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Olympic Games - Results Men 1972
Germany - München - 31 August 1972 - 10 September 1972
Men's 20 km walk - 31 August 1972
| 1 |  Peter Frenkel (DDR) | 1:26:42.4 |
| 2 |  Volodymyr Holubnychiy (UKR) | 1:26:55.2 |
| 3 | Hans-Georg Reimann (DDR) | 1:27:16.6 |
| 4 | Gerhard Sperling (DDR) | 1:27.55.0 |
| 5 |  Mykola Smaha (URS) | 1:28:16.6 |
| 6 |  Paul Nihill (GBR) | 1:28:44.4 |
| 7 |  Jan Ornoch (POL) | 1:32:01.6 |
| 8 |  Vittorio Visini (ITA) | 1:32:30.0 |
| 9 |  José Oliveros (MEX) | 1:32:40.6 |
| 10 |  Larry Young (USA) | 1:32:53.4 |
| 11 |  Jan Rolstad (NOR) | 1:33:03.2 |
| 12 | Pedro Aroche (MEX) | 1:33:05.0 |
| 13 |  Heinz Mayr (FDR) | 1:33:13.8 |
| 14 | Phil Embleton (GBR) | 1:33:22.2 |
| 15 | Tom Dooley (USA) | 1:34:58.8 |
| 16 | Wilfried Wesch (FDR) | 1:35:20.6 |
| 17 | Peter Marlow (GBR) | 1:35:38.8 |
| 18 |  Charel Sowa (LUX) | 1:36:23.8 |
| 19 | Goetz Klopfer (USA) | 1:38:33.6 |
| 20 |  Hunde Toure (ETH) | 1:43:11.6 |
| 21 |  José Esteban Valle (NIC) | 1:45:09.4 |
| 22 | Ismael Avila (MEX) | 1:45:45.4 |
Men's 100 m - 1 September 1972
| 1 | Valeriy Borzov (URS) | 10.14 |
| 2 | Robert Taylor (USA) | 10.24 |
| 3 |  Lennox Miller (JAM) | 10.33 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Kornelyuk (URS) | 10.36 |
| 5 | Michael Fray (JAM) | 10.40 |
| 6 | Jobst Hirscht (FDR) | 10.40 |
| 7 | Zenon Nowosz (POL) | 10.46 |
- Men's 100 m - Detailed results
Men's 100 m - Heat 1 - 31 August 1972
1 Lennox Miller (JAM)10.45 Q 2 
Amadou Meité (CIV)10.51 Q 3 Hans-Jürgen Bombach (DDR)10.66 Q 4 
Rudy Reid (TRI)10.74 5 
Dan Amuke (KEN)10.76 6 
Byambajavyn Enkhbaatar (MGL)10.93 7 
Samphon Mao (CMR)10.95 8 
Luis Alers (PUR)11.09 Men's 100 m - Heat 2 - 31 August 1972
1 Valeriy Borzov (URS)10.47 Q 2 
Mike Sands (BAH)10.67 Q 3 
Ludek Bohman (CZE)10.72 Q 4 Gerhard Wucherer (FDR)10.82 5 Tadeusz Cuch (POL)10.89 6 
Yeo Kian Chye (SIN)10.92 7 
Alphonse Yanghat (CGO)10.95 8 
Andrew Sartee (LIR)11.09 Men's 100 m - Heat 3 - 31 August 1972
1 Manfred Kokot (DDR)10.49 Q 2 
Sandy Osei-Agyemang (GHA)10.52 Q 3 Les Piggot (GBR)10.54 Q 4 John Mwebi (KEN)10.60 5 
Luís Da Silva (BRA)10.63 6 Kevin Johnson (BAH)10.91 7 
Mansour Al-Juaid (KSA)11.23 Men's 100 m - Heat 4 - 31 August 1972
1 
Jaroslav Matousek (CZE)10.37 Q 2 Brian Green (GBR)10.41 Q 3 Kouakou Komenan (CIV)10.50 Q 4 Walter Edward Callander (BAH)10.78 5 
George Calhern (ISV)10.90 6 
Farhan Navab (IRI)11.02 7 
Angel Guerreros (PAR)11.12 Men's 100 m - Heat 5 - 31 August 1972
1 Aleksandr Kornelyuk (URS)10.38 Q 2 
Kolawole Abdulai (NGR)10.57 Q 3 Stanislaw Wagner (POL)10.62 Q 4 Juraj Demec (CZE)10.66 5 
Félix Mata (VEN)10.73 6 
Bjarni Stefánsson (ISL)10.99 7 
Younis Abdallah (KUW)11.20 Men's 100 m - Heat 6 - 31 August 1972
1 Rey Robinson (USA)10.56 Q 2 
Philippe Clerc (SWI)10.58 Q 3 
Sammy Monsels (SUR)10.61 Q 4 George Daniels (GHA)10.65 5 André Bicaba (VOL) 10.71 6 
Motsapi Moorosi (LES)10.74 7 
William Dralu (UGA)10.92 Men's 100 m - Heat 7 - 31 August 1972
1 Hasely Crawford (TRI)10.50 Q 2 Don Halliday (GBR)10.58 Q 3 
Erik Gustafsson (FIN)10.68 Q 4 Guillermo González Zayas (PUR)10.73 5 
Norman Chihota (TAN)10.79 6 Egzi Gebre-Gebre (ETH)10.89 7 
Pierre-Richard Gaetjens (HAI)11.50 Men's 100 m - Heat 8 - 31 August 1972
1 
Barka Sy (SEN)10.30 Q 2 Bernd Borth (DDR)10.48 Q 3 Audun Garshol (NOR)10.49 Q 4 
Wen-Ho Su (TPE)10.59 q 5 
Gana Abba Kimet (CHA)10.89 6 Raimo Vilen (FIN)11.00 7 
Lionel Caero (BOL)11.19 Men's 100 m - Heat 9 - 31 August 1972
1 
Alain Sarteur (FRA)10.42 Q 2 Saleh Alah-Djaba (CHA)10.65 Q 3 
Charlie Francis (CAN)10.68 Q 4 
Andrés Calonge (ARG)10.73 5 
Laurie d'Arcy (NZL)10.77 6 
Larmeck Mukonde (ZAM)11.16 Men's 100 m - Heat 10 - 31 August 1972
1 
Vasílios Papageorgopoulos (GRE)10.24 Q 2 
Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa (MAD)10.29 Q 3 Michael Fray (JAM)10.47 Q 4 Antti Rajamäki (FIN)10.52 q 5 Ainsley Armstrong (TRI)10.56 q 6 Jorge Vizcarrondo (PUR)10.79 7 
Zain-Ud-Din Bin Abdul Wahab (MAL)10.80 Men's 100 m - Heat 11 - 31 August 1972
1 Eddie Hart (USA)10.47 Q 2 Dominique Chauvelot (FRA)10.66 Q 3 Klaus Ehl (FDR)10.67 Q 4 Benedict Majekodunmi (NGR)10.70 5 Gaston Malam (CMR)10.88 6 
Sunil Gunawardene (SRI)11.00 7 
Tukal Mokalam (PHI)11.02 Men's 100 m - Heat 12 - 31 August 1972
1 Robert Taylor (USA)10.32 Q 2 Jobst Hirscht (FDR)10.36 Q 3 Zenon Nowosz (POL)10.36 Q 4 Volodymyr Atamas (URS)10.51 q 5 
Axel Nepraunik (AUT)10.61 6 André Byrame (FRA)10.64 7 
Moustafa Matola (MAW)11.31 Men's 100 m - Second Round - Heat 1 - 31 August 1972
1 Jobst Hirscht (FDR)10.25 Q 2 Jaroslav Matousek (CZE)10.35 Q 3 Bernd Borth (DDR)10.44 Q 4 Philippe Clerc (SWI)10.45 5 Ainsley Armstrong (TRI)10.47 6 Mike Sands (BAH)10.50 7 Audun Garshol (NOR)10.55 8 Eddie Hart (USA)DNS Men's 100 m - Second Round - Heat 2 - 31 August 1972
1 Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa (MAD)10.47 Q 2 Brian Green (GBR)10.58 Q 3 Kouakou Komenan (CIV)10.60 Q 4 Stanislaw Wagner (POL)10.61 5 Sandy Osei-Agyemang (GHA)10.66 6 Erik Gustafsson (FIN)10.78 7 Wen-Ho Su (TPE)10.82 8 Rey Robinson (USA)DNS Men's 100 m - Second Round - Heat 3 - 31 August 1972
1 Valeriy Borzov (URS)10.07 Q 2 Robert Taylor (USA)10.16 Q 3 Hasely Crawford (TRI)10.18 Q 4 Zenon Nowosz (POL)10.40 q 5 Klaus Ehl (FDR)10.44 6 Les Piggot (GBR)10.53 7 Dominique Chauvelot (FRA)10.54 8 Hans-Jürgen Bombach (DDR)10.64 Men's 100 m - Second Round - Heat 4 - 31 August 1972
1 Aleksandr Kornelyuk (URS)10.23 Q 2 Barka Sy (SEN)10.27 Q 3 Michael Fray (JAM)10.28 Q 4 Kolawole Abdulai (NGR)10.41 5 Antti Rajamäki (FIN)10.43 6 Manfred Kokot (DDR)10.44 7 Saleh Alah-Djaba (CHA)10.51 8 Charlie Francis (CAN)10.51 Men's 100 m - Second Round - Heat 5 - 31 August 1972
1 Lennox Miller (JAM)10.33 Q 2 Alain Sarteur (FRA)10.40 Q 3 Vasílios Papageorgopoulos (GRE)10.45 Q 4 Amadou Meité (CIV)10.52 5 Ludek Bohman (CZE)10.52 6 Don Halliday (GBR)10.60 7 Sammy Monsels (SUR)10.64 8 Vladimir Atamas (URS)10.83 Men's 100 m - Semi-Final - Heat 1 - 1 September 1972
1 Valeriy Borzov (URS)10.21 Q 2 Hasely Crawford (TRI)10.36 Q 3 Jobst Hirscht (FDR)10.36 Q 4 Michael Fray (JAM)10.48 Q 5 Alain Sarteur (FRA)10.51 6 Kouakou Komenan (CIV)10.57 7 Bernd Borth (DDR)10.60 8 Vasílios Papageorgopoulos (GRE)DNS Men's 100 m - Semi-Final - Heat 2 - 1 September 1972
1 Robert Taylor (USA)10.30 Q 2 Lennox Miller (JAM)10.31 Q 3 Aleksandr Kornelyuk (URS)10.35 Q 4 Zenon Nowosz (POL)10.42 Q 5 Barka Sy (SEN)10.42 6 Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa (MAD)10.46 7 Jaroslav Matousek (CZE)10.40 8 Brian Green (GBR)10.40 Men's 100 m - Final - 1 September 1972
1 Valeriy Borzov (URS)10.14 2 Robert Taylor (USA)10.24 3 Lennox Miller (JAM)10.33 4 Aleksandr Kornelyuk (URS)10.36 5 Michael Fray (JAM)10.40 6 Jobst Hirscht (FDR)10.40 7 Zenon Nowosz (POL)10.46
Men's 800 m - 2 September 1972
| 1 | Dave Wottle (USA) | 1:45.86 |
| 2 | Yevgeniy Arzhanov (URS) | 1:45.89 |
| 3 | Mike Boit (KEN) | 1:46.01 |
| 4 | Franz-Josef Kemper (FDR) | 1:46.50 |
| 5 | Robert Ouko (KEN) | 1:46.53 |
| 6 | Andy Carter (GBR) | 1:46.55 |
| 7 | Andrzej Kupczyk (POL) | 1:47.10 |
| 8 | Dieter Fromm (DDR) | 1:47.96 |
- Men's 800 m - Detailed results
Men's 800 m - Heat 1 - 31 August 1972
1 Alain Sans (FRA)1:49.2 2 
Mansour Guettaya (TUN)1:49.4 3 
Azzedine Azzouzi (ALG)1:49.4 4 Richard Wohlhuter (USA)1:49.4 5 Reza Entezari (IRI)1:50.5 6 Edouard Rasoanaivo (MAD)1:50.8 7 Alphonse Mandonda (CGO)1:51.2 Men's 800 m - Heat 2 - 31 August 1972
1 Robert Ouko (KEN)1:47.4 2 
Joze Medjimurec (YUG)1:48.1 3 Evgeni Volkov (URS)1:48.6 4 
Fernando Eugenio Mamede (POR)1:48.6 5 Sid-Ali Djoudi (ALG)1:50.4 6 Colin Campbell (GBR)1:54.8 7 Francisco Menocal (NIC)1:58.6 8 Thomas Howe O'brien (LIR)2:00.7 Men's 800 m - Heat 3 - 31 August 1972
1 Franz-Josef Kemper (FDR)1:47.3 2 David Cropper (GBR)1:47.5 3 Rolf Gysin (SWI)1:47.5 4 Roqui Sanchez (FRA)1:47.9 5 Thomas Saisi (KEN)1:48.5 6 
András Zsinka (HUN)1:49.0 7 Daniel Andrade (SEN)1:53.9 Men's 800 m - Heat 4 - 31 August 1972
1 Mulugetta Tadesse (ETH)1:47.1 2 David Wottle (USA)1:47.6 3 Josef Schmidt (GER)1:47.8 4 
Graeme Rootham (AUS)1:48.2 5 Lennox Stewart (TRI)1:48.7 6 Thorst Thorsteinsson (ISL)1:50.8 7 
Roger Kangni (TOG)1:52.1 Men's 800 m - Heat 5 - 31 August 1972
1 Evgeni Arzhanov (URS)1:48.3 2 Andrzej Kupczyk (POL)1:48.5 3 
