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400 metres, Men

Date	3 – 7 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiastadion, Olympiapark, München
Participants	64 from 49 countries

The favorite was American John Smith, who had posted the best times of the year and in 1971 had broken the 440 yard world record in winning the AAU title. He made the final along with Americans Vince Matthews and Wayne Collett. Matthews was a surprise. He had just missed the US team in 1968 and had not competed much until 1972. In the final, Smith, with an injured leg, ran only a few steps before pulling up. Matthews led throughout and held off Collett down the final straight. Julius Sang (KEN) became the first black African to win a sprint Olympic medal. On the victory podium Collett and Matthews staged an impromptu “protest” in which they stood with their sweatsuits draped open, and during the national anthem, looked around, did not stand at attention, or look at the US flag, and talked openly to each other. It prompted multiple boos and whistles from the audience. The International Olympic Committee banned them from further competition. With Smith out from his injury, this prevented the US from having a 4×400 relay team, in which they would have been prohibitive favorites.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	999	Vince Matthews	USA	45.94 (2 h5)	45.62 (2 h2)	44.94 (1 h1)	44.66 (1)	Gold
2	978	Wayne Collett	USA	46.00 (2 h4)	45.80 (1 h1)	45.77 (3 h2)	44.80 (2)	Silver
3	587	Julius Sang	KEN	45.24 (1 h7)	45.92 (2 h4)	45.30 (1 h2)	44.92 (3)	Bronze
4	571	Charles Asati	KEN	45.16 (1 h6)	46.04 (1 h5)	45.47 (4 h1)	45.13 (4)
5	396	Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske	FRG	45.27 (1 h8)	45.41 (1 h2)	45.62 (2 h2)	45.31 (5)
6	210	Markku Kukkoaho	FIN	46.05 (1 h9)	46.11 (3 h3)	46.02 (4 h2)	45.49 (6)
7	370	Karl Honz	FRG	46.77 (4 h7)	45.87 (1 h4)	45.32 (2 h1)	45.68 (7)
AC r4/4	1018	John Smith	USA	46.00 (2 h8)	46.04 (2 h3)	45.46 (3 h1)	– (DNF)
5 h1 r3/4	293	David Jenkins	GBR	46.15 (1 h2)	45.99 (1 h3)	45.91 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	137	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	45.94 (1 h4)	45.96 (2 h1)	46.07 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	180	Tegegne Bezabeh	ETH	45.88 (1 h5)	45.97 (3 h2)	45.98 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	747	Jan Werner	POL	45.93 (4 h6)	46.02 (3 h1)	46.26 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	388	Georg Nückles	FRG	46.64 (1 h3)	46.30 (3 h5)	46.28 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	306	Martin Reynolds	GBR	46.46 (2 h7)	46.11 (4 h1)	46.71 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r3/4	708	Andrzej Badeński	POL	46.21 (1 h1)	46.19 (2 h5)	46.38 (8 h1)	–
3 h4 r2/4	718	Zbigniew Jaremski	POL	46.20 (2 h9)	46.52 (3 h4)	– (DNS h2)	–
4 h2 r2/4	231	Gilles Bertould	FRA	46.36 (4 h4)	46.14 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r2/4	583	Munyoro Nyamau	KEN	46.33 (3 h2)	46.80 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r2/4	843	Anders Faager	SWE	46.29 (2 h2)	46.54 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r2/4	861	Claver Kamanya	TAN	46.18 (3 h4)	46.55 (4 h5)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	897	Charles Joseph	TTO	46.38 (2 h1)	46.14 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	109	Wickramesinghe Wimaladasa	SRI	46.62 (4 h1)	46.50 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	