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Luxembourg at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
LUX

Competitors
  
11 in 5 sports

Website
  
www.cosl.lu (French)

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Luxembourg at the 1972 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Luxembourgish Olympic and Sporting Committee

Medals
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal1304

Luxembourg competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 11 competitors, 10 men and 1 woman, took part in 8 events in 5 sports.

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Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Luxembourg entered one man and one woman. Their highest placing competitor was Nelly Wies-Weyrich, at 24th place in the women's competition.

Women's:

  • Nelly Wies-Weyrich - 2252 points (→ 24th place)

    • Men's:

  • Marcel Balthasar - 2285 points (→ 39th place)

    • Athletics

    Men
    Track and road events

    Cycling

    Two cyclists represented Luxembourg in 1972.

    Individual road race
  • Erny Kirchen - 4:15:21.0 (→ 27th place)
  • Lucien Didier - 4:17:13.0 (→ 56th place)

    • Fencing

    Five fencers, all men, represented Luxembourg in 1972.

    Men's épée
  • Robert Schiel
  • Remo Manelli
  • Alain Anen
    • Men's team épée
  • Alain Anen, Aly Doerfel, Romain Manelli, Remo Manelli, Robert Schiel

    • Shooting

    One male shooter represented Luxembourg in 1972.

    Rapid fire pistol:

  • Michel Braun - 577 pts (→ 38th place)

    • Water skiing (demonstration sports)

    Women's figure skiing:

  • Sylvie Hülsemann - 1780 pts (→ 4th place)

    • References

    Luxembourg at the 1972 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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