Rank
Winner
Nation
Score

Games of the 20th Olympiad, 1972
Athletics
Men
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
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