Israel at the Olympics: what Wikipedia removed
Israel has competed at the Olympics as a nation since 1952. Through 2015 the opening said, “In 1972, 11 members of the Israeli delegation were murdered by Black September terrorists,” the Munich massacre. Today that sentence is gone from the opening, which instead covers medal counts and boycotts; terror survives once elsewhere in the article. A reader today learns Israel won a record medal count in 2024 and does not learn that eleven members of its Olympic delegation were murdered by Black September terrorists in 1972.
The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 1. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| antisemitism | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.
What was taken out
Section titled “What was taken out”- A sentence on Israel’s Olympic participation shaped in part by protest of the Nazi Party’s antisemitic policies, dropped from the opening.
- The sentence stating eleven members of the Israeli delegation were murdered by Black September terrorists in 1972, dropped from the opening.
- A note on Israel winning its first Olympic medal only in its tenth appearance, dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 358141386):
Template:Infobox Olympics Israel Israel has competed at the Olympic Games as a nation since 1952. Its National Olympic Committee was formed in 1933 during the British Mandate of Palestine . As the team represented the Jewish community, it boycotted the 1936 Games in Germany in protest of the Nazi Party ‘s anti-Semitic policies. Israel has sent a team to each Summer Olympic Games since 1952 (except when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics ) and to each Winter Olympic Games since 1994. In 1972, 11 members of the Israeli delegation were murdered by Black September terrorists. Israel won its first Olympic medal only in its tenth Olympic appearance, in 1992 .…
2025 (revision 1250455779):
Sporting event delegation Israel has competed at the Olympic Games as a nation since 1952. Its National Olympic Committee was formed in 1933, during the British Mandate of Palestine . Israel has sent a team to each Summer Olympic Games since 1952 (except when it participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics ), and to each Winter Olympic Games since 1994. Israel became a member of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in 1994. At the 2024 Summer Olympics , Israel won seven Olympic medals, the most up until this point, breaking Israel’s record for Olympic medals per Olympics. ^ Mallon, Bill; Heijmans, Jeroen (11 August 2011). Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement…
Related
Section titled “Related”- The drift report: what changed across all 61,944 watched articles
- The case file for this article, with every snapshot and every marked removal
- Who made the cuts: removals grouped by the account that made them
- The live article on Wikipedia
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