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Men's 4 × 400 metres relayat the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium Dates 9 September & 10 September Competitors from 21 nations
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay was the longer of the two men's relays on the Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics program in Munich . It was held on 9 September and 10 September 1972. The United States had the three best 400 metre runners at the Olympics. The 400 metres had been won by Vince Matthews earlier in the games. Matthews and 400 metres silver medalist, Wayne Collett staged a protest on the podium, where they were talking to each other and not standing at attention during the National Anthem. These actions caused the IOC to ban them from the rest of the Olympics. This combined with, John Smith’s hamstring injury, suffered earlier in the Olympics, caused the heavy favorite United States team to not have enough runners even with the two alternates. The U.S. was unable to compete in the event. With the U.S. team out of this opened up the field for everyone.[1]
Results
Top two in each heat (blue) and the next two fastest (green) advanced to the finals.
Heats
Heat one
Rank
Names
Nationality
Time
1
Martin Reynolds , Alan Pascoe , Dave Hemery , David Jenkins
Great Britain
3:01.26
2
Charles Asati , Munyoro Nyamau , Robert Ouko , Julius Sang
Kenya
3:01.27
3
Erik Carlgren , Anders Faager , Kent Öhman , Ulf Rönner
Sweden
3:03.05
4
Ian Gordon , Brian MacLaren , Craig Blackman , Tony Powell
Canada
3:04.22
5
Miro Kocuvan , Laszlo Ubori , Jozo Alebić , Milorad Čikić
Yugoslavia
3:05.70
6
Omar Ghizlat , Ahmed Hasnaoui , Salah Fettouh , Mohamed Bouboud
Morocco
3:05.92
7
Silva Fernando , Alberto Matos , José Carvalho , Fernando Mamede
Portugal
3:10.00
–
Maurice Peoples , Tommy Turner , Lee Evans , John Smith
United States
DNS
Heat two
Rank
Names
Nationality
Time
1
Bernd Herrmann , Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske , Hermann Köhler , Karl Honz
West Germany
3:03.27
2
Arthur Cooper , Pat Marshall , Charles Joseph , Edwin Roberts
Trinidad and Tobago
3:03.48
3
Musa Dogon Yaro , Bruce Ijirighwo , Mamman Makama , Robert Ojo
Nigeria
3:04.31
4
Tegegne Bezabeh , Shoangizaw Worku , Ketema Benti , Mulugetta Tadesse
Ethiopia
3:08.59
5
Daniele Giovanardi , Giacomo Puosi , Lorenzo Cellerino , Sergio Bello
Italy
3:09.7
6
Hamad Ndee , Obedi Mwanga , Omari Abdallah , Claver Kamanya
Tanzania
3:10.1
7
Omar Ba , Abdou Mamadou Sow , Samba Dièye , Jean-Pierre Mango
Senegal
3:11.2
8
Mohamed Musa Gadou , Dafallah Sultan Farah , Ibrahim Saad Abdel Galil , Angelo Hussein
Sudan
3:14.5
Heat three
Rank
Names
Nationality
Time
1
Jan Werner , Jan Balachowski , Zbigniew Jaremski , Andrzej Badeński
Poland
3:02.52
2
Stig Lönnqvist , Ari Salin , Ossi Karttunen , Markku Kukkoaho
Finland
3:02.97
3
Gilles Bertould , Daniel Velasques , Francis Kerbiriou , Jacques Carette
France
3:03.13
4
Leighton Priestley , Kim Rowe , Trevor Campbell , Alfred Daley
Jamaica
3:03.83
5
Raúl Dome , Félix Pérez , José Jacinto Hidalgo , Eric Phillips
Venezuela
3:06.99
6
Tambusamy Krishnan , Sinnayah Sabapathy , Mohamed Hassan bin Osman , Baba Singhe Peyadesa
Malaysia
3:13.51
–
Mohamad Younas , Norman Brinkworth , M. Seediq , Iqbal Nusrat
Pakistan
DNS
Final
Rank
Names
Nationality
Time
Charles Asati , Munyoro Nyamau , Robert Ouko , Julius Sang
Kenya
2:59.83
Martin Reynolds , Alan Pascoe , Dave Hemery , David Jenkins
Great Britain
3:00.46
Gilles Bertould , Daniel Velasques , Francis Kerbiriou , Jacques Carette
France
3:00.65
4
Bernd Herrmann , Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske , Hermann Köhler , Karl Honz
West Germany
3:00.88
5
Jan Werner , Jan Balachowski , Zbigniew Jaremski , Andrzej Badeński
Poland
3:01.05
6
Stig Lönnqvist , Ari Salin , Ossi Karttunen , Markku Kukkoaho
Finland
3:01.12
7
Erik Carlgren , Anders Faager , Kent Öhman , Ulf Rönner
Sweden
3:02.57
8
Arthur Cooper , Pat Marshall , Charles Joseph , Edwin Roberts
Trinidad and Tobago
3:03.58
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