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Sprint, Men

Date	1 – 2 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Radstadion, Olympiapark, München
Participants	46 from 27 countries
Format	1,000 metres.

The defending champion, Daniel Morelon (FRA), was an overwhelming favorite. He had been World Champion in 1969-71 and had won the most important invitational, the Grand Prix de Paris, in 1970 and 1971. The field was enormous with 51 starters from 29 nations, and it took six separate rounds and repêchages just to sort out the quarter-finalists. From the quarter-finals onwards, all matches were best two of three races. Morelon took part in nine races and won them all, facing minimal challenges en route to the gold medal. In the semi-finals he took out the Netherlands’ Klaas Balk. But the other semi saw an upset as the 1975 World Champion, Omar Pkhakadze (URS/GEO), lost in two straight races to Australian, John Nicholson, who had been runner-up at the 1975 Grand Prix de Paris. For Morelon it was his third straight medal in the event and he would return in 1976 to win a fourth, placing second that year. He also added two more World Championships in 1973 and 1975.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	R1 Rep	R2	Round Two Repêchage	Eighth-Finals	1/8-Final Repêchage Final	1/8-Final Repêchage	QF	SF	Final
1	Daniel Morelon	FRA	11.71 (1 h1)	–	12.26 (1 h1)	–	11.51 (1 h1)	–	–	2 (1 h1)	2 (1 h1)	2 (1 h1)	Gold
2	John Nicholson	AUS	11.20 (1 h6)	–	11.92 (1 h6)	–	11.67 (1 h6)	–	–	2 (1 h2)	2 (1 h2)	0 (2 h1)	Silver
3	Omar Pkhak'adze	URS	11.64 (1 h8)	–	– (2 h8)	11.56 (1 h6)	11.43 (1 h4)	–	–	2 (1 h4)	0 (2 h2)	2 (1 h2)	Bronze
4	Klaas Balk	NED	– (2 h11)	12.02 (1 h7)	– (DQ h4)	11.68 (1 h2)	11.48 (1 h2)	–	–	2 (1 h3)	0 (2 h1)	1 (2 h2)
=5	Niels Fredborg	DEN	12.16 (1 h14)	–	– (2 h6)	11.96 (1 h5)	– (2 h1)	11.59 (1 h1)	11.91 (1 h1)	0 (2 h2)	–	–
=5	Hans-Jürgen Geschke	GDR	11.52 (1 h9)	–	11.53 (1 h9)	–	11.42 (1 h5)	–	–	1 (2 h3)	–	–
=5	Massimo Marino	ITA	11.83 (1 h12)	–	– (3 h10)	11.68 (1 h8)	11.40 (1 h3)	–	–	1 (2 h4)	–	–
=5	Peter van Doorn	NED	11.58 (1 h7)	–	– (3 h7)	11.74 (1 h7)	– (3 h1)	11.61 (1 h2)	11.59 (1 h2)	0 (2 h1)	–	–
2 h1 r7/10	Karl Köther	FRG	11.30 (1 h10)	–	11.37 (1 h10)	–	– (2 h4)	– (2 h1)	11.40 (1 h3)	–	–	–
2 h2 r7/10	Vladimír Vačkář	TCH	11.89 (1 h11)	–	11.83 (1 h5)	–	– (3 h4)	– (2 h2)	11.46 (1 h4)	–	–	–
2 h1 r6/10	Ivan Kučírek	TCH	11.78 (1 h3)	–	– (2 h3)	12.27 (1 h1)	– (2 h6)	–	– (2 h1)	–	–	–
2 h2 r6/10	Robert Maveau	BEL	– (1 h17)	–	11.98 (1 h8)	–	– (2 h3)	–	– (2 h2)	–	–	–
2 h3 r6/10	Leslie King	TTO	– (2 h13)	11.62 (1 h2)	11.77 (1 h3)	–	– (3 h5)	–	– (2 h3)	–	–	–
2 h4 r6/10	Peder Pedersen	DEN	– (2 h10)	11.34 (1 h11)	11.69 (1 h7)	–	– (3 h6)	–	– (2 h4)	–	–	–
3 h1 r6/10	Gérard Quintyn	FRA	11.40 (1 h4)	–	no time (1 h4)	–	– (3 h3)	–	– (3 h1)	–	–	–
