Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
Men's 100 metres at the Games of the XX Olympiad | ||||||||||
Venue | Olympiastadion Munich, West Germany | |||||||||
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Dates | 31 August (heats, quarterfinals) 1 September 1972 (semifinals, final) | |||||||||
Winning time | 10.14 seconds | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics ![]() | ||||
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Track events | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
800 m | men | women | ||
1500 m | men | women | ||
5000 m | men | |||
10,000 m | men | |||
100 m hurdles | women | |||
110 m hurdles | men | |||
400 m hurdles | men | |||
3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
Road events | ||||
Marathon | men | |||
20 km walk | men | |||
50 km walk | men | |||
Field events | ||||
Long jump | men | women | ||
Triple jump | men | |||
High jump | men | women | ||
Pole vault | men | |||
Shot put | men | women | ||
Discus throw | men | women | ||
Javelin throw | men | women | ||
Hammer throw | men | |||
Combined events | ||||
Pentathlon | women | |||
Decathlon | men |
The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany, was held at Olympiastadion on 31 August and 1 September.
This event is notable for the absence of Eddie Hart and Rey Robinson for their quarterfinal heats. American sprint coach Stan Wright, apparently working from an outdated schedule and did not have the athletes at the stadium at the correct time. All three qualified American athletes were at the ABC television headquarters known as "Barnathan's Bungalow" watching what they thought were replays of their morning preliminary races. In fact, they were watching live coverage of the races they should have been in. Hart and Robinson, scheduled in the first two races, missed their heats. The athletes rushed to the stadium, Robert Taylor just taking off his warm up uniform before running his later heat.
"These sprinters missed the start-line in their heats! We've handed the 100 to the Russian!"
Results
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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![]() | Valeriy Borzov | ![]() | 10.14 |
![]() | Robert Taylor | ![]() | 10.24 |
![]() | Lennox Miller | ![]() | 10.33 |
4 | Aleksandr Kornelyuk | ![]() | 10.36 |
5 | Michael Fray | ![]() | 10.40 |
6 | Jobst Hirscht | ![]() | 10.40 |
7 | Zenon Nowosz | ![]() | 10.46 |
- | Hasely Crawford | ![]() | DNF |
- Wind speed = 0.3 m/s (0.67 mph)
Preliminaries
Heats
The top three runners in each of the nine heats and the next fastest four, advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Lennox Miller | ![]() | 10.45 |
2 | Amadou Meïté | ![]() | 10.51 |
3 | Hans-Jürgen Bombach | ![]() | 10.66 |
4 | Rudy Reid | ![]() | 10.74 |
5 | Dan Amuke | ![]() | 10.76 |
6 | Byambajavyn Enkhbaatar | ![]() | 10.93 |
7 | Samphon Mao | ![]() | 10.95 |
8 | Luis Alers | ![]() | 11.09 |
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Valeriy Borzov | ![]() | 10.47 |
2 | Mike Sands | | 10.67 |
3 | Luděk Bohman | ![]() | 10.72 |
4 | Gerhard Wucherer | ![]() | 10.82 |
5 | Tadeusz Cuch | ![]() | 10.89 |
6 | Yeo Kian Chye | ![]() | 10.92 |
7 | Alphonse Yanghat | ![]() | 10.95 |
8 | Andrew Sartee | ![]() | 11.09 |
Heat three
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Manfred Kokot | ![]() | 10.09 |
2 | Sandy Osei-Agyemang | ![]() | 10.24 |
3 | Les Piggot | ![]() | 10.47 |
4 | John Mwebi | ![]() | 10.49 |
5 | Luís da Silva | ![]() | 10.61 |
6 | Kevin Johnson | 10.61 | |
7 | Mansour Al-Juaid | ![]() | 10.61 |
Heat four *
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Jaroslav Matoušek | ![]() | 10.37 |
2 | Brian Green | ![]() | 10.41 |
3 | Kouakou Komenan | ![]() | 10.50 |
4 | Walter Callander | 10.78 | |
5 | George Calhern | ![]() | 10.90 |
6 | Farhan Navab | ![]() | 11.02 |
7 | Angel Guerreros | ![]() | 11.12 |
Heat five
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Aleksandr Kornelyuk | ![]() | 10.38 |
2 | Kola Abdulai | ![]() | 10.57 |
3 | Stanisław Wagner | ![]() | 10.62 |
4 | Juraj Demeč | ![]() | 10.66 |
5 | Félix Mata | ![]() | 10.73 |
6 | Bjarni Stefánsson | ![]() | 10.99 |
7 | Younis Abdallah Rabee | ![]() | 11.20 |
Heat six
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Rey Robinson | ![]() | 10.56 |
2 | Philippe Clerc | ![]() | 10.58 |
3 | Sammy Monsels | ![]() | 10.61 |
4 | George Daniels | ![]() | 10.65 |
5 | André Bicaba | ![]() | 10.71 |
6 | Motsapi Moorosi | ![]() | 10.74 |
7 | William Dralu | ![]() | 10.92 |
Heat seven
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Hasely Crawford | ![]() | 10.50 |
2 | Don Halliday | ![]() | 10.58 |
3 | Erik Gustafsson | ![]() | 10.68 |
4 | Guillermo González | ![]() | 10.73 |
