Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics Stadium on 10 September 1972. Bronze medals shared. With nine goals, Kazimierz Deyna of Poland is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 135 goals were scored by 66 different players, with none of them credited as own goal. Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Olympic football tournament, held in Munich, Augsburg, Ingolstadt, Nürnberg, Passau, and Regensburg, was played as part of the 1972 Summer Olympics. The tournament features 16 men's national teams from five continental confederations. The 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four and each group plays a round-robin tournament. At the end
Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put listed in metres. Key: WR = world record; p = pass; x = fault Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put The women's shot put field event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 4 & 7. Nadezhda Chizhova was very disappointed with her bronze medal finish in 1968 Olympics. She has won the (1966, 1969 and the 1971) European Athletics Championships. Since 1968 she has broken the world record six times. The only threat for the gold medal came from Margitta Gummel the defending Olympic Champion. All throwers reaching and the top 12 including