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Alan Pascoe
Alan Peter Pascoe, MBE (born 11 October 1947) is a British former athlete who gained success in hurdles.
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Aleksandr Kornelyuk
Aleksandr Olegovich Kornelyuk (Александр Олегович Корнелюк; born 28 June 1950 in Baku) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.
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Anatoliy Bondarchuk
Anatoliy Pavlovych Bondarchuk (Анатолій Павлович Бондарчук, born 31 May 1940) is a retired Soviet hammer thrower, who is regarded as the most accomplished hammer throw coach of all time.
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Anette Rückes
Anette Rückes (born 19 December 1951 in Bad Marienberg, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
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Annegret Richter
Annegret Richter (born 13 October 1950) is a German (former West German) athlete and the 1976 Olympic 100 m champion.
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Annelie Ehrhardt
Annelie Ehrhardt, (née Jahns on 18 June 1950) is a retired German hurdler.
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Argentina Menis
Argentina Menis (born 19 July 1948) is a retired Romanian discus thrower who won silver medals at the 1972 Olympics and 1974 European Athletics Championships.
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Arnie Robinson
"Arnie" Paul Robinson, Jr. (born April 7, 1948) is a retired American athlete.
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Bärbel Struppert
Bärbel Struppert, née Schrickel (born 26 September 1950 in Jena) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.
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Ben Jipcho
Benjamin Wabura "Ben" Jipcho (born 1 March 1943) is a former athlete from Kenya, who won the silver medal in the 3000 meters steeplechase at the 1972 Summer Olympics, behind his teammate Kipchoge Keino.
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Bernd Kannenberg
Bernhard "Bernd" Kannenberg (born 20 August 1942) is a retired West German race walker who won the 50 km event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Bill Schmidt
Bill Schmidt (born December 29, 1947) is a retired male American javelin thrower from the Pittsburgh suburb of Southview, Pennsylvania.
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Bob Seagren
Robert Seagren (born October 17, 1946) is a retired American pole vaulter, the 1968 Olympic champion.
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Burglinde Pollak
Burglinde Pollak (born Grimm on June 10, 1951) is a retired German pentathlete.
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Carmen Valdés
Carmen Valdés (Carmen Laura Valdés Capote; born November 23, 1954) is a retired sprinter from Cuba, who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Munich 1972.
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Charles Asati
Charles Asati (born March 3, 1946) is a former Kenyan athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 × 400 m relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Cheryl Toussaint
Cheryl Renee Toussaint (born December 16, 1952) is an American athlete who mainly competed in the 800 metres.
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Christiane Krause
Christiane Krause (born 14 December 1950) is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.
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Christina Heinich
Christina Schiffner (née Heinich; born 8 July 1949 in Leipzig) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.
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Dagmar Käsling
Dagmar Käsling (born February 15, 1947 in Magdeburg) is a former East German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
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Daniel Velasques
Roger Daniel Velasques (born 11 December 1943) was a French athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
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Dave Wottle
David James Wottle (born August 7, 1950) is an American retired middle-distance track athlete.
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David Hemery
David Peter Hemery, CBE (born 18 July 1944) is a British former track and field athlete, winner of the 400 metres hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
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David Jenkins (sprinter)
David Andrew Jenkins (born 25 May 1952) is a Scottish former track and field sprinter who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
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Diana Yorgova
Dianа Yorgova (Диана Йоргова) (born December 9, 1942) is a former Bulgarian athlete, who competed mainly in the Long Jump.
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Dwight Stones
Dwight Edwin Stones (born December 6, 1953) is an American television commentator and a two-time Olympic bronze medalist and former three-time world record holder in the men's high jump.
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Eddie Hart (athlete)
Edward James "Eddie" Hart (born April 24, 1949) is an American former track and field sprinter, winner of the gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay race at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Emiel Puttemans
Emiel Adrien "Miel" Puttemans (born 8 October 1947) is a retired middle- and long-distance runner, who set world records for 3000 metres (7 minutes 37.6 seconds) in 1972, for 2 miles (8 minutes 17.8 seconds) in 1971, and for 5000 metres (13 minutes 13 seconds) in 1972.
