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#deeaf6}@media(max-width:720px){body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .sidebar{width:100%!important;clear:both;float:none!important;margin-left:0!important;margin-right:0!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar-games-events{background:black;color:white}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar-games-events-heading,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar-games-events-title{color:black}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar-games-events{background:black;color:white}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar-games-events-heading,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar-games-events-title{color:black}}</style><table class="sidebar-games-events sidebar nomobile"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-games-events-title" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Athletics</a> at the<br /><a href="/wiki/1972_Summer_Olympics" title="1972 Summer Olympics">1972 Summer Olympics</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-games-events-image" colspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Olympic_Athletics.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Olympic_Athletics.png/50px-Olympic_Athletics.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Olympic_Athletics.png/75px-Olympic_Athletics.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Olympic_Athletics.png/100px-Olympic_Athletics.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-games-events-heading" colspan="3">Track events</th></tr><tr><th class="event">100 m</th><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metres" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres">men</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metres" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres">women</a></td></tr><tr><th class="event">200 m</th><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metres" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres">men</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metres" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres">women</a></td></tr><tr><th class="event">400 m</th><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_400_metres" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres">men</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_400_metres" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres">women</a></td></tr><tr><th class="event">800 m</th><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_800_metres" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres">men</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_800_metres" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres">women</a></td></tr><tr><th class="event">1500 m</th><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_1500_metres" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres">men</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_1500_metres" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres">women</a></td></tr><tr><th class="event">5000 m</th><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_5000_metres" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres">men</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th class="event">10,000 m</th><td><a 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events</th></tr><tr><th class="event">Marathon</th><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_marathon" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon">men</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th class="event">20 km walk</th><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_20_kilometres_walk" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk">men</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th class="event">50 km walk</th><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_50_kilometres_walk" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk">men</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-games-events-heading" colspan="3">Field events</th></tr><tr><th class="event">Long jump</th><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_long_jump" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump">men</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_long_jump" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump">women</a></td></tr><tr><th class="event">Triple jump</th><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_triple_jump" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump">men</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th class="event">High jump</th><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_high_jump" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump">men</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_high_jump" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump">women</a></td></tr><tr><th class="event">Pole vault</th><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_pole_vault" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault">men</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th class="event">Shot put</th><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_shot_put" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put">men</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_shot_put" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put">women</a></td></tr><tr><th class="event">Discus throw</th><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_discus_throw" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw">men</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_discus_throw" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw">women</a></td></tr><tr><th class="event">Javelin throw</th><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_javelin_throw" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw">men</a></td><td><a 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round. </p><p><b>Heat one</b> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Names</th> <th>Nationality</th> <th>Time </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>1</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Kornelyuk" title="Aleksandr Kornelyuk">Aleksandr Kornelyuk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Lovetskiy" title="Vladimir Lovetskiy">Vladimir Lovetskiy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juris_Silovs_(athlete)" title="Juris Silovs (athlete)">Juris Silovs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Valeriy_Borzov" title="Valeriy Borzov">Valeriy Borzov</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/West_Germany_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics">West Germany</a></td> <td>39.17 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>3</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Manfred_Kokot" title="Manfred Kokot">Manfred Kokot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bernd_Borth" title="Bernd Borth">Bernd Borth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hans-J%C3%BCrgen_Bombach" title="Hans-Jürgen Bombach">Hans-Jürgen Bombach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siegfried_Schenke" title="Siegfried Schenke">Siegfried Schenke</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/East_Germany_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics">East Germany</a></td> <td>39.17 