Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres
Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Larry Black United States 20.28
2 Don Quarrie Jamaica 20.43
3 Bruno Cherrier France 20.62
4 Vladimir Lovetskiy Soviet Union 20.83
5 Motsapi Moorosi Lesotho 20.90
6 Su Wen-Ho Republic of China 21.47
7 Audun Garshol Norway 25.30
- Dan Amuke Kenya DNF
Quarterfinals
The top three runners ( blue ) in each of the five heats and the next fastest ( green ) advanced to the semifinal round . Heat one Rank Name Nationality Time 1 Valeriy Borzov Soviet Union 20.30 2 Manfred Ommer West Germany 20.53 3 Jiří Kynos Czechoslovakia 20.68 4 René Metz France 20.83 5 Jimmy Sierra Colombia 20.87 6 Omar Chokhmane Morocco 21.00 7 Guillermo González Puerto Rico 21.10 - Mike Sands Bahamas DNS Heat two Rank Name Nationality Time 1 Jaroslav Matoušek Czechoslovakia 20.65 2 Chuck Smith United States 20.66 3 Ainsley Armstrong Trinidad and Tobago 21.00 4 Bevan Smith New Zealand 21.04 5 George Daniels Ghana 21.10 6 Andrés Calonge Argentina 21.11 7 Markku Juhola Finland 21.19 8 Sunil Gunawardene Sri Lanka 21.31 Heat three Rank Name Nationality Time 1 Larry Burton United States 20.68 2 Martin Jellinghaus West Germany 20.70 3 Siegfried Schenke East Germany 20.79 4 Philippe Clerc Switzerland 20.82 5 Edwin Roberts Trinidad and Tobago 20.99 6 Pasqualino Abeti Italy 21.00 7 Ladislav Kříž Czechoslovakia 21.46 - James Addy Ghana DQ Heat four
These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 3-4 September.