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400 metres Hurdles, Men

Date31 August – 2 September 1972
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiastadion, Olympiapark, München
Participants37 from 25 countries

Defending champion Dave Hemery was back and was co-favorite with American Ralph Mann, who had been US Champion from 1969-71 and won the US Olympic Trials. Hemery led the final with a very quick pace, but was surprised when he was caught at the eighth hurdle by Uganda’s John Akii-Bua. Akii-Bua’s strength showed in the last 100 metres as he won in world record time by 0.69 over the fast-closing Mann, with Hemery getting the bronze medal.

PosNrAthleteNOCR1SFFinal
1911John Akii-BuaUGA50.35 (1 h4)49.25 (1 h1)47.82 (1)GoldWR
2998Ralph MannUSA50.18 (2 h3)49.53 (2 h1)48.51 (2)Silver
3288Dave HemeryGBR49.72 (1 h2)49.66 (3 h1)48.52 (3)Bronze
41013Jim SeymourUSA49.81 (2 h5)49.33 (1 h2)48.64 (4)
5398Rainer SchubertFRG50.23 (3 h3)49.80 (4 h1)49.65 (5)
=6436Stavros TziortzisGRE50.54 (2 h4)50.06 (4 h2)49.66 (=6)
=6934Yevgeny GavrilenkoURS49.73 (1 h5)49.34 (2 h2)49.66 (=6)
8967Yury ZorinURS50.35 (3 h2)49.60 (3 h2)50.25 (8)
5 h1 r2/3414Rolf ZieglerFRG50.17 (3 h5)49.88 (5 h1)
5 h2 r2/3726Tadeusz KulczyckiPOL50.19 (4 h1)50.80 (5 h2)
6 h1 r2/3871Ivan DanišTCH50.62 (3 h4)50.01 (6 h1)
6 h2 r2/331Gary KnokeAUS50.10 (2 h2)52.79 (6 h2)
7 h1 r2/3953Viktor SavchenkoURS49.90 (2 h1)50.28 (7 h1)
8 h1 r2/3240Jean-Pierre CorvalFRA50.15 (3 h1)50.75 (8 h1)
AC h2 r2/3362Dieter BüttnerFRG49.78 (1 h1)– (DNF h2)
AC h2 r2/3341Christian RudolphGDR50.00 (1 h3)– (DNF h2)
4 h2 r1/3578Bill KoskeiKEN50.58 (4 h2)
4 h3 r1/3220Ari SalinFIN50.45 (4 h3)
4 h4 r1/329Bruce FieldAUS51.46 (4 h4)
4 h5 r1/3690Roger JohnsonNZL50.48 (4 h5)
5 h1 r1/3173Manuel SorianoESP50.88 (5 h1)
5 h2 r1/3501Giorgio BallatiITA50.90 (5 h2)
5 h3 r1/3258Jean-Pierre PerrinelleFRA51.81 (5 h3)
5 h4 r1/3835Hansjörg WirzSUI52.34 (5 h4)
5 h5 r1/3581Mike MureiKEN51.63 (5 h5)
6 h1 r1/3577Fatwell KimaiyoKEN51.23 (6 h1)
6 h2 r1/31038José Jacinto HidalgoVEN54.00 (6 h2)
6 h3 r1/3752José CarvalhoPOR52.64 (6 h3)
6 h4 r1/3975Dick BruggemanUSA54.36 (6 h4)
6 h5 r1/3772Lee Chung-PingTPE52.61 (6 h5)
7 h1 r1/3521Roberto FrinolliITA51.69 (7 h1)
7 h2 r1/3701Norman BrinkworthPAK54.67 (7 h2)
7 h3 r1/3903Hassan BergaouiTUN53.70 (7 h3)
7 h4 r1/3764Julio FerrerPUR54.83 (7 h4)
7 h5 r1/3660Gladstone AgbamuNGR53.68 (7 h5)
8 h1 r1/3611Jean-Aimé RandrianalijaonaMAD52.75 (8 h1)
AC h5 r1/3307John SherwoodGBR– (DNF h5)
DNS1072Francisco RojasPAR– (DNS h4)

Round One (31 August 1972 — 10:00)

Top three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
11Dieter BüttnerFRG49.78Q
27Viktor SavchenkoURS49.90Q
36Jean-Pierre CorvalFRA50.15Q
45Tadeusz KulczyckiPOL50.19q
58Manuel SorianoESP50.88
63Fatwell KimaiyoKEN51.23
74Roberto FrinolliITA51.69
82Jean-Aimé RandrianalijaonaMAD52.75

Heat Two

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
15Dave HemeryGBR49.72Q
21Gary KnokeAUS50.10Q
36Yury ZorinURS50.35Q
44Bill KoskeiKEN50.58
57Giorgio BallatiITA50.90
62José Jacinto HidalgoVEN54.00
73Norman BrinkworthPAK54.67

Heat Three

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
13Christian RudolphGDR50.00Q
25Ralph MannUSA50.18Q
32Rainer SchubertFRG50.23Q
41Ari SalinFIN50.45
57Jean-Pierre PerrinelleFRA51.81
64José CarvalhoPOR52.64
76Hassan BergaouiTUN53.70

Heat Four

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
12John Akii-BuaUGA50.35Q
24Stavros TziortzisGRE50.54Q
38Ivan DanišTCH50.62Q
46Bruce FieldAUS51.46
55Hansjörg WirzSUI52.34
61Dick BruggemanUSA54.36
73Julio FerrerPUR54.83
DNS7Francisco RojasPAR

Heat Five

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
18Yevgeny GavrilenkoURS49.73Q
21Jim SeymourUSA49.81Q
37Rolf ZieglerFRG50.17Q
43Roger JohnsonNZL50.48
56Mike MureiKEN51.63
62Lee Chung-PingTPE52.61
75Gladstone AgbamuNGR53.68
DNF4John SherwoodGBR

Semi-Finals (1 September 1972 — 14:30)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
12John Akii-BuaUGA49.25Q
21Ralph MannUSA49.53Q
35Dave HemeryGBR49.66Q
47Rainer SchubertFRG49.80Q
53Rolf ZieglerFRG49.88
68Ivan DanišTCH50.01
76Viktor SavchenkoURS50.28
84Jean-Pierre CorvalFRA50.75

Heat Two

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
17Jim SeymourUSA49.33Q
26Yevgeny GavrilenkoURS49.34Q
33Yury ZorinURS49.60Q
45Stavros TziortzisGRE50.06Q
54Tadeusz KulczyckiPOL50.80
68Gary KnokeAUS52.79
DNF1Christian RudolphGDR
DNF2Dieter BüttnerFRG

Final (2 September 1972 — 16:15)

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
11John Akii-BuaUGA47.82WR
26Ralph MannUSA48.51
35Dave HemeryGBR48.52
44Jim SeymourUSA48.64
57Rainer SchubertFRG49.65
=62Yevgeny GavrilenkoURS49.66
=68Stavros TziortzisGRE49.66
83Yury ZorinURS50.25