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Eva Šuranová
Eva Šuranová (née Kucman, 24 April 1946 in Ózd, Hungary − 31 December 2016) was a Czechoslovak athlete, who competed mainly in the long jump.
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Evelin Kaufer
Evelin Schmuck, née Kaufer (born 22 February 1953 in Sohland an der Spree) is a retired East German sprinter, who specialized in the 100 metres.
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Faina Melnik
Faina Grigorievna Melnik (Фаина Григорьевна Велева-Мельник, Фаїна Григорівна Мельник (Faina Hryhorivna Melnyk); 9 June 1945 – 16 December 2016) was a Soviet discus thrower, a 1972 Summer Olympics champion in the discus event.
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Francis Kerbiriou
Francis Kerbiriou (born 11 May 1951) is a former athlete from France who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
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Frank Shorter
Frank Charles Shorter (born October 31, 1947) is an American former long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Fulgencia Romay
Fulgencia Romay (born January 16, 1944) is a retired sprinter from Cuba.
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George Woods (athlete)
George Woods (born February 11, 1943) is a retired American athlete who mainly competed in the shot put.
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Gerald Tinker
Gerald Alexander Tinker (born January 19, 1951) is a former track athlete and American football player, winner of gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Gerhard Wucherer
Gerhard Wucherer (born 11 February 1948 in Kempten im Allgäu, Bavaria) is a German former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.
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Gilles Bertould
Gilles Bertould (born 16 May 1949) is a former French athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
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Gunhild Hoffmeister
Gunhild Hoffmeister (born 6 July 1944) is a retired East German middle-distance runner.
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Guy Drut
Guy Drut (born 6 December 1950) is an Olympic champion and politician who won gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal in the 110 m hurdles.
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Hans Baumgartner
Hans Baumgartner (born 30 May 1949 in Stühlingen, Baden-Württemberg) is a retired West German long jumper.
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Hans-Georg Reimann
Hans-Georg Reimann (born 24 August 1941 in Starrischken, Municipality Heydekrug) is a former East German race walker, who started for the SC Dynamo Berlin and the GDR and won two Olympic medals in 20 km racewalking at the Olympic summer games 1972 in Munich he won the third place (1:27:17 hours), and at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal he became the second place (1:25:14 hours).
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Hartmut Briesenick
Hartmut Briesenick (17 March 1949 in Luckenwalde, Brandenburg – 8 March 2013) was an East German athlete who mainly competed in the men's shot put event.
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Heide Rosendahl
Heidemarie Ecker-Rosendahl (born 14 February 1947) is a retired German athlete who competed mainly in the pentathlon and long jump.
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Helga Seidler
Helga Seidler (née Fischer, born 5 August 1949 in Oberneuschönberg) is a former East German athlete who mainly competed in the women's 400 metres event.
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Hildegard Falck
Hildegard Falck (née Janze on 8 June 1949) is a retired West German runner.
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Ian Stewart (runner)
Ian Stewart (born 15 January 1949) is a Scottish former long-distance running athlete.
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Ilona Gusenbauer
Ilona Maria Gusenbauer (née Majdan on 16 September 1947) is a retired Austrian high jumper.
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Inge Bödding
Inge Bödding, née Eckhoff (born 29 March 1947 in Hamburg) is a retired German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
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Ingrid Becker
Ingrid Mickler-Becker (née Becker on 26 September 1942) is a former West German athlete.
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Irena Szewińska
Irena Szewińska, née Kirszenstein (Polish pronunciation:; 24 May 1946 – 29 June 2018) was a Polish sprinter who was one of the world's foremost athletes for nearly two decades, in multiple events.
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Ivanka Khristova
Ivanka Marinova Hristova (Иванка Маринова Христова; born 19 November 1941 in Osikovitsa, Sofia) is a retired Bulgarian shot putter.
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Jacqueline Todten
Jacqueline Todten (born 29 May 1954 in Berlin) is an East German athlete who competed mainly in the Javelin, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo.
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Jacques Carette
Jacques Carette (born 1 March 1947) is a former athlete from France who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
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Jan Johnson
Jan Johnson (born November 11, 1950 in Hammond, Indiana) is an American former athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault.
