These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres

200 metres

A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

event at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:*...

in Munich

Munich

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. 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 Siegfried Schenke Siegfried Schenke is a former sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres event. He represented East Germany and competed for the club SC Motor Jena.-Achievements:-References:...		20.66
2	Bruno Cherrier		20.79
3	Jiří Kynos		20.95
4	Audun Garshol		21.16
5	Pasqualino Abeti		21.17
6	Solomon Belaye		21.73
-	Zenon Nowosz Zenon Nowosz Zenon Nowosz is a Polish sprinter who participated in world athletics for Poland in the late 1960s and 1970s. He competed in the 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres....		DNS

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Don Quarrie Don Quarrie Donald O'Riley Quarrie C.D is a former Jamaican athlete, one of the world's top sprinters during the 1970s....		21.04
2	Martin Jellinghaus Martin Jellinghaus Martin Jellinghaus is a West German former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres....		21.10
3	Andrés Calonge		21.39
4	Ladislav Kříź		21.58
5	Mike Sands Mike Sands Mike Sands is a retired professional ice hockey player who played six games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Minnesota North Stars.He currently serves as the director of amateur scouting for the Calgary Flames...		21.61
6	Yeo Kian Chye		21.89
-	Meite Amadou		DNS
-	Rodolfo Rieder		DNS

Heat three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Valeriy Borzov		20.64
2	Edwin Roberts Edwin Roberts Edwin Roberts was a Trinidadian athlete who competed mainly in the 200 metres.He competed for Trinidad and Tobago in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the 200 metres, where he won the bronze medal...		20.95
3	Richard Hardware		21.09
4	Motsapi Moorosi		21.15
5	Su Wen-Ho		21.55
6	Jean-Pierre Bassegela		21.72
7	Hamad Ndee		21.74

Heat four *

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Pietro Mennea Pietro Mennea Pietro Paolo Mennea is an Italian former sprinter and politician, who was the 1980 Moscow Olympic 200 meter Champion, and also held the 200 m world record for 17 years.-Biography:...		20.53
2	Markku Juhola		20.98
3	Ainsley Armstrong		21.12
4	Guillermo González		21.22
5	Sammy Monsels		21.26
6	Gaston Malam		21.71
7	Gary Georges		22.97

* Wind assisted

Heat five

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Larry Black Larry Black Larry Jeffery Black was an American athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4 x 100 m relay and silver medal in the 200 m at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....		20.79
2	René Metz		21.08
3	Brian Green		21.26
4	Omar Chokhmane		21.29
5	Luiz de Silva		21.81
6	Eston Kaonga		22.18
-	Benedict Majekodumni		DNS

Heat six

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Chuck Smith		20.79
2	Vladimir Lovetski		20.99
3	Sunil Gunawardene		21.60
4	Trevor James		21.83
5	Zainuddin Wahab		21.87
6	Dominic Saidu		22.48
7	Saad Khalil Al-Dosari		22.56
-	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa is a retired Malagasy athlete who specialized in the 100 metres.At the 1964 Summer Olympics he was knocked out in the heats in both 100 and 200 metres....		DNS

Heat seven

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Jaroslav Matoušek		20.70
2	Francisco García Francisco García Francisco García is a Dominican professional basketball player who currently plays for the Sacramento Kings of the NBA. A 6'7", 195-pound guard–forward from the University of Louisville, García was selected by the Kings in the first round of the 2005 NBA Draft...		20.89
3	George Daniels		21.05
4	Jimmy Sierra		21.10
5	Kevin Johnson Kevin Johnson Kevin Maurice Johnson is the current mayor of Sacramento, California. He is Sacramento's first African American mayor. Prior to entering politics, Johnson was a basketball player in the NBA, playing point guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Phoenix Suns...		21.70
6	Ibrahim Saad Abdel Galil		22.41
-	Mao Samphon		DNS
-	Abdulazeez Abdulkareem		DNS

Heat eight

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Manfred Ommer		20.80
2	Hans-Joachim Zenk		20.93
3	James Addy		21.06
4	Dan Amuke		21.53
5	Nusrat Iqbal Sahi		22.07
-	Saleh Alah-Djaba		DNF
-	Charles Francis		DNS

Heat nine

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Larry Burton Larry Burton Lawrence Godfrey "Larry" Burton is a former professional American football player and world-class Olympic sprinter, finishing fourth for the United States team in the 200 meter final at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany.Burton was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the first...		20.80
2	Lucien Sainte-Rose Lucien Sainte-Rose Lucien Sainte-Rose is a French athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 meters. Sainte-Rose competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics.- References :...		21.09
3	Bevan Smith Bevan Smith Bevan Duncan Smith is a former New Zealand sprinter. He won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games....		21.17
4	Philippe Clerc		21.32
5	Tukal Mokalam		21.81
6	William Draul		21.87
-	Larmeck Mukonde		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		20.30
2	Manfred Ommer		20.53
3	Jiří Kynos		20.68
4	René Metz		20.83
5	Jimmy Sierra		20.87
6	Omar Chokhmane		21.00
7	Guillermo González		21.10
-	Mike Sands Mike Sands Mike Sands is a retired professional ice hockey player who played six games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Minnesota North Stars.He currently serves as the director of amateur scouting for the Calgary Flames...		DNS

