Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 legs at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Munich
Date	3 September 1972-4 September 1972
Competitors	57 from 42 nations
Winning time	20.00 seconds
Medalists
Valeriy Borzov  Soviet Union Larry Black  United States Pietro Mennea  Italy

These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 3–4 September.

Heats

The top four runners (blue) in each of the nine heats and the next fastest four (green), advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Siegfried Schenke	East Germany	20.66
2	Bruno Cherrier	France	20.79
3	Jiří Kynos	Czechoslovakia	20.95
4	Audun Garshol	Norway	21.16
5	Pasqualino Abeti	Italy	21.17
6	Solomon Belaye	Ethiopia	21.73
-	Zenon Nowosz	Poland	DNS

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	21.04
2	Martin Jellinghaus	West Germany	21.10
3	Andrés Calonge	Argentina	21.39
4	Ladislav Kříž	Czechoslovakia	21.58
5	Mike Sands	Bahamas	21.61
6	Yeo Kian Chye	Singapore	21.89
-	Amadou Meïté	Ivory Coast	DNS
-	Rodolfo Rieder	Paraguay	DNS

Heat three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	20.64
2	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	20.95
3	Richard Hardware	Jamaica	21.09
4	Motsapi Moorosi	Lesotho	21.15
5	Su Wen-Ho	Republic of China	21.55
6	Jean-Pierre Bassegela	Republic of the Congo	21.72
7	Hamad Ndee	Tanzania	21.74

Heat four *

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Pietro Mennea	Italy	20.53
2	Markku Juhola	Finland	20.98
3	Ainsley Armstrong	Trinidad and Tobago	21.12
4	Guillermo González	Puerto Rico	21.22
5	Sammy Monsels	Suriname	21.26
6	Gaston Malam	Cameroon	21.71
7	Gary Georges	Haiti	22.97

* Wind assisted
Heat five

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Larry Black	United States	20.79
2	René Metz	France	21.08
3	Brian Green	Great Britain	21.26
4	Omar Chokhmane	Morocco	21.29
5	Luiz de Silva	Brazil	21.81
6	Eston Kaonga	Malawi	22.18
-	Benedict Majekodumni	Nigeria	DNS

Heat six

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Chuck Smith	United States	20.79
2	Vladimir Lovetskiy	Soviet Union	20.99
3	Sunil Gunawardene	Sri Lanka	21.60
4	Trevor James	Trinidad and Tobago	21.83
5	Zainuddin Wahab	Malaysia	21.87
6	Dominic Saidu	Liberia	22.48
7	Saad Khalil Al-Dosari	Saudi Arabia	22.56
-	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa	Madagascar	DNS

Heat seven

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Jaroslav Matoušek	Czechoslovakia	20.70
2	Francisco García	Spain	20.89
3	George Daniels	Ghana	21.05
4	Jimmy Sierra	Colombia	21.10
5	Kevin Johnson	Bahamas	21.70
6	Ibrahim Saad Abdel Galil	Sudan	22.41
-	Mao Samphon	Cambodia	DNS
-	Abdulazeez Abdulkareem	Kuwait	DNS

Heat eight

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Manfred Ommer	West Germany	20.80
2	Hans-Joachim Zenk	East Germany	20.93
3	James Addy	Ghana	21.06
4	Dan Amuke	Kenya	21.53
5	Nusrat Iqbal Sahi	Pakistan	22.07
-	Saleh Alah-Djaba	Chad	DNF
-	Charlie Francis	Canada	DNS

Heat nine

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Larry Burton	United States	20.80
2	Lucien Sainte-Rose	France	21.09
3	Bevan Smith	New Zealand	21.17
4	Philippe Clerc	Switzerland	21.32
5	Tukal Mokalam	Philippines	21.81
6	William Dralu	Uganda	21.87
-	Larmeck Mukonde	Zambia	DNS

Quarterfinals

The top three runners (blue) in each of the five heats and the next fastest (green) advanced to the semifinal round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	20.30
2	Manfred Ommer	West Germany	20.53
3	Jiří Kynos	Czechoslovakia	20.68
4	René Metz	France	20.83
5	Jimmy Sierra	Colombia	20.87
6	Omar Chokhmane	Morocco	21.00
7	Guillermo González	Puerto Rico	21.10
-	Mike Sands	Bahamas	DNS

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Jaroslav Matoušek	Czechoslovakia	20.65
2	Chuck Smith	United States	20.66
3	Ainsley Armstrong	Trinidad and Tobago	21.00
4	Bevan Smith	New Zealand	21.04
5	George Daniels	Ghana	21.10
6	Andrés Calonge	Argentina	21.11
7	Markku Juhola	Finland	21.19
8	Sunil Gunawardene	Sri Lanka	21.31

Heat three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Larry Burton	United States	20.68
2	Martin Jellinghaus	West Germany	20.70
3	Siegfried Schenke	East Germany	20.79
4	Philippe Clerc	Switzerland	20.82
5	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	20.99
6	Pasqualino Abeti	Italy	21.00
7	Ladislav Kříž	Czechoslovakia	21.46
-	James Addy	Ghana	DQ

Heat four

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Larry Black	United States	20.28
2	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	20.43
3	Bruno Cherrier	France	20.62
4	Vladimir Lovetskiy	Soviet Union	20.83
5	Motsapi Moorosi	Lesotho	20.90
6	Su Wen-Ho	Republic of China	21.47
7	Audun Garshol	Norway	25.30
-	Dan Amuke	Kenya	DNF

Heat five

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Pietro Mennea	Italy	20.47
2	Hans-Joachim Zenk	East Germany	20.59
3	Richard Hardware	Jamaica	20.76
4	Lucien Sainte-Rose	France	20.76
5	Francisco García	Spain	20.77
6	Trevor James	Trinidad and Tobago	21.34
7	Brian Green	Great Britain	21.41
-	Samuel Monsels	Suriname	DNS

Semifinals

Top four in each heat advance to final.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	20.74
2	Larry Burton	United States	20.78
3	Chuck Smith	United States	20.86
4	Siegfried Schenke	East Germany	20.97
5	Jaroslav Matoušek	Czechoslovakia	20.99
6	Manfred Ommer	West Germany	21.08
7	Lucien Sainte-Rose	France	21.42
-	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	DNF

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Larry Black	United States	20.36
2	Pietro Mennea	Italy	20.52
3	Hans-Joachim Zenk	East Germany	20.63
4	Martin Jellinghaus	West Germany	20.75
5	Jiří Kynos	Czechoslovakia	20.88
6	Ainsley Armstrong	Trinidad and Tobago	21.13
7	Bruno Cherrier	France	21.15
8	Richard Hardware	Jamaica	21.24

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	20.00
	Larry Black	United States	20.19
	Pietro Mennea	Italy	20.30
4	Larry Burton	United States	20.37
5	Chuck Smith	United States	20.55
6	Siegfried Schenke	East Germany	20.56
7	Martin Jellinghaus	West Germany	20.65
8	Hans-Joachim Zenk	East Germany	21.05

External links

• Official report