1972 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 800 m (men)
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| sport | athletics | ||||||||
| discipline | 800 meter run | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 61 athletes from 46 countries | ||||||||
| Competition location | Olympic Stadium Munich | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 31, 1972 (preliminary) September 1, 1972 (semi-finals) September 2, 1972 (final) |
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The men's 800-meter run at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich was held on August 31, September 1 and September 2, 1972 in the Munich Olympic Stadium. 61 athletes took part.
The American Dave Wottle became Olympic champion . He won ahead of Yevgeny Arshanov from the Soviet Union and the Kenyan Mike Boit .
For the Federal Republic of Germany - officially Germany - Franz-Josef Kemper , Josef Schmid and Walter Adams started . Adams couldn't finish his advance. Schmid was eliminated in the semi-finals, Kemper was fourth in the final.
The GDR was represented by Dieter Fromm , who was able to qualify for the final, in which he was eighth.
With Rolf Gysin, Switzerland had a participant who failed in the semi-finals.
Runners from Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.
Existing records
| World record | 1: 44.3 min |
Peter Snell ( New Zealand )
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Christchurch , New Zealand | 3rd February 1962 |
Ralph Doubell ( Australia )
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Mexico City , Mexico | 15th October 1968 | ||
| Olympic record |
Ralph Doubell ( Australia )
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Mexico City Final , Mexico | 15th October 1968 |
Conducting the competition
The athletes competed in eight heats on August 31. The three best runners made it to the semi-finals on September 1st. From this, the first two as well as the two fastest fastest qualified for the final, which took place on September 2nd.
Time schedule
August 31, 3 p.m .: Preliminaries
September 1, 4 p.m .: Semi-finals
September 2, 5 p.m .: Final
The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the others in light green.
Preliminary round
Date: August 31, 1972, from 3 p.m.
Forward 1
Mohamed Aboker was the first athlete to participate in the Olympic Games for Somalia .
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Sans |
 France
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1: 49.2 min | |
| 2 | Mansour Guettaya |
 Tunisia
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1: 49.4 min | |
| 3 | Azzedine Azzouzi |
 Algeria
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1: 49.4 min | |
| 4th | Rick Wohlhuter |
 United States
|
1: 49.4 min | |
| 5 | Reza Entezari |
 Iran
|
1: 50.5 min | |
| 6th | Edouard Rasoanaivo |
 Madagascar
|
1: 50.8 min | |
| 7th | Alphonse Mandonda |
 People's Republic of the Congo
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1: 51.2 min | |
| DSQ | Mohamed Aboker |
 Somalia
|
Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Ouko |
 Kenya
|
1: 47.4 min | |
| 2 | Jože Međimurec |
.svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia
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1: 48.1 min | |
| 3 | Yevgeny Volkov |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
|
1: 48.6 min | |
| 4th | Fernando Mamede |
 Portugal
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1: 48.6 min | |
| 5 | Mohamed Sid Ali Djouadi |
Algeria
|
1: 50.4 min | |
| 6th | Colin Campbell |
 Great Britain
|
1: 54.8 min | |
| 7th | Francisco Menocal |
 Nicaragua
|
1: 58.6 min | |
| 8th | Thomas Howe |
 Liberia
|
2: 00.7 min |
Forward 3
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franz-Josef Kemper |
 BR Germany
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1: 47.3 min | |
| 2 | Dave Cropper |
Great Britain
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1: 47.5 min | |
| 3 | Rolf Gysin |
 Switzerland
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1: 47.5 min | |
| 4th | Roqui Sanchez |
France
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1: 47.9 min | |
| 5 | Thomas Saisi |
Kenya
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1: 48.5 min | |
| 6th | András Zsinka |
 Hungary
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1: 49.0 min | |
| 7th | Daniel Andrade |
 Senegal
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1: 53.9 min |
Forward 4
Roger Kangni was Togo's first athlete to compete in the Olympic Games.