5 | Norman Chihota | ![]() | 10.79 |
6 | Egzi Gebre-Gebre | ![]() | 10.89 |
7 | Pierre-Richard Gaetjens | ![]() | 11.50 |
Heat eight *
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Barka Sy | ![]() | 10.30 |
2 | Bernd Borth | ![]() | 10.48 |
3 | Audun Garshol | ![]() | 10.49 |
4 | Su Wen-Ho | ![]() | 10.59 |
5 | Gana Abba Kimet | ![]() | 10.89 |
6 | Raimo Vilén | ![]() | 11.00 |
7 | Lionel Caero | ![]() | 11.19 |
Heat nine
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Alain Sarteur | ![]() | 10.42 |
2 | Saleh Alah-Djaba | ![]() | 10.65 |
3 | Charlie Francis | ![]() | 10.68 |
4 | Andrés Calonge | ![]() | 10.73 |
5 | Laurie D'Arcy | ![]() | 10.77 |
6 | Larmeck Mukonde | ![]() | 11.16 |
Heat ten
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Vasilios Papageorgopoulos | ![]() | 10.24 |
2 | Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa | ![]() | 10.29 |
3 | Michael Fray | ![]() | 10.47 |
4 | Antti Rajamäki | ![]() | 10.52 |
5 | Ainsley Armstrong | ![]() | 10.56 |
6 | Jorge Vizcarrondo | ![]() | 10.79 |
7 | Zain-ud-Din bin Abdul Wahab | ![]() | 10.80 |
Heat eleven
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Eddie Hart | ![]() | 10.47 |
2 | Dominique Chauvelot | ![]() | 10.66 |
3 | Klaus Ehl | ![]() | 10.67 |
4 | Benedict Majekodunmi | ![]() | 10.70 |
5 | Gaston Malam | ![]() | 10.88 |
6 | Sunil Gunawardene | ![]() | 11.00 |
7 | Tukal Mokalam | ![]() | 11.02 |
Heat twelve
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Robert Taylor | ![]() | 10.32 |
2 | Jobst Hirscht | ![]() | 10.36 |
3 | Zenon Nowosz | ![]() | 10.36 |
4 | Vladimir Atamas | ![]() | 10.51 |
5 | Axel Nepraunik | ![]() | 10.61 |
6 | André Byrame | ![]() | 10.64 |
7 | Moustafa Matola | ![]() | 11.31 |
Quarterfinals
The top three runners in each of the five heats and the next fastest one, advanced to the semifinal round.
Heat one
Hart failed to appear due to a scheduling error.
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Jobst Hirscht | ![]() | 10.25 |
2 | Jaroslav Matoušek | ![]() | 10.35 |
3 | Bernd Borth | ![]() | 10.44 |
4 | Philippe Clerc | ![]() | 10.45 |
5 | Ainsley Armstrong | ![]() | 10.47 |
6 | Mike Sands | 10.50 | |
7 | Audun Garshol | ![]() | 10.55 |
- | Eddie Hart | ![]() | DNS |
Heat two
Robinson failed to appear due to a scheduling error.
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa | ![]() | 10.47 |
2 | Brian Green | ![]() | 10.58 |
3 | Kouakou Komenan | ![]() | 10.60 |
4 | Stanisław Wagner | ![]() | 10.61 |
5 | Sandy Osei-Agyemang | ![]() | 10.66 |
6 | Erik Gustafsson | ![]() | 10.78 |
7 | Su Wen-Ho | ![]() | 10.82 |
- | Rey Robinson | ![]() | DNS |
Heat three
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Valeriy Borzov | ![]() | 10.07 ER |
2 | Robert Taylor | ![]() | 10.16 |
3 | Hasely Crawford | ![]() | 10.18 |
4 | Zenon Nowosz | ![]() | 10.40 |
5 | Klaus Ehl | ![]() | 10.44 |
6 | Les Piggot | ![]() | 10.53 |
7 | Dominique Chauvelot | ![]() | 10.54 |
8 | Hans-Jürgen Bombach | ![]() | 10.64 |
Heat four*
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Aleksandr Kornelyuk | ![]() | 10.23 |
2 | Barka Sy | ![]() | 10.27 |
3 | Michael Fray | ![]() | 10.28 |
4 | Kola Abdulai | ![]() | 10.41 |
5 | Antti Rajamäki | ![]() | 10.43 |
6 | Manfred Kokot | ![]() | 10.44 |
7 | Saleh Alah-Djaba | ![]() | 10.51 |
8 | Charlie Francis | ![]() | 10.51 |
Heat five
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Lennox Miller | ![]() | 10.33 |
2 | Alain Sarteur | ![]() | 10.40 |
3 | Vasilios Papageorgopoulos | ![]() | 10.45 |
4 | Amadou Meïté | ![]() | 10.52 |
5 | Luděk Bohman | ![]() | 10.52 |
6 | Don Halliday | ![]() | 10.60 |
7 | Sammy Monsels | ![]() | 10.64 |
8 | Vladimir Atamas | ![]() | 10.83 |
Semifinals
The top four runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
Papageorgopoulos was forced to scratch after he pulled a groin muscle in the quarter-finals.
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Valeriy Borzov | ![]() | 10.21 |
2 | Hasely Crawford | ![]() | 10.36 |
3 | Jobst Hirscht | ![]() | 10.36 |
4 | Michael Fray | ![]() | 10.48 |
5 | Alain Sarteur | ![]() | 10.51 |
6 | Kouakou Komenan | ![]() | 10.57 |
7 | Bernd Borth | ![]() | 10.60 |
- | Vasilios Papageorgopoulos | ![]() | DNS |
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Robert Taylor | ![]() | 10.30 |
2 | Lennox Miller | ![]() | 10.31 |
3 | Aleksandr Kornelyuk | ![]() | 10.35 |
4 | Zenon Nowosz | ![]() | 10.42 |
5 | Barka Sy | ![]() | 10.42 |
6 | Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa | ![]() | 10.46 |
7 | Jaroslav Matoušek | ![]() | 10.40 |
8 | Brian Green | ![]() | 10.40 |
Key: DNF = Did not finish
* Wind assisted
References
- 1972 Summer Olympics results: Men's 100 metres, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-08-01.