Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Great Britain at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  GBR
NOC British Olympic Association
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At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors 310 in 23 sports
Medals Gold
4		 Silver
5		 Bronze
9		 Total
18
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The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

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[edit] Medals

Great Britain finished in twelfth position in the final medal rankings, with 4 gold and 18 total medals.

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

  • Richard Meade — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition
  • Chris Davies and Rodney Pattisson — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman Team Competition

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

  • Anne Moore — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition
  • David Hunt and Alan Warren — Sailing, Men's Tempest Team Competition

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • Michael Bennett, Ian Hallam, Ronald Keeble, and William Moore — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
  • Angelo Parisi — Judo, Men's Open Category
  • John Kynoch — Shooting, Men's Running Game Target


[edit] Results by event

[edit] 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:

  • 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)

[edit] Athletics

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:47.6
  • Semifinals — 1:46.5
  • Final — 1:46.6 (→ 6th place)
  • David Cropper
  • Heat — 1:47.5
  • Semifinals — 1:48.4 (→ did not advance)
  • Colin Campbell
  • 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)
  • Raymond Smedley
  • Heat — 3:42.1
  • Semifinals — 3:45.8 (→ did not advance)
  • John Kirkbride
  • Heat — 3:45.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay

  • Berwyn Price, Donald Halliday, David Dear, and Brian Green
  • Heat — 39.63s
  • Leslie Piggott, Donald Halliday, David Dear, and Brian Green
  • Semifinals — 39.47s (→ did not advance)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • 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

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race

  • Phil Bayton — 5th place
  • Phil Edwards — 6th place
  • David Lloyd — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • John Clewarth — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Michael Bennett
  • Final — 1:09.45 (→ 17th place)

Men's Tandem

  • David Rowe and Geoffrey Cooke → 10th place

[edit] Diving

Men'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)
  • Heien Mary Koppeil – 242.22 points (→ 22nd place)

Women's 10m Platform:

  • Beverly Williams – 301.26 points (→ 12th place)
  • Heien Mary Koppell – 178.17 points (→ 18th place)

[edit] Hockey

[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
  • Joe Ahmad
  • Michael Crowe
  • Mike Corby
  • Bernard Cotton
  • Tony Ekins
  • Graham Evans
  • John French
  • Terry Gregg
  • Dennis Hay
  • Christopher Langhorne
  • Peter Mills
  • Richard Oliver
  • David Austin Savage
  • Keith Sinclair
  • Paul Svehlik
  • Rui Saldanha

[edit] Modern Pentathlon

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

[edit] Rowing

Men's Single Sculls

  • Kenneth Dwan
  • Heat — 7:57.49
  • Repechage — 8:10.32
  • Semi Finals — 8:38.62
  • B-Final — 8:00.38 (→ 9th place)

Men's Coxed Pairs

  • Heat — 7:49.56
  • Repechage — 8:01.14
  • Semi Finals — 8:21.61
  • B-Final — 7:59.57 (→ 8th place)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Malcolm Windeatt
  • Heat — 54.70s (→ did not advance)
  • Brian Brinkley
  • Heat — 55.06s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • John Mills
  • Heat — 2:00.17 (→ did not advance)
  • Brian Brinkley
  • Heat — 1:56.99 (→ did not advance)
  • Michael Bailey
  • Heat — 2:00.79 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 7:58.33
  • Final — 7:55.59 (→ 8th place)