1972 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (men)
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| sport | athletics | ||||||||
| discipline | 4 x 100 meter relay | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 110 athletes from 27 countries | ||||||||
| Competition location | Olympic Stadium Munich | ||||||||
| Competition phase | September 9, 1972 (preliminary / semi-finals) September 10, 1972 (final) |
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The men's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich was held on September 9 and 10, 1972 in the Munich Olympic Stadium. 110 athletes took part in 27 relays.
The USA team with Larry Black , Robert Taylor , Gerald Tinker and Eddie Hart became Olympic champions in a new world record time . Silver went to the Soviet Union's squadron ( Alexandr Korneljuk , Wladimir Lowezki , Juris Silovs , Valerij Borsow ), bronze went to the Federal Republic of Germany - officially Germany - in the cast of Jobst Hirscht , Karlheinz Klotz , Gerhard Wucherer and Klaus Ehl .
The GDR team reached the finals and finished fifth there.
The Austrian team qualified for the semi-finals and was disqualified there in their run.
Relays from Switzerland and Liechtenstein did not take part.
Existing records
| World record | 38.24 s |
 USA ( Charles Greene , Mel Pender , Ronnie Ray Smith , Jim Hines ) |
Mexico City , Mexico | 20th October 1968 |
| Olympic record | Mexico City Final , Mexico |
Note: Officially, the world and Olympic records were rounded to 38.2 seconds. The table above shows the exact electronically measured time that was later added to the leaderboards. So it becomes clear that the winning time of the US season at these games in Munich was faster than the world record that had existed up to that point.
Conducting the competition
The relays completed four preliminary heats on September 9, in which the four best teams qualified for the semi-finals on the same day. From this, the four best teams each progressed to the final, which took place on September 10th.
Time schedule
September 9th, 2.30 p.m .: Preliminaries
September 9th, 5.40 p.m .: semi-finals
September 10th, 4.10 p.m .: final
The qualified relays are highlighted in light blue.
Preliminary round
Date: September 9, 1972, from 2.30 p.m.
Forward 1
| space | Season | occupation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
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Alexandr Korneljuk Vladimir Lowezki Juris Silovs Valerij Borsow |
39.15 s | |
| 2 |
 BR Germany
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Jobst Hirscht Karlheinz Klotz Gerhard Wucherer Klaus Ehl |
39.17 s | |
| 3 |
 GDR
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Manfred Kokot Bernd Borth Hans-Jürgen Bombach Siegfried Schenke |
39.17 s | |
| 4th |
 Austria
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Georg Regner Axel Nepraunik Gert Nöster Helmut Lang |
40.49 s | |
| 5 |
 Puerto Rico
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Luis Alers Guillermo González Pedro Ferrer Jorge Vizcarrondo |
41.34 s | |
| 6th |
.svg){kind=small} Saudi Arabia
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Mohamed Jaman Al-Dosari Mansour Al-Juaid Bilal Said Al-Azma Said Khalil Al-Dosari |
43.35 s | |
| DNS |
 Pakistan
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 Kuwait
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Forward 2
| space | Season | occupation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 France
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Patrick Bourbeillon Jean-Pierre Grès Gérard Fenouil Bruno Cherrier |
39.01 s | |
| 2 |
 Czechoslovakia
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Jaroslav Matoušek Juraj Demeč Jiří Kynos Luděk Bohman |
39.31 s | |
| 3 |
 Nigeria
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Rex Bazunu James Olakunle Benedict Majekodunmi Kola Abdulai |
39.66 s | |
| 4th |
.svg){kind=small} Venezuela
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Humberto Galea Félix Mata Alberto Marchán Jesús Rico |
39.74 s | |
| 5 |
 Ivory Coast
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Kouakou Komenan Amadou Meïté Kouami N'Dri Gaoussou Koné |
39.81 s | |
| 6th |
 Madagascar
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Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa Alfred Rabenja André Ralainasolo Henri Rafaralahy |
40.58 s | |
| 7th |
 Taiwan
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Lee Chung-ping Su Wen-ho Chen Chin-long Chen Ming-chi |
