Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

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Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates9 September & 10 September 1972
Competitors from 21 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Charles Asati
Munyoro Nyamau
Robert Ouko
Julius Sang
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Silver medal icon.svg Martin Reynolds
Alan Pascoe
Dave Hemery
David Jenkins
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Gilles Bertould
Daniel Velasques
Francis Kerbiriou
Jacques Carette
Flag of France.svg  France
  1968
1976  

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay was the longer of the two men's relays on the Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics program in Munich. It was held on 9 September and 10 September 1972. [1]

The United States were heavily favoured in this event. After the 400 metres final, the IOC banned gold and silver medalists Vince Matthews and Wayne Collett from the Olympics for life after they staged a protest on the podium, talking to each other and failing to stand at attention during the medal ceremony, while the third American in the event, John Smith, had pulled a hamstring as he was leading 80 metres into the final and had been ruled unfit to run.

This left the Americans unable to field a team, and they were forced to scratch, leaving no clear favourite. [1]

Results

Top two in each heat (blue) and the next two fastest (green) advanced to the finals.

Heats

Heat one

RankNamesNationalityTime
1 Martin Reynolds, Alan Pascoe, Dave Hemery, David Jenkins Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 3:01.26
2 Charles Asati, Munyoro Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3:01.27
3 Erik Carlgren, Anders Faager, Kenth Öhman, Ulf Rönner Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:03.05
4 Ian Gordon, Brian MacLaren, Craig Blackman, Tony Powell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:04.22
5 Miro Kocuvan, Laszlo Ubori, Jozo Alebić, Milorad Čikić Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 3:05.70
6 Omar Ghizlat, Omar Chokhmane, Salah Fettouh, Mohamed BouboudFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 3:05.92
7 Fernando Silva, Alberto Matos, José Carvalho, Fernando Mamede Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 3:10.00
Maurice Peoples, Tommy Turner, Lee Evans, John Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNS

Heat two

RankNamesNationalityTime
1 Bernd Herrmann, Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske, Hermann Köhler, Karl Honz Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 3:03.27
2 Arthur Cooper, Pat Marshall, Charles Joseph, Trevor James Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 3:03.48
3 Musa Dogon Yaro, Bruce Ijirighwo, Mamman Makama, Robert Ojo Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 3:04.31
4 Tegegne Bezabeh, Shoangizaw Worku, Ketema Benti, Mulugetta Tadesse Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1974).svg  Ethiopia 3:08.59
5 Daniele Giovanardi, Giacomo Puosi, Lorenzo Cellerino, Sergio Bello Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:09.7
6 Hamad Ndee, Obedi Mwanga, Omari Abdallah, Claver Kamanya Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 3:10.1
7 Omar Ba, Abou Mamadou Sow, Samba Dièye, Jean-Pierre Mango Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 3:11.2
8 Mohamed Musa Gadou, Dafallah Sultan Farah, Ibrahim Saad Abdel Galil, Angelo Hussein Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 3:14.5

Heat three

RankNamesNationalityTime
1 Jan Werner, Jan Balachowski, Zbigniew Jaremski, Andrzej Badeński Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 3:02.52
2 Stig Lönnqvist, Ari Salin, Ossi Karttunen, Markku Kukkoaho Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3:02.97
3 Gilles Bertould, Daniel Velasques, Francis Kerbiriou, Jacques Carette Flag of France.svg  France 3:03.13
4 Leighton Priestley, Kim Rowe, Trevor Campbell, Alfred Daley Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 3:03.83
5 Raúl Dome, Félix Pérez, José Jacinto Hidalgo, Eric Phillips Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 3:06.99
6 Tambusamy Krishnan, Sinnayah Sabapathy, Mohamed Hassan bin Osman, Baba Singhe Peyadesa Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 3:13.51
Mohamad Younas, Norman Brinkworth, M. Seediq, Iqbal Nusrat Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan DNS

Final

RankNamesNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Charles Asati, Munyoro Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:59.83
Silver medal icon.svg Martin Reynolds, Alan Pascoe, Dave Hemery, David Jenkins Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 3:00.46
Bronze medal icon.svg Gilles Bertould, Daniel Velasques, Francis Kerbiriou, Jacques Carette Flag of France.svg  France 3:00.65
4 Bernd Herrmann, Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske, Hermann Köhler, Karl Honz Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 3:00.88
5 Jan Werner, Jan Balachowski, Zbigniew Jaremski, Andrzej Badeński Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 3:01.05
6 Stig Lönnqvist, Ari Salin, Ossi Karttunen, Markku Kukkoaho Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3:01.12
7 Erik Carlgren, Anders Faager, Kenth Öhman, Ulf Rönner Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:02.57
8 Arthur Cooper, Pat Marshall, Charles Joseph, Edwin Roberts Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 3:03.58

References

  1. 1 2 "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2017.