United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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flagbearer=Olga Connolly
gold=33
silver=31
bronze=30
total=94
rank=2

The United States competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Medalists

The United States finished in second position in the final medal rankings, with 33 gold and 94 total medals.

Gold

* Doreen Wilber — Archery, Women's Individual Competition

* John Williams — Archery, Men's Individual Competition

* Vincent Matthews — Athletics, Men's 400 metres

* Dave Wottle — Athletics, Men's 800 metres

* Frank Shorter — Athletics, Men's Marathon

* Rodney Milburn — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles

* Larry Black, Eddie Hart, Robert Taylor, and Gerald Tinker — Athletics, Men's 4x100 m Relay

* Randy Williams — Athletics, Men's Long Jump

* Ray Seales — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight

* Maxine Joyce King — Diving, Women's 3 m Springboard

* John Writer — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions

* Lones Wigger — Shooting, Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions

* Mark Spitz — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle

* Mark Spitz — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle

* Mark Spitz — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly

* Mark Spitz — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly

* Mike Burton — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle

* John Hencken — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke

* David Edgar, Jerry Heidenreich, John Murphy, and Mark Spitz — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

* Steve Genter, John Kinsella, Frederick Tyler, and Mark Spitz — Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

* Tom Bruce, Jerry Heidenreich, Michael Stamm, and Mark Spitz — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

* Sandra Neilson — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle

* Keena Rothhammer — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle

* Melissa Belote — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke

* Melissa Belote — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke

* Catherine Carr — Swimming, Women's 100 m Breaststroke

* Karen Moe — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly

* Shirley Babashoff, Jane Barkman, Jennifer Kemp, and Sandra Neilson — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

* Melissa Belote, Catherine Carr, Deena Deardurff, and Sandra Neilson — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

* Dan Gable — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight

* Wayne Wells — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight

* Benjamin Peterson — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight

* William Allen, William Bentsen, and Harry Melges — Sailing, Men's Soling Team Competition

Silver

* Robert Taylor — Athletics, Men's 100 metres

* Wayne Collett — Athletics, Men's 400 meters

* Ralph Mann — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles

* Bob Seagren — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault

* George Woods — Athletics, Men's Shot Put

* Jay Silvester — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw

* Mable Fergerson, Kathy Hammond, Madeline Manning-Jackson, and Cheryl Toussaint — Athletics, Women's 4x400 m Relay

* Michael Bantom, James Brewer, Tommy Burleson, Doug Collins, Kenneth Davis, James Forbes, Thomas Henderson, Dwight Jones, Robert Jones, Kevin Joyce, Tom McMillen, and Edward Ratleff — Basketball, Men's Team Competition

* Richard Rydze — Diving, Men's 10 m Platform

* Bruce Davidson, Kevin Freeman, Michael Plumb, and James Wofford — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition

* Frank Chapot, Kathryn Kusner, Neal Shapiro, and William Steinkraus — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition

* Eugene Clapp, Fritz Hobbs, William Hobbs, Paul Hoffman, John Livingston , Michael Livingston, Timothy Mickelson, Peter Raymond and Lawrence Terry — Rowing, Men's Eights

* Victor Auer — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone

* Lanny Bassham — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions

* Jerry Heidenreich — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle

* Steve Genter — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle

* Steve Genter — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle

* Michael Stamm — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke

* Michael Stamm — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke

* Tom Bruce — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke

* Gary Hall Sr. — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly

* Tim McKee — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley

* Tim McKee — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley

* Shirley Babashoff — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
* Shirley Babashoff — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle

* Susan Atwood — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke

* Dana Schoenfeld — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke

* Lynn Colella — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly

* Richard Sanders — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight

* John Peterson — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight

Bronze

* Craig Howard Lincoln — Diving, Men's 3 m Springboard

* Thomas Hill — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles

* Larry Young — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk

* Dwight Stones — Athletics, Men's High Jump

* Jan Johnson — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault

* Arni Robinson — Athletics, Men's Long Jump

* Bill Schmidt — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw

* Kathy Hammond — Athletics, Women's 400 metres

* Kathy Schmidt — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw

* Ricardo Carreras — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight

* Jesse Valdez — Boxing, Men's Welterweight

* Marvin Johnson — Boxing, Men's Middleweight

* James McEwan — Canoeing, Men's C1 Canadian Slalom Singles

* Neal Shapiro — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition

* Tom McBreen — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle

* Douglas Northway — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle

* John Murphy — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke

* Mitchell Ivey — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke

* John Hencken — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke

* Jerry Heidenreich — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly

* Robin Backhouse — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly

* Steven Furniss — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley

* Keena Rothhammer — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle

* Susan Atwood — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke

* Ellie Daniel — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly

* Lynn Vidali — Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley

* Peter Asch, Steven Barnett, Bruce Bradley, Stanley Cole, James Ferguson, Eric Lindroth, John Parker, Gary Sheerer, James Slatton, Russell Webb, and Barry Weitzenberg — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

