New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....

in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, West Germany

West Germany

West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

. For the first time at the Olympics, God Defend New Zealand

God Defend New Zealand

"God Defend New Zealand" is one of two national anthems of New Zealand, the other being "God Save the Queen". Legally they have equal status, but "God Defend New Zealand" is more commonly used, and is popularly referred to as "the national anthem"...

 was played instead of God Save the King/Queen. The New Zealand Olympic Committee

New Zealand Olympic Committee

The New Zealand Olympic Committee is the body in New Zealand responsible for selecting athletes to represent New Zealand in the Summer and Winter Olympic and the Commonwealth Games....

 was represented by 97 athletes and 27 officials.

Gold

• Tony Hurt
  Tony Hurt
  Tony Hurt is a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he teamed with Dick Joyce, Wybo Veldman, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Trevor Coker and Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie to win the Gold medal in the eights...
  
  , Wybo Veldman
  Wybo Veldman
  Wybo Veldman is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He teamed with Dick Joyce, Tony Hurt, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Trevor Coker and Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie to win the Gold medal in the eights...
  
  , Dick Joyce
  Dick Joyce (rowing)
  Dick Joyce is a former New Zealand rower who won two Olympic gold medals during his career. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico Joyce won the coxed four along with Dudley Storey, Ross Collinge, Warren Cole and Simon Dickie...
  
  , John Hunter
  John Hunter (rowing)
  John Andrew Hunter is a former New Zealand rower who won a gold Olympic medal in his career....
  
  , Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl
  Athol Earl
  Athol "Joe" Earl is a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he teamed with Dick Joyce, Wybo Veldman, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Tony Hurt, Trevor Coker and Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie to win the Gold medal in the eights...
  
  , Trevor Coker
  Trevor Coker
  Trevor Ian Coker was a former New Zealand rower who won two Olympic medals in his career....
  
  , Gary Robertson
  Gary Robertson (rower)
  Gary David Robertson is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....
  
  , and Simon Dickie
  Simon Dickie
  Simon Dickie is a former New Zealand rowing cox who won 3 Olympic medals. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico Dickie won the Gold medal in the coxed four along with Dick Joyce, Dudley Storey, Ross Collinge and Warren Cole...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Eights

Silver

• Dick Tonks
  Dick Tonks
  Richard William Tonks is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....
  
  , Dudley Storey
  Dudley Storey
  Dudley Leonard Storey is a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico Storey won the Gold medal in the coxed four along with Dick Joyce, Ross Collinge, Warren Cole and Simon Dickie...
  
  , Ross Collinge
  Ross Collinge
  Ross Hounsell Collinge is a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico Collinge won the Gold medal in the coxed four along with Dick Joyce, Dudley Storey, Warren Cole and Simon Dickie...
  
  , and Noel Mills
  Noel Mills
  Noel Mills was a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Silver medal at 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He teamed with Dick Tonks, Dudley Storey and Ross Collinge to win the Silver medal in the coxless four. He also won a Bronze medal in the eights at the 1978 World Rowing Championships at...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours

Archery

Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics consisted of two medal events, one for men and one for women.Each event was composed of two FITA rounds. Each of those FITA rounds consisted of the archers shooting 36 arrows at targets at 4 different distances, for a total of 144 arrows...

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, New Zealand entered one man in the competition.

Men's:

• Robin Sampson — 2115 points (53rd place)

Athletics

Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, 38 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 14 for women. There were a total number of 1324 participating athletes from 104 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:*...

Men's 100 metres

• Lawrie d'Arcy
• Heat — 10.77 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Bevan Smith
  Bevan Smith
  Bevan Duncan Smith is a former New Zealand sprinter. He won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games....
  
  
• Heat — 21.17
• Second round — 21.04 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1.500 metres

• Rod Dixon
  Rod Dixon
  Rodney Phillip "Rod" Dixon is a former New Zealand middle distance runner. He won the bronze medal over 1500 metres at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, and in 1983 won the prestigious New York City Marathon.-Biography:...
  
  
• Heat — 3:40.0
• Semifinals — 3:37.9
• Final — 3:37.5 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Tony Polhill
• Heat — 3:42.3
• Semifinals — 3:41.8
• Final — 3:41.8 (→ 9th place)

Men's 5.000 m:

• Dick Quax
  Dick Quax
  Theodorus Jacobus Leonardus "Dick" Quax is a New Zealand runner and former world record holder in the 5000 metres. He stood for Parliament with the ACT Party in 1999 and 2002...
  
