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100 metres, Men

Date	31 August – 1 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiastadion, Olympiapark, München
Participants	85 from 55 countries

For the first time ever, there was a favorite who was not an American. Soviet Valery Borzov had shown promise when he won the 1968 European Junior double over 100/200. The next year he won the European 100, and in 1971 he won the sprint double at the European Championships. Borzov also posted a succession of top times and defeated several American sprinters in international dual meets. The top American coming since Mexico City was the 1968 200 metre silver medalist, John Carlos, but turned to pro football, and was ineligible due to amateur rules. He tried out for the Philadelphia Eagles and then played in Canada with the Montreal Alouettes. The US Olympic Trials put forward three good sprinters in Eddie Hart, Rey Robinson, and Robert Taylor. In the final of that event Hart and Robinson equaled the world record of 9.9.

In München all the favorites got thru the first round. The quarter-finals were later that day and the Americans went back to the Olympic Village to rest up. While there, they noticed something unusual while watching some of the events on television. It appeared that the 100 metre quarter-finals were beginning at the stadium – and they were not there! They rushed to the stadium, hoping to make it in time for their heats, but both Hart and Robinson were too late. Taylor was in the third heat and barely made it in time, qualifying for the semi-finals, just behind Borzov. The US Olympic Committee appealed the disqualification of Hart and Robinson, but to no avail – they were out. It turned out that US track coach Stan Wright was going by an outdated schedule that showed the quarter-finals starting at 6 PM (1800), instead of their actual 4 PM (1600) start time. With the two main Americans out, the road was clear for Borzov, although it is likely he would have won the gold medal even if they had run. He won fairly easily in the final with Taylor second, followed by 1968 silver medalist Lennox Miller. Three days later, Borzov ran in the 200 metre final, which was actually his best distance, and completed the sprint double, the first non-American to do that since Percy Williams (CAN) in 1928.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	932	Valery Borzov	URS	10.47 (1 h2)	10.07 (1 h3)	10.21 (1 h1)	10.14 (1)	Gold
2	1023	Robert Taylor	USA	10.32 (1 h12)	10.16 (2 h3)	10.30 (1 h2)	10.24 (2)	Silver
3	548	Lennox Miller	JAM	10.45 (1 h1)	10.33 (1 h5)	10.31 (2 h2)	10.33 (3)	Bronze
4	941	Aleksandr Kornelyuk	URS	10.38 (1 h5)	10.23w (1 h4)	10.35 (3 h2)	10.36 (4)
5	543	Mike Fray	JAM	10.47 (3 h10)	10.28w (3 h4)	10.48 (4 h1)	10.40 (5)
6	369	Jobst Hirscht	FRG	10.36 (2 h12)	10.25 (1 h1)	10.36 (3 h1)	10.40 (6)
7	734	Zenon Nowosz	POL	10.36 (3 h12)	10.40 (4 h3)	10.42 (4 h2)	10.46 (7)
AC r4/4	895	Hasely Crawford	TTO	10.50 (1 h7)	10.18 (3 h3)	10.36 (2 h1)	– (DNF)
5 h1 r3/4	264	Alain Sarteur	FRA	10.42 (1 h9)	10.40 (2 h5)	10.51 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	800	Barka Sy	SEN	10.30w (1 h8)	10.27w (2 h4)	10.42 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	118	Kouakou Komenan	CIV	10.50w (3 h4)	10.60 (3 h2)	10.57 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	613	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa	MAD	10.29 (2 h10)	10.47 (1 h2)	10.46 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	321	Bernd Borth	GDR	10.48w (2 h8)	10.44 (3 h1)	10.60 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	878	Jaroslav Matoušek	TCH	10.37w (1 h4)	10.35 (2 h1)	10.51 (7 h2)	–
8 h2 r3/4	286	Brian Green	GBR	10.41w (2 h4)	10.58 (2 h2)	10.52 (8 h2)	–
3 h5 r2/4	434	Vasilios Papageorgopoulos	GRE	10.24 (1 h10)	10.45 (3 h5)	– (DNS h1)	–
4 h1 r2/4	820	Philippe Clerc	SUI	10.58 (2 h6)	10.45 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r2/4	746	Stanisław Wagner	POL	10.62 (3 h5)	10.61 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h4 r2/4	658	Kola Abdulai	NGR	10.57 (2 h5)	10.41w (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r2/4	115	Amadou Méité	CIV	10.51 (2 h1)	10.52 (4 h5)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	893	Ainsley Armstrong	TTO	10.56 (5 h10)	10.47 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	423	Sandy Osei-Agyemang	GHA	10.52 (2 h3)	10.66 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	363	Klaus Ehl	FRG	10.67 (3 h11)	10.44 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	217	Antti Rajamäki	FIN	10.52 (4 h10)	10.43w (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r2/4	866	Luděk Bohman	TCH	10.72 (3 h2)	10.52 (5 h5)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	49	Mike Sands	BAH	10.67 (2 h2)	10.50 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	202	Erik Gustafsson	FIN	10.68 (3 h7)	10.78 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	304	Les Piggot	GBR	10.54 (3 h3)	10.53 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	335	Manfred Kokot	GDR	10.49 (1 h3)	10.44w (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r2/4	287	Don Halliday	GBR	10.58 (2 h7)	10.60 (6 h5)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	678	Audun Garshol	NOR	10.49w (3 h8)	10.55 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	773	Su Wen-Ho	TPE	10.59w (4 h8)	10.82 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	238	Dominique Chauvelot	FRA	10.66 (2 h11)	10.54 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	111	Saleh Alah-Djaba	CHA	10.65 (2 h9)	10.51w (7 h4)	–	–
7 h5 r2/4	837	Sammy Monsels	SUR	10.61 (3 h6)	10.64 (7 h5)	–	–
8 h3 r2/4	320	Hans-Jürgen Bombach	GDR	10.66 (3 h1)	10.64 (8 h3)	–	–
8 h4 r2/4	92	Charlie Francis	CAN	10.68 (3 h9)	10.51w (8 h4)	–	–
8 h5 r2/4	921	Vladimir Atamas	URS	10.51 (4 h12)	10.83 (8 h5)	–	–
1 h6 r1/4	1007	Rey Robinson	USA	10.56 (1 h6)	– (DNS h1)	–	–
1 h11 r1/4	988	Eddie Hart	USA	10.47 (1 h11)	– (DNS h2)	–	–
4 h1 r1/4	900	Rudy Reid	TTO	10.74 (4 h1)	–	–	–
4 h2 r1/4	413	Gerhard Wucherer	FRG	10.82 (4 h2)	–	–	–
4 h3 r1/4	582	John Mwebi	KEN	10.60 (4 h3)	–	–	–
4 h4 r1/4	45	Walter Callander	BAH	10.78w (4 h4)	–	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	872	Juraj Demeč	TCH	10.66 (4 h5)	–	–	–
4 h6 r1/4	419	George Daniels	GHA	10.65 (4 h6)	–	–	–
4 h7 r1/4	766	Guillermo González	PUR	10.73 (4 h7)	–	–	–
4 h9 r1/4	7	Andrés Calonge	ARG	10.73 (4 h9)	–	–	–
4 h11 r1/4	665	Benedict Majekodunmi	NGR	10.70 (4 h11)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	570	Dan Amuke	KEN	10.76 (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	712	Tadeusz Cuch	POL	10.89 (5 h2)	–	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	72	Luiz da Silva	BRA	10.63 (5 h3)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	497	George Calhern	ISV	10.90w (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	1041	Félix Mata	VEN	10.73 (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	1047	André Bicaba	BUR	10.71 (5 h6)	–	–	–
5 h7 r1/4	859	Norman Chihota	TAN	10.79 (5 h7)	–	–	–
5 h8 r1/4	110	Gana Abba Kimet	CHA	10.89w (5 h8)	–	–	–
5 h9 r1/4	687	Laurie D'Arcy	NZL	10.77 (5 h9)	–	–	–
5 h11 r1/4	125	Gaston Malam	CMR	10.88 (5 h11)	–	–	–
5 h12 r1/4	37	Axel Nepraunik	AUT	10.61 (5 h12)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	649	Byambajavyn Enkhbaatar	MGL	10.93 (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	803	Yeo Kian Chye	SGP	10.92 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	46	Kevin Johnson	BAH	10.91 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	492	Farhan Navab	IRI	11.02w (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	493	Bjarni Stefánsson	ISL	10.99 (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	603	Motsapi Moorosi	LES	10.74 (6 h6)	–	–	–
6 h7 r1/4	185	Egzi Gebre-Gebre	ETH	10.89 (6 h7)	–	–	–
6 h8 r1/4	227	Raimo Vilén	FIN	11.00w (6 h8)	–	–	–
6 h9 r1/4	1060	Larmeck Mukonde	ZAM	11.16 (6 h9)	–	–	–
6 h10 r1/4	769	Jorge Vizcarrondo	PUR	10.79 (6 h10)	–	–	–
6 h11 r1/4	107	Sunil Gunawardene	SRI	11.00 (6 h11)	–	–	–
6 h12 r1/4	236	André Byrame	FRA	10.64 (6 h12)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	590	Samphon Mao	CAM	10.95 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h2 r1/4	1067	Alphonse Yanghat	CGO	10.95 (7 h2)	–	–	–
7 h3 r1/4	16	Mansour Al-Juaid	KSA	11.23 (7 h3)	–	–	–
7 h4 r1/4	1071	Ángel Guerreros	PAR	11.12w (7 h4)	–	–	–
7 h5 r1/4	596	Younis Abdallah	KUW	11.20 (7 h5)	–	–	–
7 h6 r1/4	914	William Dralu	UGA	10.92 (7 h6)	–	–	–
7 h7 r1/4	443	Pierre-Richard Gaetjens	HAI	11.50 (7 h7)	–	–	–
7 h8 r1/4	68	Lionel Caero	BOL	11.19w (7 h8)	–	–	–
7 h10 r1/4	620	Zain-ud-Din bin Abdul Wahab	MAS	10.80 (7 h10)	–	–	–
7 h11 r1/4	707	Tukal Mokalam	PHI	11.02 (7 h11)	–	–	–
7 h12 r1/4	631	Moustafa Matola	MAW	11.31 (7 h12)	–	–	–
8 h1 r1/4	761	Luis Alers	PUR	11.09 (8 h1)	–	–	–
8 h2 r1/4	602	Andrew Sartee	LBR	11.09 (8 h2)	–	–	–
DNS	891	Robert Aregba	TOG	– (DNS h3)	–	–	–
DNS	119	Gaoussou Koné	CIV	– (DNS h5)	–	–	–
DNS	140	Pablo Montes	CUB	– (DNS h7)	–	–	–
DNS	143	Hermes Ramírez	CUB	– (DNS h9)	–	–	–
DNS	889	Anat Ratanapol	THA	– (DNS h4)	–	–	–

Round One (31 August 1972 — 11:00)

Top three in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One

Wind	-0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	8	Lennox Miller	JAM	10.45	Q
2	7	Amadou Méité	CIV	10.51	Q
3	5	Hans-Jürgen Bombach	GDR	10.66	Q
4	1	Rudy Reid	TTO	10.74
5	2	Dan Amuke	KEN	10.76
6	4	Byambajavyn Enkhbaatar	MGL	10.93
7	6	Samphon Mao	CAM	10.95
8	3	Luis Alers	PUR	11.09

Heat Two

Wind	-2.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1	Valery Borzov	URS	10.47	Q
2	4	Mike Sands	BAH	10.67	Q
3	6	Luděk Bohman	TCH	10.72	Q
4	5	Gerhard Wucherer	FRG	10.82
5	7	Tadeusz Cuch	POL	10.89
6	2	Yeo Kian Chye	SGP	10.92
7	3	Alphonse Yanghat	CGO	10.95
8	8	Andrew Sartee	LBR	11.09

Heat Three

Wind	0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	7	Manfred Kokot	GDR	10.49	Q
2	5	Sandy Osei-Agyemang	GHA	10.52	Q
3	4	Les Piggot	GBR	10.54	Q
4	6	John Mwebi	KEN	10.60
5	1	Luiz da Silva	BRA	10.63
6	8	Kevin Johnson	BAH	10.91
7	2	Mansour Al-Juaid	KSA	11.23
DNS	3	Robert Aregba	TOG	–

Heat Four

Wind	2.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Jaroslav Matoušek	TCH	10.37w	Q
2	1	Brian Green	GBR	10.41w	Q
3	6	Kouakou Komenan	CIV	10.50w	Q
4	3	Walter Callander	BAH	10.78w
5	7	George Calhern	ISV	10.90w
6	4	Farhan Navab	IRI	11.02w
7	2	Ángel Guerreros	PAR	11.12w
DNS	8	Anat Ratanapol	THA	–

Heat Five

Wind	0.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1	Aleksandr Kornelyuk	URS	10.38	Q
2	6	Kola Abdulai	NGR	10.57	Q
3	4	Stanisław Wagner	POL	10.62	Q
4	8	Juraj Demeč	TCH	10.66
5	5	Félix Mata	VEN	10.73
6	2	Bjarni Stefánsson	ISL	10.99
7	3	Younis Abdallah	KUW	11.20
DNS	7	Gaoussou Koné	CIV	–

Heat Six

Wind	1.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	7	Rey Robinson	USA	10.56	Q
2	1	Philippe Clerc	SUI	10.58	Q
3	4	Sammy Monsels	SUR	10.61	Q
4	5	George Daniels	GHA	10.65
5	2	André Bicaba	BUR	10.71
6	6	Motsapi Moorosi	LES	10.74
7	3	William Dralu	UGA	10.92

Heat Seven

Wind	-1.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	2	Hasely Crawford	TTO	10.50	Q
2	7	Don Halliday	GBR	10.58	Q
3	5	Erik Gustafsson	FIN	10.68	Q
4	3	Guillermo González	PUR	10.73
5	4	Norman Chihota	TAN	10.79
6	8	Egzi Gebre-Gebre	ETH	10.89
7	6	Pierre-Richard Gaetjens	HAI	11.50
DNS	1	Pablo Montes	CUB	–

Heat Eight

Wind	2.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	2	Barka Sy	SEN	10.30w	Q
2	6	Bernd Borth	GDR	10.48w	Q
3	1	Audun Garshol	NOR	10.49w	Q
4	3	Su Wen-Ho	TPE	10.59w	q
5	5	Gana Abba Kimet	CHA	10.89w
6	7	Raimo Vilén	FIN	11.00w
7	4	Lionel Caero	BOL	11.19w

Heat Nine

Wind	0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1	Alain Sarteur	FRA	10.42	Q
2	3	Saleh Alah-Djaba	CHA	10.65	Q
3	5	Charlie Francis	CAN	10.68	Q
4	2	Andrés Calonge	ARG	10.73
5	7	Laurie D'Arcy	NZL	10.77
6	6	Larmeck Mukonde	ZAM	11.16
DNS	4	Hermes Ramírez	CUB	–

Heat Ten

Wind	-0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	2	Vasilios Papageorgopoulos	GRE	10.24	Q
2	4	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa	MAD	10.29	Q
3	1	Mike Fray	JAM	10.47	Q
4	5	Antti Rajamäki	FIN	10.52	q
5	7	Ainsley Armstrong	TTO	10.56	q
6	3	Jorge Vizcarrondo	PUR	10.79
7	6	Zain-ud-Din bin Abdul Wahab	MAS	10.80

Heat Eleven

Wind	-2.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Eddie Hart	USA	10.47	Q
2	5	Dominique Chauvelot	FRA	10.66	Q
3	3	Klaus Ehl	FRG	10.67	Q
4	2	Benedict Majekodunmi	NGR	10.70
5	1	Gaston Malam	CMR	10.88
6	7	Sunil Gunawardene	SRI	11.00
7	6	Tukal Mokalam	PHI	11.02

