Australia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Australia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Australia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 168 competitors, 139 men and 29 women, took part in 110 events in 20 sports.
Medalists
Gold
Shane Gould — Swimming, Women's 200m Individual Medley
Shane Gould — Swimming, Women's 200m Freestyle
Shane Gould — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
Beverley Whitfield — Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke
Gail Neall — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley
Bradford Cooper — Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle
John Anderson and David Forbes — Sailing, Men's Star Team Competition
Thomas Anderson, John Cuneo and John Shaw — Sailing, Men's Dragon Team Competition
Silver
Raelene Boyle — Athletics, Women's 100m
Raelene Boyle — Athletics, Women's 200m
John Nicholson — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)
Danny Clark — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial
Clyde Sefton — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
Shane Gould — Swimming, Women's 800m Freestyle
Graham Windeatt — Swimming, Men's 1.500m Freestyle
Bronze
Shane Gould — Swimming, Women's 100m Freestyle
Beverley Whitfield — Swimming, Women's 100m Breaststroke
Archery
In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Australia entered two men and one woman. Their highest placing competitors were Terene Donovan and Graeme Telford, who both placed 9th place in their respective competitions.
Women's Individual Competition:
Terene Donovan - 2356 points (→ 9th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
Graeme Telford - 2423 points (→ 9th place)
Terry Reilly - 2387 points (→ 15th place)
Athletics
Men's 800 metres
Graeme Rootham
Heat — 1:48.2 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1.500 metres
Chris Fisher
Heat — 3:42.5
Semifinals — 3:42.0 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5.000 metres
Tony Benson
Heat — 13:42.8 (→ did not advance)
Kerry O'Brien
Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)
Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
Kerry O'Brien
Qualifying Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
Lawrie Peckham
Qualifying Round — 2.15m
Final — 2.10m (→ 18th place)
Basketball
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group A):
Lost to Spain (74-79)
Lost to United States (55-81)
Lost to Czechoslovakia (68-69)
Defeated Japan (92-76)
Lost to Cuba (70-84)
Defeated Brazil (75-69)
Defeated Egypt (89-66)
Classification Matches:
9th/12th place: Defeated West Germany (70-69)
9th/10th place: Defeated Poland (91-83) → 9th place
Team Roster:
Glenn Marsland
Ian Watson
Richard Duke
Bill Wyatt
Eddie Palubinskas
Brian Kerle
Peter Byrne
Perry Crosswhite
Ray Tomlinson
Ken James
Tom Bender
Toli Koltuniewicz
Head coach: Lindsay Gaze
Boxing
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Alan Jenkinson
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Michel Belliard (FRA), 4:1
Third Round — Lost to Mohamed Majeri (TUN), 0:5
Canoeing
Cycling
Ten cyclists represented Australia in 1972.
Individual road race
Clyde Sefton — Silver Medal
David Jose — 29th place
John Trevorrow — 32nd place
Donald Allan — 58th place
Team time trial
Donald Allan
Graeme Jose
Clyde Sefton
John Trevorrow
Sprint
John Nicholson
1000m time trial
Daniel Clark
Final — 1:06.87 (→ Silver Medal)
Individual pursuit
John Bylsma
Team pursuit
Steele Bishop
Danny Clark
Remo Sansonetti
Philip Sawyer
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard:
Donald Wagstaff — 344.13 points (→ 13th place)
Kenneth Grove — 302.91 points (→ 29th place)
Men's 10m Platform:
Donald Wagstaff — 435.84 points (→ 11th place)
Kenneth Grove — 254.73 points (→ 32nd place)
Women's 10m Platform:
Glenise-Ann Jones — 157.20 points (→ 26th place)
Equestrian
Fencing
Four fencers, two men and two women, represented Australia in 1972.
Men's foil
Ernest Simon
Greg Benko
Women's foil
Marion Exelby
Christine McDougall
Gymnastics
Hockey
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Drew with New Zealand (0-0)
Defeated Kenya (3-1)
Lost to India (1-3)
Defeated Mexico (10-0)
Drew with Great Britain (1-1)
Defeated Poland (1-0)
Lost to the Netherlands (2-3)
Semi Final Round
Defeated Malaysia (2-1)
Classification Match
5th/6th place: Defeated Great Britain (2-1) after extra time → 5th place
Team Roster
Robert Andrew
Greg Browning
Ric Charlesworth
Paul Dearing
Brian Glencross
Robert Haigh
Wayne Hammond
James Mason
Terry McAskell
Patrick Nilan
Desmond Piper
Graeme Reid
Ronald Riley
Donald Smart
Ronald Wilson
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Two male pentathletes represented Australia in 1972.
Men's Individual Competition:
Robert Barrie — 4600 points (→ 32nd place)
Peter Macken — 4449 points (→ 41st place)
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Four male shooters represented Australia in 1972.
Mixed
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
Michael Wenden
Heat — 52.34s
Semifinals — 53.32s
Final — 52.41s (→ 5th place)
Greg Rogers
Heat — 53.98s
Semifinals — 54.26s (→ did not advance)
Neil Rogers
Heat — 55.32s (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
Michael Wenden
Heat — 1:56.66
Final — 1:54.40 (→ 4th place)
Graham White
Heat — 1:58.60 (→ did not advance)
Robert Nay
Heat — 1:57.69 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Neil Rogers, Graham White, Bruce Featherston and Greg Rogers
Heat — 3:40.47 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Graham Windeatt, Bruce Featherstone, Michael Wenden, and Graham White
Heat — 7:49.03
Michael Wenden, Graham Windeatt, Robert Nay, and Bradford Cooper
Final — 7:48.66 (→ 5th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
James Norman Findlay
Heat — 2:08.36 (4th Place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
James Norman Findlay
Heat — 2:20.08 (6th Place)
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
See also
Australia at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Australia at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
References
1972 Summer Olympics
Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympics