New Zealand at the 1972 Summer Olympics

New Zealand at the Olympic Games
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At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors	97
Flag bearer	David Aspin (wrestling)
Medals Rank: 23	Gold 1	Silver 1	Bronze 1	Total 3
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New Zealand competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. For the first time at the Olympics, God Defend New Zealand was played instead of God Save the King/Queen. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 97 athletes and 27 officials.

Medalists

Gold

• Tony Hurt, Wybo Veldman, Dick Joyce, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Trevor Coker, Gary Robertson, and Simon Dickie — Rowing, Men's Eights

Silver

• Dick Tonks, Dudley Storey, Ross Collinge, and Noel Mills — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours

Bronze

• Rod Dixon — Athletics, Men's 1,500m

Results by event

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, New Zealand entered one man in the competition.

Men's:

• Robin Sampson — 2115 points (53rd place)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Lawrie d'Arcy

• Heat — 10.77 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Bevan Smith

• Heat — 21.17
• Second round — 21.04 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1.500 metres

• Rod Dixon

• Heat — 3:40.0
• Semifinals — 3:37.9
• Final — 3:37.5 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Tony Polhill

• Heat — 3:42.3
• Semifinals — 3:41.8
• Final — 3:41.8 (→ 9th place)

Men's 5.000 m:

• Dick Quax

• Heat — 14:35.2 (→ did not advance)

• Richard Tayler

• Heat — 13:56,2 (→ did not advance)

• Gavin Thorley

• Heat — 14:11,6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 m:

• Gavin Thorley — gave up

Men's 400 m Hurdles:

• Roger Johnson

• Heat — 50.48 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon:

• Jack Foster — 2:16:56.2 (→ 8th place)
• Dave McKenzie — 2:22:19.2 (→ 22nd place)
• Terry Manners — 2:25:29.2 (→ 34th place)

Men's Shot Put:

• Les Mills

• Qualifying Round — 18.38 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw:

• Les Mills

• Qualifying Round — 59.22 m
• Final — 55.86 m (→ 14th place)

• Robin Tait

• Qualifying Round — 55.88 m (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 metres

• Brenda Matthews

• Heat — 11.77 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 metres

• Penny Hunt

• Heat — 52.82
• Second Round — 52.66 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 m:

• Sue Haden

• Heat — 2:04.9 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles:

• Brenda Matthews

• Heat — 13.81 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Featherweight:

• Pat Ryan

• 1/16-Final — lost to Kazuo Kobayashi of Japan (1 - 4)

Men's Welterweight:

• Jeff Rackley

• 1/16-Final — defeated Günther Meier of West Germany (0 - 5)

Canoeing

Men's Kayak Singles:

• Donald Cooper

• Preliminary Heats — 4:12.45
• Repechages — 4:02.48
• Semifinal — 4:01.97

Men's Kayak Pairs:

• Donald Cooper and Tom Dooney

• Preliminary Heats — 3:56.48
• Repechages — 3:45.65

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race

• Bruce Biddle — 4:15:04 (3rd place^[1])
• Paul Brydon — 4:17:03 (→ 50th place)
• Vern Hanaray — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Robert Oliver — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Harry Kent

• Final — 1:09.10 (→ 16th place)

Men's Sprint:

• Harry Kent — did not compete (→ no ranking)

Men's Team Pursuit:

• Paul Brydon, John Dean, Neil Lyster and Blair Stockwell — - 4:35.11 (→ 14th place)

Alternative member: Brent Pascoe

Gymnastics

Men's Team Competition

• Terry Sale — (compulsory exercises:42.20, optional exercises:49.85)

Women's Team Competition

• Dianne Foote — (compulsory exercises:33.30, optional exercises:33.55)

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Drew with Australia (0-0)
• Defeated Mexico (7-0)
• Defeated Great Britain (2-1)
• Lost to the Netherlands (0-2)
• Drew with Poland (3-3)
• Drew with Kenya (2-2)
• Lost to India (2-3)

