Athletes saw a dearth of personnel but did not worry about it and were posed to no threat. Surely there were undercover security but lacked as well. According to apus.edu there were no armed guards at the gates or venues. The 2,000 security were unarmed only for the reason being because the Olympic games that year were called “the games of peace and joy” trying to show others that it was a different berlin than what Hitler showed. After the attacks they demanded changes to the security for the Olympics so it would no longer be easier to hop over two meter fences and stroll in to athletes
Athletes saw a dearth of personnel but did not worry about it and were posed to no threat. Surely there were undercover security but lacked as well. According to apus.edu there were no armed guards at the gates or venues. The 2,000 security were unarmed only for the reason being because the Olympic games that year were called “the games of peace and joy” trying to show others that it was a different berlin than what Hitler showed. After the attacks they demanded changes to the security for the Olympics so it would no longer be easier to hop over two meter fences and stroll in to athletes