1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 50 metres

The men's 50 metres event at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 March in Grenoble.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Valeriy Borzov Soviet Union	Aleksandr Kornelyuk Soviet Union	Vasilis Papageorgopoulos Greece

First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Vasilis Papageorgopoulos	Greece	5.75	Q, WB
2	3	Aleksandr Kornelyuk	Soviet Union	5.80	Q
3	1	Gerhard Wucherer	West Germany	5.82	Q
4	2	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	5.83	Q
5	2	Raimo Vilén	Finland	5.88	Q
6	1	Manuel Carballo	Spain	5.92	Q
6	1	Barrie Kelly	Great Britain	5.92	Q
6	2	Manfred Schumann	West Germany	5.92	Q
9	2	Romain Roels	Belgium	6.01	Q
9	3	Patrick Bourbeillon	France	6.01	Q, NR
9	3	Philippe Clerc	Switzerland	6.01	Q
12	1	Erik Gustafsson	Finland	6.02	Q
12	2	Søren Viggo Pedersen	Denmark	6.02
12	3	Vittorio Roscio	Italy	6.02
15	1	Luděk Bohman	Czechoslovakia	6.13

First 3 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Vasilis Papageorgopoulos	Greece	5.77	Q
1	2	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	5.77	Q, NR
3	1	Aleksandr Kornelyuk	Soviet Union	5.80	Q
4	1	Raimo Vilén	Finland	5.82	Q, NR
5	2	Gerhard Wucherer	West Germany	5.83	Q
6	1	Patrick Bourbeillon	France	5.85
7	2	Manuel Carballo	Spain	5.90	Q, NR
8	1	Barrie Kelly	Great Britain	5.92
8	2	Manfred Schumann	West Germany	5.92
10	2	Romain Roels	Belgium	5.98
11	2	Erik Gustafsson	Finland	6.05
12	1	Philippe Clerc	Switzerland	6.15

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	5.75	=WB
	Aleksandr Kornelyuk	Soviet Union	5.81
	Vasilis Papageorgopoulos	Greece	5.82
4	Gerhard Wucherer	West Germany	5.84
5	Raimo Vilén	Finland	5.93
6	Manuel Carballo	Spain	6.28

1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships

Track events
50 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men
50 m hurdles	men	women
4 × 180 m relay		women
4 × 360 m relay	men	women
4 × 720 m relay	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
v t e

v t e 60 metres at the European Athletics Indoor Championships
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*50 metres