EXPLORATION, ENCOUNTER, EXCHANGE IN HISTORY
The debate raged throughout 1935 and most of 1936. IOC
AOC President Avery Brundage stated in his final report for
commitment, combined with his appointment to the IOC and
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ten days in February [Olympic Winter Games] the athletic
President Count Henri Baillet-Latour continued to state
the Organisationskomitee had the guarantee of Berlin
that all athletes would be treated fairly. Avery Brundage’s
a fact-finding trip to Germany, solidified the AOC’s intent to
send a team to Berlin.
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As a side note, two members of the United States’ men’s
100-meter relay team, Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller, were
replaced the night before they were supposed to compete
with two African Americans—Jesse Owens and Ralph
Metcalfe—by coach Lawson Robertson. It was rumored that
the German team had select, secret runners waiting in the
wings to win this event and that coach Robertson decided to
replace the slower Glickman and Stoller with two runners
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who were faster; however, what cannot be ignored is the fact
that both Glickman and Stoller were Jewish.
s a result of the Berlin Games and the issues regarding
racial tensions and the proposed Olympic boycott, the
IOC clarified its stance. By 1967, the Olympic Charter clearly
stated, “No discrimination is allowed against any country or
person on grounds of race, reli