Malawi at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Malawi at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Flag of Malawi.svg
IOC code MAW
NOC Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association of Malawi
in Munich
Competitors16 (13 men, 3 women) in 3 sports
Flag bearer Martin Matupi
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.svg  Rhodesia (1960)

Malawi competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 16 competitors, 13 men and 3 women, took part in 17 events in 3 sports. [1]

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Competitors

Sixteen athletes competed for Malawi at the 1972 Summer Olympics including 13 men and 3 women. They took part in 17 events in 3 sports as follows:

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 8311
Boxing 303
Cycling 202
Total13316

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • First Heat – 11.31s (→ did not advance, 84th place)

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat – 1:57.7 (→ did not advance, 55th place)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Heat – 4:00.9 (→ did not advance, 61st place)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification Round – 1.90m (→ did not advance, 38th place out of 43) [2]

Men's Decathlon

  • 6,154 pts

Women's 200 metres

  • Heat – 28.29s (→ did not advance) [4]

Women's 400 metres

  • Heat – 58.86s (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men
AthleteEvent1 Round2 Round3 RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Shekie Kongo Ligthflyweight BYEFlag of Ethiopia (1897-1974).svg  Chanyalew Haile  (ETH)
L TKO-3		did not advance
Jungle Thangata Featherweight BYEFlag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Antonio Rubio  (ESP)
L TKO-3		did not advance
Tatu Chionga Lightweight BYEFlag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Karel Kaspar  (TCH)
L 0–5		did not advance

Cycling

Two cyclists represented Malawi in 1972.

Individual road race

Selected biographies of the athletes

Mabel Saeluzika (Athletics, women's 200 m)

Saeluzika (born 1 May 1956) competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics. [5] [6] She was seeded in the second 200 metres heat. [7] She ran 28.29 seconds to place 6th in the heat and, as a result, did not advance to the final. [8] [9] At 16 years and 126 days old, Saeluzika was the 8th-youngest person to ever compete in athletics at the Olympics (as of 2016). [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Malawi at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Daniel Mkandawire Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mabel Saeluzika Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Monday's Olympic Results". Newspapers.com. The Miami Herald. 5 September 1972. p. 5B. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  5. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mabel Saeluzika Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Malawi at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  7. ↑ Mabel Saeluzika at Tilastopaja (subscription required)
  8. ↑ Hugman, Barry J. (1988). The Olympic Games : complete track and field results 1896-1988. Internet Archive. London : Arena. p. 283. ISBN   978-1-85443-025-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  9. ↑ "Monday's Olympic Results". Newspapers.com. The Miami Herald. 5 September 1972. p. 5B. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  10. ↑ "Athletics" (PDF). olympstats.com .


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