  
• Heat — 14:35.2 (→ did not advance)
• Richard Tayler
• Heat — 13:56,2 (→ did not advance)
• Gavin Thorley
• Heat — 14:11,6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 m:

• Gavin Thorley — gave up

Men's 400 m Hurdles:

• Roger Johnson
• Heat — 50.48 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon:

• Jack Foster
  Jack Foster
  John Charles Foster was a former long-distance runner born in Liverpool, England. He represented New Zealand in the men's marathon at two Summer Olympics of Munich, West Germany and Montreal, Canada...
  
   — 2:16:56.2 (→ 8th place)
• Dave McKenzie
  Dave McKenzie
  David Closs McKenzie is a former long-distance runner from New Zealand, who represented his native country in the men's marathon at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Mexico City . He also won the Boston Marathon in 1967.-Achievements:*All results regarding marathon, unless stated...
  
   — 2:22:19.2 (→ 22nd place)
• Terry Manners — 2:25:29.2 (→ 34th place)

Men's Shot Put:

• Les Mills
  Les Mills
  Leslie Roy Mills CNZM, MBE, is a retired New Zealand athlete, who represented New Zealand at Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games over two decades. He competed in shot put, discus and weightlifting events...
  
  
• Qualifying Round — 18.38 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw:

• Les Mills
• Qualifying Round — 59.22 m
• Final — 55.86 m (→ 14th place)

• Robin Tait
  Robin Tait
  Robin Douglas Tait was a discus thrower, who represented New Zealand at two Summer Olympics: 1968 and 1972....
  
  
• Qualifying Round — 55.88 m (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 metres

• Brenda Matthews
  Brenda Matthews
  Brenda Patricia Matthews is a former female track and field sprinter and hurdler form New Zealand. She represented her native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 11.77 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 metres

• Penny Hunt
• Heat — 52.82
• Second Round — 52.66 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 m:

• Sue Haden
• Heat — 2:04.9 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles:

• Brenda Matthews
• Heat — 13.81 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics:It was held August 27 to September 10, with the participation of 357 fighters from 81 countries.-Medal table:-Light Flyweight :-First Round:...

Men's Featherweight:

• Pat Ryan
  Pat Ryan (boxer)
  Patrick Thomas Ryan is a retired boxer from New Zealand who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. There he was defeated in the second round of the Featherweight division by Japan's Kazuo Kobayashi.-References:...
  
  
• 1/16-Final — lost to Kazuo Kobayashi of Japan
  Japan at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  Japan competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 184 competitors, 148 men and 36 women, took part in 113 events in 21 sports.-Gold:* Takao Kawaguchi — Judo, Men's Lightweight...
  
   (1 - 4)

Men's Welterweight:

• Jeff Rackley
  Jeff Rackley
  Jeffrey S Rackley is a retired boxer from New Zealand.Born in Nelson, New Zealand, Rackley competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. There he was defeated in the second round of the Welterweight by Günther Meier of West Germany.-References:...
  
  
• 1/16-Final — defeated Günther Meier
  Günther Meier
  Günther Meier is a former German boxer who competed in the Light Middleweight category. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 1968.-External links:**...
  
   of West Germany
  West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  West Germany was the host nation of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. 423 competitors, 340 men and 83 women, took part in 183 events in 23 sports.-Medalists:...
  
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Canoeing

Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested, and for the first time at the Olympic Games, four events in slalom canoeing were also contested.-Slalom:-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:...

Men's Kayak Singles:

• Donald Cooper
  Donald Cooper
  Donald "Don" Cooper is a New Zealand sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 1000 m and the repechages of the K-2 1000 m event. Four years later in Montreal, Cooper was eliminated in the semifinals...
  
  
• Preliminary Heats — 4:12.45
• Repechages — 4:02.48
• Semifinal — 4:01.97

Men's Kayak Pairs:

• Donald Cooper and Tom Dooney
  Tom Dooney
  Tom Dooney is a New Zealand sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1970s. He was eliminated in the repechages of K-2 1000 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:*...
  
  
• Preliminary Heats — 3:56.48
• Repechages — 3:45.65

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race

• Bruce Biddle
  Bruce Biddle
  Bruce William Biddle is a former road racing cyclist from New Zealand, who was a professional rider from 1974 to 1979...
  
   — 4:15:04 (3rd place)
• Paul Brydon
  Paul Brydon
  Paul David Brydon is a former road and track cyclist from New Zealand, who won the bronze medal in the men's 4000m team pursuit at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in his native Christchurch...
  
   — 4:17:03 (→ 50th place)
• Vern Hanaray
  Vern Hanaray
  Vernon John Hanaray is a former road cyclist from New Zealand, who represented his native country in the men's individual road race at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1974 and 1978 Commonwealth Games. Hanaray won the 1974 edition of the Archer Grand Prix cycle...
  
   — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Robert Oliver
  Robert Oliver
  Robert Gordon Oliver is a former road and track cyclist from New Zealand, who represented his native country in two disciplines at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany: the men's individual road race and the men's team pursuit .-References:*...
  
   — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Harry Kent
  Harry Kent (cyclist)
  Harry Dale Kent is a former racing cyclist from New Zealand.At the 1970 British Commonwealth Games he won the gold medal in the men's 1 km time trial. He also finished 4th in the sprint and 6th in the 10 mile scratch race....
  
  
• Final — 1:09.10 (→ 16th place)

Men's Sprint:

• Harry Kent — did not compete (→ no ranking)

Men's Team Pursuit:

• Paul Brydon
  Paul Brydon
  Paul David Brydon is a former road and track cyclist from New Zealand, who won the bronze medal in the men's 4000m team pursuit at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in his native Christchurch...
  
  , John Dean, Neil Lyster
  Neil Lyster
  Neil Lyster is a road and track cyclist from New Zealand.He competed in three Olympic Games, 1968, 1972 and 1976.He competed in the 1978 Commonwealth Games, where he was the flagbearer at the opening ceremony, and won a silver in the 4000m Men’s Team Pursuit.- References :*...
  
   and Blair Stockwell
  Blair Stockwell
  Blair Goldesbrough Stockwell is a former racing cyclist from New Zealand. He won three bronze medals representing New Zealand at British Commonwealth Games....
  
   — - 4:35.11 (→ 14th place)

Alternative member: Brent Pascoe

Gymnastics

Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

At the 1972 Summer Olympics, fourteen different artistic gymnastics events were contested, eight for men and six for women. All events were held at the Sports Hall in Munich from August 27 through September 1.-Format of competition:...

Men's Team Competition

• Terry Sale — (compulsory exercises:42.20, optional exercises:49.85)

Women's Team Competition

• Dianne Foote — (compulsory exercises:33.30, optional exercises:33.55)

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
• Drew with Australia (0-0)
• Defeated Mexico (7-0)
• Defeated Great Britain (2-1)
• Lost to the Netherlands (0-2)
• Drew with Poland (3-3)
• Drew with Kenya (2-2)
• Lost to India (2-3)
• Classification Match
• 9th/10th place: Defeated Belgium (2-1) → 9th place
• Team Roster
• Jeff Archibald
  Jeff Archibald
  Jeffery Victor Archibald is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:*...
  
  
• Jan Borren
  Jan Borren
  Jan Joachim Borren is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national teams competing at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich...
  
  
• Arthur Borren
  Arthur Borren
  Arthur Borren is Dutch-born former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the New Zealand team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....
  
  
• John Christensen
  John Christensen
  John Hansen Christensen is a former field hockey player who was a member of the New Zealand national team that won the gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:...
  
  
• Greg Dayman
  Greg Dayman
  Gregory John Dayman is a former New Zealand field hockey player who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....
  
  
• Chris Ineson
  Chris Ineson
  Christopher "Chris" Robert Ineson is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who competed with the national team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....
  
  
• Ross McPherson
  Ross McPherson
  Ross James McPherson is a former field hockey goalkeeper from New Zealand. He represented New Zealand at two Olympic Games, 1968 and 1972. He also played first-class cricket for Northern Districst in the Plunket Shield....
  
   (gk)
• Barry Maister
  Barry Maister
  Barry John Maister is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:*...
  
  
• Selwyn Maister
  Selwyn Maister
  Selwyn Gerald Maister is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:**...
  
  
• Trevor Manning
  Trevor Manning
  Trevor Wayne Manning is a former field hockey goalkeeper from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:...
  
   (gk)
• Arthur Parkin
  Arthur Parkin
  William Arthur Parkin is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:*...
  
  
• Ramesh Patel
  Ramesh Patel
  Ramesh Unka Patel is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....
  
  
• Alan J. Patterson
  Alan J. Patterson
  Alan Joseph Patterson is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who represented his native country at three Summer Olympics: in 1960, 1964 and 1972.-References:...
  
  
• Kevin Rigby
  Kevin Rigby
  Kevin Rigby is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national men's team that finished ninth at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:...
  
  
• Ted Salmon
  Ted Salmon
  Edwin Benjamin "Ted" Salmon is a former field hockey player from New Zealand who competed at two Olympic Games. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City the team finished seventh and at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich they finished ninth.- References :...
  
  
• Warwick Wright
  Warwick Wright
  Warwick Birrell Wright is a former field hockey who represented New Zealand at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:...
  