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>4</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Georg_Regner" title="Georg Regner">Georg Regner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Axel_Nepraunik" title="Axel Nepraunik">Axel Nepraunik</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gert_N%C3%B6ster" title="Gert Nöster">Gert Nöster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helmut_Lang_(athlete)" title="Helmut Lang (athlete)">Helmut Lang</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/33px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/44px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Austria_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Austria at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Austria</a></td> <td>40.49 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Luis_Alers" title="Luis Alers">Luis Alers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guillermo_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(athlete)" title="Guillermo González (athlete)">Guillermo González</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Ferrer_(athlete)" title="Pedro Ferrer (athlete)">Pedro Ferrer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Vizcarrondo" title="Jorge Vizcarrondo">Jorge Vizcarrondo</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico_%281952%E2%80%931995%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico_%281952%E2%80%931995%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico_%281952%E2%80%931995%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico_%281952%E2%80%931995%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico_%281952%E2%80%931995%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico_%281952%E2%80%931995%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Puerto Rico at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Puerto Rico</a></td> <td>41.34 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Jaman_Al-Dosari" title="Mohamed Jaman Al-Dosari">Mohamed Jaman Al-Dosari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mansour_Al-Juaid" title="Mansour Al-Juaid">Mansour Al-Juaid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bilal_Said_Al-Azma" title="Bilal Said Al-Azma">Bilal Said Al-Azma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Said_Khalil_Al-Dosari" title="Said Khalil Al-Dosari">Said Khalil Al-Dosari</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia_%281938%E2%80%931973%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia_%281938%E2%80%931973%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia_%281938%E2%80%931973%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia_%281938%E2%80%931973%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia_%281938%E2%80%931973%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia_%281938%E2%80%931973%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Saudi Arabia at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Saudi Arabia</a></td> <td>43.35 </td></tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Younis" title="Muhammad Younis">Muhammad Younis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norman_Brinkworth" title="Norman Brinkworth">Norman Brinkworth</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_Siddiq&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Muhammad Siddiq (page does not exist)">Muhammad Siddiq</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nusrat_Iqbal_Sahi" title="Nusrat Iqbal Sahi">Nusrat Iqbal Sahi</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/33px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/44px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Pakistan at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Pakistan</a></td> <td>DNS </td></tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Abdulazeez_Abdulkareem" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdulazeez Abdulkareem">Abdulazeez Abdulkareem</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Malik_Murdhi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malik Murdhi (page does not exist)">Malik Murdhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Mubarak_(athlete)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohamed Mubarak (athlete)">Mohamed Mubarak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Younis_Abdallah_Rabee" class="mw-redirect" title="Younis Abdallah Rabee">Younis Abdallah Rabee</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Kuwait_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Kuwait_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Kuwait_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Kuwait_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Kuwait_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Kuwait_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kuwait_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Kuwait at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Kuwait</a></td> <td>DNS </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Heat two</b> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Names</th> <th>Nationality</th> <th>Time </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>1</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Bourbeillon" title="Patrick Bourbeillon">Patrick Bourbeillon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Gr%C3%A8s" title="Jean-Pierre Grès">Jean-Pierre Grès</a>, <a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Fenouil" title="Gérard Fenouil">Gérard Fenouil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Metz" title="René Metz">René Metz</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/33px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/44px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/France_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="France at the 1972 Summer Olympics">France</a></td> <td>39.01 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>2</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jaroslav_Matou%C5%A1ek" title="Jaroslav Matoušek">Jaroslav Matoušek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juraj_Deme%C4%8D" title="Juraj Demeč">Juraj Demeč</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Kynos" title="Jiří Kynos">Jiří Kynos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lud%C4%9Bk_Bohman" title="Luděk Bohman">Luděk Bohman</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Czechoslovakia</a></td> <td>39.31 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>3</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rex_Bazunu" title="Rex Bazunu">Rex Bazunu</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Olakunle" title="James Olakunle">James Olakunle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Benedict_Majekodunmi" title="Benedict Majekodunmi">Benedict Majekodunmi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kola_Abdulai" title="Kola Abdulai">Kola Abdulai</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/33px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/44px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nigeria_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Nigeria at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Nigeria</a></td> <td>39.66 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>4</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Humberto_Galea" title="Humberto Galea">Humberto Galea</a>, <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Mata" title="Félix