the applause, which is considered the first. Shorter told: "the last kilometres - that is how slowly die." Time: 2 hours, 12 minutes, 19.8 seconds.
Final day of the games. Price of the Nations, last competition. Once again, it comes to fractions of points.
William Steinkraus from the United States has to bring the chance for his team to a 0-error ride the gold medal.
She lost on the Federal Republic of Germany by a second carelessness at the moat.
The Olympic Games of Munich, which began as the cheerful, end thoughtful and pensive.

Date of Release:

27.09.1972

Year of Production:

1972

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Federal Republic of Germany

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Deutsche Reportagefilm GmbH

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Bundespresseamt

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16 mm

Duration:

00:17:00

Film length (in m):

170

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