Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon combined event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on 7 & 8 September. The favorite was Joachim Kirst, who had won the European Championship in 1969 and 1971. The decathletes were unfortunate, as they had to re-open the Olympics, the morning after the postponement due to the tragic events of the Munich massacre. As the events continued the favorite, Kirst, hit the third hurdle in the 110 metres and fell, dropping out of the race.

Results

100m Rank Name Nationality Heat Time Points 1 Tadeusz Janczenko 2 10.64 895 2 Peter Gabbett 3 10.65 893 3 Jeff Bennett 1 10.73 872 4 Ryszard Skowronek 1 10.78 859 5 Ruedi Mangisch 5 10.79 857 6 Stefan Schreyer 1 10.82 849 7 Ryszard Katus 1 10.89 831 8 Yves Le Roy 3 10.94 819 9 Sepp Zeilbauer 2 10.97 812 10T Mykola Avilov 2 11.00 804 10T Freddy Herbrand 4 11.00 804 12 Steen Smidt-Jensen 3 11.07 787 13 József Bakai 2 11.08 785 14 Jeff Bannister 2 11.09 783 15T Hans-Joachim Walde 1 11.11 778 15T Jean-Pierre Schoebel 5 11.11 778 17 Joachim Kirst 2 11.12 775 18 Leonid Lytvynenko 1 11.13 773 19 Clifford Brooks 5 11.19 759 20 Boris Ivanov 2 11.24 747 21 Roger Lespagnard 3 11.27 740 22 Barry King 4 11.32 728 23 Hans-Joachim Perk 5 11.34 724 24T Bruce Jenner 1 11.35 721 24T Heinz Born 4 11.35 721 24T Vijay Singh Chauhan 4 11.35 721 27 Régis Ghesquière 5 11.45 699 28 Gerry Moro 4 11.49 690 29 Lennart Hedmark 1 11.53 681 30 Radu Gavrilaş 3 11.57 672 31 Luis Flores 5 11.59 668 32 Horst Beyer 2 11.64 657 33 Wilfred Mwalawanda 3 11.95 591

Long Jump Rank Name Nationality Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 3 Mark Points 1 Mykola Avilov 7.68 x x 7.68 957 2 Joachim Kirst x 7.59 7.29 7.59 939 3 Stefan Schreyer 7.44 x 7.26 7.44 909 4 Ryszard Skowronek 7.25 7.42 x 7.42 905 5Yves Le Roy 7.08 7.29 7.32 7.32 885 6 Freddy Herbrand 7.30 7.26 7.21 7.30 881 7Tadeusz Janczenko 7.01 7.26 7.28 7.28 877 8 Jeff Bennett 7.13 7.15 7.26 7.26 873 9Régis Ghesquière 6.98 7.03 7.21 7.21 863 10 Jeff Bannister 7.15 7.20 7.16 7.20 861 11 Peter Gabbett 6.87 x 7.19 7.19 859 T12Hans-Joachim Walde 6.60 6.74 7.16 7.16 853 T12Sepp Zeilbauer x 6.79 7.16 7.16 853 T12József Bakai 7.05 7.16 x 7.16 853 15Ryszard Katus x x 7.09 7.09 838 16 Barry King 7.03 7.06 x 7.06 832 17 Roger Lespagnard 6.86 7.01 6.96 7.01 822 18 Steen Smidt-Jensen 6.77 6.95 6.89 6.95 810 19Ruedi Mangisch 6.82 x 6.94 6.94 808 T20Vijay Singh Chauhan 6.82 x 6.92 6.92 804 T20Heinz Born x 6.92 x 6.92 804 22 Gerry Moro 6.86 6.91 6.88 6.91 802 23Radu Gavrilaş 6.90 6.71 x 6.90 800 T24 Jean-Pierre Schoebel 6.42 6.89 6.53 6.89 798 T24Lennart Hedmark 6.78 x 6.89 6.89 798 26Hans-Joachim Perk x x 6.82 6.82 782 T27Clifford Brooks 6.64 6.81 5.23 T27 Leonid Lytvynenko 6.81 6.57 6.71 6.81 780 29Boris Ivanov 6.59 6.26 6.57 6.59 734 30 Bruce Jenner 6.49 6.53 6.46 6.53 721 T31Horst Beyer x x 6.51 6.51 717 T31Luis Flores 6.51 6.02 x 6.51 717 33Wilfred Mwalawanda x x 5.68 5.68 533

