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1972 Olympic Games
Mens Results

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Men's 100m. Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. Valeriy BORZOV            (UKR)   10.14
2. Robert TAYLOR             (USA)   10.24
3. Lennox MILLER             (JAM)   10.33
4. Aleksandr KORNELYUK       (AZR)   10.36
5. Michael FRAY              (JAM)   10.40
6. Jobst HIRSCHT             (GER)   10.40
7. Zenon NOWOSZ              (POL)   10.46
   Haseley CRAWFORD          (TRI)   DNF
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Men's 200m. Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. Valeriy BORZOV            (UKR)   20.00
2. Larry BLACK               (USA)   20.19
3. Pietro MENNEA             (ITA)   20.30
4. Lawrence BURTON           (USA)   20.37
5. Charles SMITH             (USA)   20.55
6. Siegfried SCHENKE         (GDR)   20.56
7. Martin JELLINGHAUS        (GER)   20.65
8. Hans-Joachim ZENK         (GDR)   21.05
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Men's 400m. Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. Vincent MATTHEWS          (USA)   44.66
2. Wayne COLLETT             (USA)   44.80
3. Julius SANG               (KEN)   44.92
4. Charles ASATI             (KEN)   45.13
5. Horst- Rudiger SCHLOSKE   (GER)   45.31
6. Markku KUKKOAHO           (FIN)   45.59
7. Karl HONZ                 (GER)   45.68
   John SMITH                (USA)   DNF
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. Dave WOTTLE               (USA)   1:45.9
2. Yevhen ARZHANOV           (UKR)   1:45.9
3. Michael BOIT              (KEN)   1:46.0
4. Franz-Josef KEMPER        (GER)   1:46.5
5. Robert OUKO               (KEN)   1:46.5
6. Andrew CARTER             (GBR)   1:46.6
7. Andrej KUPCZYK            (POL)   1:47.1
8. Dieter FROMM              (GDR)   1:48.0
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Men's 1500m. Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. Pekka VASALA              (FIN)   3:36.3
2. Kip KEINO                 (KEN)   3:36.8
3. Rod DIXON                 (NZL)   3:37.5
4. Michael BOIT              (KEN)   3:38.4
5. Brendan FOSTER            (GBR)   3:39.0
6. Herman MIGNON             (BEL)   3:39.1
7. Paul-Heinz WELLMANN       (GER)   3:40.1
8. Vladimir PANTELEI         (UKR)   3:40.2
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Men's 5000m. Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. Lasse VIREN               (FIN)   13:26.4  OR
2. Mohamed GAMMOUDI          (TUN)   13:27.4
3. Ian STEWART               (GBR)   13:27.6
4. Steve PREFONTAINE         (USA)   13:28.4
5. Emiel PUTTEMANS           (BEL)   13:30.8
6. Harald NORPOTH            (GER)   13:32.6
7. Per HALLE                 (NOR)   13:34.4
8. Nikolai SVIRIDOV          (RUS)   13:39.4
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Men's 10,000m. Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. Lasse VIREN               (FIN)   27:38.4
2. Emiel PUTTEMANS           (BEL)   27:39.6
3. Miruts YIFTER             (ETH)   27:41.0
4. Mariano Haro CISNEROS     (SPA)   27:48.2
5. Frank SHORTER             (USA)   27:51.4
6. Dave BEDFORD              (GBR)   28:05.4
7. Daniel KORICA             (YUG)   28:15.2
8. Abdelkader ZADDEM         (TUN)   28:18.2
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1972

1. Frank SHORTER             (USA)   2:12:19.8
2. Karel LISMONT             (BEL)   2:14:31.8
3. Mamo WOLDE                (ETH)   2:15:08.4
4. Kenneth MOORE             (USA)   2:15:39.8
5. Kenji KIMIHARA            (JPN)   2:16:27.0
6. Ron HILL                  (GBR)   2:16:30.6
7. Donald McGREGOR           (GBR)   2:16:34.4   
8. Jack FOSTER               (NZL)   2:16:56.2
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Men's 3000m. Steeplechase Final.

