Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres
| Men's 400 metres at the Games of the XX Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany | ||||||||||||
| Date | 3 September 1972 & 7 September 1972 | ||||||||||||
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Vince Matthews |
 United States
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Wayne Collett |
United States
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Julius Sang |
 Kenya
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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.
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
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
Top four in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
Heat two
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