Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 284 competitors, 210 men and 74 women, took part in 159 events in 18 sports. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
The Great Britain team included 69-year-old equestrian Lorna Johnstone - the oldest British athlete ever to appear in the Olympic Games.
Medallists + Medals by sportSportTotalEquestrian2103Athletics1124Sailing1102Judo0123Swimming0101Boxing0033Cycling0011Shooting0011Total45918
Gold Mary Peters – Athletics, women's pentathlon Richard Meade – Equestrian, three-day event individual competition Mary Gordon-Watson, Richard Meade, Bridget Parker, and Mark Phillips – Equestrian, three-day event team competition Chris Davies and Rodney Pattisson (Helmsman) – Sailing, Flying Dutchman
Silver David Hemery, David Jenkins, Alan Pascoe, and Martin Reynolds – Athletics, men's 4x400 metres relay Ann Moore – Equestrian, jumping individual competition David Starbrook – Judo, men's half-heavyweight (93 kg) David Wilkie – Swimming, men's 200m breaststroke David Hunt and Alan Warren (helmsman) – sailing, Tempest
Bronze Ian Stewart – Athletics, men's 5000 metres David Hemery – Athletics, men's 400m hurdles Ralph Evans – Boxing, men's light flyweight George Turpin – Boxing, men's bantamweight Alan Minter – Boxing, men's light middleweight Michael Bennett, Ian Hallam, Ronald Keeble, and William Moore – Cycling, men's 4000m team pursuit Brian Jacks – Judo, men's middleweight (80 kg) Angelo Parisi – Judo, men's open category John Kynoch – Shooting, men's running game target
Archery
In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Great Britain entered three men and three women. Their highest placing competitor was Lynne Evans, at 16th place in the women's competition.
Men's individual competition: Roy Matthews – 2385 points (→ 17th place) John Snelling – 2356 points (→ 26th place) Ronald Bishop – 2244 points (→ 45th place)
Women's individual competition: Lynne Evans – 2313 points (→ 16th place) Carol Sykes – 2273 points (→ 21st place) Pauline Edwards – 2249 points (→ 25th place)
Athletics
Men's 100 metres Brian Green Heat, round 1 – 10.41 Heat, round 2 – 10.58 Semifinals – 10.52 (→ did not advance)
Les Piggot Heat, round 1 – 10.54 Heat, round 2 – 10.53 (→ did not advance)
Don Halliday Heat, round 1 – 10.58 Heat, round 2 – 10.60 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres Brian Green Heat, round 1 – 21.26 Heat, round 2 – 21.41 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres Martin Reynolds Heat, round 1 – 46.46 Heat, round 2 – 46.11 Semifinals – 46.71 (→ did not advance)
David Jenkins Heat, round 1 – 46.15 Heat, round 2 – 45.99 Semifinals – 45.91 (→ did not advance)
Gary Armstrong Heat, round 1 – 46.48 Heat, round 2 – 47.10 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres Andy Carter Heat – 1:47.6 Semifinals – 1:46.5 Final – 1:46.6 (→ 6th place)
Dave Cropper Heat – 1:47.5 Semifinals – 1:48.4 (→ did not advance)
Colin Campbell Heat – 1:54.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres Brendan Foster Heat – 3:40.8 Semifinals – 3:38.2 Final – 3:39.0 (→ 5th place)
Ray Smedley Heat – 3:42.1 Semifinals – 3:45.8 (→ did not advance)
John Kirkbride Heat – 3:45.3 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres Ian Stewart Heat – 13:33.0 Final – 13:27.6 (→ 3rd place) Ian McCafferty Heat – 13:38.2 Final – 13:43.2 (→ 11th place) David Bedford Heat – 13:49.8 Final – 13:43.2 (→ 12th place)
Men's 10000 metres David Bedford Heat – 27:53.6 Final – 28:05.4(→ 6th place) Lachie Stewart Heat – 28:31.4 (→ did not advance) Dave Holt Heat – 28:46.8(→ did not advance)
Men's marathon Ron Hill 2:16:30.6 (→ 6th place) Donald MacGregor 2:16:34.4 (→ 7th place) Colin Kirkham 2:21:54.8 (→ 20th place)