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Jaroslav Matoušek		20.65
2	Chuck Smith		20.66
3	Ainsley Armstrong		21.00
4	Bevan Smith Bevan Smith Bevan Duncan Smith is a former New Zealand sprinter. He won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games....		21.04
5	George Daniels		21.10
6	Andrés Calonge		21.11
7	Markku Juhola		21.19
8	Sunil Gunawardene		21.31

Heat three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Larry Burton Larry Burton Lawrence Godfrey "Larry" Burton is a former professional American football player and world-class Olympic sprinter, finishing fourth for the United States team in the 200 meter final at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany.Burton was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the first...		20.68
2	Martin Jellinghaus Martin Jellinghaus Martin Jellinghaus is a West German former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres....		20.70
3	Siegfried Schenke Siegfried Schenke Siegfried Schenke is a former sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres event. He represented East Germany and competed for the club SC Motor Jena.-Achievements:-References:...		20.79
4	Philippe Clerc		20.82
5	Edwin Roberts Edwin Roberts Edwin Roberts was a Trinidadian athlete who competed mainly in the 200 metres.He competed for Trinidad and Tobago in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the 200 metres, where he won the bronze medal...		20.99
6	Pasqualino Abeti		21.00
7	Ladislav Kříž		21.46
-	James Addy		DQ

Heat four

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Larry Black Larry Black Larry Jeffery Black was an American athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4 x 100 m relay and silver medal in the 200 m at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....		20.28
2	Don Quarrie Don Quarrie Donald O'Riley Quarrie C.D is a former Jamaican athlete, one of the world's top sprinters during the 1970s....		20.43
3	Bruno Cherrier		20.62
4	Vladimir Lovetski		20.83
5	Motsapi Moorosi		20.90
6	Su Wen-Ho		21.47
7	Audun Garshol		25.30
-	Sammy Monsels		DNF

Heat five

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Pietro Mennea Pietro Mennea Pietro Paolo Mennea is an Italian former sprinter and politician, who was the 1980 Moscow Olympic 200 meter Champion, and also held the 200 m world record for 17 years.-Biography:...		20.47
2	Hans-Joachim Zenk		20.59
3	Richard Hardware		20.76
4	Lucien Sainte-Rose Lucien Sainte-Rose Lucien Sainte-Rose is a French athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 meters. Sainte-Rose competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics.- References :...		20.76
5	Francisco García Francisco García Francisco García is a Dominican professional basketball player who currently plays for the Sacramento Kings of the NBA. A 6'7", 195-pound guard–forward from the University of Louisville, García was selected by the Kings in the first round of the 2005 NBA Draft...		20.77
6	Trevor James		21.34
7	Brian Green		21.41
-	Samuel Monsels		DNS

Semifinals

Top four in each heat advance to final.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Valeriy Borzov		20.74
2	Larry Burton Larry Burton Lawrence Godfrey "Larry" Burton is a former professional American football player and world-class Olympic sprinter, finishing fourth for the United States team in the 200 meter final at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany.Burton was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the first...		20.78
3	Chuck Smith		20.86
4	Siegfried Schenke Siegfried Schenke Siegfried Schenke is a former sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres event. He represented East Germany and competed for the club SC Motor Jena.-Achievements:-References:...		20.97
5	Jaroslav Matoušek		20.99
6	Manfred Ommer		21.08
7	Lucien Sainte-Rose Lucien Sainte-Rose Lucien Sainte-Rose is a French athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 meters. Sainte-Rose competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics.- References :...		21.42
-	Don Quarrie Don Quarrie Donald O'Riley Quarrie C.D is a former Jamaican athlete, one of the world's top sprinters during the 1970s....		DNF

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Larry Black Larry Black Larry Jeffery Black was an American athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4 x 100 m relay and silver medal in the 200 m at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....		20.36
2	Pietro Mennea Pietro Mennea Pietro Paolo Mennea is an Italian former sprinter and politician, who was the 1980 Moscow Olympic 200 meter Champion, and also held the 200 m world record for 17 years.-Biography:...		20.52
3	Hans-Joachim Zenk		20.63
4	Martin Jellinghaus Martin Jellinghaus Martin Jellinghaus is a West German former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres....		20.75
5	Jiří Kynos		20.88
6	Ainsley Armstrong		21.13
7	Bruno Cherrier		21.15
8	Richard Hardware		21.24

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Valeriy Borzov		20.00
	Larry Black Larry Black Larry Jeffery Black was an American athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4 x 100 m relay and silver medal in the 200 m at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....		20.19
	Pietro Mennea Pietro Mennea Pietro Paolo Mennea is an Italian former sprinter and politician, who was the 1980 Moscow Olympic 200 meter Champion, and also held the 200 m world record for 17 years.-Biography:...		20.30
4	Larry Burton Larry Burton Lawrence Godfrey "Larry" Burton is a former professional American football player and world-class Olympic sprinter, finishing fourth for the United States team in the 200 meter final at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany.Burton was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the first...		20.37
5	Chuck Smith		20.55
6	Siegfried Schenke Siegfried Schenke Siegfried Schenke is a former sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres event. He represented East Germany and competed for the club SC Motor Jena.-Achievements:-References:...		20.56
7	Martin Jellinghaus Martin Jellinghaus Martin Jellinghaus is a West German former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres....		20.65
8	Hans-Joachim Zenk		21.05

Reference

• Sports-reference
• Official report