| databaseSports.com The Largest Sports Statistics and History Database Online | ||
|
|
||
| databaseSports.com: Basketball | NCAA Basketball | Football | NCAA Football | Baseball | Hockey | Golf | Racing | Olympics | Poker | ||
| Fast Links: Home Page Athletes Olympic Games Countries Olympic Sports | ||
|
1972 Summer Olympics München, Germany Track & Field |
|
Click on Country to view all medals for this country during this Olympics
Click on Athlete to view all medals for this athlete
| Event | Athlete | Country | Result | Medal |
| 100m Men | Valery Borzov | URS | 10.14 | GOLD |
| Robert Taylor | USA | 10.24 | SILVER | |
| Lennox Miller | JAM | 10.33 | BRONZE | |
| 200m Men | Valery Borzov | URS | 20.00 | GOLD |
| Larry Black | USA | 20.19 | SILVER | |
| Pietro Mennea | ITA | 20.30 | BRONZE | |
| 400m Men | Vincent Matthews | USA | 44.66 | GOLD |
| Wayne Collett | USA | 44.80 | SILVER | |
| Julius Sang | KEN | 44.92 | BRONZE | |
| 800m Men | Dave Wottle | USA | 1:45.9 | GOLD |
| Yevgeny Arzhanov | URS | 1:45.9 | SILVER | |
| Mike Boit | KEN | 1:46.0 | BRONZE | |
| 1500m Men | Pekka Vasala | FIN | 3:36.3 | GOLD |
| Kipchoge Keino | KEN | 3:36.8 | SILVER | |
| Rodney Dixon | NZL | 3:37.5 | BRONZE | |
| 5000m Men | Lasse Virén | FIN | 13:26.4 | GOLD |
| Mohamed Gammoudi | TUN | 13:27.4 | SILVER | |
| Ian Stewart | GBR | 13:27.6 | BRONZE | |
| 10000m Men | Lasse Virén | FIN | 27:38.4 | GOLD |
| Emiel Puttemans | BEL | 27:39.6 | SILVER | |
| Miruts Yifter | ETH | 27:41.0 | BRONZE | |
| Marathon Men | Frank Shorter | USA | 2:12:19.8 | GOLD |
| Karel Lismont | BEL | 2:14:31 | SILVER | |
| Mamo Wolde | ETH | 2:15:08 | BRONZE | |
| 110m Hurdles Men | Rodney Milburn | USA | 13.24 | GOLD |
| Guy Drut | FRA | 13.34 | SILVER | |
| Thomas Hill | USA | 13.48 | BRONZE | |
| 400m Hurdles Men | John Akii-Bua | UGA | 47.82 | GOLD |
| Ralph Mann | USA | 48.51 | SILVER | |
| David Hemery | GBR | 48.52 | BRONZE | |
| 3000m Steeplechase Men | Kipchoge Keino | KEN | 8:23.6 | GOLD |
| Ben Jipcho | KEN | 8:24.6 | SILVER | |
| Tapio Kantanen | FIN | 8:24.8 | BRONZE | |
| 4x100m Relay Men | Eddie Hart | USA | 38.19 | GOLD |
| Larry Black | USA | 38.19 | GOLD | |
| Robert Taylor | USA | 38.19 | GOLD | |
| Gerald Tinker | USA | 38.19 | GOLD | |
| Juris Silovs | URS | 38.50 | SILVER | |
| Aleksandr Kornelyuk | URS | 38.50 | SILVER | |
| Vladimir Lovetsky | URS | 38.50 | SILVER | |
| Valery Borzov | URS | 38.50 | SILVER | |
| Klaus Ehl | FRG | 38.79 | BRONZE | |
| Jobst Hirscht | FRG | 38.79 | BRONZE | |
| Karlheinz Klotz | FRG | 38.79 | BRONZE | |