3 h2 r6/10	Ezio Cardi	ITA	11.92 (1 h5)	–	– (2 h5)	11.93 (1 h3)	– (2 h5)	–	– (3 h2)	–	–	–
3 h3 r6/10	Sergey Kravtsov	URS	11.83 (1 h2)	–	11.35 (1 h2)	–	– (3 h2)	–	– (3 h3)	–	–	–
3 h4 r6/10	Andrzej Bek	POL	– (2 h8)	11.86 (1 h10)	– (3 h5)	11.87 (1 h4)	– (2 h2)	–	– (3 h4)	–	–	–
2 h1 r4/10	Jeffrey Spencer	USA	– (3 h4)	12.46 (1 h1)	– (3 h2)	– (2 h1)	–	–	–	–	–	–
2 h2 r4/10	Benedykt Kocot	POL	11.44 (1 h15)	–	– (2 h9)	– (2 h2)	–	–	–	–	–	–
2 h3 r4/10	Roger Young	USA	– (2 h12)	11.99 (1 h6)	– (3 h3)	– (2 h3)	–	–	–	–	–	–
2 h4 r4/10	Dieter Berkmann	FRG	11.71 (1 h13)	–	– (2 h7)	– (2 h4)	–	–	–	–	–	–
2 h5 r4/10	Honson Chin	JAM	– (3 h8)	11.90 (1 h8)	– (3 h6)	– (2 h5)	–	–	–	–	–	–
2 h6 r4/10	Ernie Crutchlow	GBR	– (3 h16)	11.41 (1 h5)	– (3 h9)	– (2 h6)	–	–	–	–	–	–
2 h7 r4/10	Yoshikazu Cho	JPN	– (2 h4)	11.17 (1 h4)	– (2 h10)	– (2 h7)	–	–	–	–	–	–
2 h8 r4/10	Carlos Reybaud	ARG	11.50 (1 h16)	–	– (2 h4)	– (2 h8)	–	–	–	–	–	–
3 h6 r4/10	Neville Hunte	GUY	– (DQ h17)	11.54 (1 h3)	– (2 h1)	– (3 h6)	–	–	–	–	–	–
3 h7 r4/10	Ed McRae	CAN	– (2 h6)	no time (1 h9)	– (3 h8)	– (3 h7)	–	–	–	–	–	–
3 h8 r4/10	Geoff Cooke	GBR	– (2 h15)	12.27 (1 h12)	– (2 h2)	– (3 h8)	–	–	–	–	–	–
2 h1 r2/10	Hector Edwards	BAR	– (2 h1)	– (2 h1)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2 h2 r2/10	Werner Otto	GDR	– (2 h16)	– (2 h2)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2 h3 r2/10	Taworn Tarwan	THA	– (2 h2)	– (2 h3)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2 h4 r2/10	Félix Suárez	ESP	– (2 h5)	– (2 h4)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2 h5 r2/10	Jairo Díaz	COL	– (2 h9)	– (2 h5)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2 h6 r2/10	Kensley Reece	BAR	– (3 h3)	– (2 h6)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2 h7 r2/10	Maurice Hugh-Sam	JAM	– (2 h14)	– (2 h7)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2 h8 r2/10	Yaichi Numata	JPN	– (2 h7)	– (2 h8)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2 h10 r2/10	Arturo Cambroni	MEX	– (3 h13)	– (2 h10)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2 h11 r2/10	Jefrey Burnside	BAH	– (3 h12)	– (2 h11)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2 h12 r2/10	Carlos Galeano	COL	– (3 h11)	– (2 h12)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
3 h2 r2/10	Suriya Chiarasapawong	THA	– (3 h1)	– (3 h2)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
3 h4 r2/10	Shue Ming-Fa	TPE	– (3 h2)	– (3 h4)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
3 h5 r2/10	Winston Attong	TTO	– (2 h3)	– (3 h5)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
3 h7 r2/10	Daud Ibrahim	MAS	– (3 h5)	– (3 h7)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
AC h3 r2/10	Manu Snellinx	BEL	– (3 h15)	– (DQ h3)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		DQ
AC h9 r2/10	Víctor Limba	ARG	– (2 h17)	– (DQ h9)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		DQ

