Three Seconds in Munich: Sports, Politics, and the 1972 Olympics

David A. F. Sweet is an author and journalist from Lake Forest, Illinois. His book, Three Seconds in Munich: The Controversial 1972 Olympic Basketball Final, examines the disputed ending of the 1972 Olympic basketball final between the United States and the Soviet Union.

The story reaches beyond basketball, touching on the larger setting of the Munich Olympics, Cold War tensions, international sports politics, and the terrorist attack that killed eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team. His presentation will offer Rotary members a look at a dramatic moment where sports, history, politics, and world events intersected.