| Gerhard Wucherer | FRG | 38.79 | BRONZE | |
| 4x400m Relay Men | Charles Asati | KEN | 2:59.8 | GOLD |
| Hezekiah Nyamau | KEN | 2:59.8 | GOLD | |
| Robert Ouko | KEN | 2:59.8 | GOLD | |
| Julius Sang | KEN | 2:59.8 | GOLD | |
| Alan Pascoe | GBR | 3:00.5 | SILVER | |
| Martin Reynolds | GBR | 3:00.5 | SILVER | |
| David Jenkins | GBR | 3:00.5 | SILVER | |
| David Hemery | GBR | 3:00.5 | SILVER | |
| Francis Kerbiriou | FRA | 3:00.7 | BRONZE | |
| Gilles Bertould | FRA | 3:00.7 | BRONZE | |
| Jacques Carette | FRA | 3:00.7 | BRONZE | |
| Roger Vélasquez | FRA | 3:00.7 | BRONZE | |
| 20km Walk Men | Peter Frenkel | GDR | 1:26:42.4 | GOLD |
| Vladimir Golubnichy | URS | 1:26:55.2 | SILVER | |
| Hans-Georg Reimann | GDR | 1:27:16.6 | BRONZE | |
| 50km Walk Men | Bernd Kannenberg | FRG | 3:56:11 | GOLD |
| Veniamin Soldatenko | URS | 3:58:24 | SILVER | |
| Larry Young | USA | 4:00:46 | BRONZE | |
| High Jump Men | Jüri Tarmak | URS | 2.23 | GOLD |
| Stefan Junge | GDR | 2.21 | SILVER | |
| Dwight Stones | USA | 2.21 | BRONZE | |
| Pole Vault Men | Wolfgang Nordwig | GDR | 5.50 | GOLD |
| Bob Seagren | USA | 5.40 | SILVER | |
| Jan Johnson | USA | 5.35 | BRONZE | |
| Long Jump Men | Randy Williams | USA | 8.24 | GOLD |
| Hans Baumgartner | FRG | 8.18 | SILVER | |
| Arni Robinson | USA | 8.03 | BRONZE | |
| Triple Jump Men | Viktor Saneyev | URS | 17.35 | GOLD |
| Jörg Drehmel | GDR | 17.31 | SILVER | |
| Nelson Prudęncio | BRA | 17.05 | BRONZE | |
| Shot Put Men | Wladyslaw Komar | POL | 21.18 | GOLD |
| George Woods | USA | 21.17 | SILVER | |
| Hartmut Briesenick | GDR | 21.14 | BRONZE | |
| Discus Throw Men | Ludvík Danek | CZE | 64.40 | GOLD |
| Jay Silvester | USA | 63.50 | SILVER | |
| Rickard Bruch | SWE | 63.40 | BRONZE | |
| Hammer Throw Men | Anatoly Bondarchuk | URS | 75.50 | GOLD |
| Jochen Sachse | GDR | 74.96 | SILVER | |
| Vasily Khmelevski | URS | 74.04 | BRONZE | |
| Javelin Throw Men | Klaus Wolfermann | FRG | 90.48 | GOLD |
| Janis Lusis | URS | 90.46 | SILVER | |
| Bill Schmidt | USA | 84.42 | BRONZE | |
| Decathlon Men | Nikolay Avilov | URS | 8454 | GOLD |
| Leonid Litvinenko | URS | 8035 | SILVER | |
| Ryszard Katus | POL | 7984 | BRONZE | |
| 100m Women | Renate Stecher | GDR | 11.07 | GOLD |
| Raelene Boyle | AUS | 11.23 | SILVER | |
| Silvia Chivás | CUB | 11.24 | BRONZE | |
| 200m Women | Renate Stecher | GDR | 22.40 | GOLD |
| Raelene Boyle | AUS | 22.45 | SILVER | |
| Irena Szewinska | POL | 22.74 | BRONZE | |
| 400m Women | Monika Zehrt | GDR | 51.08 | GOLD |