Mata">Félix Mata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alberto_March%C3%A1n" title="Alberto Marchán">Alberto Marchán</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Rico_(sprinter)" title="Jesús Rico (sprinter)">Jesús Rico</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png/22px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png/33px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png/44px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1333" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Venezuela_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Venezuela at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Venezuela</a></td> <td>39.74 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kouakou_Komenan" title="Kouakou Komenan">Kouakou Komenan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amadou_Me%C3%AFt%C3%A9" title="Amadou Meïté">Amadou Meïté</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kouami_N%E2%80%99Dri" class="mw-redirect" title="Kouami N’Dri">Kouami N’Dri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gaoussou_Kon%C3%A9" title="Gaoussou Koné">Gaoussou Koné</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/22px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/33px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/44px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Ivory Coast at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Ivory Coast</a></td> <td>39.81 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jean-Louis_Ravelomanantsoa" title="Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa">Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Rabenja" title="Alfred Rabenja">Alfred Rabenja</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Ralainasolo" title="André Ralainasolo">André Ralainasolo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henri_Rafaralahy" title="Henri Rafaralahy">Henri Rafaralahy</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/22px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/33px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/44px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Madagascar_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Madagascar at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Madagascar</a></td> <td>40.58 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Chung-ping" class="mw-redirect" title="Lee Chung-ping">Lee Chung-ping</a>, <a href="/wiki/Su_Wen-ho" title="Su Wen-ho">Su Wen-ho</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chen_Chin-long" title="Chen Chin-long">Chen Chin-long</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chen_Ming-chi" title="Chen Ming-chi">Chen Ming-chi</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Republic of China at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Republic of China</a></td> <td>41.78 </td></tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Sartee" title="Andrew Sartee">Andrew Sartee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_O%27Brien_Howe" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas O'Brien Howe">Thomas O'Brien Howe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominic_Saidu" title="Dominic Saidu">Dominic Saidu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Nma" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Nma">Thomas Nma</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Liberia_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Liberia at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Liberia</a></td> <td>DNS </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Heat three</b> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Names</th> <th>Nationality</th> <th>Time </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>1</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Wagner" title="Stanisław Wagner">Stanisław Wagner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tadeusz_Cuch" title="Tadeusz Cuch">Tadeusz Cuch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerzy_Czerbniak" title="Jerzy Czerbniak">Jerzy Czerbniak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zenon_Nowosz" title="Zenon Nowosz">Zenon Nowosz</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Poland_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Poland at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Poland</a></td> <td>39.11 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>2</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ohene_Karikari" title="Ohene Karikari">Ohene Karikari</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Addy" title="James Addy">James Addy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Osei-Agyemang" title="Sandy Osei-Agyemang">Sandy Osei-Agyemang</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Daniels_(athlete)" title="George Daniels (athlete)">George Daniels</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/33px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/44px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ghana_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Ghana at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Ghana</a></td> <td>39.46 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>3</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Antti_Rajam%C3%A4ki" title="Antti Rajamäki">Antti Rajamäki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raimo_Vil%C3%A9n" title="Raimo Vilén">Raimo Vilén</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erik_Gustafsson_(athlete)" class="mw-redirect" title="Erik Gustafsson (athlete)">Erik Gustafsson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Markku_Juhola" title="Markku Juhola">Markku Juhola</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/33px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/44px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Finland_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Finland at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Finland</a></td> <td>39.54 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>4</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Triana_(athlete)" title="José Triana (athlete)">José Triana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juan_Morales_(Cuban_athlete)" class="mw-redirect" title="Juan Morales (Cuban athlete)">Juan Morales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hermes_Ram%C3%ADrez" title="Hermes Ramírez">Hermes Ramírez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pablo_Montes_(athlete)" title="Pablo Montes (athlete)">Pablo Montes</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cuba_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Cuba at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Cuba</a></td> <td>39.65 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Malang_Man%C3%A9" title="Malang Mané">Malang Mané</a>, Christian Dorosario, <a href="/wiki/Momar_N%E2%80%99Dao" class="mw-redirect" title="Momar N’Dao">Momar N’Dao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barka_Sy" title="Barka Sy">Barka Sy</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/22px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/33px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/44px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Senegal_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Senegal at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Senegal</a></td> <td>40.95 