1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (United States)

United States

33	31	30th

The United States of America participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 400 athletes, including 316 men and 84 women. In the medal table, they took second place behind the Soviet Union . The USA was the most successful in the swimming competitions, and Mark Spitz stood out with his seven gold medals - this record was only set by Michael Phelps . The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Olga Fikotová .

Participants by sport

basketball

Men

• silver

• Squad

  Kenneth Bryan Davis

  Doug Collins

  Thomas Edward Henderson

  Michael Allen Bantom

  Bobby Jones

  Dwight Elmo Jones

  James Ricardo Forbes

  James Turner Brewer

  Tommy Burleson

  Charles Thomas McMillen

  Kevin Francis Joyce

  William Edward Ratleff

Archery

Men Edwin Eliason Singles: 5th place Dennis McComak Singles: 11th place John Williams Single: gold

Women Maureen Bechdolt Singles: 28th place Linda Myers Singles: 5th place Doreen Wilber Single: gold

Boxing

• Davey Armstrong

  Light Flyweight: Round of 16

• Duane Bobick

  Heavyweight: quarter-finals

• James Busceme

  Lightweight: Round of 16

• Ricardo Carreras

  Bantamweight: bronze

• Tim Dement

  Flyweight: Round of 16

• Marvin Johnson

  Middleweight: bronze

• Reggie Jones

  Light middleweight: 2nd round

• Raymond Russell

  Light Heavyweight: Round of 16

• Ray Seales

  Light welterweight: gold

• Louis Self

  Featherweight: Round of 16

• Jesse Valdez

  Welterweight: bronze

fencing

Men Paul Apostol Saber, singles: semi-finals Saber, team: preliminary round Carl Borack Foil, singles: preliminary round Foil, team: preliminary round Scotty Bozek Saber, team: 9th place Martin Davis Foil, team: preliminary round Robert Dow Saber, team: preliminary round Joseph Freeman Foil, singles: Round of 16 Foil, team: preliminary round Todd broker Saber, team: 9th place George Masin Saber, Singles: Round of 16 Saber, team: 9th place James Melcher Saber, singles: preliminary round Saber, team: 9th place Stephen Netburn Saber, Singles: Round of 16 Saber, team: 9th place Alfonso Morales Saber, Singles: Quarterfinals Saber, team: preliminary round John Nonna Foil, singles: preliminary round Foil, team: preliminary round Alex Orban Saber, Singles: Quarterfinals Saber, team: preliminary round Tyrone Simmons Foil, team: preliminary round

Women Tatyana Adamovich Foil, team: 7th place Natalia Clovis Foil, team: 7th place Harriet King Foil, singles: preliminary round Foil, team: 7th place Ann O'Donnell Foil, singles: preliminary round Foil, team: 7th place Ruth White Foil, singles: quarter-finals Foil, team: 7th place