| Rita Wilden | FRG | 51.21 | SILVER | |
| Kathy Hammond | USA | 51.64 | BRONZE | |
| 800m Women | Hildegard Falck | FRG | 1:58.6 | GOLD |
| Nijole Sabaite | URS | 1:58.7 | SILVER | |
| Gunhild Hoffmeister | GDR | 1:59.2 | BRONZE | |
| 1500m Women | Lyudmila Bragina | URS | 4:01.4 | GOLD |
| Gunhild Hoffmeister | GDR | 4:02.8 | SILVER | |
| Paola Cacchi-Pigni | ITA | 4:02.9 | BRONZE | |
| 100m Hurdles Women | Annelie Ehrhardt | GDR | 12.59 | GOLD |
| Valeria Bufanu | ROM | 12.84 | SILVER | |
| Karin Balzer | GDR | 12.90 | BRONZE | |
| 4x100m Relay Women | Heide Rosendahl | FRG | 42.81 | GOLD |
| Annegret Richter | FRG | 42.81 | GOLD | |
| Christiane Krause | FRG | 42.81 | GOLD | |
| Ingrid Mickler-Becker | FRG | 42.81 | GOLD | |
| Renate Stecher | GDR | 42.95 | SILVER | |
| Bärbel Struppert | GDR | 42.95 | SILVER | |
| Christina Heinich | GDR | 42.95 | SILVER | |
| Evelyn Kaufer | GDR | 42.95 | SILVER | |
| Silvia Chivás | CUB | 43.36 | BRONZE | |
| Marlene Elejarde | CUB | 43.36 | BRONZE | |
| Carmen Valdés | CUB | 43.36 | BRONZE | |
| Fulgencia Romay | CUB | 43.36 | BRONZE | |
| 4x400m Relay Women | Rita Kühne | GDR | 3:23.0 | GOLD |
| Helga Seidler | GDR | 3:23.0 | GOLD | |
| Dagmar Käsling | GDR | 3:23.0 | GOLD | |
| Monika Zehrt | GDR | 3:23.0 | GOLD | |
| Mable Fergerson | USA | 3:25.2 | SILVER | |
| Kathy Hammond | USA | 3:25.2 | SILVER | |
| Cheryl Toussaint | USA | 3:25.2 | SILVER | |
| Madeline Manning-Jackson | USA | 3:25.2 | SILVER | |
| Anette Rückes | FRG | 3:26.5 | BRONZE | |
| Rita Wilden | FRG | 3:26.5 | BRONZE | |
| Hildegard Falck | FRG | 3:26.5 | BRONZE | |
| Inge Bödding | FRG | 3:26.5 | BRONZE | |
| High Jump Women | Ulrike Meyfarth | FRG | 1.92 | GOLD |
| Jordanka Blagoeva | BUL | 1.88 | SILVER | |
| Ilona Gusenbauer | AUT | 1.88 | BRONZE | |
| Long Jump Women | Heide Rosendahl | FRG | 6.78 | GOLD |
| Diana Yorgova | BUL | 6.77 | SILVER | |
| Eva Suranová | CZE | 6.67 | BRONZE | |
| Shot Put Women | Nadezhda Chizhova | URS | 21.03 | GOLD |
| Margitta Gummel-Helmboldt | GDR | 20.22 | SILVER | |
| Ivanka Khristova | BUL | 19.35 | BRONZE | |
| Discus Throw Women | Faina Melnik | URS | 66.62 | GOLD |
| Argentina Menis | ROM | 65.06 | SILVER | |
| Vasilka Stoeva | BUL | 64.34 | BRONZE | |
| Javelin Throw Women | Ruth Fuchs | GDR | 63.88 | GOLD |
| Jacqueline Todten | GDR | 62.54 | SILVER | |
| Kathy Schmidt | USA | 59.94 | BRONZE | |
| Pentathlon Women | Mary Peters | GBR | 4801 | GOLD |
| Heide Rosendahl | FRG | 4791 | SILVER | |
| Burglinde Pollak | GDR | 4768 | BRONZE |