New Zealand at the 1972 Summer Olympics
| New Zealand at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | NZL |
| NOC | New Zealand Olympic Committee |
| Website |
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| in Munich | |
| Competitors | 89 (82 men, 7 women) in 14 sports |
| Flag bearer | David Aspin (Wrestling) |
| Medals Ranked 23rd |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
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New Zealand competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. For the first time at the Olympics, God Defend New Zealand was played instead of God Save the King/Queen. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 89 competitors, 82 men and 7 women, who took part in 63 events in 14 sports.[1]
Medallists
Archery
In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, New Zealand entered one man in the competition.
Men's:
- Robin Sampson — 2115 points (53rd place)
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
- Lawrie d'Arcy
- Heat — 10.77 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
- Heat — 21.17
- Second round — 21.04 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres
- Heat — 3:40.0
- Semifinals — 3:37.9
- Final — 3:37.5 (→
- Heat — 3:42.3
- Semifinals — 3:41.8
- Final — 3:41.8 (→ 9th place)
Men's 5000 m:
- Heat — 14:35.2 (→ did not advance)
- Heat — 13:56,2 (→ did not advance)
- Heat — 14:11,6 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10000 m:
- Gavin Thorley — did not finish
Men's 400 m hurdles:
- Heat — 50.48 (→ did not advance)
Men's marathon:
- Jack Foster — 2:16:56.2 (→ 8th place)
- Dave McKenzie — 2:22:19.2 (→ 22nd place)
- Terry Manners — 2:25:29.2 (→ 34th place)
Men's shot put:
- Qualifying Round — 18.38 m (→ did not advance)
Men's discus throw:
- Les Mills
- Qualifying Round — 59.22 m
- Final — 55.86 m (→ 14th place)
- Qualifying Round — 55.88 m (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 metres
- Heat — 11.77 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400 metres
- Heat — 52.82
- Second Round — 52.66 (→ did not advance)
Women's 800 m:
- Heat — 2:04.9 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m hurdles:
- Brenda Matthews
- Heat — 13.81 (→ did not advance)
Boxing
Men's featherweight:
- 1/16-Final — lost to Royal Kobayashi of Japan (1 - 4)
Men's welterweight:
- 1/16-Final — defeated Günther Meier of West Germany (0 - 5)
Canoeing
Men's kayak singles:
- Preliminary heats — 4:12.45
- Repechages — 4:02.48
- Semifinal — 4:01.97
Men's kayak pairs:
- Donald Cooper and Tom Dooney
- Preliminary heats — 3:56.48
- Repechages — 3:45.65
Cycling
Eight cyclists represented New Zealand in 1972.
- Bruce Biddle — 4:15:04 (3rd place[2])
- Paul Brydon — 4:17:03 (→ 50th place)
- Vern Hanaray — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Robert Oliver — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Final — 1:09.10 (→ 16th place)
- Paul Brydon, John Dean, Neil Lyster and Blair Stockwell — - 4:35.11 (→ 14th place)
Alternative member: Brent Pascoe
Gymnastics
Men's team competition
- Terry Sale — (compulsory exercises:42.20, optional exercises:49.85)
Women's team competition
- Diane Foote — (compulsory exercises:33.30, optional exercises:33.55)
Field hockey
Men's team competition
- Preliminary round (Group B)
- Drew with Australia (0-0)
- Defeated Mexico (7-0)
- Defeated Great Britain (2-1)
- Lost to the Netherlands (0-2)
- Drew with Poland (3-3)
- Drew with Kenya (2-2)
- Lost to India (2-3)
- Classification match
- 9th/10th place: Defeated Belgium (2-1) → 9th place
- Team roster
- Head coach: Ross Gillespie
Judo
Men's middleweight:
- Pool A — defeated Adam Adamczyk of Poland
- Pool A — lost to Alex Henri Bijkerk of Australia
Rowing
