Athletics at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |
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No. of events | 38 |
Competitors | 1,324 from 104 nations |
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, 38 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 14 for women. There were a total number of 1324 participating athletes from 104 countries.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 9 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
2 | East Germany (GDR) | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
3 | United States (USA) | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
4 | West Germany (FRG) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
5 | Finland (FIN) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Kenya (KEN) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
8 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
9 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Uganda (UGA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
12 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
15 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
16 | Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
17 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Ethiopia (ETH) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
20 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (24 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 |
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