Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

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Men's 200 metres
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Valeriy Borzov 1972.jpg
Valeriy Borzov
Venue Olympic Stadium, Munich
Dates3–4 September 1972
Competitors57 from 42 nations
Winning time20.00
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Valeriy Borzov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Larry Black
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Pietro Mennea
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
←  1968
1976  →

The men's 200 metres was an event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 3–4 September. [1] There were 57 competitors from 42 nations. [2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by 0.19 seconds by Valeriy Borzov of the Soviet Union, the nation's first medal in the event. Larry Black took silver, extending the United States' podium streak in the men's 200 metres to nine Games. Italy earned its first medal in the event since 1960 with Pietro Mennea's bronze.

Background

This was the 16th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Olympics in 1896 but has been on the program ever since. One of the eight finalists from the 1968 Games returned: fourth-place finisher (and 1964 bronze medalist) Edwin Roberts of Trinidad and Tobago. Larry Black was the top American and one of the favorites, along with 1971 Pan American Games winner Don Quarrie of Jamaica. European champion Valeriy Borzov of the Soviet Union was also a contender. [2]

Chad, the Republic of the Congo, East Germany, Lesotho, Malawi, Saudi Arabia, and Suriname each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 16th appearance, the only nation to have competed at each edition of the men's 200 metres to date.

Competition format

The competition used the four round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The "fastest loser" system introduced in 1960 was used again in the heats and, for the first time, in the quarterfinals.

There were 9 heats of between 7 and 8 runners each (before withdrawals), with the top 4 men in each advancing to the quarterfinals along with the next 4 fastest overall. The quarterfinals consisted of 5 heats of 8 athletes each; the 3 fastest men in each heat as well as the next fastest runner overall advanced to the semifinals. There were 2 semifinals, each with 8 runners. Again, the top 4 athletes advanced. The final had 8 runners. The races were run on a 400 metre track. [2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Tommie Smith  (USA)19.83 Mexico City, Mexico 16 October 1968
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Tommie Smith  (USA)19.83 Mexico City, Mexico 16 October 1968

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 3 September 197211:00
15:40		Heats
Quarterfinals
Monday, 4 September 197215:25
18:10		Semifinals
Final

Results

Heats

The top four runners in each of the nine heats and the next fastest four advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Siegfried Schenke Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 20.66Q
2 Bruno Cherrier Flag of France.svg  France 20.79Q
3 Jiří Kynos Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 20.95Q
4 Audun Garshol Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 21.16Q
5 Pasqualino Abeti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 21.17q
6 Solomon Belay Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1974).svg  Ethiopia 21.73
— Zenon Nowosz Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland DNS

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Don Quarrie Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 21.04Q
2 Martin Jellinghaus Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 21.10Q
3 Andrés Calonge Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 21.39Q
4 Ladislav Kříž Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 21.58Q
5 Mike Sands Flag of the Bahamas (1964-1973).svg  Bahamas 21.61q
6 Yeo Kian Chye Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 21.89
— Amadou Meïté Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast DNS
Rodolfo RiederFlag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  Paraguay DNS

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Valeriy Borzov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 20.64Q
2 Edwin Roberts Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 20.95Q
3 Richard Hardware Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 21.09Q
4 Motsapi Moorosi Flag of Lesotho (1966-1987).svg  Lesotho 21.15Q
5 Su Wen-Ho Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China 21.55q
6 Jean-Pierre Bassegela Flag of the People's Republic of Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 21.72
7 Hamad Ndee Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 21.74

Heat 4

Wind assisted.

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Pietro Mennea Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20.53Q
2 Markku Juhola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 20.98Q
3 Ainsley Armstrong Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 21.12Q
4 Guillermo González Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 21.22Q
5 Sammy Monsels Flag of Dutch Guyana.svg  Suriname 21.26q
6 Gaston Malam Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg  Cameroon 21.71
7Gary GeorgesFlag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg  Haiti 22.97

Heat 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Larry Black Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.79Q
2 René Metz Flag of France.svg  France 21.08Q
3 Brian Green Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 21.26Q
4 Omar Chokhmane Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 21.29Q
5 Luiz de Silva Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 21.81
6 Eston Kaonga Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 22.18
— Benedict Majekodumni Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria DNS

Heat 6

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Chuck Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.79Q
2 Vladimir Lovetskiy Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 20.99Q
3 Sunil Gunawardene Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Ceylon 21.60Q
4 Trevor James Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 21.83Q
5 Zainuddin Wahab Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 21.87
6 Dominic Saidu Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 22.48
7Saad Khalil Al-DosariFlag of Saudi Arabia (1938-1973).svg  Saudi Arabia 22.56
— Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar DNS

