The 20th Olympic Games took place in Munich of Germany on August 27, 1972.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea took part in the Olympics for the first time.
In the Olympics shooter Ri Ho Jun made new Olympic and world records by the score of 599 at the 50-metre small-bore free rifle prone 60 shots and thus became the first Olympic gold medalist of the DPRK.
He was 25 years old at that time.