1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Uganda)

UGA

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Uganda took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 33 athletes - 31 men and two women.

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
John Akii-Bua	athletics	400 meter hurdles

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Leo Rwabwogo	Boxing	Flyweight

Participants by sport

Boxing

• James Odwori

  Light flyweight: 5th place

• Leo Rwabwogo

  Flyweight: silver

• Deogratias Musoke

  Featherweight: 17th place

• Peter Odhiambo

  Lightweight: 17th place

• Mohamed Muruli

  Light welterweight: 17th place

• David Jackson

  Welterweight: 9th place

• John Opio

  Light middleweight: 17th place

• Matthias Ouma

  Light heavyweight: 17th place

hockey

• Men's team with Elly Kitamireke , Joseph Kagimu , Ajaip Singh Matharu , George Moraes , Herbert Kajumba , Willie Lobo , Jagdish Singh Kapoor , Upkar Singh Kapoor , Rajinder Singh Sandhu , Kuldip Singh Bhogal , Ajit Singh Bhogal , Malkit Singh Sondh , Amarjit Singh Sandhu , Avtar Singh Bhurji , Polycarp Pereira , Isaac Chirwa and Paul Adiga : 15th place

athletics

• William Dralu

  100 meters: preliminary round

  200 meters: preliminary round

• Silver Ayoo

  400 meters: preliminary round

• Vitus Ashaba

  1500 meters: preliminary round

  3000 meter obstacle : preliminary round

• Fulgence Rwabu

  Marathon : 59th place

• John Akii-Bua

  400 meter hurdles: gold

• Abraham Munabi

  Triple jump : 22nd place in qualification

• Rose Musani

  Women, 200 meters: quarter-finals

• Judith Ayaa

  Women, 400 meters: semi-finals

Web links

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