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Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon
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| Men's Decathlon at the Games of the XX Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 7 & 8 September | |||||||||
| Competitors | 33 from 19 nations | |||||||||
| Winning points | 8466 WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
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.[1]
Results
100m
Long Jump
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 3 | Mark | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mykola Avilov |  Soviet Union |
7.68 | x | x | 7.68 | 957 |
| 2 | Joachim Kirst |  East Germany |
x | 7.59 | 7.29 | 7.59 | 939 |
| 3 | Stefan Schreyer | East Germany |
7.44 | x | 7.26 | 7.44 | 909 |
| 4 | Ryszard Skowronek |  Poland |
7.25 | 7.42 | x | 7.42 | 905 |
| 5 | Yves Le Roy |  France |
7.08 | 7.29 | 7.32 | 7.32 | 885 |
| 6 | Freddy Herbrand |  Belgium |
7.30 | 7.26 | 7.21 | 7.30 | 881 |
| 7 | Tadeusz Janczenko | Poland |
7.01 | 7.26 | 7.28 | 7.28 | 877 |
| 8 | Jeff Bennett |  United States |
7.13 | 7.15 | 7.26 | 7.26 | 873 |
| 9 | Régis Ghesquière | Belgium |
6.98 | 7.03 | 7.21 | 7.21 | 863 |
| 10 | Jeff Bannister | United States |
7.15 | 7.20 | 7.16 | 7.20 | 861 |
| 11 | Peter Gabbett |  Great Britain |
6.87 | x | 7.19 | 7.19 | 859 |
| T12 | Hans-Joachim Walde |  West Germany |
6.60 | 6.74 | 7.16 | 7.16 | 853 |
| T12 | Sepp Zeilbauer |  Austria |
x | 6.79 | 7.16 | 7.16 | 853 |
| T12 | József Bakai |  Hungary |
7.05 | 7.16 | x | 7.16 | 853 |
| 15 | Ryszard Katus | Poland |
x | x | 7.09 | 7.09 | 838 |
| 16 | Barry King | Great Britain |
7.03 | 7.06 | x | 7.06 | 832 |
| 17 | Roger Lespagnard | Belgium |
6.86 | 7.01 | 6.96 | 7.01 | 822 |
| 18 | Steen Smidt-Jensen |  Denmark |
6.77 | 6.95 | 6.89 | 6.95 | 810 |
| 19 | Ruedi Mangisch |  Switzerland |
6.82 | x | 6.94 | 6.94 | 808 |
| T20 | Vijay Singh Chauhan |  India |
6.82 | x | 6.92 | 6.92 | 804 |
| T20 | Heinz Born | Switzerland |
x | 6.92 | x | 6.92 | 804 |
| 22 | Gerry Moro |  Canada |
6.86 | 6.91 | 6.88 | 6.91 | 802 |
| 23 | Radu Gavrilaş |  Romania |
6.90 | 6.71 | x | 6.90 | 800 |
| T24 | Jean-Pierre Schoebel | France |
6.42 | 6.89 | 6.53 | 6.89 | 798 |
| T24 | Lennart Hedmark |  Sweden |
6.78 | x | 6.89 | 6.89 | 798 |
| 26 | Hans-Joachim Perk | West Germany |
x | x | 6.82 | 6.82 | 782 |
| T27 | Clifford Brooks |  Barbados |
6.64 | 6.81 | 5.23 | ||
| T27 | Leonid Lytvynenko | Soviet Union |
6.81 | 6.57 | 6.71 | 6.81 | 780 |
| 29 | Boris Ivanov | Soviet Union |
6.59 | 6.26 | 6.57 | 6.59 | 734 |
| 30 | Bruce Jenner | United States |
6.49 | 6.53 | 6.46 | 6.53 | 721 |
| T31 | Horst Beyer | West Germany |
x | x | 6.51 | 6.51 | 717 |
| T31 | Luis Flores |  Guatemala |
6.51 | 6.02 | x | 6.51 | 717 |
| 33 | Wilfred Mwalawanda |  Malawi |
x | x | 5.68 | 5.68 | 533 |