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The 20th Century Almanac · Olympics

The Munich 1972 Olympics

Event: 100m Winner: Valery Borzov Country: URS Event: 220m Winner: Valery Borzo Country: URS Event: 400m Winner: Vincent Matthews Country: USA Event: 800m Winner: David Wottle Country: USA Event: 1500m Winner: Pekkha Vadala Country: FIN Event: 5000m Winner: Lasse Viren Country: FIN Event: 10,000m Winner: Lasse Viren Country: FIN Event: Marathon Winner: Frank Shorter Country: USA Event: 110m Hurdles Winner: Lasse Viren Country: FIN Event: 400m Hurdles Winner: John Akii-Bua Country: UGA Event: 3000m Steeplechase Winner: Kipchoge Keino Country: KEN Event: 4x100m Relay Winner: USA Event: 4x400m Relay Winner: GDR Event: 20km Walk Winner: Peter Frenkel Country: GDR Event: 50km Walk Winner: Bernd Kannenberg Country: FRG Event: High Jump Winner: Yuri Tarmak Country: URS Event: Pole Vault Winner: Wolfgang Nordwig Country: GDR Event: Long Jump Winner: Randy Williams Country: USA Event: Triple Jump Winner: Viktor Saneyev Country: URS Event: Shotput Winner: Wladyslaw Komar Country: POL Event: Discus Winner: Ludvik Danek Country: TCH Event: Hammer Winner: Anatoly Bondarchuk Country: URS Event: Javelin Winner: Klaus Wolfermann Country: FRG Event: Decathlon Winner: Nikolai Avilov Country: URS

Event: 100m Winner: Renate Stecher Country: GDR Event: 200m Winner: Renate Stecher Country: GDR Event: 400m Winner: Monica Zehrt Country: GDR Event: 800m Winner: Hildegard Falck Country: FRG Event: 1500m Winner: Lyudmila Bragina Country: URS Event: 100m Hurdles Winner: Annelie Ehrhardt Country: URS Event: 4x100m Relay Winner: FRG Event: 4x400m Relay Winner: GDR Event: High Jump Winner: Ukrike Meyfarth Country: FRG Event: Long Jump Winner: Heide Rosendhal Country: FRG Event: Shotput Winner: Nadezhda Chizhova Country: URS Event: Discus Winner: Faina Melnik Country: URS Event: Javelin Winner: Ruth Fuchs Country: GDR Event: Pentathlon Winner: Mary Peters Country: GBR

Event: 100m Freestyle Winner: Mark Spitz Country: USA Event: 200m Freestyle Winner: Mark Spitz Country: USA Event: 400m Freestyle Winner: Bradford Cooper Country: AUS Event: 1500m Freestyle Winner: Michael Burton Country: USA Event: 100m Backstroke Winner: Roland Matthes Country: GDR Event: 200m Backstroke Winner: Roland Matthes Country: GDR Event: 100m Breaststroke Winner: Nobutaka Taguchi Country: JAP Event: 200m Backstroke Winner: Roland Mattes Country: GDR Event: 100m Breaststroke Winner: Nobutaka Taguchi Country: JAP Event: 200m Breaststroke Winner: John Hencken Country: USA Event: 100m Butterfly Winner: Mark Spitz Country: USA Event: 200m Butterfly Winner: Mark Spitz Country: USA Event: 200m Individual Medley Winner: Gunnar Larson Country: SWE Event: 400m Individual Medley Winner: Gunnar Larson Country: SWE Event: 4x100m Freestyle Relay Winner: USA Event: 4x200m Freestyle Relay Winner: USA Event: 4x100m Medley Relay Winner: USA Event: Springboard Diving Winner: Vladimir Vasin Country: URS Event: Platform Diving Winner: Klaus Dibiasi Country: ITA Water Polo Winner: Soviet Union

