1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Canada)

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Canada took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 208 athletes (158 men and 50 women) in 136 competitions in 18 sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was judoka Douglas Rogers .

Medalist

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Bruce Robertson	swim	Men, 100 meter butterfly
Leslie Cliff	swim	Women, 400 meter medley

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Donna Gurr	swim	Women, 200 meters back
Erik Fish , William Mahony , Bruce Robertson , Robert Kasting & William Kennedy	swim	Men, 4 × 100 meter medley
David Miller , John Ekels & Paul Côté	sailing	Soling

Participants by sport

Archery

Men Elmer Ewert Singles: 25th place Don Jackson Individual: 6th place Wayne Pullen Singles: 41st place

Women Mary Grant Singles: 11th place Viola Muir Singles: 39th place Marjory Saunders Singles: 32nd place

Boxing

Men

• Dale Anderson

  Featherweight: 2nd round

• Les Hamilton

  Bantamweight: 1st round

• Chris Ius

  Flyweight: Round of 16

• José Martínez

  Lightweight: 1st round

• Carroll Morgan

  Heavyweight: quarter-finals

fencing

Men Magdy Conyd Foil, singles: 1st round Foil, team: 1st round Epee, team: 1st round Bob Foxcroft Saber, singles: 1st round Herbert Fruit Foil, singles: 1st round Foil, team: 1st round Epee, singles: 1st round Epee, team: 1st round Gerry Wiedel Foil, team: 1st round Epee, singles: 2nd round Epee, team: 1st round Lester Wong Foil, singles: 1st round Foil, team: 1st round Epee, singles: 1st round Epee, team: 1st round

Women Donna Hennyey Foil, single: 1st round

Weightlifting

Men

• Keith Adams

  Middleweight: DNF

• Chun Hon Chan

  Flyweight: 13th place

• Price Morris

  Heavyweight: 22nd place

• Wayne Wilson

  Middle heavyweight: 17th place

Judo

Men

• Terry Farnsworth

  Light Heavyweight: 7th place

• Philip Illingworth

  Middleweight: 13th place

• William McGregor

  Light middleweight: 18th place

• Douglas Rogers

  Heavyweight: 5th place

  Open class: 5th place

• Alan Sakai

  Lightweight: 19th place

canoe

Men Denis Barré Two kayaks, 1000 meters: semi-finals Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: semi-finals Jean Barré Two kayaks, 1000 meters: semi-finals Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: semi-finals William Griffith Canoe single, slalom: 19th place Hermann Kerckhoff Kayak single, slalom: 37th place Scott Lee Canoe two-man, 1000 meters: semi-finals Eric Munshaw Kayak single, slalom: 34th place Dean Oldershaw Kayak single, 1000 meters: semi-finals Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: semi-finals Heinz Poenn Kayak-Elner, Slalom: 35th place Jim Reardon Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: semi-finals John Wood Canoe single, 1000 meters: hope run Canoe two-man, 1000 meters: semi-finals

Women Marjorie Homer-Dixon Kayak single, 500 meters: semi-finals Kayak twos, 500 meters: hope run Claudia Hunt Kayak twos, 500 meters: hope run

athletics

Men John Beers High jump: 6th place Craig Blackman 4 × 400 meters: prelims Kirk Bryde Pole vault: no valid attempt in qualification André Claude Javelin throw: 16th place in qualification Rick Cuttell High jump: 28th place in qualification Rick Dowswell Javelin throw: 13th place in qualification Ken Elmer 1500 meters: heats Bob Finlay 5000 meters: heats Charlie Francis 100 meters: quarter-finals Ian Gordon 4 × 400 meters: prelims John Hawkins High jump: 9th place Brian MacLaren 400 meters: heats 4 × 400 meters: prelims Rich McDonald 110 meter hurdles: semi-finals Grant McLaren 5000 meters: heats Karl-Heinz Merschenz 50 kilometers of walking: DNF Gerry Moro Decathlon: DNF Tony Nelson 110 meter hurdles: prelims Alex Oakley 50 kilometers of walking: 21st place Bruce Pirnie Shot put: 17th place Tony Powell 4 × 400 meters: prelims Ain Roost Discus throw: 21st place in qualification Bruce Simpson Pole vault: 5th place Bill Smart 1500 meters: heats

Women Debbie Brill High jump: 8th place Brenda Eisler Long jump: 22nd place in qualification Louise Hannah High jump: 29th place in qualification Abby Hoffman 800 meters: 8th place Diane Jones Pentathlon: 10th place Debbie Van Kiekebelt Long jump: 24th place in qualification Pentathlon: 15th place Glenda Reiser 1500 meters: semi-finals Joyce Sadowick 400 meters: heats Thelma Wright 1500 meters: heats

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Kenneth Maaten

  Singles: 56th place

  Team: 19th place

• Scott Scheuermann

  Individual: 54th place

  Team: 19th place

• George Skene

  Individual: 59th place

  Team: 19th place

Cycling

Men

• Brian Chewter

  Road race: 52nd place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 23rd place