Hussein Angelo K Nimir (SUD)1:48.9 4 
Gheorghe Ghipu (ROM)1:50.1 5 Carlos Dalurzo (ARG)1:50.6 6 Hector Lopez (VEN)1:50.8 Men's 800 m - Heat 6 - 31 August 1972
1 Dieter Fromm (DDR)1:46.9 2 Jozef Plachý (CZE)1:47.1 3 
Manuel Gayoso (SPA)1:47.5 4 
Sriram Singh (IND)1:47.7 5 Francis Gonzales (FRA)1:48.8 6 
Mehmet Tuemkan (TÜR)1:49.5 7 
Kassem Hamze (LEB)1:52.5 8 Harry Nkopeka (MAW)1:57.7 Men's 800 m - Heat 7 - 31 August 1972
1 Mike Boit (KEN)1:47.3 2 
Herman Mignon (BEL)1:47.5 3 Andy Carter (GBR)1:47.6 4 Byron Dyce (JAM)1:48.0 5 Benson Mulomba (ZAM)1:53.4 6 
Jimmy Crampton (MYA)1:54.2 7 Fritz Pierre (HAI)2:01.5 Men's 800 m - Heat 8 - 31 August 1972
1 Ivan Ivanov (URS)1:51.0 2 Kenneth Swenson (USA)1:51.1 3 
Francis Murphy (IRL)1:51.1 4 
Sjef Hensgens (NED)1:51.2 5 
Donaldo Arza (PAN)1:51.2 6 Jaiye Abidoye (NGR)1:52.0 7 
M Seediq (PAK)1:52.6 8 Shibrou Regassa (ETH)1:53.3 Men's 800 m - Semi-Final - Heat 1 - 1 September 1972
1 Robert Ouko (KEN)1:47.6 2 Dieter Fromm (DDR)1:48.1 3 David Cropper (GBR)1:48.4 4 Josef Schmidt (GER)1:48.8 5 Francis Murphy (IRL)1:49.2 6 Azzedine Azzouzi (ALG)1:49.4 7 Alain Sans (FRA)1:49.6 8 Evgeni Volkov (URS)1:50.1 Men's 800 m - Semi-Final - Heat 2 - 1 September 1972
1 David Wottle (USA)1:48.7 2 Franz-Josef Kemper (FDR)1:48.8 3 Jozef Plachý (CZE)1:48.9 4 Joze Medjimurec (YUG)1:49.0 5 Ivan Ivanov (URS)1:49.6 6 Herman Mignon (BEL)1:49.7 7 Mansour Guettaya (TUN)1:49.8 8 Hussein Angelo K Nimir (SUD)1:51.1 Men's 800 m - Semi-Final - Heat 3 - 1 September 1972
1 Mike Boit (KEN)1:45.9 2 Evgeni Arzhanov (URS)1:46.3 3 Andy Carter (GBR)1:46.5 4 Andrzej Kupczyk (POL)1:46.7 5 Manuel Gayoso (SPA)1:47.7 6 Rolf Gysin (SWI)1:48.2 7 Mulugetta Tadesse (ETH)1:48.9 8 Kenneth Swenson (USA)DNF Men's 800 m - Final - 2 September 1972
1 Dave Wottle (USA)1:45.86 2 Yevgeniy Arzhanov (URS)1:45.89 3 Mike Boit (KEN)1:46.01 4 Franz-Josef Kemper (FDR)1:46.50 5 Robert Ouko (KEN)1:46.53 6 Andy Carter (GBR)1:46.55 7 Andrzej Kupczyk (POL)1:47.10 8 Dieter Fromm (DDR)1:47.96
Men's 400 m Hurdles - 2 September 1972
| 1 | John Akii-Bua (UGA) | 47.82 |
| 2 | Ralph Mann (USA) | 48.51 |
| 3 | David Hemery (GBR) | 48.52 |
| 4 | James Seymour (USA) | 48.64 |
| 5 | Rainer Schubert (FDR) | 49.65 |
| 6 | Yevgeniy Gavrilenko (URS) | 49.66 |
| 7 | Stavros Tziortzis (GRE) | 49.66 |
| 8 | Yuriy Zorin (URS) | 50.25 |
- Men's 400 m Hurdles - Detailed results
Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 1 - 31 August 1972
1 Dieter Büttner (FDR)49.78 Q 2 Viktor Savchenko (URS)49.90 Q 3 Jean-Pierre Corval (FRA)50.15 Q 4 Tadeusz Kulczycki (POL)50.19 q 5 Manuel Soriano (SPA)50.88 6 Fatwell Kimaiyo (KEN)51.23 7 Roberto Frinolli (ITA)51.69 8 Jean-Aime Randrianalijaona (MAD)52.75 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 2 - 31 August 1972
1 David Hemery (GBR)49.72 Q 2 Gary Knoke (AUS)50.10 Q 3 Yuriy Zorin (URS)50.35 Q 4 Bill Koskei (KEN)50.58 5 Giorgio Ballati (ITA)50.90 6 José Jacinto Hidalgo (VEN)54.00 7 Norman Brinkworth (PAK)54.67 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 3 - 31 August 1972
1 Christian Rudolph (DDR)50.00 Q 2 Ralph Mann (USA)50.18 Q 3 Rainer Schubert (FDR)50.23 Q 4 Ari Salin (FIN)50.45 5 Jean-Pierre Perrinelle (FRA)51.81 6 José Carvalho (POR)52.64 7 Hassan Bergaoui (TUN)53.70 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 4 - 31 August 1972
1 John Akii-Bua (UGA)50.35 Q 2 Stavros Tziortzis (GRE)50.54 Q 3 Ivan Danis (CZE)50.62 Q 4 Bruce Field (AUS)51.46 5 Hansjörg Wirz (SWI)52.34 6 Dick Bruggeman (USA)54.36 7 Julio Ferrer (PUR)54.83 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 5 - 31 August 1972
1 Yevgeny Gavrilenko (URS)49.73 Q 2 Jim Seymour (USA)49.81 Q 3 Rolf Ziegler (FDR)50.17 Q 4 Roger Johnson (NZL)50.48 5 Mike Murei (KEN)51.63 6 Chung-Ping Lee (TPE)52.61 7 Gladstone Agbamu (NGR)53.68 8 John Sherwood (GBR)DNF Men's 400 m Hurdles - Semi-Final - Heat 1 - 31 August 1972
1 John Akii-Bua (UGA)49.25 Q 2 Ralph Mann (USA)49.53 Q 3 David Hemery (GBR)49.66 Q 4 Rainer Schubert (FDR)49.80 Q 5 Rolf Ziegler (FDR)49.88 6 Ivan Danis (CZE)50.01 7 Viktor Savchenko (URS)50.28 8 Jean-Pierre Corval (FRA)50.75 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Semi-Final - Heat 2 - 31 August 1972
1 Jim Seymour (USA)49.33 Q 2 Yevgeny Gavrilenko (URS)49.34 Q 3 Yuriy Zorin (URS)49.60 Q 4 Stavros Tziortzis (GRE)50.06 Q 5 Tadeusz Kulczycki (POL)50.80 6 Gary Knoke (AUS)52.79 7 Christian Rudolph (DDR)DNF 7 Dieter Büttner (FDR)DNF Men's 400 m Hurdles - Final - 2 September 1972
1 John Akii-Bua (UGA)47.82 2 Ralph Mann (USA)48.51 3 David Hemery (GBR)48.52 4 James Seymour (USA)48.64 5 Rainer Schubert (FDR)49.65 6 Yevgeniy Gavrilenko (URS)49.66 7 Stavros Tziortzis (GRE)49.66 8 Yuriy Zorin (URS)50.25
Men's Pole vault - 2 September 1972
| 1 | Wolfgang Nordwig (DDR) | 5.50 |
| 2 | Bob Seagren (USA) | 5.40 |
| 3 | Jan Johnson (USA) | 5.35 |
| 4 | Reinhard Kuretzky (FDR) | 5.30 |
| 5 | Bruce Simpson (CAN) | 5.20 |
| 6 | Volker Ohl (FDR) | 5.20 |
| 7 |  Hans Lagerqvist (SWE) | 5.20 |
| 8 | François Tracanelli (FRA) | 5.10 |
| 9 | Ingemar Jernberg (SWE) | 5.10 |
| 10 | Wojciech Buciarski (POL) | 5.00 |
| 11 | Christos Papanikolaou (GRE) | 5.00 |
| 12 | Antti Kalliomäki (FIN) | NM |
| 12 | Hervé D'encausse (FRA) | NM |
| 12 | Tadeusz Slusarski (POL) | NM |
- Men's Pole vault - Detailed results
Men's Pole vault - Group A - 1 September 1972
1 Antti Kalliomäki (FIN)5.10 Q 1 Wolfgang Nordwig (DDR)5.10 Q 3 Hervé D'Encausse (FRA)5.10 Q 4 Bob Seagren (USA)5.10 Q 5 Hans Lagerqvist (SWE)5.10 Q 6 Volker Ohl (FDR)5.10 Q 7 Jan Johnson (USA)5.10 Q 8 Christos Papanikolaou (GRE)5.00 q 9 Stephen Smith (USA)4.80 10 Kjell Isaksson (SWE)NM 10 Renato Dionisi (ITA)NM Men's Pole vault - Group B - 1 September 1972
1 Bruce Simpson (CAN)5.10 Q 2 Reinhard Kuretzky (FDR)5.10 Q 3 François Tracanelli (FRA)5.10 Q 4 Tadeusz Slusarski (POL)5.00 q 5 Wojciech Buciarski (POL)5.00 q 6 Ingemar Jernberg (SWE)5.00 q 7 Silvio Fraquelli (ITA)4.80 8 Ray Boyd (AUS)4.80 8 Mike Bull (GBR)4.80 10 Kirk Bryde (CAN)NM Men's Pole vault - Final - 2 September 1972
1 Wolfgang Nordwig (DDR)5.50 2 Bob Seagren (USA)5.40 3 Jan Johnson (USA)5.35 4 Reinhard Kuretzky (FDR)5.30 5 Bruce Simpson (CAN)5.20 6 Volker Ohl (FDR)5.20 7 Hans Lagerqvist (SWE)5.20 8 François Tracanelli (FRA)5.10 9 Ingemar Jernberg (SWE)5.10 10 Wojciech Buciarski (POL)5.00 11 Christos Papanikolaou (GRE)5.00 12 Antti Kalliomäki (FIN)NM 12 Hervé D'encausse (FRA)NM 12 Tadeusz Slusarski (POL)NM
Men's Discus throw - 2 September 1972
| 1 | Ludvik Danek (CZE) | 64.40 |
| 2 | Jay Silvester (USA) | 63.50 |
| 3 | Ricky Bruch (SWE) | 63.40 |
| 4 | John Powell (USA) | 62.82 |
| 5 | Géza Fejer (HUN) | 62.62 |
| 6 | Detlef Thorith (DDR) | 62.42 |
| 7 | Ferenc Tégla (HUN) | 60.60 |
| 8 | Tim Vollmer (USA) | 60.24 |
| 9 | Pentti Kahma (FIN) | 59.66 |
| 10 | Silvano Simeon (ITA) | 59.34 |
| 11 | Jorma Rinne (FIN) | 59.22 |
| 12 | János Murányi (HUN) | 57.92 |
| 13 |  Namakoro Niaré (MAI) | 56.48 |
| 14 | Les Mills (NZL) | 55.86 |
- Men's Discus throw - Detailed results
Men's Discus throw - Group A - 1 September 1972
1 Pentti Kahma (FIN)61.24 Q 2 Ricky Bruch (SWE)61.24 Q 3 Jay Silvester (USA)61.20 Q 4 Ferenc Tégla (HUN)60.60 Q 5 Tim Vollmer (USA)59.60 Q 6 Namakoro Niaré (MAI)59.38 Q 7 Detlef Thorith (DDR)59.36 Q 8 Les Mills (NZL)59.22 Q 9 Klaus-Peter Hennig (FDR)58.64 10 Hein-Direck Neu (FDR)58.10 11 Ain Roost (CAN)56.58 12 John Watts (GBR)53.86 13 
Kaj Andersen (DEN)53.52 14 
Said Farouk Al-Turki (SAA)33.78 15 Armando De Vincentiis (ITA)NM Men's Discus throw - Group B - 1 September 1972
1 Ludvik Danek (CZE)64.32 Q 2 Jorma Rinne (FIN)62.02 Q 3 Géza Fejer (HUN)61.58 Q 4 János Murányi (HUN)60.34 Q 5 Silvano Simeon (ITA)59.78 Q 6 John Powell (USA)59.30 Q 7 Dirk Wippermann (FDR)58.10 8 Zdravko Pecar (YUG)57.84 9 Bill Tancred (GBR)57.24 10 Robin Tait (NZL)56.60 11 Hartmut Losch (DDR)56.54 12 Erlendur Valdimarsson (ISL)55.38 13 Praveen Kumar (IND)53.12 14 Heimo Reinitzer (AUT)52.56 Men's Discus throw - Final - 2 September 1972
1 Ludvik Danek (CZE)64.40 2 Jay Silvester (USA)63.50 3 Ricky Bruch (SWE)63.40 4 John Powell (USA)62.82 5 Géza Fejer (HUN)62.62 6 Detlef Thorith (DDR)62.42 7 Ferenc Tégla (HUN)60.60 8 Tim Vollmer (USA)60.24 9 Pentti Kahma (FIN)59.66 10 Silvano Simeon (ITA)59.34 11 Jorma Rinne (FIN)59.22 12 János Murányi (HUN)57.92 13 Namakoro Niaré (MAI)56.48 14 Les Mills (NZL)55.86