Event: 100m Freestyle Winner: Sandra Neilson Country: USA Event: 200m Freestyle Winner: Shane Gould Country: AUS Event: 400m Freestyle Winner: Shane Gould Country: AUS Event: 800m Freestyle Winner: Keena Rothammer Country: USA Event: 100m Breaststroke Winner: Catherine Carr Country: USA Event: 200m Breaststroke Winner: Beverly Whitefield Country: AUS Event: 100m Backstroke Winner: Melissa Belote Country: USA Event: 200m Backstroke Winner: Melissa Belote Country: USA Event: 100m Butterfly Winner: Mayumi Aoki Country: JAP Event: 200m Butterfly Winner: Karen Moe Country: USA Event: 200m Individual Medley Winner: Shane Gould Country: AUS Event: 400m Individual Medley Winner: Gail Neall Country: AUS Event: 4x100m Freestyle Relay Winner: USA Event: 4x100m Medley Relay Winner: USA Event: Springboard Diving Winner: Micki King Country: USA Event: Platform Diving Winner: Ulrika Knape Country: SWE

Event: Light Flyweight Winner: Gyorgy Gedo Country: HUN Event: Flyweight Winner: George Kostadinov Country: BUL Event: Bantamweight Winner: Orlando Martinez Country: CUB Event: Featherweight Winner: Boris Kousnetsov Country: URS Event: Lightweight Winner: Jan Szczepanski Country: POL Event: Light Welterweight Winner: Ray Seales Country: USA Event: Welterweight Winner: Emilio Correa Country: CUB Event: Light Middleweight Winner: Dieter Kottysch Country: FRG Event: Middleweight Winner: Uacheslav Lemechev Country: URS Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Mate Parlov Country: YUG Event: Heavyweight Winner: Teofilo Stevenson Country: CUB

Event: Light Flyweight Winner: Gheorge Berceanu Country: ROM Event: Flyweight Winner: Peter Kirov Country: BUL Event: Bantamweight Winner: Rustem Kazakov Country: URS Event: Featherweight Winner: Georgi Markov Country: BUL Event: Lightweight Winner: Shamil Khisamutdinov Country: URS Event: Welterweight Winner: Vitezslav Macha Country: TCH Event: Welterweight Winner: Vitezslav Macha Country: TCH Event: Middleweight Winner: Csaba Hegedus Country: HUN Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Valery Rezantsev Country: URS Event: Heavyweight Winner: Nicolae Martinescu Country: ROM Event: Super Heavyweight Winner: Anatoly Roshin Country: URS

Event: Light Flyweight Winner: Roman Dimirtriev Country: URS Event: Flyweight Winner: Klyomi Kato Country: JAP Event: Bantamweight Winner: Hideaki Yanagida Country: JAP Event: Featherweight Winner: Zagalav Abdulbekov Country: URS Event: Lightweight Winner: Dan Gable Country: USA Event: Welterweight Winner: Wayne Wells Country: USA Event: Middleweight Winner: Levan Tediashvili Country: URS Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Ben Peterson Country: USA Event: Heavyweight Winner: Ivan Yarigin Country: URS Event: Super Heavyweight Winner: Aleksandr Medved Country: URS

Event: Lightweight Winner: Takao Kawaguchi Country: JAP Event: Welterweight Winner: Toyakazu Normura Country: JAP Event: Middleweight Winner: Shinobou Sekine Country: JAP Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Shota Chochoshhvili Country: URS Event: Heavyweight Winner: Willem Ruska Country: NETH Event: Open Category Winner: Willem Ruska Country: NETH

Event: Foil Individual Winner: Witold Woyda Country: POL Event: Foil Team Winner: Poland Event: Epee Individual Winner: Csaba Fenyvesi Country: HUN Event: Epee Team Winner: Hungary Event: Sabre Individual Winner: Viktor Sidiak Country: URS Event: Sabre Team Winner: Italy

Event: Foil Individual Winner: Antonella Rango-Lonzi Country: ITA Event: Foil Team Winner: Soviet Union

Event: Individual Winner: Andras Balczo Country: HUN Event: Team Winner: Soviet Union

Event: Kayak-1 1000m Winner: Aleksandr Shaparenko Country: HUN Event: Kayak-2 1000m Winner: Soviet Union Event: Kayak-4 1000m Winner: Soviet Union Event: Canadian-1 1000m Winner: Ivan Patzaichin Country: ROM Event: Canadian-2 1000m Winner: Soviet Union Event: Kayak Slalom Winner: Siegbert Horn Country: GDR Event: Canadian Slalom Winner: Reinhard Eiben Country: GDR Event: Canadian Two-Man Slalom Winner: German Democratic Republic