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Somsakdi_Boontud" class="mw-redirect" title="Somsakdi Boontud">Somsakdi Boontud</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surapong_Ariyamongkol" title="Surapong Ariyamongkol">Surapong Ariyamongkol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Panus_Ariyamongkol" class="mw-redirect" title="Panus Ariyamongkol">Panus Ariyamongkol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anat_Ratanapol" title="Anat Ratanapol">Anat Ratanapol</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/22px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/33px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/44px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Thailand_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Thailand at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Thailand</a></td> <td>41.04 </td></tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Fray" title="Michael Fray">Michael Fray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Donald_Quarrie" class="mw-redirect" title="Donald Quarrie">Donald Quarrie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lennox_Miller" title="Lennox Miller">Lennox Miller</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Horace_Levy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Horace Levy (page does not exist)">Horace Levy</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/22px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/33px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/44px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jamaica_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Jamaica at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Jamaica</a></td> <td>DNS </td></tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ainsely_Armstrong" class="mw-redirect" title="Ainsely Armstrong">Ainsely Armstrong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rudolph_Reid" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudolph Reid">Rudolph Reid</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bertram_Lovell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bertram Lovell (page does not exist)">Bertram Lovell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hasely_Crawford" title="Hasely Crawford">Hasely Crawford</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/22px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/33px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/44px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Trinidad and Tobago at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Trinidad and Tobago</a></td> <td>DNS </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Heat four</b> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Names</th> <th>Nationality</th> <th>Time </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>1</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Black_(sprinter)" title="Larry Black (sprinter)">Larry Black</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Taylor_(sprinter_born_1948)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Taylor (sprinter born 1948)">Robert Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Tinker" title="Gerald Tinker">Gerald Tinker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Hart_(athlete)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eddie Hart (athlete)">Eddie Hart</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics">United States</a></td> <td>38.96 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>2</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Vincenzo_Guerini_(athlete)" title="Vincenzo Guerini (athlete)">Vincenzo Guerini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ennio_Preatoni" title="Ennio Preatoni">Ennio Preatoni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luigi_Benedetti" title="Luigi Benedetti">Luigi Benedetti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pietro_Mennea" title="Pietro Mennea">Pietro Mennea</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/33px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/44px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Italy_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Italy at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Italy</a></td> <td>39.29 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>3</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Berwyn_Price" title="Berwyn Price">Berwyn Price</a>, <a href="/wiki/Don_Halliday" title="Don Halliday">Don Halliday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Dear" title="Dave Dear">Dave Dear</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Green_(athlete)" title="Brian Green (athlete)">Brian Green</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Great Britain</a></td> <td>39.63 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>4</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Antoine_Nkounkou" title="Antoine Nkounkou">Antoine Nkounkou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Nkanza" title="Louis Nkanza">Louis Nkanza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Bassegela" title="Jean-Pierre Bassegela">Jean-Pierre Bassegela</a>, <a href="/wiki/Th%C3%A9ophile_Nkounkou" title="Théophile Nkounkou">Théophile Nkounkou</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Republic of the Congo at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Republic of the Congo</a></td> <td>39.86 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Smith_(athlete)" title="Danny Smith (athlete)">Danny Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harry_Lockhart" title="Harry Lockhart">Harry Lockhart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walter_Callander" title="Walter Callander">Walter Callander</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Sands_(athlete)" title="Mike Sands (athlete)">Mike Sands</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281964%E2%80%931973%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281964%E2%80%931973%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281964%E2%80%931973%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281964%E2%80%931973%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281964%E2%80%931973%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281964%E2%80%931973%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bahamas_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Bahamas at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Bahamas</a></td> <td>40.48 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Obedi_Mwanga" title="Obedi Mwanga">Obedi Mwanga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norman_Chihota" title="Norman Chihota">Norman Chihota</a>, <a href="/wiki/Claver_Kamanya" title="Claver Kamanya">Claver Kamanya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hamad_Ndee" title="Hamad Ndee">Hamad Ndee</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/22px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/33px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/44px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tanzania_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Tanzania at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Tanzania</a></td> <td>41.07 </td></tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sisaye_Feleke" title="Sisaye Feleke">Sisaye Feleke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Belay" class="mw-redirect" title="Solomon