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 100 metres 10.14 10.24 10.33200 metres 20.00 20.19 20.30400 metres 44.66 44.80 44.92800 metres 1:45.86 1:45.89 1:46.011500 metres 3:36.33 3:36.81 3:37.465000 metres 13:26.42(OR) 13:27.33 13:27.6110,000 metres 27:38.35(WR) 27:39.58 27:40.96110 metres hurdles 13.24(WR) 13.34 13.48400 metres hurdles 47.82(WR) 48.51 48.523000 metres steeplechase 8:23.64(OR) 8:24.62 8:24.664 × 100 metres relayLarry BlackRobert TaylorGerald TinkerEddie Hart 38.19(WR)Aleksandr KornelyukVladimir LovetskiyJuris SilovsValeriy Borzov 38.50Jobst HirschtKarlheinz KlotzGerhard WuchererKlaus Ehl 38.794 × 400 metres relayCharles AsatiMunyoro NyamauRobert OukoJulius Sang 2:59.83Martin ReynoldsAlan PascoeDavid HemeryDavid Jenkins 3:00.46Gilles BertouldDaniel VelasquesFrancis KerbiriouJacques Carette 3:00.65Marathon 2:12:19.8 2:14:31.8 2:15:08.420 kilometres walk 1:26:42.4(OR) 1:26:55.2 1:27:16.650 kilometres walk 3:56:11.6(OR) 3:58:24.0 4:00:46.0High jump 2.23 m 2.21 m 2.21 mPole vault 5.50 m(OR) 5.40 m 5.35 mLong jump 8.24 m 8.18 m 8.03 mTriple jump 17.35 m 17.31 m 17.05 mShot put 21.18 m(OR) 21.17 m 21.14 mDiscus throw 64.40 m 63.50 m 63.40 mHammer throw 75.50 m(OR) 74.96 m 74.04 mJavelin throw 90.48 m(OR) 90.46 m 84.42 mDecathlon 8454 pts(WR) 8035 pts 7984 pts

Women 100 metres 11.07(WR) 11.23 11.24200 metres 22.40(=WR) 22.45 22.74400 metres 51.08 51.21 51.64800 metres 1:58.55(OR) 1:58.65 1:59.191500 metres 4:01.38(WR) 4:02.83 4:02.85100 metres hurdles 12.59(WR) 12.84 12.904 × 100 metres relayChristiane KrauseIngrid BeckerAnnegret RichterHeide Rosendahl 42.81(WR)Evelin KauferChristina HeinichBärbel StruppertRenate Stecher 42.95Marlene ElejardeCarmen ValdésFulgencia RomaySilvia Chivás 43.364 × 400 metres relayDagmar KäslingRita KühneHelga SeidlerMonika Zehrt 3:22.95(WR)Mable FergersonMadeline ManningCheryl ToussaintKathy Hammond 3:25.15Anette RückesInge BöddingHildegard FalckRita Wilden 3:26.51High jump 1.92 m(=WR) 1.88 m 1.88 mLong jump 6.78 m 6.77 m 6.67 mShot put 21.03 m(WR) 20.22 m 19.35 mDiscus throw 66.62 m(OR) 65.06 m 64.34 mJavelin throw 63.88 m(OR) 62.54 m 59.94 mPentathlon 4801 pts(WR) 4791 pts 4768 pts

Medal table

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