Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Great Britain at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC code GBR
NOC British Olympic Association
in Munich
Competitors284 (210 men and 74 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearers 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.

Contents

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 Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg Total
Equestrian 2103
Athletics 1124
Sailing 1102
Judo 0123
Swimming 0101
Boxing 0033
Cycling 0011
Shooting 0011
Total45918

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:

Women's individual competition:

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)

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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

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)
  • 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)

Men's light middleweight (– 71 kg)

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:

Men's 10m platform:

Women's 3m springboard:

Women's 10m platform:

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
  • 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)
  • Defeated Spain (2-0)
  • 5th/6th place: Lost to Australia (1-2) after extra time → 6th place

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1972.

Men's individual competition:

Men's team competition:

Alternate member:

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

  • (→ 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

Tempest

Finn

Dragon

Soling

Star

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

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References

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