• Classification Match

• 9th/10th place: Defeated Belgium (2-1) → 9th place

• Team Roster

• Jeff Archibald
• Jan Borren
• Arthur Borren
• John Christensen
• Greg Dayman
• Chris Ineson
• Ross McPherson (gk)
• Barry Maister
• Selwyn Maister
• Trevor Manning (gk)
• Arthur Parkin
• Ramesh Patel
• Alan J. Patterson
• Kevin Rigby
• Ted Salmon
• Warwick Wright

• Head Coach: Ross Gillespie

Judo

Men's Middleweight:

• Garrick Littlewood

• Pool A — defeated Adam Adamczyk of Poland
• Pool A — lost to Alex Henri Bijkerk of Australia

Rowing

Men's Single Sculls

• Murray Watkinson

• Heat — 7:51.29
• Repechage — 8:11.51
• Semi Finals — 8:30.88
• B-Final — 8:05.42 (→ 10th place)

Men's Coxswainless Fours:

• Dick Tonks, Dudley Storey, Ross Collinge and Noel Mills — Preliminary heats: 6:47.27, Semi–Final: 7:03.99, Final: 6:25.64 (silver medal)

Men's Fours with Coxswain:

• Warren Cole, Chris Nilsson, John Clark, David Lindstrom, Lindsay Wilson — Preliminary heats: 6:51,76, Semi–Final: 7:21.94, Final: 6:42.55 (6th place)

Men's Eights with coxswain:

• Tony Hurt, Wybo Veldman, Dick Joyce, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Trevor Coker, Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie — Preliminary heats: 6:06.19, Semi–Final: 6:28.40, Final: 6:08.94 (gold medal)

Men's Finn:

• Bret De Thier - 109.7 (→ 10th place)

Men's Flying Dutchman:

• Jock Bilger and Murray Ross - 79.0 (→ 9th place)

Men's Dragon:

• Noel Everett, Fraser Beer, and Ron Watson - 51.0 (→ 5th place)

Men's Soling:

• Con Linton, Steve Marten, and Jack Scholes - 113.0 (→ 21st place)

Alternative member: Jonty Farmer, Jack Hansen, Geoff Smals, Bryan Treleaven

Shooting

Men's Rapid Fire Pistol

• Bruce McMillan - 582 points (→ 28th place)

Men's Small Bore Rifle, Prône

• Mike Watt - 593 points (→ 29th place)
• Ian Ballinger - 591 points (→ 46th place)

Men's Running Game

• Graeme Mclntyre - 523 points (→ 26th place)

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Colin Herring

• Heat — 54.41 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Colin Herring

• Heat — 2:00.29 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle:

• Mark Treffors

• Heat — 4:14.10 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle:

• Mark Treffors

• Heat — 16:23.86
• Final — 16:18.84 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley:

• John McConnochie

• Heat — 2:15.04 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley:

• John McConnochie

• Heat — 4:49.89 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle:

• Heather Coombridge

• Heat — 1:02.95 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Freestyle:

• Heather Coombridge

• Heat — 2:14.78 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle:

• Jaynie Parkhouse

• Heat — 4:40.24 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle:

• Jaynie Parkhouse

• Heat — 9:34.65 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke:

• Susan Hunter

• Heat — 1:10.06 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke:

• Susan Hunter

• Heat — 2:28.28 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley:

• Susan Hunter

• Heat — 2:30.29 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley:

• Susan Hunter

• Heat — 5:14.47 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Men's Middleweight:

• Tony Ebert- 410.0 kg (→ 17th place)

Men's Light Heavyweight:

• Brian Marsden - 445.0 kg (→ 12th place)

Men's Heavyweight:

• John Bolton - gave up

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle (–82 kg):

• David Aspin

1. Round 1 - lost to Harishchandra of India (4 - 4, 7:08)
2. Round 2 - lost to Ali Hagilou of Iran (1 - 3)

Sailing

References

• sports-reference

1. ^ Bruce Biddle classified as the 3rd place finisher after Jaime Huelamo of Spain was disqualified for failing a drugs test. The Bronze medal was not awarded to Biddle as had not been drugs tested.