Shot put Rank Name Nationality Throw 1 Throw 2 Throw 3 Mark Points 1 Joachim Kirst 16.09 x x 16.09 852 2 József Bakai 15.10 15.50 15.84 15.84 838 3 Barry King 15.25 15.29 15.28 15.29 806 4 Stefan Schreyer 15.02 x 14.74 15.02 790 5 Hans-Joachim Walde 14.0913.03 14.57 14.57 763 6 Boris Ivanov 14.23 14.47 x 14.47 757 7 Tadeusz Janczenko 14.21 14.19 14.45 14.45 756 8 Lennart Hedmark 14.43 x x 14.43 754 T9 Vijay Singh Chauhan 13.23 14.42 x 14.42 754 T9 Horst Beyer 13.66 13.76 14.42 14.42 754 11 Ryszard Katus 14.39 x x 14.39 752 12 Mykola Avilov 14.14 x 14.36 14.36 750 13 Régis Ghesquière 13.57 13.89 14.32 14.32 747 14 Ryszard Skowronek 14.24 x x 14.24 743 15 Jeff Bannister 14.21 13.51 x 14.21 741 16 Leonid Lytvynenko x 13.98 14.18 14.18 739 17 Gerry Moro 13.77 13.99 x 13.99 727 18 Freddy Herbrand 13.67 x 13.91 13.91 722 19 Yves Le Roy 13.90 13.61 13.90 13.90 722 20 Jean-Pierre Schoebel 13.79 13.62 13.04 13.79 715 21 Peter Gabbett 13.46 x 13.59 13.59 702 22 Bruce Jenner 13.27 13.54 13.56 13.56 700 23 Sepp Zeilbauer 13.49 13.30 x 13.49 696 24 Steen Smidt-Jensen 13.18 12.32 13.35 13.35 687 25 Hans-Joachim Perk 14.09 12.55 13.34 13.34 686 26 Heinz Born 12.24 12.75 13.06 13.06 669 27 Roger Lespagnard x 12.66 12.92 12.92 660 28 Jeff Bennett 11.54 12.82 12.06 12.82 653 29 Radu Gavrilaş 12.44 12.47 12.65 12.65 642 T30 Ruedi Mangisch 11.43 12.27 x 12.27 617 T30 Wilfred Mwalawanda 12.27 12.19 x 12.27 617 32 Luis Flores 10.24 8.89 11.78 11.78 584 33 Clifford Brooks 11.71 11.46 x 11.71 580

High jump All heights in metres. RankNameNationalityMarkPoints1.601.651.701.751.801.831.861.891.921.951.982.012.042.062.082.102.122.14 1 Mykola Avilov 2.12 959 p p p p p p p p p o p o xxo o o o o xxx 2 Joachim Kirst 2.10 942 p p p p p p o p o p xo o o xxo xo o xxx 3T Freddy Herbrand 2.04 891 p p p p o p p o p o o o o xxx 3T Tadeusz Janczenko 2.04 891 p p p p p p p o p o o o xxo xxx 5T Sepp Zeilbauer 2.01 865 p p p p p o p p o o o xo xxx 5T Radu Gavrilaş 2.01865 p p p p p o p o o o o xo xxx 5T Roger Lespagnard 2.01865 p p o p p o p o o xxo xo xo xxx 5T Steen Smidt-Jensen 2.01 865p p p p p p p xo xo o xo o xxx 9T Heinz Born 1.98840 p p p p p p o p xxo xo xxo xxx 9TRyszard Skowronek 1.98 840 p p p p p p o o o o xo xxx 11T Boris Ivanov 1.92 788 p p p p o p o p xo xxx 11T Bruce Jenner 1.92 788 p p p p xo p o o xo xxx 11T Hans-Joachim Walde 1.92 788 p p p p p xo xxo xo xxo xxx 11T Ryszard Katus 1.92 788 p p p p o p o o o xxx 11T Stefan Schreyer 1.92 788 p p o p o o o o o xxx 16T Barry King 1.89 760 p o o o o o o xxo xxx 16T József Bakai 1.89 760 p p p o o p xo xo xxx 16T Leonid Lytvynenko 1.89 760 p p p o o xxo o xo xxx 16T Régis Ghesquière 1.89 760 p p p p p o xxo xxo xxx 16T Ruedi Mangisch 1.89 760 p p o p o o o xxo xxx 21T Gerry Moro 1.86 734 o o o xo o xxo xxo xxx 21T Jeff Bannister 1.86 734 p p p p p xxo o xxx 21T Jeff Bennett 1.86 734 p p o o o o o xxx 21T Peter Gabbett 1.86 734p p o o o xo xo xxx 25T Vijay Singh Chauhan 1.80 680o o o xo xo xxx 25T Yves Le Roy 1.80 680p o p xo xo xpp 27T Luis Flores 1.75 634o o xo o xxx 27T Clifford Brooks 1.75 634p o o xxo xxx 29 Wilfred Mwalawanda 1.65 540xo xxo xxx 30 Jean-Pierre Schoebel 1.60 493o p xxx

