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200 metres, Men

Date3 – 4 September 1972
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiastadion, Olympiapark, München
Participants57 from 42 countries

The favorites were American Larry Black and Jamaica’s Don Quarrie, the 1971 Pan American champion. The 1971 European Champion was Valery Borzov, who had already won the 100 and was expected to challenge. Quarrie sustained a hamstring pull in the semis and did not qualify. Borzov dominated the final, winning by almost two metres over Black, with Italy’s Pietro Mennea in third. Black was unfortunate to have drawn lane one in the final, but Borzov won the race by 0.19, so the result might not have changed even with a better lane draw. Borzov later became an IOC Member from Ukraine in 1994. He also married Soviet gymnastic legend Lyudmila Turishcheva. His 100/200 double was the first ever won by a sprinter from outside North America. Fourth-place finisher Larry Burton later played for five years in the NFL as a wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCR1QFSFFinal
1932Valery BorzovURS20.64 (1 h3)20.30w (1 h1)20.74 (1 h1)20.00 (1)Gold
2973Larry BlackUSA20.79 (1 h5)20.28 (1 h4)20.36 (1 h2)20.19 (2)Silver
3528Pietro MenneaITA20.53w (1 h4)20.47 (1 h5)20.52 (2 h2)20.30 (3)Bronze
4976Larry BurtonUSA20.80 (1 h9)20.68 (1 h3)20.78 (2 h1)20.37 (4)
51016Chuck SmithUSA20.79 (1 h6)20.66 (2 h2)20.86 (3 h1)20.55 (5)
6344Siegfried SchenkeGDR20.66 (1 h1)20.79 (3 h3)20.97 (4 h1)20.56 (6)
7371Martin JellinghausFRG21.10 (2 h2)20.70 (2 h3)20.75 (4 h2)20.65 (7)
8353Hans-Joachim ZenkGDR20.93 (2 h8)20.59 (2 h5)20.63 (3 h2)21.05 (8)
5 h1 r3/4878Jaroslav MatoušekTCH20.70 (1 h7)20.65 (1 h2)20.99 (5 h1)
5 h2 r3/4877Jiří KynosTCH20.95 (3 h1)20.68w (3 h1)20.88 (5 h2)
6 h1 r3/4390Manfred OmmerFRG20.80 (1 h8)20.53w (2 h1)21.08 (6 h1)
6 h2 r3/4893Ainsley ArmstrongTTO21.12w (3 h4)21.00 (3 h2)21.13 (6 h2)
7 h1 r3/4261Lucien Sainte-RoseFRA21.09 (2 h9)20.76 (4 h5)21.42 (7 h1)
7 h2 r3/4239Bruno CherrierFRA20.79 (2 h1)20.62 (3 h4)21.15 (7 h2)
8 h2 r3/4544Richard HardwareJAM21.09 (3 h3)20.76 (3 h5)21.24 (8 h2)
AC h1 r3/4551Don QuarrieJAM21.04 (1 h2)20.43 (2 h4)– (DNF h1)
4 h1 r2/4256René MetzFRA21.08 (2 h5)20.83w (4 h1)
