Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres
| Men's 200 metres at the Games of the XX Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | Olympic Stadium, Munich | |||||||||
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| Date | 3 September 1972-4 September 1972 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics  | ||||
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| 20 km walk | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Pentathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 3–4 September.
Heats
The top four runners (blue) in each of the nine heats and the next fastest four (green), advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siegfried Schenke |  East Germany | 20.66 |
| 2 | Bruno Cherrier |  France | 20.79 |
| 3 | Jiří Kynos |  Czechoslovakia | 20.95 |
| 4 | Audun Garshol |  Norway | 21.16 |
| 5 | Pasqualino Abeti |  Italy | 21.17 |
| 6 | Solomon Belaye | .svg.png){kind=small} Ethiopia | 21.73 |
| - | Zenon Nowosz | .svg.png){kind=small} Poland | DNS |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don Quarrie |  Jamaica | 21.04 |
| 2 | Martin Jellinghaus |  West Germany | 21.10 |
| 3 | Andrés Calonge |  Argentina | 21.39 |
| 4 | Ladislav Kříź | Czechoslovakia | 21.58 |
| 5 | Mike Sands |  Bahamas | 21.61 |
| 6 | Yeo Kian Chye |  Singapore | 21.89 |
| - | Meite Amadou |  Ivory Coast | DNS |
| - | Rodolfo Rieder | .svg.png){kind=small} Paraguay | DNS |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valeriy Borzov | .svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union | 20.64 |
| 2 | Edwin Roberts |  Trinidad and Tobago | 20.95 |
| 3 | Richard Hardware | Jamaica | 21.09 |
| 4 | Motsapi Moorosi | .svg.png){kind=small} Lesotho | 21.15 |
| 5 | Su Wen-Ho |  Republic of China | 21.55 |
| 6 | Jean-Pierre Bassegela |  Congo | 21.72 |
| 7 | Hamad Ndee |  Tanzania | 21.74 |
Heat four *
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pietro Mennea | Italy | 20.53 |
| 2 | Markku Juhola |  Finland | 20.98 |
| 3 | Ainsley Armstrong | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.12 |
| 4 | Guillermo González | .svg.png){kind=small} Puerto Rico | 21.22 |
| 5 | Sammy Monsels |  Suriname | 21.26 |
| 6 | Gaston Malam | .svg.png){kind=small} Cameroon | 21.71 |
| 7 | Gary Georges | .svg.png){kind=small} Haiti | 22.97 |
* Wind assisted
Heat five
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Black |  United States | 20.79 |
| 2 | René Metz | France | 21.08 |
| 3 | Brian Green |  Great Britain | 21.26 |
| 4 | Omar Chokhmane |  Morocco | 21.29 |
| 5 | Luiz de Silva | .svg.png){kind=small} Brazil | 21.81 |
| 6 | Eston Kaonga |  Malawi | 22.18 |
| - | Benedict Majekodumni |  Nigeria | DNS |
Heat six
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chuck Smith | United States | 20.79 |
| 2 | Vladimir Lovetskiy | Soviet Union | 20.99 |
| 3 | Sunil Gunawardene |  Sri Lanka | 21.60 |
| 4 | Trevor James | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.83 |
| 5 | Zainuddin Wahab |  Malaysia | 21.87 |
| 6 | Dominic Saidu |  Liberia | 22.48 |
| 7 | Saad Khalil Al-Dosari | .svg.png){kind=small} Saudi Arabia | 22.56 |
| - | Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa |  Madagascar | DNS |
Heat seven
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaroslav Matoušek | Czechoslovakia | 20.70 |
| 2 | Francisco García | .svg.png){kind=small} Spain | 20.89 |
| 3 | George Daniels |  Ghana | 21.05 |
| 4 | Jimmy Sierra |  Colombia | 21.10 |
| 5 | Kevin Johnson | Bahamas | 21.70 |
| 6 | Ibrahim Saad Abdel Galil |  Sudan | 22.41 |
| - | Mao Samphon |  Khmer Republic | DNS |
| - | Abdulazeez Abdulkareem |  Kuwait | DNS |
Heat eight
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manfred Ommer | West Germany | 20.80 |
| 2 | Hans-Joachim Zenk | East Germany | 20.93 |
| 3 | James Addy | Ghana | 21.06 |
| 4 | Dan Amuke |  Kenya | 21.53 |
| 5 | Nusrat Iqbal Sahi |  Pakistan | 22.07 |