1. Kip KEINO                 (KEN)   8:23.6
2. Benjamin JIPCHO           (KEN)   8:24.6
3. Tapio KANTANEN            (FIN)   8:24.8
4. Bronislaw MALINOWSKI      (POL)   8:28.0
5. Dusan MORAVCIK            (CZE)   8:29.2 
6. Amos BIWOTT               (KEN)   8:33.6
7. Romualdas BITE            (LIT)   8:34.6 
8. Pekka PAIVARINTA          (FIN)   8:37.2
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Men's 110m. Hurdles Final

1. Rodney MILBURN            (USA)   13.24   EWR
2. Guy DRUT                  (FRA)   13.34
3. Thomas HILL               (USA)   13.48
4. Willie DAVENPORT          (USA)   13.50
5. Frank SIEBECK             (GDR)   13.71
6. Leszek WODZYNSKI          (POL)   13.72
7. Lubomir NADENICEK         (CZE)   13.76
8. Petr CECH                 (CZE)   13.86
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Men's 400m. Hurdles Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. John AKII-BUA             (UGA)   47.82   WR
2. Ralph MANN                (USA)   48.51
3. David HEMERY              (GBR)   48.52
4. James SEYMOUR             (USA)   48.64
5. Rainer SCHUBERT           (GER)   49.65
6. Yevgeny GAVRILENKO        (BLR)   49.66
7. Stavros TZIORTZIS         (CYP)   49.66
8. Yuri ZORIN                (RUS)   50.25
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Men's 20km. Walk. Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. Peter FRENKEL             (GDR)   1:26:42.4   OR
2. Volodymir HOLUBNYCHY      (UKR)   1:26:55.2
3. Hans-Georg REIMANN        (GDR)   1:27:16.6   
4. Gerhard SPERLING          (GDR)   1:27:55.0
5. Mykola SMAHA              (UKR)   1:28:16.6
6. Paul NIHILL               (GBR)   1:28:44.4  
7. Jan ORNOCH                (POL)   1:32:01.6
8. Vittorio VISINO           (ITA)   1:32:30.O
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Men's 50km. Walk. Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. Bernd KANNENBERG          (GER)   3:56:11.6  OR
2. Veniamin SOLDATENKO       (KAZ)   3:58:24.0  
3. Larry YOUNG               (USA)   4:00:46.0
4. Otto BARCH                (KYR)   4:01:35.4
5. Peter SELZER              (GDR)   4:04:05.4
6. Gerhard WIEDNER           (GER)   4:06:26.0
7. Vittorio VISINI           (ITA)   4:08:31.4
8. Gabriel HERNANDEZ         (MEX)   4:12:09.0
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Men's 4x100m. Relay Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. U.S.A. (L. Black, R. Taylor, G. Tinker, E. Hart)                 38.19   WR
2. Soviet Union (A. Kornelyuk, V. Lovetski, J. Silovs, V. borzov)   38.50
3. Germany (J. Hirscht, K. Klotz, G. Wucherer, K. Ehl)              38.79
4. Czechoslovakia (J. Matousek, J. Demec, J. Kynos, L. Bohman)      38.82
5. GDR      38.90
6. Poland   39.03
7. France   39.14
8. Italy    39.14
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Men's 4x400m. Relay Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. Kenya (C. Asati, H. Nyamau, R. Ouko, J. Sang)                   2:59.8
2. Great Britain (M. Reynolds, A. Pascoe, D. Hemery, D. Jenkins)   3:00.5
3. France (G. Bertould, D. Velsquea, F. Kerbiriou, J. Carette)     3:00.7
4. Germany (B. Herrmann, H-R. Schloske, H. Kohler, K. Honz)        3:00.9
5. Poland     3:01.1 
6. Finland    3:01.1 
7. Sweden     3:02.6
8. Trinidad   3:03.6
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. Juri TARNAK               (EST)   2.23m.
2. Stefan JUNGE              (GDR)   2.21m.
3. Dwigth STONES             (USA)   2.21m.
4. Hermann MAGERI            (GER)   2.18m.
5. Adam SZEPESI              (HUN)   2.18m.
6. John BEERS                (CAN)   2.15m.
6. Istvan MAJOR              (HUN)   2.15m.
8. Rustam AKHMYETOV          (UKR)   2.15m.