Belay">Solomon Belay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kebede_Bedasso" title="Kebede Bedasso">Kebede Bedasso</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egzi-Gebre-Gebre" class="mw-redirect" title="Egzi-Gebre-Gebre">Egzi-Gebre-Gebre</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Ethiopia at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Ethiopia</a></td> <td>DNF </td></tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_S%C3%A1nchez_Para%C3%ADso" title="José Luis Sánchez Paraíso">José Luis Sánchez Paraíso</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Carballo_(athlete)" title="Manuel Carballo (athlete)">Manuel Carballo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Garc%C3%ADa_(athlete)" title="Francisco García (athlete)">Francisco García</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luis_Sarr%C3%ADa" title="Luis Sarría">Luis Sarría</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Spain_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Spain at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Spain</a></td> <td>DNF </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Semifinals">Semifinals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Semifinals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The top four teams in each of the two heats advanced to the final. </p><p><b>Heat one</b> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Names</th> <th>Nationality</th> <th>Time </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>1</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Black_(sprinter)" title="Larry Black (sprinter)">Larry Black</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Taylor_(sprinter_born_1948)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Taylor (sprinter born 1948)">Robert Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Tinker" title="Gerald Tinker">Gerald Tinker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Hart_(athlete)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eddie Hart (athlete)">Eddie Hart</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics">United States</a></td> <td>38.54 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>2</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jobst_Hirscht" title="Jobst Hirscht">Jobst Hirscht</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karlheinz_Klotz" title="Karlheinz Klotz">Karlheinz Klotz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gerhard_Wucherer" title="Gerhard Wucherer">Gerhard Wucherer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Klaus_Ehl" title="Klaus Ehl">Klaus Ehl</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/West_Germany_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics">West Germany</a></td> <td>38.86 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>3</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Wagner" title="Stanisław Wagner">Stanisław Wagner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tadeusz_Cuch" title="Tadeusz Cuch">Tadeusz Cuch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerzy_Czerbniak" title="Jerzy Czerbniak">Jerzy Czerbniak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zenon_Nowosz" title="Zenon Nowosz">Zenon Nowosz</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Poland_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Poland at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Poland</a></td> <td>38.90 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>4</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jaroslav_Matou%C5%A1ek" title="Jaroslav Matoušek">Jaroslav Matoušek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juraj_Deme%C4%8D" title="Juraj Demeč">Juraj Demeč</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Kynos" title="Jiří Kynos">Jiří Kynos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lud%C4%9Bk_Bohman" title="Luděk Bohman">Luděk Bohman</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Czechoslovakia</a></td> <td>39.01 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Triana_(athlete)" title="José Triana (athlete)">José Triana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juan_Morales_(Cuban_athlete)" class="mw-redirect" title="Juan Morales (Cuban athlete)">Juan Morales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hermes_Ram%C3%ADrez" title="Hermes Ramírez">Hermes Ramírez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pablo_Montes_(athlete)" title="Pablo Montes (athlete)">Pablo Montes</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cuba_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Cuba at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Cuba</a></td> <td>39.04 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kola_Abdulai" title="Kola Abdulai">Kola Abdulai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rex_Bazunu" title="Rex Bazunu">Rex Bazunu</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Olakunle" title="James Olakunle">James Olakunle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timon_Oyebami" title="Timon Oyebami">Timon Oyebami</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/33px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/44px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nigeria_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Nigeria at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Nigeria</a></td> <td>39.73 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ohene_Karikari" title="Ohene Karikari">Ohene Karikari</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Addy" title="James Addy">James Addy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Osei-Agyemang" title="Sandy Osei-Agyemang">Sandy Osei-Agyemang</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Daniels_(athlete)" title="George Daniels (athlete)">George Daniels</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/33px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/44px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ghana_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Ghana at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Ghana</a></td> <td>39.99 </td></tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Georg_Regner" title="Georg Regner">Georg Regner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Axel_Nepraunik" title="Axel Nepraunik">Axel Nepraunik</a>, <a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_W%C3%BCrfel" title="Günther Würfel">Günther Würfel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helmut_Lang_(athlete)" title="Helmut Lang (athlete)">Helmut Lang</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/33px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/44px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Austria_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Austria at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Austria</a></td> <td>DQ </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Heat two</b> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Names</th> <th>Nationality</th> <th>Time </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>1</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Bourbeillon" title="Patrick Bourbeillon">Patrick Bourbeillon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Gr%C3%A8s" title="Jean-Pierre Grès">Jean-Pierre Grès</a>, <a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Fenouil" title="Gérard Fenouil">Gérard