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Olympic stadium, as West German student Norbert Südhaus had run onto the Olympic course wearing a West German track uniform, and ran the last kilometre, including a full lap of the stadium. Thinking that Südhaus was the winner, the crowd
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was held on Sunday
September 10, 1972. The race started at 15:00h local time. There were 74 competitors from 39 countries. Twelve of them did not finish. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by
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Swaziland each made their first appearance in Olympic marathons. The United States made its 17th appearance, the only nation to have competed in each Olympic marathon to that point.
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635:1972 Summer Olympics
214:1972 Summer Olympics
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3499:Alain Mimoun
3476:Emil Zátopek
3315:Ken McArthur
3292:Johnny Hayes
3269:Thomas Hicks
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2751:Josef Jánský
2587:Richard Juma
2495:İsmail Akçay
2161:Rafael Tadeo
2137:Carlos Pérez
2089:Álvaro Mejía
2065:Donald Walsh
1969:Carlos Cuque
1788:Soviet Union
1716:West Germany
1705:Lutz Philipp
1692:West Germany
1548:East Germany
1332:West Germany
1308:Soviet Union
1284:Soviet Union
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681:in 1904 and
679:Thomas Hicks
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643:West Germany
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558:Hammer throw
528:Discus throw
454:Field events
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371:steeplechase
229:Track events
81:Winning time
68:September 10
2880:(in French)
2633:Lucien Rosa
2185:Víctor Mora
2124:North Korea
2004:Switzerland
1836:North Korea
1764:New Zealand
1476:New Zealand
1140:New Zealand
1129:Jack Foster
1033:Kenny Moore
474:Triple jump
413:Road events
73:Competitors
3914:Categories
3568:Mamo Wolde
2775:References
1585:Gyula Tóth
1225:Akio Usami
1009:Mamo Wolde
847:2:12:11.2
802:2:08:33.6
759:Isar River
725:of Japan.
723:Akio Usami
703:Mamo Wolde
697:Background
656:Mamo Wolde
575:Pentathlon
501:Pole vault
442:50 km walk
430:20 km walk
166:Mamo Wolde
3430:Kitei Son
2828:28 August
2823:Olympedia
2529:Argentina
2483:Nicaragua
2305:Hla Thein
2268:Argentina
2244:Guatemala
2220:Argentina
1980:Guatemala
1356:Swaziland
1260:Australia
587:Decathlon
486:High jump
459:Long jump
209:Athletics
89:Medalists
2919:Marathon
2690:Tanzania
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2416:3:07:22
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2368:2:57:04
2344:2:56:11
2320:2:48:53
2296:2:45:50
2272:2:42:37
2248:2:40:38
2224:2:38:18
2200:2:37:34
2196:Colombia
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2152:2:33:22
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2100:Colombia
2080:2:31:12
2056:2:29:58
2032:2:29:51
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1984:2:28:37
1960:2:28:31
1936:2:28:24
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1792:2:25:37
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1720:2:24:25
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1672:2:24:00
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1600:2:22:59
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1528:2:22:41
1504:2:22:25
1480:2:22:19
1456:2:22:12
1432:2:21:54
1408:2:21:06
1384:2:20:44
1380:Ethiopia
1360:2:20:39
1336:2:20:19
1312:2:20:10
1288:2:20:02
1264:2:19:49
1240:2:18:58
1216:2:18:49
1192:2:18:36
1188:Ethiopia
1168:2:17:38
1144:2:16:56
1120:2:16:34
1096:2:16:30
1081:Ron Hill
1072:2:16:27
1048:2:15:39
1024:2:15:08
1020:Ethiopia
994:2:14:31
964:2:12:19
870:Schedule
687:a hoaxer
513:Shot put
418:Marathon
321:10,000 m
176:Ethiopia
2933:Summary
2921:at the
2621:Somalia
2575:Finland
2552:Bolivia
2460:Belgium
2412:Bolivia
2340:Bolivia
2076:Ireland
2052:Belgium
1956:Ireland
1740:Hungary
1668:Denmark
1596:Hungary
1500:Ireland
1404:Finland
1212:Finland
990:Belgium
928:Athlete
918:Results
811:Belgium
807:Antwerp
765:Records
666:Summary
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294:1500 m
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3102:Women
2803:4 May
2713:Nepal
2667:Sudan
2598:Kenya
2436:Haiti
2388:Nepal
2316:Burma
2148:Spain
1884:Spain
1860:Italy
1812:Japan
1524:Italy
1452:Italy
1236:Japan
1068:Japan
934:Time
910:Final
905:15:00
893:Time
890:Date
881:UTC+1
856:Japan
852:Tokyo
743:Waldi
581:women
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243:women
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51:Venue
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3857:2020
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3896:ETH
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3298:USA
3275:USA
3252:FRA
3229:GRE
2941:Men
2853:281
2767:DNS
2744:DNS
2718:DNF
2695:DNF
2672:DNF
2649:DNF
2626:DNF
2603:DNF
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