The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain 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.
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
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
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
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)
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)
Delia 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)
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
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
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)
Heien Mary Koppeil – 242.22 points (→ 22nd place)
Women's 10m Platform:
Beverly Williams – 301.26 points (→ 12th place)
Heien Mary Koppell – 178.17 points (→ 18th place)
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 Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh
Clare Henley-Halsted
Women's team foil
Sue Green, Clare Henley-Halsted, Sally Anne Littlejohns, Janet Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh, Susan Wrigglesworth
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 Mills
Richard Oliver
David Austin Savage
Keith Sinclair
Paul Svehlik
Rui Saldanha
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
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
M M K Cooper, J T McCarthy
(→ 12th place)
Men's Coxed pair
Michael Hart, David Maxwell, A F 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, Leonard Robertson, James Clark, W G Mason
(→ 7th place)
Men's Coxed four
Alan Almand, C T Pierce, Rooney Massara, Hugh Matheson, Patrick Sweeney
(→ 10th place)
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
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
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)
Brian Brinkley
Heat — 1:56.99 (→ did not advance)
Michael Bailey
Heat — 2:00.79 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Brian Brinkley, John Mills, Michael Bailey, and Colin Cunningham
Heat — 7:58.33
Final — 7:55.59 (→ 8th place)
