Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, 38 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 14 for women. There were a total number of 1324 participating athletes from 104 countries.
Medal summary[]
Men[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100 metres |
Valeriy Borzov![]() |
10.14 | Robert Taylor![]() |
10.24 | Lennox Miller![]() |
10.33 |
200 metres |
Valeriy Borzov![]() |
20.00 | Larry Black![]() |
20.19 | Pietro Mennea![]() |
20.30 |
400 metres |
Vincent Matthews![]() |
44.66 | Wayne Collett![]() |
44.80 | Julius Sang![]() |
44.92 |
800 metres |
Dave Wottle![]() |
1:45.86 | Yevhen Arzhanov![]() |
1:45.89 | Mike Boit![]() |
1:46.01 |
1500 metres |
Pekka Vasala![]() |
3:36.33 | Kipchoge Keino![]() |
3:36.81 | Rod Dixon![]() |
3:37.46 |
5000 metres |
Lasse Virén![]() |
13:26.42 (OR) |
Mohammed Gammoudi![]() |
13:27.33 | Ian Stewart![]() |
13:27.61 |
10,000 metres |
Lasse Virén![]() |
27:38.35 (WR) |
Emiel Puttemans![]() |
27:39.58 | Miruts Yifter![]() |
27:40.96 |
110 metres hurdles |
Rod Milburn![]() |
13.24 (WR) |
Guy Drut![]() |
13.34 | Thomas Hill![]() |
13.48 |
400 metres hurdles |
John Akii-Bua![]() |
47.82 (WR) |
Ralph Mann![]() |
48.51 | David Hemery![]() |
48.52 |
3000 metres steeplechase |
Kipchoge Keino![]() |
8:23.64 (OR) |
Ben Jipcho![]() |
8:24.62 | Tapio Kantanen![]() |
8:24.66 |
4×100 metres relay |
![]() Larry Black Robert Taylor Gerald Tinker Eddie Hart |
38.19 (WR) |
![]() Aleksandr Kornelyuk Vladimir Lovetskiy Yuris Silovs Valeriy Borzov |
38.50 | ![]() Jobst Hirscht Karlheinz Klotz Gerhard Wucherer Klaus Ehl |
38.79 |
4×400 metres relay |
![]() Charles Asati Munyoro Nyamau Robert Ouko Julius Sang |
2:59.83 | ![]() Martin Reynolds Alan Pascoe David Hemery David Jenkins |
3:00.46 | ![]() Gilles Bertould Daniel Velasques Francis Kerbiriou Jacques Carette |
3:00.65 |
Marathon |
Frank Shorter![]() |
2:12:19.8 | Karel Lismont![]() |
2:14:31.8 | Mamo Wolde![]() |
2:15:08.4 |
20 kilometres walk |
Peter Frenkel![]() |
1:26:42.4 (OR) |
Volodymyr Holubnychy![]() |
1:26:55.2 | Hans-Georg Reimann![]() |
1:27:16.6 |
50 kilometres walk |
Bernd Kannenberg![]() |
3:56:11.6 | Veniamin Soldatenko![]() |
3:58:24.0 | Larry Young![]() |
4:00:46.0 |
High jump |
Jüri Tarmak![]() |
2.23 m | Stefan Junge![]() |
2.21 m | Dwight Stones![]() |
2.21 m |
Pole vault |
Wolfgang Nordwig![]() |
5.50 m (OR) |
Robert Seagren![]() |
5.40 m | Jan Johnson![]() |
5.35 m |
Long jump |
Randy Williams![]() |
8.24 m | Hans Baumgartner![]() |
8.18 m | Arnie Robinson![]() |
8.03 m |
Triple jump |
Viktor Saneyev![]() |
17.35 m | Jörg Drehmel![]() |
17.31 m | Nelson Prudêncio![]() |
17.05 m |
Shot put |
Władysław Komar![]() |
21.18 m (OR) |
George Woods![]() |
21.17 m | Hartmut Briesenick![]() |
21.14 m |
Discus throw |
Ludvík Daněk![]() |
64.40 m | Jay Silvester![]() |
