Rank
Winner
Nation
Score

Games of the 20th Olympiad, 1972
Athletics
Men
200 m
2
BLACK Larry
USA
20,19
3
MENNEA Pietro
Italy
20,30
400 m
1
MATTHEWS Vincent
USA
44,66
2
COLLETT Wayne
USA
44,80
3
SANG Julius
Kenya
44,92
800 m
1
WOTTLE David
USA
1.45,9
2
ARZHANOV Yevgeny
USSR
1.45,9
3
BOIT Michael
Kenya
1.46,0
1500 m
1
VASALA Pekka
Finland
3.36,3
2
KEINO Kipchoge
Kenya
3.36,8
3
DIXON Rodney
New Zealand
3.37,5
5000 m
1
VIREN Lasse
Finland
13.26,4
2
GAMMOUDI Mohamed
Tunisia
13.27,4
3
STEWART Ian
United Kingdom
13.27,6
10000 m
1
VIREN Lasse
Finland
27.38,4