664	Bruce Ijirighwo	NGR	46.59 (5 h2)	46.81 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	251	Francis Kerbiriou	FRA	47.01 (3 h3)	46.63 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r2/4	190	Mulugetta Tadesse	ETH	46.38 (3 h1)	46.85 (5 h5)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	668	Robert Ojo	NGR	47.03 (4 h5)	46.73 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	550	Leighton Priestley	JAM	45.75 (2 h6)	47.76 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	270	Roger Vélasques	FRA	46.70 (3 h7)	46.91 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	567	Yoshiharu Tomonaga	JPN	47.01 (2 h3)	46.92 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r2/4	493	Bjarni Stefánsson	ISL	46.76 (5 h1)	46.92 (6 h5)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	625	Omar Ghizlat	MAR	46.37 (4 h2)	46.84 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	894	Arthur Cooper	TTO	47.15 (3 h9)	48.29 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	792	Amadou Gakou	SEN	47.68 (4 h9)	46.96 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	273	Gary Armstrong	GBR	46.48 (5 h6)	47.10 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h5 r2/4	1044	Eric Phillips	VEN	46.74 (5 h4)	46.97 (7 h5)	–	–
8 h1 r2/4	418	Sam Bugri	GHA	47.83 (4 h3)	47.34 (8 h1)	–	–
8 h2 r2/4	490	Reza Entezari	IRI	47.89 (4 h8)	48.69 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h3 r2/4	816	Angelo Hussein	SUD	47.01 (3 h5)	47.33 (8 h3)	–	–
8 h4 r2/4	432	Kyriakos Onisiforou	GRE	46.94 (3 h8)	47.22 (8 h4)	–	–
3 h6 r1/4	706	Fernando Acevedo	PER	45.80 (3 h6)	–	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	600	Thomas N'Ma	LBR	49.73 (5 h3)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	487	Fanahan McSweeney	IRL	47.07 (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h7 r1/4	48	Franklin Rahming	BAH	48.30 (5 h7)	–	–	–
5 h8 r1/4	594	Mohamed Saad	KUW	49.61 (5 h8)	–	–	–
5 h9 r1/4	614	Tambusamy Krishnan	MAS	48.31 (5 h9)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	1048	Jozo Alebić	YUG	47.01 (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	199	Samuela Yavala	FIJ	47.76 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	442	Jean-Max Faustin	HAI	52.33 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	765	Pedro Ferrer	PUR	47.90 (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	756	Fernando Silva	POR	47.67 (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	1072	Francisco Rojas	PAR	47.46 (6 h6)	–	–	–
6 h7 r1/4	146	Ibrahima Idrissou	BEN	48.50 (6 h7)	–	–	–
6 h8 r1/4	20	Mohamed Jaman Al-Dosari	KSA	49.67 (6 h8)	–	–	–
6 h9 r1/4	606	Frédérique Andrianaivo	MAD	48.72 (6 h9)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	913	Silver Ayoo	UGA	47.04 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h2 r1/4	1066	Théophile Nkounkou	CGO	47.86 (7 h2)	–	–	–
7 h4 r1/4	1059	Nicodemus Maipampe	ZAM	48.84 (7 h4)	–	–	–
7 h5 r1/4	604	Kassem Hamzé	LBN	49.20 (7 h5)	–	–	–
7 h6 r1/4	96	Brian MacLaren	CAN	47.65 (7 h6)	–	–	–
7 h7 r1/4	634	William Msiska	MAW	48.81 (7 h7)	–	–	–
7 h9 r1/4	591	Savin Chem	CAM	48.82 (7 h9)	–	–	–
8 h1 r1/4	702	Nusrat Iqbal Sahi	PAK	49.57 (8 h1)	–	–	–
8 h2 r1/4	653	Francisco Menocal	NCA	50.96 (8 h2)	–	–	–
AC h6 r1/4	52	Caspar Springer	BAR	– (DNF h6)	–	–	–
DNS	519	Marcello Fiasconaro	ITA	– (DNS h3)	–	–	–
DNS	845	Michael Fredriksson	SWE	– (DNS h3)	–	–	–
DNS	129	Jimmy Sierra	COL	– (DNS h9)	–	–	–
DNS	1057	Luciano Sušanj	YUG	– (DNS h8)	–	–	–