Soccer

Men

• Group stage

• Squad
  • goal

  1 Mike Ivanow

  19 Shep brass

  • Defense

  2 Casey Bahr

  3 John Bocwinski

  5 Horst Stemke

  10 Arthur Demling

  15 Wally Ziaja

  • midfield

  4 Al consolation

  6 Neil Stam

  9 John Carenza

  14 Joe Hamm

  17 Jim Zylker

  • Storm

  7 Archie robo fabric

  8 Mike Seerey

  11 Mani Hernandez

  12 Steve Gay

  13 Hugo Salcedo

  16 Mike Flater

  18 Mike Margulis

Weightlifting

Men

• Alan Ball

  Heavyweight: 11th place

• Dan Cantore

  Lightweight: 9th place

• Frank Capsouras

  Heavyweight: 10th place

• Phil Grippaldi

  Middle heavyweight: 4th place

• Rick Holbrook

  Middle heavyweight: 5th place

• Mike Karchut

  Lightweight: DNF

• Russell Knipp

  Middleweight: 8th place

• Fred Lowe

  Middleweight: 9th place

• Ken Patera

  Super heavyweight: DNF

Handball

Men

• 14th place

• Squad

  Richard Abrahamson

  Fletcher Abram

  Roger Baker

  Dennis Berkholtz

  Larry Caton

  Vincent DiCalogero

  Elmer Edes

  Thomas Hardiman

  Rudolph Matthews

  Sandor Rivnyak

  James Rogers

  Richard Schlesinger

  Kevin Serrapede

  Robert Sparks

  Joel Voelkert

  Harry Winkler

Judo

Men

• Pat Burris

  Light middleweight: 21st place

• Irwin Cohen

  Middleweight: 19th place

• Douglas Nelson

  Heavyweight: 9th place

• Ken Okada

  Lightweight: 19th place

• Johnny Watts

  Open class: 11th place

• Jimmy Wooley

  Light heavyweight: 5th place

canoe

Men Jack Brosius Two kayaks, 1000 meters: semi-finals John Burton Canoe double, slalom: 12th place Sandy Campbell Kayak single, slalom: 28th place John van Dyke Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: hope run Eric Evans Kayak single, slalom: 7th place John Evans Canoe two-man, slalom: 14th place John Holland Kayak single, slalom: 19th place Stephen Kelly Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: hope run Jamie McEwan Canoe single, slalom: bronze Robert Mitchell Kayak single, 1000 meters: hope run Angus Morrison Canoe single, slalom: 10th place Roland Muhlen Canoe two-man, 1000 meters: 6th place Russ Nichols Canoe two-man, slalom: 14th place Philip Rogosheske Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: hope run Tom Southworth Canoe double, slalom: 12th place András Törő Canadian single, 1000 meters: semi-finals Wick Walker Canoe single, slalom: 11th place Andreas Weigand Canoe two-man, 1000 meters: 6th place Jerry Welbourn Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: hope run Alan Whitney Two kayaks, 1000 meters: semi-finals

Women Lyn Ashton Kayak single, slalom: 9th place Cindy Goodwin Kayak single, slalom: 14th place Louise Holcombe Kayak single, slalom: 15th place Marcia Jones Smoke Kayak single, 500 meters: 9th place Linda Murray-Dragan Kayak twos, 500 meters: semi-finals Nancy Purves Kayak twos, 500 meters: semi-finals

athletics

Men Jon Anderson 10,000 meters: heats Jack Bacheler Marathon: 9th place Jeff Bannister Decathlon: 21st place Jeff Bennett Decathlon: 4th place Larry Black 200 meters: silver 4 × 100 meters: gold Doug Brown 3000 meter obstacle: prelims Richard Bruggeman 400 meter hurdles: prelims Larry Burton 200 meters: 4th place Preston Carrington Long jump: 5th place Wayne Collett 400 meters: silver John Craft Triple jump: 5th place Willie Davenport 110 meter hurdles: 4th place Tom Dooley 20 kilometers of walking: 15th place Christopher Dunn High jump: 20th place in qualification Al Feuerbach Shot put: 5th place George Frenn Hammer throw: 27th place in qualification Tom Gage Hammer throw: 12th place Jeff Galloway 10,000 meters: heats Eddie Hart 100 meters: heats 4 × 100 meters: gold Steve Hayden 50 kilometers of walking: 27th place Tom Hill 110 meter hurdles: bronze Leonard Hilton 5000 meters: heats Bruce Jenner Decathlon: 10th place Jan Johnson Pole vault: bronze Ronald Jourdan High jump: 20th place in qualification Goetz knocker 20 kilometers of walking: 19th place Fred Luke Javelin throw: 8th place Mike Manley 3000 meter obstacle: prelims Ralph Mann 400 meter hurdles: silver Vince Matthews 400 meters: gold Rod Milburn 110 meter hurdles: gold Kenny Moore Marathon: 4th place Brian Oldfield Shot put: 6th place John Powell Discus throw: 4th place Steve Prefontaine 5000 meters: 4th place Arnie Robinson Long jump: bronze Rey Robinson 100 meters: heats Jim Ryun 1500 meters: heats Steve Savage 3000 meter obstacle: prelims Bill Schmidt Javelin throw: bronze Albert Schoterman Hammer throw: 22nd place in qualification Bob Seagren Pole vault: silver Jim Seymour 400 meter hurdles: 4th place Frank Shorter 10,000 meters: 5th place Marathon: gold Jay New Years Discus throw: silver Chuck Smith 200 meters: 5th place Dave Smith Triple jump: 32nd place in qualification John Smith 400 meters: DNF (final) Steve Smith Pole vault: 18th place in qualification Milt Sonsky Javelin throw: 10th place Dwight Stones High jump: bronze Ken Swenson 800 meters: semifinals / disqualified Robert Taylor 100 meters: silver 4 × 100 meters: gold Gerald Tinker 4 × 100 meters: gold Tim Vollmer Discus throw: 8th place Art Walker Triple jump: 29th place in qualification William Weigle 50 kilometers of walking: 17th place Robert Wheeler 1500 meters: semi-finals Randy Williams Long jump: gold Rick Wohlhuter 800 meters: heats George Woods Shot put: silver Dave Wottle 800 meters: gold 1500 meters: semi-finals George Young 5000 meters: heats Larry Young 20 kilometers of walking: 10th place 50 kilometers of walking: bronze

Women Kim Attlesey Long jump: 29th place in qualification Roberta Brown Javelin throw: 19th place in qualification Sherry Calvert Javelin throw: 15th place in qualification Iris Davis 100 meters: 4th place 4 × 100 meters: 4th place Debra Edwards 400 meters: heats Mable Fergerson 400 meters: 5th place 4 × 400 meters: silver Barbara Ferrell 100 meters: 7th place 200 meters: semi-finals Olga Fikotová Discus throw: 16th place in qualification Gale Fitzgerald Pentathlon: 19th place Jane Frederick Pentathlon: 21st place Cindy Gilbert High jump: 32nd place in qualification Sandra Goldsberry High jump: 38th place in qualification Pamela Greene 200 meters: quarter-finals Kathy Hammond 400 meters: bronze 4 × 400 meters: silver Wendy Koenig 800 meters: heats Francea Kraker 1500 meters: semi-finals Francie Larrieu Smith 1500 meters: semi-finals Madeline Manning 800 meters: semi-finals 4 × 400 meters: silver Mild nice ones 4 × 100 meters: 4th place Leahseneth O'Neal 100 meter hurdles: semi-finals Mamie Rallins 100 meter hurdles: semi-finals Mattiline render 100 meters: quarter-finals 4 × 100 meters: 4th place Kate Schmidt Javelin throw: bronze Maren Seidler Shot put: 14th place in qualification Jan Svendsen Shot put: 16th place in qualification Jacqueline Thompson 200 meters: semi-finals Cheryl Toussaint 800 meters: heats 4 × 400 meters: silver Martha Rae Watson 4 × 100 meters: 4th place Long jump: 23rd place in qualification Willye White Long jump: 11th place Deanne Wilson High jump: 30th place in qualification Patty Van Wolvelaere 100 meter hurdles: semi-finals

Modern pentathlon

Men

• John Fitzgerald

  Singles: 11th place

  Team: 4th place

• Charles Richards

  Singles: 9th place

  Team: 4th place

• Scott Taylor

  Individual: 29th place

  Team: 4th place

Cycling

Men

• John Allis

  Road race: 63rd place

• Dick Ball

  100 kilometers team time trial: 15th place

• David Chauner

  4000 meters team pursuit: 17th place in qualification

• John Howard

  Road race: 61st place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 15th place

• David Mulica

  4000 meters team pursuit: 17th place in qualification

• Jim Ochowicz

  4000 meters team pursuit: 17th place in qualification

• Robert Schneider

  Road race: DNF

• Ron Skarin

  100 kilometers team time trial: 15th place

• Jeffrey Spencer

  Sprint: 4th round

  Tandem sprint: 2nd round

• Ralph Therrio

  Tandem sprint: 2nd round

• Wayne Stetina

  100 kilometers team time trial: 15th place

• John Vande Velde

  4000 meters single pursuit: 12th place in qualification

  4000 meters team pursuit: 17th place in qualification

• Emile Waldteufel

  Road race: DNF

• Steve Woznick

  1000 meter time trial: 12th place

• Roger Young

  Sprint: 4th round

horse riding

• Frank Chapot

  Jumping, team: silver

• Bruce Davidson

  Eventing, individual: 8th place

  Eventing, team: silver

• Kevin Freeman

  Eventing, individual: 5th place

  Eventing, team: silver

• Kathy Kusner

  Jumping, singles: 10th place

  Jumping, team: silver

• Edith Master

  Dressage, individual: 19th place

  Dressage, team: 9th place

• John Michael Plumb

  Eventing, individual: 20th place

  Eventing, team: silver

• Neal Shapiro

  Jumping, singles: bronze

  Jumping, team: silver

• Bill Steinkraus

  Jumping, singles: 22nd place

  Jumping, team: silver

• Lois Stephens

  Dressage, individual: 31st place

  Dressage, team: 9th place

• John Winnett

  Dressage, individual: 22nd place

  Dressage, team: 9th place

• James Wofford

  Eventing, individual: 30th place

  Eventing, team: silver

Wrestling

Men

• Wayne Baughman

  Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

• Bob Buzzard

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Jimmy Carr

  Flyweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• Gene Davis

  Featherweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• Buck Deadrich

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Dan Gable

  Lightweight, freestyle: gold

• Sergio Gonzalez

  Light flyweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• Dave Hazewinkel

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Jim Hazewinkel

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Wayne Holmes

  Light flyweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Gary Neist

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Benjamin Peterson

  Light Heavyweight, Freestyle: Gold

• John Peterson

  Middleweight, freestyle: silver

• Jay Robinson

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

• Richard Sanders

  Bantamweight, freestyle: silver

• Henk Schenk

  Heavyweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• Chris Taylor

  Super heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

  Super heavyweight, freestyle: bronze

• Wayne Wells

  Welterweight, freestyle: gold

rowing

Men

• James Dietz

  One: 5th place

• Tom McKibbon & John Van Blom

  Double sculls: hope run

• Larry Hough & Dick Lyon

  Two without a helmsman: 9th place

• Aaron Herman , Luther Jones & Mike Staines

  Two with a helmsman: 11th place

• Dick Dreissigacker , Charles Hewitt , Bill Miller & Jim Moroney

  Foursome without a helmsman: hope run

• Stewart MacDonald , Chad Rudolph , Charles Ruthford , David Sawyer & Michael Vespoli

  Four with helmsman: 5th place

• Gene Clapp , Bill Hobbs , Franklin Hobbs , Paul Hoffman , Cleve Livingston , Mike Livingston , Tim Mickelson , Pete Raymond & Lawrence Terry