Men's 10000 m - 3 September 1972
| 1 | Lasse Viren (FIN) | 27:38.35 WR |
| 2 | Emiel Puttemans (BEL) | 27:39.58 |
| 3 | Miruts Yifter (ETH) | 27:40.96 |
| 4 | Mariano Haro (SPA) | 27:48.14 |
| 5 | Frank Shorter (USA) | 27:51.32 |
| 6 | David Bedford (GBR) | 28:05.44 |
| 7 | Daniel Korica (YUG) | 28:15.18 |
| 8 | Abdel Kader Zaddem (TUN) | 28:18.17 |
| 9 | Josef Jánský (CZE) | 28:23.59 |
| 10 | Juan Máximo Martínez (MEX) | 28:44.08 |
| 11 | Pavlo Andreiev (URS) | 28:46.27 |
| 12 | Javier Álvarez (SPA) | 28:56.38 |
| 13 | Paul Mose (KEN) | 29:02.87 |
| 14 | Willy Polleunis (BEL) | 29:10.15 |
- Men's 10000 m - Detailed results
Men's 10000 m - Heat 1 - 31 August 1972
1 Emiel Puttemans (BEL)27:53.28 Q 2 David Bedford (GBR)27:53.64 Q 3 Javier Álvarez (SPA)28:08.58 Q 4 Abdel Kader Zaddem (TUN)28:14.70 Q 5 Josef Jánský (CZE)28:23.15 q 6 Anatoly Badrankov (URS)28:35.84 7 Noël Tijou (FRA)28:36.08 8 Werner Dössegger (SWI)28:36.4 9 Tadesse Wolde-Medhin (ETH)28:45.4 10 
Akio Usami (JPN)29:24.8 11 Jeff Galloway (USA)29:35.0 12 Naftali Temu (KEN)30:19.6 13 Esaie Fongang (CMR)31:32.6 14 P.c. Suppiah (SIN)31:59.2 15 Crispin Quispe (BOL)32:31.8 16 Giuseppe Cindolo (ITA)33:03.4 Men's 10000 m - Heat 2 - 31 August 1972
1 Mohamed Gammoudi (TUN)27:54.69 Q 2 Mariano Haro (SPA)27:55.89 Q 3 Frank Shorter (USA)27:58.23 Q 4 Lasse Viren (FIN)28:04.41 Q 5 Paul Mose (KEN)28:18.74 q 6 Rashid Sharafetdinov (URS)28:24.64 7 Wohib Masresha (ETH)28:28.2 8 Pedro Miranda (MEX)28:35.8 9 Karel Lismont (BEL)28:41.8 10 Neil Cusack (IRL)28:45.8 11 Dave Holt (GBR)28:46.8 12 Keisuke Sawaki (JPN)29:29.0 13 
Rafael Pérez (CRC)29:36.6 14 
Julio Quevedo (GUA)30:08.4 15 
Abdel Hamid Khamis (EGY)30:19.2 16 Lucien Rosa (SRI)30:20.2 Men's 10000 m - Heat 3 - 31 August 1972
1 Miruts Yifter (ETH)28:18.11 Q 2 Willy Polleunis (BEL)28:19.71 Q 3 Pavlo Andreiev (URS)28:20.97 Q 4 Daniel Korica (YUG)28:22.24 Q 5 Juan Máximo Martínez (MEX)28:23.14 q 6 Lachie Stewart (GBR)28:31.33 7 Arne Risa (NOR)28:31.74 8 Jon Anderson (USA)28:34.2 9 Carlos Lopes (POR)28:53.6 10 Albrecht Moser (SWI)29:05.8 11 Richard Juma (KEN)29:13.0 12 
Domingo Tibaduiza (COL)29:24.0 13 Shaq Musa Medani (SUD)29:32.8 14 Manfred Letzerich (FDR)29:37.8 15 Hikmet Sen (TÜR)29:51.8 Men's 10000 m - Final - 3 September 1972
1 Lasse Viren (FIN)27:38.35 WR 2 Emiel Puttemans (BEL)27:39.58 3 Miruts Yifter (ETH)27:40.96 4 Mariano Haro (SPA)27:48.14 5 Frank Shorter (USA)27:51.32 6 David Bedford (GBR)28:05.44 7 Daniel Korica (YUG)28:15.18 8 Abdel Kader Zaddem (TUN)28:18.17 9 Josef Jánský (CZE)28:23.59 10 Juan Máximo Martínez (MEX)28:44.08 11 Pavlo Andreiev (URS)28:46.27 12 Javier Álvarez (SPA)28:56.38 13 Paul Mose (KEN)29:02.87 14 Willy Polleunis (BEL)29:10.15
Men's Javelin throw - 3 September 1972
| 1 | Klaus Wolfermann (FDR) | 90.48 |
| 2 | Janis Lsis (URS) | 90.46 |
| 3 | Bill Schmidt (USA) | 84.42 |
| 4 | Hannu Siitonen (FIN) | 84.32 |
| 5 | Bjørn Grimnes (NOR) | 83.08 |
| 6 | Jorma Kinnunen (FIN) | 82.08 |
| 7 | Miklós Németh (HUN) | 81.98 |
| 8 | Fred Luke (USA) | 80.06 |
| 9 | Manfred Stolle (DDR) | 79.32 |
| 10 | Milt Sonsky (USA) | 77.94 |
| 11 | Lolésio Tuita (FRA) | 76.34 |
| 12 | József Csík (HUN) | 76.14 |
- Men's Javelin throw - Detailed results
Men's Javelin throw - Group A - 2 September 1972
1 Henry Elliott (FRA)2.15 Q 1 Dwight Stones (USA)2.15 Q 3 Jüri Tarmak (URS)2.15 Q 3 Kestutis Sapka (URS)2.15 Q 3 Rustam Akhmetov (URS)2.15 Q 3 Ján Dahlgren (SWE)2.15 Q 3 Serban Ioan (ROM)2.15 Q 3 Adam Szepesi (HUN)2.15 Q 3 István Major (HUN)2.15 Q 3 Vasilios Papadimitriou (GRE)2.15 Q 11 Hermann Magerl (FDR)2.15 Q 12 Bernard Gauthier (FRA)2.15 Q 13 Stefan Junge (DDR)2.15 Q 14 Lawrie Peckham (AUS)2.15 Q 15 Hidehiko Tomizawa (JPN)2.15 Q 16 Gian Marco Schivo (ITA)2.15 Q 17 Chris Dunn (USA)2.12 18 Roman Moravec (CZE)2.12 19 Ron Jourdan (USA)2.12 20 
Petar Bogdanov (BUL)2.12 21 József Tihányi (HUN)2.09 22 Jaroslav Alexa (CZE)2.09 Men's Javelin throw - Group B - 2 September 1972
1 J?nis L?sis (URS)82.92 Q 2 Miklós Németh (HUN)81.78 Q 3 Manfred Stolle (DDR)80.78 Q Men's Javelin throw - Final - 3 September 1972
1 Klaus Wolfermann (FDR)90.48 2 Janis Lsis (URS)90.46 3 Bill Schmidt (USA)84.42 4 Hannu Siitonen (FIN)84.32 5 Bjørn Grimnes (NOR)83.08 6 Jorma Kinnunen (FIN)82.08 7 Miklós Németh (HUN)81.98 8 Fred Luke (USA)80.06 9 Manfred Stolle (DDR)79.32 10 Milt Sonsky (USA)77.94 11 Lolésio Tuita (FRA)76.34 12 József Csík (HUN)76.14
Men's 50km Walk - 3 September 1972
| 1 | Bernd Kannenberg (FDR) | 3:56:11.6 |
| 2 | Venyamin Soldatenko (URS) | 3:58:24.0 |
| 3 | Larry Young (USA) | 4:00:46.0 |
| 4 | Otto Barch (URS) | 4:01:35.4 |
| 5 | Peter Selzer (DDR) | 4:04:05.4 |
| 6 | Gerhard Weidner (FDR) | 4:06:26.0 |
| 7 | Vittorio Visini (ITA) | 4:08:31.4 |
| 8 | Gabriel Hernández (MEX) | 4:12:09.0 |
| 9 | Paul Nihill (GBR) | 4:14:09.4 |
| 10 | Charel Sowa (LUX) | 4:14:21.2 |
| 11 | Karl-heinz Stadtmüller (DDR) | 4:14:28.8 |
| 12 | Hans Tenggren (SWE) | 4:16:37.6 |
| 13 | Daniel Björkgren (SWE) | 4:20:00.0 |
| 14 | Christoph Höhne (DDR) | 4:20:43.8 |
| 15 | Stefan Ingvarsson (SWE) | 4:21:01.0 |
| 16 | Horst-Rüdiger Magnor (FDR) | 4:21:53.4 |
| 17 | William Weigle (USA) | 4:22:52.2 |
| 18 | John Warhurst (GBR) | 4:23:21.6 |
| 19 |  Shaul Ladany (ISR) | 4:24:38.6 |
| 20 | Raúl González (MEX) | 4:26:13.4 |
| 21 | Alex Oakley (CAN) | 4:28:42.6 |
| 22 | János Dalmati (HUN) | 4:32:23.2 |
| 23 | Domenico Carpentieri (ITA) | 4:33:10.6 |
| 24 | Kjell Lund (NOR) | 4:34:23.4 |
| 25 | Howard Timms (GBR) | 4:34:43.8 |
| 26 | Antal Kiss (HUN) | 4:34:45.0 |
| 27 | Steve Hayden (USA) | 4:36:07.2 |
| 28 | Adalberto Scorza (ARG) | 4:42:41.4 |
| 29 | Ole David Jensen (DEN) | 4:57:13.8 |
Men's 200 m - 4 September 1972
| 1 | Valeriy Borzov (URS) | 20.00 |
| 2 | Larry Black (USA) | 20.19 |
| 3 | Pietro Mennea (ITA) | 20.30 |
| 4 | Larry Burton (USA) | 20.37 |
| 5 | Charles Smith (USA) | 20.55 |
| 6 | Siegfried Schenke (DDR) | 20.56 |
| 7 | Martin Jellinghaus (FDR) | 20.65 |
| 8 | Hans-joachim Zenk (DDR) | 21.05 |
- Men's 200 m - Detailed results
Men's 200 m - Heat 1 - 3 September 1972
1 Siegfried Schenke (DDR)20.66 Q 2 Bruno Cherrier (FRA)20.79 Q 3 Jirí Kynos (CZE)20.95 Q 4 Audun Garshol (NOR)21.16 Q 5 Pasqualino Abeti (ITA)21.17 q 6 Solomon Belaye (ETH)21.73 Men's 200 m - Heat 2 - 3 September 1972
1 Don Quarrie (JAM)21.04 Q 2 Martin Jellinghaus (FDR)21.10 Q 3 Andrés Calonge (ARG)21.39 Q 4 Ladislav Kriz (CZE)21.58 Q 5 Mike Sands (BAH)21.61 q 6 Yeo Kian Chye (SIN)21.89 Men's 200 m - Heat 3 - 3 September 1972
1 Valeriy Borzov (URS)20.64 Q 2 Edwin Roberts (TRI)20.95 Q 3 Richard Hardware (JAM)21.09 Q 4 Motsapi Moorosi (LES)21.15 Q 5 Wen-Ho Su (TPE)21.55 q 6 
Jean-Pierre Bassegela (COD)21.72 7 Hamad Ndee (TAN)21.74 Men's 200 m - Heat 4 - 3 September 1972
1 Pietro Mennea (ITA)20.53 Q 2 Markku Juhola (FIN)20.98 Q 3 Ainsley Armstrong (TRI)21.12 Q 4 Guillermo González Zayas (PUR)21.22 Q 5 Sammy Monsels (SUR)21.26 q 6 Gaston Malam (CMR)21.71 7 Gary Georges (HAI)22.97 Men's 200 m - Heat 5 - 3 September 1972
1 Larry Black (USA)20.79 Q 2 René Metz (FRA)21.08 Q 3 Brian Green (GBR)21.26 Q 4 
Omar Chokhmane (MAR)21.29 Q 5 Luiz De Silva (BRA)21.81 6 Eston Kaonga (MAW)22.18 Men's 200 m - Heat 6 - 3 September 1972
1 Chuck Smith (USA)20.79 Q 2 Vladimir Lovetskiy (URS)20.99 Q 3 Sunil Gunawardene (SRI)21.60 Q 4 Trevor James (TRI)21.83 Q 5 Zainuddin Wahab (MAL)21.87 6 Dominic Saidu (LIR)22.48 7 Saad Khalil Al-Dosari (SAA)22.56 8 Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa (MAD)DNS Men's 200 m - Heat 7 - 3 September 1972
1 Jaroslav Matousek (CZE)20.70 Q 2 Francisco García (SPA)20.89 Q 3 George Daniels (GHA)21.05 Q 4 Jimmy Sierra (COL)21.10 Q 5 Kevin Johnson (BAH)21.70 6 Ibrahim Saad Abdel Galil (SUD)22.41 Men's 200 m - Heat 8 - 3 September 1972
1 Manfred Ommer (FDR)20.80 Q 2 Hans-joachim Zenk (DDR)20.93 Q 3 James Aryee Addy (GHA)21.06 Q 4 Dan Amuke (KEN)21.53 Q 5 Nusrat Iqbal Sahi (PAK)22.07 6 Saleh Alah-Djaba (CHA)DNF Men's 200 m - Heat 9 - 3 September 1972
1 Larry Burton (USA)20.80 Q 2 Lucien Sainte-Rose (FRA)21.09 Q 3 Bevan Smith (NZL)21.17 Q 4 Philippe Clerc (SWI)21.32 Q 5 Tukal Mokalam (PHI)21.81 6 William Dralu (UGA)21.87 Men's 200 m - Second Round - Heat 1 - 3 September 1972
