Editing Olympic Games (section)

===War and terrorism===
The [[world war]]s caused three Olympiads to pass without a celebration of the Games: the [[1916 Summer Olympics|1916 Games]] were cancelled because of [[World War I|World War&nbsp;I]], and the summer and winter games of 1940 and 1944 were cancelled because of World War&nbsp;II.<ref name="hines-xxii"/> The [[Russo-Georgian War]] between Georgia and Russia erupted on the opening day of the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in Beijing. Both American President [[George W. Bush]] and Russian Prime Minister [[Vladimir Putin]] were attending the Olympics at that time and spoke together about the conflict at a luncheon hosted by the Chinese president [[Hu Jintao]].<ref name="MSNBC 2009-01-30" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Olympic Shooters Hug as their Countries do Battle|website=CNN|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/10/olympic.embrace/|access-date=10 August 2008|date=10 August 2008}}</ref>

Terrorism most directly affected the Olympic Games in 1972. When the [[1972 Summer Olympics|Summer Games]] were held in [[Munich]], Germany, eleven members of the [[Israel at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Israeli Olympic team]] were taken hostage by the [[Palestine Liberation Organization|Palestinian]] terrorist group [[Black September Organization|Black September]] in what is now known as the [[Munich massacre]]. The terrorists killed two of the athletes soon after taking them hostage and killed the other nine during a failed liberation attempt. A German police officer and five of the terrorists also died.<ref>{{cite news|title=Munich 1972: Massacre at Munich - 50 Years of Olympic Broadcasting|website=[[CBC.ca]]|url=http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-41-1289-7332/sports/olympics_cbc/clip5|access-date=29 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080223155213/http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-41-1289-7332/sports/olympics_cbc/clip5|archive-date=23 February 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Following the selection of [[Barcelona]], Spain, to host the [[1992 Summer Olympics]], the separatist [[ETA (separatist group)|ETA]] terrorist organisation launched attacks in the region, including the [[Vic bombing|1991 bombing]] in the Catalonian city of [[Vic, Catalonia|Vic]] that killed ten people.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1992/0401/01061.html|title=Spain Tackles Terrorist Threat by Basques to Olympics, Expo|journal=Christian Science Monitor|date=1 April 1992|last=Senor|first=Juan I.|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230326034137/https://www.csmonitor.com/1992/0401/01061.html|archive-date= 26 March 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1991/08/11/the-threat-to-the-games-in-spain/37be840c-3424-4451-b037-151a53bf2491/|title=The Threat to the Games in Spain|newspaper=Washington Post|date=11 August 1991|last1=Finkelstein|first1=Beth|last2=Koch|first2=Noel|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114183729/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1991/08/11/the-threat-to-the-games-in-spain/37be840c-3424-4451-b037-151a53bf2491/|archive-date= 14 November 2020 }}</ref>

Terrorism affected two Olympic Games held in the United States. During the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in Atlanta, [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing|a bomb was detonated at the Centennial Olympic Park]], killing two people and injuring 111 others. The bomb was set by [[Eric Rudolph]], an [[American domestic terrorist]], who is serving a life sentence for the bombing.<ref>{{cite news|title=Olympic Park Bombing|website=CNN|url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9607/27/olympic.bomb.main|access-date=29 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828222231/http://www.cnn.com/US/9607/27/olympic.bomb.main/|archive-date=28 August 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[2002 Winter Olympics]] in Salt Lake City took place just five months after the [[September&nbsp;11 attacks]], which meant a higher level of security than ever before provided for an Olympic Games. The opening ceremonies of the Games featured symbols relating to 9/11, including the flag that flew at [[World Trade Center site|Ground Zero]] and honour guards of [[NYPD]] and [[FDNY]] members.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gazettenet.com/2011/05/03/ioc-bin-laden-killing-no-bearing-olympic-security|title=IOC on bin Laden killing: no bearing on Olympic security|date=3 May 2011
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