• Gilles Durand

  Road race: 72nd place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 23rd place

• Lindsay Gauld

  Road race: DNF

• Ron Hayman

  4000 meters single pursuit: 22nd place in qualification

  4000 meters team pursuit: 19th place in qualification

• Brian Keast

  4000 meters team pursuit: 19th place in qualification

• Jocelyn Lovell

  1000 meter time trial: 15th place

  4000 meters team pursuit: 19th place in qualification

• Jack McCullough

  100 kilometers team time trial: 23rd place

• Ed McRae

  Sprint: 4th round

  4000 meters team pursuit: 19th place in qualification

• Tom Morris

  Road race: 62nd place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 23rd place

horse riding

• Clint Banbury

  Eventing, individual: DNF

  Eventing, team: DNF

• Jim Day

  Jumping, singles: 4th place

  Jumping, team: 6th place

• Jim Elder

  Jumping, singles: 43rd place

  Jumping, team: 6th place

• Robin Hahn

  Eventing, individual: DNF

  Eventing, team: DNF

• Christilot Hanson-Boylen

  Dressage, individual: 9th place

  Dressage, team: 6th place

• Jim Henry

  Eventing, individual: 32nd place

  Eventing, team: DNF

• Wendy Irving

  Eventing, individual: 44th place

  Eventing, team: DNF

• Ian Millar

  Jumping, team: 6th place

• Torchy Millar

  Jumping, singles: 31st place

  Jumping, team: 6th place

• Cindy Neale-Ishoy

  Dressage, individual: 26th place

  Dressage, team: 6th place

• Lorraine Stubbs

  Dressage, individual: 30th place

  Dressage, team: 6th place

Wrestling

Men

• Egon Beiler

  Bantamweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• Gordon Bertie

  Flyweight, freestyle: 6th place

• Pat Bolger

  Featherweight, Freestyle :: 4th Round

• Harry Geris

  Heavyweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• Taras Hyrb

  Middleweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• Ronald Ouellet

  Lightweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• George Saunders

  Light Heavyweight, Freestyle: 2nd Round (retreat)

• Ole Sorensen

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Alfred Wurr

  Welterweight, freestyle: 2nd round

rowing

Men

• Peter Barr & John McNiven

  Double sculls: hope run

• Andrew van Ruyven & Richard Symsyk

  Two without a helmsman: reunion

• Robert Battersby , Trevor Josephson & Mike Neary

  Two with a helmsman: 9th place

• Donald Curphey , Ian Gordon , Karel Jonker & Gregory Rokosh

  Four without a helmsman: 9th place

• Michael Conway , Robert Cunliffe , Roger Jackson , Edgar Smith & James Walker

  Four with helmsman: 12th place

shoot

• Gilmour Boa

  Small caliber, lying: 50th place

• Bruno De Costa

  Skeet: 25th place

• Bill Hare

  Rapid Fire Pistol: 41st place

• Edward Jans

  Free pistol: 32nd place

• Alf Mayer

  Small bore, three position fight: 42nd place

  Small bore, lying: 47th place

• James place

  Trap: 29th place

• John Primrose

  Trap: 7th place

• Donald Sanderlin

  Skeet: 50th place

• Jules Sobrian

  Rapid fire pistol: 29th place

  Free pistol: 45th place

• Arne Sorensen

  Small caliber, three-position fight: 49th place

swim

Men Timothy Bach 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 5th place David Brumwell 200 meter medley: prelims 400 meter individual medley: prelims Deane Buckboro 1500 meters freestyle: prelims 4 × 200 meter freestyle: 7th place Clay Evans 100 meters back: heats 200 meter medley: prelims Erik Fish 100 meters back: semi-finals 4 × 100 meter layers: bronze John Hawes 200 meters back: heats Ralph Hutton 200 meters freestyle: 8th place 400 meters freestyle: prelims 4 × 200 meter freestyle: 7th place Ron Jacks 400 meters freestyle: prelims 200 meters butterfly: heats Doug Jamison 200 meter medley: prelims Bob Kasting 100 meters freestyle: semi-finals 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 5th place 100 meter butterfly: semi-finals 4 × 100 meter layers: bronze Bill Kennedy 200 meters back: heats 4 × 100 meter layers: bronze Byron MacDonald 100 meter butterfly: 6th place 200 meters butterfly: heats Ian MacKenzie 200 meters freestyle: prelims 4 × 200 meter freestyle: 7th place 100 meters back: semi-finals 200 meters back: heats Bill Mahony 100 meters chest: semi-finals 200 meters chest: heats 4 × 100 meter layers: bronze Brian Phillips 100 meters freestyle: semi-finals 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 5th place 4 × 200 meter freestyle: 7th place Bruce Robertson 100 meters freestyle: prelims 200 meters freestyle: prelims 400 meters freestyle: prelims 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 5th place 4 × 200 meter freestyle: 7th place 100 meter butterfly: silver 4 × 100 meter layers: bronze Robert Stoddart 100 meters chest: semi-finals 200 meters chest: heats Mike Whitaker 100 meter chest: heats 200 meters chest: heats

