1. Medallists
    Gold  Silver  Bronze 

2. Archery

3. Athletics

4. Boxing

5. Canoeing

6. Cycling

7. Diving

8. Equestrian

9. Fencing

10. Gymnastics

11. Hockey

12. Judo

13. Modern pentathlon

14. Rowing

15. Sailing

16. Shooting

17. Swimming

18. Weightlifting

19. Wrestling

20. References

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed 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

• Mary Peters — Athletics, Women's Pentathlon
• Richard Meade — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition
• Mary Gordon-Watson, Richard Meade, Bridget Parker, and Mark Phillips — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
• Chris Davies and Rodney Pattisson (Helmsman) — Sailing, Flying Dutchman

Silver

• David Hemery, David Jenkins, Alan Pascoe, and Martin Reynolds — Athletics, Men's 4x400 metres Relay
• Ann Moore — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition
• David Starbrook — Judo, Men's Half-Heavyweight (93 kg)
• David Wilkie — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke
• David Hunt and Alan Warren (Helmsman) — Sailing, Tempest

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.

• Roy Matthews – 2385 points (→ 17th place)
• John Snelling – 2356 points (→ 26th place)
• Ronald Bishop – 2244 points (→ 45th place)

• Lynne Evans – 2313 points (→ 16th place)
• Carol Sykes – 2273 points (→ 21st place)
• Pauline Edwards – 2249 points (→ 25th place)

Athletics

• Brian Green
• Heat, Round 1— 10.41
• Heat, Round 2— 10.58
• Semifinals — 10.52 (→ did not advance)

• Les Piggot
• Heat, Round 1— 10.54
• Heat, Round 2— 10.53 (→ did not advance)

• Don Halliday
• Heat, Round 1— 10.58
• Heat, Round 2— 10.60 (→ did not advance)

• Brian Green
• Heat, Round 1— 21.26
• Heat, Round 2— 21.41 (→ did not advance)

• Martin Reynolds
• Heat, Round 1— 46.46
• Heat, Round 2— 46.11
• Semifinals — 46.71 (→ did not advance)

• David Jenkins
• Heat, Round 1— 46.15
• Heat, Round 2— 45.99
• Semifinals — 45.91 (→ did not advance)

• Gary Armstrong
• Heat, Round 1— 46.48
• Heat, Round 2— 47.10 (→ did not advance)

• Andy Carter
• Heat — 1:47.6
• Semifinals — 1:46.5
• Final — 1:46.6 (→ 6th place)

• Dave Cropper
• Heat — 1:47.5
• Semifinals — 1:48.4 (→ did not advance)

• Colin Campbell
• Heat — 1:54.8 (→ did not advance)

• Brendan Foster
• Heat — 3:40.8
• Semifinals — 3:38.2
• Final — 3:39.0 (→ 5th place)

• Ray Smedley
• Heat — 3:42.1
• Semifinals — 3:45.8 (→ did not advance)

• John Kirkbride
• Heat — 3:45.3 (→ did not advance)

• Ian Stewart
• Heat — 13:33.0
• Final — 13:27.6 (→ 3rd place)

• Ian McCafferty
• Heat — 13:38.2
• Final — 13:43.2 (→ 11th place)

• David Bedford
• Heat — 13:49.8
• Final — 13:43.2 (→ 12th place)

• David Bedford
• Heat — 27:53.6
• Final — 28:05.4(→ 6th place)

• Lachie Stewart
• Heat — 28:31.4 (→ did not advance)

• Dave Holt
• Heat — 28:46.8(→ did not advance)

• Ron Hill 2:16:30.6 (→ 6th place)

• Donald MacGregor 2:16:34.4 (→ 7th place)

• Colin Kirkham 2:21:54.8 (→ 20th place)

• Alan Pascoe
• Heat — 14.08
• Semifinals — 14.24 (→ did not advance)

• Berwyn Price
• Heat — 13.94
• Semifinals — 14.37 (→ did not advance)

• David Wilson
• Heat — 14.31 (→ did not advance)

• David Hemery
• Heat — 49.72
• Semifinals — 49.66
• Final — 48.52 (→ 3rd place)

• Andy Holden
• Heat — 8:33.8 (→ did not advance)

• Steve Hollings
• Heat — 8:35.0 (→ did not advance)

• John Bicourt
• Heat — 8:38.8 (→ did not advance)

• Berwyn Price, Don Halliday, Dave Dear, and Brian Green
• Heat — 39.63
• Les Piggot, Don Halliday, Dave Dear, and Brian Green
• Semifinals — 39.47 (→ did not advance)

• Martin Reynolds, Alan Pascoe, David Hemery and David Jenkins
• Semifinals — 3:01.3
• Final — 3:00.5 (→ 2nd place)

• Alan Lerwill
• Qualification — 7.86
• Final — 7.91 (→ 7th place)

• Lynn Davies
• Qualification — 7.64 (→ did not advance)

• Mike Bull
• Qualification — 4.80 (→ did not advance)

• Geoff Capes
• Qualification — 18.94 (→ did not advance)

• Bill Tancred
• Qualification — 57.24 (→ did not advance)

• John Watts
• Qualification — 53.86 (→ did not advance)

• Dave Travis
• Qualification — 74.68 (→ did not advance)

• Barry Williams
• Qualification — 66.32
• Final — 68.18 (→ 16th place)

• Howard Payne
• Qualification — 64.56 (→ did not advance)

• Barry King 7468 points (→ 15th place)
• Peter Gabbett DNF

• Paul Nihill 1:28:44.4 (→ 6th place)
• Phil Embleton 1:33:22.2 (→ 14th place)
• Peter Marlow 1:35:38.8 (→ 17th place)

• Paul Nihill 4:14:09.4 (→ 9th place)
• John Warhurst 4:23:21.6 (→ 18th place)
• Howard Timms 4:34:43.8 (→ 25th place)

• Andrea Lynch
• Heat, Round 1— 11.52
• Heat, Round 2— 11.57
• Semifinals — 11.64(→ did not advance)

• Anita Neil
• Heat, Round 1— 11.55
• Heat, Round 2— 11.58 (→ did not advance)

• Sonia Lannaman
• Heat, Round 1— 11.45
• Heat, Round 2— 11.72 (→ did not advance)

• Donna Murray
• Heat, Round 1— 23.76
• Heat, Round 2— 23.69
• Semifinals — 24.03 (→ did not advance)

• Delia Pascoe
• Heat, Round 1— 23.97
• Heat, Round 2— 23.72 (→ did not advance)

• Margaret Critchley
• Heat, Round 1— 24.04
• Heat, Round 2— 24.05 (→ did not advance)

• Jannette Roscoe
• Heat, Round 1— 53.67
• Heat, Round 2— 53.01 (→ did not advance)

• Verona Bernard
• Heat, Round 1— 53.31
• Heat, Round 2— 53.29 (→ did not advance)

• Janet Simpson
• Heat, Round 1— 54.13 (→ did not advance)

• Rosemary Stirling
• Heat — 2:03.6
• Semifinals — 2:02.4
• Final — 2:00.2 (→ 7th place)

• Margaret Coomber
• Heat — 2:03.0 (→ did not advance)

• Patricia Cropper
• Heat — 2:03.6 (→ did not advance)

• Sheila Carey
• Heat — 4:13.0
• Semifinals — 4:07.4
• Final — 4:04.8 (→ 5th place)

• Joyce Smith
• Heat — 4:11.3
• Semifinals — 4:09.4 (→ did not advance)

• Joan Allison
• Heat — 4:14.9 (→ did not advance)

• Judy Vernon
• Heat — 13.37 (→ did not advance)

• Ann Wilson
• Heat — 13.53 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

• Ralph Evans → Bronze Medal
• First Round — Salvador García (MEX), 4:1
• Second Round — Defeated Héctor Velasquez (CHL), 5:0
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Chanyalev Haile (ETH), 5:0
• Semifinals — Lost to György Gedo (HUN), 5:0

• Alan Minter → Bronze Medal
• 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

Eleven cyclists represented Great Britain in 1972.

//Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race">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)

//Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial">Team time trial

• Phil Bayton
• John Clewarth
• Phil Edwards
• David Lloyd

//Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint">Sprint

• Ernie Crutchlow
• Geoff Cooke

//Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000m time trial">1000m time trial

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

//Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem">Tandem

• David Rowe and Geoff Cooke → 10th place

//Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit">Individual pursuit

• Ian Hallam

//Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit">Individual pursuit

• Mick Bennett
• Ian Hallam
• Ron Keeble
• Willi Moore

Diving

• Christopher Walls – 332.07 points (→ 17th place)
• John David Baker – 321.15 points (→ 23rd place)
• Brian Wetheridge – 310.53 points (→ 28th place)

• Frank Dufficy – 271.77 points (→ 21st place)
• Andrew Michael Gill – 268.68 points (→ 22nd place)
• Brian Wetheridge – 262.59 points (→ 28th place)

• Alison Jean Drake – 378.18 points (→ 12th place)
• Heien Mary Koppeil – 242.22 points (→ 22nd place)

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

Equestrian

Fencing

19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1972.

//Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's foil">Men's foil

• Barry Paul
• Graham Paul
• Mike Breckin

//Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil">Men's team foil

• Mike Breckin, Barry Paul, Graham Paul, Anthony Power, Ian Single

//Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's épée">Men's épée

• Teddy Bourne
• Ralph Johnson
• Graham Paul

//Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée">Men's team épée

• Teddy Bourne, Bill Hoskyns, Edward Hudson, Ralph Johnson, Graham Paul

//Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre">Men's sabre

• Richard Oldcorn
• John Deanfield
• Richard Cohen

//Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre">Men's team sabre

• David Acfield, Richard Cohen, Rodney Craig, John Deanfield, Richard Oldcorn

//Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's foil">Women's foil

• Sue Green
• Janet Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh
• Clare Henley-Halsted

//Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's team foil">Women's team foil

• Sue Green, Clare Henley-Halsted, Sally Anne Littlejohns, Janet Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh, Susan Wrigglesworth

Gymnastics

Hockey

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
• 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

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1972.

• Jeremy Robert Fox – 5292 points (→ 4th place)
• Barry Lillywhite – 4538 points (→ 36th place)
• Robert Lawson Phelps – 4427 points (→ 47th place)

• Fox, Lillywhite, and Phelps – 14257 points (→ 9th place)

• James Darby

Rowing

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

• Tim Crooks, Patrick Delafield
• (→ 5th place)

• M M K Cooper, J T McCarthy
• (→ 12th place)

• Michael Hart, David Maxwell, A F Inns
• Heat — 7:49.56
• Repechage — 8:01.14
• Semi Finals — 8:21.61
• B-Final — 7:59.57 (→ 8th place)

• Frederick Smallbone, Lenny Robertson, Jim Clark, W G Mason
• (→ 7th place)

• Alan Almand, C T Pierce, Rooney Massara, Hugh Matheson, Patrick Sweeney
• (→ 10th place)

Sailing

• Rodney Pattison (Helmsman) and Chris Davies (Gold Medal)

• Alan Warren (Helmsman) and David Hunt (Silver Medal)

• Patrick Pym (Helmsman) (12th Place)

• Simon Tait (Helmsman), Charles Currey and Ian Hannay

• John Oakley (Helmsman), Barry Dunning and Charles Reynolds (5th place)

• Stuart Jardine (Helmsman) and John Wastall

Shooting

Fourteen male shooters represented Great Britain in 1972. John Kynoch won bronze in the 50 m running target event.

//Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 25 metre rapid fire pistol">25 m pistol

• John Cooke
• Tony Clark

//Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre pistol">50 m pistol

• Frank Wyatt
• Harry Cullum

//Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 300 metre free rifle, three positions">300 m rifle, three positions

• Malcolm Cooper

//Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle three positions">50 m rifle, three positions

• Malcolm Cooper
• Bob Churchill

//Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle, prone">50 m rifle, prone

• John Palin
• Phil Lawrence

//Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre running target">50 m running target

• John Kynoch
• John Anthony

//Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed trap">Trap

• Ronald Carter
• Brian Bailey

//Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed skeet">Skeet

• Joe Neville
• Colin Sephton

Swimming

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

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

• 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)

• Brian Brinkley, John Mills, Michael Bailey, and Colin Cunningham
• Heat — 7:58.33
• Final — 7:55.59 (→ 8th place)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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