  Eighth: silver

shoot

• Hershel Anderson

  Free pistol: 34th place

• Victor Auer

  Small caliber, three-position battle: silver

• Lanny Bassham

  Free rifle, three-position fight: 7th place

  Small caliber, lying: silver

• Charles Davis

  Running target: 19th place

• Jimmie Dorsey

  Free pistol: 28th place

• Donald Haldeman

  Trap: 17th place

• Jack Johnson

  Skeet: 9th place

• Bill McMillan

  Rapid Fire Pistol: 45th place

• Jim McNally

  Rapid fire pistol: 10th place

• Edmund Moeller

  Running target: 9th place

• Jim Poindexter

  Trap: 6th place

• Tony Rosetti

  Skeet: 34th place

• Lones wigger

  Free rifle, three-position fight: gold

  Small bore, lying: 7th place

• John Writer

  Small caliber, three-position battle: gold

swim

Men Robin Backhaus 200 meter butterfly: bronze Tom Bruce 100 meters chest: silver 4 × 100 meter layers: gold Mike Burton 1500 meters freestyle: gold 4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold Mark Chatfield 100 meters chest: 4th place Rick Colella 200 meters chest: 4th place Gary Conelly 4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold 4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold Rick DeMont 400 meter freestyle: Gold disqualified for evidence of an asthma drug 1500 meters freestyle: disqualified after the preliminary run Dave Edgar 4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold 100 meter butterfly: 5th place David Fairbank 4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold 4 × 100 meter layers: gold Steve Furniss 200 meter layers: bronze 400 meter medley: 4th place Steve Genter 200 meters freestyle: silver 400 meters freestyle: silver 4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold Gary Hall 200 meter butterfly: silver 200 meter medley: 4th place 400 meter medley: 5th place 4 × 100 meter layers: gold Jerry Heidenreich 100 meter freestyle: silver 4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold 100 meter butterfly: bronze 4 × 100 meter layers: gold John Hencken 100 meters chest: bronze 200 meters chest: gold 4 × 100 meter layers: gold Mitch Ivey 100 meters back: 4th place 200 meters back: bronze 4 × 100 meter layers: gold Brian Job 200 meters chest: heats John Kinsella 4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold Tom McBreen 400 meters freestyle: bronze 4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold Tim McKee 200 meters back: 5th place 200 meter layers: silver 400 meter layers: silver John Murphy 100 meter freestyle: 4th place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold 100 meter back: bronze Doug Northway 1500 meters freestyle: bronze Mark Spitz 100 meters freestyle: gold 200 meters freestyle: gold 4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold 4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold 100 meters butterfly: gold 200 meters butterfly: gold 4 × 100 meter layers: gold Mike Stamm 100 meter back: silver 200 meter back: silver 4 × 100 meter layers: gold Fred Tyler 200 meters freestyle: 5th place 4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold

Women Susie Atwood 100 meter back: bronze 200 meter back: silver 4 × 100 meter layers: gold Shirley Babashoff 100 meter freestyle: silver 200 meters freestyle: silver 400 meters freestyle: 4th place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold 4 × 100 meter layers: gold Jane Barkman 4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold Jenny Bartz 200 meter medley: 4th place 400 meter medley: 4th place Melissa Belote 100 meters back: gold 200 meters back: gold 4 × 100 meter layers: gold Catherine Carr 100 meters chest: gold 4 × 100 meter layers: gold Claudia Clevenger 200 meters chest: 4th place Lynn Colella 200 meter butterfly: silver Ellie Daniel 100 meter butterfly: 6th place 200 meter butterfly: bronze Deena Deardurff 100 meter butterfly: 4th place 4 × 100 meter layers: gold Jo Harshbarger 800 meters freestyle: 6th place Jenny Kemp 100 meters freestyle: semi-finals 4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold Ann Marshall 200 meters freestyle: 4th place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold Judy Melick 100 meters chest: 5th place 4 × 100 meter layers: gold Barbara Mitchell 200 meters chest: heats Karen Moe 100 meters back: 4th place 200 meters butterfly: gold Mary Montgomery 400 meter medley: 6th place Sandy Neilson 100 meters freestyle: gold 4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold 4 × 100 meter layers: gold Kim Peyton 4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold Keena Rothhammer 200 meters freestyle: bronze 400 meters freestyle: 6th place 800 meters freestyle: gold Dana Schoenfield 200 meters chest: silver Dana Shrader 100 meter butterfly: 5th place 4 × 100 meter layers: gold Ann Simmons 800 meter freestyle: 4th place Lynn Skrifvars 4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold 200 meters back: heats Lynn Vidali 100 meter chest: heats 200 meter layers: bronze 400 meter medley: 7th place Carolyn Woods 200 meters of algae: 8th place Jenny Wylie 400 meters freestyle: 5th place

