1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Australia)

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Australia took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 168 athletes (139 men and 29 women).

Medalist

gold

Name (s)	sport	competition
Brad Cooper	swim	400 meters freestyle
Shane Gould	swim	Women, 200 meter freestyle , 400 meter freestyle and 200 meter medley
Beverley Whitfield	swim	Women, 200 meters chest
Gail Neall	swim	Women, 400 meter medley
John Anderson and David Forbes	sailing	star
Thomas Anderson , John Cuneo and John Shaw	sailing	Dragons

silver

Name (s)	sport	competition
Raelene Boyle	athletics	Women, 100 and 200 meters
John Nicholson	Cycling	sprint
Danny Clark	Cycling	1000 meter time trial
Clyde Sefton	Cycling	Road racing
Graham Windeatt	swim	1500 meters freestyle
Shane Gould	swim	Women, 800 meters freestyle

bronze

Name (s)	sport	competition
Beverley Whitfield	swim	Women, 100 meters chest
Shane Gould	swim	Women, 100 meters freestyle

Participants by sport

basketball

• Men's team

  9th place

• Squad

  Anatoly Koltuniewicz

  Brian guys

  Edward Palubinskas

  Glenn Marsland

  Ian Watson

  Kenneth James

  Perry Crosswhite

  Peter Byrne

  Raymond Tomlinson

  Richard Duke

  Thomas Bender

  William Wyatt

Archery

• Graeme Telford

  Singles: 9th place

• Terrence Reilly

  Individual: 15th place

• Terena Donovan

  Women, singles: 9th place

Boxing

• Dennis Talbot

  Light flyweight: 9th place

• Michael O'Brien

  Bantamweight: 17th place

• Kerry Devlin

  Welterweight: 9th place

• Alan Jenkinson

  Light middleweight: 9th place

fencing

• Ernest Simon

  Foil, singles: 2nd round

• Gregory Benko

  Foil, singles: 2nd place

• Marion Exelby

  Women, foil, singles: preliminary round

• Christine McDougall

  Women, foil, singles: preliminary round

Weightlifting

• George Vassiliadis

  Bantamweight: 6th place

• Nicolo Ciancio

  Lightweight: 6th place

• Peter Robin Phillips

  Heavyweight: 17th place

hockey

• Men's team

  5th place

• Squad

  Brian Glencross

  Desmond Piper

  Donald Smart

  Graeme Reid

  Greg Browning

  James Mason

  Patrick Nilan

  Paul Dearing

  Richard Charlesworth

  Robert Andrew

  Robert Haigh

  Ronald Riley

  Ronald Wilson

  Terence McAskell

  Thomas Golder

  Wayne Hammond

Judo

• Robin Moffitt

  Lightweight: 19th place

• Douglas Churchill

  Light middleweight: 12th place

• Alexander Henry Bijkerk

  Middleweight: 13th place

• Barry John Johnson

  Light heavyweight: 19th place

  Open class: 9th place

canoe

• John Allen Southwood

  Single kayak, 1000 meters: semi-finals

• Adrian Powell

  Two-person kayak, 1000 meters: semi-finals

• Graham Johnson

  Two-person kayak, 1000 meters: semi-finals

• Dennis Green

  Quad kayak, 1000 meters: semi-finals

• Dennis Heussner

  Quad kayak, 1000 meters: semi-finals

• Rodney Fox

  Quad kayak, 1000 meters: semi-finals

• Gordon Jeffery

  Quad kayak, 1000 meters: semi-finals

athletics

• Graeme Rootham

  800 meters: heats

• Chris Fisher

  1500 meters: heats

• Tony Benson

  5000 meters: heats

• Derek Clayton

  Marathon: 13th place

• Mal Baird

  110 meter hurdles: prelims

• Gary Knoke

  400 meter hurdles: semi-finals

• Bruce Field

  400 meter hurdles: prelims

  Long jump: 15th place in qualification

• Kerry O'Brien

  3000 meter obstacle: prelims

• Lawrie Peckham

  High jump: 18th place

• Ray Boyd

  Pole vault: 16th place in qualification

• Mick McGrath

  Triple jump: 20th place in qualification

• Raelene Boyle

  Women, 100 meters: silver

  Women, 200 meters: silver

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 6th place

  Women, 4 × 400 meters: 6th place

• Pam Kilborn

  Women, 100 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 100 meter hurdles: 4th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 6th place