Round One

Date	3 September 1972 — 16:00
Format	Top four in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	571	Charles Asati	KEN	45.16	Q
2	587	Julius Sang	KEN	45.24	Q
3	396	Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske	FRG	45.27	Q
4	550	Leighton Priestley	JAM	45.75	Q
5	706	Fernando Acevedo	PER	45.80	Q
6	180	Tegegne Bezabeh	ETH	45.88	Q
7	747	Jan Werner	POL	45.93	Q
=8	137	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	45.94	Q
=8	999	Vince Matthews	USA	45.94	Q
=10	978	Wayne Collett	USA	46.00	Q
=10	1018	John Smith	USA	46.00	Q
12	210	Markku Kukkoaho	FIN	46.05	Q
13	293	David Jenkins	GBR	46.15	Q
14	861	Claver Kamanya	TAN	46.18	Q
15	718	Zbigniew Jaremski	POL	46.20	Q
16	708	Andrzej Badeński	POL	46.21	Q
17	843	Anders Faager	SWE	46.29	Q
18	583	Munyoro Nyamau	KEN	46.33	Q
19	231	Gilles Bertould	FRA	46.36	Q
20	625	Omar Ghizlat	MAR	46.37	Q
21	897	Charles Joseph	TTO	46.38	Q
22	190	Mulugetta Tadesse	ETH	46.38	Q
23	306	Martin Reynolds	GBR	46.46	Q
24	273	Gary Armstrong	GBR	46.48	q
25	664	Bruce Ijirighwo	NGR	46.59	q
26	109	Wickramesinghe Wimaladasa	SRI	46.62	Q
27	388	Georg Nückles	FRG	46.64	Q
28	270	Roger Vélasques	FRA	46.70	Q
29	1044	Eric Phillips	VEN	46.74	q
30	493	Bjarni Stefánsson	ISL	46.76	q
31	370	Karl Honz	FRG	46.77	Q
32	432	Kyriakos Onisiforou	GRE	46.94	Q
=33	1048	Jozo Alebić	YUG	47.01
=33	567	Yoshiharu Tomonaga	JPN	47.01	Q
35	251	Francis Kerbiriou	FRA	47.01	Q
36	816	Angelo Hussein	SUD	47.01	Q
37	668	Robert Ojo	NGR	47.03	Q
38	913	Silver Ayoo	UGA	47.04
39	487	Fanahan McSweeney	IRL	47.07
40	894	Arthur Cooper	TTO	47.15	Q
41	1072	Francisco Rojas	PAR	47.46
42	96	Brian MacLaren	CAN	47.65
43	756	Fernando Silva	POR	47.67
44	792	Amadou Gakou	SEN	47.68	Q
45	199	Samuela Yavala	FIJ	47.76
46	418	Sam Bugri	GHA	47.83	Q
47	1066	Théophile Nkounkou	CGO	47.86
48	490	Reza Entezari	IRI	47.89	Q
49	765	Pedro Ferrer	PUR	47.90
50	48	Franklin Rahming	BAH	48.30
51	614	Tambusamy Krishnan	MAS	48.31
52	146	Ibrahima Idrissou	BEN	48.50
53	606	Frédérique Andrianaivo	MAD	48.72
54	634	William Msiska	MAW	48.81
55	591	Savin Chem	CAM	48.82
56	1059	Nicodemus Maipampe	ZAM	48.84
57	604	Kassem Hamzé	LBN	49.20
58	702	Nusrat Iqbal Sahi	PAK	49.57
59	594	Mohamed Saad	KUW	49.61
60	20	Mohamed Jaman Al-Dosari	KSA	49.67
61	600	Thomas N'Ma	LBR	49.73
62	653	Francisco Menocal	NCA	50.96
63	442	Jean-Max Faustin	HAI	52.33
DNF	52	Caspar Springer	BAR	–
DNS	519	Marcello Fiasconaro	ITA	–
DNS	845	Michael Fredriksson	SWE	–
DNS	1057	Luciano Sušanj	YUG	–
DNS	129	Jimmy Sierra	COL	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	708	Andrzej Badeński	POL	46.21	Q
2	897	Charles Joseph	TTO	46.38	Q
3	190	Mulugetta Tadesse	ETH	46.38	Q
4	109	Wickramesinghe Wimaladasa	SRI	46.62	Q
5	493	Bjarni Stefánsson	ISL	46.76	q
6	1048	Jozo Alebić	YUG	47.01
7	913	Silver Ayoo	UGA	47.04
8	702	Nusrat Iqbal Sahi	PAK	49.57

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	293	David Jenkins	GBR	46.15	Q
2	843	Anders Faager	SWE	46.29	Q
3	583	Munyoro Nyamau	KEN	46.33	Q
4	625	Omar Ghizlat	MAR	46.37	Q
5	664	Bruce Ijirighwo	NGR	46.59	q
6	199	Samuela Yavala	FIJ	47.76
7	1066	Théophile Nkounkou	CGO	47.86
8	653	Francisco Menocal	NCA	50.96

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	388	Georg Nückles	FRG	46.64	Q
2	567	Yoshiharu Tomonaga	JPN	47.01	Q
3	251	Francis Kerbiriou	FRA	47.01	Q
4	418	Sam Bugri	GHA	47.83	Q
5	600	Thomas N'Ma	LBR	49.73
6	442	Jean-Max Faustin	HAI	52.33
DNS	519	Marcello Fiasconaro	ITA	–
DNS	845	Michael Fredriksson	SWE	–

