Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Great Britain at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code GBR
NOC British Olympic Association
in Munich
Competitors 284 (210 men and 74 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer David Broome (opening)
Richard Meade (closing)
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
4
Silver
5
Bronze
9
Total
18
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 284 competitors, 210 men and 74 women, took part in 159 events in 18 sports.[1] British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

The Great Britain team included 69-year-old equestrian Lorna Johnstone - the oldest British athlete ever to appear in the Olympic Games.

Medallists

Medals by sport
Sport Total
Equestrian 2 1 0 3
Athletics 1 1 2 4
Sailing 1 1 0 2
Judo 0 1 2 3
Swimming 0 1 0 1
Boxing 0 0 3 3
Cycling 0 0 1 1
Shooting 0 0 1 1
Total 4 5 9 18

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Great Britain entered three men and three women. Their highest placing competitor was Lynne Evans, at 16th place in the women's competition.

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Roy Matthews – 2385 points (→ 17th place)
  • John Snelling – 2356 points (→ 26th place)
  • Ronald Bishop – 2244 points (→ 45th place)

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Lynne Evans – 2313 points (→ 16th place)
  • Carol Sykes – 2273 points (→ 21st place)
  • Pauline Edwards – 2249 points (→ 25th place)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • Heat, Round 1— 10.41
  • Heat, Round 2— 10.58
  • Semifinals — 10.52 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat, Round 1— 10.54
  • Heat, Round 2— 10.53 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat, Round 1— 10.58
  • Heat, Round 2— 10.60 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

  • Heat, Round 1— 21.26
  • Heat, Round 2— 21.41 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

  • Heat, Round 1— 46.46
  • Heat, Round 2— 46.11
  • Semifinals — 46.71 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat, Round 1— 46.15
  • Heat, Round 2— 45.99
  • Semifinals — 45.91 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat, Round 1— 46.48
  • Heat, Round 2— 47.10 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:47.6
  • Semifinals — 1:46.5
  • Final — 1:46.6 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat — 1:47.5
  • Semifinals — 1:48.4 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 1:54.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Heat — 3:40.8
  • Semifinals — 3:38.2
  • Final — 3:39.0 (→ 5th place)
  • Heat — 3:42.1
  • Semifinals — 3:45.8 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 3:45.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

  • Heat — 13:33.0
  • Final — 13:27.6 (→ 3rd place)
  • Heat — 13:38.2
  • Final — 13:43.2 (→ 11th place)
  • Heat — 13:49.8
  • Final — 13:43.2 (→ 12th place)

Men's 10000 metres

  • Heat — 27:53.6
  • Final — 28:05.4(→ 6th place)
  • Heat — 28:31.4 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 28:46.8(→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Men's 110m Hurdles

  • Heat — 14.08
  • Semifinals — 14.24 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 13.94
  • Semifinals — 14.37 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 14.31 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdlles

  • Heat — 49.72
  • Semifinals — 49.66
  • Final — 48.52 (→ 3rd place)

Men's 3000m Steeplechase

  • Heat — 8:33.8 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 8:35.0 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 8:38.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

  • Heat — 39.63
  • Semifinals — 39.47 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Semifinals — 3:01.3
  • Final — 3:00.5 (→ 2nd place)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.86
  • Final — 7.91 (→ 7th place)
  • Qualification — 7.64 (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Qualification — 4.80 (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

  • Qualification — 18.94 (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus

  • Qualification — 57.24 (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 53.86 (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin

  • Qualification — 74.68 (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 66.32
  • Final — 68.18 (→ 16th place)
  • Qualification — 64.56 (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

Women's 100 metres

  • Heat, Round 1— 11.52
  • Heat, Round 2— 11.57
  • Semifinals — 11.64(→ did not advance)
  • Heat, Round 1— 11.55
  • Heat, Round 2— 11.58 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat, Round 1— 11.45
  • Heat, Round 2— 11.72 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 metres

  • Heat, Round 1— 23.76
  • Heat, Round 2— 23.69
  • Semifinals — 24.03 (→ did not advance)
  • Delia Pascoe
  • Heat, Round 1— 23.97
  • Heat, Round 2— 23.72 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat, Round 1— 24.04
  • Heat, Round 2— 24.05 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 metres

  • Heat, Round 1— 53.67
  • Heat, Round 2— 53.01 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat, Round 1— 53.31
  • Heat, Round 2— 53.29 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat, Round 1— 54.13 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