Round One

Date	1 September 1972 — 11:19
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to round two.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Daniel Morelon	FRA	11.71	Q
2	Hector Edwards	BAR	–
3	Suriya Chiarasapawong	THA	–

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Sergey Kravtsov	URS	11.83	Q
2	Taworn Tarwan	THA	–
3	Shue Ming-Fa	TPE	–

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Ivan Kučírek	TCH	11.78	Q
2	Winston Attong	TTO	–
3	Kensley Reece	BAR	–

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Gérard Quintyn	FRA	11.40	Q
2	Yoshikazu Cho	JPN	–
3	Jeffrey Spencer	USA	–

Heat #5

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Ezio Cardi	ITA	11.92	Q
2	Félix Suárez	ESP	–
3	Daud Ibrahim	MAS	–

Heat #6

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	John Nicholson	AUS	11.20	Q
2	Ed McRae	CAN	–

Heat #7

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Peter van Doorn	NED	11.58	Q
2	Yaichi Numata	JPN	–

Heat #8

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Omar Pkhak'adze	URS	11.64	Q
2	Andrzej Bek	POL	–
3	Honson Chin	JAM	–

Heat #9

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Hans-Jürgen Geschke	GDR	11.52	Q
2	Jairo Díaz	COL	–

Heat #10

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Karl Köther	FRG	11.30	Q
2	Peder Pedersen	DEN	–

Heat #11

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Vladimír Vačkář	TCH	11.89	Q
2	Klaas Balk	NED	–
3	Carlos Galeano	COL	–

Heat #12

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Massimo Marino	ITA	11.83	Q
2	Roger Young	USA	–
3	Jefrey Burnside	BAH	–

Heat #13

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Dieter Berkmann	FRG	11.71	Q
2	Leslie King	TTO	–
3	Arturo Cambroni	MEX	–

Heat #14

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Niels Fredborg	DEN	12.16	Q
2	Maurice Hugh-Sam	JAM	–

Heat #15

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Benedykt Kocot	POL	11.44	Q
2	Geoff Cooke	GBR	–
3	Manu Snellinx	BEL	–

Heat #16

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Carlos Reybaud	ARG	11.50	Q
2	Werner Otto	GDR	–
3	Ernie Crutchlow	GBR	–

Heat #17

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Robert Maveau	BEL	–	Q
2	Víctor Limba	ARG	–
DQ	Neville Hunte	GUY	–

Round One Repêchage

Date	1 September 1972 — 12:29
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to round two.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Jeffrey Spencer	USA	12.46	Q
2	Hector Edwards	BAR	–

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Leslie King	TTO	11.62	Q
2	Werner Otto	GDR	–
3	Suriya Chiarasapawong	THA	–

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Neville Hunte	GUY	11.54	Q
2	Taworn Tarwan	THA	–
DQ	Manu Snellinx	BEL	–

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Yoshikazu Cho	JPN	11.17	Q
2	Félix Suárez	ESP	–
3	Shue Ming-Fa	TPE	–

Heat #5

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Ernie Crutchlow	GBR	11.41	Q
2	Jairo Díaz	COL	–
3	Winston Attong	TTO	–

Heat #6

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Roger Young	USA	11.99	Q
2	Kensley Reece	BAR	–

Heat #7

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Klaas Balk	NED	12.02	Q
2	Maurice Hugh-Sam	JAM	–
3	Daud Ibrahim	MAS	–

Heat #8

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Honson Chin	JAM	11.90	Q
2	Yaichi Numata	JPN	–

Heat #9

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Ed McRae	CAN	no time	Q
DQ	Víctor Limba	ARG	–

Heat #10

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Andrzej Bek	POL	11.86	Q
2	Arturo Cambroni	MEX	–

Heat #11

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Peder Pedersen	DEN	11.34	Q
2	Jefrey Burnside	BAH	–

Heat #12

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Geoff Cooke	GBR	12.27	Q
2	Carlos Galeano	COL	–

Round Two

Date	1 September 1972 — 15:59
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to the eighth-finals.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Daniel Morelon	FRA	12.26	Q
2	Neville Hunte	GUY	–

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Sergey Kravtsov	URS	11.35	Q
2	Geoff Cooke	GBR	–
3	Jeffrey Spencer	USA	–

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Leslie King	TTO	11.77	Q
2	Ivan Kučírek	TCH	–
3	Roger Young	USA	–

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Gérard Quintyn	FRA	no time	Q
2	Carlos Reybaud	ARG	–
DQ	Klaas Balk	NED	–

Heat #5

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Vladimír Vačkář	TCH	11.83	Q
2	Ezio Cardi	ITA	–
3	Andrzej Bek	POL	–

Heat #6

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	John Nicholson	AUS	11.92	Q
2	Niels Fredborg	DEN	–
3	Honson Chin	JAM	–

Heat #7

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Peder Pedersen	DEN	11.69	Q
2	Dieter Berkmann	FRG	–
3	Peter van Doorn	NED	–

