1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Great Britain)

GBR

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The United Kingdom took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich as Great Britain and Northern Ireland . 284 competitors (210 men, 74 women) took part in 159 competitions in 18 sports. British athletes have been represented at all summer games since the beginning. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the rider David Broome .

Medals

gold

• Mary Peters - athletics, pentathlon
• Richard Meade - Horseback Riding, Eventing Singles
• Mary Gordon-Watson , Richard Meade , Bridget Parker , Mark Phillips - horse riding, eventing team
• Christopher Davies , Rodney Pattisson - sailing, Flying Dutchman

silver

• Martin Reynolds , Alan Pascoe , David Hemery , David Jenkins - Athletics, 4 × 400 m relay
• Ann Moore - horse riding, show jumping singles
• David Starbrook - Judo, light heavyweight (up to 93 kg)
• David Wilkie - swim, 200m chest
• David Hunt , Alan Warren (helmsman) - Sailing, Tempest

bronze

• Ian Stewart - athletics, 5000 m
• David Hemery - Athletics, 400m Hurdles
• Ralph Evans - Boxing, light flyweight (up to 48 kg)
• George Turpin - boxes, bantam weight (up to 54 kg)
• Alan Minter - boxing, light middleweight (up to 71 kg)
• Michael Bennett , Ian Hallam , Ronald Keeble , William Moore - cycling, 4000m team pursuit
• Brian Jacks - Judo, middleweight (up to 80 kg)
• Angelo Parisi - Judo, Open Class
• John Kynoch - Shooting, Running Target

Archery

Archery men

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

Archery women

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

Boxing

• Ralph Evans

  Light flyweight: bronze

• Maurice O'Sullivan

  Flyweight: 2nd round

• George Turpin

  Bantamweight: bronze

• Billy Taylor

  Featherweight: 2nd round

• Neville Cole

  Lightweight: 2nd round

• Graham Moughton

  Light welterweight: quarterfinals

• Maurice Hope

  Welterweight: quarterfinals

• Alan Minter

  Light middleweight: bronze

• Bill Knight

  Middleweight: Round of 16

fencing

Foil single

• Barry Paul → quarter finals
• Graham Paul → Quarter Finals
• Mike Breckin → Round of 16

Foil team

• Mike Breckin , Barry Paul , Graham Paul , Anthony Power , Ian Single → Preliminary Round

Epee single

• Teddy Bourne → Round of 16
• Ralph Johnson → Round of 16
• Graham Paul → Round of 16

Epee team

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

Saber single

• Richard Oldcorn → Round of 16
• John Deanfield → Round of 16
• Richard Cohen → preliminary round

Saber crew

• David Acfield , Richard Cohen , Rodney Craig , John Deanfield , Richard Oldcorn → Preliminary round

Foil single

• Sue Green → quarter finals
• Janet Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh → Preliminary round
• Clare Henley-Halsted → preliminary round

Foil team

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

Weightlifting

• Precious McKenzie

  Bantamweight: 9th place

• George Newton

  Lightweight: 15th place

• Ieuan Owen

  Lightweight: 18th place

• Mike Pearman

  Lightweight: 11th place

• Anthony Ford

  Lightweight: 13th place

• Peter Arthur

  Middle heavyweight: 15th place

• Dave Hancock

  Heavyweight: 13th place

• Ken Price

  Heavyweight: 18th place

• Terry Perdue

  Super heavyweight: 10th place

hockey

Men's

• Preliminary round (group B)

• Win against Mexico (6-0)
• Lost to India (0-5)
• Lost to New Zealand (1-2)
• Win against Kenya (2-0)
• Drew with Australia (1-1)
• Win against Netherlands (3-1)
• Win against Poland (2-1)

• Semifinals

• Win against Spain (2-0)

• Play for 5th place

• 5th / 6th Place : loss to Australia (1-2) → 6th place

• Team line-up

• Joe Ahmad
• Michael Crowe
• Mike Corby
• Bernie Cotton
• Tony Ekins
• Graham Evans
• John French
• Terry Gregg
• Dennis Hay
• Christopher Langhorne
• Peter Marsh
• Peter Mills
• Richard Oliver
• Rui Saldanha
• David Austin Savage
• Keith Sinclair
• Paul Svehlik