400m Rank Name Nationality Heat Time Points 1 Peter Gabbett 3 46.10 994 2 Jeff Bennett 1 46.25 984 3 Jeff Bannister 2 46.79 958 4 Ruedi Mangisch 5 47.59 918 5 Ryszard Skowronek 1 48.08 893 6 Leonid Lytvynenko 1 48.40 880 7 Mykola Avilov 2 48.45 875 8 Yves Le Roy 3 48.73 866 9 Sepp Zeilbauer 2 48.77 861 10 Joachim Kirst 2 48.90 856 11 Tadeusz Janczenko 2 49.06 847 12 Ryszard Katus 1 49.11 847 13 Régis Ghesquière 5 49.13 847 14 Jean-Pierre Schoebel 5 49.23 842 15 Bruce Jenner 1 49.49 829 16 TStefan Schreyer 1 49.51 829 16T Roger Lespagnard 3 49.51 829 18 Clifford Brooks 5 49.75 814 19 Freddy Herbrand 4 49.78 814 20 Vijay Singh Chauhan 4 49.89 810 21 Heinz Born 4 50.01 805 22 Barry King 4 50.05 801 23 Steen Smidt-Jensen 3 50.13 801 24 Boris Ivanov 2 50.18 797 25 József Bakai 2 50.88 766 26 Radu Gavrilaş 3 50.90 766 27 Luis Flores 5 50.97 762 28 Gerry Moro 4 52.02 720 29 Wilfred Mwalawanda 3 52.68 691

110m hurdles Rank Name Nationality Heat Time Points 1 Mykola Avilov 2 14.31 926 2 Ryszard Katus 1 14.41 914 3 Steen Smidt-Jensen 3 14.65 887 4 Boris Ivanov 2 14.76 874 5 Freddy Herbrand 4 14.87 862 6 Stefan Schreyer 1 15.00 848 7 Vijay Singh Chauhan 4 15.01 847 8 Leonid Lytvynenko 1 15.03 845 9T Sepp Zeilbauer 2 15.13 835 9T Radu Gavrilaş 3 15.13 835 11 Jean-Pierre Schoebel 5 15.30 817 12 Yves Le Roy 3 15.34 813 13 Heinz Born 4 15.39 808 14 Peter Gabbett 3 15.47 80015 Jeff Bennett 1 15.58 789 16 Bruce Jenner 1 15.59 788 17 Régis Ghesquière 5 15.68 779 18 Ruedi Mangisch 5 15.71 776 19 Ryszard Skowronek 1 15.74 773 20 Roger Lespagnard 3 15.84 764 21 Gerry Moro 4 16.28 723 22 Clifford Brooks 5 16.37 715 23 József Bakai 2 16.50 703 24 Barry King 4 16.61 694 25 Tadeusz Janczenko 2 16.89 670 26 Luis Flores 5 17.44 625 27 Wilfred Mwalawanda 3 18.54 543 - Jeff Bannister 2 DQ 0 - Joachim Kirst 2 DNF 0

Discus throw All distance are in metres. Rank Name Nationality Mark Throw 1 Throw 2 Throw 3 Points 1 József Bakai 51.46 48.40 51.20 51.46 897 2 Leonid Lytvynenko 47.84 47.84 x 44.10 8333 Freddy Herbrand 47.12 47.12 x x 820 4 Mykola Avilov 46.98 46.98 43.18 46.40 818 5 Barry King 46.06 x x 46.06 801 6 Peter Gabbett 45.58 42.36 39.18 45.58 792 7 Régis Ghesquière 45.56 45.56 44.10 x 792 8 Tadeusz Janczenko 45.26 45.26 43.14 x 7869 Vijay Singh Chauhan 45.18 45.18 43.92 41.92 78510 Stefan Schreyer 45.08 45.08 44.68 x 783 11 Steen Smidt-Jensen 44.80 41.32 44.80 42.70 778 12 Yves Le Roy 44.04 41.92 44.04 43.00 763 13 Ryszard Katus 43.00 39.00 41.98 43.00 744 14 Bruce Jenner 42.24 x x 42.24 729 15 Jeff Bannister 42.00 41.32 39.28 42.00 72416 Boris Ivanov 41.58 x 41.50 41.58 71617 Jean-Pierre Schoebel 41.14 40.12 40.26 41.14 708 18 Sepp Zeilbauer 40.84 x 40.84 40.16 702 19 Radu Gavrilaş 40.52 40.52 39.90 40.18 69620 Heinz Born 39.3436.50 39.34 x 67221 Wilfred Mwalawanda 38.82 38.82 38.36 x 662 22 Roger Lespagnard 37.86 37.86 36.64 643 23 Ruedi Mangisch 36.92 x 36.92 x 623 24 Jeff Bennett 36.58 x 36.58 36.52 616 25 Luis Flores 35.64 x 33.34 35.64 597 26 Clifford Brooks 33.90 33.22 33.90 x 56027 Ryszard Skowronek 33.66 33.66 x x 555

