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
Uganda at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 27 seconds) and Kipsang (two hours, nine minutes and 37 seconds). Kiprotich's victory was considered by the media and many people as "surprising" as he had not been expected to win the event. It was the second time Uganda had won a gold medal at the Summer Olympics, the first since John Akii-Bua won the 400 metres hurdles at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, and the seventh medal in the nation's history. Competing at her first Olympic Games at the age of 24, Janet Achola earned qualification into the Games by posting a time of four minutes and 5.52