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Athletics Medal Winners at the 1972 Munich Olympics
| Event
| Gold
| Silver
| Bronze
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| Men's 100 m
| Valery Borsov, URS 10.14
| Robert Taylor, USA 10.24
| Lennox Miller, JAM 10.33
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| Men's 200 m
| Valery Borsov, URS 20.00
| Larry Black, USA 20.19
| Pietro Mennea, ITA 20.30
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| Men's 400 m
| Vincent Matthews, USA 44.66
| Wayne Collett, USA 44.80
| Julius Sang, KEN 44.92
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| Men's 800 m
| Dave Wottle, USA 1:45.9
| Yevgeni Arzhanov, URS 1:45.9
| Mike Boit, KEN 1:46.0
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| Men's 1,500 m
| Pekka Vasala, FIN 3:36.3
| Kipchoge Keino, KEN 3:36.8
| Rodney Dixon, NZL 3:37.5
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| Men's 5,000 m
| Lasse Viren, FIN 13:26.4
| Mohamed Gammoudi, TUN 13:27.4
| Ian Stewart, GBR 13:27.6
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| Men's 10,000 m
| Lasse Viren, FIN 27:38.4
| Emiel Puttemans, BEL 27:39.6
| Miruts Yifter, ETH 27:41.0
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| Men's Marathon
| Frank Shorter, USA 2:12:19.8
| Karel Lismont, BEL 2:14:31.8
| Mamo Wolde, ETH 2:15:08.4
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| Men's 110 m Hurdles
| Rodney Milburn, USA 13.24
| Guy Drut, FRA 13.34
| Thomas Hill, USA 13.48
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| Men's 400 m Hurdles
| John Akii-Bua, UGA 47.82
| Ralph Mann, USA 48.51
| David Hemery, GBR 48.52
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| Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
| Kipchoge Keino, KEN 8:23.6
| Benjamin Jipcho, KEN 8:24.6
| Tapio Kantanen, FIN 8:24.8
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| Men's 4 x 100 m Relay
| United States 38.19
| Soviet Union 38.50
| West Germany 38.79
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| Men's 4 x 400 m Relay
| Kenya 2:59.8
| Great Britain 3:00.5
| France 3:00.7
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| Men's 20 km Walk
| Peter Frenkel, GDR 1:26:42.4
| Vladimir Golubnichiy, URS 1:26:55.2
| Hans Reimann, GDR 1:27:16.6
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| 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
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| Men's High Jump
| Yury Tarmak, URS 7'3¾"
| Stefan Junge, GDR 7'3"
| Dwight Stones, USA 7'3"
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| Men's Pole Vault
| Wolfgang Nordwig, GDR 18'½"
| Robert Seagren, USA 17'8½"
| Jan Johnson, USA 17'6½"
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| Men's Long Jump
| Randy Williams, USA 27'¼"
| Hans Baumgartner, FRG 26'10"
| Arnie Robinson, USA 26'4"
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| Men's Triple Jump
| Viktor Saneyev, URS 56'11"
| Jorg Drehmel, GDR 56'9¼"
| Nelson Prudencio, BRA 55'11¼"
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| Men's Shot Put
| Wladyslaw Komar, POL 69'6"
| George Woods, USA 69'5½"
| Harmut Briesenick, GDR 69'4¼"
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| Men's Discus
| Ludvik Danek, TCH 211'3"
| Jay Silvester, USA 208'4"
| Rickard Bruch, SWE 208'0"
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| Men's Hammer Throw
| Anatoli Bondarchuk, URS 247'8"
| Jochen Sachse, GDR 245'11"
| Vasili Khmelevski, URS 242'10½"
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| Men's Javelin
| Klaus Wolfermann, FRG 296'10"
| Janis Lusis, URS 296'9"
| William Schmidt, USA 276'11½"
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| Men's Decathlon
| Nikolai Avilov, URS 8454
| Leonid Litvinenko, URS 8035
| Ryszard Katus, POL 7984
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| Women's 100 m
| Renate Stecher, GDR 11.07
| Raelene, Boyle, AUS 11.23
| Silvia Chivas, CUB 11.24
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| Women's 200 m
| Renate Stecher, GDR 22.40
| Raelene, Boyle, AUS 22.45
| Irena Szewinska-Kirszenstein, POL 22.74
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| Women's 400 m
| Monika Zehrt, GDR 51.08
| Rita Wilden, FRG 51.21
| Kathy Hammond, USA 51.64
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| Women's 800 m
| Hildegard Falck, FRG 1:58.6
| Niole Sabaite, URS 1:58.7
| Gunhild Hoffmeister, GDR 1:59.2
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| Women's 1,500 m
| Ludmila Bragina, URS 4:01.4
| Gunhild Hoffmeister, GDR 4:02.8
| Paola Cacchi, ITA 4:02.9
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| Women's 100 m Hurdles
| Annelie Ehrhardt, GDR 12.59
| Valeria Bufanu, ROM 12.84
| Karin Balzer, GDR 12.90
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| Women's 4 x 100 m Relay
| West Germany 42.81
| East Germany 42.95
| Cuba 43.36
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| Women's 4 x 400 m Relay
| East Germany 3:23.0
| United States 3:25.2
| West Germany 3:26.5
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| Women's High Jump
| Ulrike Meyfarth, FRG 6'3½"
| Yordanka Blagoyeva, BUL 6'2"
| Ilona Gusenbauer, AUT 6'2"
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| Women's Long Jump
| Heide Rosendahl, FRG 22'3"
| Diana Yorgova, BUL 27'2½"
| Eva Suranova, TCH 21'10¾"
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| Women's Shot Put
| Nadyezda Chizhova, URS 69'0"
| Margitta Gummel, GDR 66'4¾"
| Ivanka Khristova, BUL 63'6"
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| Women's Discus
| Faina Melnik, URS 218'7"
| Argentina Menis, ROM 213'5"
| Vassilka Stoyeva, BUF 211'1"
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| Women's Javelin
| Ruth Fuchs, GDR 209'7"
| Jaqueline Todten, GDR 205'2"
| Kathy Schmidt, USA 196'8"
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| Women's Pentathlon
| Mary Peters, GBR 4801
| Heide Rosendahl, FRG 4791
| Burglinde Pollak, GDR 4768
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