  
• Head Coach: Ross Gillespie
  Ross Gillespie
  John Ross Gillespie is a former field hockey player from New Zealand. Gillepsie represented New Zealand at the Summer Olympics twice as a player, in 1960 and 1964. He was a member of the coaching staff at the Olympics in 1972 and with the gold medal winning team of 1976.-References:...
  
  

Judo

Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The Judo competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the return of the sport following its absence at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Medals were awarded in six weight classes, and competition was restricted to men only...

Men's Middleweight:

• Garrick Littlewood
• Pool A — defeated Adam Adamczyk of Poland
  Poland at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  Poland competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 290 competitors, 252 men and 38 women, took part in 150 events in 22 sports.- Gold:* Wladyslaw Komar - Athletics, Men's Shot Put* Jan Szczepański - Boxing, Men's Flyweight...
  
  
• Pool A — lost to Alex Henri Bijkerk of Australia
  Australia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  Australia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 168 competitors, 139 men and 29 women, took part in 110 events in 20 sports.- Gold:...
  
  

Rowing

Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, all for men. It was the last time that rowing did not included women's disciplines at the Olympics.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...

Men's Single Sculls

• Murray Watkinson
  Murray Watkinson
  Murray Paul Watkinson was a former New Zealand rower.At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he won the silver medal in the men's double sculls partnering Peter Watkinson....
  
  
• Heat — 7:51.29
• Repechage — 8:11.51
• Semi Finals — 8:30.88
• B-Final — 8:05.42 (→ 10th place)

Men's Coxswainless Fours:

• Dick Tonks
  Dick Tonks
  Richard William Tonks is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....
  
  , Dudley Storey
  Dudley Storey
  Dudley Leonard Storey is a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico Storey won the Gold medal in the coxed four along with Dick Joyce, Ross Collinge, Warren Cole and Simon Dickie...
  
  , Ross Collinge
  Ross Collinge
  Ross Hounsell Collinge is a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico Collinge won the Gold medal in the coxed four along with Dick Joyce, Dudley Storey, Warren Cole and Simon Dickie...
  
   and Noel Mills
  Noel Mills
  Noel Mills was a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Silver medal at 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He teamed with Dick Tonks, Dudley Storey and Ross Collinge to win the Silver medal in the coxless four. He also won a Bronze medal in the eights at the 1978 World Rowing Championships at...
  
   — Preliminary heats: 6:47.27, Semi–Final: 7:03.99, Final: 6:25.64 (silver medal)

Men's Fours with Coxswain:

• Warren Cole
  Warren Cole
  Warren Cole is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico. Cole won the coxed four along with Dick Joyce, Dudley Storey, Ross Collinge and Simon Dickie...
  
  , Chris Nilsson, John Clark, David Lindstrom, Lindsay Wilson — Preliminary heats: 6:51,76, Semi–Final: 7:21.94, Final: 6:42.55 (6th place)

Men's Eights with coxswain:

• Tony Hurt
  Tony Hurt
  Tony Hurt is a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he teamed with Dick Joyce, Wybo Veldman, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Trevor Coker and Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie to win the Gold medal in the eights...
  
  , Wybo Veldman
  Wybo Veldman
  Wybo Veldman is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He teamed with Dick Joyce, Tony Hurt, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Trevor Coker and Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie to win the Gold medal in the eights...
  
  , Dick Joyce
  Dick Joyce (rowing)
  Dick Joyce is a former New Zealand rower who won two Olympic gold medals during his career. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico Joyce won the coxed four along with Dudley Storey, Ross Collinge, Warren Cole and Simon Dickie...
  
  , John Hunter
  John Hunter (rowing)
  John Andrew Hunter is a former New Zealand rower who won a gold Olympic medal in his career....
  
  , Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl
  Athol Earl
  Athol "Joe" Earl is a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he teamed with Dick Joyce, Wybo Veldman, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Tony Hurt, Trevor Coker and Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie to win the Gold medal in the eights...
  
  , Trevor Coker
  Trevor Coker
  Trevor Ian Coker was a former New Zealand rower who won two Olympic medals in his career....
  
  , Gary Robertson
  Gary Robertson (rower)
  Gary David Robertson is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....
  
   and Simon Dickie
  Simon Dickie
  Simon Dickie is a former New Zealand rowing cox who won 3 Olympic medals. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico Dickie won the Gold medal in the coxed four along with Dick Joyce, Dudley Storey, Ross Collinge and Warren Cole...
  
