The men's 800 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, took place on 2 September 1972. Sixty-one athletes from 46 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had bee
Left-right: Mike Boit, Dave Wottle, Yevhen Arzhanov
Franz-Josef Kemper (left) congratulates the winner Dave Wottle
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Yevhen Oleksandrovych Arzhanov is a Ukrainian former middle-distance runner who won a silver medal in the 800 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres
…the United States, the first title in the event for an American since 1956 and the eighth overall win in the men's 800 metres for the United States. Yevhen Arzhanov won the Soviet Union's first medal in the event with silver, while Mike Boit kept Kenya on the podium for the third straight Games with bronze. Until…
Yevhen Arzhanov 1972