Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.
The Great Britain team included 69-year old equestrian Lorna Johnstone - the oldest British athlete ever to appear in the Olympic Games.
Medallists
Gold
Silver
Bronze
- 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
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)
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
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- Heat, Round 1— 10.41
- Heat, Round 2— 10.58
- Semifinals — 10.52 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat, Round 1— 10.54
- Heat, Round 2— 10.53 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat, Round 1— 10.58
- Heat, Round 2— 10.60 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
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- Heat, Round 1— 21.26
- Heat, Round 2— 21.41 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres
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- Heat, Round 1— 46.46
- Heat, Round 2— 46.11
- Semifinals — 46.71 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat, Round 1— 46.15
- Heat, Round 2— 45.99
- Semifinals — 45.91 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat, Round 1— 46.48
- Heat, Round 2— 47.10 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
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- Heat — 1:47.6
- Semifinals — 1:46.5
- Final — 1:46.6 (→ 6th place)
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- Heat — 1:47.5
- Semifinals — 1:48.4 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 1:54.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres
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- Heat — 3:40.8
- Semifinals — 3:38.2
- Final — 3:39.0 (→ 5th place)
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- Heat — 3:42.1
- Semifinals — 3:45.8 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 3:45.3 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres
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- Heat — 13:33.0
- Final — 13:27.6 (→ 3rd place)
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- 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
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- Heat — 27:53.6
- Final — 28:05.4(→ 6th place)
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- Heat — 28:31.4 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 28:46.8(→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
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- Colin Kirkham 2:21:54.8 (→ 20th place)
Men's 110m Hurdles
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- Heat — 14.08
- Semifinals — 14.24 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 13.94
- Semifinals — 14.37 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 14.31 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdlles
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- Heat — 49.72
- Semifinals — 49.66
- Final — 48.52 (→ 3rd place)
Men's 3000m Steeplechase
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- Heat — 8:33.8 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 8:35.0 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 8:38.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x100m Relay
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- Leslie Piggott, Donald Halliday, David Dear, and Brian Green
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- Semifinals — 39.47 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x400m Relay
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- Semifinals — 3:01.3
- Final — 3:00.5 (→ 2nd place)
Men's Long Jump
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- Qualification — 7.86
- Final — 7.91 (→ 7th place)
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- Qualification — 7.64 (→ did not advance)
Men's Pole Vault
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- Qualification — 4.80 (→ did not advance)
Men's Shot Put
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- Qualification — 18.94 (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus
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- Qualification — 57.24 (→ did not advance)
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- Qualification — 53.86 (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin
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- Qualification — 74.68 (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
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- Qualification — 66.32
- Final — 68.18 (→ 16th place)
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- Qualification — 64.56 (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
Men's 20 km Walk
- Philip Embleton 1:33:22.2 (→ 14th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
- Howard Timms 4:34:43.8 (→ 25th place)
Women's 100 metres
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- Heat, Round 1— 11.52
- Heat, Round 2— 11.57
- Semifinals — 11.64(→ did not advance)
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- Heat, Round 1— 11.55
- Heat, Round 2— 11.58 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat, Round 1— 11.45
- Heat, Round 2— 11.72 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 metres
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- Heat, Round 1— 23.76
- Heat, Round 2— 23.69
- Semifinals — 24.03 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat, Round 1— 23.97
- Heat, Round 2— 23.72 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat, Round 1— 24.04
- Heat, Round 2— 24.05 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400 metres
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- Heat, Round 1— 53.67
- Heat, Round 2— 53.01 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat, Round 1— 53.31
- Heat, Round 2— 53.29 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat, Round 1— 54.13 (→ did not advance)
Women's 800 metres
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- Heat — 2:03.6
- Semifinals — 2:02.4
- Final — 2:00.2 (→ 7th place)
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- Heat — 2:03.0 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 2:03.6 (→ did not advance)
Women's 1500 metres
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- Heat — 4:13.0
- Semifinals — 4:07.4
- Final — 4:04.8 (→ 5th place)
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- Heat — 4:11.3
- Semifinals — 4:09.4 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 4:14.9 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100m hurdles
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- Heat — 13.37 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 13.53 (→ did not advance)
Boxing
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
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- 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
Cycling
- 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)
- Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
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- Final — 1:09.45 (→ 17th place)
Men's Tandem
- David Rowe and Geoffrey Cooke → 10th place
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)
Equestrianism
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
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
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- 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)
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- 5th/6th place: Lost to Australia (1-2) after extra time → 6th place
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- Joe Ahmad
- Michael Crowe
- Mike Corby
- Bernie 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
Judo
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:
Rowing
Men's Single Scull
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- Heat — 7:57.49
- Repechage — 8:10.32
- Semi Finals — 8:38.62
- B-Final — 8:00.38 (→ 9th place)
Men's Double scull
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Men's Coxless pair
- M M K Cooper, J T McCarthy
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Men's Coxed pair
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- Heat — 7:49.56
- Repechage — 8:01.14
- Semi Finals — 8:21.61
- B-Final — 7:59.57 (→ 8th place)
Men's Coxless four
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Men's Coxed four
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Sailing
Flying 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
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
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- Heat — 54.70s (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 55.06s (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
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- Heat — 2:00.17 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 1:56.99 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 2:00.79 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
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- Heat — 7:58.33
- Final — 7:55.59 (→ 8th place)
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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