Fenouil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Cherrier" title="Bruno Cherrier">Bruno Cherrier</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/33px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/44px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/France_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="France at the 1972 Summer Olympics">France</a></td> <td>39.00 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>2</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Kornelyuk" title="Aleksandr Kornelyuk">Aleksandr Kornelyuk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Lovetsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Vladimir Lovetsky">Vladimir Lovetsky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juris_Silovs_(athlete)" title="Juris Silovs (athlete)">Juris Silovs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Valeriy_Borzov" title="Valeriy Borzov">Valeriy Borzov</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Soviet Union</a></td> <td>39.00 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>3</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Manfred_Kokot" title="Manfred Kokot">Manfred Kokot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bernd_Borth" title="Bernd Borth">Bernd Borth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hans-J%C3%BCrgen_Bombach" title="Hans-Jürgen Bombach">Hans-Jürgen Bombach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siegfried_Schenke" title="Siegfried Schenke">Siegfried Schenke</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/East_Germany_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics">East Germany</a></td> <td>39.06 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightblue"> <td>4</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Vincenzo_Guerini_(athlete)" title="Vincenzo Guerini (athlete)">Vincenzo Guerini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ennio_Preatoni" title="Ennio Preatoni">Ennio Preatoni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luigi_Benedetti" title="Luigi Benedetti">Luigi Benedetti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pietro_Mennea" title="Pietro Mennea">Pietro Mennea</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/33px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/44px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Italy_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Italy at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Italy</a></td> <td>39.21 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Antti_Rajam%C3%A4ki" title="Antti Rajamäki">Antti Rajamäki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raimo_Vil%C3%A9n" title="Raimo Vilén">Raimo Vilén</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erik_Gustafsson_(athlete)" class="mw-redirect" title="Erik Gustafsson (athlete)">Erik Gustafsson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Markku_Juhola" title="Markku Juhola">Markku Juhola</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/33px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/44px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Finland_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Finland at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Finland</a></td> <td>39.30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Les_Piggot" title="Les Piggot">Les Piggot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Don_Halliday" title="Don Halliday">Don Halliday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Dear" title="Dave Dear">Dave Dear</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Green_(athlete)" title="Brian Green (athlete)">Brian Green</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Great Britain</a></td> <td>39.47 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Humberto_Galea" title="Humberto Galea">Humberto Galea</a>, <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Mata" title="Félix Mata">Félix Mata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alberto_March%C3%A1n" title="Alberto Marchán">Alberto Marchán</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Rico_(sprinter)" title="Jesús Rico (sprinter)">Jesús Rico</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png/22px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png/33px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png/44px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1333" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Venezuela_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Venezuela at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Venezuela</a></td> <td>39.74 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Antoine_Nkounkou" title="Antoine Nkounkou">Antoine Nkounkou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Nkanza" title="Louis Nkanza">Louis Nkanza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Bassegela" title="Jean-Pierre Bassegela">Jean-Pierre Bassegela</a>, <a href="/wiki/Th%C3%A9ophile_Nkounkou" title="Théophile Nkounkou">Théophile Nkounkou</a></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="1st place, gold medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Black_(sprinter)" title="Larry Black (sprinter)">Larry Black</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Taylor_(sprinter_born_1948)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Taylor (sprinter born 1948)">Robert Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Tinker" title="Gerald Tinker">Gerald Tinker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Hart_(athlete)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eddie Hart (athlete)">Eddie Hart</a></td> <td align="left"><span 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Olympics">Summary</a></i></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1932_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1968</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="color:#AAA;">1912</span></li> <li><span style="color:#AAA;">1920</span></li> <li><span style="color:#AAA;">1924</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1932_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay">2020</a></li> <li><a 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title="Template talk:Olympic champions 4 × 100 metres men"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Olympic_champions_4_%C3%97_100_metres_men" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Olympic champions 4 × 100 metres men"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Olympic_champions_in_men&#039;s_4_×_100_metres_relay" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay_at_the_Olympics" title="4 × 100 metres relay at the Olympics">Olympic champions in men's 4 × 100 metres relay</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd plainlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 50em;"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1912</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/David_Jacobs_(Welsh_athlete)" title="David Jacobs (Welsh athlete)">David Jacobs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Macintosh" title="Henry Macintosh">Henry Macintosh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victor_d%27Arcy" title="Victor d'Arcy">Victor d'Arcy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Applegarth" title="Willie Applegarth">Willie