1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (New Zealand)
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New Zealand took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with 96 athletes and 28 officials.
The flag bearer was the athlete Les Mills .
Medalist
New Zealand came in 23rd overall in the medal table .
gold
- Trevor Coker , Simon Dickie , Athol Earl , John Hunter , Tony Hurt , Dick Joyce , Gary Robertson , Wybo Veldman , Lindsay Wilson - rowing, eighth
silver
- Ross Collinge , Noel Mills , Dudley Storey , Dick Tonks - rowing, foursome without a helmsman
bronze
- Rod Dixon - Athletics, 1500 meters
Participants by sport
Archery
Men
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Robin Sampson
- Individual: 53rd place
Boxing
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Jeff Rackley
- Welterweight: 2nd round
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Pat Ryan
- Featherweight: 2nd round
Weightlifting
Men
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John Bolton
- Middle heavyweight: DNF
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Tony Ebert
- Middleweight: 17th place
-
Brian Marsden
- Lightweight: 12th place
hockey
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Jeff Archibald , Arthur Borren , Jan Borren , John Christensen , Greg Dayman , Chris Ineson , Barry Maister , Selwyn Maister , Trevor Manning (reserve), Ross McPherson , Arthur Parkin , Ramesh Patel , Alan Patterson , Kevin Rigby , Ted Salmon , Warwick Wright
- 9th place
Judo
Men
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Rick Littlewood
- Middleweight: 11th place
canoe
Men
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Donald Cooper
- Kayak, 1000 meters single: semifinals
- Kayak, 1000 meters two-man: relegation round
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Tom Dooney
- Kayak, 1000 meters two-man: relegation round
athletics
Men
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Laurie D'Arcy
- 100 meters: heats
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Jack Foster
- Marathon: 8th place
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Roger Johnson
- 400 meter hurdles: prelims
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Terry Manners
- Marathon: 34th place
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Dave McKenzie
- Marathon: 22nd place
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Les Mills
- Shot put: 23rd place in qualification
- Discus throw: 14th place
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Tony Polhill
- 1,500 meters: 9th place
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Dick Quax
- 5,000 meters: heats
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Bevan Smith
- 200 meters: quarter-finals
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Robin Tait
- Discus throw: 20th place in qualification
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Dick Tayler
- 5000 meters: heats
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Gavin Thorley
- 5000 meters: heats
- 10,000 meters
Women
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Sue Haden
- 800 meters: heats
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Penny Hunt
- 400 meters: 2nd round
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Brenda Matthews
- 100 meters: 2nd round
- 100 meter hurdles: prelims
Cycling
Men
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Bruce Biddle
- Road race: 4th place
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Paul Brydon
- Road race: 50th place
- 4000 meters team pursuit: 14th place in qualification
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John Dean
- 4000 meters team pursuit: 14th place in qualification
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Vern Hanaray
- Road race: DNF
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Harry Kent
- 1000 meter time trial: 16th place
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Neil Lyster
- 4000 meters team pursuit: 14th place in qualification
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Robert Oliver
- Road race: DNF
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Blair Stockwell
- 4000 meters team pursuit: 14th place in qualification
- Brent Pascoe (reserve; no use)
Wrestling
Men
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David Aspin
- Middleweight, freestyle: 2nd round
rowing
Men
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Murray Watkinson
- One: 10th place
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John Clark , Warren Cole , Peter Lindsay , David Lindstrom , Chris Nilsson
- Four with helmsman: 6th place
- Trevor Coker , Simon Dickie , Athol Earl , John Hunter , Tony Hurt , Dick Joyce , Gary Robertson , Wybo Veldman , Lindsay Wilson
- Rob McCarthy (reserve; no use)
shoot
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Ian Ballinger
- Small bore, lying, 50 meters: 46th place
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Graeme McIntyre
- Running target, 50 meters: 26th place
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Bruce McMillan
- Rapid fire pistol, 25 meters: 28th place
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Mike Watt
- Small caliber, lying, 50 meters: 29th place
swim
Men
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Colin Herring
- 100 meters freestyle: prelims
- 200 meters freestyle: prelims
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John McConnochie
- 200 meter medley: prelims
- 400 meter individual medley: prelims
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Mark hits
- 400 meters freestyle: 6th place
- 1500 meters freestyle: prelims
Women
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Heather Coombridge
- 100 meters freestyle: semi-finals
- 200 meters freestyle: prelims
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Susan Hunter
- 100 meters back: heats
- 200 meters back: heats
- 200 meter medley: prelims
- 400 meter individual medley: prelims
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Jaynie Parkhouse
- 400 meters freestyle: prelims
- 800 meters freestyle: prelims
sailing
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Brett de Thier
- Finn dinghy: 10th place
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Jock Bilger & Murray Ross
- Flying Dutchman: 9th place
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Fraser Beer , Noel Everett & Ron Watson
- Dragons: 5th place
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Con Linton , Steve Marten & Jack Scholes
- Dragons: 21st place
- Jonty Farmer , Jack Hansen , Geoff Smale , Bryan Treleaven (reserve; no use)
do gymnastics
Men
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Terry Sale
- Individual all-around: 110th place in qualification
- Floor: 104th place in qualification
- Horse: 71st place in qualification
- Bars: 110th place in qualification
- Horizontal bar: 110th place in qualification
- Rings: 110th place in qualification
- Pommel horse: 101st place in qualification
Women
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Dianne Foote
- Individual all-around: 104th place in qualification
- Floor: 99th place in qualification
- Horse: 69th place in qualification
- Uneven bars: 113th place in qualification
- Balance beam: 94th place in qualification
Web links
- New Zealand at the 1972 Summer Olympics (English)
- New Zealand Olympic team from 1972 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )