paragraph_text: Roldano Simeoni (Civitavecchia, December 21, 1948) is a retired water polo player from Italy, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1972.

paragraph_text: Gary Peter Sheerer (born February 18, 1947) is a retired water polo player from the United States, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1968. He won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Sheerer was born in Berkeley, California.

paragraph_text: Francesco Postiglione (born 29 April 1972 in Naples) is a former swimmer and water polo player from Italy, who represented his native country at four Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004. At his Olympic debut he competed as a breaststroke swimmer (1992). Four years later he claimed the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA.

paragraph_text: North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) first participated at the Olympic Games in 1964, appearing only in the Winter Olympic Games that year. Eight years later in 1972, the nation first participated at the Summer Olympic Games. Since then, the nation has appeared in every Summer Games, except when North Korea joined the Soviet - led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics, and when they boycotted the 1988 Games in Seoul, South Korea.

paragraph_text: Sante Marsili (born 31 October 1950 in Naples, Italy) is an Italian former water polo player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

paragraph_text: Ralph Therrio (born January 12, 1954) is an American former cyclist. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics.

paragraph_text: Vernon Stauble (born 1 February 1950) is a former Trinidad cyclist. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.

paragraph_text: He was the substitute player for the Poland national team at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where Poland won gold medal.

paragraph_text: Josef Engel (born 3 July 1942) is a Czech former wrestler who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

paragraph_text: Szilárd Kun (23 March 1935 – 31 August 1987) was a Hungarian sport shooter who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal at the 1952 Games.

paragraph_text: March On, Bahamaland is the national anthem of the Bahamas. It was composed by Timothy Gibson and adopted in 1973.

paragraph_text: Games Host city 1964 Summer Olympics Tokyo 1972 Winter Olympics Sapporo, Hokkaidō Prefecture 1998 Winter Olympics Nagano, Nagano Prefecture 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo

paragraph_text: Afterwards, nine bands and 150 choir singers performed an Olympic Hymn, composed by Spyridon Samaras, with words by poet Kostis Palamas. Thereafter, a variety of musical offerings provided the backgrounds to the Opening Ceremonies until 1960, since which time the Samaras/Palamas composition has become the official Olympic Anthem (decision taken by the IOC Session in 1958). Other elements of current Olympic opening ceremonies were initiated later: the Olympic flame was first lit in 1928, the first athletes' oath was sworn at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and the first officials' oath was taken at the 1972 Olympic Games.

paragraph_text: Lespagnard competed for his country at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, where he finished in seventeenth position in the decathlon event. He returned to both Munich and Montreal in the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, finishing fourteenth and nineteenth respectively.

paragraph_text: Roberto Calcaterra (born February 2, 1972 in Civitavecchia) is a retired water polo defense player from Italy, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he won the bronze medal with the men's national team. Calcaterra also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

paragraph_text: Ángel Luis Andreo Gabán (born 3 December 1972 in Madrid) is a water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also competed for his native country in the Summer Games of 2000 and 2004.

paragraph_text: The Bahamas competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Twenty competitors, nineteen men and one woman, took part in thirteen events in four sports.

paragraph_text: Tonique Williams-Darling (born January 17, 1976 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a Bahamian sprint athlete. She won the gold medal in the 400 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She graduated from St. John's College Bahamas (high school).

paragraph_text: Cambodia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The nation returned to the Olympic Games as the Khmer Republic (1970–1975) after missing the 1968 Summer Olympics. Owing to the troubled situation of the country Cambodia would not compete again until the 1996 Summer Olympics.

paragraph_text: Japan was the host nation for the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. It was the first time that Japan had hosted the Winter Olympic Games, but second time overall after the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Question: Who wrote the national anthem of the country participating at the 1972 Summer Olympics?
Answer: Timothy Gibson