Heat #8

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Robert Maveau	BEL	11.98	Q
2	Omar Pkhak'adze	URS	–
3	Ed McRae	CAN	–

Heat #9

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Hans-Jürgen Geschke	GDR	11.53	Q
2	Benedykt Kocot	POL	–
3	Ernie Crutchlow	GBR	–

Heat #10

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Karl Köther	FRG	11.37	Q
2	Yoshikazu Cho	JPN	–
3	Massimo Marino	ITA	–

Round Two Repêchage

Date	1 September 1972 — 16:50

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Ivan Kučírek	TCH	12.27	Q
2	Jeffrey Spencer	USA	–

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Klaas Balk	NED	11.68	Q
2	Benedykt Kocot	POL	–

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Ezio Cardi	ITA	11.93	Q
2	Roger Young	USA	–

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Andrzej Bek	POL	11.87	Q
2	Dieter Berkmann	FRG	–

Heat #5

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Niels Fredborg	DEN	11.96	Q
2	Honson Chin	JAM	–

Heat #6

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Omar Pkhak'adze	URS	11.56	Q
2	Ernie Crutchlow	GBR	–
3	Neville Hunte	GUY	–

Heat #7

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Peter van Doorn	NED	11.74	Q
2	Yoshikazu Cho	JPN	–
3	Ed McRae	CAN	–

Heat #8

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Massimo Marino	ITA	11.68	Q
2	Carlos Reybaud	ARG	–
3	Geoff Cooke	GBR	–

Eighth-Finals

Date	1 September 1972 — 20:00
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to the eighth-finals.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Daniel Morelon	FRA	11.51	Q
2	Niels Fredborg	DEN	–
3	Peter van Doorn	NED	–

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Klaas Balk	NED	11.48	Q
2	Andrzej Bek	POL	–
3	Sergey Kravtsov	URS	–

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Massimo Marino	ITA	11.40	Q
2	Robert Maveau	BEL	–
3	Gérard Quintyn	FRA	–

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Omar Pkhak'adze	URS	11.43	Q
2	Karl Köther	FRG	–
3	Vladimír Vačkář	TCH	–

Heat #5

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Hans-Jürgen Geschke	GDR	11.42	Q
2	Ezio Cardi	ITA	–
3	Leslie King	TTO	–

Heat #6

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	John Nicholson	AUS	11.67	Q
2	Ivan Kučírek	TCH	–
3	Peder Pedersen	DEN	–

1/8-Final Repêchage Final

Date	1 September 1972
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Niels Fredborg	DEN	11.59	Q
2	Karl Köther	FRG	–

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Peter van Doorn	NED	11.61	Q
2	Vladimír Vačkář	TCH	–

1/8-Final Repêchage

Date	1 September 1972 — 21:11
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to the repêchage final.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Niels Fredborg	DEN	11.91	Q
2	Ivan Kučírek	TCH	–
3	Gérard Quintyn	FRA	–

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Peter van Doorn	NED	11.59	Q
2	Robert Maveau	BEL	–
3	Ezio Cardi	ITA	–

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Karl Köther	FRG	11.40	Q
2	Leslie King	TTO	–
3	Sergey Kravtsov	URS	–

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Vladimír Vačkář	TCH	11.46	Q
2	Peder Pedersen	DEN	–
3	Andrzej Bek	POL	–

Quarter-Finals

Date	2 September 1972 — 17:58
Format	Best two of three races. Winner of each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	Daniel Morelon	FRA	2	Q
2	Peter van Doorn	NED	0

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	John Nicholson	AUS	2	Q
2	Niels Fredborg	DEN	0

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	Klaas Balk	NED	2	Q
2	Hans-Jürgen Geschke	GDR	1

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	Omar Pkhak'adze	URS	2	Q
2	Massimo Marino	ITA	1

Semi-Finals

Date	2 September 1972 — 20:51
Format	Best two of three races. Winner of each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	Daniel Morelon	FRA	2	Q
2	Klaas Balk	NED	0

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	John Nicholson	AUS	2	Q
2	Omar Pkhak'adze	URS	0

Final Round

Date	2 September 1972 — 21:52
Format	Best two of three races.

Heat 1/2

Time	21:52

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	Daniel Morelon	FRA	2	Q
2	John Nicholson	AUS	0

Heat 3/4

Time	21:52

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	Omar Pkhak'adze	URS	2	Q
2	Klaas Balk	NED	1