| - | Saleh Alah-Djaba |  Chad | DNF |
| - | Charles Francis |  Canada | DNS |
Heat nine
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Burton | United States | 20.80 |
| 2 | Lucien Sainte-Rose | France | 21.09 |
| 3 | Bevan Smith |  New Zealand | 21.17 |
| 4 | Philippe Clerc |  Switzerland | 21.32 |
| 5 | Tukal Mokalam | .svg.png){kind=small} Philippines | 21.81 |
| 6 | William Dralu |  Uganda | 21.87 |
| - | Larmeck Mukonde | .svg.png){kind=small} Zambia | DNS |
Quarterfinals
The top three runners (blue) in each of the five heats and the next fastest (green) advanced to the semifinal round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 20.30 |
| 2 | Manfred Ommer | West Germany | 20.53 |
| 3 | Jiří Kynos | Czechoslovakia | 20.68 |
| 4 | René Metz | France | 20.83 |
| 5 | Jimmy Sierra | Colombia | 20.87 |
| 6 | Omar Chokhmane | Morocco | 21.00 |
| 7 | Guillermo González | Puerto Rico | 21.10 |
| - | Mike Sands | Bahamas | DNS |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaroslav Matoušek | Czechoslovakia | 20.65 |
| 2 | Chuck Smith | United States | 20.66 |
| 3 | Ainsley Armstrong | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.00 |
| 4 | Bevan Smith | New Zealand | 21.04 |
| 5 | George Daniels | Ghana | 21.10 |
| 6 | Andrés Calonge | Argentina | 21.11 |
| 7 | Markku Juhola | Finland | 21.19 |
| 8 | Sunil Gunawardene | Sri Lanka | 21.31 |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Burton | United States | 20.68 |
| 2 | Martin Jellinghaus | West Germany | 20.70 |
| 3 | Siegfried Schenke | East Germany | 20.79 |
| 4 | Philippe Clerc | Switzerland | 20.82 |
| 5 | Edwin Roberts | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.99 |
| 6 | Pasqualino Abeti | Italy | 21.00 |
| 7 | Ladislav Kříž | Czechoslovakia | 21.46 |
| - | James Addy | Ghana | DQ |
Heat four
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Black | United States | 20.28 |
| 2 | Don Quarrie | Jamaica | 20.43 |
| 3 | Bruno Cherrier | France | 20.62 |
| 4 | Vladimir Lovetskiy | Soviet Union | 20.83 |
| 5 | Motsapi Moorosi | Lesotho | 20.90 |
| 6 | Su Wen-Ho | Republic of China | 21.47 |
| 7 | Audun Garshol | Norway | 25.30 |
| - | Dan Amuke | Kenya | DNF |
Heat five
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pietro Mennea | Italy | 20.47 |
| 2 | Hans-Joachim Zenk | East Germany | 20.59 |
| 3 | Richard Hardware | Jamaica | 20.76 |
| 4 | Lucien Sainte-Rose | France | 20.76 |
| 5 | Francisco García | Spain | 20.77 |
| 6 | Trevor James | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.34 |
| 7 | Brian Green | Great Britain | 21.41 |
| - | Samuel Monsels | Suriname | DNS |
Semifinals
Top four in each heat advance to final.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 20.74 |
| 2 | Larry Burton | United States | 20.78 |
| 3 | Chuck Smith | United States | 20.86 |
| 4 | Siegfried Schenke | East Germany | 20.97 |
| 5 | Jaroslav Matoušek | Czechoslovakia | 20.99 |
| 6 | Manfred Ommer | West Germany | 21.08 |
| 7 | Lucien Sainte-Rose | France | 21.42 |
| - | Don Quarrie | Jamaica | DNF |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Black | United States | 20.36 |
| 2 | Pietro Mennea | Italy | 20.52 |
| 3 | Hans-Joachim Zenk | East Germany | 20.63 |
| 4 | Martin Jellinghaus | West Germany | 20.75 |
| 5 | Jiří Kynos | Czechoslovakia | 20.88 |
| 6 | Ainsley Armstrong | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.13 |
| 7 | Bruno Cherrier | France | 21.15 |
| 8 | Richard Hardware | Jamaica | 21.24 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 20.00 |
 | Larry Black | United States | 20.19 |
 | Pietro Mennea | Italy | 20.30 |
| 4 | Larry Burton | United States | 20.37 |
| 5 | Chuck Smith | United States | 20.55 |
| 6 | Siegfried Schenke | East Germany | 20.56 |
| 7 | Martin Jellinghaus | West Germany | 20.65 |
| 8 | Hans-Joachim Zenk | East Germany | 21.05 |
References
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