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	137	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	45.94	Q
2	978	Wayne Collett	USA	46.00	Q
3	861	Claver Kamanya	TAN	46.18	Q
4	231	Gilles Bertould	FRA	46.36	Q
5	1044	Eric Phillips	VEN	46.74	q
6	765	Pedro Ferrer	PUR	47.90
7	1059	Nicodemus Maipampe	ZAM	48.84

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	180	Tegegne Bezabeh	ETH	45.88	Q
2	999	Vince Matthews	USA	45.94	Q
3	816	Angelo Hussein	SUD	47.01	Q
4	668	Robert Ojo	NGR	47.03	Q
5	487	Fanahan McSweeney	IRL	47.07
6	756	Fernando Silva	POR	47.67
7	604	Kassem Hamzé	LBN	49.20

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	571	Charles Asati	KEN	45.16	Q
2	550	Leighton Priestley	JAM	45.75	Q
3	706	Fernando Acevedo	PER	45.80	Q
4	747	Jan Werner	POL	45.93	Q
5	273	Gary Armstrong	GBR	46.48	q
6	1072	Francisco Rojas	PAR	47.46
7	96	Brian MacLaren	CAN	47.65
DNF	52	Caspar Springer	BAR	–

Heat #7

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	587	Julius Sang	KEN	45.24	Q
2	306	Martin Reynolds	GBR	46.46	Q
3	270	Roger Vélasques	FRA	46.70	Q
4	370	Karl Honz	FRG	46.77	Q
5	48	Franklin Rahming	BAH	48.30
6	146	Ibrahima Idrissou	BEN	48.50
7	634	William Msiska	MAW	48.81

Heat #8

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	396	Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske	FRG	45.27	Q
2	1018	John Smith	USA	46.00	Q
3	432	Kyriakos Onisiforou	GRE	46.94	Q
4	490	Reza Entezari	IRI	47.89	Q
5	594	Mohamed Saad	KUW	49.61
6	20	Mohamed Jaman Al-Dosari	KSA	49.67
DNS	1057	Luciano Sušanj	YUG	–

Heat #9

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	210	Markku Kukkoaho	FIN	46.05	Q
2	718	Zbigniew Jaremski	POL	46.20	Q
3	894	Arthur Cooper	TTO	47.15	Q
4	792	Amadou Gakou	SEN	47.68	Q
5	614	Tambusamy Krishnan	MAS	48.31
6	606	Frédérique Andrianaivo	MAD	48.72
7	591	Savin Chem	CAM	48.82
DNS	129	Jimmy Sierra	COL	–

Quarter-Finals

Date	4 September 1972 — 11:35
Format	Top three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	396	Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske	FRG	45.41	Q
2	999	Vince Matthews	USA	45.62	Q
3	978	Wayne Collett	USA	45.80	Q
4	370	Karl Honz	FRG	45.87	Q
5	587	Julius Sang	KEN	45.92	Q
6	137	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	45.96	Q
7	180	Tegegne Bezabeh	ETH	45.97	Q
8	293	David Jenkins	GBR	45.99	Q
9	747	Jan Werner	POL	46.02	Q
=10	1018	John Smith	USA	46.04	Q
=10	571	Charles Asati	KEN	46.04	Q
=12	306	Martin Reynolds	GBR	46.11	q
=12	210	Markku Kukkoaho	FIN	46.11	Q
=14	897	Charles Joseph	TTO	46.14
=14	231	Gilles Bertould	FRA	46.14
16	708	Andrzej Badeński	POL	46.19	Q
17	388	Georg Nückles	FRG	46.30	Q
18	109	Wickramesinghe Wimaladasa	SRI	46.50
19	718	Zbigniew Jaremski	POL	46.52	Q
20	843	Anders Faager	SWE	46.54
21	861	Claver Kamanya	TAN	46.55
22	251	Francis Kerbiriou	FRA	46.63
23	668	Robert Ojo	NGR	46.73
24	583	Munyoro Nyamau	KEN	46.80
25	664	Bruce Ijirighwo	NGR	46.81
26	625	Omar Ghizlat	MAR	46.84
27	190	Mulugetta Tadesse	ETH	46.85
28	270	Roger Vélasques	FRA	46.91
=29	567	Yoshiharu Tomonaga	JPN	46.92
=29	493	Bjarni Stefánsson	ISL	46.92
31	792	Amadou Gakou	SEN	46.96
32	1044	Eric Phillips	VEN	46.97
33	273	Gary Armstrong	GBR	47.10
34	432	Kyriakos Onisiforou	GRE	47.22		1
35	816	Angelo Hussein	SUD	47.33
36	418	Sam Bugri	GHA	47.34
37	550	Leighton Priestley	JAM	47.76
38	894	Arthur Cooper	TTO	48.29
39	490	Reza Entezari	IRI	48.69