4 h2 r2/4696Bevan SmithNZL21.17 (3 h9)21.04 (4 h2)
4 h3 r2/4820Philippe ClercSUI21.32 (4 h9)20.82 (4 h3)
4 h4 r2/4945Vladimir LovetskyURS20.99 (2 h6)20.83 (4 h4)
5 h1 r2/4129Jimmy SierraCOL21.10 (4 h7)20.87w (5 h1)
5 h2 r2/4419George DanielsGHA21.05 (3 h7)21.10 (5 h2)
5 h3 r2/4901Edwin RobertsTTO20.95 (2 h3)20.99 (5 h3)
5 h4 r2/4603Motsapi MoorosiLES21.15 (4 h3)20.90 (5 h4)
5 h5 r2/4167Francisco GarcíaESP20.89 (2 h7)20.77 (5 h5)
6 h1 r2/4623Omar ChokhmaneMAR21.29 (4 h5)21.00w (6 h1)
6 h2 r2/47Andrés CalongeARG21.39 (3 h2)21.11 (6 h2)
6 h3 r2/4498Pasqualino AbetiITA21.17 (5 h1)21.00 (6 h3)
6 h4 r2/4773Su Wen-HoTPE21.55 (5 h3)21.47 (6 h4)
6 h5 r2/4896Trevor JamesTTO21.83 (4 h6)21.34 (6 h5)
7 h1 r2/4766Guillermo GonzálezPUR21.22w (4 h4)21.10w (7 h1)
7 h2 r2/4204Markku JuholaFIN20.98w (2 h4)21.19 (7 h2)
7 h3 r2/4876Ladislav KřížTCH21.58 (4 h2)21.46 (7 h3)
7 h4 r2/4678Audun GarsholNOR21.16 (4 h1)25.30 (7 h4)
7 h5 r2/4286Brian GreenGBR21.26 (3 h5)21.41 (7 h5)
8 h2 r2/4107Sunil GunawardeneSRI21.60 (3 h6)21.31 (8 h2)
AC h3 r2/4415James AddyGHA21.06 (3 h8)– (DQ h3)
AC h4 r2/4837Sammy MonselsSUR21.26w (5 h4)– (DNF h5)
4 h8 r1/4570Dan AmukeKEN21.53 (4 h8)– (DNS h4)
5 h2 r1/449Mike SandsBAH21.61 (5 h2)– (DNS h1)
5 h5 r1/472Luiz da SilvaBRA21.81 (5 h5)
5 h6 r1/4620Zain-ud-Din bin Abdul WahabMAS21.87 (5 h6)
5 h7 r1/446Kevin JohnsonBAH21.70 (5 h7)
5 h8 r1/4702Nusrat Iqbal SahiPAK22.07 (5 h8)
5 h9 r1/4707Tukal MokalamPHI21.81 (5 h9)
6 h1 r1/4177Solomon BelayeETH21.73 (6 h1)
6 h2 r1/4803Yeo Kian ChyeSGP21.89 (6 h2)
6 h3 r1/41063Jean-Pierre BasségélaCGO21.72 (6 h3)
6 h4 r1/4125Gaston MalamCMR21.71w (6 h4)
6 h5 r1/4630Eston KaongaMAW22.18 (6 h5)
6 h6 r1/4601Dominic SaiduLBR22.48 (6 h6)
6 h7 r1/4809Ibrahim Saad Abdel GalilSUD22.41 (6 h7)
6 h9 r1/4914William DraluUGA21.87 (6 h9)
7 h3 r1/4863Hamad NdeeTAN21.74 (7 h3)
7 h4 r1/4444Gary GeorgesHAI22.97w (7 h4)
7 h6 r1/414Said Khalil Al-DosariKSA22.56 (7 h6)
AC h8 r1/4111Saleh Alah-DjabaCHA– (DNF h8)
DNS1070Rudy RiederPAR– (DNS h2)
DNS590Samphon MaoCAM– (DNS h7)
DNS92Charlie FrancisCAN– (DNS h8)
DNS115Amadou MéitéCIV– (DNS h2)
DNS593Abdul Aziz Abdul KareemKUW– (DNS h7)
DNS613Jean-Louis RavelomanantsoaMAD– (DNS h6)
DNS665Benedict MajekodunmiNGR– (DNS h5)
DNS734Zenon NowoszPOL– (DNS h1)
DNS1060Larmeck MukondeZAM– (DNS h9)