41.78 s | |
| DNS |
 Liberia
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Forward 3
| space | Season | occupation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
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Stanisław Wagner Tadeusz Cuch Jerzy Czerbniak Zenon Nowosz |
39.11 s | |
| 2 |
 Ghana
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Ohene Karikari James Addy Sandy Osei-Agyemang George Daniels |
39.46 s | |
| 3 |
 Finland
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Antti Rajamäki Raimo Vilén Erik Gustafsson Markku Juhola |
39.54 s | |
| 4th |
 Cuba
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José Triana Juan Morales Hermes Ramírez Pablo Montes |
39.65 s | |
| 5 |
 Senegal
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Malang Mané Christian Dorosario Momar N'Dao Barka Sy |
39.81 s | |
| 6th |
 Thailand
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Somsak Boontud Surapong Ariyamongkol Panus Ariyamongkol Anat Ratanapol |
41.04 s | |
| DNS |
 Jamaica
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 Trinidad and Tobago
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Forward 4
| space | Season | occupation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
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Larry Black Robert Taylor Gerald Tinker Eddie Hart |
38.96 s | |
| 2 |
 Italy
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Vincenzo Guerini Ennio Preatoni Luigi Benedetti Pietro Mennea |
39.29 s | |
| 3 |
 Great Britain
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Berwyn Price Don Halliday Dave Dear Brian Green |
39.63 s | |
| 4th |
 People's Republic of the Congo
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Antoine Nkounkou Louis Nkanza Jean-Pierre Bassegela Théophile Nkounkou |
39.86 s | |
| 5 |
.svg){kind=small} Bahamas
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Danny Smith Harry Lockhart Walter Callander Michael Sands |
40.48 s | |
| 6th |
 Tanzania
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Obedi Mwanga Norman Chihota Claver Kamanya Hamad Ndee |
41.07 s | |
| DNF |
.svg){kind=small} Ethiopia
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Sisaye Feleke Solomon Belaye Kebede Bedasso Egzi Gebre-Gebre |
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.svg){kind=small} Spain
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José Luis Sánchez Manuel Carballo Francisco García Luis Sarría |
Semifinals
Date: September 9, 1972, from 5.40 p.m.
Run 1
| space | Season | occupation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
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Larry Black Robert Taylor Gerald Tinker Eddie Hart |
38.54 s | |
| 2 |
BR Germany
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Jobst Hirscht Karlheinz Klotz Gerhard Wucherer Klaus Ehl |
38.86 s | |
| 3 |
Poland
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Stanisław Wagner Tadeusz Cuch Jerzy Czerbniak Zenon Nowosz |
38.90 s | |
| 4th |
Italy
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Vincenzo Guerini Ennio Preatoni Luigi Benedetti Pietro Mennea |
39.21 s | |
| 5 |
Cuba
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José Triana Juan Morales Hermes Ramírez Pablo Montes |
39.04 s | |
| 6th |
Nigeria
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Kola Abdulai Rex Bazunu James Olakunle Timon Oyebami |
39.73 s | |
| 7th |
Ghana
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Ohene Karikari James Addy Sandy Osei-Agyemang George Daniels |
39.99 s | |
| DSQ |
Austria
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Georg Regner Axel Nepraunik Günther Würfel Helmut Lang |
Run 2
| space | Season | occupation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
France
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Patrick Bourbeillon Jean-Pierre Grès Gérard Fenouil Bruno Cherrier |
39.00 s | |
| 2 |
Soviet Union
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Alexandr Korneljuk Vladimir Lowezki Juris Silovs Valerij Borsow |
39.00 s | |
| 3 |
GDR
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Manfred Kokot Bernd Borth Hans-Jürgen Bombach Siegfried Schenke |
39.06 s | |
| 4th |
Czechoslovakia
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Jaroslav Matoušek Juraj Demeč Jiří Kynos Luděk Bohman |
39.01 s | |
| 5 |
Finland
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Antti Rajamäki Raimo Vilén Erik Gustafsson Markku Juhola |
