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Narrow Victories in 1972
Event Margin of Victory
swimming Gunnar Larsson (Sweden): 0.002 seconds
shot-put Wladyslaw Komar (Poland): 1 cm
Javelin Klaus Wolfermann (West Germany): 2 cm
Triple Jump Victor Saneyev: 4 cm
Long Jump Heidemarie Rosendal (West Germany): 1 cm