Rank
Winner
Nation
Score

Games of the 20 Olympiad, 1972
Athletics
Men
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
2
PUTTEMANS Emiel
Belgium
27.39,6
3
YIFTER Miruts
Ethiopia
27.41,0
Marathon
1
SHORTER Frank
USA
2:12.19,8
2
LISMONT Karel
Belgium
2:14.31,8
3
WOLDE Mamo
Ethiopia
2:15.08,4
4 x 100 m Relay
1
BLACK Larry
USA
38,19
1
TAYLOR Robert
USA
1
TINKER Gerald
USA
1
HART Edward
USA
2
KORNELYUK Aleksandr
USSR
38,50
2
LOVETSKIY Vladimir
USSR