   — Preliminary heats: 6:06.19, Semi–Final: 6:28.40, Final: 6:08.94 (gold medal)

Men's Finn:

• Bret De Thier - 109.7 (→ 10th place)

Men's Flying Dutchman:

• Jock Bilger and Murray Ross - 79.0 (→ 9th place)

Men's Dragon:

• Noel Everett, Fraser Beer, and Ron Watson - 51.0 (→ 5th place)

Men's Soling:

• Con Linton, Steve Marten, and Jack Scholes - 113.0 (→ 21st place)

Alternative member: Jonty Farmer, Jack Hansen, Geoff Smals, Bryan Treleaven

Shooting

Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

This is a list of results of the Shooting competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics....

Men's Rapid Fire Pistol

• Bruce McMillan - 582 points (→ 28th place)

Men's Small Bore Rifle, Prône

• Mike Watt - 593 points (→ 29th place)
• Ian Ballinger
  Ian Ballinger
  Ian Roy Ballinger is a former New Zealand shooter who won a Bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Ballinger competed at three consecutive Olympic Games and 2 Commonwealth Games in the 50m Rifle - prone event.-References:**...
  
   - 591 points (→ 46th place)

Men's Running Game

• Graeme Mclntyre - 523 points (→ 26th place)

Swimming

Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics were held in Munich, West Germany, 29 events in swimming were contested. There was a total of 532 participants from 52 countries competing....

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Colin Herring
• Heat — 54.41 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Colin Herring
• Heat — 2:00.29 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle:

• Mark Treffors
• Heat — 4:14.10 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle:

• Mark Treffors
• Heat — 16:23.86
• Final — 16:18.84 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley:

• John McConnochie
• Heat — 2:15.04 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley:

• John McConnochie
• Heat — 4:49.89 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle:

• Heather Coombridge
• Heat — 1:02.95 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Freestyle:

• Heather Coombridge
• Heat — 2:14.78 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle:

• Jaynie Parkhouse
  Jaynie Parkhouse
  Jaynie Parkhouse is a retired female freestyle swimmer from New Zealand, who competed for her native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. She claimed the gold medal at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in the women's 800m freestyle and Bronze medal in the 400m...
  
  
• Heat — 4:40.24 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle:

• Jaynie Parkhouse
• Heat — 9:34.65 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke:

• Susan Hunter
• Heat — 1:10.06 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke:

• Susan Hunter
• Heat — 2:28.28 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley:

• Susan Hunter
• Heat — 2:30.29 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley:

• Susan Hunter
• Heat — 5:14.47 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The weightlifting competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich consisted of nine weight classes, all for men only. Two new weight classes were introduced at these Games , marking the first changes to the Olympic program since 1952...

Men's Middleweight:

• Tony Ebert
  Tony Ebert
  Anthony "Tony" John Ebert is a former weightlifter for New Zealand.He won the gold medal at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in the men's middleweight...
  
  - 410.0 kg (→ 17th place)

Men's Light Heavyweight:

• Brian Marsden - 445.0 kg (→ 12th place)

Men's Heavyweight:

• John Bolton
  John Bolton (weightlifter)
  John Arthur Bolton is a former weightlifter for New Zealand. He won two silver medals representing New Zealand at British Commonwealth Games....
  
   - gave up

Wrestling

Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

At the 1972 Summer Olympics, 20 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were 10 weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and 10 classes in freestyle wrestling.- Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal table:-Participating nations:...

Men's Freestyle (–82 kg):

• David Aspin
  David Aspin
  David Anthony Aspin , is a wrestler from Waiuku, New Zealand. He competed in the freestyle wrestling discipline, where he was the 1974 Commonwealth Games champion and 1970 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist, in the middleweight category...
  
  

1. Round 1 - lost to Harishchandra
   Harishchandra
   Harishchandra, in Hindu religious texts is the 36th king of the Solar Dynasty, Surya Maharishi Gothram . His legend is very popular and often told as a benchmark for an ideal life. He was renowned for his piety and justice. His name is Sanskrit for "having golden splendour".Harishchandra had two...
   
    of India
   India at the 1972 Summer Olympics
   - Bronze:* Govin Billimogaputtaswamy, Charles Cornelius, Manuel Frederick, Ashok Kumar, Kindo Michael, Galesh Mollerapoovayya, Krishnamurty Perumal, Ajitpal Singh, Harbinder Singh, Harmik Singh, Kulwant Singh, Mukhbain Singh, and Virinder Singh — Field hockey, Men's Team...
   
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2. Round 2 - lost to Ali Hagilou of Iran
   Iran at the 1972 Summer Olympics
   Iran competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 50 competitors, all men, took part in 33 events in 7 sports.-Competitors:-Medal table:-Medalists:- Athletics :Men- Boxing :Men- Road :Men- Track :Men...
   
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