1972 Women's Olympic Track & Field Medalists

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
Event   Time  
100m Renate Stecher, E. Ger 11.07  
  Raelene Boyle, AUS 11.23  
  Silvia Chivas, CUB 11.24  
200m Renate Stecher, E. Ger 22.40 =WR
  Raelene Boyle, AUS 22.45  
  Irena Szewinska-Kirszenstein, POL 22.74  
400m Monika Zehrt, E. Ger 51.08 OR
  Rita Wilden, W. Ger 51.21  
  Kathy Hammond, USA 51.64  
800m Hildegard Falck, W. Ger 1:58.55 OR
  Niole Sabaite, USSR 1:58.7  
  Gunhild Hoffmeister, E. Ger 1:59.2  
1500m Lyudmila Bragina, USSR 4:01.4 WR
  Gunhild Hoffmeister, E. Ger 4:02.8  
  Paola Cacchi, ITA 4:02.9  
100m H Annelie Ehrhardt, E. Ger 12.59 WR
  Valeria Bufanu, ROM 12.84  
  Karin Balzer, E. Ger 12.90  
4x100m W. Ger. (Christiane Krause, Ingrid
Mickler, Annegret Richter,
Heidemarie Rosendahl)		 42.81 =WR
  East Germany 42.95  
  Cuba 43.36  
4x400m E. Ger. (Dägmar Käsling, Rita Kühne,
Helga Seidler, Monika Zehrt)		 3:23.0 WR
  United States 3:25.2  
  West Germany 3:26.5  
Event   Mark  
High Jump Ulrike Meyfarth, W. Ger 6- 31/2 =WR
  Yordanka Blagoyeva, BUL 6-2  
  Ilona Gusenbauer, AUT 6-2  
Long Jump Heidemarie Rosendahl, W. Ger 22- 3  
  Diana Yorgova, BUL 27-21/2  
  Eva Suranova, CZE 21-103/4  
Shot Put Nadezhda Chizhova, USSR 69- 0 WR
  Margitta Gummel, E. Ger 66-43/4  
  Ivanka Khristova, BUL 63-6  
Discus Faina Melnik, USSR 218- 7 OR
  Argentina Menis, ROM 213-5  
  Vassilka Stoyeva, BUL 211-1  
Javelin Ruth Fuchs, E. Ger 209- 7 OR
  Jaqueline Todten, E. Ger 205-2  
  Kathy Schmidt, USA 196-8  
Pentathlon Mary Peters, GBR 4801 pts WR
  Heide Rosendahl, W. Ger 4791  
  Burglinde Pollak, E. Ger 4768  

 

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