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{{infobox country at games
[[image:Australia_flag_large.png|right|thumb|100px|Flag of Australia]]
| NOC = AUS
| NOCname = [[Australian Olympic Committee]]
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 1972
| flagcaption =
| oldcode =
| website = {{url|www.olympics.com.au }}
| location = [[Munich]]
| competitors = 168 (139 men, 29 women)
| sports = 20
| flagbearer = [[Dennis Green (canoeist)|Dennis Green]] (opening)<br>[[Michael Wenden]] (closing)
| rank = 6
| gold = 8
| silver = 7
| bronze = 2
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year =
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso = [[Australia at the 1906 Intercalated Games|1906]] Intercalated Games<br>{{flagIOC|ANZ}} (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.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/1972/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044346/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/1972/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Australia at the 1972 Munich Summer Games |access-date=2011-02-09 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref>


==Medalists==
'''[[Australia]]''' competed at the '''[[1972 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[Munich]]. It was the seventeenth time that the nation had competed, being one of only four nations to have competed in every Summer Olympics to that time. This included two times that Australia competed as part of a combined team with [[New Zealand]]. Australia competed under the [[list of IOC country codes|IOC country code]] AUS.


===Gold===
==Results by event==
*[[Shane Gould]] &mdash; [[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Swimming]], Women's 200m Individual Medley
*[[Shane Gould]] &mdash; [[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Swimming]], Women's 200m Freestyle
*[[Shane Gould]] &mdash; [[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Swimming]], Women's 400m Freestyle
*[[Beverley Whitfield]] &mdash; [[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Swimming]], Women's 200m Breaststroke
*[[Gail Neall]] &mdash; [[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Swimming]], Women's 400m Individual Medley
*[[Bradford Cooper (swimmer)|Bradford Cooper]] &mdash; [[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Swimming]], Men's 400m Freestyle
*[[John Anderson (sailor)|John Anderson]] and [[David Forbes (sailor)|David Forbes]] &mdash; [[Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Sailing]], Men's Star Team Competition
*[[Thomas Anderson (sailor)|Thomas Anderson]], [[John Cuneo (sailor)|John Cuneo]] and [[John Shaw (sailor)|John Shaw]] &mdash; [[Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Sailing]], Men's Dragon Team Competition


===Silver===
===[[Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Archery]]===
*[[Raelene Boyle]] &mdash; [[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Athletics]], Women's 100m
*[[Raelene Boyle]] &mdash; [[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Athletics]], Women's 200m
*[[John Nicholson (cyclist)|John Nicholson]] &mdash; [[Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Cycling]], Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)
*[[Danny Clark (cyclist)|Danny Clark]] &mdash; [[Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Cycling]], Men's 1.000m Time Trial
*[[Clyde Sefton]] &mdash; [[Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Cycling]], Men's Individual Road Race
*[[Shane Gould]] &mdash; [[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Swimming]], Women's 800m Freestyle
*[[Graham Windeatt]] &mdash; [[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Swimming]], Men's 1.500m Freestyle


===Bronze===
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.
*[[Shane Gould]] &mdash; [[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Swimming]], Women's 100m Freestyle
*[[Beverley Whitfield]] &mdash; [[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Swimming]], Women's 100m Breaststroke


==Archery==
Women's:
{{main|Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
* [[Terene Donovan]] - 2356 points (9th place)
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:
* [[Graeme Telford]] - 2423 points (9th place)
*[[Terene Donovan]] - 2356 points (→ 9th place)
* [[Terence Reilly]] - 2387 points (15th place)


'''Men's Individual Competition:'''
*[[Graeme Telford]] - 2423 points (→ 9th place)
*[[Terry Reilly]] - 2387 points (→ 15th place)

==Athletics==
{{main|Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
'''Men's 800 metres'''
*[[Graeme Rootham]]
** Heat &mdash; 1:48.2 (→ did not advance)

'''Men's 1.500 metres'''
*[[Chris Fisher (athlete)|Chris Fisher]]
** Heat &mdash; 3:42.5
** Semifinals &mdash; 3:42.0 (→ did not advance)

