At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, 38 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 14 for women. There were a total number of 1324 participating athletes from 104 countries.
Medal summary
Men
{|
|-
|100 metres<br />
| || 10.14
| || 10.24
| || 10.33
|-
|200 metres<br />
| || 20.00
| || 20.19
| || 20.30
|-
|400 metres<br />
| || 44.66
| || 44.80
| || 44.92
|-
|800 metres<br />
| || 1:45.86
| || 1:45.89
| || 1:46.01
|-
|1500 metres<br />
| || 3:36.33
| || 3:36.81
| || 3:37.46
|-
|5000 metres<br />
| || 13:26.42<br /><small>(OR)</small>
| || 13:27.33
| || 13:27.61
|-
|10,000 metres<br />
| || 27:38.35<br /><small>(WR)</small>
| || 27:39.58
| || 27:40.96
|-
|110 metres hurdles<br />
| || 13.24<br /><small>(WR)</small>
| || 13.34
| || 13.48
|-
|400 metres hurdles<br />
| || 47.82<br /><small>(WR)</small>
| || 48.51
| || 48.52
|-
|3000 metres steeplechase<br />
| || 8:23.64<br /><small>(OR)</small>
| || 8:24.62
| || 8:24.66
|-valign="top"
|4 × 100 metres relay<br />
|<br />Larry Black<br />Robert Taylor<br />Gerald Tinker<br />Eddie Hart || 38.19<br /><small>(WR)</small>
|<br />Aleksandr Kornelyuk<br />Vladimir Lovetskiy<br />Juris Silovs<br />Valeriy Borzov || 38.50
|<br />Jobst Hirscht<br />Karlheinz Klotz<br />Gerhard Wucherer<br />Klaus Ehl || 38.79
|-valign="top"
|4 × 400 metres relay<br />
|<br />Charles Asati<br />Munyoro Nyamau<br />Robert Ouko<br />Julius Sang || 2:59.83
|<br />Martin Reynolds<br />Alan Pascoe<br />David Hemery<br />David Jenkins || 3:00.46
|<br />Gilles Bertould<br />Daniel Velasques<br />Francis Kerbiriou<br />Jacques Carette || 3:00.65
|-
|Marathon<br />
| || 2:12:19.8
| || 2:14:31.8
| || 2:15:08.4
|-
|20 kilometres walk<br />
| || 1:26:42.4<br /><small>(OR)</small>
| || 1:26:55.2
| || 1:27:16.6
|-
|50 kilometres walk<br />
| || 3:56:11.6<br /><small>(OR)</small>
| || 3:58:24.0
| || 4:00:46.0
|-
|High jump<br />
| || 2.23 m
| || 2.21 m
| || 2.21 m
|-
|Pole vault<br />
| || 5.50 m<br /><small>(OR)</small>
| || 5.40 m
| || 5.35 m
|-
|Long jump<br />
| || 8.24 m
| || 8.18 m
| || 8.03 m
|-
|Triple jump<br />
| || 17.35 m
| || 17.31 m
| || 17.05 m
|-
|Shot put<br />
| || 21.18 m<br /><small>(OR)</small>
| || 21.17 m
| || 21.14 m
|-
|Discus throw<br />
| || 64.40 m
| || 63.50 m
| || 63.40 m
|-
|Hammer throw<br />
| ||75.50 m<br /><small>(OR)</small>
| ||74.96 m
| ||74.04 m
|-
|Javelin throw<br />
| || 90.48 m<br /><small>(OR)</small>
| || 90.46 m
| || 84.42 m
|-
|Decathlon<br />
| || 8454 pts<br /><small>(WR)</small>
| || 8035 pts
| || 7984 pts
|}
Women
{|
|-
|100 metres<br />
| || 11.07<br /><small>(WR)</small>
| || 11.23
| || 11.24
|-
|200 metres<br />
| || 22.40<br /><small>(=WR)</small>
| || 22.45
| || 22.74
|-
|400 metres<br />
| || 51.08
| || 51.21
| || 51.64
|-
|800 metres<br />
| || 1:58.55<br /><small>(OR)</small>
| || 1:58.65
| || 1:59.19
|-
|1500 metres<br />
| || 4:01.38<br /><small>(WR)</small>
| || 4:02.83
| || 4:02.85
|-
|100 metres hurdles<br />
| || 12.59<br /><small>(WR)</small>
| || 12.84
| || 12.90
|-valign="top"
|4 × 100 metres relay<br />
|<br />Christiane Krause<br />Ingrid Becker<br />Annegret Richter<br />Heide Rosendahl || 42.81<br /><small>(WR)</small>
|<br />Evelin Kaufer<br />Christina Heinich<br />Bärbel Struppert<br />Renate Stecher || 42.95
|<br />Marlene Elejarde<br />Carmen Valdés<br />Fulgencia Romay<br />Silvia Chivás || 43.36
|-valign="top"
|4 × 400 metres relay<br />
|<br />Dagmar Käsling<br />Rita Kühne<br />Helga Seidler<br />Monika Zehrt || 3:22.95<br /><small>(WR)</small>
|<br />Mable Fergerson<br />Madeline Manning<br />Cheryl Toussaint<br />Kathy Hammond || 3:25.15
|<br />Anette Rückes<br />Inge Bödding<br />Hildegard Falck<br />Rita Wilden || 3:26.51
|-
|High jump<br />
| || 1.92 m<br /><small>(=WR)</small>
| || 1.88 m
| || 1.88 m
|-
|Long jump<br />
| || 6.78 m
| || 6.77 m
| || 6.67 m
|-
|Shot put<br />
| || 21.03 m<br /><small>(WR)</small>
| || 20.22 m
| || 19.35 m
|-
|Discus throw<br />
| || 66.62 m<br /><small>(OR)</small>
| || 65.06 m
| || 64.34 m
|-
|Javelin throw<br />
| || 63.88 m<br /><small>(OR)</small>
| || 62.54 m
| || 59.94 m
|-
|Pentathlon<br />
| || 4801 pts<br /><small>(WR)</small>
| || 4791 pts
| || 4768 pts
|}
Medal table
References
- Athletics Australia