Liberia competed at the

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. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after missing the

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Results by event

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Men's 100 metres * Andrew Sartee :* First Heat — 11.09s (→ did not advance) Men's 800 metres * Thomas O'Brien Howe :* Heat — 2:00.7 (→ did not advance) Men's 1500 metres * Edward Kar :* Heat — 4:21.4 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Relay * Andrew Sartee, Thomas O'Brien Howe, Dominic Saidu, and Thomas Nma :* Heat — DNF (→ did not advance)

References

Official Olympic Reports
Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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