Luxembourg at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Luxembourg at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Flag of Luxembourg.svg
IOC code LUX
NOC Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee
Website www.teamletzebuerg.lu  (in French)
in Munich
Competitors11 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Charles Sowa [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Luxembourg competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 11 competitors, 10 men and 1 woman, took part in 8 events in 5 sports. [2]

Contents

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Luxembourg entered one man and one woman. Their highest placing competitor was Nelly Wies-Weyrich, at 24th place in the women's competition.

Men
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Total score
ScoreSeedScoreSeedScoreSeed
Marcel Balthasar Individual 114436114143228539
Women
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Total score
ScoreSeedScoreSeedScoreSeed
Nelly Wies-Weyrich Individual 114423110833225224

Athletics

Men
Track and road events
AthletesEventsFinal
TimeRank
Charles Sowa 20 km walk 1:36:23.818
50 km walk 4:14:21.210

Cycling

Two cyclists represented Luxembourg in 1972.

Men
AthletesEventsFinal
TimeRank
Lucien Didier Individual road race 4:17:13.056
Erny Kirchen 4:15:21.027

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Luxembourg in 1972.

Men

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Rank
Alain Anen Men's épée 6did not advance68
Remo Manelli 6did not advance64
Robert Schiel 2 Q3 Q4did not advance16
Alain Anen
Aly Doerfel
Romain Manelli
Remo Manelli
Robert Schiel
Team épée Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
L 6–9
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
L 4–12
3did not advance11

Shooting

One male shooter represented Luxembourg in 1972.

Open
AthleteEventFinal
ScoreRank
Michel Braun 25 m rapid fire pistol 57738

Water skiing (demonstration sports)

Women
AthleteEventFinal
ScoreRank
Sylvie Hülsemann Women's figure skiing 17804

References

  1. "Charel Sowa". olympedia.org. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  2. "Luxembourg at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2014.