Judo

• Edward Mullen

  Lightweight: 9th place

• Robert Sullivan

  Light middleweight: 18th place

• Brian Jacks

  Middleweight: bronze

• David Starbrook

  Light Heavyweight: Silver

• Keith Remfry

  Heavyweight: 16th place

• Angelo Parisi

  Open class: bronze

canoe

Men John Oliver Kayak single, 1000 meters: semi-finals Robin Avery & Doug Parnham Two kayaks, 1000 meters: semi-finals Robin Avery , Peter Lawler , John Oliver & Doug Parnham Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: hope run David Mitchell Kayak single, slalom: 22nd place John MacLeod Kayak single, slalom: 30th place Raymond Calverley Kayak single, slalom: 32nd place John Albert Canoe single, slalom: 13th place Rowan Osborne Canoe single, slalom: 20th place Geoffrey Dinsdale Canoe single, slalom: 21st place David Allen & Lindsay Williams Canoe two-man, slalom: 15th place John Court & Jon Goodwin Canoe two-man, slalom: DNF

Women Jane Rouse Kayak single, 500 meters: hope run Pamela Renshaw & Helen Woodhouse Kayak twos, 500 meters: hope run Victoria Brown Kayak single, slalom: 6th place Heather Goodman Kayak single, slalom: 13th place Pauline Goodwin Kayak single, slalom: 21st place

athletics

Men 100 m Brian Green Preroll, round 1 - 10.41 Preroll, round 2 - 10.58 Semi-finals - 10.52 s → eliminated Les Piggot Forward, lap 1 - 10.54 s Prerun, round 2 - 10.53 s → eliminated Don Halliday Forward, lap 1 - 10.58 s Preliminary, round 2— 10.60 → eliminated 200 m Brian Green Forward, round 1 - 21.26 s Preroll, round 2 - 21.41 s → eliminated 400 m Martin Reynolds Forward, round 1 - 46.46 s Forward, round 2 - 46.11 s Semi-finals - 46.71 s → eliminated David Jenkins Forward, round 1 - 46.15 s Forward, round 2 - 45.99 s Semi-finals - 45.91 s → eliminated Gary Armstrong Forward, round 1 - 46.48 s Preroll, round 2— 47.10 s → eliminated 800 m Andy Carter Forward - 1: 47.6 min Semi-finals - 1: 46.5 min Final - 1: 46.6 min → 6th place Dave Cropper Forward - 1: 47.5 min Semi-finals - 1: 48.4 min → eliminated Colin Campbell Preroll - 1: 54.8 min → eliminated 1500 m Brendan Foster Forward - 3: 40.8 min Semi-finals - 3: 38.2 min Final - 3: 39.0 min → 5th place Ray Smedley Preroll - 3: 42.1 min Semi-finals - 3: 45.8 min → eliminated John Kirkbride Preroll - 3: 45.3 min → eliminated 5000 m Ian Stewart Forward - 13: 33.0 min Final - 13: 27.6 min bronze Ian McCafferty Forward - 13: 38.2 min Final - 13: 43.2 min → 11th place David Bedford Forward - 13: 49.8 min Final - 13: 43.2 min → 12th place 10,000 m David Bedford Forward - 27: 53.6 min Final - 28: 05.4 min → 6th place Lachie Stewart Preroll - 28: 31.4 min → eliminated Dave Holt Preroll - 28: 46.8 min → eliminated marathon Ron Hill : 2: 16: 30.6 h → 6th place Donald Macgregor : 2: 16: 34.4 h → 7th place Colin Kirkham : 2: 21: 54.8 h → 20th place 20 km walking Paul Nihill : 1: 28: 44.4 h → 6th place Phil Embleton : 1:33 : 22.2 h → 14th place Peter Marlow : 1: 35: 38.8 h → 17th place 50 km of walking Paul Nihill : 4: 14: 09.4 h → 9th place John Warhurst : 4: 23: 21.6 h → 18th place Howard Timms : 4: 34: 43.8 h → 25th place 110 m hurdles Alan Pascoe Forward - 14.08 s Semi-finals - 14.24 s → eliminated Berwyn Price Forward - 13.94 sec Semi-finals - 14.37 s → eliminated David Wilson Advance - 14.31 s → eliminated 400 m hurdles David Hemery Forward - 49.72 sec Semi-finals - 49.66 p Final - 48.52 s → bronze John Sherwood Forward: DNF 3000 m obstacle Andy Holden Preroll - 8: 33.8 min → eliminated Steve Hollings Pre-run - 8: 35.0 min → eliminated John Bicourt Pre-run - 8: 38.8 min → eliminated 4 × 100 m relay Berwyn Price , Don Halliday , Dave Dear , Brian Green Forward - 39.63 s Les Piggot , Don Halliday, Dave Dear, Brian Green Semi-finals - 39.47 s → eliminated 4 × 400 m relay Martin Reynolds , Alan Pascoe , David Hemery , David Jenkins Semi-finals - 3: 01.3 min Final - 3: 00.5 min → silver Pole vault Mike Bull Qualification - 4.80 m → eliminated Long jump Alan Lerwill Qualification - 7.86 m Final - 7.91 m → 7th place Lynn Davies Qualification - 7.64 m → eliminated Shot put Geoff Capes Qualification - 18.94 m → eliminated Discus throw Bill Tancred Qualification - 57.24 m → eliminated John Watts Qualification - 53.86 m → eliminated Hammer throw Barry Williams Qualification - 66.32 m Final - 68.18 m → 16th place Howard Payne Qualification - 64.56 m → eliminated Javelin throw Dave Travis Qualification - 74.68 m → eliminated Decathlon Barry King : 7468 points → 15th place Peter Gabbett : DNF