  • Heat — 2:03.6
  • Semifinals — 2:02.4
  • Final — 2:00.2 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 2:03.0 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 2:03.6 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1500 metres

  • Heat — 4:13.0
  • Semifinals — 4:07.4
  • Final — 4:04.8 (→ 5th place)
  • Heat — 4:11.3
  • Semifinals — 4:09.4 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 4:14.9 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100m hurdles

  • Heat — 13.37 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 13.53 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • First Round — Salvador García (MEX), 4:1
  • Second Round — Defeated Héctor Velasquez (CHL), 5:0
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Chanyalev Haile (ETH), 5:0
  • Semifinals — Lost to György Gedo (HUN), 5:0

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Reginald Ford (GUY), KO-2
  • Third Round — Defeated Valeri Tregubov (URS), 5:0
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Loucif Hanmani (ALG), 4:1
  • Semifinals — Lost to Dieter Kottysch (FRG), 2:3

Canoeing

Cycling

Eleven cyclists represented Great Britain in 1972.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
  • Final — 1:09.45 (→ 17th place)
Tandem
Individual pursuit
Individual pursuit

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard:

  • Christopher Walls – 332.07 points (→ 17th place)
  • John David Baker – 321.15 points (→ 23rd place)
  • Brian Wetheridge – 310.53 points (→ 28th place)

Men's 10m Platform:

  • Frank Dufficy – 271.77 points (→ 21st place)
  • Andrew Michael Gill – 268.68 points (→ 22nd place)
  • Brian Wetheridge – 262.59 points (→ 28th place)

Women's 3m Springboard:

  • Alison Jean Drake – 378.18 points (→ 12th place)
  • Heien Mary Koppeil – 242.22 points (→ 22nd place)

Women's 10m Platform:

  • Beverly Williams – 301.26 points (→ 12th place)
  • Heien Mary Koppell – 178.17 points (→ 18th place)

Equestrian

Fencing

19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1972.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Gymnastics

Hockey

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Defeated Mexico (6-0)
  • Lost to India (0-5)
  • Lost to New Zealand (1-2)
  • Defeated Kenya (2-0)
  • Drew with Australia (1-1)
  • Defeated the Netherlands (3-1)
  • Defeated Poland (2-1)
  • Semi Final Round
  • Defeated Spain (2-0)
  • Classification Match
  • 5th/6th place: Lost to Australia (1-2) after extra time → 6th place
  • Team Roster
  • Joe Ahmad
  • Michael Crowe
  • Mike Corby
  • Bernie Cotton
  • Tony Ekins
  • Graham Evans
  • John French
  • Terry Gregg
  • Dennis Hay
  • Christopher Langhorne
  • Peter Mills
  • Richard Oliver
  • David Austin Savage
  • Keith Sinclair
  • Paul Svehlik
  • Rui Saldanha

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1972.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Fox, Lillywhite, and Phelps – 14257 points (→ 9th place)

Alternate Member:

  • James Darby

Rowing

Men's Single Scull

  • Heat — 7:57.49
  • Repechage — 8:10.32
  • Semi Finals — 8:38.62
  • B-Final — 8:00.38 (→ 9th place)

Men's Double scull

  • (→ 5th place)

Men's Coxless pair

  • M M K Cooper, J T McCarthy
  • (→ 12th place)

Men's Coxed pair

  • Heat — 7:49.56
  • Repechage — 8:01.14
  • Semi Finals — 8:21.61
  • B-Final — 7:59.57 (→ 8th place)

Men's Coxless four

  • (→ 7th place)

Men's Coxed four

  • (→ 10th place)

Sailing

Flying Dutchman

  • Rodney Pattison (Helmsman) and Chris Davies (Gold Medal)

Tempest

  • Alan Warren (Helmsman) and David Hunt (Silver Medal)

Finn

  • Patrick Pym (Helmsman) (12th Place)

Dragon

  • Simon Tait (Helmsman), Charles Currey and Ian Hannay

Soling

  • John Oakley (Helmsman), Barry Dunning and Charles Reynolds (5th place)

Star

  • Stuart Jardine (Helmsman) and John Wastall

Shooting

Fourteen male shooters represented Great Britain in 1972. John Kynoch won bronze in the 50 m running target event.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
50 m running target
Trap
Skeet

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 54.70s (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 55.06s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:00.17 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 1:56.99 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 2:00.79 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 7:58.33
  • Final — 7:55.59 (→ 8th place)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. ↑ "Great Britain at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
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