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Jay Silvester
Lawrence Jay Silvester (born August 27, 1937) is a retired American athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw.
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Jörg Drehmel
Jörg Drehmel (born 3 May 1945) is a retired East German triple jumper who won a silver medal at the 1972 Olympics.
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Jüri Tarmak
Jüri Tarmak (born 21 July 1946) is a former Estonian high jumper who competed for the Soviet Union.
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Jānis Lūsis
Jānis Lūsis (born 19 May 1939) is a Latvian (and Soviet) athlete who competed in javelin throw.
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Jobst Hirscht
Jobst Hirscht (born 19 July 1948) is a German former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.
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Jochen Sachse
Jochen Sachse (born 2 October 1948 in Frankenberg, Saxony) is an East German former track and field athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw.
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John Akii-Bua
John Akii-Bua (3 December 1949 – 20 June 1997) was a Ugandan hurdler and the first Olympic champion from his country.
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Julius Sang
Julius Sang (September 19, 1948 – April 9, 2004) was a Kenyan runner.
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Juris Silovs (athlete)
Juris Silovs (Силов, Юрий Викентьевич; born 30 August 1950 in Krāslava) is a retired Latvian athlete who competed for Soviet Union from 1970 til 1978, mainly in the 100 metres.
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Karel Lismont
Karel Lismont (born 8 March 1949) is a former Belgian long-distance runner.
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Karin Balzer
Karin Balzer (née Richert, born 5 June 1938) is a retired East German hurdler who competed in the 80 m hurdlers event at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics, and in the 100 m hurdles in 1972.
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Karlheinz Klotz
Karlheinz Klotz (born 10 March 1950 in Karlsruhe) was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.
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Kate Schmidt
Kathryn Joan "Kate" Schmidt (born December 29, 1953) is an American former world record holder in the javelin throw.
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Kathy Hammond
Kathryn "Kathy" Hammond (born November 2, 1951) is an American athlete who mainly competed in the 400 meters.
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Kipchoge Keino
Kipchoge Hezekiah Keino (born 17 January 1940) is a retired Kenyan track and field athlete.
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Klaus Ehl
Klaus Ehl (born 16 August 1949 in Paderborn) is a German former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.
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Klaus Wolfermann
Klaus Wolfermann (born 31 March 1946) is a former West German javelin thrower.
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Larry Black
Lawrence Jeffery "Mutt" Black (July 20, 1951 – February 8, 2006) was an American sprinter, winner of the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay and silver medal in the 200 m at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
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Larry Young (racewalker)
Larry Young (born February 10, 1943, Independence, Missouri, United States) is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometer walk.
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Lasse Virén
Lasse Artturi Virén (born 22 July 1949) is a Finnish former long-distance runner, winner of four gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Lennox Miller
Lennox Valencia Miller (8 October 1946 in Kingston, Jamaica – 8 November 2004 in Pasadena, California) was a champion runner and father of Inger Miller.
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Leonid Lytvynenko
Leonid Lytvynenko (Леонід Литвиненко, Леони́д Дми́триевич Литвине́нко, Leonid Dmitriyevich Litvinenko; born 28 January 1949 in Smila, Ukraine) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the Decathlon.
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Ludvík Daněk
Ludvík Daněk (6 January 1937 in Blansko – 15 November 1998 in Hutisko-Solanec near Vsetín) was a Czechoslovak discus thrower, who won the gold medal at the 1972 Olympic Games with a throw of 64.40 m (211'3").
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Lyudmila Bragina
Lyudmila Ivanovna Bragina (Людмила Ивановна Брагина, born 24 July 1943) is a retired Russian middle distance runner.
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Mable Fergerson
Mable Ferguson (born January 18, 1955 in Los Angeles, California) is an American athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres.
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Madeline Manning
Madeline Manning Mims (born 11 January 1948) is a former American runner.
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Mamo Wolde
Degaga "Mamo" Wolde (Maammo Woldee, ደጋጋ ("ማሞ") ወልዴ; June 12, 1932 – May 26, 2002) was an Ethiopian long distance runner who competed in track, cross-country, and road running events.
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Margitta Gummel
Margitta Gummel (née Helmbold on 29 June 1941) is a German former Olympic gold medalist.
