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.[1]

Australia at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codeAUS
NOCAustralian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympics.com.au
in Munich
Competitors168 (139 men, 29 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearers Dennis Green (opening)
Michael Wenden (closing)
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
8
Silver
7
Bronze
2
Total
17
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

––––

 Australasia (1908–1912)

Medalists edit

Gold edit

Silver edit

Bronze edit

Archery edit

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:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics edit

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

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 edit

Men's Team Competition

Boxing edit

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Canoeing edit

Cycling edit

Ten cyclists represented Australia in 1972.

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

Diving edit

Men's 3m Springboard:

Men's 10m Platform:

  • Donald Wagstaff — 435.84 points (→ 11th place)
  • Kenneth Grove — 254.73 points (→ 32nd place)

Women's 10m Platform:

Equestrian edit

Fencing edit

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

Men's foil
Women's foil

Gymnastics edit

Hockey edit

Men's Team Competition

Judo edit

Modern pentathlon edit

Two male pentathletes represented Australia in 1972.

Men's Individual Competition:

Rowing edit

Sailing edit

Shooting edit

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 edit

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

Men's 200m Individual Medley

Water polo edit

Weightlifting edit

Wrestling edit

See also edit

References edit

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