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mulugetta Tadesse |
.svg){kind=small} Ethiopia
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1: 47.1 min | |
| 2 | Dave Wottle |
United States
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1: 47.6 min | |
| 3 | Josef Schmid |
BR Germany
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1: 47.8 min | |
| 4th | Graeme Rootham |
Australia
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1: 48.2 min | |
| 5 | Lennox Stewart |
 Trinidad and Tobago
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1: 48.7 min | |
| 6th | Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson |
 Iceland
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1: 50.8 min | |
| 7th | Roger Kangni |
 Togo
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1: 53.9 min | |
| DNS | Mohamed Makdouf |
 Morocco
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Forward 5
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yevgeny Arshanov |
Soviet Union
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1: 48.3 min | |
| 2 | Andrzej Kupczyk |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
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1: 48.5 min | |
| 3 | Angelo Hussein |
 Sudan
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1: 48.9 min | |
| 4th | Gheorghe Ghipu |
.svg){kind=small} Romania
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1: 50.1 min | |
| 5 | Carlos Dalurzo |
 Argentina
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1: 50.6 min | |
| 6th | Héctor López |
.svg){kind=small} Venezuela
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1: 50.8 min | |
| DSQ | Antonio Fernández |
.svg){kind=small} Spain
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| DNF | Walter Adams |
BR Germany
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Forward 6
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dieter Fromm |
 GDR
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1: 46.9 min | |
| 2 | Jozef Plachý |
 Czechoslovakia
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1: 47.1 min | |
| 3 | Manuel Gayoso |
Spain
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1: 47.5 min | |
| 4th | Sriram Singh |
 India
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1: 47.7 min | |
| 5 | Francis Gonzalez |
France
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1: 48.8 min | |
| 6th | Mehmet Tümkan |
 Turkey
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1: 49.5 min | |
| 7th | Kassem Hamzé |
 Lebanon
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1: 52.5 min | |
| 8th | Harry Nkopeka |
 Malawi
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1: 57.7 min |
Forward 7
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Boit |
Kenya
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1: 47.3 min | |
| 2 | Herman Mignon |
 Belgium
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1: 47.5 min | |
| 3 | Andy Carter |
Great Britain
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1: 47.6 min | |
| 4th | Byron Dyce |
 Jamaica
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1: 48.0 min | |
| 5 | Benson Mulomba |
.svg){kind=small} Zambia
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1: 53.4 min | |
| 6th | Jimmy Crampton |
.svg){kind=small} Burma
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1: 54.2 min | |
| 7th | Fritz Pierre |
.svg){kind=small} Haiti
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2: 01.5 min | |
| DNS | Francesco Arese |
 Italy
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Forward 8
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivan Ivanov |
Soviet Union
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1: 51.0 min | |
| 2 | Ken Swenson |
United States
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1: 51.1 min | |
| 3 | Frank Murphy |
 Ireland
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1: 51.1 min | |
| 4th | Sjef Hensgens |
 Netherlands
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1: 51.2 min | |
| 5 | Donaldo Arza |
 Panama
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1: 51.2 min | |
| 6th | Jaiye Abidoye |
 Nigeria
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1: 52.0 min | |
| 7th | Muhammad Siddique |
 Pakistan
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1: 52.6 min | |
| 8th | Shibrou Regassa |
Ethiopia
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1: 53.3 min |
Semifinals
Date: September 1, 1972, from 4 p.m.