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Marlene Elejarde
Marlene Elejalde Díaz (June 3, 1951 in Havana – April 29, 1989) was a sprinter from Cuba.
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Martin Reynolds
Martin Edward Reynolds (born 22 February 1949) is a former British track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 200 metres.
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Mary Peters (athlete)
Dame Mary Elizabeth Peters, (born 6 July 1939) is a former British athlete, best known as a competitor in the pentathlon and shot put.
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Mike Boit
Michael Kipsubut Boit (born 6 January 1949) is a Kenyan former middle-distance athlete whose career spanned fifteen years.
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Miruts Yifter
Miruts Yifter (Amharic: ምሩፅ ይፍጠር, affectionately known as "Yifter the Shifter") (15 May 1944 – 22 December 2016) was an Ethiopian athlete and winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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Mohammed Gammoudi
Mohammed Tlili ben Abdallah (محمد التليلي بن عبدالله), also known as Moham(m)ed Gammoudi, (born February 11, 1938) is a Tunisian athlete who competed as a long distance runner in international track and field competitions.
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Monika Zehrt
Monika Zehrt (born 29 September 1952) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 400 m. At the 1972 Olympics she won gold medals in the individual 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay, setting an Olympic and a world record, respectively.
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Munich
Munich (München; Minga) is the capital and the most populated city in the German state of Bavaria, on the banks of the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps.
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Munyoro Nyamau
Munyoro Nyamau (Hezekiah Munyoro Nyamau; born December 5, 1942 or December 6, 1938 Daily Nation, September 8, 2011: in Riangombe Nene, in Nyaribari Chache) is a former Kenyan athlete and winner of the gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Mykola Avilov
Nikolay Avilov (Микола Вікторович Авілов, Николай Викторович Авилов, born 6 August 1948) is a retired Soviet decathlete (Odessa) who competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics.
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Nadezhda Chizhova
Nadezhda Vladimirovna Chizhova (Надежда Владимировна Чижова, born 29 September 1945) is a retired Russian shot putter who won three Olympic medals and four European titles, and set seven new world records.
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Nelson Prudêncio
Nelson Prudêncio (April 4, 1944 – November 23, 2012) was a Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump.
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Nijolė Sabaitė
Nijolė Sabaitė (born August 12, 1950 in Raseiniai, Lithuanian SSR) is a retired Lithuanian middle distance runner who represented internationally the USSR.
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Paola Pigni
Paola Pigni, married Cacchi (born 30 December 1945) is a former athlete from Italy, who mainly competed in the middle-distance running and cross country running.
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Pekka Vasala
Pekka Antero Vasala (born 17 April 1948) is a retired Finnish middle-distance athlete who won an Olympic gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
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Peter Frenkel
Peter Frenkel (born 13 May 1939 in Eckartsberga) is an East German athlete who was one of the best 20 km race walkers in the world in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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Pietro Mennea
Pietro Paolo Mennea (28 June 1952 – 21 March 2013) was an Italian sprinter and politician.
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Raelene Boyle
Raelene Ann Boyle (born 24 June 1951) is an Australian retired athlete, who represented Australia at three Olympic Games as a sprinter, winning three silver medals.
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Ralph Mann
Ralph Vernon Mann (born June 16, 1949) is a retired American sprinter and hurdler.
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Randy Williams
Randy Lavelle Williams (born August 23, 1953) is an American athlete.
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Renate Stecher
Renate Stecher (née Meißner, born 12 May 1950) is a German (former East German) sprint runner and a triple Olympic champion.
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Ricky Bruch
Björn Rickard "Ricky" Bruch (2 July 1946 – 30 May 2011) was a Swedish discus thrower and actor.
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Rita Kühne
Rita Kuhne (born January 5, 1947 in Dresden) is a former East German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
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Rita Wilden
Rita Wilden, née Jahn (born 9 October 1947 in Leipzig) is a German athlete, who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
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Robert Ouko (athlete)
Robert Ouko (born October 24, 1948) is a former Kenyan athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 × 400 m relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Robert Taylor (sprinter, born 1948)
Robert Taylor (September 14, 1948 – November 13, 2007) was an American sprinter.
