Topic spans: 1956 - 2000
50 Years of Olympic Broadcasting
From Melbourne to Montreal, Munich to Mexico City, the CBC has roamed the planet to beam Olympic history into Canadian living rooms. We take a look back and, through the eyes of CBC correspondents, experience decades of Olympic triumph and heartbreak. At first, it's via crackling shortwave. Later, live TV coverage flows around-the-clock from the other side of the globe.
13 television clips
6 radio clips
Munich 1972: Encounter with terror
Broadcast Date: Aug. 1, 1984
Don Wittman got an uncomfortably close look at a Munich hostage-taker.Munich 1972: Encounter with terror
Medium: Radio
Program: Olympic Magazine
Broadcast Date: Aug. 1, 1984
Guest(s): Don Wittman
Host: Vicki Gabereau
Duration: 5:38
Last updated:
May 19, 2004
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U.S. sprinter Carl Lewis talks about Ben Johnson and steroid use in track and field.
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Canada's sweetheart, an overlooked hockey team, the goodtime bobsleigh playboys, and the tiger from British Columbia – these are Canada's post-war Olympic gold players. In an era that predated big...
Munich 1972: Encounter with terror.
The CBC Digital Archives Website.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Last updated: May 19, 2004.
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