Heat 7

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Jaroslav Matoušek Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 20.70Q
2 Francisco García Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 20.89Q
3 George Daniels Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 21.05Q
4 Jimmy Sierra Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 21.10Q
5 Kevin Johnson Flag of the Bahamas (1964-1973).svg  Bahamas 21.70
6 Ibrahim Saad Abdel Galil Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 22.41
— Mao Samphon Flag of the Khmer Republic.svg  Khmer Republic DNS
Abdulazeez AbdulkareemFlag of Kuwait (3-2).svg  Kuwait DNS

Heat 8

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Manfred Ommer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 20.80Q
2 Hans-Joachim Zenk Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 20.93Q
3 James Addy Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 21.06Q
4 Dan Amuke Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 21.53Q
5 Nusrat Iqbal Sahi Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 22.07
— Saleh Alah-Djaba Flag of Chad.svg  Chad DNF
— Charlie Francis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNS

Heat 9

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Larry Burton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.80Q
2 Lucien Sainte-Rose Flag of France.svg  France 21.09Q
3 Bevan Smith Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 21.17Q
4 Philippe Clerc Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 21.32Q
5 Tukal Mokalam Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 21.81
6 William Dralu Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 21.87
— Larmeck Mukonde Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia DNS

Quarterfinals

The top three runners (blue) in each of the five heats and the next fastest (green) advanced to the semifinal round.

Quarterfinal 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Valeriy Borzov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 20.30Q
2 Manfred Ommer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 20.53Q
3 Jiří Kynos Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 20.68Q
4 René Metz Flag of France.svg  France 20.83
5 Jimmy Sierra Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 20.87
6 Omar Chokhmane Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 21.00
7 Guillermo González Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 21.10
— Mike Sands Flag of the Bahamas (1964-1973).svg  Bahamas DNS

Quarterfinal 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Jaroslav Matoušek Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 20.65Q
2 Chuck Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.66Q
3 Ainsley Armstrong Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 21.00Q
4 Bevan Smith Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 21.04
5 George Daniels Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 21.10
6 Andrés Calonge Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 21.11
7 Markku Juhola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 21.19
8 Sunil Gunawardene Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Ceylon 21.31

Quarterfinal 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Larry Burton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.68Q
2 Martin Jellinghaus Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 20.70Q
3 Siegfried Schenke Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 20.79Q
4 Philippe Clerc Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 20.82
5 Edwin Roberts Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 20.99
6 Pasqualino Abeti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 21.00
7 Ladislav Kříž Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 21.46
— James Addy Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana DSQ

Quarterfinal 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Larry Black Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.28Q
2 Don Quarrie Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 20.43Q
3 Bruno Cherrier Flag of France.svg  France 20.62Q
4 Vladimir Lovetskiy Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 20.83
5 Motsapi Moorosi Flag of Lesotho (1966-1987).svg  Lesotho 20.90
6 Su Wen-Ho Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China 21.47
7 Audun Garshol Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 25.30
— Dan Amuke Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya DNF

Quarterfinal 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Pietro Mennea Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20.47Q
2 Hans-Joachim Zenk Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 20.59Q
3 Richard Hardware Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 20.76Q
4 Lucien Sainte-Rose Flag of France.svg  France 20.76q
5 Francisco García Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 20.77
6 Trevor James Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 21.34
7 Brian Green Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 21.41
— Samuel Monsels Flag of Dutch Guyana.svg  Suriname DNS

Semifinals

Top four in each heat advance to final.

Semifinal 1

Quarrie pulled his hamstring during the race and could not finish. [2]

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Valeriy Borzov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 20.74Q
2 Larry Burton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.78Q
3 Chuck Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.86Q
4 Siegfried Schenke Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 20.97Q
5 Jaroslav Matoušek Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 20.99
6 Manfred Ommer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 21.08
7 Lucien Sainte-Rose Flag of France.svg  France 21.42
— Don Quarrie Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica DNF

Semifinal 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Larry Black Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.36Q
2 Pietro Mennea Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20.52Q
3 Hans-Joachim Zenk Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 20.63Q
4 Martin Jellinghaus Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 20.75Q
5 Jiří Kynos Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 20.88
6 Ainsley Armstrong Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 21.13
7 Bruno Cherrier Flag of France.svg  France 21.15
8 Richard Hardware Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 21.24

Final

RankAthleteNationTime
Gold medal icon.svg Valeriy Borzov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 20.00
Silver medal icon.svg Larry Black Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.19
Bronze medal icon.svg Pietro Mennea Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20.30
4 Larry Burton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.37
5 Chuck Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.55
6 Siegfried Schenke Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 20.56
7 Martin Jellinghaus Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 20.65
8 Hans-Joachim Zenk Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 21.05

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "200 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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