sailing

• Edward Bennett

  Finn dinghy: 22nd place

• Peter Dean & Glen Foster

  Tempest: bronze

• Richard Gates & Alan Holt

  Star: 10th place

• Scott Allan & Tim Stearn

  Flying Dutchman: 23rd place

• William Allen , William Bentsen & Harry Melges

  Soling: gold

• Donald Cohan , Charles Horter & John Marshall

  Dragons: bronze

do gymnastics

Men Marshall Avener Individual all-around: 50th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 10th place Floor: 63rd place in qualification Horse: 47th place in qualification Bars: 85th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 82nd place in qualification Rings: 28th place in qualification Pommel horse: 19th place in qualification John Crosby Individual all-around: 77th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 10th place Floor: 29th place in qualification Horse: 45th place in qualification Bars: 58th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 102nd place in qualification Rings: 85th place in qualification Pommel horse: 77th place in qualification Jim Culhane Individual all-around: 72nd place in qualification Team all-around competition: 10th place Floor: 83rd place in qualification Horse: 54th place in qualification Bars: 72nd place in qualification Horizontal bar: 89th place in qualification Rings: 64th place in qualification Pommel horse: 62nd place in qualification George Greenfield Individual all-around: 83rd place in qualification Team all-around competition: 10th place Floor: 80th place in qualification Horse: 95th place in qualification Bars: 99th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 35th place in qualification Rings: 47th place in qualification Pommel horse: 97th place in qualification Steve Hug Individual all-around: 31st place Team all-around competition: 10th place Floor: 50th place in qualification Horse: 30th place in qualification Bars: 29th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 21st place in qualification Rings: 37th place in qualification Pommel horse: 11th place in qualification Makoto Sakamoto Individual all-around: 56th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 10th place Floor: 38th place in qualification Horse: 28th place in qualification Bars: 17th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 39th place in qualification Rings: 19th place in qualification Pommel horse: 105th place in qualification

Women Kimberly Chace Individual all-around: 28th place Team all-around competition: 4th place Floor: 23rd place in qualification Horse: 26th place in qualification Uneven bars: 36th place in qualification Balance beam: 14th place in qualification Linda Metheny Individual all-around: 36th place Team all-around competition: 4th place Floor: 13th place in qualification Horse: 28th place in qualification Uneven bars: 35th place in qualification Balance beam: 35th place in qualification Joan Moore Individual all-around: 21st place Team all-around competition: 4th place Floor: 11th place in qualification Horse: 37th place in qualification Uneven bars: 46th place in qualification Balance beam: 25th place in qualification Roxanne Pierce Individual all-around: 33rd place Team all-around competition: 4th place Floor: 45th place in qualification Horse: 28th place in qualification Uneven bars: 22nd place in qualification Balance beam: 17th place in qualification Cathy Rigby Individual all-around: 10th place Team all-around competition: 4th place Floor: 9th place in qualification Horse: 22nd place in qualification Uneven bars: 18th place in qualification Balance beam: 6th place in qualification Nancy Thies Individual all-around: 35th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 4th place Floor: 38th place in qualification Horse: 28th place in qualification Uneven bars: 49th place in qualification Balance beam: 27th place in qualification

Water polo

Men

• bronze

• Squad

  Peter Asch

  Steven Barnett

  Bruce Bradley

  Stanley Cole

  James Ferguson

  Eric Lindroth

  John Parker

  Gary Sheerer

  James Sletton

  Russell Webb

  Barry Weitzenberg

Diving

Men Dave Bush Art jumping: 20th place in the qualification Rick Earley High diving: 6th place Mike Finneran Artistic jumping: 5th place Diving: 9th place Craig Lincoln Art jumping: bronze Richard Rydze Diving: silver

Women Janet Ely Art jumping: 4th place Diving: 4th place Micki King Jump jumping: gold Diving: 5th place Cynthia Potter Artistic jumping: 7th place High diving: 21st place in qualification

Web links

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