Women 100 m Andrea Lynch Forward, lap 1 - 11.52 s Forward, round 2 - 11.57 s Semi-finals - 11.64 s → eliminated Anita Neil Forward, lap 1 - 11.55 s Preroll, round 2 - 11.58 s → eliminated Sonia Lannaman Forward, round 1 - 11.45 s Preroll, round 2— 11.72 s → eliminated 200 m Donna Murray Forward, round 1 - 23.76 s Forward, round 2 - 23.69 s Semi-finals - 24.03 s → eliminated Della Pascoe Forward, lap 1 - 23.97 s Preroll, round 2 - 23.72 s → eliminated Margaret Critchley Forward, round 1 - 24.04 s Preroll, lap 2 - 24.05 s → eliminated 400 m Jannette Roscoe Forward, round 1 - 53.67 s Preroll, round 2— 53.01 s → eliminated Verona Bernard Forward, round 1 - 53.31 s Preroll, round 2— 53.29 s → eliminated Janet Simpson Preroll, lap 1 - 54.13 s → eliminated 800 m Rosemary Stirling Forward - 2: 03.6 min Semi-finals - 2: 02.4 min Final - 2: 00.2 min → 7th place Margaret Coomber Preroll - 2: 03.0 min → eliminated Patricia Cropper Preroll - 2: 03.6 min → eliminated 1500 m Sheila Carey Forward - 4: 13.0 min Semi-finals - 4: 07.4 Final - 4: 04.8 min → 5th place Joyce Smith Forward - 4: 11.3 min Semi-finals - 4: 09.4 min → eliminated Joan Allison Preroll - 4: 14.9 min → eliminated 100 m hurdles Judy Vernon Forward - 13.37 s → eliminated Ann Wilson Preroll - 13.53 s → eliminated 4 x 100 meters Andrea Lynch , Della Pascoe , Judy Vernon , Anita Neil Lead time: 43.76 s Final: 43.71 s → 7th place 4 x 400 meters Verona Bernard-Elder , Janet Simpson , Jannette Roscoe , Rosemary Stirling Advance: 3: 30.05 min 3: 28.74 min → 5th place high jump Barbara Inkpen Preliminary round: 1.76 m Final: 1.85 m → 4th place Rosaline Few Preliminary round: 1.73 m → eliminated Penelope Dimmock Preliminary round: 1.70 m → eliminated Long jump Sheila Sherwood Preliminary round: 6.33 m Final: 6.41 m → 9th place Maureen Chitty Preliminary round: 6.26 m → eliminated Ruth Martin-Jones Preliminary round: 5.93 m → eliminated Discus throw Rosemary Payne Preliminary round: 55.56 m Final: 56.50 m → 12th place Pentathlon Mary Peters 4801 points → gold Ann Wilson 4279 points → 13th place

Modern pentathlon

Modern pentathlon singles

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

Modern pentathlon team

• Fox, Lillywhite, Phelps - 14,257 points → 9th place

Cycling

1972 Summer Olympics / Cycling # Road

Road Race (182.4 km)

• Phil Bayton - 5th place
• Phil Edwards - 6th place
• David Lloyd - eliminated → without result
• John Clewarth - eliminated → without result

Team time trial (100 km)

