Summer Olympics : Track & Field in 1972

     MORE YEARS => 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | TRACK & FIELD BY YEAR

 MEDAL COUNTS:

    
COUNTRY
TOTAL
 GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE


United StatesUnited States
22
6
8
8



AustriaAustria
1
0
0
1



BelgiumBelgium
2
0
2
0



BrazilBrazil
1
0
0
1



BulgariaBulgaria
4
0
2
2



CubaCuba
2
0
0
2



EthiopiaEthiopia
2
0
0
2



FinlandFinland
4
3
0
1



FranceFrance
2
0
1
1



West GermanyWest Germany
11
6
3
2



Great BritainGreat Britain
4
1
1
2



East GermanyEast Germany
20
8
7
5



ItalyItaly
2
0
0
2



JamaicaJamaica
1
0
0
1



KenyaKenya
6
2
2
2



New ZealandNew Zealand
1
0
0
1



PolandPoland
3
1
0
2



RomaniaRomania
2
0
2
0



SwedenSweden
1
0
0
1



CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia
2
1
0
1



TunisiaTunisia
1
0
1
0



UgandaUganda
1
1
0
0



Soviet UnionSoviet Union
17
9
7
1



AustraliaAustralia
2
0
2
0






 MEDAL WINNERS:

                           GOLD                               SILVER                               BRONZE                              
Men's 100 m                Valery Borsov      URS     10.14 | Robert Taylor        USA     10.24 | Lennox Miller       JAM     10.33
Men's 200 m                Valery Borsov      URS     20.00 | Larry Black          USA     20.19 | Pietro Mennea       ITA     20.30
Men's 400 m                Vincent Matthews   USA     44.66 | Wayne Collett        USA     44.80 | Julius Sang         KEN     44.92
Men's 800 m                Dave Wottle        USA   1:45.86 | Yevgeni Arzhanov     URS   1:45.89 | Mike Boit           KEN   1:46.01
Men's 1,500 m              Pekka Vasala       FIN   3:36.33 | Kipchoge Keino       KEN   3:36.81 | Rodney Dixon        NZL   3:37.46
Men's 5,000 m              Lasse Viren        FIN  13:26.42 | Mohamed Gammoudi     TUN  13:27.33 | Ian Stewart         GBR  13:27.61
Men's 10,000 m             Lasse Viren        FIN  27:38.35 | Emiel Puttemans      BEL  27:39.58 | Miruts Yifter       ETH  27:40.96
Men's Marathon             Frank Shorter      USA 2:12:19.8 | Karel Lismont        BEL 2:14:31.8 | Mamo Wolde          ETH 2:15:08.4
Men's 110 m Hurdles        Rodney Milburn     USA     13.24 | Guy Drut             FRA     13.34 | Thomas Hill         USA     13.48
Men's 400 m Hurdles        John Akii-Bua      UGA     47.82 | Ralph Mann           USA     48.51 | David Hemery        GBR     48.52
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase Kipchoge Keino     KEN   8:23.64 | Benjamin Jipcho      KEN   8:24.62 | Tapio Kantanen      FIN   8:24.66
Men's 20 km Walk           Peter Frenkel      GDR 1:26:42.4 | Vladimir Golubnichiy URS 1:26:55.2 | Hans-Georg Reimann  GDR 1:27:16.6
Men's 4 x 100 m Relay      United States      USA     38.19 | Soviet Union         URS     38.50 | West Germany        FRG     38.79
Men's 4 x 400 m Relay      Kenya              KEN   2:59.83 | Great Britain        GBR   3:00.46 | France              FRA   3:00.65
Men's Long Jump            Randy Williams     USA     8.24m | Hans Baumgartner     FRG     8.18m | Arnie Robinson      USA     8.03m
Men's Triple Jump          Viktor Saneyev     URS    17.35m | Jorg Drehmel         GDR    17.31m | Nelson Prudencio    BRA    17.05m
Men's High Jump            Juri Tarmak        URS     2.23m | Stefan Junge         GDR     2.21m | Dwight Stones       USA     2.21m
Men's Pole Vault           Wolfgang Nordwig   GDR     5.50m | Robert Seagren       USA     5.40m | Jan Johnson         USA     5.35m
Men's Discus               Ludvik Danek       TCH    64.40m | Jay Silvester        USA    63.50m | Rickard Bruch       SWE    63.40m
Men's Hammer Throw         Anatoli Bondarchuk URS    75.50m | Jochen Sachse        GDR    74.96m | Vasili Khmelevski   URS    74.04m
Men's Javelin              Klaus Wolfermann   FRG    90.48m | Janis Lusis          URS    90.46m | William Schmidt     USA    84.42m
Men's Shot Put             Wladyslaw Komar    POL    21.18m | George Woods         USA    21.17m | Harmut Briesenick   GDR    21.14m
Men's Decathlon            Mykola Avilov      URS      8454 | Leonid Litvinenko    URS      8035 | Ryszard Katus       POL      7984
Women's 100 m              Renate Stecher     GDR     11.07 | Raelene Boyle        AUS     11.23 | Silvia Chivas       CUB     11.24
Women's 200 m              Renate Stecher     GDR     22.40 | Raelene Boyle        AUS     22.45 | Irena Szewin'ska    POL     22.74
Women's 400 m              Monika Zehrt       GDR     51.08 | Rita Wilden          FRG     51.21 | Kathy Hammond       USA     51.64
Women's 800 m              Hildegard Falck    FRG   1:58.55 | Nijole Sabaite       URS   1:58.65 | Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR   1:59.19
Women's 1,500 m            Ludmila Bragina    URS   4:01.38 | Gunhild Hoffmeister  GDR   4:02.83 | Paola Pigni         ITA   4:02.85
Women's 100 m Hurdles      Annelie Ehrhardt   GDR     12.59 | Valeria Bufanu       ROU     12.84 | Karin Balzer        GDR     12.90
Women's 4 x 100 m Relay    West Germany       FRG     42.81 | East Germany         GDR     42.95 | Cuba                CUB     43.36
Women's 4 x 400 m Relay    East Germany       GDR   3:22.95 | United States        USA   3:25.15 | West Germany        FRG   3:26.51
Women's Long Jump          Heide Rosendahl    FRG     6.78m | Diana Yorgova        BUL     6.77m | Eva Suranova        TCH     6.67m
Women's High Jump          Ulrike Meyfarth    FRG     1.92m | Yordanka Blagoyeva   BUL     1.88m | Ilona Gusenbauer    AUT     1.88m
Women's Discus             Faina Melnik       URS    66.62m | Argentina Menis      ROU    65.06m | Vassilka Stoyeva    BUL    64.34m
Women's Javelin            Ruth Fuchs         GDR    63.88m | Jaqueline Todten     GDR    62.54m | Kathy Schmidt       USA    59.94m
Women's Shot Put           Nadyezda Chizhova  URS    21.03m | Margitta Gummel      GDR    20.22m | Ivanka Khristova    BUL    19.35m
Men's 50 km Walk           Bernd Kannenberg   FRG 3:56:11.6 | Vladimir Soldatenko  URS 3:58:24.0 | Larry Young         USA 4:00:46.0
Women's Pentathlon         Mary Peters        GBR      4801 | Heide Rosendahl      FRG      4791 | Burglinde Pollak    GDR      4768