• Marion Hoffman

  Women, 100 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 6th place

• Charlene Rendina

  Women, 400 meters: 6th place

  Women, 4 × 400 meters: 6th place

• Allison Ross-Edwards

  Women, 400 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 400 meters: 6th place

• Cheryl Peasley

  Women, 800 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 400 meters: 6th place

• Jennifer Orr

  Women, 800 meters: heats

  Women, 1500 meters: 8th place

• Maureen Caird

  Women, 100 meter hurdles: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 6th place

• Penny McCallum

  Women, 100 meter hurdles: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 6th place

• Erica Nixon

  Women, long jump: 15th place in qualification

• Lyn Tillett

  Women, long jump: 27th place in qualification

  Women, decathlon: 16th place

Modern pentathlon

• Robert Barrie

  Singles: 32nd place

• Peter Macken

  Singles: 41st place

Cycling

• Clyde Sefton

  Road race: silver

  100 km time trial: 17th place

• Graeme Jose

  Road race: 29th place

  100 km time trial: 17th place

• John Trevorrow

  Road race: 32nd place

  100 km time trial: 17th place

• Donald Allan

  Road race: 58th place

  100 km time trial: 17th place

• John Nicholson

  Sprint: silver

• Danny Clark

  1000 meter time trial: silver

  4000 meters team pursuit: 10th place

• John Bylsma

  4000 meters individual pursuit: 4th place

• Steele Bishop

  4000 meters team pursuit: 10th place

• Remo Sansonetti

  4000 meters team pursuit: 10th place

• Philip Sawyer

  4000 meters team pursuit: 10th place

horse riding

• Bill Roycroft

  Versatility, singles: 6th place

  Versatility, team: 4th place

• Richard Sands

  Versatility, singles: 7th place

  Versatility, team: 4th place

• Brian Schrapel

  Versatility, singles: 27th place

  Versatility, team: 4th place

• Clarke Roycroft

  Versatility, singles: 47th place

  Versatility, team: 4th place

Wrestling

• John Kinsella

  Flyweight, freestyle: ??

• Raymond Barry

  Bantamweight, freestyle: ??

• Bruce Akers

  Welterweight, freestyle: ??

