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

• Robin Sampson

  Individual: 53rd place

Boxing

• Jeff Rackley

  Welterweight: 2nd round

• Pat Ryan

  Featherweight: 2nd round

Weightlifting

Men

• John Bolton

  Middle heavyweight: DNF

• Tony Ebert

  Middleweight: 17th place

• Brian Marsden

  Lightweight: 12th place

hockey

• 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

• Rick Littlewood

  Middleweight: 11th place

canoe

Men

• Donald Cooper

  Kayak, 1000 meters single: semifinals

  Kayak, 1000 meters two-man: relegation round

• Tom Dooney

  Kayak, 1000 meters two-man: relegation round

athletics

Men

• Laurie D'Arcy

  100 meters: heats

• Rod Dixon

  1,500 meters: bronze

• Jack Foster

  Marathon: 8th place

• Roger Johnson

  400 meter hurdles: prelims

• Terry Manners

  Marathon: 34th place

• Dave McKenzie

  Marathon: 22nd place

• Les Mills

  Shot put: 23rd place in qualification

  Discus throw: 14th place

• Tony Polhill

  1,500 meters: 9th place

• Dick Quax

  5,000 meters: heats

• Bevan Smith

  200 meters: quarter-finals

• Robin Tait

  Discus throw: 20th place in qualification

• Dick Tayler

  5000 meters: heats

• Gavin Thorley

  5000 meters: heats

  10,000 meters

Women

• Sue Haden

  800 meters: heats

• Penny Hunt

  400 meters: 2nd round

• Brenda Matthews

  100 meters: 2nd round

  100 meter hurdles: prelims

Cycling

Men

• Bruce Biddle

  Road race: 4th place

• Paul Brydon

  Road race: 50th place

  4000 meters team pursuit: 14th place in qualification

• John Dean

  4000 meters team pursuit: 14th place in qualification

• Vern Hanaray

  Road race: DNF

• Harry Kent

  1000 meter time trial: 16th place

• Neil Lyster

  4000 meters team pursuit: 14th place in qualification

• Robert Oliver

  Road race: DNF

• Blair Stockwell

  4000 meters team pursuit: 14th place in qualification

• Brent Pascoe (reserve; no use)

Wrestling

Men

• David Aspin

  Middleweight, freestyle: 2nd round

rowing

Men

• Murray Watkinson

  One: 10th place

• Ross Collinge , Noel Mills , Dudley Storey , Dick Tonks

  Four without a helmsman: silver

• 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

  Eighth: gold

• Rob McCarthy (reserve; no use)

shoot

• Ian Ballinger

  Small bore, lying, 50 meters: 46th place

• Graeme McIntyre

  Running target, 50 meters: 26th place

• Bruce McMillan

  Rapid fire pistol, 25 meters: 28th place

• Mike Watt

  Small caliber, lying, 50 meters: 29th place

swim

Men

• Colin Herring

  100 meters freestyle: prelims

  200 meters freestyle: prelims

• John McConnochie

  200 meter medley: prelims

  400 meter individual medley: prelims

• Mark hits

  400 meters freestyle: 6th place

  1500 meters freestyle: prelims

Women

• Heather Coombridge

  100 meters freestyle: semi-finals

  200 meters freestyle: prelims

• Susan Hunter

  100 meters back: heats

  200 meters back: heats

  200 meter medley: prelims

  400 meter individual medley: prelims

• Jaynie Parkhouse

  400 meters freestyle: prelims

  800 meters freestyle: prelims

sailing

• Brett de Thier

  Finn dinghy: 10th place

• Jock Bilger & Murray Ross

  Flying Dutchman: 9th place

• Fraser Beer , Noel Everett & Ron Watson

  Dragons: 5th place

• Con Linton , Steve Marten & Jack Scholes

  Dragons: 21st place

• Jonty Farmer , Jack Hansen , Geoff Smale , Bryan Treleaven (reserve; no use)

do gymnastics

Men

• 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

• 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 )