1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Great Britain)
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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
- Roy Matthews - 2385 points → 17th place
- John Snelling - 2356 points → 26th place
- Ronald Bishop - 2244 points → 45th place
- Lynne Evans - 2313 points → 16th place
- Carol Sykes - 2273 points → 21st place
- Pauline Edwards - 2249 points → 25th place
Boxing
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Ralph Evans
- Light flyweight: bronze
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Maurice O'Sullivan
- Flyweight: 2nd round
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George Turpin
- Bantamweight: bronze
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Billy Taylor
- Featherweight: 2nd round
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Neville Cole
- Lightweight: 2nd round
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Graham Moughton
- Light welterweight: quarterfinals
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Maurice Hope
- Welterweight: quarterfinals
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Alan Minter
- Light middleweight: bronze
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Bill Knight
- Middleweight: Round of 16
fencing
- Barry Paul → quarter finals
- Graham Paul → Quarter Finals
- Mike Breckin → Round of 16
- Mike Breckin , Barry Paul , Graham Paul , Anthony Power , Ian Single → Preliminary Round
- Teddy Bourne → Round of 16
- Ralph Johnson → Round of 16
- Graham Paul → Round of 16
- Teddy Bourne , Bill Hoskyns , Edward Hudson , Ralph Johnson , Graham Paul → preliminary round
- Richard Oldcorn → Round of 16
- John Deanfield → Round of 16
- Richard Cohen → preliminary round
- David Acfield , Richard Cohen , Rodney Craig , John Deanfield , Richard Oldcorn → Preliminary round
- Sue Green → quarter finals
- Janet Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh → Preliminary round
- Clare Henley-Halsted → preliminary round
- Sue Green , Clare Henley-Halsted , Sally Anne Littlejohns , Janet Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh , Susan Wrigglesworth → preliminary round
Weightlifting
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Precious McKenzie
- Bantamweight: 9th place
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George Newton
- Lightweight: 15th place
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Ieuan Owen
- Lightweight: 18th place
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Mike Pearman
- Lightweight: 11th place
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Anthony Ford
- Lightweight: 13th place
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Peter Arthur
- Middle heavyweight: 15th place
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Dave Hancock
- Heavyweight: 13th place
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Ken Price
- Heavyweight: 18th place
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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
Judo
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Edward Mullen
- Lightweight: 9th place
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Robert Sullivan
- Light middleweight: 18th place
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Brian Jacks
- Middleweight: bronze
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David Starbrook
- Light Heavyweight: Silver
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Keith Remfry
- Heavyweight: 16th place
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Angelo Parisi
- Open class: bronze
canoe
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Women
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athletics
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Women
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Modern pentathlon
- Jeremy Fox - 5292 points → 4th place
- Barry Lillywhite - 4538 points → 36th place
- Robert Lawson Phelps - 4427 points → 47th place
- Fox, Lillywhite, Phelps - 14,257 points → 9th place
Cycling
- Phil Bayton - 5th place
- Phil Edwards - 6th place
- David Lloyd - eliminated → without result
- John Clewarth - eliminated → without result
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Phil Bayton , Phil Edwards , David Lloyd , John Clewarth
- 14th place
- Final - 1: 09.45 min → 17th place
- David Rowe , Geoffrey Cooke → 10th place
- Ernie Crutchlow → eliminated
- Geoff Cooke → eliminated
- Ian Hallam → 10th place
- Mick Bennett , Ian Hallam , Ron Keeble , Willi Moore → Bronze
horse riding
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Lorna Johnstone
- Dressage, individual: 12th place
- Dressage, team: 10th place
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Jennie Loriston-Clarke
- Dressage, individual: 24th place
- Dressage, team: 10th place
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Domini Lawrence
- Dressage, individual: 33rd place
- Dressage, team: 10th place
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Ann Moore
- Jumping, singles: silver
- Jumping, team: 4th place
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David Broome
- Jumping, singles: 14th place
- Jumping, team: 4th place
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Michael Saywell
- Jumping, singles: 15th place
- Jumping, team: 4th place
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Harvey Smith
- Jumping, team: 4th place
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Richard Meade
- Eventing, individual: gold
- Eventing, team: gold
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Mary Gordon-Watson
- Eventing, individual: 4th place
- Eventing, team: gold
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Bridget Parker
- Eventing, individual: 10th place
- Eventing, team: gold
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Mark Phillips
- Eventing, individual: 35th place
- Eventing, team: gold
Wrestling
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Amrik Singh Gill
- Bantamweight, freestyle: 3rd round
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Kenneth Dawes
- Featherweight, freestyle: 2nd round
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Joe Gilligan
- Lightweight, freestyle: 3rd round
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Tony Shacklady
- Welterweight, freestyle: 2nd round
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Richard Barraclough
- Middleweight, freestyle: 3rd round
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Ron Grinstead
- Light heavyweight, freestyle: 2nd round
rowing
- 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
- → 5th place
- → 12th place
- 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
- → 7th place
- → 10th place
shoot
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John Cooke
- Rapid fire pistol: 19th place
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Tony Clark
- Rapid fire pistol: 34th place
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Frank Wyatt
- Free pistol: 14th place
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Harry Cullum
- Free pistol: 31st place
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Malcolm Cooper
- Free rifle, three-position fight: 12th place
- Small bore, three-position battle: 18th place
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Bob Churchill
- Small caliber, three-position fight: 31st place
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John Palin
- Small bore, lying: 54th place
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Phil Lawrence
- Small bore, lying: 55th place
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John Kynoch
- Running disc: bronze
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John Anthony
- Running target: 24th place
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Ronald Carter
- Trap: 21st place
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Brian Bailey
- Trap: 25th place
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Joe Neville
- Skeet: 4th place
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Colin Sephton
- Skeet: 16th place
swim
Men
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Women
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sailing
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Rodney Pattison (helmsman) & Christopher Davies
- gold
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Alan Warren (helmsman) & David Hunt
- silver
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Patrick Pym (helmsman)
- 18th place
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Simon Tait (helmsman), Alistair Currey & Ian Hannay
- 12th place
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John Oakley (helmsman), Barry Dunning & Charles Reynolds
- 5th place
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Stuart Jardine (helmsman) & John Wastall
- 7th place
do gymnastics
Men
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Women
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Diving
- Christopher Walls - 332.07 points → 17th place
- John David Baker - 321.15 points → 23rd place
- Brian Wetheridge - 310.53 points → 28th place
- Frank Dufficy - 271.77 points → 21st place
- Andrew Michael Gill - 268.68 points → 22nd place
- Brian Wetheridge - 262.59 points → 28th place
- Alison Jean Drake - 378.18 points → 12th place
- Helen Mary Koppell - 242.22 points → 22nd place
- 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 )