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.
| Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | GBR |
| NOC | British Olympic Association |
| in Munich | |
| Competitors | 284 (210 men and 74 women) in 18 sports |
| Flag bearers | David Broome (opening) Richard Meade (closing) |
| Medals Ranked 12th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
The Great Britain team included 69-year-old equestrian Lorna Johnstone - the oldest British athlete ever to appear in the Olympic Games.
Medallists
edit| Sport | 
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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
edit- Mary Peters – Athletics, women's pentathlon
- Richard Meade – Equestrian, three-day event individual competition
- Mary Gordon-Watson, Richard Meade, Bridget Parker, and Mark Phillips – Equestrian, three-day event team competition
- Chris Davies and Rodney Pattisson (Helmsman) – Sailing, Flying Dutchman
Silver
edit- David Hemery, David Jenkins, Alan Pascoe, and Martin Reynolds – Athletics, men's 4x400 metres relay
- Ann Moore – Equestrian, jumping individual competition
- David Starbrook – Judo, men's half-heavyweight (93 kg)
- David Wilkie – Swimming, men's 200m breaststroke
- David Hunt and Alan Warren (helmsman) – sailing, Tempest
Bronze
edit- Ian Stewart – Athletics, men's 5000 metres
- David Hemery – Athletics, men's 400m hurdles
- Ralph Evans – Boxing, men's light flyweight
- George Turpin – Boxing, men's bantamweight
- Alan Minter – Boxing, men's light middleweight
- Michael Bennett, Ian Hallam, Ronald Keeble, and William Moore – Cycling, men's 4000m team pursuit
- Brian Jacks – Judo, men's middleweight (80 kg)
- Angelo Parisi – Judo, men's open category
- John Kynoch – Shooting, men's running game _target
Archery
editIn 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
editMen'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)
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- 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
- Ron Hill 2:16:30.6 (→ 6th place)
- Donald MacGregor 2:16:34.4 (→ 7th place)
- Colin Kirkham 2:21:54.8 (→ 20th place)
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
- Barry King 7468 points (→ 15th place)
- Peter Gabbett DNF
Men's 20 km walk
- Paul Nihill 1:28:44.4 (→ 6th place)
- Phil Embleton 1:33:22.2 (→ 14th place)
- Peter Marlow 1:35:38.8 (→ 17th place)
Men's 50 km walk
- Paul Nihill 4:14:09.4 (→ 9th place)
- John Warhurst 4:23:21.6 (→ 18th place)
- Howard Timms 4:34:43.8 (→ 25th place)
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)
- 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
editMen's light flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Ralph Evans →
bronze medal
- 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)
- Alan Minter → bronze medal
- 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
editCycling
editEleven cyclists represented Great Britain in 1972.
- Phil Bayton – 5th place
- Phil Edwards – 6th place
- David Lloyd – did not finish (→ no ranking)
- John Clewarth – did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Final – 1:09.45 (→ 17th place)
- David Rowe and Geoff Cooke → 10th place
Diving
editMen'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)
- Helen Mary Koppell – 242.22 points (→ 22nd place)
Women's 10m platform:
- Beverly Williams – 301.26 points (→ 12th place)
- Helen Mary Koppell – 178.17 points (→ 18th place)
Equestrian
editFencing
edit19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1972.
Gymnastics
editHockey
edit- 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
Judo
editModern pentathlon
editThree male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1972.
Men's individual competition:
- Jeremy Robert Fox – 5292 points (→ 4th place)
- Barry Lillywhite – 4538 points (→ 36th place)
- Robert Lawson Phelps – 4427 points (→ 47th place)
Men's team competition:
- Fox, Lillywhite, and Phelps – 14257 points (→ 9th place)
Alternate member:
- James Darby
Rowing
editMen'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
- (→ 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
editFlying 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
editFourteen male shooters represented Great Britain in 1972. John Kynoch won bronze in the 50 m running _target event.
Swimming
editMen'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
editWrestling
editReferences
edit- ^ "Great Britain at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2011.