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	978	Wayne Collett	USA	45.80	Q
2	137	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	45.96	Q
3	747	Jan Werner	POL	46.02	Q
4	306	Martin Reynolds	GBR	46.11	q
5	897	Charles Joseph	TTO	46.14
6	668	Robert Ojo	NGR	46.73
7	625	Omar Ghizlat	MAR	46.84
8	418	Sam Bugri	GHA	47.34

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	396	Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske	FRG	45.41	Q
2	999	Vince Matthews	USA	45.62	Q
3	180	Tegegne Bezabeh	ETH	45.97	Q
4	231	Gilles Bertould	FRA	46.14
5	109	Wickramesinghe Wimaladasa	SRI	46.50
6	550	Leighton Priestley	JAM	47.76
7	894	Arthur Cooper	TTO	48.29
8	490	Reza Entezari	IRI	48.69

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	293	David Jenkins	GBR	45.99	Q
2	1018	John Smith	USA	46.04	Q
3	210	Markku Kukkoaho	FIN	46.11	Q
4	583	Munyoro Nyamau	KEN	46.80
5	664	Bruce Ijirighwo	NGR	46.81
6	270	Roger Vélasques	FRA	46.91
7	792	Amadou Gakou	SEN	46.96
8	816	Angelo Hussein	SUD	47.33

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	370	Karl Honz	FRG	45.87	Q
2	587	Julius Sang	KEN	45.92	Q
3	718	Zbigniew Jaremski	POL	46.52	Q
4	843	Anders Faager	SWE	46.54
5	251	Francis Kerbiriou	FRA	46.63
6	567	Yoshiharu Tomonaga	JPN	46.92
7	273	Gary Armstrong	GBR	47.10
8	432	Kyriakos Onisiforou	GRE	47.22		2

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	571	Charles Asati	KEN	46.04	Q
2	708	Andrzej Badeński	POL	46.19	Q
3	388	Georg Nückles	FRG	46.30	Q
4	861	Claver Kamanya	TAN	46.55
5	190	Mulugetta Tadesse	ETH	46.85
6	493	Bjarni Stefánsson	ISL	46.92
7	1044	Eric Phillips	VEN	46.97

Semi-Finals

Date	4 September 1972 — 17:45
Format	Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	999	Vince Matthews	USA	44.94	Q
2	587	Julius Sang	KEN	45.30	Q
3	370	Karl Honz	FRG	45.32	Q
4	1018	John Smith	USA	45.46	Q
5	571	Charles Asati	KEN	45.47	Q
6	396	Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske	FRG	45.62	Q
7	978	Wayne Collett	USA	45.77	Q
8	293	David Jenkins	GBR	45.91
9	180	Tegegne Bezabeh	ETH	45.98
10	210	Markku Kukkoaho	FIN	46.02	Q
11	137	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	46.07
12	747	Jan Werner	POL	46.26
13	388	Georg Nückles	FRG	46.28
14	708	Andrzej Badeński	POL	46.38
15	306	Martin Reynolds	GBR	46.71
DNS	718	Zbigniew Jaremski	POL	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	999	Vince Matthews	USA	44.94	Q
2	370	Karl Honz	FRG	45.32	Q
3	1018	John Smith	USA	45.46	Q
4	571	Charles Asati	KEN	45.47	Q
5	293	David Jenkins	GBR	45.91
6	180	Tegegne Bezabeh	ETH	45.98
7	388	Georg Nückles	FRG	46.28
8	708	Andrzej Badeński	POL	46.38

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	587	Julius Sang	KEN	45.30	Q
2	396	Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske	FRG	45.62	Q
3	978	Wayne Collett	USA	45.77	Q
4	210	Markku Kukkoaho	FIN	46.02	Q
5	137	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	46.07
6	747	Jan Werner	POL	46.26
7	306	Martin Reynolds	GBR	46.71
DNS	718	Zbigniew Jaremski	POL	–

Final Round

Date	7 September 1972 — 17:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	999	Vince Matthews	USA	44.66
2	978	Wayne Collett	USA	44.80
3	587	Julius Sang	KEN	44.92
4	571	Charles Asati	KEN	45.13
5	396	Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske	FRG	45.31
6	210	Markku Kukkoaho	FIN	45.49
7	370	Karl Honz	FRG	45.68
DNF	1018	John Smith	USA	–