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Originally Posted by cbax5
I thought Jesse Owens winning 4 gold medals in Nazi Germany had way more significance than the 1980 boycott. Or any other event. To me, that was the most significant political statement in an Olympics on many levels.
Interesting both the US and Germany had their own versions of second class citizens then. And both countries were heading in different directions on that issues. One creeping, ever so slowly, but towards intergration. While the other raced quickly in the other direction. At least Jesse Owens was representing the US. Germany didn't even have one Jew representing Germany in that Olympics.
HBO Sports had a great documentary on this.
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Again, no political influence so to "ban" a games is just silly.
Joe Lewis vs Max Baer in '35 was far more symbolic then that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kzpECJjefI
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