Round One

Date3 September 1972 — 11:00
FormatTop four in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (automatic)
1528Pietro MenneaITA20.53wQ
2932Valery BorzovURS20.64Q
3344Siegfried SchenkeGDR20.66Q
4878Jaroslav MatoušekTCH20.70Q
=5239Bruno CherrierFRA20.79Q
=5973Larry BlackUSA20.79Q
=51016Chuck SmithUSA20.79Q
=8390Manfred OmmerFRG20.80Q
=8976Larry BurtonUSA20.80Q
10167Francisco GarcíaESP20.89Q
11353Hans-Joachim ZenkGDR20.93Q
=12877Jiří KynosTCH20.95Q
=12901Edwin RobertsTTO20.95Q
14204Markku JuholaFIN20.98wQ
15945Vladimir LovetskyURS20.99Q
16551Don QuarrieJAM21.04Q
17419George DanielsGHA21.05Q
18415James AddyGHA21.06Q
19256René MetzFRA21.08Q
=20544Richard HardwareJAM21.09Q
=20261Lucien Sainte-RoseFRA21.09Q
=22371Martin JellinghausFRG21.10Q
=22129Jimmy SierraCOL21.10Q
24893Ainsley ArmstrongTTO21.12wQ
25603Motsapi MoorosiLES21.15Q
26678Audun GarsholNOR21.16Q
=27498Pasqualino AbetiITA21.17q
=27696Bevan SmithNZL21.17Q
29766Guillermo GonzálezPUR21.22wQ
30837Sammy MonselsSUR21.26wq
31286Brian GreenGBR21.26Q
32623Omar ChokhmaneMAR21.29Q
33820Philippe ClercSUI21.32Q
347Andrés CalongeARG21.39Q
35570Dan AmukeKEN21.53Q
36773Su Wen-HoTPE21.55q
37876Ladislav KřížTCH21.58Q
38107Sunil GunawardeneSRI21.60Q
3949Mike SandsBAH21.61q
4046Kevin JohnsonBAH21.70
41125Gaston MalamCMR21.71w
421063Jean-Pierre BasségélaCGO21.72
43177Solomon BelayeETH21.73
44863Hamad NdeeTAN21.74
=4572Luiz da SilvaBRA21.81
=45707Tukal MokalamPHI21.81
47896Trevor JamesTTO21.83Q
=48620Zain-ud-Din bin Abdul WahabMAS21.87
=48914William DraluUGA21.87
50803Yeo Kian ChyeSGP21.89
51702Nusrat Iqbal SahiPAK22.07
52630Eston KaongaMAW22.18
53809Ibrahim Saad Abdel GalilSUD22.41
54601Dominic SaiduLBR22.48
5514Said Khalil Al-DosariKSA22.56
56444Gary GeorgesHAI22.97w
DNF111Saleh Alah-DjabaCHA
DNS734Zenon NowoszPOL
DNS1070Rudy RiederPAR
DNS115Amadou MéitéCIV
DNS665Benedict MajekodunmiNGR
DNS613Jean-Louis RavelomanantsoaMAD
DNS590Samphon MaoCAM
DNS593Abdul Aziz Abdul KareemKUW
DNS92Charlie FrancisCAN
DNS1060Larmeck MukondeZAM

Heat #1

Wind1.4 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
1344Siegfried SchenkeGDR20.66Q
2239Bruno CherrierFRA20.79Q
3877Jiří KynosTCH20.95Q
4678Audun GarsholNOR21.16Q
5498Pasqualino AbetiITA21.17q
6177Solomon BelayeETH21.73
DNS734Zenon NowoszPOL

Heat #2

Wind-0.8 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
1551Don QuarrieJAM21.04Q
2371Martin JellinghausFRG21.10Q
37Andrés CalongeARG21.39Q
4876Ladislav KřížTCH21.58Q
549Mike SandsBAH21.61q
6803Yeo Kian ChyeSGP21.89
DNS1070Rudy RiederPAR
DNS115Amadou MéitéCIV

Heat #3

Wind-1.8 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
1932Valery BorzovURS20.64Q
2901Edwin RobertsTTO20.95Q
3544Richard HardwareJAM21.09Q
4603Motsapi MoorosiLES21.15Q
5773Su Wen-HoTPE21.55q
61063Jean-Pierre BasségélaCGO21.72
7863Hamad NdeeTAN21.74

Heat #4

Wind2.7 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
1528Pietro MenneaITA20.53wQ
2204Markku JuholaFIN20.98wQ
3893Ainsley ArmstrongTTO21.12wQ
4766Guillermo GonzálezPUR21.22wQ
5837Sammy MonselsSUR21.26wq
6125Gaston MalamCMR21.71w
7444Gary GeorgesHAI22.97w

Heat #5

Wind1.2 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
1973Larry BlackUSA20.79Q
2256René MetzFRA21.08Q
3286Brian GreenGBR21.26Q
4623Omar ChokhmaneMAR21.29Q
572Luiz da SilvaBRA21.81
6630Eston KaongaMAW22.18
DNS665Benedict MajekodunmiNGR

Heat #6

Wind-1.4 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
11016Chuck SmithUSA20.79Q
2945Vladimir LovetskyURS20.99Q
3107Sunil GunawardeneSRI21.60Q
4896Trevor JamesTTO21.83Q
5620Zain-ud-Din bin Abdul WahabMAS21.87
6601Dominic SaiduLBR22.48
714Said Khalil Al-DosariKSA22.56
DNS613Jean-Louis RavelomanantsoaMAD

Heat #7

Wind0.0 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
1878Jaroslav MatoušekTCH20.70Q
2167Francisco GarcíaESP20.89Q
3419George DanielsGHA21.05Q
4129Jimmy SierraCOL21.10Q
546Kevin JohnsonBAH21.70
6809Ibrahim Saad Abdel GalilSUD22.41
DNS590Samphon MaoCAM
DNS593Abdul Aziz Abdul KareemKUW

Heat #8

Wind0.7 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
1390Manfred OmmerFRG20.80Q
2353Hans-Joachim ZenkGDR20.93Q
3415James AddyGHA21.06Q
4570Dan AmukeKEN21.53Q
5702Nusrat Iqbal SahiPAK22.07
DNF111Saleh Alah-DjabaCHA
DNS92Charlie FrancisCAN

Heat #9

Wind0.3 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
1976Larry BurtonUSA20.80Q
2261Lucien Sainte-RoseFRA21.09Q
3696Bevan SmithNZL21.17Q
4820Philippe ClercSUI21.32Q
5707Tukal MokalamPHI21.81
6914William DraluUGA21.87
DNS1060Larmeck MukondeZAM

Quarter-Finals

Date3 September 1972 — 15:40
FormatTop three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (automatic)
1973Larry BlackUSA20.28Q
2932Valery BorzovURS20.30wQ
3551Don QuarrieJAM20.43Q
4528Pietro MenneaITA20.47Q
5390Manfred OmmerFRG20.53wQ
6353Hans-Joachim ZenkGDR20.59Q
7239Bruno CherrierFRA20.62Q
8878Jaroslav MatoušekTCH20.65Q
91016Chuck SmithUSA20.66Q
10877Jiří KynosTCH20.68wQ
11976Larry BurtonUSA20.68Q
12371Martin JellinghausFRG20.70Q
13544Richard HardwareJAM20.76Q
14261Lucien Sainte-RoseFRA20.76q
15167Francisco GarcíaESP20.77
16344Siegfried SchenkeGDR20.79Q
17820Philippe ClercSUI20.82
18256René MetzFRA20.83w
19945Vladimir LovetskyURS20.83
20129Jimmy SierraCOL20.87w
21603Motsapi MoorosiLES20.90
22901Edwin RobertsTTO20.99
23623Omar ChokhmaneMAR21.00w
=24893Ainsley ArmstrongTTO21.00Q
=24498Pasqualino AbetiITA21.00
26696Bevan SmithNZL21.04
27766Guillermo GonzálezPUR21.10w
28419George DanielsGHA21.10
297Andrés CalongeARG21.11
30204Markku JuholaFIN21.19
31107Sunil GunawardeneSRI21.31
32896Trevor JamesTTO21.34
33286Brian GreenGBR21.41
34876Ladislav KřížTCH21.46
35773Su Wen-HoTPE21.47
36678Audun GarsholNOR25.30
DNF837Sammy MonselsSUR
DQ415James AddyGHA
DNS49Mike SandsBAH
DNS570Dan AmukeKEN