Applegarth</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics">GBR</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1920</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Charley_Paddock" title="Charley Paddock">Charley Paddock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Scholz" title="Jackson Scholz">Jackson Scholz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Loren_Murchison" title="Loren Murchison">Loren Murchison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morris_Kirksey" title="Morris Kirksey">Morris Kirksey</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1924</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Loren_Murchison" title="Loren Murchison">Loren Murchison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Clarke_(athlete)" title="Louis Clarke (athlete)">Louis Clarke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Hussey" title="Frank Hussey">Frank Hussey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al_LeConey" title="Al LeConey">Al LeConey</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1928</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Frank_Wykoff" title="Frank Wykoff">Frank Wykoff</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Quinn_(athlete)" title="James Quinn (athlete)">James Quinn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charley_Borah" title="Charley Borah">Charley Borah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Russell_(athlete)" title="Henry Russell (athlete)">Henry Russell</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1928 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1932_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1932</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Kiesel" title="Bob Kiesel">Bob Kiesel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emmett_Toppino" title="Emmett Toppino">Emmett Toppino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hector_Dyer" title="Hector Dyer">Hector Dyer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Wykoff" title="Frank Wykoff">Frank Wykoff</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1932_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1932 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1936</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Owens" title="Jesse Owens">Jesse Owens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Metcalfe" title="Ralph Metcalfe">Ralph Metcalfe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foy_Draper" title="Foy Draper">Foy Draper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Wykoff" title="Frank Wykoff">Frank Wykoff</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1948</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Barney_Ewell" title="Barney Ewell">Barney Ewell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Wright" title="Lorenzo Wright">Lorenzo Wright</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harrison_Dillard" title="Harrison Dillard">Harrison Dillard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mel_Patton" title="Mel Patton">Mel Patton</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1952</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dean_Smith_(sprinter)" title="Dean Smith (sprinter)">Dean Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harrison_Dillard" title="Harrison Dillard">Harrison Dillard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lindy_Remigino" title="Lindy Remigino">Lindy Remigino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andy_Stanfield" title="Andy Stanfield">Andy Stanfield</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1956</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ira_Murchison" title="Ira Murchison">Ira Murchison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leamon_King" title="Leamon King">Leamon King</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thane_Baker" title="Thane Baker">Thane Baker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Morrow" title="Bobby Morrow">Bobby Morrow</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1960</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/German_Olympic_flag_%281959-1968%29.svg/22px-German_Olympic_flag_%281959-1968%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/German_Olympic_flag_%281959-1968%29.svg/33px-German_Olympic_flag_%281959-1968%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/German_Olympic_flag_%281959-1968%29.svg/44px-German_Olympic_flag_%281959-1968%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bernd_Cullmann" title="Bernd Cullmann">Bernd Cullmann</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armin_Hary" title="Armin Hary">Armin Hary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walter_Mahlendorf" title="Walter Mahlendorf">Walter Mahlendorf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Lauer" title="Martin Lauer">Martin Lauer</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_Team_of_Germany_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" title="United Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics">EUA</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1964</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Drayton_(athlete)" title="Paul Drayton (athlete)">Paul Drayton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Ashworth" title="Gerry Ashworth">Gerry Ashworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Stebbins" title="Richard Stebbins">Richard Stebbins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hayes" title="Bob Hayes">Bob Hayes</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1968</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Greene_(athlete)" title="Charles Greene (athlete)">Charles Greene</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mel_Pender" title="Mel Pender">Mel Pender</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Ray_Smith" title="Ronnie Ray Smith">Ronnie Ray Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hines" title="Jim Hines">Jim Hines</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1972</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Larry_Black_(sprinter)" title="Larry Black (sprinter)">Larry Black</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Taylor_(sprinter,_born_1948)" title="Robert Taylor (sprinter, born 1948)">Robert Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Tinker" title="Gerald Tinker">Gerald Tinker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Hart_(sprinter)" title="Eddie Hart (sprinter)">Eddie Hart</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1976</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Glance" title="Harvey Glance">Harvey Glance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lam_Jones" title="Lam Jones">Lam Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Millard_Hampton" title="Millard Hampton">Millard Hampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Riddick" title="Steve Riddick">Steve Riddick</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1980</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Muravyov_(athlete)" title="Vladimir Muravyov (athlete)">Vladimir Muravyov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nikolay_Sidorov" title="Nikolay Sidorov">Nikolay Sidorov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Aksinin" title="Aleksandr Aksinin">Aleksandr Aksinin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrey_Prokofyev" title="Andrey Prokofyev">Andrey