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

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:

  • Graeme Telford - 2423 points (→ 9th place)
  • Terry Reilly - 2387 points (→ 15th place)

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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
Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

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
Main article: Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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
Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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)

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

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
Main article: Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

See also
  • Australia at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
  • Australia at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

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