Heat #1

Wind2.2 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
1932Valery BorzovURS20.30wQ
2390Manfred OmmerFRG20.53wQ
3877Jiří KynosTCH20.68wQ
4256René MetzFRA20.83w
5129Jimmy SierraCOL20.87w
6623Omar ChokhmaneMAR21.00w
7766Guillermo GonzálezPUR21.10w
DNS49Mike SandsBAH

Heat #2

Wind0.8 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
1878Jaroslav MatoušekTCH20.65Q
21016Chuck SmithUSA20.66Q
3893Ainsley ArmstrongTTO21.00Q
4696Bevan SmithNZL21.04
5419George DanielsGHA21.10
67Andrés CalongeARG21.11
7204Markku JuholaFIN21.19
8107Sunil GunawardeneSRI21.31

Heat #3

Wind0.3 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
1976Larry BurtonUSA20.68Q
2371Martin JellinghausFRG20.70Q
3344Siegfried SchenkeGDR20.79Q
4820Philippe ClercSUI20.82
5901Edwin RobertsTTO20.99
6498Pasqualino AbetiITA21.00
7876Ladislav KřížTCH21.46
DQ415James AddyGHA

Heat #4

Wind0.4 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
1973Larry BlackUSA20.28Q
2551Don QuarrieJAM20.43Q
3239Bruno CherrierFRA20.62Q
4945Vladimir LovetskyURS20.83
5603Motsapi MoorosiLES20.90
6773Su Wen-HoTPE21.47
7678Audun GarsholNOR25.30
DNS570Dan AmukeKEN

Heat #5

Wind1.2 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
1528Pietro MenneaITA20.47Q
2353Hans-Joachim ZenkGDR20.59Q
3544Richard HardwareJAM20.76Q
4261Lucien Sainte-RoseFRA20.76q
5167Francisco GarcíaESP20.77
6896Trevor JamesTTO21.34
7286Brian GreenGBR21.41
DNF837Sammy MonselsSUR

Semi-Finals

Date4 September 1972 — 15:25
FormatTop four in each heat advanced to the final.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (automatic)
1973Larry BlackUSA20.36Q
2528Pietro MenneaITA20.52Q
3353Hans-Joachim ZenkGDR20.63Q
4932Valery BorzovURS20.74Q
5371Martin JellinghausFRG20.75Q
6976Larry BurtonUSA20.78Q
71016Chuck SmithUSA20.86Q
8877Jiří KynosTCH20.88
9344Siegfried SchenkeGDR20.97Q
10878Jaroslav MatoušekTCH20.99
11390Manfred OmmerFRG21.08
12893Ainsley ArmstrongTTO21.13
13239Bruno CherrierFRA21.15
14544Richard HardwareJAM21.24
15261Lucien Sainte-RoseFRA21.42
DNF551Don QuarrieJAM

Heat #1

Wind0.4 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
1932Valery BorzovURS20.74Q
2976Larry BurtonUSA20.78Q
31016Chuck SmithUSA20.86Q
4344Siegfried SchenkeGDR20.97Q
5878Jaroslav MatoušekTCH20.99
6390Manfred OmmerFRG21.08
7261Lucien Sainte-RoseFRA21.42
DNF551Don QuarrieJAM

Heat #2

Wind-3.1 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
1973Larry BlackUSA20.36Q
2528Pietro MenneaITA20.52Q
3353Hans-Joachim ZenkGDR20.63Q
4371Martin JellinghausFRG20.75Q
5877Jiří KynosTCH20.88
6893Ainsley ArmstrongTTO21.13
7239Bruno CherrierFRA21.15
8544Richard HardwareJAM21.24

Final Round

Date4 September 1972 — 18:10
Wind0.0 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
1932Valery BorzovURS20.00
2973Larry BlackUSA20.19
3528Pietro MenneaITA20.30
4976Larry BurtonUSA20.37
51016Chuck SmithUSA20.55
6344Siegfried SchenkeGDR20.56
7371Martin JellinghausFRG20.65
8353Hans-Joachim ZenkGDR21.05