Run 1
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Ouko |
Kenya
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1: 47.6 min | |
| 2 | Dieter Fromm |
GDR
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1: 48.1 min | |
| 3 | Dave Cropper |
Great Britain
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1: 48.4 min | |
| 4th | Josef Schmid |
BR Germany
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1: 48.8 min | |
| 5 | Frank Murphy |
Ireland
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1: 49.2 min | |
| 6th | Azzedine Azzouzi |
Algeria
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1: 49.4 min | |
| 7th | Alain Sans |
France
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1: 49.6 min | |
| 8th | Yevgeny Volkov |
Soviet Union
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1: 50.1 min |
Run 2
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Wottle |
United States
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1: 48.7 min | |
| 2 | Franz-Josef Kemper |
BR Germany
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1: 48.8 min | |
| 3 | Jozef Plachý |
Czechoslovakia
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1: 48.9 min | |
| 4th | Jože Međimurec |
Yugoslavia
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1: 49.0 min | |
| 5 | Ivan Ivanov |
Soviet Union
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1: 49.6 min | |
| 6th | Herman Mignon |
Belgium
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1: 49.7 min | |
| 7th | Mansour Guettaya |
Tunisia
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1: 49.8 min | |
| 8th | Angelo Hussein |
Sudan
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1: 51.1 min |
Run 3
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Boit |
Kenya
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1: 45.9 min | |
| 2 | Yevgeny Arshanov |
Soviet Union
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1: 46.3 min | |
| 3 | Andy Carter |
Great Britain
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1: 46.5 min | |
| 4th | Andrzej Kupczyk |
Poland
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1: 46.7 min | |
| 5 | Manuel Gayoso |
Spain
|
1: 47.7 min | |
| 6th | Rolf Gysin |
Switzerland
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1: 48.2 min | |
| 7th | Mulugetta Tadesse |
Ethiopia
|
1: 48.9 min | |
| DSQ | Ken Swenson |
United States
|
final
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Wottle |
United States
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1: 45.9 min | |
| 2 | Yevgeny Arshanov |
Soviet Union
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1: 45.9 min | |
| 3 | Mike Boit |
Kenya
|
1: 46.0 min | |
| 4th | Franz-Josef Kemper |
BR Germany
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1: 46.5 min | |
| 5 | Robert Ouko |
Kenya
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1: 46.5 min | |
| 6th | Andy Carter |
Great Britain
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1: 46.6 min | |
| 7th | Andrzej Kupczyk |
Poland
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1: 47.1 min | |
| 8th | Dieter Fromm |
GDR
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1: 48.0 min |
Date: September 2, 1972, 5 p.m.
The favorites were Yevgeny Arshanov from the USSR, European champion from 1971 , and David Wottle, USA, who was the dominant runner in the United States in the Olympic season, but suffered from a knee injury beforehand. Both runners were extremely strong and had the necessary speed for such a race.
In the final, the two Kenyans Robert Ouko and Mike Boit set the tone first. The 400-meter split was good with 52.3 seconds, but was not in the absolute top range. After the first lap it slowed a little, Arshanov took the lead after 500 meters. Until then, the top field was packed with six runners, only Franz-Josef Kemper stayed out of the battles for positions in seventh place. And Wottle was in last place on the first lap with a small gap to Kemper. Wottle worked his way forward past his fading opponents in the back straight. In the corner he was very close to the leading quartet and was able to overtake the Kenyans and Arshanov on the home straight. David Wottle was clearly the fastest runner in the last 200 meters and became Olympic champion. Yevgeny Arshanov won the silver medal and bronze went to Mike Boit. Robert Ouko - he finished fifth - had to let Franz-Josef Kemper pass with the last steps.
Dave Wottle, whose trademark was a golf cap that he also wore during competitions, caused some irritation at the award ceremony. He kept his headgear on while the hymn was playing. Afterwards he apologized to his compatriots. He said he forgot he was wearing the cap.
Yevgeny Arshanov managed to win the first Soviet medal over 800 meters .
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. 30f
Video
- Men's 800m Final at Munich Olympics 1972 , published July 23, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed November 18, 2017
Web links
- SportsReference 800m , accessed November 18, 2017
- Official report, Volume 3 "The competitions" , p. 51, English / French / German (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on November 18, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 Page 548 (Engl.) ( Memento of 29 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 18, 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 18, 2017
- ↑ a b c 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. 51, English / French / German (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on November 18, 2017
- ↑ SportsReference , accessed November 18, 2017
- ↑ Article in Milwaukee Journal of September 8, 1972 , accessed November 18, 2017
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