63.50 m | Ricky Bruch![]() |
63.40 m |
Hammer throw |
Anatoliy Bondarchuk![]() |
75.50 m (OR) |
Jochen Sachse![]() |
74.96 m | Vasili Khmelevski![]() |
74.04 m |
Javelin throw |
Klaus Wolfermann![]() |
90.48 m (OR) |
Jānis Lūsis![]() |
90.46 m | Bill Schmidt![]() |
84.42 m |
Decathlon |
Mykola Avilov![]() |
8454 pts (WR) |
Leonid Lytvynenko![]() |
8035 pts | Ryszard Katus![]() |
7984 pts |
Women[]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100 metres |
Renate Stecher![]() |
11.07 (WR) |
Raelene Boyle![]() |
11.23 | Silvia Chibás![]() |
11.24 |
200 metres |
Renate Stecher![]() |
22.40 (=WR) |
Raelene Boyle![]() |
22.45 | Irena Szewińska![]() |
22.74 |
400 metres |
Monika Zehrt![]() |
51.08 | Rita Wilden![]() |
51.21 | Kathy Hammond![]() |
51.64 |
800 metres |
Hildegard Falck![]() |
1:58.55 (OR) |
Nijolė Sabaitė![]() |
1:58.65 | Gunhild Hoffmeister![]() |
1:59.19 |
1500 metres |
Ludmila Bragina![]() |
4:01.38 (WR) |
Gunhild Hoffmeister![]() |
4:02.83 | Paola Pigni![]() |
4:02.85 |
100 metres hurdles |
Annelie Ehrhardt![]() |
12.59 (WR) |
Valeria Bufanu![]() |
12.84 | Karin Balzer![]() |
12.90 |
4×100 metres relay |
![]() Christiane Krause Ingrid Becker Annegret Richter Heide Rosendahl |
42.81 | ![]() Evelin Kaufer Christina Heinich Bärbel Struppert Renate Stecher |
42.95 | ![]() Marlene Elejarde Carmen Valdés Fulgencia Romay Silvia Chibás |
43.36 |
4×400 metres relay |
![]() Dagmar Käsling Rita Kühne Helga Seidler Monika Zehrt |
3:22.95 | ![]() Mable Fergerson Madeline Manning Cheryl Toussaint Kathy Hammond |
3:25.15 | ![]() Anette Rückes Inge Bödding Hildegard Falck Rita Wilden |
3:26.51 |
High jump |
Ulrike Meyfarth![]() |
1.92 m (=WR) |
Yordanka Blagoeva![]() |
1.88 m | Ilona Gusenbauer![]() |
1.88 m |
Long jump |
Heide Rosendahl![]() |
6.78 m | Diana Yorgova![]() |
6.77 m | Eva Šuranová![]() |
6.67 m |
Shot put |
Nadezhda Chizhova![]() |
21.03 m (WR) |
Margitta Gummel![]() |
20.22 m | Ivanka Khristova![]() |
19.35 m |
Discus throw |
Faina Melnik![]() |
66.62 m (OR) |
Argentina Menis![]() |
65.06 m | Vasilka Stoeva![]() |
64.34 m |
Javelin throw |
Ruth Fuchs![]() |
63.88 m (OR) |
Jacqueline Todten![]() |
62.54 m | Kate Schmidt![]() |
59.94 m |
Pentathlon |
Mary Peters![]() |
4801 pts (WR) |
Heide Rosendahl![]() |
4791 pts | Burglinde Pollak![]() |
4768 pts |
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 9 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
2 | ![]() | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
5 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
16 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
20 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (24 nations) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 |
References[]
Coordinates: 48°10′23″N 11°32′48″E / 48.1731°N 11.5467°E
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