Australia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Australia at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Flag bearers
Dennis Green (opening)
Michael Wenden (closing)
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
8
Silver
7
Bronze
2
Total
17
Summer Olympics appearances (
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

––––

 
Australasia (1908–1912)

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.[1]

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

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:

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

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

Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Ten cyclists represented Australia in 1972.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit

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:

Equestrian

Fencing

Four fencers, two men and two women, represented Australia in 1972.

Men's foil
Women's foil

Gymnastics

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Two male pentathletes represented Australia in 1972.

Men's Individual Competition:

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Four male shooters represented Australia in 1972.

Mixed
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Donald Brook
50 m rifle, prone
596 10
Russell Dove 593 25
Sperry Marshall Trap 186 22
Alexander Taransky 25 m pistol 586 18

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

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

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

References

  1. ^ "Australia at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-09.