Men's 110m hurdles Alan Pascoe Heat – 14.08 Semifinals – 14.24 (→ did not advance)
Berwyn Price Heat – 13.94 Semifinals – 14.37 (→ did not advance) David Wilson Heat – 14.31 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m hurdlles David Hemery Heat – 49.72 Semifinals – 49.66 Final – 48.52 (→ 3rd place)
Men's 3000m steeplechase Andy Holden Heat – 8:33.8 (→ did not advance) Steve Hollings Heat – 8:35.0 (→ did not advance) John Bicourt Heat – 8:38.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m relay Berwyn Price, Don Halliday, Dave Dear, and Brian Green Heat – 39.63 Les Piggot, Don Halliday, Dave Dear, and Brian Green Semifinals – 39.47 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m relay Martin Reynolds, Alan Pascoe, David Hemery and David Jenkins Semifinals – 3:01.3 Final – 3:00.5 (→ 2nd place)
Men's long jump Alan Lerwill Qualification – 7.86 Final – 7.91 (→ 7th place) Lynn Davies Qualification – 7.64 (→ did not advance)
Men's pole vault Mike Bull Qualification – 4.80 (→ did not advance)
Men's shot put Geoff Capes Qualification – 18.94 (→ did not advance)
Men's discus Bill Tancred Qualification – 57.24 (→ did not advance) John Watts Qualification – 53.86 (→ did not advance)
Men's javelin Dave Travis Qualification – 74.68 (→ did not advance)
Men's hammer throw Barry Williams Qualification – 66.32 Final – 68.18 (→ 16th place) Howard Payne Qualification – 64.56 (→ did not advance)
Men's decathlon Barry King 7468 points (→ 15th place) Peter Gabbett DNF
Men's 20 km walk Paul Nihill 1:28:44.4 (→ 6th place) Phil Embleton 1:33:22.2 (→ 14th place) Peter Marlow 1:35:38.8 (→ 17th place)
Men's 50 km walk Paul Nihill 4:14:09.4 (→ 9th place) John Warhurst 4:23:21.6 (→ 18th place) Howard Timms 4:34:43.8 (→ 25th place)
Women's 100 metres Andrea Lynch Heat, round 1 – 11.52 Heat, round 2 – 11.57 Semifinals – 11.64(→ did not advance) Anita Neil Heat, round 1 – 11.55 Heat, round 2 – 11.58 (→ did not advance) Sonia Lannaman Heat, round 1 – 11.45 Heat, round 2 – 11.72 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 metres Donna Murray Heat, round 1 – 23.76 Heat, round 2 – 23.69 Semifinals – 24.03 (→ did not advance) Della Pascoe Heat, round 1 – 23.97 Heat, round 2 – 23.72 (→ did not advance) Margaret Critchley Heat, round 1 – 24.04 Heat, round 2 – 24.05 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400 metres Jannette Roscoe Heat, round 1 – 53.67 Heat, round 2 – 53.01 (→ did not advance) Verona Bernard Heat, round 1 – 53.31 Heat, round 2 – 53.29 (→ did not advance) Janet Simpson Heat, round 1 – 54.13 (→ did not advance)
Women's 800 metres Rosemary Stirling Heat – 2:03.6 Semifinals – 2:02.4 Final – 2:00.2 (→ 7th place) Margaret Coomber Heat – 2:03.0 (→ did not advance) Patricia Cropper Heat – 2:03.6 (→ did not advance)
Women's 1500 metres Sheila Carey Heat – 4:13.0 Semifinals – 4:07.4 Final – 4:04.8 (→ 5th place)
Joyce Smith Heat – 4:11.3 Semifinals – 4:09.4 (→ did not advance) Joan Allison Heat – 4:14.9 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100m hurdles Judy Vernon Heat – 13.37 (→ did not advance) Ann Wilson Heat – 13.53 (→ did not advance)
Boxing
Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg) Ralph Evans → bronze medal First round – Salvador García (MEX), 4:1 Second round – defeated Héctor Velasquez (CHL), 5:0 Quarterfinals – defeated Chanyalev Haile (ETH), 5:0 Semifinals – lost to György Gedo (HUN), 5:0
Men's light middleweight (– 71 kg) Alan Minter → bronze medal First round – bye Second round – defeated Reginald Ford (GUY), KO-2 Third round – defeated Valeri Tregubov (URS), 5:0 Quarterfinals – defeated Loucif Hanmani (ALG), 4:1 Semifinals – lost to Dieter Kottysch (FRG), 2:3
Canoeing
Cycling
Eleven cyclists represented Great Britain in 1972.