'''Men's 5.000 metres'''
*[[Tony Benson (athlete)|Tony Benson]]
** Heat &mdash; 13:42.8 (→ did not advance)
*[[Kerry O'Brien (athlete)|Kerry O'Brien]]
** Heat &mdash; did not start (→ did not advance)

'''Men's 3.000m Steeplechase'''
*[[Kerry O'Brien (athlete)|Kerry O'Brien]]
** Qualifying Heat &mdash; did not finish (→ did not advance)

'''Men's High Jump'''
*[[Lawrie Peckham]]
** Qualifying Round &mdash; 2.15m
** Final &mdash; 2.10m (→ 18th place)

==Basketball==
{{main|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 (basketball)|Ian Watson]]
** [[Richard Duke (basketball)|Richard Duke]]
** [[Bill Wyatt (basketball)|Bill Wyatt]]
** [[Eddie Palubinskas]]
** [[Brian Kerle]]
** [[Peter Byrne (basketball)|Peter Byrne]]
** [[Perry Crosswhite]]
** [[Ray Tomlinson (basketball)|Ray Tomlinson]]
** [[Ken James (basketball)|Ken James]]
** [[Tom Bender (basketball)|Tom Bender]]
** [[Toli Koltuniewicz]]
*'''Head coach''': [[Lindsay Gaze]]

==Boxing==
{{main|Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

'''Men's Light Middleweight (&ndash; 71&nbsp;kg)'''
*[[Alan Jenkinson]]
** First Round &mdash; Bye
** Second Round &mdash; Defeated [[Michel Belliard]] (FRA), 4:1
** Third Round &mdash; Lost to [[Mohamed Majeri]] (TUN), 0:5

==Canoeing==
{{main|Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

==Cycling==
{{main|Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
Ten cyclists represented Australia in 1972.

;[[Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|Individual road race]]
* [[Clyde Sefton]] &mdash; [[Image:Med 2.png]] '''Silver Medal'''
* [[David Jose]] &mdash; 29th place
* [[John Trevorrow]] &mdash; 32nd place
* [[Donald Allan]] &mdash; 58th place

;[[Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial|Team time trial]]
* [[Donald Allan]]
* [[Graeme Jose]]
* [[Clyde Sefton]]
* [[John Trevorrow]]

;[[Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint|Sprint]]
* [[John Nicholson (cyclist)|John Nicholson]]

;[[Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000m time trial|1000m time trial]]
* [[Danny Clark (cyclist)|Daniel Clark]]
** Final &mdash; 1:06.87 (→ [[Image:Med 2.png]] '''Silver Medal''')

;[[Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]]
* [[John Bylsma]]

;[[Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]
* [[Steele Bishop]]
* [[Danny Clark (cyclist)|Danny Clark]]
* [[Remo Sansonetti]]
* [[Philip Sawyer (cyclist)|Philip Sawyer]]

==Diving==
{{main|Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

'''Men's 3m Springboard:'''
*[[Donald Wagstaff]] &mdash; 344.13 points (→ 13th place)
*[[Kenneth Grove]] &mdash; 302.91 points (→ 29th place)

'''Men's 10m Platform:'''
*Donald Wagstaff &mdash; 435.84 points (→ 11th place)
*Kenneth Grove &mdash; 254.73 points (→ 32nd place)

'''Women's 10m Platform:'''
*[[Ann Jones (diver)|Glenise-Ann Jones]] &mdash; 157.20 points (→ 26th place)

==Equestrian==
{{main|Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

==Fencing==
{{main|Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
Four fencers, two men and two women, represented Australia in 1972.

