An armed police officer maintains surveillance in the Athletes' Village during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany, after...
Munich, Germany. Happy Soviet players celebrate their win against USA in the exciting Olympic final game in basketball, giving the Soviets the gold...
The US basketball team shows their frustration to the decision of the officials giving the gold medal to the Soviet Union in at the Olympic games in...
View of action between the Soviet Union and United States teams , with James Forbes in the air, in the final of the Basketball event at the 1972...
Portraits of the eleven Israeli athletes and coaches slain in West Germany at the 1972 Olympic Games. They are : Yosef Gutfreund, 40; Moshe Weinberg,...
The US basketball team shows their frustration to the decision of the officials giving the gold medal to the Soviet Union in at the Olympic games in...
The Olympic flag flying at half-mast in the Olympic Stadium in Munich during the memorial service for the Israeli athletes who were killed by Arab...
Flags of nations are at half-staff behind the Olympic torch during memorial services September 6 for the 11 dead Israeli athletes.
View of action between the Soviet Union and United States teams , with American Mike Bantom , surrounded by Soviet players, about to shoot during the...
Summer Olympics: USA coach Hank Iba upset during dispute after officials gave USSR three tries to win Gold Medal Game at Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle. Soviet...
View of action between the Soviet Union and United States teams , with Mike Bantom in the air, in the final of the Basketball event at the 1972...
Action between the Soviet Union and United States teams , with American Mike Bantom , surrounded by Soviet players, leaping to shoot during the final...
Munich, Germany: A short moment of joy for the USA basketball players who mistakenly celebrate what they thought was a victory over the Soviet team...
View of action between the Soviet Union and United States teams , with James Forbes and Mike Bantom of the United States in the air, in the final of...
Action between the Soviet Union and United States teams in the final of the Basketball event at the 1972 Summer Olympics inside the...
Action between the Soviet Union and United States teams in the final of the Basketball event at the 1972 Summer Olympics inside the...
Basketball team battles for the tip off against the Russia basketball team on September 10, 1972 in Munich, Germany. The Russia won this...
Players and officials from the United States team mistakenly celebrate victory after a 50-49 score in the final of the Basketball event at the 1972...
View of the United States basketball team mistakenly celebrating victory with the scoreboard showing a 50-49 score against the Soviet Union in the...
Action between the Soviet Union and United States teams , with American Kevin Joyce defending during the final of the Basketball event at the 1972...
Action between the Soviet Union and United States teams in the final of the Basketball event at the 1972 Summer Olympics inside the...
Action between the Soviet Union and United States teams in the final of the Basketball event at the 1972 Summer Olympics inside the...
View of action between the Soviet Union and United States teams , with American Dwight Jones surrounded by Soviet players, during the final of the...
Munich: Armed police drop into position on a terrace directly above the apartments where between nine and 26 members of the Israeli Olympic team are...
Member of the International Olympic Committee speaks with a masked PLO terrorist who invaded the Olympic Village, taking hostages and later killing...
An armed police officer wearing a tracksuit and holding a Walther machine pistol drops to a lower level to maintain surveillance after Palestinian...
Fairfax photographer captured one of the defining images of the Munich Olympics in 1972. This Palestinian is one of a group that had taken 12 Israeli...
Unspecified police officers and Ministry of Interior officials attempt to negotiate with Palestinian terrorist group 'Black September' for the...
Unspecified police officers and Ministry of Interior officials attempt to negotiate with Palestinian terrorist group 'Black September' for the...
Police officers and Ministry of Interior officials attempt to negotiate with Palestinian terrorist group Black September for the release of hostages...
The mother of an Israeli athlete slain at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games grieves for her son at his funeral. It was the first year the modern state of...
Steve Prefontaine of the United States leads Lasse Viren of Finland and Emiel Puttemans of Belgium during the Men's 5,000 metres event at the XX...
Authorities inspecting a balcony at the scene of the massacre during which eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team were killed by Palestinian...
As the Israeli hostage drama unfolded in the walkway between buildings in the Olympic village, the lead terrorist talked with German police officials...
Spectators seated to watch athletes on the track as part of the Parade of Nations during the opening ceremony of the 1972 Summer Olympics inside the...
Munich, Germany: Mark Spitz of Carmichael, Calif. USA, wings his way to a seventh gold medal as he swims the butterfly leg of the 4x100 meters medley...
British Equestrian Gold Medal winners at the 1972 Munich Olympics Captain Mark Phillips, Mary Gordon Watson, Richard Meade and Bridget Parker.
Wreckage of the Federal Border Police helicopter is seen after failed rescue attempt of Israeli athletes resulting in fire exchange as terrorist...
Photographers gather after the Munich massacre, during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany, September 1972. Eleven members of the Israeli...
Press photographers take pictures as a man lays flowers next to a wreath placed beside the door to the Israel team's accomodation in the Olympic...
In this handout photo supplied by GPO, grieving relatives of the 11 Israeli athletes murdered by Palestinian gunmen in the Munich Olympics arrive to...
Unspecified police officers and Ministry of Interior officials attempt to negotiate with Palestinian terrorist group 'Black September' for the...
Construction work underway on the Olympic Village during preparations ahead of the 1972 Summer Olympics, held in Munich, West Germany, 1972.
Lasse Viren of Finland raises his arms after wining the 10,000 m race during the Olympic games in Munich, West Germany. Viren also won the 5,000 m...
Summer Olympics: USA Doug Collins in action, pass vs USSR Alexander Belov and Sergei Belov during Gold Medal Game at Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle.Munich,...
The U.S. Team enters the Olymoic Stadium during the opening ceremonies of the 20th Olympic Games, held in Munich, Germany. Olga Connolly, wife of...
Munich, West Germany Olympics village complex with German polices officers on the roof during the hostage stand off, at the 1972 Summer Olympics /...
Munich, West Germany United States team vs Soviet team, competing in the Men's basketball tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics / the Games of the...
Munich, West Germany United States team vs Soviet team, competing in the Men's basketball tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics / the Games of the...
Summer Olympics: USA Kevin Joyce in action, defense vs Soviet Union Zurab Sakandelidze during Gold Medal Game at Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle. Munich, West...
Munich, West Germany United States team vs Soviet team, competing in the Men's basketball tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics / the Games of the...
Unspecified police officers and Ministry of Interior officials attempt to negotiate with Palestinian terrorist group 'Black September' for the...
Terrorism, 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, September 1972, The room in which two Israelis were killed when the Arab guerillas first attacked.
Esther Roth of Israel prepares to compete in the semi final of the Women's 100 metres event on 2nd September 1972 during the XX Summer Olympic Games...
West German Bundesgrenzschutz officer standing guard near a grenade damaged Bell UH-1 helicopter on the day after a gun battle between West German...
The body of one of the guerrillas from the Palestinian terrorist organisation Black September, who was shot by police at Furstenfeldbruck military...
Director for the Israel Bridge Federation Ilan Shezifi and his wife Israeli runner Hana Shezifi join survivors of the Munich Massacre at the 1972...
