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Athletics At The 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 Metres
The Men's 5000 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany took place on 7 and 10 September 1972. Having won the 10,000 metres a week earlier, Lasse Virén controlled the pace through the first 2000 metres in 5:32.61. David Bedford, tired of the slow pace, passing Viren and leading a crowd to go around to a faster pace. As the pace accelerated, Javier Álvarez came from the rear around the field to take the point for the next kilometre. At 3200 metres, Nikolay Sviridov challenged for the lead. Steve Prefontaine took the lead at 3400 metres. Over the next lap, Viren came from sixth place in line to mark Prefontaine. Viren was in turn marked by Emiel Puttemans. A five-man breakaway formed. With 850 metres to go, Viren passed Prefontaine. Down the back stretch, Prefontaine strained back into the lead. 50 metres before the bell, Viren took the lead again, with Mohammed Gammoudi breaking off the remaining group to mark the leaders. Down the final backstret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Stadium (Munich)
Olympiastadion () is a stadium located in Munich, Germany. Situated at the heart of the ''Olympiapark München'' in northern Munich, the stadium was built as the main venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics. During the Olympics 70,824 tickets—including the unsaleable—were available for the events taking place in the stadium (including the opening and closing ceremonies). Yet, during the track and field competitions, average audiences of 80,000 to 90,000 people were estimated daily. Also, the stadium has hosted many major association football, football matches including the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final and the UEFA Euro 1988 Final—due to up to 5,000 additional short-term stands, the football World Cup Final in 1974 was attended by 75,200 spectators. The stadium also hosted UEFA Champions League, European Cup Finals in 1979 European Cup Final, 1979, 1993 UEFA Champions League Final, 1993 and 1997 UEFA Champions League Final, 1997. Its current capacity is 63,118 seated spectators. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juha Väätäinen
Juha Väätäinen (born 12 July 1941) is a Finnish former athlete. He is the winner of the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter gold medals at the 1971 European Championships, held in Helsinki. He was the eldest of the successful Finnish runners, the others being Lasse Virén, Pekka Vasala, Tapio Kantanen, Martti Vainio, and Kaarlo Maaninka, who came into the limelight in the 1970s. He served as a Member of the Finnish Parliament for Helsinki, representing the Finns Party between 2011 and 2015. Athletics career Early career 1960-68 Väätäinen started his running career as a sprinter. He won his first junior Finnish championship in the 400 metres hurdles in 1960. In 1965-67, his main event was the 800 metres, in which he won Nordic Championship in 1965, beating, for example, young Anders Gärderud. Väätäinen was coached by Paavo Meskus from 1963 until Meskus' death in 1968. However, Väätäinen was pretty independent and planned his training mostly by himself. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant McLaren
Grant McLaren (born 19 August 1948) is a Canadian long-distance runner. He competed in the 5000 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal .... References 1948 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Canadian male long-distance runners Canadian male steeplechase runners Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games Pan American Games track and field athletes for Canada Place of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games athletes for Canada Canadian Track and Field Championships wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmundo Warnke
Pedro Edmundo Warnke Bravo (born 3 July 1951) is a Chilean long-distance runner. He competed in the 5000 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. Warnie finished fourth in the 5,000 metres at the 1971 Pan American Games and sixth in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres in the 1975 Pan American Games. In the 1979 Pan American Games, he finished fifth in the marathon. International competitions Personal bests Outdoor *1500 metres – 3:49.3 (Valpo 1971) *3000 metres – 7:56.0 (Valpo 1976) *5000 metres – 13:36.76 (Cologne 1976) *10,000 metres – 28:18.10 (Munich 1976) *Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ... – 2:14:57 (Neuf Brisach 1976) References 1951 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Benson (athlete)
Anthony Charles Benson (born 20 May 1942) is an Australian former long-distance runner who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. As an athlete, Benson won the 1969 Pacific Conference Games 1500m, set Australian 2000m and 3000m records, ran a sub 4 minute mile and the world’s 8th fastest ever time for 3000m, recorded a world-best time of 27:37 for a road 10 kilometres, was ranked 5th in the world over 5000m, and represented Australia at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Benson was a high school teacher during his athletic career but was later employed as the national coach of the Philippines (1979-1983) and Australia (1988-1993) teams. In addition, he has been the head coach for Asian Games (1983), Commonwealth Games (1990), World Championship (1991), and Olympic Games (1992) teams. He lectured for the International Association of Athletic Federation in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific between 1984 and 2004, co-authored a coaching book entitled "Run With The Best" with US Coach Irv Ray in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tapio Kantanen