1972 was the last year that only men competed at the Olympic rowing events.[3] New Zealand entered boats in four of the seven events.[4] The gold medal won by the 1972 New Zealand eight is one of New Zealand's most memorable performances, and was in 2008 rated by sports journalist Joseph Romanos as New Zealand's best ever team performance at the Olympic Games.[5]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Murray Watkinson | Single sculls | 7:51.29 | 2 R | 8:11.51 | 3 SA/B | 8:30.88 | 5 FB | 8:05.42 | 10 |
| Dick Tonks Dudley Storey Ross Collinge Noel Mills |
Coxless four | 6:47.27 | 1 SA/B | Bye | 7:03.99 | 1 FA | 6:25.64 |  | |
| Warren Cole Chris Nilsson John Clark David Lindstrom Peter Lindsay |
Coxed four | 6:51,76 | 3 SA/B | Bye | 7:21.94 | 3 FA | 6:42.55 | 6 | |
| Tony Hurt Wybo Veldman Dick Joyce John Hunter Lindsay Wilson Athol Earl Trevor Coker Gary Robertson Simon Dickie (cox) |
Eight | 6:06.19 | 1 R | Bye | 6:28.40 | 2 FA | 6:08.94 |  | |
Sailing
Men's Finn:
- Bret De Thier - 109.7 (→ 10th place)
Men's Flying Dutchman:
- Jock Bilger and Murray Ross - 79.0 (→ 9th place)
Men's Dragon:
- Noel Everett, Fraser Beer, and Ron Watson - 51.0 (→ 5th place)
Men's Soling:
- Con Linton, Steve Marten, and Jack Scholes - 113.0 (→ 21st place)
Alternative member: Jonty Farmer, Jack Hansen, Geoff Smals, Bryan Treleaven
Shooting
Four male shooters represented New Zealand in 1972.
- Bruce McMillan - 582 points (→ 28th place)
- Mike Watt - 593 points (→ 29th place)
- Ian Ballinger - 591 points (→ 46th place)
- Graeme McIntyre - 523 points (→ 26th place)
Swimming
Men's 100 m freestyle
- Heat — 54.41 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m freestyle
- Colin Herring
- Heat — 2:00.29 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m freestyle:
- Heat — 4:14.10 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 m freestyle:
- Mark Treffers
- Heat — 16:23.86
- Final — 16:18.84 (→ 6th place)
Men's 200 m individual medley:
- Heat — 2:15.04 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m individual medley:
- John McConnochie
- Heat — 4:49.89 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m freestyle:
- Heat — 1:02.95 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m freestyle:
- Heather Coombridge
- Heat — 2:14.78 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400 m freestyle:
- Heat — 4:40.24 (→ did not advance)
Women's 800 m freestyle:
- Jaynie Parkhouse
- Heat — 9:34.65 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m backstroke:
- Heat — 1:10.06 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m backstroke:
- Susan Hunter
- Heat — 2:28.28 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m individual medley:
- Susan Hunter
- Heat — 2:30.29 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400 m individual medley:
- Susan Hunter
- Heat — 5:14.47 (→ did not advance)
Weightlifting
Men's middleweight:
- Tony Ebert- 410.0 kg (→ 17th place)
Men's light heavyweight:
- Brian Marsden - 445.0 kg (→ 12th place)
Men's heavyweight:
- John Bolton - gave up
Wrestling
Men's freestyle (–82 kg):
- Round 1 - lost to Harishchandra of India (4 - 4, 7:08)
- Round 2 - lost to Ali Hagilou of Iran (1 - 3)
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "New Zealand at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ↑ Bruce Biddle classified as the 3rd place finisher after Jaime Huélamo of Spain was disqualified for failing a drugs test. The bronze medal was not awarded to Biddle as had not been drugs tested.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Rowing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "New Zealand Rowing at the 1972 München Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ↑ Romanos, Joseph (31 July 2017). "New Zealand's rowing eight wins gold". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 2 January 2018.