Heat Twelve

Wind	-0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Robert Taylor	USA	10.32	Q
2	2	Jobst Hirscht	FRG	10.36	Q
3	6	Zenon Nowosz	POL	10.36	Q
4	4	Vladimir Atamas	URS	10.51	q
5	1	Axel Nepraunik	AUT	10.61
6	3	André Byrame	FRA	10.64
7	7	Moustafa Matola	MAW	11.31

Quarter-Finals (31 August 1972 — 16:15)

Top three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Wind	1.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Jobst Hirscht	FRG	10.25	Q
2	4	Jaroslav Matoušek	TCH	10.35	Q
3	8	Bernd Borth	GDR	10.44	Q
4	3	Philippe Clerc	SUI	10.45
5	7	Ainsley Armstrong	TTO	10.47
6	6	Mike Sands	BAH	10.50
7	1	Audun Garshol	NOR	10.55
DNS	2	Rey Robinson	USA	–

Heat Two

Wind	-2.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa	MAD	10.47	Q
2	6	Brian Green	GBR	10.58	Q
3	4	Kouakou Komenan	CIV	10.60	Q
4	3	Stanisław Wagner	POL	10.61
5	5	Sandy Osei-Agyemang	GHA	10.66
6	2	Erik Gustafsson	FIN	10.78
7	8	Su Wen-Ho	TPE	10.82
DNS	7	Eddie Hart	USA	–

Heat Three

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Valery Borzov	URS	10.07	Q
2	2	Robert Taylor	USA	10.16	Q
3	7	Hasely Crawford	TTO	10.18	Q
4	6	Zenon Nowosz	POL	10.40	q
5	1	Klaus Ehl	FRG	10.44
6	4	Les Piggot	GBR	10.53
7	5	Dominique Chauvelot	FRA	10.54
8	8	Hans-Jürgen Bombach	GDR	10.64

Heat Four

Wind	3.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Aleksandr Kornelyuk	URS	10.23w	Q
2	2	Barka Sy	SEN	10.27w	Q
3	4	Mike Fray	JAM	10.28w	Q
4	8	Kola Abdulai	NGR	10.41w
5	6	Antti Rajamäki	FIN	10.43w
6	1	Manfred Kokot	GDR	10.44w
7	3	Saleh Alah-Djaba	CHA	10.51w
8	7	Charlie Francis	CAN	10.51w

Heat Five

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Lennox Miller	JAM	10.33	Q
2	3	Alain Sarteur	FRA	10.40	Q
3	6	Vasilios Papageorgopoulos	GRE	10.45	Q
4	5	Amadou Méité	CIV	10.52
5	1	Luděk Bohman	TCH	10.52
6	2	Don Halliday	GBR	10.60
7	7	Sammy Monsels	SUR	10.64
8	8	Vladimir Atamas	URS	10.83

Semi-Finals (1 September 1972 — 15:30)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Valery Borzov	URS	10.21	Q
2	7	Hasely Crawford	TTO	10.36	Q
3	4	Jobst Hirscht	FRG	10.36	Q
4	8	Mike Fray	JAM	10.48	Q
5	5	Alain Sarteur	FRA	10.51
6	2	Kouakou Komenan	CIV	10.57
7	6	Bernd Borth	GDR	10.60
DNS	1	Vasilios Papageorgopoulos	GRE	–

Heat Two

Wind	0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	2	Robert Taylor	USA	10.30	Q
2	5	Lennox Miller	JAM	10.31	Q
3	6	Aleksandr Kornelyuk	URS	10.35	Q
4	7	Zenon Nowosz	POL	10.42	Q
5	1	Barka Sy	SEN	10.42
6	4	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa	MAD	10.46
7	8	Jaroslav Matoušek	TCH	10.51
8	3	Brian Green	GBR	10.52

Final (1 September 1972 — 17:30)

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	2	Valery Borzov	URS	10.14
2	4	Robert Taylor	USA	10.24
3	5	Lennox Miller	JAM	10.33
4	6	Aleksandr Kornelyuk	URS	10.36
5	8	Mike Fray	JAM	10.40
6	7	Jobst Hirscht	FRG	10.40
7	1	Zenon Nowosz	POL	10.46
DNF	3	Hasely Crawford	TTO	–