Sep 10, 1972
Olga Korbut won gold in the team competition, beam and the floor
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Sep 10, 1972
Kenya's Kip Keino stormed clear of team-mate Ben Jipcho and Finland's Tapio Kantanen to win the 300m steeplechase
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Sep 10, 1972
Finland's Lasse Viren was the long-distance star taking gold in the 500m and 10,000m
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Sep 10, 1972
Russian player Aleksandr Belov broke US hearts by netting the winning basket. The US team refused to accept their silver medals
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Sep 10, 1972
In a tight match the US basketball team believed they had won, but confusion over a late time-out gave the Soviet team a few seconds to score two more points and claim victory
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Aug 31, 1972
The Olympic flag flew at half mast in respect of the 11 Israeli athletes who were shot dead by Palestinian terrorists
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