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Rod Dixon
Rodney Phillip "Rod" Dixon (born 13 July 1950) is a former New Zealand middle- to long-distance runner.
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Rod Milburn
Rodney "Rod" Milburn, Jr. (May 18, 1950 – November 11, 1997) was an American athlete who won gold at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich in the 110m hurdles.
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Ruth Fuchs
Ruth Fuchs, née Gamm (born 14 December 1946 in Egeln, Saxony-Anhalt) is a German politician and former athlete.
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Ryszard Katus
Ryszard Katus (born March 29, 1947 in Boska Wola) is a Polish athlete, who competed mainly in the men's decathlon event during his career.
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Silvia Chivás
Silvia Chivás (born September 10, 1954) is a former track and field athlete from Cuba.
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Sport of athletics
Athletics is a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking.
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Stefan Junge
Stefan Junge (born 1 September 1950 in Leipzig, Sachsen) is a German former athlete, who stood 6' 4.5" and weighed 187 lbs., who mainly competed in the high jump.
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Tapio Kantanen
Tapio Kantanen (born 31 May 1949 in Heinola) was a Finnish athlete, who mainly competed in the 3,000 metre steeple chase.
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Thomas Hill (athlete)
Thomas Lionel "Tom" Hill (born November 17, 1949 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American former athlete, who mainly competed in the 110 metre hurdles.
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Ulrike Meyfarth
Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth (born 4 May 1956) is a German former high jumper.
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Valeria Bufanu
Valeria Bufanu (born October 7, 1946) is a retired Romanian athlete who mainly competed in hurdling and sprints.
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Valeriy Borzov
Valeriy Pylypovych Borzov (Валерій Пилипович Борзов, Валерий Филиппович Борзов, Valeriy Filippovich Borzov; born 20 October 1949) is a Ukrainian former sprint athlete who competed for the Soviet Union.
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Vasiliy Khmelevskiy
Vasiliy Vladimirovich Khmelevskiy (Васіль Уладзіміравіч Хмялеўскі, Василий Владимирович Хмелевский; 14 January 1948 – 2002) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw.
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Vasilka Stoeva
Vasilka Rafailova Stoeva (Василка Рафаилова Стоева; born January 14, 1940 in Kotel, Sliven) is a Bulgarian athlete who competed mainly in the women's discus throw event during her career.
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Veniamin Soldatenko
Veniamin Vasilievich Soldatenko (Вениамин Васильевич Солдатенко, born 4 January 1939) is a retired Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 50 km walk.
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Viktor Saneyev
Viktor Danilovich Saneyev (Виктор Данилович Санеев; born 3 October 1945) is a retired triple jumper, who competed internationally for the USSR and won four Olympic medals; three golds (1968, 1972 and 1976) and one silver (1980).
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Vincent Matthews (athlete)
Vincent "Vince" Edward Matthews (born December 16, 1947) is an American former sprinter, winner of two Olympic gold medals, at the 1968 Summer Olympics and 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Vladimir Lovetskiy
Vladimir Nikolayevich Lovetskiy (Уладзімір Мікалаевіч Лавецкі, Владимир Николаевич Ловецкий; born 26 October 1951 in Zhlobin, Belarusian SSR) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.
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Volodymyr Holubnychy
Volodymyr Stepanovych Holubnychy (Володимир Степанович Голубничий, born 2 June 1936) is a Ukrainian race walker, who competed for the Soviet Union.
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Wayne Collett
Wayne Curtis Collett (October 20, 1949 – March 17, 2010) was an African-American Olympic sprinter.
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Władysław Komar
Władysław Komar (11 April 1940 – 17 August 1998) was a Polish shot put champion, who was born in Kaunas.
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Wolfgang Nordwig
Wolfgang Nordwig (born 27 August 1943) is a former East German pole vaulter.
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Yevhen Arzhanov
Yevhen Oleksandrovych Arzhanov (Євген Олександрович Аржанов, born 9 February 1948) is a Ukrainian former middle-distance runner who won a silver medal in the 800 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Yordanka Blagoeva
Yordanka Blagoeva (Йорданка Благоева, born 19 January 1947) is a Bulgarian high jumper.
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1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1972), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics
