Olympic Games 1972 - Munich

MEN MARATHON - 2:12:19.8 Frank Charles SHORTER (usa)

The men's marathon was held on Sunday September 10, 1972. The race started at 3.00 p.m. local time. A total number of 62 athletes completed the race, with Maurice Charlotin from Haiti finishing in 62nd and last position in 3:29:21. There were 74 competitors from 39 countries. Twelve of them did not finish.

Results
1°	Frank	Shorter	United States of America	2:12:19
2°	Karel	Lismont	Belgium	2:14:31
3°	Mamo	Wolde	Ethiopia	2:15:08
4°	Kenneth	Moore	United States of America	2:15:39
5°	Kenji	Kimihara	Japan	2:16:27
6°	Ron	Hill	Great Britain	2:16:30
7°	Donald	MacGregor	Great Britain	2:16:34
8°	Jack	Foster	New Zealand	2:16:56
9°	Jack	Bacheler	United States of America	2:17:38
10°	Lengissa	Bedane	Ethiopia	2:18:36
11°	Seppo	Nikkari	Finland	2:18:49
12°	Akio	Usami	Japan	2:18:58
13°	Derek	Clayton	Australia	2:19:49
14°	Yuri	Velikorodnykh	Soviet Union	2:20:02
15°	Anatoly	Baranov	Soviet Union	2:20:10
16°	Paul	Angenvoorth	West Germany	2:20:19
17°	Richard	Mabuza	Swaziland	2:20:39
18°	Demisse	Wolde	Ethiopia	2:20:44
19°	Reino	Paukkonen	Finland	2:21:06
20°	Colin	Kirkham	Great Britain	2:21:54
21°	Antonio	Brutti	Italy	2:22:12
22°	Dave	McKenzie	New Zealand	2:22:19
23°	Daniel	McDaid	Ireland	2:22:25
24°	Renato	Martini	Italy	2:22:41
25°	Eckhard	Lesse	East Germany	2:22:49
26°	Jacinto	Sabinal	Mexico	2:22:56
27°	Gyula	Tóth	Hungary	2:22:59
28°	Fernand	Kolbeck	France	2:23:01
29°	Hernándo	Barreneche	Colombia	2:23:40
30°	Jørgen	Jensen	Denmark	2:24:00
31°	Manfred	Steffny	West Germany	2:24:25
32°	Lutz	Philipp	West Germany	2:24:25
33°	Ferenc	Szekeres	Hungary	2:25:17
34°	Terry	Manners	Australia	2:25:29
35°	Igor	Cherbak	Soviet Union	2:25:37
36°	Yoshiaki	Unetami	Japan	2:25:59
37°	Kim	Chang-Son	North Korea	2:26:45
38°	Franco	de Menego	Italy	2:26:52
39°	Agustin	Fernández-Diaz	Spain	2:27:14
40°	Edward	Stawiarz	Poland	2:28:12
41°	Armando	Aldegalega	Portugal	2:28:24
42°	Desmond	McGann	Ireland	2:28:31
43°	Carlos	Cuque	Guatemala	2:28:37
44°	Alfons	Sidler	Switzerland	2:29:09
45°	Alfredo	Penaloza	Mexico	2:29:51
46°	Walter	van Renterghem	Belgium	2:29:58
47°	Donald	Walsh	Ireland	2:31:12
48°	Álvaro	Mejía	Colombia	2:31:56
49°	Ryu	Man-Hyong	North Korea	2:32:29
50°	Carlos	Pérez	Spain	2:33:22
51°	Rafael	Tadeo	Mexico	2:35:48
52°	Víctor	Mora	Colombia	2:37:34
53°	Fernando	Molina	Argentina	2:38:18
54°	Julio	Quevedo	Guatemala	2:40:38
55°	Ramón	Cabrera	Argentina	2:42:37
56°	Matthews	Kambale	Malawi	2:45:50
57°	Hla	Thein	Burma	2:48:53
58°	Ricardo	Condori	Bolivia	2:56:11
59°	Fulgence	Kwabu	Uganda	2:57:04
60°	Bahadur	Jit Bahktra	Nepal	2:57:58
61°	Crispin	Quispe	Bolivia	3:07:22
62°	Maurice	Charlotin	Haiti	3:29:21
Did not finish
DNF	Nazario	Araujo	Argentina
DNF	Gaston	Roelants	Belgium
DNF	Juvenal	Rocha	Bolivia
DNF	Pekka	Tiihonen	Finland
DNF	Richard	Juma	Kenya
DNF	Rodolfo	Gómez	Nicaragua
DNF	Jama	Awil Aden	Somalia
DNF	Lucien	Rosa	Sri Lanka
DNF	Shagi	Musa Medani	Sudan
DNF	Julius	Wakachu	Tanzania
DNF	Ismail	Akçay	Turkey
Did not start
Disqualified