1 Valeriy Borzov (URS)20.30 Q 2 Manfred Ommer (FDR)20.53 Q 3 Jirí Kynos (CZE)20.68 Q 4 René Metz (FRA)20.83 5 Jimmy Sierra (COL)20.87 6 Omar Chokhmane (MAR)21.00 7 Guillermo González Zayas (PUR)21.10 8 Mike Sands (BAH)DNS Men's 200 m - Second Round - Heat 2 - 3 September 1972
1 Jaroslav Matousek (CZE)20.65 Q 2 Chuck Smith (USA)20.66 Q 3 Ainsley Armstrong (TRI)21.00 Q 4 Bevan Smith (NZL)21.04 5 George Daniels (GHA)21.10 6 Andrés Calonge (ARG)21.11 7 Markku Juhola (FIN)21.19 8 Sunil Gunawardene (SRI)21.31 Men's 200 m - Second Round - Heat 3 - 3 September 1972
1 David Jenkins (GBR)45.99 Q 2 John Smith (USA)46.04 Q 3 Markku Kukkoaho (FIN)46.11 Q 4 Munyoro Nyamau (KEN)46.80 5 Bruce Ijirighwo (NGR)46.81 6 Daniel Velasques (FRA)46.91 7 Amadou Gakou (SEN)46.96 8 Angelo Hussein (SUD)47.33 Men's 200 m - Second Round - Heat 4 - 3 September 1972
1 Larry Black (USA)20.28 Q 2 Don Quarrie (JAM)20.43 Q 3 Bruno Cherrier (FRA)20.62 Q 4 Vladimir Lovetskiy (URS)20.83 5 Motsapi Moorosi (LES)20.90 6 Wen-Ho Su (TPE)21.47 7 Audun Garshol (NOR)25.30 8 Dan Amuke (KEN)DNF Men's 200 m - Second Round - Heat 5 - 3 September 1972
1 Pietro Mennea (ITA)20.47 Q 2 Hans-joachim Zenk (DDR)20.59 Q 3 Richard Hardware (JAM)20.76 Q 4 Lucien Sainte-Rose (FRA)20.76 q 5 Francisco García (SPA)20.77 6 Trevor James (TRI)21.34 7 Brian Green (GBR)21.41 8 Sammy Monsels (SUR)DNS Men's 200 m - Semi-Final - Heat 1 - 4 September 1972
1 Valeriy Borzov (URS)20.74 Q 2 Larry Burton (USA)20.78 Q 3 Chuck Smith (USA)20.86 Q 4 Siegfried Schenke (DDR)20.97 Q 5 Jaroslav Matousek (CZE)20.99 6 Manfred Ommer (FDR)21.08 7 Lucien Sainte-Rose (FRA)21.42 8 Don Quarrie (JAM)DNF Men's 200 m - Semi-Final - Heat 2 - 4 September 1972
1 Larry Black (USA)20.36 Q 2 Pietro Mennea (ITA)20.52 Q 3 Hans-joachim Zenk (DDR)20.63 Q 4 Martin Jellinghaus (FDR)20.75 Q 5 Jirí Kynos (CZE)20.88 6 Ainsley Armstrong (TRI)21.13 7 Bruno Cherrier (FRA)21.15 8 Richard Hardware (JAM)21.24 Men's 200 m - Final - 4 September 1972
1 Valeriy Borzov (URS)20.00 2 Larry Black (USA)20.19 3 Pietro Mennea (ITA)20.30 4 Larry Burton (USA)20.37 5 Charles Smith (USA)20.55 6 Siegfried Schenke (DDR)20.56 7 Martin Jellinghaus (FDR)20.65 8 Hans-joachim Zenk (DDR)21.05
Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - 4 September 1972
| 1 | Kip Keino (KEN) | 8:23.64 |
| 2 | Ben Jipcho (KEN) | 8:24.62 |
| 3 | Tapio Kantanen (FIN) | 8:24.66 |
| 4 | Bronislaw Malinowski (POL) | 8:27.92 |
| 5 | Dusan Moravcik (CZE) | 8:29.06 |
| 6 | Amos Biwott (KEN) | 8:33.48 |
| 7 | Romualdas Bite (URS) | 8:34.64 |
| 8 | Pekka Päivärinta (FIN) | 8:37.17 |
| 9 | Takaharu Koyama (JPN) | 8:37.66 |
| 10 | Mikko Ala-Leppilampi (FIN) | 8:41.03 |
| 11 | Jean-Paul Villain (FRA) | 8:46.72 |
| 12 | Mikhail Zhelev (BUL) | 9:05.59 |
- Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Detailed results
Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Heat 1 - 1 September 1972
1 Tapio Kantanen (FIN)8:24.8 Q 2 Kip Keino (KEN)8:27.6 Q 3 Takaharu Koyama (JPN)8:29.8 Q 4 Gheorghe Cefan (ROM)8:33.8 Q 5 
Andy Holden (ENG)8:33.8 6 Toni Feldmann (SWI)8:35.8 7 Steve Savage (USA)8:39.0 8 Gérard Buchheit (FRA)8:41.2 9 Filbert Bayi (TAN)8:41.4 10 Vitus Ashaba (UGA)8:45.0 11 Tadeusz Zieli?ski (POL)8:49.8 12 Wigmar Pedersen (DEN)9:03.0 Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Heat 2 - 1 September 1972
1 Ben Jipcho (KEN)8:31.6 Q 2 Mikko Ala-Leppilampi (FIN)8:31.8 Q 3 Mikhail Zhelev (BUL)8:35.8 Q 4 Willi Maier (FDR)8:37.6 5 Akira Takeuchi (JPN)8:40.4 6 Sergey Skripka (URS)8:41.4 7 Jan Voje (NOR)8:42.0 8 Hans Menet (SWI)8:45.4 9 Eddie Leddy (IRL)8:47.4 10 Kazimierz Maranda (POL)8:50.4 11 Esau Ade Nji (CMR)9:34.4 12 Kerry O'brien (AUS)DNF Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Heat 3 - 1 September 1972
1 Pekka Päivärinta (FIN)8:29.0 Q 2 Romualdas Bit? (URS)8:30.2 Q 3 Jean-Paul Villain (FRA)8:30.4 Q 4 Josef Horcic (CZE)8:30.6 5 Anders Gärderud (SWE)8:30.8 6 Willi Wagner (FDR)8:34.0 7 Paul Thijs (BEL)8:35.0 8 John Bicourt (GBR)8:38.8 9 Doug Brown (USA)8:41.2 10 Panagiotis Nakopoulos (GRE)8:48.4 11 Yohannes Mohamed (ETH)8:52.6 12 Robert Hackman (GHA)8:57.6 Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Heat 4 - 1 September 1972
1 Amos Biwott (KEN)8:23.8 2 Bronislaw Malinowski (POL)8:28.2 3 Dusan Moravcik (CZE)8:33.4 4 Steve Hollings (GBR)8:35.0 5 Franco Fava (ITA)8:35.0 6 Hans-Dieter Schulten (FDR)8:39.8 7 Boualem Rahoui (ALG)8:41.0 8 Spyridon Kontosoros (GRE)8:41.0 9 Georges Kaiser (SWI)8:45.4 10 Mike Manley (USA)8:50.4 11 Sverre Sørnes (NOR)8:54.8 12 
Usaia Sotutu (FID)9:12.0 13 Julio Quevedo (GUA)9:28.4 Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Final - 4 September 1972
1 Kip Keino (KEN)8:23.64 2 Ben Jipcho (KEN)8:24.62 3 Tapio Kantanen (FIN)8:24.66 4 Bronislaw Malinowski (POL)8:27.92 5 Dusan Moravcik (CZE)8:29.06 6 Amos Biwott (KEN)8:33.48 7 Romualdas Bite (URS)8:34.64 8 Pekka Päivärinta (FIN)8:37.17 9 Takaharu Koyama (JPN)8:37.66 10 Mikko Ala-Leppilampi (FIN)8:41.03 11 Jean-Paul Villain (FRA)8:46.72 12 Mikhail Zhelev (BUL)9:05.59
Men's Triple jump - 4 September 1972
| 1 | Viktor Saneyev (URS) | 17.35 |
| 2 | Jörg Drehmel (DDR) | 17.31 |
| 3 | Nelson Prudencio (BRA) | 17.05 |
| 4 | Carol Corbu (ROM) | 16.85 |
| 5 | John Craft (USA) | 16.83 |
| 6 | Mansour Dia (SEN) | 16.83 |
| 7 | Michal Joachimowski (POL) | 16.69 |
| 8 | Kristen Fløgstad (NOR) | 16.44 |
| 9 | Mikhail Bariban (URS) | 16.30 |
| 10 | Bernard Lamitié (FRA) | 16.27 |
| 11 | Samuel Igun (NGR) | 16.03 |
| 12 | Toshiaki Inoue (JPN) | 15.88 |
- Men's Triple jump - Detailed results
Men's Triple jump - Group A - 8 September 1972
1 Jörg Drehmel (DDR)16.57 Q 2 Mansour Dia (SEN)16.55 Q 3 Carol Corbu (ROM)16.51 Q 4 Toshiaki Inoue (JPN)16.49 Q 5 Kristen Fløgstad (NOR)16.41 Q 6 Samuel Igun (NGR)16.33 Q 7 Mikhail Bariban (URS)16.26 Q 8 Bernard Lamitié (FRA)16.24 Q 9 Gennadiy Bessonov (URS)16.18 10 Esa Rinne (FIN)15.98 11 Mick Mcgrath (AUS)15.90 12 Johnson Amoah (GHA)15.84 13 Milan Spasojevic (YUG)15.69 14 Yukito Muraki (JPN)15.59 15 Dave Tj Smith (USA)14.55 16 Ghazi Saleh Marzouk (SAA)13.82 17 Martin Matupi (MAW)13.57 18 Henry Jackson (JAM)NM 18 Mohinder Singh Gill (IND)NM Men's Triple jump - Group B - 8 September 1972
1 Viktor Saneyev (URS)16.85 Q 2 Michal Joachimowski (POL)16.43 Q 3 Nelson Prudencio (BRA)16.42 Q 4 John Craft (USA)16.32 Q 5 Gábor Katona (HUN)16.19 6 Kosei Gushiken (JPN)16.19 7 Giuseppe Gentile (ITA)16.04 8 Václav Fiser (CZE)15.96 9 Heinz-Günter Schenk (DDR)15.91 10 Abraham Munabi (UGA)15.82 11 Moise Pomaney (GHA)15.72 12 
Pedro Pérez Dueñas (CUB)15.72 13 Tim Barrett (BAH)15.51 14 Wilfredo Maisonave (PUR)15.38 15 Art Walker (USA)15.29 16 Patrick Onyango (KEN)14.74 17 Ming-Chi Chen (TPE)14.73 Men's Triple jump - Final - 4 September 1972
1 Viktor Saneyev (URS)17.35 2 Jörg Drehmel (DDR)17.31 3 Nelson Prudencio (BRA)17.05 4 Carol Corbu (ROM)16.85 5 John Craft (USA)16.83 6 Mansour Dia (SEN)16.83 7 Michal Joachimowski (POL)16.69 8 Kristen Fløgstad (NOR)16.44 9 Mikhail Bariban (URS)16.30 10 Bernard Lamitié (FRA)16.27 11 Samuel Igun (NGR)16.03 12 Toshiaki Inoue (JPN)15.88
Men's 400 m - 7 September 1972
| 1 | Vince Matthews (USA) | 44.66 |
| 2 | Wayne Collett (USA) | 44.80 |
| 3 | Julius Sang (KEN) | 44.92 |
| 4 | Charles Asati (KEN) | 45.13 |
| 5 | Horst-rüdiger Schlöske (FDR) | 45.31 |
| 6 | Markku Kukkoaho (FIN) | 45.59 |
| 7 | Karl Honz (FDR) | 45.68 |
- Men's 400 m - Detailed results
Men's 400 m - Heat 1 - 3 September 1972
1 Andrzej Badenski (POL)46.21 Q 2 Charles Joseph (TRI)46.38 Q 3 Mulugetta Tadesse (ETH)46.38 Q 4 Wickremasinghe Wimaladasa (SRI)46.62 Q 5 Bjarni Sefánsson (ISL)46.76 q 6 
Josip Alebic (CRO)47.01 7 Silver Ayoo (UGA)47.04 8 Nusrat Iqbal Sahi (PAK)49.57 Men's 400 m - Heat 2 - 3 September 1972
1 David Jenkins (GBR)46.15 Q 2 Anders Faager (SWE)46.29 Q 3 Munyoro Nyamau (KEN)46.33 Q 4 Omar Ghizlat (MAR)46.37 Q 5 Bruce Ijirighwo (NGR)46.59 q 6 Samuela Yavala (FID)47.76 7 Théophile Nkounkou (COD)47.86 8 Francisco Menocal (NIC)50.96 Men's 400 m - Heat 3 - 3 September 1972
1 Georg Nückles (FDR)46.64 Q 2 Yoshiharu Tomonaga (JPN)47.01 Q 3 Francis Kerbiriou (FRA)47.01 Q 4 Sam Bugri (GHA)47.83 Q 5 Thomas N'ma (LIR)49.73 6 Jean-Max Faustin (HAI)52.33 Men's 400 m - Heat 4 - 3 September 1972
