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Originally Posted by cameroncrazy822
Worst Ever.... hello
1972 Munich Olympics (11 killed)... hands down then the 1996 Atlanta Olympics (2 killed 111 injured)
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I'd say the worst ever was 1968. 1968 saw a global uprsing of students and dissident elements. The Mexican government decided that it needed to end the local protests before the Olympics. The result was the Tlatelolco massacre. Hundreds were killed or disappeared. But hey, unlike 1972 it was AmericaApproved, so i suppose it really can't be that bad, right?
As for 1936, Hitler and Leni Riefenstahl more or less created the modern Olympics. The fascists were first to discover the political uses of Big Sport, but the Cold War Olympics were more or less the same thing.