Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, 38 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 14 for women. There were a total number of 1324 participating athletes from 104 countries.
Medal summary
Men
Women
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union (URS) | 9 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 |  East Germany (GDR) | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 |  United States (USA) | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 |  West Germany (FRG) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 |  Finland (FIN) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 |  Kenya (KEN) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 |  Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  Uganda (UGA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | .svg.png){kind=small} Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
.svg.png){kind=small} Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 15 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 |  Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 |  Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Ethiopia (ETH) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 20 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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