4 x 400 meter herrar vid olympiska sommarspelen 1972 i München avgjordes 9-10 september.
Medaljörer 4 x 400 meter Charles AsatiHezahiah NyamauRobert OukoJulius Sang 2.59,83Martin ReynoldsAlan PascoeDavid HemeryDavid Jenkins 3.00,46Gilles BertouldDaniel VelasquesFrancis KerbiriouJacques Carette 3.00,65
Resultat Heat Heat ett Placering Namn Nationalitet Tid 1 Martin Reynolds, Alan Pascoe, Dave Hemery, David Jenkins 3.01,26 2 Charles Asati, Munyoro Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang 3:01.27 3 Erik Carlgren, Anders Faager, Kent Öhman, Ulf Rönner 3:03.05 4 Ian Gordon, Brian McLaren, Craig Blackman, Tony Powell 3:04.22 5 Miro Kocuvan, Laszlo Ubori, Jozo Alebić, Milorad Čikić 3:05.70 6 Omar Ghizlat, Ahmed Hasnaoui, Salah Fettouh, Mohamed Boubound 3:05.92 7 Silva Fernando, Alberto Matos, José Carvalho, Fernando Mamede 3:10.00 – Maurice Peoples, Tommie Turner, Lee Evans, John Smith DNS
Heat två Placering Namn Nationalitet Tid 1 Bernd Herrmann, Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske, Hermann Köhler, Karl Honz 3.03,27 2 Arthur Cooper, Pat Marshall, Charles Joseph, Edwin Roberts 3:03.48 3 Musa Dogon Yaro, Bruce Ijirighwo, Mamman Makama, Robert Ojo 3:04.31 4 Tegegne Bezabeh, Shoangizaw Worku, Ketema Benti, Mulugetta Tadesse 3:08.59 5 Daniele Giovanardi, Giacomo Puosi, Lorenzo Cellerino, Sergio Bello 3:09.7 6 Hamad Ndee, Obedi Mwanga, Omari Abdallah, Claver Kamanya 3:10.1 7 Omar Ba, Abdou Mamadou Sow, Samba Dièye, Jean-Pierre Mango 3:11.2 8 Mohamed Musa Gadou, Dafallah Sultan Farah, Ibrahim Saad Abdel Galil, Angelo Hussein 3:14.5
Heat tre Placering Namn Nationalitet Tid 1 Jan Werner, Jan Balachowski, Zbigniew Jaremski, Andrzej Badeński 3.02,52 2 Stig Lönnqvist, Ari Salin, Ossi Karttunen, Markku Kukkoaho 3:02.97 3 Gilles Bertould, Daniel Velasques, Francis Kerbiriou, Jacques Carette 3:03.13 4 Leighton Priestley, Kim Rowe, Trevor Campbell, Alfred Daley 3:03.83 5 Raúl Dome, Félix Pérez, José Jacinto Hidalgo, Eric Phillips 3:06.99 6 Tambusamy Krishnan, Sinnayah Sabapathy, Mohamed Hassan bin Osman, Baba Singhe Peyadesa 3:13.51 – Mohamad Younas, Norman Brinkworth, M. Seediq, Iqbal Nusrat DNS
Final Placering Namn Nationalitet Tid Charles Asati, Munyoro Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang 2.59,83 Martin Reynolds, Alan Pascoe, Dave Hemery, David Jenkins 3.00,46 Gilles Bertould, Daniel Velasques, Francis Kerbiriou, Jacques Carette 3.00,65 4 Bernd Herrmann, Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske, Hermann Köhler, Karl Honz 3.00,88 5 Jan Werner, Jan Balachowski, Zbigniew Jaremski, Andrzej Badeński 3.01,05 6 Stig Lönnqvist, Ari Salin, Ossi Karttunen, Markku Kukkoaho 3.01,12 7 Erik Carlgren, Anders Faager, Kent Öhman, Ulf Rönner 3.02,57 8 Arthur Cooper, Pat Marshall, Charles Joseph, Edwin Roberts 3.03,58
Key: DNF = Did not finish (fullföljde inte) * Wind assisted
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