Event: Kayak-1 500m Winner: Yulia Ryabchinskaya Country: URS Event: Kayak-2 500m Winner: Soviet Union Event: Kayak Slalom Winner: Angelika Bahamnn Country: GDR

Event: Single Sculls Winner: Yuri Malishev Country: URS Event: Double Sculls Winner: Soviet Union Event: Coxless Pairs Winner: German Democratic Republic Event: Coxed Pairs Winner: German Democratic Republic Event: Coxless Fours Winner: German Democratic Republic Event: Coxed Fours Winner: German Federal Republic Event: Eights Winner: New Zealand

Event: Finn Winner: Serge Maury Country: FRA Event: Star Winner: Australia Event: Flying Dutchman Winner: Great Britain Event: Soling Winner: USA Event: Dragon Winner: Australia

Event: Individual Road Race Winner: Hennie Kuiper Country: NETH Event: 100km Team Time Trial Winner: Soviet Union Event: 1000m Time Trial Winner: Niels Fredborg Country: DEN Event: Sprint Winner: Daniel Morelon Country: FRA Event: 200m Tandem Winner: Soviet Union Event: 4000m Individual Pursuit Winner: Knut Knudsen Country: NOR Event: 4000m Team Pursuit Winner: German Federal Republic

Event: 3-Day Event Individual Winner: Richard Meade Country: GBR Event: Three Day Event Team Winner: Great Britain Event: Individual Dressage Winner: Liswlott Linsenhoff Country: FRG Event: Team Dressage Winner: Soviet Union Event: Grand Prix Jumping Individual Winner: Graziano Mancinelli Country: ITA Event: Grand Prix Jumping Team Winner: German Federal Republic

Event: Free Rifle, 300m, 3 Positions Winner: Lones Wigger Country: USA Event: Small-Bore Rifle, 50m, Prone Winner: Ho Jui Li Country: PPK Event: Small-Bore Rifle, 3 positions Winner: John Writer Country: USA Event: Moving Target Winner: Laakov Zhelezniak Country: URS Event: Clay Pigeon Winner: Angelo Scalzone Country: ITA Event: Skeet Winner: Konrad Wirnhier Country: FRG Event: Rapid Fire Pistol, 25m Winner: Jozef Zapedzki Country: POL Event: Free Pistol, 50m Winner: Ragnar Skanaker Country: SWE

Men's Winner: John Williams Country: USA Women's Winner: Doreen Wilber Country: USA

Event: All-around Individual Winner: Sawao Kato Country: JAP Event: Combined Exercises Team Winner: Japan Event: Parallel Bars Winner: Sawao Kato Country: JAP Event: Floor Exercises Winner: Nikolai Andrianov Country: URS Event: Long Horse Vault Winner: Klaus Koster Country: GDR Event: Side Horse Winner: Viktor Klimenko Country: URS Event: Horizontal Bar Winner: Mitsuo Tsukahara Country: JAP Event: Rings Winner: Akinori Nakayama Country: JAP

Event: All-around Individual Winner: Lyudmila Tourischeva Country: URS Event: Combined Exercises Team Winner: Soviet Union Event: Asymmetric Bars Winner: Karin Janz Country: GDR Event: Floor Exercises Winner: Olga Korbut Country: URS Event: Side Horse Vault Winner: Karin Janz Country: GDR Event: Balance Beam Winner: Olga Korbut Country: URS

Men's Winner: Japan Women's Winner: Soviet Union

Event: Flyweight Winner: Zygmunt Smalcerz Country: POL Event: Bantamweight Winner: Imre Foldi Country: HUN Event: Featherweight Winner: Norair Nurikian Country: BUL Event: Lightweight Winner: Mukharbi Kirzhinov Country: URS Event: Middleweight Winner: Yordan Bikov Country: BUL Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Leif Jenssen Country: NOR Event: Middle Heavyweight Winner: Andon Nikolov Country: BUL Event: Heavyweight Winner: Jaan Talts Country: URS Event: Super Heavyweight Winner: Vassily Alexeyev Country: URS

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