Venue Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany Date 3 September 1972 & 7 September 1972 | ||
These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 3 & 7 of September. On the victory podium Collett and Matthews staged a protest in which they stood with their sweatsuits open, and during the national anthem, looked around, did not stand at attention or look at the United States flag, they also talked openly with each other. The IOC banned them from further competition, this prevented the United States from having a 4 x 400 relay team.
Julius Sang became the first black African to win a sprint Olympic medal.
Contents
Heats
The top four runners in each of the nine heats (blue) and the next four fastest (green), advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Heat one
Heat two
Heat three
Heat four
Heat five
Heat six
Heat seven
Heat eight
Heat nine
Quarterfinals
The top three runners in each of the five heats and the next fastest, advanced to the semifinal round.
Heat one
Heat two
Heat three
Heat four
Heat five
Semifinals
Top four in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
Heat two