The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Summer_Olympics" id="mw3Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1972 Summer Olympics">Games of the XX Olympiad</a> open in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich" id="mw3g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Munich">Munich</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germany" id="mw3w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="West Germany">West Germany</a>.<sup about="#mwt44" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_26#cite_note-8" id="mw4A" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw4Q">[8]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"><cite about="#mwt41" class="citation web cs1" id="mwBrw"><a class="external text" href="https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/munich-1972" id="mwBr0" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Munich 1972 Summer Olympics - Athletes, Medals &amp; Results"</a>. <i id="mwBr4">Olympics</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBr8">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBsA">26 August</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt41" class="Z3988" id="mwBsE" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Olympics&amp;rft.atitle=Munich+1972+Summer+Olympics+-+Athletes%2C+Medals+%26+Results&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Folympics.com%2Fen%2Folympic-games%2Fmunich-1972&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+26"></span></span>