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

  14th place

train

1000 m time trial

• Michael Bennett

• Final - 1: 09.45 min → 17th place

tandem

• David Rowe , Geoffrey Cooke → 10th place

sprint

• Ernie Crutchlow → eliminated
• Geoff Cooke → eliminated

One's pursuit

• Ian Hallam → 10th place

Team pursuit

• Mick Bennett , Ian Hallam , Ron Keeble , Willi Moore → Bronze

horse riding

• Lorna Johnstone

  Dressage, individual: 12th place

  Dressage, team: 10th place

• Jennie Loriston-Clarke

  Dressage, individual: 24th place

  Dressage, team: 10th place

• Domini Lawrence

  Dressage, individual: 33rd place

  Dressage, team: 10th place

• Ann Moore

  Jumping, singles: silver

  Jumping, team: 4th place

• David Broome

  Jumping, singles: 14th place

  Jumping, team: 4th place

• Michael Saywell

  Jumping, singles: 15th place

  Jumping, team: 4th place

• Harvey Smith

  Jumping, team: 4th place

• Richard Meade

  Eventing, individual: gold

  Eventing, team: gold

• Mary Gordon-Watson

  Eventing, individual: 4th place

  Eventing, team: gold

• Bridget Parker

  Eventing, individual: 10th place

  Eventing, team: gold

• Mark Phillips

  Eventing, individual: 35th place

  Eventing, team: gold

Wrestling

• Amrik Singh Gill

  Bantamweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• Kenneth Dawes

  Featherweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• Joe Gilligan

  Lightweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• Tony Shacklady

  Welterweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• Richard Barraclough

  Middleweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• Ron Grinstead

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: 2nd round

rowing

One

• Kenny Dwan

• Preroll - 7: 57.49 min
• Hope run - 8: 10.32 min
• Semi-finals - 8: 38.62 min
• B final - 8: 00.38 min → 9th place

Double scull

• Tim Crooks , Patrick Delafield

• → 5th place

Two without a helmsman

• Matthew Cooper , Jeremiah McCarthy

• → 12th place

Two with a helmsman

• Michael Hart , David Maxwell , Alan Inns

• Forward - 7: 49.56 min
• Hope run - 8:01:14 min
• Semi-finals - 8: 21.61 min
• B final - 7: 59.57 min → 8th place

Foursome without a helmsman

• Frederick Smallbone , Leonard Robertson , Jim Clark , William Mason

• → 7th place

Foursome with a helmsman

• Alan Almand , Christopher Pierce , Rooney Massara , Hugh Matheson , Patrick Sweeney

• → 10th place

shoot

• John Cooke

  Rapid fire pistol: 19th place

• Tony Clark

  Rapid fire pistol: 34th place

• Frank Wyatt

  Free pistol: 14th place

• Harry Cullum

  Free pistol: 31st place

• Malcolm Cooper

  Free rifle, three-position fight: 12th place

  Small bore, three-position battle: 18th place

• Bob Churchill

  Small caliber, three-position fight: 31st place

• John Palin

  Small bore, lying: 54th place

• Phil Lawrence

  Small bore, lying: 55th place

• John Kynoch

  Running disc: bronze

• John Anthony

  Running target: 24th place

• Ronald Carter

  Trap: 21st place

• Brian Bailey

  Trap: 25th place

• Joe Neville

  Skeet: 4th place

• Colin Sephton

  Skeet: 16th place

swim

Men Michael Bailey 200 meters freestyle: prelims 4 x 200 meters freestyle: 8th place Brian Brinkley 100 meters freestyle: prelims 200 meters freestyle: prelims 400 meters freestyle: 5th place 1500 meters freestyle: prelims 4 x 200 meters freestyle: 8th place 200 meters butterfly: heats Jim Carter 1500 meters freestyle: prelims Colin Cunningham 4 x 200 meters freestyle: 8th place 100 meters back: heats 200 meters back: heats 4 x 100 meter medley: 7th place Neil Dexter 400 meters freestyle: prelims 1500 meters freestyle: prelims Martin Edwards 100 meter butterfly: prelims Nigel Johnson 200 meters chest: heats Sean Maher 100 meter butterfly: prelims 200 meters butterfly: heats John Mills 200 meters freestyle: prelims 4 x 200 meters freestyle: 8th place 100 meter butterfly: semi-finals 200 meters butterfly: heats 4 x 100 meter medley: 7th place Paul Naisby 100 meter chest: heats Malcolm O'Connell 100 meter chest: heats 200 meters chest: heats Barry Prime 200 meter medley: disqualified after the preliminary run 400 meter individual medley: prelims Mike Richards 100 meters back: semi-finals Clive Rushton 100 meters back: semi-finals David Wilkie 100 meters chest: 8th place 200 meters chest: silver 200 meter medley: prelims 4 x 100 meter medley: 7th place Malcolm Windeatt 100 meters freestyle: prelims 4 x 100 meter medley: 7th place