Tapio Kantanen (born 31 May 1949) is a Finnish former athlete who mainly competed in the 3,000 metre steeple chase. He competed for Finland at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany where he won the bronze medal in the 3,000 metres steeplechase event. He also competed in the 5,000 metres at Munich, but did not qualify for the final. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ..., Canada, he finished fourth in the 3,000 metres steeplechase. References External links * 1949 births Living people Sportspeople from Heinola Finnish male long-distance runners Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Mose
Paul Mose (born 15 May 1949) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol .... Personal Bests: 5000 – 13:23.2 (1972); 10000 – 28:09.8 (1976); Mar – 2-14:15s (1968). References 1949 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Kenyan male long-distance runners Kenyan male marathon runners Olympic athletes for Kenya African Games silver medalists for Kenya African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games bronze medalists for Kenya African Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Young (runner)
George L. Young (July 24, 1937 – November 8, 2022) was an American track athlete and college coach. He won a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 3000 meter steeplechase and held several American records in events ranging from the two mile to the 5000 meter race. He broke two world records, in the indoor two and three mile events. Early life and education Born in Roswell, New Mexico, Young graduated from Western High School (now Silver High School), in Silver City, New Mexico, in 1955. He then attended the University of Arizona where he competed in track and field and joined the Beta Iota chapter of Theta Chi fraternity. He began running the 3000 meter steeplechase in his senior year and finished second in that event at the National AAU championship. He graduated from the university in 1959 with an undergraduate degree after being named the "outstanding senior athlete" of the year. 1960 Olympics Shortly after graduating, Young qualified for the 1960 Summer Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dušan Moravčík
Dušan Moravčík (born 27 May 1948) is a former Slovak athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He won silver medal in 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1971 European Athletics Championships. Biography Dušan Moravčík was born on born 27 May 1948 in Bánov, Czechoslovakia. represented Czechoslovakia in three editions of the Summer Olympics (1972, 1976 and 1980). He is the current Czech records holder of the 3000 metres steeplechase. Achievements See also * List of European Athletics Championships medalists (men) *Czech records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in the Czech Republic maintained by the Czech Athletics Federation (ČAS). Of the records from the era of Czechoslovakia, those who represented a Czech club at the time of the record are included. ... References External links * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moravcik, Dusan 1948 births Living people Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia Athletes (track and field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Jánský
Josef Jánský (born 24 November 1940) is a Czech long-distance runner. He competed in the 10,000 meters in the 1972 Summer Olympics, finishing in 9th place in the final, as well as the marathon at the 1980 Summer Olympics, which he did not finish. Jánský qualified for Moscow Olympic marathon by running a time of 2:14:28 earlier on May 3, 1980 in Karl Marx City (East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...). Two years earlier he also competed for his country in the 1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon, finishing in 19th place with a time of 2:16:53. References External links * 1940 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Czech male long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Halle
Per Halle (born 6 May 1949) is a former Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres. He represented IF Sturla. At the 1972 Summer Olympics he finished seventh in the 5000 m final in 13:34.4 minutes. At the 1972 European Indoor Championships he finished fifth in 3000 metres. He became Norwegian champion in 1972. His personal best time was 13:27.6 minutes, achieved in July 1974 on Bislett stadion Bislett Stadium () is a sports stadium in Oslo, Norway. Bislett is Norway's most well known sports arena internationally, with 15 speed skating world records and more than 50 track and field world records having been set here. The original stadi .... Halle later coached his daughter Gunhild Halle Haugen. References 1949 births Living people Norwegian male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway Norwegian athletics coaches 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-athletics-bio-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Eisenberg
Frank Eisenberg (7 December 1943 – 12 August 2014) was a German long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ..., representing East Germany. References 1943 births 2014 deaths Sportspeople from Freital German male long-distance runners Athletes from Saxony Olympic athletes for East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics East German Athletics Championships winners 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