Individual road race Phil Bayton – 5th place Phil Edwards – 6th place David Lloyd – did not finish (→ no ranking) John Clewarth – did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial Phil Bayton John Clewarth Phil Edwards David Lloyd
Sprint Ernie Crutchlow Geoff Cooke
1000m time trial Michael Bennett Final – 1:09.45 (→ 17th place)
Tandem David Rowe and Geoff Cooke → 10th place
Individual pursuit Ian Hallam
Individual pursuit Mick Bennett Ian Hallam Ron Keeble Willi Moore
Diving
Men's 3m springboard: Christopher Walls – 332.07 points (→ 17th place) John David Baker – 321.15 points (→ 23rd place) Brian Wetheridge – 310.53 points (→ 28th place)
Men's 10m platform: Frank Dufficy – 271.77 points (→ 21st place) Andrew Michael Gill – 268.68 points (→ 22nd place) Brian Wetheridge – 262.59 points (→ 28th place)
Women's 3m springboard: Alison Jean Drake – 378.18 points (→ 12th place) Helen Mary Koppell – 242.22 points (→ 22nd place)
Women's 10m platform: Beverly Williams – 301.26 points (→ 12th place) Helen Mary Koppell – 178.17 points (→ 18th place)
Equestrian
Fencing
19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1972.
Men's foil Barry Paul Graham Paul Mike Breckin
Men's team foil Mike Breckin, Barry Paul, Graham Paul, Anthony Power, Ian Single
Men's épée Teddy Bourne Ralph Johnson Graham Paul
Men's team épée Teddy Bourne, Bill Hoskyns, Edward Hudson, Ralph Johnson, Graham Paul
Men's sabre Richard Oldcorn John Deanfield Richard Cohen
Men's team sabre David Acfield, Richard Cohen, Rodney Craig, John Deanfield, Richard Oldcorn
Women's foil Sue Green Janet Wardell-Yerburgh Clare Henley
Women's team foil Sue Green, Clare Henley, Sally Anne Littlejohns, Janet Wardell-Yerburgh, Susan Wrigglesworth
Gymnastics
Hockey
Men's Team Competition Preliminary round (group B) Defeated Mexico (6-0) Lost to India (0-5) Lost to New Zealand (1-2) Defeated Kenya (2-0) Drew with Australia (1-1) Defeated the Netherlands (3-1) Defeated Poland (2-1) Semi-final Round Defeated Spain (2-0) Classification match 5th/6th place: Lost to Australia (1-2) after extra time → 6th place
Team roster Joe Ahmad Michael Crowe Mike Corby Bernie Cotton Tony Ekins Graham Evans John French Terry Gregg Dennis Hay Christopher Langhorne Peter Marsh Peter Mills Richard Oliver David Austin Savage Keith Sinclair Paul Svehlik Rui Saldanha
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1972.
Men's individual competition: Jeremy Robert Fox – 5292 points (→ 4th place) Barry Lillywhite – 4538 points (→ 36th place) Robert Lawson Phelps – 4427 points (→ 47th place)
Men's team competition: Fox, Lillywhite, and Phelps – 14257 points (→ 9th place)
Alternate member: James Darby
Rowing
Men's single scull Kenny Dwan Heat – 7:57.49 Repechage – 8:10.32 Semi-finals – 8:38.62 B-final – 8:00.38 (→ 9th place)
Men's double scull Tim Crooks, Patrick Delafield (→ 5th place)
Men's coxless pair Jeremiah McCarthy, Matthew Cooper (→ 12th place)
Men's coxed pair Michael Hart, David Maxwell, Alan Inns Heat – 7:49.56 Repechage – 8:01.14 Semi-finals – 8:21.61 B-final – 7:59.57 (→ 8th place)
Men's coxless four Frederick Smallbone, Lenny Robertson, Jim Clark, Bill Mason (→ 7th place)
Men's coxed four Alan Almand, Christopher Pierce, Rooney Massara, Hugh Matheson, Patrick Sweeney (→ 10th place)
Sailing
Flying Dutchman Rodney Pattison (Helmsman) and Chris Davies (gold medal)
Tempest Alan Warren (Helmsman) and David Hunt (silver medal)
Finn Patrick Pym (Helmsman) (12th place)
Dragon Simon Tait (Helmsman), Charles Currey and Ian Hannay
Soling John Oakley (Helmsman), Barry Dunning and Charles Reynolds (5th place)
Star Stuart Jardine (Helmsman) and John Wastall
Shooting
Fourteen male shooters represented Great Britain in 1972. John Kynoch won bronze in the 50 m running target event.
25 m pistol John Cooke Tony Clark
50 m pistol Frank Wyatt Harry Cullum
300 m rifle, three positions Malcolm Cooper
50 m rifle, three positions Malcolm Cooper Bob Churchill
50 m rifle, prone John Palin Phil Lawrence
50 m running target John Kynoch John Anthony
Trap Ronald Carter Brian Bailey
Skeet Joe Neville Colin Sephton
Swimming
Men's 100m freestyle Malcolm Windeatt Heat – 54.70s (→ did not advance)
Brian Brinkley Heat – 55.06s (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m freestyle John Mills Heat – 2:00.17 (→ did not advance)