Sports+Olympics

= **Sports/Olympics** = The Cold War brought tension to every aspect of competitions, whether this is the space race, territorial race, the arms race, and nuclear weaponry outdoing of each other. The Olympics were another way that the US and Soviet Union tried to show up each other through sports. In about four decades of these games, the US and Soviets earned countless medals, "proving" which one was better. During all these years, social media amplified opposing countries faults to show how desperate they were to win, for example, in 1966, Hungarian female athletes were given sex tests, because of the belief that they were men posing as women to play better. Also, the Soviets and Hungarians got into a fist fight during a water polo match. So much hatred had been created between countries because of WW2 aftermath and the new competitions, that 65 countries dropped out of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, including America. Sports are usually an escape for people from their stress, but in this case, they added to the battle of cold war tensions.

=Summer Olympics 1952 = Where: Helsinki, Finland Facts: -To not cause tension, western and eastern competitors were separated in their bunk houses -East and West Germany were forced to compete as one - Soviet Unions first Olympics

Winter Olympics 1956
Where: Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy  Facts: -Soviets collect most medals -Americans win figure skating, Tenley Albright for women’s, Hayes Alan for men’s.

Summer Olympics 1956
Where: Melbourne, Australia Facts: -Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and PR of China refuse to compete <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">-Soviets and Hungary get in fist fights during water polo match

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<span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">-John Wing proposes everyone walking out together at the end, this still happens.

<span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Where: Budapest, Hungary <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">When: 1966 <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Facts: <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Sex tests are given to Soviets and Eastern Europeans for belief that the women were really men

<span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Where: Mexico City, Mexico <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">When: 1968 <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Facts: <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">East Germany changes its banner

<span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Summer Olympics 1972
<span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Where: Munich, Germany <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Facts: <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">11 Israeli competitors were killed by police, Soviets beat Americans in basketball by a point. East Germany wins 66 medals, Soviets 99, Americans 94.

<span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Summer Olympics 1976
<span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Where: Montreal, Canada <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Facts: <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">East Germany wins 90 medals, Soviets and Americans are ahead by a little.

<span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Winter Olympics of 1980
<span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Where: Lake Placid, New York <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Facts: <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Americans beat Soviets in hockey, creating the famous movie “Miracle”. <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">media type="youtube" key="3r9HuXIbXP8" width="317" height="262"

<span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Where: Moscow, USSR
<span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Facts: <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Olympics being held are threatened when Soviets invade Afghanistan, about 65 countries boycott, including America.

<span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Where: Los Angeles, USA
<span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Facts: <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Soviets and 14 others boycott Olympics. Private funding for Olympics raises $250 million.

<span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Where: Seoul, South Korea
<span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Facts: <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">North Korea drops out. Soviets beat Americans in basketball, they later let NBA players join the Olympics, making the “Dream Team”.

<span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Summer Olympics 1992
<span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Where: Barcelona, Spain <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Facts: <span style="background-color: #e64747; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">The Cold War is over, and the former Soviet players become a “unified team”.

=Citing= Greenspan, Bud. //100 Greatest Olympic Moments//. 1. 1. Los Angeles: General Publishing Group, 1995. 218. Print.

Kieran, John, and Arthur Daley. //Olympic Games//. 1. 1. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1969. 470. Print.

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Unknown. "The Cold War Sporting Front." //Doping For Gold//. PBS, June 6th, 2011. Web. April 30, 2012. <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/features/doping-for-gold/the-cold-war-sporting-front/53/>.

Unknown. "The Olympics and Politics Collide." //Voice of America//. VOA, May 01, 2008. Web. 30 Apr 2012. <http://www.voanews.com/english/news/a-13-2008-05-05-voa13-66646712.html>.