9 July 1991
After being banned from the Olympic games for 21 years, the Olympics Committee ends it ban on participation by South Africa. This allowed South African athletes to compete in the 1992 summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. [1]
Endnotes
[1]Olympics committee ends its ban on participation by South Africa, http://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/10/sports/olympics-olympics-committee-ends-its-ban-on-participation-by-south-africa.html (8 April 2017). ↵
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