Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

Event:	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Games:	1972 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Dates:	9 September & 10 September
Competitors:	128
Nations:	27
Gold:	Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker, Eddie Hart
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Aleksandr Kornelyuk, Vladimir Lovetskiy, Juris Silovs, Valeriy Borzov
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronze:	Jobst Hirscht, Karlheinz Klotz, Gerhard Wucherer, Klaus Ehl
Bronzenoc:	FRG
Prev:	1968
Next:	1976

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay was held on 9 and 10 September 1972.^[1]

Heats

The top four teams in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Heat one

Rank	Names	Nationality	Time
1			39.15
2			39.17
3			39.17
4			40.49
5			41.34
6			43.35
-			DNS
-			DNS

Heat two

Rank	Names	Nationality	Time
1			39.01
2			39.31
3			39.66
4			39.74
5			39.81
6			40.58
7			41.78
-			DNS

Heat three

Rank	Names	Nationality	Time
1			39.11
2			39.46
3			39.54
4			39.65
5			40.95
6			41.04
-			DNS
-			DNS

Heat four

Rank	Names	Nationality	Time
1			38.96
2			39.29
3			39.63
4			39.86
5			40.48
6			41.07
-			DNF
-			DNF

Semifinals

The top four teams in each of the two heats advanced to the final.

Heat one

Rank	Names	Nationality	Time
1			38.54
2			38.86
3			38.90
4			39.01
5			39.04
6			39.73
7			39.99
-			DQ

Heat two

Rank	Names	Nationality	Time
1			39.00
2			39.00
3			39.06
4			39.21
5			39.30
6			39.47
7			39.74
8			39.97

Final

Rank	Names	Nationality	Time	Notes
			38.19	WR
			38.50
			38.79
4			38.82
5			38.90
6			39.03
7			39.14
8			39.14

External links

• Official report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173302/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ATH/mens-4-x-100-metres-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 15 August 2017 . sports-reference.com.