title: 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 50 metres hurdles
text: # 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 50 metres hurdles
  
  The men's 50 metres hurdles event at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 12 March in Grenoble.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Guy Drut France | Manfred Schumann West Germany | Anatoliy Moshiashvili Soviet Union |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  First 3 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Guy Drut | France | 6.53 | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | Mirosław Wodzyński | Poland | 6.61 | Q, NR |
  | 2 | 4 | Marek Jóźwik | Poland | 6.61 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | Anatoliy Moshiashvili | Soviet Union | 6.65 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | Manfred Schumann | West Germany | 6.67 | Q |
  | 5 | 3 | Marc Noé | France | 6.67 | Q |
  | 7 | 1 | Alan Pascoe | Great Britain | 6.73 | Q |
  | 7 | 3 | Aleksandr Morozov | Soviet Union | 6.73 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | Émile Raybois | France | 6.75 | Q |
  | 10 | 2 | Leszek Wodzyński | Poland | 6.75 | Q |
  | 11 | 3 | Petr Čech | Czechoslovakia | 6.78 | Q |
  | 11 | 4 | Beat Pfister | Switzerland | 6.78 | Q |
  | 13 | 1 | Nicolae Pertea | Romania | 6.79 | NR |
  | 13 | 4 | Werner Eikmeier | West Germany | 6.79 | |
  | 15 | 3 | Efstratios Vasiliou | Greece | 6.80 | NR |
  | 16 | 3 | Giuseppe Buttari | Italy | 6.81 | |
  | 17 | 3 | Graham Gower | Great Britain | 6.82 | |
  | 18 | 1 | Luigi Donofrio | Italy | 6.83 | |
  | 19 | 2 | Krister Clerselius | Sweden | 6.84 | NR |
  | 20 | 4 | Marco Acerbi | Italy | 6.86 | |
  | 21 | 2 | Hubert König | Austria | 6.95 | |
  | 22 | 2 | Berwyn Price | Great Britain | 6.97 | |
  | 22 | 4 | Jesper Tørring | Denmark | 6.97 | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  First 3 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Guy Drut | France | 6.52 | Q, WB |
  | 2 | 1 | Manfred Schumann | West Germany | 6.58 | Q, NR |
  | 3 | 1 | Mirosław Wodzyński | Poland | 6.61 | Q, =NR |
  | 3 | 2 | Marek Jóźwik | Poland | 6.61 | Q, =NR |
  | 3 | 2 | Anatoliy Moshiashvili | Soviet Union | 6.61 | Q |
  | 6 | 2 | Marc Noé | France | 6.64 | Q, AJR |
  | 7 | 2 | Leszek Wodzyński | Poland | 6.70 | |
  | 8 | 1 | Aleksandr Morozov | Soviet Union | 6.74 | |
  | 9 | 2 | Petr Čech | Czechoslovakia | 6.80 | |
  | 10 | 2 | Alan Pascoe | Great Britain | 6.83 | |
  | 11 | 1 | Émile Raybois | France | 6.85 | |
  | 12 | 1 | Beat Pfister | Switzerland | 6.91 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Guy Drut | France | 6.51 | WB |
  | | Manfred Schumann | West Germany | 6.58 | NR |
  | | Anatoliy Moshiashvili | Soviet Union | 6.59 | NR |
  | 4 | Marek Jóźwik | Poland | 6.63 | |
  | 5 | Marc Noé | France | 6.67 | |
  | 6 | Mirosław Wodzyński | Poland | 6.68 | |
  