Prokofyev</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics" title="Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics">URS</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1984</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sam_Graddy" title="Sam Graddy">Sam Graddy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Brown_(wide_receiver)" title="Ron Brown (wide receiver)">Ron Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Smith" title="Calvin Smith">Calvin Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Lewis" title="Carl Lewis">Carl Lewis</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1988</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Bryzhin" class="mw-redirect" title="Viktor Bryzhin">Viktor Bryzhin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Krylov" title="Vladimir Krylov">Vladimir Krylov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Muravyov_(athlete)" title="Vladimir Muravyov (athlete)">Vladimir Muravyov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vitaliy_Savin" title="Vitaliy Savin">Vitaliy Savin</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics" title="Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics">URS</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1992</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Marsh_(sprinter)" title="Michael Marsh (sprinter)">Michael Marsh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Burrell" title="Leroy Burrell">Leroy Burrell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Mitchell" title="Dennis Mitchell">Dennis Mitchell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Lewis" title="Carl Lewis">Carl Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Jett" title="James Jett">James Jett</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">1996</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Esmie" title="Robert Esmie">Robert Esmie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glenroy_Gilbert" title="Glenroy Gilbert">Glenroy Gilbert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bruny_Surin" title="Bruny Surin">Bruny Surin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Donovan_Bailey" title="Donovan Bailey">Donovan Bailey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Chambers" title="Carlton Chambers">Carlton Chambers</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics" title="Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics">CAN</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">2000</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jon_Drummond" title="Jon Drummond">Jon Drummond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Williams_(sprinter)" title="Bernard Williams (sprinter)">Bernard Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Lewis_(sprinter)" title="Brian Lewis (sprinter)">Brian Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Greene_(sprinter)" title="Maurice Greene (sprinter)">Maurice Greene</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Montgomery" title="Tim Montgomery">Tim Montgomery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Brokenburr" title="Kenny Brokenburr">Kenny Brokenburr</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">2004</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Gardener" title="Jason Gardener">Jason Gardener</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darren_Campbell" title="Darren Campbell">Darren Campbell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marlon_Devonish" title="Marlon Devonish">Marlon Devonish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Lewis-Francis" title="Mark Lewis-Francis">Mark Lewis-Francis</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics">GBR</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">2008</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/22px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/33px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/44px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Keston_Bledman" title="Keston Bledman">Keston Bledman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marc_Burns" title="Marc Burns">Marc Burns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Callender" title="Emmanuel Callender">Emmanuel Callender</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Thompson_(sprinter)" title="Richard Thompson (sprinter)">Richard Thompson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Armstrong" title="Aaron Armstrong">Aaron Armstrong</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics">TTO</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">2012</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/22px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/33px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/44px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nesta_Carter" title="Nesta Carter">Nesta Carter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Frater" title="Michael Frater">Michael Frater</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yohan_Blake" title="Yohan Blake">Yohan Blake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Usain_Bolt" title="Usain Bolt">Usain Bolt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kemar_Bailey-Cole" title="Kemar Bailey-Cole">Bailey-Cole</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Jamaica_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="Jamaica at the 2012 Summer Olympics">JAM</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">2016</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/22px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/33px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/44px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Asafa_Powell" title="Asafa Powell">Asafa Powell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yohan_Blake" title="Yohan Blake">Yohan Blake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nickel_Ashmeade" title="Nickel Ashmeade">Nickel Ashmeade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Usain_Bolt" title="Usain Bolt">Usain Bolt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jevaughn_Minzie" title="Jevaughn Minzie">Jevaughn Minzie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kemar_Bailey-Cole" title="Kemar Bailey-Cole">Kemar Bailey-Cole</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Jamaica_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics" title="Jamaica at the 2016 Summer Olympics">JAM</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">2020</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/33px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/44px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Patta" title="Lorenzo Patta">Lorenzo Patta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marcell_Jacobs" title="Marcell Jacobs">Marcell Jacobs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fausto_Desalu" title="Fausto Desalu">Fausto Desalu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Filippo_Tortu" title="Filippo Tortu">Filippo Tortu</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Italy_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics" title="Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics">ITA</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">2024</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Brown_(sprinter)" title="Aaron Brown (sprinter)">Aaron Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Blake" title="Jerome Blake">Jerome Blake</a>, <a 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