Canada competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 208 competitors, 158 men and 50 women, took part in 136 events in 18 sports.
Canada finished in 27th position in the final medal rankings, with two silver medals and three bronze medals.
Bruce Robertson — Swimming, Men's 100m Butterfly
Leslie Cliff — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley
Donna Gurr — Swimming, Women's 200m Backstroke
Erik Fish, William Mahony, Bruce Robertson, and Robert Kasting — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
David Miller, John Ekels, and Paul Cote — Sailing, Soling class
In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Canada entered three men and three women. Their highest placing competitor was Donald Jackson, at 6th place in the men's competition. His score was only 30 points below the bronze medal score.
Men's Individual Competition:
Donald Jackson - 2437 points (→ 6th place)
Elmer Ewert - 2359 points (→ 25th place)
Wayne Pullen - 2275 points (→ 41st place)
Women's Individual Competition:
Mary Grant - 2350 points (→ 11th place)
Marjory Saunders - 2192 points (→ 32nd place)
Viola Muir - 1955 points (→ 39th place)
Men's 1,500 metres
Kenneth Elmer
Heat — 3:46.6 (→ did not advance)
Bill Smart
Heat — 3:49.2 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000 metres
Robert Finlay
Heat — 13:44.0 (→ did not advance)
Grant McLaren
Heat — 13:43.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
John Beers
Qualifying Round — 2.15m
Final — 2.15m (→ 6th place)
John Hawkins
Qualifying Round — 2.15m
Final — 2.15m (→ 9th place)
Richard Cuttell
Qualification Round — 2.09m (→ did not advance)
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Chris Ius
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Ali Ouabbou (MAR), 3:2
Third Round — Lost to Georgi Kostadinov (BUL), 0:5
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Les Hamilton
First Round — Lost to Stefan Förster (GDR), 1:4
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Dale Andersen
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
José Martinez
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
Carroll Morgan
First Round — Defeated Fatai Ayinla (NGA), 3:2
Quarterfinals — Lost to Hasse Thomsén (SWE), KO-3
Nine cyclists represented Canada in 1972.
Individual road race
Brian Chewter — 52nd place
Tom Morris — 62nd place
Gilles Durand — 72nd place
Lindsay Gauld — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
Gilles Durand
Brian Chewter
Jack McCullough
Tom Morris
Sprint
Ed McRae
1000m time trial
Jocelyn Lovell
Final — 1:09.03 (→ 15th place)
Individual pursuit
Ron Hayman
Individual pursuit
Jocelyn Lovell
Brian Keast
Ron Hayman
Ed McRae
Men's 3m Springboard
Scott Cranham - 339.21 points (→ 14th place)
Ken Sully - 336.12 points (→ 16th place)
Ron Friesen - 313.11 points (→ 25th place)
Men's 10m Platform
Ron Friesen - 272.94 points (→ 20th place)
Scott Cranham - 263.52 points (→ 27th place)
Ken Sully - 262.26 points (→ 29th place)
Women's 3m Springboard
Beverly Boys - 418.89 points (→ 5th place)
Teri York - 247.14 points (→ 19th place)
Elizabeth Carruthers - 243.84 (→ 20th place)
Women's 10m Platform
Nancy Robertson - 334.02 points (→ 7th place)
Kathleen Rollo - 317.31 points (→ 9th place)
Beverly Boys - 183.99 points (→ 14th place)
Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Canada in 1972.
Men's foil
Herbert Obst
Magdy Conyd
Lester Wong
Men's team foil
Magdy Conyd, Herbert Obst, Gerry Wiedel, Lester Wong
Men's épée
Gerry Wiedel
Lester Wong
Herbert Obst
Men's team épée
Magdy Conyd, Herbert Obst, Gerry Wiedel, Lester Wong
Men's sabre
Bob Foxcroft
Women's foil
Donna Hennyey
Three male pentathletes represented Canada in 1972. It was the first time Canada had entered pentathletes at the Olympics, and the team was coached by Hungarian-born Joseph Bucsko (1930 - 1996).
Individual:
Scott Scheuermann — 4072 points (→ 54th place)
Kenneth Maaten — 3987 points (→ 56th place)
George Skene — 3297 points (→ 59th place)
Team:
Scheuermann, Maaten, and Skene — 11335 points (→ 19th place)
Men's Coxed Pairs
Trevor Josephson, Michael Neary and Glenn Battersby
Heat — 7:49.54
Repechage — 8:12.69
Semi Finals — 8:28.62
B-Final — 8:00.27 (→ 9th place)
Ten male shooters represented Canada in 1972.
25 m pistol
Jules Sobrian
William Hare
50 m pistol
Edward Jans
Jules Sobrian
50 m rifle, three positions
Alf Mayer
Arne Sorensen
50 m rifle, prone
Alf Mayer
Gil Boa
Trap
John Primrose
James Platz
Skeet
Bruno De Costa
Donald Sanderlin
Men's 100m Freestyle
Brian Phillips
Heat — 53.75s
Semifinals — 53.73s (→ did not advance)
Robert Kasting
Heat — 54.07s
Semifinals — 53.62s (→ did not advance)
Bruce Robertson
Heat — 54.76s (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
Ralph Hutton
Heat — 1:56.84
Final — 1:57.56 (→ 8th place)
Bruce Robertson
Heat — 1:59.02 (→ did not advance)
Ian MacKenzie
Heat — 2:01.22 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Brian Phillips, Bruce Robertson, Tim Bach, and Robert Kasting
Heat — 3:35.64
Bruce Robertson, Brian Phillips, Tim Bach, and Robert Kasting
Final — 3:33.20 (→ 5th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Ralph Hutton, Deane Buckboro, Ian MacKenzie and Brian Phillips
Heat — 7:57.69
Bruce Robertson, Brian Phillips, Ian MacKenzie, and Ralph Hutton
Final — 7:53.61 (→ 7th place)
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Lost to Yugoslavia (4-12)
Lost to Mexico (3-7)
Lost to United States (1-8)
Lost to Romania (4-16)
Lost to Cuba (2-7) → did not advance
Team Roster
William van der Pol
Allan Pyle
Patrick Pugliese
Clifford Barry
Donald Packer
Stephen Hart
Jack Gauldie
Robert Thompson
David Hart
Gabor Csepregi
Guy Leclerc