Women Debbie Bengtson 400 meter individual medley: prelims Leslie Cliff 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 7th place 200 meters back: 8th place 100 meter butterfly: prelims 200 meter medley: 5th place 400 meter layers: silver 4 × 100 meter medley: 7th place Wendy Cook-Hogg 100 meters freestyle: semi-finals 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 7th place 100 meters back: 5th place 200 meters back: heats 4 × 100 meter medley: 7th place Marilyn Corson 100 meter butterfly: semi-finals 4 × 100 meter medley: 7th place Sylvia Dockerill 100 meter chest: heats 4 × 100 meter medley: 7th place Donna-Marie Gurr 100 meters back: semi-finals 200 meters back: bronze Brenda Holmes 800 meters freestyle: prelims Karen James 200 meter medley: prelims Karen LeGresley 200 meters freestyle: prelims 800 meters freestyle: prelims Anne Marie McCaffrey 400 meters freestyle: prelims Jennifer McHugh 200 meters butterfly: heats 400 meter individual medley: prelims Martha Nelson 200 meter medley: prelims Rose-Marie Pepe 200 meters chest: heats Cathy Raftery 100 meters back: heats Mary Beth Rondeau 100 meters freestyle: prelims 200 meters freestyle: prelims 400 meters freestyle: prelims 800 meters freestyle: prelims 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 7th place Susan Smith 100 meter butterfly: prelims Merrily Stratten 200 meters freestyle: prelims Marian Stuart 100 meter chest: heats 200 meters chest: heats Jane Wright 100 meter chest: heats 200 meters chest: heats Judy Wright 100 meters freestyle: prelims 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 7th place

sailing

• John Clarke

  Finn dinghy: 20th place

• Peter Bjorn & Ian Bruce

  Star: 12th place

• Ted Hains & Larry Scott

  Tempest: 15th place

• Don Andrews & Peter Byrne (& Evert Bastet )

  Flying Dutchman: 15th place

• Paul Côté , John Ekels & David Miller

  Soling: bronze

• Neil Gunn , Frank Hall & Allan Leibel

  Dragons: 9th place

do gymnastics

Men Bruce Medd Individual all-around: 112th place in qualification Floor: 112th place in qualification Bars: 112th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 113th place in qualification Steve Mitruk Individual all-around: 97th place in qualification Floor: 109th place in qualification Horse: 82nd place in qualification Bars: 108th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 88th place in qualification Rings: 104th place in qualification Pommel horse: 62nd place in qualification André Simard Individual all-around: 104th place in qualification Floor: 104th place in qualification Horse: 93rd place in qualification Bars: 102nd place in qualification Horizontal bar: 97th place in qualification Rings: 97th place in qualification Pommel horse: 99th place in qualification

Women Lise Arsenault-Goertz Individual all-around: 68th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 11th place Floor: 53rd place in qualification Horse: 51st place in qualification Uneven bars: 71st place in qualification Balance beam: 100th place in qualification Susan Buchanan Individual all-around: 91st place in qualification Team all-around competition: 11th place Floor: 82nd place in qualification Horse: 52nd place in qualification Uneven bars: 74th place in qualification Balance beam: 116th place in qualification Jennifer Diachun Individual all-around: 50th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 11th place Floor: 30th place in qualification Horse: 46th place in qualification Uneven bars: 60th place in qualification Balance beam: 62nd place in qualification Nancy McDonnell Individual all-around: 57th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 11th place Floor: 72nd place in qualification Horse: 37th place in qualification Uneven bars: 63rd place in qualification Balance beam: 67th place in qualification Teresa McDonnell Individual all-around: 55th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 11th place Floor: 43rd place in qualification Horse: 52nd place in qualification Uneven bars: 71st place in qualification Balance beam: 41st place in qualification Sharon Tsukamoto Individual all-around: 80th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 11th place Floor: 90th place in qualification Horse: 75th place in qualification Uneven bars: 82nd place in qualification Balance beam: 79th place in qualification

Water polo

Men

• 16th place

• Squad

  Clifford Barry

  Gabor Csepregi

  Jack Gauldie

  David Hart

  Stephen Hart

  Guy Leclerc

  Donald Packer

  William Van der Pol

  Patrick Pugliese

  Alan Pyle

  Robert Thompson

Diving

Men Scott Cranham Art jumping: 14th place in qualification High diving: 27th place in qualification Ron Friesen Art jumping: 25th place in qualification High diving: 20th place in qualification Kenneth Sully Art jumping: 16th place in the qualification High diving: 29th place in qualification

Women Beverly Boys Artistic jumping: 5th place High diving: 14th place in qualification Liz Carruthers Art jumping: 20th place in the qualification Nancy Robertson 7th place Kathy Rollo 9th place Teri York Art jumping: 19th place in the qualification

Web links

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

Remarks

1. ↑ Evert Bastet was only used in the first four races; Don Andrews took his place in the last three races.