* Chris Taylor — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight

* Donald Cohan, Charles Horter, and John Marshall — Sailing, Men's Dragon Team Competition

* Peter Dean and Glen Foster — Sailing, Men's Tempest Team Competition

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Results by event

=Archery=

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, the United States entered three men and three women. They took home both of the gold medals as well as a pair of 5th-place finishes.

Men's Individual Competition:
* John Williams — 2528 points (→ Gold Medal)
* Edwin Eliason — 2438 points (→ 5th place)
* Dennis McComak — 2398 points (→ 11th place)

Women's Individual Competition:
* Doreen Wilber — 2424 points (→ Gold Medal)
* Linda Myers — 2385 points (→ 5th place)
* Maureen Bechdolt — 2218 points (→ 28th place)

=Athletics=

Men's 800 metres
*Dave Wottle:* Heat — 1:47.6:* Semifinals — 1:48.7:* Final — 1:45.9 (→ Gold Medal)

*Kenneth Swenson:* Heat — 1:51.1:* Semifinals — DNF (→ did not advance)

*Richard Wohlhuter:* Heat — 1:49.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres
*James Ryun:* Heat — 3:51.5 (→ did not advance)

*Dave Wottle:* Heat — 3:40.7:* Semifinals — 3:41.6 (→ did not advance)

*Robert Wheeler:* Heat — 3:41.3:* Semifinals — 3:40.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres
*George Young:* Heat — 13:41.2 (→ did not advance)

*Steve Prefontaine:*Heat — 13:32.6:*Finals — 13:28.25(→4th)

*Leonard Hilton:* Heat — 14:07.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10000 metres
*Frank Shorter
*Jeff Galloway
*Jon Anderson:* Heat — 28:34.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay
*Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker, and Edward Hart:* Heat — 38.96s :* Semifinals — 38.54s:* Final — 38.19s (→ Gold Medal)

Men's High Jump
*Dwight Stones :* Qualifying Round — 2.15m:* Final — 2.21m (→ Bronze Medal)

*Christopher Dunn:* Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)

*Ronnie Jourdan:* Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)

=Boxing=

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)
*Davey Armstrong :* First Round — Defeated Arif Dorgu (TUR), 4:1:* Second Round — Lost to Enrique Rodríguez (ESP), 0:5

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
*Reggie Jones:* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — Lost to Valeri Tregubov (URS), 2:3

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
*Duane Bobick:* First Round — Defeated Yuri Nesterov (URS), 5:0 :* Quarterfinals — Lost to Teófilo Stevenson (CUB), TKO-3

=Cycling=

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race
* John Howard — 61st place
* John Allis — 63rd place
* Emile Waldteufel — did not finish (→ no ranking)
* Robert Schneider — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial
*Steven Woznick:* Final — 1:08.56 (→ 12th place)

Men's Tandem
* Jeffrey Spencer and Ralph Therrio → 13th place

=Diving=

Men's 3 m Springboard
* Craig Howard Lincoln - 577.29 points (→ Bronze Medal
* Michael Finneran - 557.34 points (→ 5th place)
* David Bush - 327.06 points (→ 20th place)

Men's 10 m Platform
* Richard Rydze - 480.75 points (→ Silver Medal)
* Richard Early - 462.45 points (→ 6th place)
* Michael Finneran - 439.47 points (→ 9th place)

Women's 3 m Springboard
* Maxine Joyce King - 450.03 points (→ Gold Medal)
* Janet Ely - 420.99 points (→ 4th place)
* Cynthia Potter - 413.58 (→ 7th place)

Women's 10 m Platform
* Janet Ely - 352.68 points (→ 4th place)
* Maxine Joyce King - 346.38 points (→ 5th place)
* Cynthia Potter - 173.82 points (→ 21st place)

=Football=

*First Round (Group A):* Morocco 0-0 United States:* Malaysia 3-0 United States:* West Germany 7-0 United States → did not advance, 14th place over-all
*Team Roster:* Mike Ivanow (GK):* Casey Bahr:* John Bocwinski:* Horst Stemke:* Neil Stam:* Archie Roboostoff:* Mike Seerey:* John Carenza:* Buzz Demling:* Manuel Hernandez:* Hugo Salcedo:* Al Trost:* Joe Hamm:* Steve Gay:* Shep Messing (GK):* Wally Ziaja:* Mike Flater:* Michael Margulis:* James Zylker
* Coach: Bob Guelker

=Handball=

The United States, which had lost all three of its games in the first Olympic handball tournament, fared no better in the first round of the second tournament. The Americans lost to Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Japan to finish last place in the division, sending them to the thirteenth- to sixteenth-place consolation round. There, they finally got their first handball win over Spain before being defeated by Denmark.

Men's Team Competition:
* United States - 14th place (1-4-0)
* Roster - Richard Abrahamson, Fletcher Abram Jr., Roger Baker, Dennis Berkholtz, Larry Caton, Vincent Dicalogery, Elmer Edes, Thomas Hardiman, Rudolph Matthews, Sandor Rivnyak, James Rogers, Richard Schlesinger, Kevin Serrapede, Robert Sparks, Joel Voelkert, and Harry Winkler

=Modern Pentathlon=

Men's Individual Competition:
* Charles Richards — 5074 points (→ 9th place)
* John Fitzgerald — 5070 points (→ 11th place)
* Scott Taylor — 4656 points (→ 29th place)

Men's Team Competition:
* Richards, Fitzgerald, and Taylor — 14802 points (→ 4th place)

=Judo=

Men's Lightweight
*Kenneth Okada

Men's Half-Middleweight
*Patrick Burris

Men's Middleweight
*Irwin Cohen

Men's Half-Heavyweight
*James Wooley

Men's Heavyweight
*Larry Nelson

Men's Open Class
*Johnny Watts

=Rowing=

Men's Single Sculls
*James Deitz:*Heat — 7:57.58:*Repechage — 7:59.13:*Semi Finals — 8:21.54 :*Final — 7:24.81 (→ 5th place)

Men's Coxed Pairs
*Luther Jones, Michael Staines and Aaron Herman:*Heat — 7:50.00:*Semi Finals — 8:25.40:*B-Final — 8:04.80 (→ 11th place)

=Swimming=

Men's 100m Freestyle
*Mark Spitz:* Heat — 52.46s:* Semifinals — 52.43s:* Final — 51.22s (→ Gold Medal)

*Jerry Heidenreich:* Heat — 52.38s:* Semifinals — 52.31s:* Final — 51.65s (→ Silver Medal)

*John Murphy:* Heat — 53.07s:* Semifinals — 53.17s:* Final — 52.08s (→ 4th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle
*Mark Spitz:* Heat — 1:55.29:* Final — 1:52.78 (→ Gold Medal)

*Steve Genter:* Heat — 1:55.42:* Final — 1:53.73 (→ Silver Medal)

*Fred Tyler:* Heat — 1:56.04:* Final — 1:54.96 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
*Dave Fairbank, Gary Conelly, Jerry Heidenreich, and David Edgar:* Heat — 3:28.84
*David Edgar, John Murphy, Jerry Heidenreich, and Mark Spitz:* Final — 3:26.42 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
*Gary Conelly, Tom McBreen, Michael Burton, and John Kinsella:* Heat — 8:03.98
*John Kinsella, Fred Tyler, Steve Genter, and Mark Spitz:* Final — 7:35.78 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
*Tom Bruce, Jerry Heidenreich, Michael Stamm, and Mark Spitz:* Final (→ Gold Medal)

=Water Polo=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A):* Defeated Romania (4-3):* Defeated Cuba (7-6):* Defeated Canada (8-1):* Defeated Mexico (7-5):* Defeated Yugoslavia (5-3)
*Final Round (Group I):* Drew with West Germany (4-4):* Lost to Hungary (3-5):* Drew with Soviet Union (6-6):* Defeated Italy (6-5) → Bronze Medal
*Team Roster:* Peter Asch:* Steven Barnett:* Bruce Bradley:* Stanley Cole:* James Ferguson:* Eric Lindroth:* John Parker:* Gary Sheerer:* James Slatton:* Russell Webb:* Barry Weitzenberg

=Water Skiing (demonstration sport)=

Men's slalom:
* Wayne Grimditch - 38.5 points, silver medal
* Ricky McCormick - 27.5 points, 9th place

Men's Figure skiing:
* Ricky McCormick - 5340 points, gold medal
* Wayne Grimditch - 4510 points, silver medal

Men's Jump:
* Ricky McCormick - 43.75 points, gold medal
* Wayne Grimditch - 30.15 points, 14th place

Women's Slalom:
* Liz Allen-Shetter - 35.0 points, gold medal

Women's Figure skiing:
* Liz Allen-Shetter - 1550 points, 5th place

Women's Jump:
* Liz Allen-Shetter - 25.70 points, bronze medal