These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres hurdles

400 metres hurdles

The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...

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 31 August - 2 September.

Heats

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

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Dieter Büttner		49.78
2	Viktor Savchenko Viktor Savchenko Viktor Grigorievich Savchenko is a retired boxer, who represented the USSR twice at the Summer Olympics during his career as an amateur...		49.90
3	Jean-Pierre Corval		50.15
4	Tadeusz Kulczycki		50.19
5	Manuel Soriano		50.88
6	Fatwell Kimaiyo		51.23
7	Roberto Frinolli		51.69
8	Jean-Aimé Randrianalijaona		52.75

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Dave Hemery David Hemery David Peter Hemery, CBE, is a British former athlete, winner of the 400m hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics.He was born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, but his father's work took the family to the United States, where he attended school and graduated from Boston University.Hemery's first...		49.72
2	Gary Knoke Gary Knoke Gary James Knoke was Australian Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games competing athlete who was ranked third in the world in 400 metre hurdling during 1966.-National representative:...		50.10
3	Yury Zorin		50.35
4	Bill Koskei		50.58
5	Giorgio Ballati		50.90
6	José Jacinto Hidalgo		54.00
7	Norman Brinkworth		54.67

Heat three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Christian Rudolph Christian Rudolph Christian Rudolph may refer to:* Christian Rudolph, retired East German athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles* Christian Rudolph , German professional three-cushion billiards player...		50.00
2	Ralph Mann Ralph Mann Ralph Mann was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 meter hurdles. He was an undergraduate at Brigham Young University, and later earned a Ph.D. in Biomechanics from the Washington State University...		50.18
3	Rainer Schubert		50.23
4	Ari Salin		50.45
5	Jean-Pierre Perrinelle		51.81
6	José Carvalho		52.64
7	Hassan Bergaoui		53.70

Heat four

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	John Akii-Bua John Akii-Bua John Akii-Bua was a Ugandan hurdler and the first Olympic champion from his country.Akii-Bua started his athletic career as a hurdler on the short distance, but coached by British-born athletics coach Malcolm Arnold, he was introduced to the 400 m hurdles...		50.35
2	Stavros Tziortzis		50.54
3	Ivan Daniš		50.62
4	Bruce Field Bruce Field Bruce Field is a public airport providing a general aviation service, located approximately southwest of Ballinger, Texas.-History:Opened on 4 October 1941, it began training United States Army Air Corps flying cadets under contract to Harmon Flying School...		51.46
5	Hansjörg Wirz		52.34
6	Dick Bruggeman		54.36
7	Julio Ferrer		54.83
-	Francisco Rojas Soto		DNS

Heat five

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Yevgeny Gavrilenko Yevgeny Gavrilenko Yevgeniy Gavrilenko was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. He trained at Dynamo in Gomel.He competed for the USSR in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 400 metre hurdles where he won the bronze medal....		49.73
2	Jim Seymour Jim Seymour James Patrick "Jim" Seymour was an American football wide receiver who played three seasons for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League. He was originally selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the first round of the 1969 NFL Draft, 10th pick overall...		49.81
3	Rolf Ziegler		50.17
4	Roger Johnson		50.48
5	Mike Murei		51.63
6	Lee Chung-Ping		52.61
7	Gladstone Agbamu		53.68
-	John Sherwood John Sherwood (athlete) John Sherwood is a British athlete, who won the bronze medal in the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968 for the 400 m hurdles. His time was 49.03 seconds, and he was third behind fellow British athlete David Hemery, who took gold, and German Gerhard Hennige...		DNF

Semifinals

Top four in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	John Akii-Bua John Akii-Bua John Akii-Bua was a Ugandan hurdler and the first Olympic champion from his country.Akii-Bua started his athletic career as a hurdler on the short distance, but coached by British-born athletics coach Malcolm Arnold, he was introduced to the 400 m hurdles...		49.25
2	Ralph Mann Ralph Mann Ralph Mann was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 meter hurdles. He was an undergraduate at Brigham Young University, and later earned a Ph.D. in Biomechanics from the Washington State University...		49.53
3	Dave Hemery David Hemery David Peter Hemery, CBE, is a British former athlete, winner of the 400m hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics.He was born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, but his father's work took the family to the United States, where he attended school and graduated from Boston University.Hemery's first...		49.66
4	Rainer Schubert		49.80
5	Rolf Ziegler		49.88
6	Ivan Daniš		50.01
7	Viktor Savchenko Viktor Savchenko Viktor Grigorievich Savchenko is a retired boxer, who represented the USSR twice at the Summer Olympics during his career as an amateur...		50.28
8	Jean-Pierre Corval		50.75

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Jim Seymour Jim Seymour James Patrick "Jim" Seymour was an American football wide receiver who played three seasons for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League. He was originally selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the first round of the 1969 NFL Draft, 10th pick overall...		49.33
2	Yevgeny Gavrilenko Yevgeny Gavrilenko Yevgeniy Gavrilenko was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. He trained at Dynamo in Gomel.He competed for the USSR in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 400 metre hurdles where he won the bronze medal....		49.34
3	Yury Zorin		49.60
4	Stavros Tziortzis		50.06
5	Tadeusz Kulczycki		50.80
6	Gary Knoke Gary Knoke Gary James Knoke was Australian Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games competing athlete who was ranked third in the world in 400 metre hurdling during 1966.-National representative:...		52.79
-	Christian Rudolph Christian Rudolph Christian Rudolph may refer to:* Christian Rudolph, retired East German athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles* Christian Rudolph , German professional three-cushion billiards player...		DNF
-	Dieter Büttner		DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	John Akii-Bua John Akii-Bua John Akii-Bua was a Ugandan hurdler and the first Olympic champion from his country.Akii-Bua started his athletic career as a hurdler on the short distance, but coached by British-born athletics coach Malcolm Arnold, he was introduced to the 400 m hurdles...		47.82	WR
	Ralph Mann Ralph Mann Ralph Mann was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 meter hurdles. He was an undergraduate at Brigham Young University, and later earned a Ph.D. in Biomechanics from the Washington State University...		48.51
	Dave Hemery David Hemery David Peter Hemery, CBE, is a British former athlete, winner of the 400m hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics.He was born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, but his father's work took the family to the United States, where he attended school and graduated from Boston University.Hemery's first...		48.52
4	Jim Seymour Jim Seymour James Patrick "Jim" Seymour was an American football wide receiver who played three seasons for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League. He was originally selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the first round of the 1969 NFL Draft, 10th pick overall...		48.64
5	Rainer Schubert		49.65
6T	Yevgeny Gavrilenko Yevgeny Gavrilenko Yevgeniy Gavrilenko was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. He trained at Dynamo in Gomel.He competed for the USSR in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 400 metre hurdles where he won the bronze medal....		49.66
6T	Stavros Tziortzis		49.66
8	Yury Zorin		50.25

Reference

• Sports-reference
• Official report