Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the Games of the XX Olympiad |
| Venue | Olympic Stadium |
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| Dates | 9 September & 10 September |
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The men's 4 × 400 metres relay was the longer of the two men's relays on the Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics program in Munich. It was held on 9 September and 10 September 1972. The United States had the three best 400 metre runners at the Olympics. The 400 metres had been won by Vince Matthews earlier in the games. Matthews and 400 metres silver medalist, Wayne Collett staged a protest on the podium, where they were talking to each other and not standing at attention during the National Anthem. These actions caused the IOC to ban them from the rest of the Olympics. This combined with, John Smith’s hamstring injury, suffered earlier in the Olympics, caused the heavy favorite United States team to not have enough runners even with the two alternates. The U.S. was unable to compete in the event. With the U.S. team out of this opened up the field for everyone.[1]
Results
Top two in each heat (blue) and the next two fastest (green) advanced to the finals.
Heats
Heat one
| Rank | Names | Nationality | Time |
| 1 | Martin Reynolds, Alan Pascoe, Dave Hemery, David Jenkins |  Great Britain | 3:01.26 |
| 2 | Charles Asati, Munyoro Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang |  Kenya | 3:01.27 |
| 3 | Erik Carlgren, Anders Faager, Kent Öhman, Ulf Rönner |  Sweden | 3:03.05 |
| 4 | Ian Gordon, Brian MacLaren, Craig Blackman, Tony Powell |  Canada | 3:04.22 |
| 5 | Miro Kocuvan, Laszlo Ubori, Jozo Alebić, Milorad Čikić |  Yugoslavia | 3:05.70 |
| 6 | Omar Ghizlat, Ahmed Hasnaoui, Salah Fettouh, Mohamed Bouboud |  Morocco | 3:05.92 |
| 7 | Silva Fernando, Alberto Matos, José Carvalho, Fernando Mamede |  Portugal | 3:10.00 |
| – | Maurice Peoples, Tommy Turner, Lee Evans, John Smith |  United States | DNS |
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Heat two
| Rank | Names | Nationality | Time |
| 1 | Bernd Herrmann, Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske, Hermann Köhler, Karl Honz |  West Germany | 3:03.27 |
| 2 | Arthur Cooper, Pat Marshall, Charles Joseph, Edwin Roberts |  Trinidad and Tobago | 3:03.48 |
| 3 | Musa Dogon Yaro, Bruce Ijirighwo, Mamman Makama, Robert Ojo |  Nigeria | 3:04.31 |
| 4 | Tegegne Bezabeh, Shoangizaw Worku, Ketema Benti, Mulugetta Tadesse | .svg.png) Ethiopia | 3:08.59 |
| 5 | Daniele Giovanardi, Giacomo Puosi, Lorenzo Cellerino, Sergio Bello |  Italy | 3:09.7 |
| 6 | Hamad Ndee, Obedi Mwanga, Omari Abdallah, Claver Kamanya |  Tanzania | 3:10.1 |
| 7 | Omar Ba, Abou Mamadou Sow, Samba Dièye, Jean-Pierre Mango |  Senegal | 3:11.2 |
| 8 | Mohamed Musa Gadou, Dafallah Sultan Farah, Ibrahim Saad Abdel Galil, Angelo Hussein |  Sudan | 3:14.5 |
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Heat three
| Rank | Names | Nationality | Time |
| 1 | Jan Werner, Jan Balachowski, Zbigniew Jaremski, Andrzej Badeński | .svg.png) Poland | 3:02.52 |
| 2 | Stig Lönnqvist, Ari Salin, Ossi Karttunen, Markku Kukkoaho |  Finland | 3:02.97 |
| 3 | Gilles Bertould, Daniel Velasques, Francis Kerbiriou, Jacques Carette |  France | 3:03.13 |
| 4 | Leighton Priestley, Kim Rowe, Trevor Campbell, Alfred Daley |  Jamaica | 3:03.83 |
| 5 | Raúl Dome, Félix Pérez, José Jacinto Hidalgo, Eric Phillips | .svg.png) Venezuela | 3:06.99 |
| 6 | Tambusamy Krishnan, Sinnayah Sabapathy, Mohamed Hassan bin Osman, Baba Singhe Peyadesa |  Malaysia | 3:13.51 |
| – | Mohamad Younas, Norman Brinkworth, M. Seediq, Iqbal Nusrat |  Pakistan | DNS |
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Final
| Rank | Names | Nationality | Time |
01 ! | Charles Asati, Munyoro Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang | Kenya | 2:59.83 |
02 ! | Martin Reynolds, Alan Pascoe, Dave Hemery, David Jenkins | Great Britain | 3:00.46 |
03 ! | Gilles Bertould, Daniel Velasques, Francis Kerbiriou, Jacques Carette | France | 3:00.65 |
| 4 | Bernd Herrmann, Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske, Hermann Köhler, Karl Honz | West Germany | 3:00.88 |
| 5 | Jan Werner, Jan Balachowski, Zbigniew Jaremski, Andrzej Badeński | Poland | 3:01.05 |
| 6 | Stig Lönnqvist, Ari Salin, Ossi Karttunen, Markku Kukkoaho | Finland | 3:01.12 |
| 7 | Erik Carlgren, Anders Faager, Kent Öhman, Ulf Rönner | Sweden | 3:02.57 |
| 8 | Arthur Cooper, Pat Marshall, Charles Joseph, Edwin Roberts | Trinidad and Tobago | 3:03.58 |
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