Koen gijsbers biography of williams

The men's metres was an event at the Summer Olympics in Moscow. The competition was held from July 27 to July 30, ^[1] Fifty athletes from 32 nations competed.^[2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the Olympic Congress.

The event was won by seconds by Viktor Markin of the Soviet Union, the nation's first title in the men's metres and first medal in the event since With the United States boycotting the Games, the country was not represented on the podium for the first time since Australia earned its first medal in the event with Rick Mitchell's silver, while East Germany won its first medal with Frank Schaffer's bronze, which was the first medal by any German since the United Team took silvers in and

Background

This was the nineteenth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics.

Defending gold medalist from Alberto