Oct 14, 1972

Tom Weiskopf plays out of a bunker

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Oct 1, 1972

Mark Spitz poses with his seven gold medals he won at the 1972 Munich Olympics

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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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Sep 7, 1972

One of the Black September guerrillas who broke into the Munich Olympic Village

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Sep 4, 1972

Mary Peters competes in the long jump

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Aug 31, 1972

Heide Rosendahl during the long jump

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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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Aug 31, 1972

Mark Spitz land the 200m Butterfly, one of seven golds for the American at the Games

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Aug 30, 1972

Steve Prefontaine

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Jul 1, 1972

Muhammad Ali trains for his fight with Alvin Lewis, Dublin, Ireland, July, 1972

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Jun 16, 1972

Virginia Wade in action against America's Chris Evert during the Wightman Cup

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May 1, 1972

George Chuvalo connects with a left to the head of Muhammad Ali

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May 1, 1972

George Best gets massaged by a young woman on a yacht

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Apr 29, 1972

Gordon Banks lies on the turf after being beaten by West Germany's first goal, scored by Uli Hoeness

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Mar 19, 1972

Jean Pierre Beltoise in action at Brands Hatch

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Feb 28, 1972

The 1971-72 Chelsea squad lines up for a photo

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