Women Lesley Allardice 100 meters freestyle: prelims 200 meters freestyle: prelims 4 x 100 meter freestyle: prelims 4 x 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Diana Ashton 100 meters back: heats 200 meters back: heats Pamela Bairstow 200 meters back: heats 4 x 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Pat Beavan 200 meters chest: heats Jacqueline Brown 100 meters back: heats Moira Brown 200 meters butterfly: heats Susan Edmondson 100 meters freestyle: prelims 200 meters freestyle: prelims 400 meters freestyle: prelims 4 x 100 meter freestyle: prelims June Green 400 meters freestyle: prelims 800 meters freestyle: prelims Diana Harris 100 meter chest: heats Dorothy Harrison 100 meters chest: 8th place 4 x 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Christine Jarvis 100 meters chest: semi-finals 200 meters chest: heats Jean Jeavons 100 meter butterfly: prelims 200 meters butterfly: heats 4 x 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Susan Jones 800 meters freestyle: prelims Amanda Radnage 200 meters chest: heats Shelagh Ratcliffe 200 meter medley: prelims 400 meter individual medley: prelims Susan Richardson 200 meter medley: prelims 400 meter individual medley: prelims Judith Sirs 4 x 100 meter freestyle: prelims Diana Sutherland 200 meters freestyle: prelims 400 meters freestyle: prelims 4 x 100 meter freestyle: prelims 100 meters back: heats 200 meters back: heats Diane Walker 100 meters freestyle: prelims 400 meter individual medley: prelims Avis Willington 800 meters freestyle: prelims 200 meter medley: prelims

sailing

Flying Dutchman

• Rodney Pattison (helmsman) & Christopher Davies

  gold

Tempest

• Alan Warren (helmsman) & David Hunt

  silver

Finn dinghy

• Patrick Pym (helmsman)

  18th place

Dragons

• Simon Tait (helmsman), Alistair Currey & Ian Hannay

  12th place

Soling

• John Oakley (helmsman), Barry Dunning & Charles Reynolds

  5th place

star

• Stuart Jardine (helmsman) & John Wastall

  7th place

do gymnastics

Men Eddie Arnold Individual all-around: 103rd place in qualification Floor: 86th place in qualification Horse: 76th place in qualification Bars: 98th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 107th place in qualification Rings: 96th place in qualification Pommel horse: 107th place in qualification Bill Norgrave Individual all-around: 107th place in qualification Floor: 107th place in qualification Horse: 91st place in qualification Bars: 106th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 109th place in qualification Rings: 90th place in qualification Pommel horse: 91st place in qualification Stan Wild Individual all-around: 93rd place in qualification Floor: 83rd place in qualification Horse: 64th place in qualification Bars: 99th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 95th place in qualification Rings: 106th place in qualification Pommel horse: 73rd place in qualification

Women Barbara Alred Individual all-around: 107th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 18th place Floor: 107th place in qualification Horse: 112th place in qualification Uneven bars: 100th place in qualification Balance beam: 75th place in qualification Pamela Hopkins Individual all-around: 114th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 18th place Floor: 109th place in qualification Horse: 115th place in qualification Uneven bars: 109th place in qualification Balance beam: 110th place in qualification Pamela Hutchinson Individual all-around: 99th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 18th place Floor: 113th place in qualification Horse: 109th place in qualification Uneven bars: 95th place in qualification Balance beam: 67th place in qualification Avril Lennox Individual all-around: 111th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 18th place Floor: 104th place in qualification Horse: 108th place in qualification Uneven bars: 103rd place in qualification Balance beam: 112th place in qualification Yvonne Mugridge Individual all-around: 116th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 18th place Floor: 82nd place in qualification Horse: 117th place in qualification Uneven bars: 103rd place in qualification Balance beam: 98th place in qualification Elaine Willett Individual all-around: 101st place in qualification Team all-around competition: 18th place Floor: 117th place in qualification Horse: 107th place in qualification Uneven bars: 71st place in qualification Balance beam: 93rd place in qualification

Diving

Jump 3 m

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

Diving 10 m

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

Jump 3 m

• Alison Jean Drake - 378.18 points → 12th place
• Helen Mary Koppell - 242.22 points → 22nd place

Diving 10 m

• Beverly Williams - 301.26 points → 12th place
• Heien Mary Koppell - 178.17 points → 18th place

Web links

• British Olympic team from 1972 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )