Skirt worn by Doreen Wilber in the 1972 Summer Olympics Games
date: label: date made
content: 1972
name: label: associated person
content: Wilber, Doreen V.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: White skirt with red stars, worn by Doreen Wilber (1930-2008) during the 1972 Summer Olympics in which she won a gold medal for archery. This was the first year that archery for women was held in the modern Olympic games. Wilber and John Williams led the U.S. to a sweep of archery gold medals that year.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 1972 Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Games of the XX Olympiad were held in Munich, Germany with 121 countries, 6,075 men and 1,059 women athletes participating. These were the first Games held in Germany since before World War II and Germany wanted to present a positive outlook to the world earning the Games the nickname the ‘Cheerful Games.’ Unfortunately, these Games would come to be remembered for the taking and subsequent deaths of Israeli hostages by a Palestinian terrorist organization, leading to increased security at subsequent Games. Mark Spitz was a standout in the swimming pool, winning a record seven gold medals while US swimmer Rick DeMont tested positive for a banned substance found in his asthma medication and was stripped of a medal and disqualified from the rest of the competition. Controversy also hit the basketball court as the United States men’s team lost to the Soviets after replaying the last 30 seconds three times. The Soviet Union won the medal count with 99 and the United States a close second with 94 medals.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Archery
label: level of sport
content: Olympics
label: related event
content: Olympic Summer Games: Munich, 1972
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Doreen V. Wilber
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0595.02
label: accession number
content: 1982.0595
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0595.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skirt
label: Object Name
content: skirt, olympics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 in x 24 in; 43.18 cm x 60.96 cm