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Men's Pole Vault Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. Wolfgang NORDWIG          (GDR)   5.50m.
2. Robert SEAGREN            (USA)   5.40m.
3. Jan JOHNSON               (USA)   5.35m.
4. Reinhard KURETSKY         (GER)   5.30m.
5. Bruce SIMPSON             (CAN)   5.20m.
6. VOlker OHL                (GER)   5.20m.
7. Hans LAGERQVIST           (SWE)   5.20m.
8. Francois TRACANELLI       (FRA)   5.10m.
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Men's Long Jump Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. Randy WILLIAMS            (USA)   8.24m.
2. Hans BAUMGARTNER          (GER)   8.18m.
3. Arnie ROBINSON            (USA)   8.03m.
4. Joshua OWUSU              (GHA)   8.01m.  
5. Preston CARRINGTON        (USA)   7.99m.
6. Max KLAUSS                (GDR)   7.96m.
7. Alan LERWILL              (GBR)   7.91m.
8. Leonid BARKOVSKY          (UKR)   7.75m.
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Men's Triple Jump Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. VIktor SANEYEV            (GEO)   17.35m.
2. Jorg DREHMEL              (GDR)   17.31m.
3. Nelson PRUDENCIO          (BRA)   17.05m.
4. Carol CORBU               (ROM)   16.85m.
5. John CRAFT                (USA)   16.83m.
6. Mamadou MANSOUR-DIA       (SEN)   16.83m.   
7. MIchael JOACHIMOWSKI      (POL)   16.69m.
8. Kristen FLOGSTAD          (NOR)   16.44m.
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Men's Shot Put Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. Wladyslaw KOMAR           (POL)   21.18m.
2. George WOODS              (USA)   21.17m.
3. Hartmut BRIESENICK        (GDR)   21.14m.
4. Hans-Peter GIES           (GDR)   21.14m.
5. Al FEUERBACH              (USA)   20.01m.
6. Brian OLDFIELD            (USA)   20.91m.
7. Heinrich BIRLENBACH       (GER)   20.37m.
8. Vilmos VARJU              (HUN)   20.10m.
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. Ludvik DANEK              (CZE)   64.40m.
2. L. Jay SILVESTER          (USA)   63.50m.
3. Bjorn Rickard BRUCH       (SWE)   63.40m.
4. John POWELL               (USA)   62.82m.
5. Geza FEJER                (HUN)   62.62m.
6. Detlef THORITH            (GDR)   62.42m.
7. Ferenc TEGLA              (HUN)   60.60m.
8. Tim VOLLMER               (USA)   60.24m.
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Men's Hammer Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. Anatoly BONDARCHUK        (UKR)   75.50m. OR
2. Jochen SACHSE             (GDR)   74.96m.  
3. Vasily KHMELEVSKI         (RUS)   74.04m.
4. Uwe BEYER                 (GER)   71.52m.   
5. Gyula ZSIVOTSKY           (HUN)   71.38m.
6. Sandor  ECKSCHMIDT        (HUN)   71.20m.
7. Edwin KLEIN               (GER)   71.14m.
8. Shigenobu MUROFUSHI       (JPN)   70.88m.
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. Klaus WOLFERMANN          (GER)   90.48m.   
2. Janis LUSIS               (LAT)   90.48m.
3. William SCHMIDT           (USA)   84.42m.
4. Hannu SITONEN             (FIN)   84.32m.
5. Bjorn GRIMNES             (NOR)   83.08m.
6. Jorma KINNUNEN            (FIN)   82.08m.
7. Miklos NEMETH             (HUN)   81.98m.
8. Frederick LUKE            (USA)   80.06m.
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Men's Decathlon. Olympic Games 1972

1. Mykola AVILOV             (UKR)   8454   WR
2. Leonid LYTVYNENKO         (UKR)   8035
3. Ryszard KATUS             (POL)   7984
4. Jefferson BENNETT         (USA)   7974
5. Stetan SCHREYER           (GDR)   7950
6. Freddy HERBRAND           (BEL)   7947
7. Steen SMIDT-JENSEN        (DEN)   7947
8. Tadeusz JANCZENKO         (POL)   7861
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