1 Alberto Juantorena (CUB)45.94 Q 2 Wayne Collett (USA)46.00 Q 3 Claver Kamanya (TAN)46.18 Q 4 Gilles Bertould (FRA)46.36Q 5 Eric Phillips (VEN)46.74 q 6 Pedro Ferrer (PUR)47.90 7 Nicodemus Maipampe (ZAM)48.84 Men's 400 m - Heat 5 - 3 September 1972
1 Tegegne Bezabeh (ETH)45.88 Q 2 Vince Matthews (USA)45.94 Q 3 Angelo Hussein (SUD)47.01 Q 4 Rober Ojo (NGR)47.03 Q 5 Fanahan McSweeney (IRL)47.07 6 Fernando Silva (POR)47.67 7 Kassem Hamze (LEB)49.20 Men's 400 m - Heat 6 - 3 September 1972
1 Charles Asati (KEN)45.16 Q 2 Leighton Priestley (JAM)45.75 Q 3 
Fernando Acevedo (PER)45.80 Q 4 Jan Werner (POL)45.93 Q 5 Gary Armstrong (GBR)46.48 q 6 Francisco Rojas (PAR)47.46 7 Brian MacLaren (CAN)47.65 8 
Caspar Springer (BAR)DNF Men's 400 m - Heat 7 - 3 September 1972
1 Julius Sang (KEN)45.24 Q 2 Martin Reynolds (GBR)46.46 Q 3 Daniel Velasques (FRA)46.70 Q 4 Karl Honz (FDR)46.77 Q 5 Franklin Rahming (BAH)48.30 6 
Ibrahima Idrissou (BEN)48.50 7 William Msiska (MAW)48.81 Men's 400 m - Heat 8 - 3 September 1972
1 Horst-rüdiger Schlöske (FDR)45.27 Q 2 John Smith (USA)46.00 Q 3 Kyriakos Onisiforou (GRE)46.94 Q 4 Reza Entezari (IRI)47.89 Q 5 Mohamed Saad (KUW)49.61 6 Mohamed Jaman Al-Dosari (KSA)49.67 Men's 400 m - Heat 9 - 3 September 1972
1 Markku Kukkoaho (FIN)46.05 Q 2 Zbigniew Jaremski (POL)46.20 Q 3 Arthur Cooper (TRI)47.15 Q 4 Amadou Gakou (SEN)47.68 Q 5 Tambusamy Krishnan (MAL)48.31 6 Frédérique Andrianaivo (MAD)48.72 7 Savin Chem (CMR)48.82 Men's 400 m - Second Round - Heat 1 - 3 September 1972
1 Wayne Collett (USA)45.80 Q 2 Alberto Juantorena (CUB)45.96 Q 3 Jan Werner (POL)46.02 Q 4 Martin Reynolds (GBR)46.11 q 5 Charles Joseph (TRI)46.14 6 Robert Ojo (NGR)46.73 7 Omar Ghizlat (MAR)46.84 8 Sam Bugri (GHA)47.34 Men's 400 m - Second Round - Heat 2 - 3 September 1972
1 Horst-rüdiger Schlöske (FDR)45.41 Q 2 Vince Matthews (USA)45.62 Q 3 Tegegne Bezabeh (ETH)45.97 Q 4 Gilles Bertould (FRA)46.14 5 Wickremasinghe Wimaladasa (SRI)46.50 6 Leighton Priestley (JAM)47.76 7 Arthur Cooper (TRI)48.29 8 Reza Entezari (IRI)48.69 Men's 400 m - Second Round - Heat 3 - 3 September 1972
1 David Jenkins (GBR)45.99 Q 2 John Smith (USA)46.04 Q 3 Markku Kukkoaho (FIN)46.11 Q 4 Munyoro Nyamau (KEN)46.80 5 Bruce Ijirighwo (NGR)46.81 6 Daniel Velasques (FRA)46.91 7 Amadou Gakou (SEN)46.96 8 Angelo Hussein (SUD)47.33 Men's 400 m - Second Round - Heat 4 - 3 September 1972
1 Karl Honz (FDR)45.87 Q 2 Julius Sang (KEN)45.92 Q 3 Zbigniew Jaremski (POL)46.52 Q 4 Anders Faager (SWE)46.54 5 Francis Kerbiriou (FRA)46.63 6 Yoshiharu Tomonaga (JPN)46.92 7 Gary Armstrong (GBR)47.10 8 Kyriakos Onisiforou (GRE)47.22 Men's 400 m - Second Round - Heat 5 - 3 September 1972
1 Charles Asati (KEN)46.04 Q 2 Andrzej Badenski (POL)46.19 Q 3 Georg Nückles (FDR)46.30 Q 4 Claver Kamanya (TAN)46.55 5 Mulugetta Tadesse (ETH)46.85 6 Bjarni Stefánsson (ISL)46.92 7 Eric Phillips (VEN)46.97 8 Fernando Acevedo (PER)DNS Men's 400 m - Semi-Final - Heat 1 - 7 September 1972
1 Vince Matthews (USA)44.94 Q 2 Karl Honz (FDR)45.32 Q 3 John Smith (USA)45.46 Q 4 Charles Asati (KEN)45.47 Q 5 David Jenkins (GBR)45.91 6 Tegegne Bezabeh (ETH)45.98 7 Georg Nückles (FDR)46.28 8 Andrzej Badenski (POL)46.38 Men's 400 m - Semi-Final - Heat 2 - 7 September 1972
1 Julius Sang (KEN)45.30 Q 2 Horst-rüdiger Schlöske (FDR)45.62 Q 3 Wayne Collett (USA)45.77 Q 4 Markku Kukkoaho (FIN)46.02 Q 5 Alberto Juantorena (CUB)46.07 6 Jan Werner (POL)46.26 7 Martin Reynolds (GBR)46.71 8 Zbigniew Jaremski (POL)DNS Men's 400 m - Final - 7 September 1972
1 Vince Matthews (USA)44.66 2 Wayne Collett (USA)44.80 3 Julius Sang (KEN)44.92 4 Charles Asati (KEN)45.13 5 Horst-rüdiger Schlöske (FDR)45.31 6 Markku Kukkoaho (FIN)45.59 7 Karl Honz (FDR)45.68
Men's 110 m Hurdles - 7 September 1972
| 1 | Rod Milburn (USA) | 13.24 |
| 2 | Guy Drut (FRA) | 13.34 |
| 3 | Tom Hill (USA) | 13.48 |
| 4 | Willie Davenport (USA) | 13.50 |
| 5 | Frank Siebeck (DDR) | 13.71 |
| 6 | Leszek Wodzynski (POL) | 13.72 |
| 7 | Lubomir Nadenicek (CZE) | 13.76 |
| 8 | Petr Cech (CZE) | 13.86 |
- Men's 110 m Hurdles - Detailed results
Men's 110 m Hurdles - Heat 1 - 3 September 1972
1 Frank Siebeck (DDR)13.83 Q 2 Willie Davenport (USA)13.97 Q 3 Leszek Wodzynski (POL)14.03 Q 4 Eckart Berkes (FDR)14.14 5 Adeola Aboyade-Cole (NGR)14.16 6 Arnaldo Bristol (PUR)14.61 7 Ahmed Ishtiaq Mubarak (MAL)14.78 8 Muhammad Ahmed Bashir (PAK)15.38 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Heat 2 - 3 September 1972
1 Tom Hill (USA)13.62 Q 2 
Berwyn Price (GAL)13.94 Q 3 Günther Nickel (FDR)13.95 Q 4 Miroslaw Wodzynski (POL)14.02 q 5 Viktor Myasnikov (URS)14.13 6 Bo Forssander (SWE)14.56 7 Alberto Matos (POR)14.74 8 Chung-Ping Lee (TPE)14.98 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Heat 3 - 3 September 1972
1 Rod Milburn (USA)13.57 Q 2 Lubomir Nadenicek (CZE)13.93 Q 3 Rich Mcdonald (CAN)14.36 Q 4 Danny Smith (BAH)14.46 5 Jesper Tørring (DEN)14.50 6 Mal Baird (AUS)14.55 7 Simbara Maki (CIV)14.59 8 Giuseppe Buttari (ITA)DQ Men's 110 m Hurdles - Heat 4 - 3 September 1972
1 Marco Acerbi (ITA)13.99 Q 2 Marek Józwik (POL)14.06 Q 3 Alan Pascoe (GBR)14.08 Q 4 Abdoulaye Sarr (SEN)14.12 5 Manfred Schumann (FDR)14.13 6 Beat Pfister (SWI)14.33 7 Moreldin Mohamed Hamdi (SUD)15.80 8 Alejandro Casañas (CUB)DNF Men's 110 m Hurdles - Heat 5 - 3 September 1972
1 Guy Drut (FRA)13.78 Q 2 Sergio Liani (ITA)13.95 Q 3 Petr Cech (CZE)14.04 Q 4 Godfrey Murray (JAM)14.16 5 Lorand Milassin (HUN)14.21 6 
David Wilson (GUM)14.31 7 Tony Nelson (CAN)14.73 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Semi-Final - Heat 1 - 3 September 1972
1 Tom Hill (USA)13.47 Q 2 Guy Drut (FRA)13.49 Q 3 Leszek Wodzynski (POL)13.81 Q 4 Petr Cech (CZE)13.82 Q 5 Sergio Liani (ITA)13.90 6 Rich Mcdonald (CAN)14.22 7 Berwyn Price (GAL)14.37 8 Miroslaw Wodzynski (POL)14.63 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Semi-Final - Heat 2 - 3 September 1972
1 Rod Milburn (USA)13.44 Q 2 Frank Siebeck (DDR)13.58 Q 3 Willie Davenport (USA)13.73 Q 4 Lubomir Nadenicek (CZE)13.89 Q 5 Marek Józwik (POL)14.06 6 Günther Nickel (FDR)14.23 7 Alan Pascoe (GBR)14.24 8 Marco Acerbi (ITA)14.45 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Final - 7 September 1972
1 Rod Milburn (USA)13.24 2 Guy Drut (FRA)13.34 3 Tom Hill (USA)13.48 4 Willie Davenport (USA)13.50 5 Frank Siebeck (DDR)13.71 6 Leszek Wodzynski (POL)13.72 7 Lubomir Nadenicek (CZE)13.76 8 Petr Cech (CZE)13.86
Men's Hammer throw - 7 September 1972
| 1 | Anatoliy Bondarchuk (URS) | 75.50 |
| 2 | Jochen Sachse (DDR) | 74.96 |
| 3 | Vasiliy Khmelevskiy (URS) | 74.04 |
| 4 | Uwe Beyer (FDR) | 71.52 |
| 5 | Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN) | 71.38 |
| 6 | Sándor Eckschmiedt (HUN) | 71.20 |
| 7 | Edwin Klein (FDR) | 71.14 |
| 8 | Shigenobu Murofushi (JPN) | 70.88 |
| 9 | Mario Vecchiato (ITA) | 70.58 |
| 10 | Karl-hans Riehm (FDR) | 70.12 |
| 11 | István Encsi (HUN) | 70.06 |
| 12 | Tom Gage (USA) | 69.50 |
| 13 | Reinhard Theimer (DDR) | 69.16 |
| 14 | Strecko Stiglic (YUG) | 68.34 |
| 15 | Stavros Moutaftsidis (GRE) | 68.30 |
| 16 | Barry Williams (GBR) | 68.18 |
| 17 | Peter Sternad (AUT) | 66.64 |
| 18 | Iosyp Hamskiy (URS) | 66.26 |
| 19 | Jacques Accambray (FRA) | 65.06 |
| 20 | Takeo Sugawara (JPN) | 64.70 |
- Men's Hammer throw - Detailed results
Men's Hammer throw - Group A - 4 September 1972
1 Reinhard Theimer (DDR)70.66 Q 2 Vasiliy Khmelevskiy (URS)70.00 Q 3 Strecko Stiglic (YUG)69.60 Q 4 Mario Vecchiato (ITA)68.12 Q 5 Karl-hans Riehm (FDR)67.64 Q 6 István Encsi (HUN)67.38 Q 7 Stavros Moutaftsidis (GRE)67.22 Q 8 Edwin Klein (FDR)67.14 Q 9 Takeo Sugawara (JPN)66.50 Q 10 Barry Williams (GBR)66.32 Q 11 Al Schoterman (USA)65.18 12 Stanislaw Lubiejewski (POL)64.80 13 George Frenn (USA)62.14 14 Vladimir Prikhodko (FRA)61.78 15 
Darwin Piñeyrúa (URU)59.84 Men's Hammer throw - Group B - 4 September 1972
1 Anatoliy Bondarchuk (URS)72.88 Q 2 Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN)71.20 Q 3 Jochen Sachse (DDR)69.94 Q 4 Tom Gage (USA)69.40 Q 5 Jacques Accambray (FRA)68.00 Q 6 Shigenobu Murofushi (JPN)67.26 Q 7 Uwe Beyer (FDR)67.04 Q 8 Peter Sternad (AUT)66.74 Q 9 Iosyp Hamskiy (URS)66.72 Q 10 Sándor Eckschmiedt (HUN)66.44 Q 11 Todor Manolov (BUL)65.62 12 Howard Payne (GBR)64.56 13 Yoshihisa Ishida (JPN)63.82 14 Georgios Georgiadis (GRE)63.58 15 William Silen (PUR)62.02 16 José Alberto Vallejo (ARG)60.08 Men's Hammer throw - Final - 7 September 1972
