1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (US Virgin Islands)
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The American Virgin Islands participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of sixteen athletes (all men). These competed in four sports in nine competitions. Boxer William Peets was selected as the standard bearer for the opening ceremony.
Participants by sport
Boxing
| Athletes | competition | 1 round | Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | rank | |||||
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| opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | |||
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| William Peets | medium weight | bye |
Poul Knudsen
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0: 5 point defeat |
eliminated | 9 | ||||||
athletics
Running and walking
| Athletes | competition | leader | Semifinals | final | rank | |||
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| time | rank | time | rank | time | rank | |||
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| George Calhern | 100 m | 10.90 s | 7th | eliminated | - | |||
shoot
| Athletes | competition | Rings | |||||
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| Rings | rank | ||||||
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| José Álvarez | Free pistol 50 m | 486 | 57 | ||||
| Harold Fredericks | Small caliber rifle lying 50 m | 580 | 88 | ||||
| Douglas mast | Small caliber rifle lying 50 m | 583 | 78 | ||||
| Robert McAuliffe | Rapid fire pistol 25 m | 494 | 59 | ||||
| Adelbert Nico | Small bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m | 1017 | 66 | ||||
| Salvador Sanpere | Small bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m | 979 | 69 | ||||
sailing
| Athletes | competition | Final score | |
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| Points | rank | ||
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| Richard Griffin | Finn dinghy | 179.0 | 29 |
| John Hamber , John Foster sr. | Tempest | 131.0 | 20th |
| Kenneth Klein , Peter Jackson | Star boat | 106.7 | 16 |
| David Jones , David Kelly , Richard Holmberg | Soling | 131.0 | 24 |
Web links
- ↑ United States Virgin Islands at the 1972 Munich Summer Games . In: sports-reference.com . Retrieved November 28, 2012.