;[[Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's foil|Men's foil]]
* [[Ernest Simon (fencer)|Ernest Simon]]
* [[Greg Benko]]

;[[Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's foil|Women's foil]]
* [[Marion Exelby]]
* [[Christine McDougall]]

==Gymnastics==
{{main|Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

==Hockey==
{{main|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 (field hockey)|Robert Andrew]]
** [[Greg Browning]]
** [[Ric Charlesworth]]
** [[Paul Dearing]]
** [[Brian Glencross]]
** [[Robert Haigh (field hockey)|Robert Haigh]]
** [[Wayne Hammond (field hockey)|Wayne Hammond]]
** [[James Mason (field hockey)|James Mason]]
** [[Terry McAskell]]
** [[Patrick Nilan]]
** [[Desmond Piper]]
** [[Graeme Reid]]
** [[Ronald Riley]]
** [[Donald Smart]]
** [[Ronald Wilson (field hockey)|Ronald Wilson]]

==Judo==
{{main|Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

==Modern pentathlon==
{{main|Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
Two male pentathletes represented Australia in 1972.

'''Men's Individual Competition:'''
*[[Robert Barrie (pentathlete)|Robert Barrie]] &mdash; 4600 points (→ 32nd place)
*[[Peter Macken]] &mdash; 4449 points (→ 41st place)

==Rowing==
{{main|Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

==Sailing==
{{main|Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

==Shooting==
{{main|Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
Four male shooters represented Australia in 1972.
;Mixed
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Final
|-
!Score
!Rank
|-
|[[Donald Brook (sport shooter)|Donald Brook]]
|rowspan=2|[[Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle, prone|50 m rifle, prone]]
|align="center"|596
|align="center"|10
|-
|[[Russell Dove]]
|align="center"|593
|align="center"|25
|-
|[[Sperry Marshall]]
|rowspan=1|[[Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed trap|Trap]]
|align="center"|186
|align="center"|22
|-
|[[Alexander Taransky]]
|rowspan=1|[[Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 25 metre rapid fire pistol|25 m pistol]]
|align="center"|586
|align="center"|18
|}

==Swimming==
{{main|Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

'''Men's 100m Freestyle'''
*[[Michael Wenden]]
** Heat &mdash; 52.34s
** Semifinals &mdash; 53.32s
** Final &mdash; 52.41s (→ 5th place)
*[[Greg Rogers]]
** Heat &mdash; 53.98s
** Semifinals &mdash; 54.26s (→ did not advance)
*[[Neil Rogers (swimmer)|Neil Rogers]]
** Heat &mdash; 55.32s (→ did not advance)

'''Men's 200m Freestyle'''
*[[Michael Wenden]]
** Heat &mdash; 1:56.66
** Final &mdash; 1:54.40 (→ 4th place)
*[[Graham White (swimmer)|Graham White]]
** Heat &mdash; 1:58.60 (→ did not advance)
*[[Robert Nay]]
** Heat &mdash; 1:57.69 (→ did not advance)

'''Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay'''
*[[Neil Rogers (swimmer)|Neil Rogers]], [[Graham White (swimmer)|Graham White]], [[Bruce Featherston]] and [[Greg Rogers]]
** Heat &mdash; 3:40.47 (→ did not advance)

'''Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay'''
* [[Graham Windeatt]], [[Bruce Featherstone]], [[Michael Wenden]], and [[Graham White (swimmer)|Graham White]]
** Heat &mdash; 7:49.03
*[[Michael Wenden]], [[Graham Windeatt]], [[Robert Nay]], and [[Bradford Cooper (swimmer)|Bradford Cooper]]
** Final &mdash; 7:48.66 (→ 5th place)

'''Men's 200m Butterfly'''
* [[James Norman Findlay]]
** Heat &mdash; 2:08.36 ( 4th Place)

'''Men's 200m Individual Medley'''
* [[James Norman Findlay]]
** Heat &mdash; 2:20.08 ( 6th Place)

==Water polo==
{{main|Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

==Weightlifting==
{{main|Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

==Wrestling==
{{main|Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

==See also==
*[[Australia at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games]]
*[[Australia at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

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{{Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:Australia at the Summer Olympics by year|1972 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:1972 in Australian sport|Olympics]]

Latest revision as of 23:14, 3 May 2025

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)

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

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Gold

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Silver

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Bronze

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Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

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Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

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Main article: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Ten cyclists represented Australia in 1972.

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

Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

Men's foil
Women's foil

Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Hockey

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Main article: Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

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Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Two male pentathletes represented Australia in 1972.

Men's Individual Competition:

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Shooting

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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

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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

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

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Main article: Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

See also

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References

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  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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