1 Anatoliy Bondarchuk (URS)75.50 2 Jochen Sachse (DDR)74.96 3 Vasiliy Khmelevskiy (URS)74.04 4 Uwe Beyer (FDR)71.52 5 Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN)71.38 6 Sándor Eckschmiedt (HUN)71.20 7 Edwin Klein (FDR)71.14 8 Shigenobu Murofushi (JPN)70.88 9 Mario Vecchiato (ITA)70.58 10 Karl-hans Riehm (FDR)70.12 11 István Encsi (HUN)70.06 12 Tom Gage (USA)69.50 13 Reinhard Theimer (DDR)69.16 14 Strecko Stiglic (YUG)68.34 15 Stavros Moutaftsidis (GRE)68.30 16 Barry Williams (GBR)68.18 17 Peter Sternad (AUT)66.64 18 Iosyp Hamskiy (URS)66.26 19 Jacques Accambray (FRA)65.06 20 Takeo Sugawara (JPN)64.70
Men's Decathlon - 8 September 1972
| 1 | Mykola Avilov (URS) | 8454 WR |
| 2 | Leonid Lytvynenko (URS) | 8035 |
| 3 | Ryszard Katus (POL) | 7984 |
| 4 | Jeff Bennett (USA) | 7974 |
| 5 | Stefan Schreyer (DDR) | 7950 |
| 6 | Freddy Herbrand (BEL) | 7947 |
| 7 | Steen Smidt-Jensen (DEN) | 7947 |
| 8 | Tadeusz Janczenko (POL) | 7861 |
| 9 | Sepp Zeilbauer (AUT) | 7741 |
| 10 | Bruce Jenner (USA) | 7722 |
| 11 | Régis Ghesquière (BEL) | 7677 |
| 12 | Yves Le Roy (FRA) | 7675 |
| 13 | Boris Ivanov (URS) | 7657 |
| 14 | Roger Lespagnard (BEL) | 7519 |
| 15 | Barry King (GBR) | 7468 |
| 16 | Radu Gavrilas (ROM) | 7417 |
| 17 | Vijay Singh Chauhan (IND) | 7378 |
| 18 | Jean-Pierre Schoebel (FRA) | 7273 |
| 19 | Heinz Born (SWI) | 7217 |
| 20 | József Bakai (HUN) | 7071 |
| 21 | Jeff Bannister (USA) | 7022 |
| 22 | Wilfred Mwalawanda (MAW) | 6227 |
Men's Long jump - 9 September 1972
| 1 | Randy Williams (USA) | 8.24 |
| 2 | Hans Baumgartner (FDR) | 8.18 |
| 3 | Arnie Robinson (USA) | 8.03 |
| 4 | Joshua Owusu (GHA) | 8.01 |
| 5 | Preston Carrington (USA) | 7.99 |
| 6 | Max Klauß (DDR) | 7.96 |
| 7 | Alan Lerwill (GBR) | 7.91 |
| 8 | Leonid Barkovskiy (URS) | 7.75 |
| 9 | Valeriy Podluzhniy (URS) | 7.72 |
| 10 | Jacques Rousseau (FRA) | 7.65 |
| 11 | Ari Väänänen (FIN) | 7.62 |
| 12 | Grzegorz Cybulski (POL) | 7.58 |
- Men's Long jump - Detailed results
Men's Long jump - Group A - 8 September 1972
1 Randy Williams (USA)8.34 Q 2 Grzegorz Cybulski (POL)8.01 Q 3 Leonid Barkovskyy (URS)7.98 Q 4 Hans Baumgartner (FDR)7.98 Q 5 Valeriy Podluzhniy (URS)7.91 Q 6 Ari Väänänen (FIN)7.90 Q 7 Jacques Rousseau (FRA)7.79 q 8 Jaroslav Broz (CZE)7.76 9 Bruce Field (AUS)7.76 10 Rolf Bernhard (SWI)7.68 11 Gábor Katona (HUN)7.68 12 Lynn Davies (GBR)7.64 13 Jerzy Homziuk (POL)7.63 14 Finn Bendixen (NOR)7.61 15 Carol Corbu (ROM)7.54 16 Henry Jackson (JAM)7.50 17 Michael Ahey (GHA)7.39 18 Mohinder Gill Singh (IND)7.30 19 Lionel Caero (BOL)6.77 20 Bilal Said Al-Azma (SAA)6.32 Men's Long jump - Group B - 8 September 1972
1 Preston Carrington (USA)8.22 Q 2 Arnie Robinson (USA)7.99 Q 3 Max Klauß (DDR)7.93 Q 3 Joshua Owusu (GHA)7.93 Q 5 Alan Lerwill (GBR)7.86 Q 6 Igor Ter-ovanesyan (URS)7.77 7 Josef Schwarz (FDR)7.63 8 Andreas Gloerfeld (FDR)7.60 9 Wilfredo Maisonave (PUR)7.58 10 Christian Tourret (FRA)7.55 11 Milan Matos (CUB)7.47 12 Takayoshi Kawagoe (JPN)7.47 13 Martin Adouna (TOG)7.25 14 Linus Rebmann (SWI)7.25 15 
Chin-Long Chen (CHN)6.79 16 Jesper Tørring (DEN)NM Men's Long jump - Final - 9 September 1972
1 Randy Williams (USA)8.24 2 Hans Baumgartner (FDR)8.18 3 Arnie Robinson (USA)8.03 4 Joshua Owusu (GHA)8.01 5 Preston Carrington (USA)7.99 6 Max Klauß (DDR)7.96 7 Alan Lerwill (GBR)7.91 8 Leonid Barkovskiy (URS)7.75 9 Valeriy Podluzhniy (URS)7.72 10 Jacques Rousseau (FRA)7.65 11 Ari Väänänen (FIN)7.62 12 Grzegorz Cybulski (POL)7.58
Men's Shot put - 9 September 1972
| 1 | Wladyslaw Komar (POL) | 21.18 |
| 2 | George Woods (USA) | 21.17 |
| 3 | Hartmut Briesenick (DDR) | 21.14 |
| 4 | Hans-Peter Gies (DDR) | 21.14 |
| 5 | Al Feuerbach (USA) | 21.01 |
| 6 | Brian Oldfield (USA) | 20.91 |
| 7 | Heinfried Birlenbach (FDR) | 20.37 |
| 8 | Vilmos Varjú (HUN) | 20.10 |
| 9 | Jaromír Vlk (CZE) | 20.09 |
| 10 | Jaroslav Brabec (CZE) | 19.86 |
| 11 | Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (DDR) | 19.74 |
| 12 | Yves Brouzet (FRA) | 19.61 |
| 13 | Ralf Reichenbach (FDR) | 19.48 |
| 14 | Rimantas Plunge (URS) | 19.30 |
| 15 | Lahcen Samsam Akka (MAR) | 19.11 |
| 16 | Seppo Simola (FIN) | 19.06 |
| 17 | Bruce Pirnie (CAN) | 18.90 |
| 18 | Traugott Glöckler (FDR) | 18.85 |
- Men's Shot put - Detailed results
Men's Shot put - Group A - 8 September 1972
1 Wladyslaw Komar (POL)20.60 Q 2 George Woods (USA)19.96 Q 3 Al Feuerbach (USA)19.94 Q 4 Yves Brouzet (FRA)19.87 Q 5 Jaroslav Brabec (CZE)19.82Q 6 Seppo Simola (FIN)19.49 Q 7 Ralf Reichenbach (FDR)19.14 Q 8 Hans-Peter Gies (DDR)19.06 Q 9 Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (DDR)19.03 Q 10 Aleksandr Baryshnikov (URS)18.65 11 Loukas Louka (GRE)17.48 12 Jugraj Singh (IND)17.15 13 Christopher Okonkwo (NGR)16.51 14 Hussein Al-Taib Maki (SAA)11.57 Men's Shot put - Group B - 8 September 1972
1 Hartmut Briesenick (DDR)20.38 Q 2 Heinfried Birlenbach (FDR)20.10 Q 3 Brian Oldfield (USA)19.95 Q 4 Vilmos Varjú (HUN)19.94 Q 5 Jaromír Vlk (CZE)19.61 Q 6 Lahcen Samsam Akka (MAR)19.36 Q 7 Rimantas Plung? (URS)19.18 Q 8 Bruce Pirnie (CAN)19.18 Q 9 Traugott Glöckler (FDR)19.11 Q 10 Ivan Ivancic (YUG)18.95 11 Geoff Capes (GBR)18.94 12 Arnjolt Beer (FRA)18.74 13 Les Mills (NZL)18.38 14 Bo Grahn (FIN)18.20 15 Phil Conway (IRL)16.69 Men's Shot put - Final - 9 September 1972
1 Wladyslaw Komar (POL)21.18 2 George Woods (USA)21.17 3 Hartmut Briesenick (DDR)21.14 4 Hans-Peter Gies (DDR)21.14 5 Al Feuerbach (USA)21.01 6 Brian Oldfield (USA)20.91 7 Heinfried Birlenbach (FDR)20.37 8 Vilmos Varjú (HUN)20.10 9 Jaromír Vlk (CZE)20.09 10 Jaroslav Brabec (CZE)19.86 11 Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (DDR)19.74 12 Yves Brouzet (FRA)19.61 13 Ralf Reichenbach (FDR)19.48 14 Rimantas Plunge (URS)19.30 15 Lahcen Samsam Akka (MAR)19.11 16 Seppo Simola (FIN)19.06 17 Bruce Pirnie (CAN)18.90 18 Traugott Glöckler (FDR)18.85
Men's 1500 m - 10 September 1972
| 1 | Pekka Vasala (FIN) | 3:36.33 |
| 2 | Kip Keino (KEN) | 3:36.81 |
| 3 | Rodney Dixon (NZL) | 3:37.46 |
| 4 | Mike Boit (KEN) | 3:38.41 |
| 5 | Brendan Foster (GBR) | 3:39.02 |
| 6 | Herman Mignon (BEL) | 3:39.05 |
| 7 | Paul-heinz Wellmann (FDR) | 3:40.08 |
| 8 | Volodymyr Pantelei (URS) | 3:40.24 |
| 9 | Tony Polhill (NZL) | 3:41.8 |
| 10 | Tom Hansen (DEN) | 3:41,8 |
- Men's 1500 m - Detailed results
Men's 1500 m - Heat 1 - 8 September 1972
1 Thomas Wessinghage (FDR)3:40.6 Q 2 Dave Wottle (USA)3:40.7 Q 3 Jean-Pierre Dufresne (FRA)3:40.8 Q 4 Brendan Foster (GBR)3:40.8 Q 5 Donaldo Arza (PAN)3:41.8 6 Ivan Ivanov (URS)3:42.3 7 Mehmet Tümkan (TÜR)3:44.0 8 Mohamed Kacemi (ALG)3:45.2 9 Daniel Andrade (SEN)3:59.2 10 Dafallah Sultan Farah (SUD)4:02.9 Men's 1500 m - Heat 2 - 8 September 1972
1 Franco Arese (ITA)3:44.0 Q 2 Herman Mignon (BEL)3:44.2 Q 3 Bodo Tümmler (FDR)3:44.5 Q 4 Gerd Larsen (DEN)3:44.7 Q 5 John Kirkbride (GBR)3:45.3 6 Filbert Bayi (TAN)3:45.4 7 Josef Horcic (CZE)3:45.7 8 William Smart (CAN)3:49.2 Men's 1500 m - Heat 3 - 8 September 1972
1 Shibrou Regassa (ETH)3:43.6 Q 2 Spilios Zakharopoulos (GRE)3:43.8 Q 3 Henryk Szordykowski (POL)3:44.2 Q 4 Pekka Päivärinta (FIN)3:44.4 Q 5 André Dehertoghe (BEL)3:44.6 6 Petre Lupan (ROM)3:44.8 7 Mohamed Makdouf (MAR)3:48.4 8 Abdul Wahab Naser Al-Safra (KSA)4:14.5 Men's 1500 m - Heat 4 - 8 September 1972
1 Kip Keino (KEN)3:40.0 Q 2 Rodney Dixon (NZL)3:40.0 Q 3 Gunnar Ekman (SWE)3:40.4 Q 4 Klaus-Peter Justus (DDR)3:40.4 Q 5 Gianni Del Buono (ITA)3:40.8 6 Werner Meier (SWI)3:43.2 7 Mohamad Younas (PAK)3:44.1 8 Vitus Ashaba (UGA)3:45.2 9 Jim Ryun (USA)3:51.5 10 Billy Fordjour (GHA)4:08.2 Men's 1500 m - Heat 5 - 8 September 1972
1 Hailu Ebba (ETH)3:41.6 Q 2 Paul-heinz Wellmann (FDR)3:41.8 Q 3 Ray Smedley (GBR)3:42.1 Q 4 Chris Fisher (AUS)3:42.5 Q 5 Frank Murphy (IRL)3:43.4 6 Byron Dyce (JAM)3:45.9 7 Cosmas Silei (KEN)3:52.0 8 Joze Medjimurec (YUG)3:52.1 9 Harry Nkopeka (MAW)4:00.9 10 Edward Kar (LIR)4:21.4 Men's 1500 m - Heat 6 - 8 September 1972
1 Pekka Vasala (FIN)3:40.9 Q 2 Tom Hansen (DEN)3:41.1 Q 3 Bob Wheeler (USA)3:41.3 Q 4 Haico Scham (NED)3:41.4 Q 5 Ulf Högberg (SWE)3:41.5 q 6 Edgard Salvé (BEL)3:42.1 7 Anthony Colón (PUR)3:44.6 8 Edouard Rasoanaivo (MAD)3:48.5 9 Jaiye Abidoye (NGR)3:48.8 10 
Mohamed Aboker (SOM)3:59.5 Men's 1500 m - Heat 7 - 8 September 1972
1 Mike Boit (KEN)3:42.2 Q 2 Tony Polhill (NZL)3:42.3 Q 3 Volodymyr Panteley (URS)3:42.3 Q 4 Jacques Boxberger (FRA)3:42.6 Q 5 Mansour Guettaya (TUN)3:43.9 6 Fernando Eugenio Mamede (POR)3:45.1 7 Azzedine Azzouzi (ALG)3:46.4 8 Kenneth Elmer (CAN)3:46.6 9 Esaie Fongang (CMR)3:54.5 10 Jimmy Crampton (MYA)4:06.9 Men's 1500 m - Semi-Final - Heat 1 - 9 September 1972
1 Mike Boit (KEN)3:41.3 Q 2 Volodymyr Panteley (URS)3:41.6 Q 3 Tom Hansen (DEN)3:41.6 Q 4 Dave Wottle (USA)3:41.6 5 Chris Fisher (AUS)3:42.0 6 Gianni Del Buono (ITA)3:42.0 7 Thomas Wessinghage (FDR)3:43.4 8 Spilios Zacharopoulos (GRE)3:43.5 9 Ulf Högberg (SWE)3:43.6 10 Hailu Ebba (ETH)3:43.7 Men's 1500 m - Semi-Final - Heat 2 - 9 September 1972
1 Kip Keino (KEN)3:41.2 Q 2 Herman Mignon (BEL)3:41.7 Q 3 Tony Polhill (NZL)3:41.8 Q 4 Shibrou Regassa (ETH)3:41.9 5 Jacques Boxberger (FRA)3:42.4 6 Henryk Szordykowski (POL)3:42.5 7 Haico Scharn (NED)3:44.4 8 Pekka Päivärinta (FIN)3:45.1 9 Ray Smedley (GBR)3:45.8 10 Bodo Tümmler (FDR)3:50.0 Men's 1500 m - Semi-Final - Heat 3 - 9 September 1972
1 Rodney Dixon (NZL)3:37.9 Q 2 Pekka Vasala (FIN)3:37.9 Q 3 Brendan Foster (GBR)3:38.2 Q 4 Paul-heinz Wellmann (FDR)3:38.4 q 5 Gunnar Ekman (SWE)3:39.4 6 Bob Wheeler (USA)3:40.4 7 Franco Arese (ITA)3:41.1 8 Jean-Pierre Dufresne (FRA)3:41.6 9 Klaus-Peter Justus (DDR)3:44.6 10 Gerd Larsen (DEN)3:59.4 Men's 1500 m - Final - 10 September 1972
1 Pekka Vasala (FIN)3:36.33 2 Kip Keino (KEN)3:36.81 3 Rodney Dixon (NZL)3:37.46 4 Mike Boit (KEN)3:38.41 5 Brendan Foster (GBR)3:39.02 6 Herman Mignon (BEL)3:39.05 7 Paul-heinz Wellmann (FDR)3:40.08 8 Volodymyr Pantelei (URS)3:40.24 9 Tony Polhill (NZL)3:41.8 10 Tom Hansen (DEN)3:41,8
Men's 5000 m - 10 September 1972
| 1 | Lasse Viren (FIN) | 13:26.42 |
| 2 | Mohamed Gammoudi (TUN) | 13:27.33 |
| 3 | Ian Stewart (GBR) | 13:27.61 |
| 4 | Steve Prefontaine (USA) | 13:28.25 |
| 5 | Emiel Puttemans (BEL) | 13:30.82 |
| 6 | Harald Norpoth (FDR) | 13:32.58 |
| 7 | Per Halle (NOR) | 13:34.38 |
| 8 | Nikolay Sviridov (URS) | 13:39.31 |
| 9 | Frank Eisenberg (DDR) | 13:40.84 |
| 10 | Javier Álvarez (SPA) | 13:41.83 |
| 11 | Ian McCafferty (GBR) | 13:43.20 |
| 12 | David Bedford (GBR) | 13:43.22 |
| 13 | Juha Väätäinen (FIN) | 13:53.84 |
- Men's 5000 m - Detailed results
Men's 5000 m - Heat 1 - 7 September 1972
1 Mohamed Gammoudi (TUN)13:49.8 Q 2 David Bedford (GBR)13:49.8 Q 3 Ben Jipcho (KEN)13:56.8 4 Anders Gärderud (SWE)13:57.2 5 Michael Keogh (IRL)13:57.8 6 René Goris (BEL)13:57.8 7 Arne Roald Risa (NOR)14:01.6 8 Takaharu Koyama (JPN)14:12.6 9 Carlos Lopes (POR)14:29.6 10 Esau Ade Nji (CMR)15:19.6 11 Pehind Suppiah Suppiah (SIN)15:36.6 Men's 5000 m - Heat 2 - 7 September 1972
1 Emiel Puttemans (BEL)13:31.8 Q 2 Steve Prefontaine (USA)13:32.6 Q 3 Harald Norpoth (FDR)13:33.4 Q 4 Javier Álvarez (SPA)13:36.6 Q 5 Grant McLaren (CAN)13:43.8 6 Pedro Miranda (MEX)13:45.2 7 
Vladimir Afonin (BLR)14:08.6 8 Raymond Zembri (FRA)14:34.4 9 Dick Quax (NZL)14:35.2 10 Gert Kærlin (DEN)14:39.2 11 Carlos Cuque (GUA)15:53.4 Men's 5000 m - Heat 3 - 7 September 1972
1 Ian McCafferty (GBR)13:38.2 Q 2 Frank Eisenberg (DDR)13:38.4 Q 3 Per Halle (NOR)13:38.6 Q 4 Dusan Moravcik (CZE)13:40.4 5 Paul Mose (KEN)13:41.4 6 Tapio Kantanen (FIN)13:42.0 7 Tony Benson (AUS)13:42.8 8 Boualem Rahoui (ALG)13:45.0 9 Tekle Fitinsa (ETH)13:50.4 10 Richard Tayler (NZL)13:56.2 11 Edward Sequeira (IND)14:01.4 12 John Hartnett (IRL)14:34.6 13 Abdullah Al-Mabrouk (KSA)15:51.0 Men's 5000 m - Heat 4 - 7 September 1972
1 Juha Vaatainen (FIN)13:32.8 Q 2 Ian Stewart (GBR)13:33.0 Q 3 Mariano Haro (SPA)13:35.4 Q 4 Tolossa Kotu (ETH)13:46.2 5 Willy Polleunis (BEL)13:52.6 6 Nikolay Puklakov (URS)13:57.6 7 Mario Perez (MEX)13:58.2 8 Leonard Hilton (USA)14:07.2 9 Wolfgang Riesinger (GER)14:15.2 10 Knut Borod (NOR)14:15.8 11 Jørn Lauenborg (DEN)14:18.8 12 Evans Mogaka (KEN)14:37.2 13 Ngwila Musonda (ZAM)14:37.4 Men's 5000 m - Heat 5 - 7 September 1972
1 Lasse Viren (FIN)13:38.4 Q 2 Nikolay Sviridov (URS)13:38.4 Q 3 Josef Jánský (CZE)14:39.8 4 George Young (USA)13:41.2 5 
Edmundo Warnke (CHI)13:43.6 6 Bob Finlay (CAN)13:44.0 7 Keisuke Sawaki (JPN)13:44.8 8 Bronislaw Malinowski (POL)13:48.2 9 Jürgen May (FDR)14:06.6 10 Gavin Thorley (NZL)14:11.6 11 Hikmet Sen (TÜR)14:26.0 12 Fritz Rügsegger (SWI)14:54.4 13 Usaia Sotutu (FID)15:24.2 Men's 5000 m - Final - 10 September 1972
1 Lasse Viren (FIN)13:26.42 2 Mohamed Gammoudi (TUN)13:27.33 3 Ian Stewart (GBR)13:27.61 4 Steve Prefontaine (USA)13:28.25 5 Emiel Puttemans (BEL)13:30.82 6 Harald Norpoth (FDR)13:32.58 7 Per Halle (NOR)13:34.38 8 Nikolay Sviridov (URS)13:39.31 9 Frank Eisenberg (DDR)13:40.84 10 Javier Álvarez (SPA)13:41.83 11 Ian McCafferty (GBR)13:43.20 12 David Bedford (GBR)13:43.22 13 Juha Väätäinen (FIN)13:53.84
Men's High jump - 10 September 1972
| 1 | Jüri Tarmak (URS) | 2.23 |
| 2 | Stefan Junge (DDR) | 2.21 |
| 3 | Dwight Stones (USA) | 2.21 |
| 4 | Hermann Magerl (FDR) | 2.18 |
| 5 | Adam Szepesi (HUN) | 2.18 |
| 6 | John Beers (CAN) | 2.15 |
| 6 | István Major (HUN) | 2.15 |
| 8 | Rustam Akhmetov (URS) | 2.15 |
| 9 | John Hawkins (CAN) | 2.15 |
| 10 | Enzo Del Forno (ITA) | 2.15 |
| 11 | Ján Dahlgren (SWE) | 2.15 |
| 12 | Vasilios Papadimitriou (GRE) | 2.15 |
| 12 | Kestutis Sapka (URS) | 2.15 |
| 14 | Bernard Gauthier (FRA) | 2.15 |
| 15 | Henry Elliott (FRA) | 2.10 |
| 16 | Serban Ioan (ROM) | 2.10 |
| 17 | Gian Marco Schivo (ITA) | 2.10 |
| 18 | Lawrie Peckham (AUS) | 2.10 |
| 19 | Hidehiko Tomizawa (JPN) | 2.05 |
- Men's High jump - Detailed results
Men's High jump - Group A - 9 September 1972
1 Henry Elliott (FRA)2.15 Q 1 Dwight Stones (USA)2.15 Q 3 Jüri Tarmak (URS)2.15 Q 3 Kestutis Sapka (URS)2.15 Q 3 Rustam Akhmetov (URS)2.15 Q 3 Ján Dahlgren (SWE)2.15 Q 3 Serban Ioan (ROM)2.15 Q 3 Adam Szepesi (HUN)2.15 Q 3 István Major (HUN)2.15 Q 3 Vasilios Papadimitriou (GRE)2.15 Q 11 Hermann Magerl (FDR)2.15 Q 12 Bernard Gauthier (FRA)2.15 Q 13 Stefan Junge (DDR)2.15 Q 14 Lawrie Peckham (AUS)2.15 Q 15 Hidehiko Tomizawa (JPN)2.15 Q 16 Gian Marco Schivo (ITA)2.15 Q 17 Chris Dunn (USA)2.12 18 Roman Moravec (CZE)2.12 19 Ron Jourdan (USA)2.12 20 Petar Bogdanov (BUL)2.12 21 József Tihányi (HUN)2.09 22 Jaroslav Alexa (CZE)2.09 Men's High jump - Group B - 9 September 1972
1 Enzo Del Forno (ITA)2.15 Q 2 John Beers (CAN)2.15 Q 3 John Hawkins (CAN)2.15 Q 4 Ingomar Sieghart (FDR)2.12 5 Teymour Ghiassi (IRI)2.12 6 Ioánnis Kousoulas (GRE)2.12 7 Rick Cuttell (CAN)2.09 8 Michel Patry (SWI)2.09 9 Kuniyoshi Sugioka (JPN)2.06 10 
Sang-Su Park (KOR)2.00 11 Noor Azhar Hamid (SIN)2.00 11 Abdullah Noor Wasughe (SOM)2.00 13 Ahmed Senoussi (CHA)2.00 14 Luis Barrionuevo (ARG)1.90 14 Sitha Sin (CMR)1.90 14 Daniel Mkandawire (MAW)1.90 17 Hamadou Evelé (CMR)1.90 18 Suresh Babu (IND)1.90 Men's High jump - Final - 10 September 1972
1 Jüri Tarmak (URS)2.23 2 Stefan Junge (DDR)2.21 3 Dwight Stones (USA)2.21 4 Hermann Magerl (FDR)2.18 5 Adam Szepesi (HUN)2.18 6 John Beers (CAN)2.15 6 István Major (HUN)2.15 8 Rustam Akhmetov (URS)2.15 9 John Hawkins (CAN)2.15 10 Enzo Del Forno (ITA)2.15 11 Ján Dahlgren (SWE)2.15 12 Vasilios Papadimitriou (GRE)2.15 12 Kestutis Sapka (URS)2.15 14 Bernard Gauthier (FRA)2.15 15 Henry Elliott (FRA)2.10 16 Serban Ioan (ROM)2.10 17 Gian Marco Schivo (ITA)2.10 18 Lawrie Peckham (AUS)2.10 19 Hidehiko Tomizawa (JPN)2.05
Men's 4x100 m relay - 10 September 1972
| 1 | United States (Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker, Eddie Hart) | |
| 2 | Soviet Union (Aleksandr Kornelyuk, Vladimir Lovetskiy, Juris Silovs, Valeriy Borzov) | |
| 3 | West Germany (Jobst Hirscht, Karlheinz Klotz, Gerhard Wucherer, Klaus Ehl) | |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia (Jaroslav Matousek, Juraj Demec, Jirí Kynos, Ludek Bohman) | |
| 5 | East Germany (Manfred Kokot, Bernd Borth, Hans-Jürgen Bombach, Siegfried Schenke) | |
| 6 | Poland (Stanislaw Wagner, Tadeusz Cuch, Jerzy Czerbniak, Zenon Nowosz) | |
| 7 | France (René Metz, Patrick Bourbeillon, Jean-Pierre Grès, Gérard Fenouil, Bruno Cherrier) | |
| 8 | Italy (Ennio Preatoni, Luigi Benedetti, Pietro Mennea, Vincenzo Guerini, Sergio Bello) |
- Men's 4x100 m relay - Detailed results
Men's 4x100 m relay - Heat 1 - 9 September 1972
1 Soviet Union (Aleksandr Kornelyuk, Vladimir Lovetskiy, Yuri Silov, Valeriy Borzov)39.15 Q 2 West Germany (Jobst Hirscht, Karlheinz Klotz, Gerhard Wucherer, Klaus Ehl)39.17 Q 3 East Germany (Manfred Kokot, Bernd Borth, Hans-Jürgen Bombach, Siegfried Schenke)39.17 Q 4 Austria (Georg Regner, Axel Nepraunik, Günther Würfel, Helmut Lang)40.49 Q 5 Puerto Rico (Luis Alers, Guillermo González Zayas, Pedro Ferrer, Jorge Vizcarrondo)41.34 6 Saudi Arabia (Mohamed Jaman Al-Dosari, Mansour Al-Juaid, Bilal Said Al-Azma, Said Khalil Al-Dosari)43.35 Men's 4x100 m relay - Heat 2 - 9 September 1972
1 France (Patrick Bourbeillon, Jean-Pierre Grès, Gérard Fenouil, Bruno Cherrier)39.01 Q 2 Czechoslovakia (Jaroslav Matousek, Juraj Demec, Jirí Kynos, Ludek Bohman)39.31 Q 3 Nigeria (Rex Bazunu, James Olakunie, Timon Oyebami, Kolawole Abdulai)39.66 Q 4 Venezuela (Humberto Galea, Félix Mata, Alberto Marchán, Jesus Rico)39.74 Q 5 Ivory Coast (Kouakou Komenan, Amadou Meité, N'Dri Kouame, Gaoussou Koné)39.81 6 Madagascar (Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa, Alfred Rabenja, Andre Ralainasolo, Henri Rafaralahy)40.58 7 Taiwan (Chung-Ping Lee, Wen-Ho Soo, Chin-Lung Chen, Ming-Chi Chen)41.78 Men's 4x100 m relay - Heat 3 - 9 September 1972
1 Poland (Stanislaw Wagner, Tadeusz Cuch, Jerzy Czerbniak, Zenon Nowosz)39.11 Q 2 Ghana (Karikari Ohene, James Aryee Addy, Sandy Osei-Agyemang, George Kofi Daniels)39.46 Q 3 Finland (Antti Rajamäki, Raimo Vilen, Erik Gustafsson, Markku Juhola)39.54 Q 4 Cuba (Jose Triana, Juan Morales, Pablo Montes, Hermes Ramírez)39.65 Q 5 Senegal (Malang Mané, Christian Do Rosario, Momar N'dao, Barka Sy)40.95 6 
Thailand (Somsakdi Boontud, Surapong Ariyamongkol, Panus Ariyamongkol, Anat Ratanapol)41.04 Men's 4x100 m relay - Heat 4 - 9 September 1972
1 United States (Eddie Hart, Gerald Tinker, Robert Taylor, Larry Black)38.96 Q 2 Italy (Pietro Mennea, Luigi Benedetti, Ennio Preatoni, Vincenzo Guerini)39.29 Q 3 Great Britain (Brian Green, Dave Dear, Don Halliday, Berwyn Price)39.63 Q 4 Congo (Antoine Ntsana Nkounkou, Louis Nkanza, Jean-Pierre Bassegela, Théophile Nkounkou)39.86 Q 5 Bahamas (Danny Smith, Timothy Lockhart-Harrison, Walter Edward Callander, Mike Sands)40.48 6 Tanzania (Obedi Mwanga, Norman Chihota, Claver Kamanya, Hamad Ndee)41.07 Men's 4x100 m relay - Semi-Final 1 - 9 September 1972
1 United States (Eddie Hart, Gerald Tinker, Robert Taylor, Larry Black)38.54 Q 2 West Germany (Klaus Ehl, Gerhard Wucherer, Karlheinz Klotz, Jobst Hirscht)38.86 Q 3 Poland (Zenon Nowosz, Jerzy Czerbniak, Tadeusz Cuch, Stanislaw Wagner)38.90 Q 4 Czechoslovakia (Ludek Bohman, Jirí Kynos, Juraj Demec, Jaroslav Matousek)39.01 Q 5 Cuba (Pablo Montes, Hermes Ramírez, Juan Morales, Jose Triana)39.04 6 Nigeria (Timon Oyebami, James Olakunie, Rex Bazunu, Kolawole Abdulai)39.73 7 Ghana (Ohene Karikari, James Aryee Addy, Sandy Osei-Agyemang, George Daniels)39.99 8 Austria (Georg Regner, Axel Nepraunik, Günther Würfel, Helmut Lang)DQ Men's 4x100 m relay - Semi-Final 2 - 9 September 1972
1 France (Patrick Bourbeillon, Jean-Pierre Grès, Gérard Fenouil, Bruno Cherrier)39.00 Q 2 Soviet Union (Aleksandr Kornelyuk, Vladimir Lovetskiy, Juris Silovs, Valeriy Borzov)39.00 Q 3 East Germany (Manfred Kokot, Bernd Borth, Hans-Jürgen Bombach, Siegfried Schenke)39.06 Q 4 Italy (Vincenzo Guerini, Ennio Preatoni, Luigi Benedetti, Sergio Bello)39.21 5 Finland (Antti Rajamäki, Raimo Vilen, Erik Gustafsson, Markku Juhola)39.30 6 Great Britain (Les Piggot, Don Halliday, Dave Dear, Brian Green)39.47 7 Venezuela (Humberto Galea, Félix Mata, Alberto Marchán, Jesus Rico)39.74 8 Congo (Antoine Kiakouama, Louis Nkanza, Jean-Pierre Bassegela, Théophile Nkounkou)39.97 Men's 4x100 m relay - Final A - 9 September 1972
1 United States (Eddie Hart, Gerald Tinker, Robert Taylor, Larry Black)38.19 2 Soviet Union (Valeriy Borzov, Juris Silovs, Vladimir Lovetskiy, Aleksandr Kornelyuk)38.50 3 West Germany (Klaus Ehl, Gerhard Wucherer, Karlheinz Klotz, Jobst Hirscht)38.79 4 Czechoslovakia (Ludek Bohman, Jirí Kynos, Juraj Demec, Jaroslav Matousek)38.82 5 East Germany (Siegfried Schenke, Hans-Jürgen Bombach, Bernd Borth, Manfred Kokot)38.90 6 Poland (Zenon Nowosz, Jerzy Czerbniak, Tadeusz Cuch, Stanislaw Wagner)39.03 7 France (Bruno Cherrier, Gérard Fenouil, Jean-Pierre Grès, Patrick Bourbeillon)39.14 8 Italy (Pietro Mennea, Luigi Benedetti, Ennio Preatoni, Vincenzo Guerini)39.14 Men's 4x100 m relay - Final - 10 September 1972
1 United States (Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker, Eddie Hart)2 Soviet Union (Aleksandr Kornelyuk, Vladimir Lovetskiy, Juris Silovs, Valeriy Borzov)3 West Germany (Jobst Hirscht, Karlheinz Klotz, Gerhard Wucherer, Klaus Ehl)4 Czechoslovakia (Jaroslav Matousek, Juraj Demec, Jirí Kynos, Ludek Bohman)5 East Germany (Manfred Kokot, Bernd Borth, Hans-Jürgen Bombach, Siegfried Schenke)6 Poland (Stanislaw Wagner, Tadeusz Cuch, Jerzy Czerbniak, Zenon Nowosz)7 France (René Metz, Patrick Bourbeillon, Jean-Pierre Grès, Gérard Fenouil, Bruno Cherrier)8 Italy (Ennio Preatoni, Luigi Benedetti, Pietro Mennea, Vincenzo Guerini, Sergio Bello)
Men's 4x400 m relay - 10 September 1972
| 1 | Kenya | |
| 2 | Great Britain | |
| 3 | France | |
| 4 | West Germany | |
| 5 | Poland | |
| 6 | Finland | |
| 7 | Sweden | |
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago |
- Men's 4x400 m relay - Detailed results
Men's 4x400 m relay - Heat 1 - 9 September 1972
1 Great Britain (Martin Reynolds, Alan Pascoe, David Hemery, David Jenkins)3:01.26 Q 2 Kenya (Charles Asati, Munyoro Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang)3:01.27 Q 3 Sweden (Erik Carlgren, Anders Faager, Kenth Öhman, Ulf Rönner)3:03.05 q 4 Canada (Ian Gordon, Brian MacLaren, Craig Blackman, Tony Powell)3:04.22 5 Yugoslavia (Miro Kocuvan, Laszlo Ubori, Josip Alebic, Milorad Cikic)3:05.70 6 Morocco (Omar Ghizlat, Ahmed Hasnaoui, Salah Fettouh, Mohamed Bouboud)3:05.92 7 Portugal (Fernando Silva, Alberto Matos, José Carvalho, Fernando Mamede)3:10.00 Men's 4x400 m relay - Heat 2 - 9 September 1972
1 West Germany (Bernd Herrmann, Horst-rüdiger Schlöske, Hermann Köhler, Karl Honz)3:03.27 Q 2 Trinidad and Tobago (Arthur Cooper, Pat Marshall, Charles Joseph, Edwin Roberts)3:03.48 Q 3 Nigeria (Musa Dogon Yaro, Bruce Ijirighwo, Mamman Makama, Robert Ojo)3:04.31 4 Ethiopia (Tegegne Bezabeh, Shoangizaw Worku, Ketema Benti, Mulugetta Tadesse)3:08.59 5 Italy (Daniele Giovanardi, Giacomo Puosi, Lorenzo Cellerino, Sergio Bello)3:09.7 6 Tanzania (Hamad Ndee, Obedi Mwanga, Omari Abdallah, Claver Kamanya)3:10.1 7 Senegal (Omar Ba, Abou Mamadou Sow, Samba Dièye, Jean-Pierre Mango)3:11.2 8 Sudan (Mohamed Musa Gadou, Dafallah Sultan Farah, Ibrahim Saad Abdel Galil, Angelo Hussein)3:14.5 Men's 4x400 m relay - Heat 3 - 9 September 1972
1 Poland (Jan Werner, Jan Balachowski, Zbigniew Jaremski, Andrzej Badenski)3:02.52 2 Finland (Stig Lönnqvist, Ari Salin, Ossi Karttunen, Markku Kukkoaho)3:02.97 3 France (Gilles Bertould, Daniel Velasques, Francis Kerbiriou, Jacques Carette)3:03.13 q 4 Jamaica (Leighton Priestley, Kim Rowe, Trevor Campbell, Alfred Daley)3:03.83 5 Venezuela (Raúl Dome, Félix Pérez, José Jacinto Hidalgo, Eric Phillips)3:06.99 6 Malaysia (Tambusamy Krishnan, Sinnayah Sabapathy, Mohamed Hassan bin Osman, Baba Singhe Peyadesa)3:13.51 Men's 4x400 m relay - Final A - 10 September 1972
1 Kenya (Charles Asati, Munyoro Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang)2:59.83 2 Great Britain (Martin Reynolds, Alan Pascoe, David Hemery, David Jenkins)3:00.46 3 France (Gilles Bertould, Daniel Velasques, Francis Kerbiriou, Jacques Carette)3:00.65 4 West Germany (Bernd Herrmann, Horst-rüdiger Schlöske, Hermann Köhler, Karl Honz)3:00.88 5 Poland (Jan Werner, Jan Balachowski, Zbigniew Jaremski, Andrzej Badenski)3:01.05 6 Finland (Stig Lönnqvist, Ari Salin, Ossi Karttunen, Markku Kukkoaho)3:01.12 7 Sweden (Erik Carlgren, Anders Faager, Kenth Öhman, Ulf Rönner)3:02.57 8 Trinidad and Tobago (Arthur Cooper, Pat Marshall, Charles Joseph, Edwin Roberts)3:03.58 Men's 4x400 m relay - Final - 10 September 1972
1 Kenya2 Great Britain3 France4 West Germany5 Poland6 Finland7 Sweden8 Trinidad and Tobago
