- Australia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics Australia
games=1972 Summer
competitors=177 (148 men, 29 women)
sports=
flagbearer=Dennis Green (opening)Michael Wenden (closing)
gold=8
silver=7
bronze=2
total=17
rank=6Australia competed at the1972 Summer Olympics inMunich ,West Germany . Australian athletes have competed in everySummer Olympic Games .Medalists
Gold
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Shane Gould — Swimming, Women's 200m Individual Medley
*Shane Gould — Swimming, Women's 200m Freestyle
*Shane Gould — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
*Beverley Whitfield — Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke
*Gail Neall — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley
*Bradford Cooper — Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle
*Scott Anderson and David Forbes — Sailing, Men's Star Team Competition
*Thomas Anderson,John Cuneo and John Shaw — Sailing, Men's Dragon Team CompetitionSilver
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Raelene Boyle — Athletics, Women's 100m
*Raelene Boyle — Athletics, Women's 200m
*John Nicholson — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)
*Danny Clark — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial
*Clyde Sefton — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
*Shane Gould — Swimming, Women's 800m Freestyle
*Graham Windeatt — SWIM, Men's 1.500m FreestyleBronze
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Shane Gould — Swimming, Women's 100m Freestyle
*Beverley Whitfield — Swimming, Women's 100m BreaststrokeResults by event
Archery
In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Australia entered two men and one woman. Their highest placing competitors were
Terene Donovan andGraeme Telford , who both placed 9th place in their respective competitions.Women's Individual Competition:
*Terene Donovan - 2356 points (→ 9th place)Men's Individual Competition:
*Graeme Telford - 2423 points (→ 9th place)
*Terence Reilly - 2387 points (→ 15th place)Athletics
Men's 800 metres
*Graeme Rootham :* Heat — 1:48.2 (→ did not advance)Men's 1.500 metres
*Christopher Fisher :* Heat — 3:42.5:* Semifinals — 3:42.0 (→ did not advance)Men's 5.000 metres
*Anthony Benson :* Heat — 13:42.8 (→ did not advance)*Kerry O'Brien:* Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)
Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
*Kerry O'Brien :* Qualifying Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)Men's High Jump
*Lawrence Peckham :* Qualifying Round — 2.15m:* Final — 2.10m (→ 18th place)Basketball
Men's Team Competition
*Preliminary Round (Group A)::* Lost to Spain (74-79) :* Lost to United States (55-81):* Lost to Czechoslovakia (68-69) :* Defeated Japan (92-76) :* Lost to Cuba (70-84) :* Defeated Brazil (75-69) :* Defeated Egypt (89-66)
*Classification Matches::* 9th/12th place: Defeated West Germany (70-69):* 9th/10th place: Defeated Poland (91-83) → 9th place
*Team Roster::*Glenn Marsland :* Ian Watson:* Richard Duke:* Bill Wyatt:*Eddie Palubinskas :*Brian Kerle :* Peter Byrne:*Perry Crosswhite :* Ray Tomlinson:* Ken James:* Tom Bender:*Toli Koltuniewicz
*Head Coach:Lindsay Gaze
=Boxing=Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
*Alan Jenkinson :* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — DefeatedMichel Belliard (FRA), 4:1 :* Third Round — Lost toMohamed Majeri (TUN), 0:5Cycling
Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race
*Clyde Sefton — Silver Medal
*David Jose — 29th place
*John Trevorrow — 32nd place
*Donald Allan — 58th placeTrack Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
*Daniel Clark:* Final — 1:06.87 (→ Silver Medal)Diving
Men's 3m Springboard:
*Donald Wagstaff — 344.13 points (→ 13th place)
*Kenneth Grove — 302.91 points (→ 29th place)Men's 10m Platform:
*Donald Wagstaff — 435.84 points (→ 11th place)
*Kenneth Grove — 254.73 points (→ 32nd place)Women's 10m Platform:
*Glenise Anne Jones — 157.20 points (→ 26th place)Hockey
Men's Team Competition
*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Drew with New Zealand (0-0):* Defeated Kenya (3-1):* Lost to India (1-3):* Defeated Mexico (10-0):* Drew with Great Britain (1-1):* Defeated Poland (1-0):* Lost to the Netherlands (2-3)
*Semi Final Round:* Defeated Malaysia (2-1)
*Classification Match:* 5th/6th place: Defeated Great Britain (2-1) after extra time → 5th place
*Team Roster:*Robert Andrew :*Greg Browning :*Ric Charlesworth :*Paul Dearing :*Brian Glencross :*Robert Haigh :* Wayne Hammond:* James Mason:*Terry McAskell :*Patrick Nilan :*Desmond Piper :*Graeme Reid :*Ronald Riley :*Donald Smart :*Ronald Wilson Modern pentathlon
Men's Individual Competition:
*Robert Gordon Barrie — 4600 points (→ 32nd place)
*Peter Neville Macken — 4449 points (→ 41st place)
=Swimming=Men's 100m Freestyle
*Michael Wenden :* Heat — 52.34s:* Semifinals — 53.32s:* Final — 52.41s (→ 5th place)*
Greg Rogers :* Heat — 53.98s:* Semifinals — 54.26s (→ did not advance)*Neil Rogers:* Heat — 55.32s (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
*Michael Wenden :* Heat — 1:56.66:* Final — 1:54.40 (→ 4th place)*
Graham White :* Heat — 1:58.60 (→ did not advance)*
Robert Nay :* Heat — 1:57.69 (→ did not advance)Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
*Neil Rogers,Graham White ,Bruce Featherston andGreg Rogers :* Heat — 3:40.47 (→ did not advance)Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
*Graham Windeatt ,Bruce Featherstone ,Michael Wenden , andGraham White :* Heat — 7:49.03
*Michael Wenden ,Graham Windeatt ,Robert Nay , andBradford Cooper :* Final — 7:48.66 (→ 5th place)
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