Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

In the XX. 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich found 38 competitions take place in athletics. Venue was the Olympic Stadium.

2.1 100 m
2.2 200 m
2.3 400 m
2.4 800 m
2.5 1500 m
2.6 100m Hurdles
2.7 4 × 100 m
2.8 4 × 400 m
2.9 High Jump
2:10 Long Jump
2:11 Shot Put
2:12 Discus Throw
2:13 javelin
2:14 Pentathlon

100 m

Finale on September 1,

200 m

Finals on September 4

400 m

Finale on September 7

800 m

Finale on September 2

1500 m

Finals on 10 September

5000 m

Finals on 10 September

10,000 m

Final on September 3

Initially, Bedford took the lead and made on the first half of an extremely high speed ( 13:44,0 min). On the twelfth round of a drama developed as Virén Puttemans touched, slowed while collided with the current behind him Shorter. The Finn crashed and tore Mohamed Gammoudi with. During the Tunisians, it had severe caught, gave up and failed to win a third Olympic medal over this distance in a row to Virén scrambled to his feet, took over six kilometers of the lead and shook with a pace of tightening from the penultimate round a competitor from a time. It was the first world record in the 10,000 meters in an Olympic final since the victory of Ville Ritola in 1924 and because of the fall, the Virén had cost more than three seconds, all the more remarkable.

Marathon

September 10

Frank Shorter, the dominant marathon runner of the early 1970s, sat down on the very first half of the course in his hometown Munich from the rest of the field and won with over two minutes ahead of the gold medal. With his finish him a student stole the show, who overcame the barriers with self- painted start number and broke in just before him into the stadium, where he was held for the leading runners of the audience first, to led him away by the security forces at the time, as Shorter into broke in the stadium.

110 m hurdles

Finale on September 7

400m hurdles

Finale on September 2

3000 m steeplechase

Finals on September 4

4 × 100 m

Finals on 10 September

4 × 400 m

Finals on 10 September

20 km Go

August 31

50 km Go

September 3

High Jump

Finals on 10 September

Tarmak is the last high jumper who achieved an Olympic victory in the straddle - style.

Pole vault

Finale on September 2

Nordwig the first non- American Olympic gold medalist in the pole vault has been since the interludes of 1906, but benefited from the fact that the U.S. jumpers to use the Catapult rods used by them was prohibited at the last minute.

Long-jump

Finale on September 9

Triple Jump

Finals on September 4

Shot Put

Finale on September 9

Discus Throw

Finale on September 2

Hammer Throw

Finale on September 7

Javelin

Final on September 3

Decathlon

September 7th and 8th

Women

100 m

Finale on September 2

200 m

Finale on September 7

400 m

Finale on September 7

800 m

Final on September 3

1500 m

Finale on September 9

100m Hurdles

Finale on September 8

4 × 100 m

Finals on 10 September

4 × 400 m

Finals on 10 September

High Jump

Finals on September 4

Long-jump

Finals on August 31,

Shot Put

Finale on September 7

Discus Throw

Finals on 10 September

Javelin

Finale on September 1,

Pentathlon

2 and 3 September

Olympic champion in athletics

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2010 • 2014

Not been discharged

Between 1906 Games

Competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the Summer Olympics
Athletics competition in Germany

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