Pole vault RankNameNationalityMarkPoints3.303.403.503.603.703.803.904.004.104.204.304.404.504.554.604.704.804.90 1T Jeff Bennett 4.80 1005 p p p p p p p p p p p p xo p p o o xxx 1T Steen Smidt-Jensen 4.80 1005 p p p p p p p p p o p o p p xxo xxo xo 3 Roger Lespagnard 4.60 957 p p p p p p p o p o p xo o p o xxx 4T Bruce Jenner 4.55 945 p p p p p p p p o p xo p xo o xxx 4T Mykola Avilov 4.55 945 p p p p p p p o p xo o xo o xo xxx 6T Ryszard Katus 4.50 932 p p p p p p p xo p o p o o p xxx 6T Tadeusz Janczenko 4.50 932 p p p p p o p o p o o xo xxo xxx 6T Yves Le Roy 4.50 932 p p p p p p p p p p o p o p p xxx 9T Freddy Herbrand 4.40 909 p p p p p p p xxo o o xo o xxx 9T Leonid Lytvynenko 4.40 909 p p p p p o p o p o xxo o xxx 9T Radu Gavrilaş 4.40 909 p p p o p o xo xo p xo o o xxx 9T Stefan Schreyer 4.40 909 p p p p p o p o o o o o xxx 13T Boris Ivanov 4.30 884 p p p p p o xo p xo o xxx 13T Sepp Zeilbauer 4.30 884 p p p o p p p o o o o p xxx 15 Jean-Pierre Schoebel 4.20 859 p p p p p p p o p o p xxx 16T Heinz Born 4.00 807 p p p xop o p o p xxx 16T Jeff Bannister 4.00 807 p p p o p xxo p p xxx 16T József Bakai 4.00807 p p p p p p p o p p xxx 19 Barry King 3.90 780 o o p xo o o xo xxx 20 Régis Ghesquière 3.80 754 p p p p p o xxx 21 Vijay Singh Chauhan 3.70 728 xxo xo o xo o xxx 22 Peter Gabbett 3.60 700 p p p o p xxx 23 Wilfred Mwalawanda 3.30 615 o - Ruedi Mangisch NM 0 p p p xxx - Luis Flores NM 0 xxx

Javelin throw All distance are in metres. Rank Name Nationality Mark Throw 1 Throw 2 Throw 3 Points 1 Wilfred Mwalawanda 71.28 71.28 x x 894 2Bruce Jenner 66.02 63.20 66.02 60.88 833 3Boris Ivanov 64.84 62.45 52.14 64.84 819 4 Sepp Zeilbauer 64.46 57.66 60.04 64.46 815 5 Tadeusz Janczenko 63.80 x 62.36 63.80 807 6T Mykola Avilov 61.66 x 61.66 57.96 781 6T Yves Le Roy 61.66 49.64 61.66 x 781 8 Régis Ghesquière 60.88 56.88 58.82 60.88 772 9 Stefan Schreyer 60.70 60.70 x 59.96 770 10 Ryszard Katus 59.96 55.48 x 59.96 761 11 Leonid Lytvynenko 58.94 55.02 57.98 58.94 748 12 Barry King 57.74 57.74 53.46 55.04 733 13 Jean-Pierre Schoebel 57.54 56.74 57.54 52.96 731 14 Jeff Bennett 56.98 52.00 57.48 49.14 730 15 Radu Gavrilaş 57.16 57.16 x x 726 16 Jeff Bannister 56.98 56.98 x x 724 17 Vijay Singh Chauhan 56.3436.90 48.68 56.34 716 18Steen Smidt-Jensen 55.24 55.24 54.76 55.08 701 19 József Bakai 52.18 52.18 x x 662 20 Roger Lespagnard 50.60 50.60 x 46.32 641 21 Freddy Herbrand 50.42 x x 50.42 639 22 Heinz Born 48.72 46.18 48.72 47.90 615 - Peter Gabbett NM x x x 0 - Ruedi Mangisch NM x x x 0

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