39.30 s | |
| 6th |
Great Britain
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Les Piggot Don Halliday Dave Dear Brian Green |
39.47 s | |
| 7th |
Venezuela
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Humberto Galea Félix Mata Alberto Marchán Jesús Rico |
39.74 s | |
| 8th |
People's Republic of the Congo
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Antoine Nkounkou Louis Nkanza Jean-Pierre Bassegela Théophile Nkounkou |
39.97 s |
final
| space | Season | occupation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
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Larry Black Robert Taylor Gerald Tinker Eddie Hart |
38.19 s | WR |
| 2 |
Soviet Union
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Alexandr Korneljuk Vladimir Lowezki Juris Silovs Valerij Borsow |
38.50 s | |
| 3 |
BR Germany
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Jobst Hirscht Karlheinz Klotz Gerhard Wucherer Klaus Ehl |
38.79 s | |
| 4th |
Czechoslovakia
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Jaroslav Matoušek Juraj Demeč Jiří Kynos Luděk Bohman |
38.82 s | |
| 5 |
GDR
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Manfred Kokot Bernd Borth Hans-Jürgen Bombach Siegfried Schenke |
38.90 s | |
| 6th |
Poland
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Stanisław Wagner Tadeusz Cuch Jerzy Czerbniak Zenon Nowosz |
39.03 s | |
| 7th |
France
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Patrick Bourbeillon Jean-Pierre Grès Gérard Fenouil Bruno Cherrier |
39.14 s | |
| 8th |
Italy
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Vincenzo Guerini Ennio Preatoni Luigi Benedetti Pietro Mennea |
39.14 s |
Date: September 10, 1972, 4:10 p.m.
The US team was seen as weakened by the shock of the 100-meter run . Eddie Hart and Rey Robinson had missed their quarterfinals there because they were late. Instead of Robinson, the 200 meter silver medalist Larry Black was nominated. So the Soviet relay team was given a chance to win after Valery Borsov's individual victories over 100 and 200 meters, which also had one of the best starters in their ranks, Alexandr Korneljuk. In any case, the duel between the two favorite teams was eagerly awaited.
In the final race, the starting runners from the USA and the USSR ran head to head. Robert Taylor and Gerald Tinker then worked out a head start for the US team. Although Valery Borsow appeared again on the home stretch, US runner-up Eddie Hart was able to secure the US Olympic victory in a new world record time with a clear lead. The bronze medal was surprisingly won by the four German relay runners.
In the thirteenth Olympic final, the US relay won the eleventh gold medal for the US in this discipline. It was the third in a row.
For the Federal Republic of Germany it was the first medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay - in 1960 the four West German runners Bernd Cullmann , Armin Hary , Walter Mahlendorf and Martin Lauer won the gold medal, but officially as all German and not as West German Season.
literature
- Werner Schneider / Sport-Informations-Dienst / Bertelsmann Sportredaktion, The Olympic Games 1972. Munich - Kiel - Sapporo, Bertelsmann-Verlag, Munich, Gütersloh, Vienna 1972, ISBN 3-570-04559-5 , p. 36
Video
- ✘ Munich 1972 (USA) 4 × 100m relay men (amateur footage) , published on June 23, 2016 on youtube.com, accessed on November 23, 2017
Web links
- SportsReference 4 × 100 m , accessed on November 23, 2017
- Official report, Volume 3 "The competitions" , p. 56f, English / French / German (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on November 23, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 Page 561 (Engl.) ( Memento of 29 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 23, 2017
- ↑ Official Report, Volume 3 "The competitions" ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 43, English / French / German (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on November 23, 2017
- ↑ Official Report, Volume 3 "The competitions" ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 56, English / French / German (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on November 23, 2017
- ↑ a b Official Report, Volume 3 "The competitions" ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 57, English / French / German (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on November 23, 2017
- ↑ SportsReference , accessed November 23, 2017
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