rowing

• Kim Mackney

  Two without a helmsman: quarter-finals

• Chris Stevens

  Two without a helmsman: quarter-finals

• John Lee

  Foursome with a helmsman: quarter-finals

• Peter Shakespear

  Foursome with a helmsman: quarter-finals

• William Baillieu

  Foursome with a helmsman: quarter-finals

• Philip Wilkinson

  Foursome with a helmsman: quarter-finals

• Vernon Bowrey

  Foursome with a helmsman: quarter-finals

• John Clark

  Eighth: 8th place

• Michael Morgan

  Eighth: 8th place

• Bryan Curtin

  Eighth: 8th place

• Richard Curtin

  Eighth: 8th place

• Robert Paver

  Eighth: 8th place

• Kerry Jelbart

  Eighth: 8th place

• Gary Pearce

  Eighth: 8th place

• Malcom Shaw

  Eighth: 8th place

• Alan Grover

  Eighth: 8th place

shoot

• Alexander Taransky

  Rapid fire pistol: 18th place

• Donald Brook

  Small caliber lying: 10th place

• Russell Dove

  Small caliber lying: 25th place

• Sperry Marshall

  Trap: 22nd place

swim

• Michael Wenden

  100 meters freestyle: 5th place

  200 meters freestyle: 4th place

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 5th place

  4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs

• Gregory Rogers

  100 meters freestyle: semi-finals

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims

• Neil Rogers

  100 meters freestyle: prelims

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims

  100 meter butterfly: 8th place

  4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs

• Robert Nay

  200 meters freestyle: prelims

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 5th place

• Graham White

  200 meters freestyle: prelims

  400 meters freestyle: prelims

  1500 meters freestyle: 5th place

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 5th place

• Brad Cooper

  400 meters freestyle: gold

  1500 meters freestyle: 7th place

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 5th place

  200 meters back: 4th place

  4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs

• Graham Windeatt

  400 meters freestyle: 4th place

  1500 meters freestyle: silver

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 5th place

  400 meter medley: 7th place

• Bruce Featherston

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 5th place

  200 meters back: heats

  200 meter medley: prelims

  400 meter individual medley: prelims

• Neil Martin

  100 meters back: heats

  200 meters back: heats

  200 meter medley: prelims

  400 meter individual medley: prelims

• Paul Jarvie

  100 meter chest: heats

  200 meters chest: heats

  4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs

• James Findlay

  200 meters butterfly: heats

  200 meter medley: prelims

• Shane Gould

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: bronze

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: gold

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: gold

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: silver

  Women, 200 meter medley: gold

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 8th place

• Leanne Francis

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 8th place

• Sharon Booth

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 8th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: prelims

• Helen Gray

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: prelims

• Deborah Palmer

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 100 meters back: semi-finals

  Women, 200 meters back: 7th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 8th place

• Karen Moras

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 400 meter medley: prelims

• Narelle Moras

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: 8th place

• Debra Cain

  Women, 100 meters back: semi-finals

  Women, 200 meters back: heats

  Women, 200 meter medley: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 8th place

• Susanne Leonie Lewis

  Women, 100 meters back: semi-finals

  Women, 200 meters back: heats

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: prelims

• Beverley Whitfield

  Women, 100 meters chest: bronze

  Women, 200 meters chest: gold

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: prelims

• Judith Hudson

  Women, 100 meters chest: heats

  Women, 200 meters chest: prelims

• Susanne Funch

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: prelims

  Women, 200 meters butterfly: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: prelims

• Gail Neall

  Women, 200 meters butterfly: 7th place

  Women, 200 meter medley: prelims

  Women, 400 meter individual medley: gold

sailing

• John Bertrand

  Finn dinghy: 4th place

• David Forbes

  Star: gold

• John Anderson

  Star: gold

• Gordon Ingate

  Star: 19th place

• Robert Thornton

  Star: 19th place

• John Cuneo

  Dragons: gold

• John Shaw

  Dragons: gold

• Thomas Anderson

  Dragons: gold

• Denis O'Neil

  Dragons: 16th place

• Klaas Berkeley

  Dragons: 16th place

• Bob Miller

  Dragons: 16th place

• Mark Bethwaite

  Flying Dutchman: 8th place

• Timothy Alexander

  Flying Dutchman: 8th place

do gymnastics

• Peter Lloyd

  Individual all-around: 92nd place

  Bars: 105th place

  Floor exercise: 68th place

  Horse jump: 54th place

  Horizontal bar: 85th place

  Rings: 98th place

  Pommel horse: 90th place

• Ian Clarke

  Individual all-around: 109th place

  Bars: 96th place

  Floor exercise: 106th place

  Horse jump: 103rd place

  Horizontal bar: 105th place

  Rings: 102nd place

  Pommel horse: 109th place

• Jennifer Sunderland

  Individual all-around: 109th place

  Floor exercise: 99th place

  Horse jump: 61st place

  Balance beam: 107th place

  Uneven bars: 118th place

Water polo

• Men's team

  12th place

• Squad

  Michael Withers

  Thomas Hoad

  David Woods

  Peter Montgomery

  Ian McLauchlain

  Robert Menzies

  David Neesham

  Leslie Nunn

  Nicol Barnes

  Leonard Wiegard

  William Tilley

Diving

• Donald Wagstaff

  Art jumping: 13th place

  Diving: 11th place

• Kenneth Grove

  Art jumping: 29th place

  Diving: 32nd place

• Glenise-Ann Jones

  Women, jumping: 26th place

  Women, diving: 26th place

Web links

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