Who did the Palestinian terrorists take hostage?
The Munich massacre was an attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September, who took nine members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage, after killing two of them.
Which horrific event was carried out by the Black September organization of the Palestinian Liberation Organization?
the Munich massacre
What did Black September do?
The group was responsible for the 1972 Munich massacre in which 11 Israeli Olympic athletes were murdered, nine of whom were first taken hostage, and the killing of a German police officer, during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.
What happened at the 72 Olympics?
During the 1972 Summer Olympics at Munich, in the early morning of September 5, a group of Palestinian terrorists storms the Olympic Village apartment of the Israeli athletes, killing two and taking nine others hostage. Olympic competition was suspended for 24 hours to hold memorial services for the slain athletes.
How was Salameh killed?
January 22, 1979, Beirut, Lebanon
Which Olympics did the US women’s relay team set the world record?
London 2012
Who holds the world record for relay?
4 × 100 metres relay
| Athletics 4 × 100 metres relay | |
|---|---|
| The finish at the Rio 2016 Olympics | |
| World records | |
| Men | Jamaica (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt) 36.84 (2012) |
| Women | United States (Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter) 40.82 (2012) |
Who runs faster male or female?
There is quite an overlap in performance generally between male and female athletic performance but, all other things being equal, the fastest men run on average about 10 per cent faster than the fastest women.
Which gender is better at swimming?
Conclusion: The best women were ≈12 – 14% faster than the men in a 46-km open-water ultradistance race with temperatures < 20°C. The maturity of ultradistance swimmers has changed during the last decades, with the fastest swimmers becoming older across the years.