Australia At The 1972 Summer Olympics Article Index for
Australia At
Website Links For
Australia
 

Information About

Australia At The 1972 Summer Olympics




Australia competed at the ''' 1972 Summer Olympics ''' in Munich under the IOC Country Code AUS. It was the seventeenth time that the nation had competed, being one of only four nations to have competed in every Summer Olympics to that time. This included two times that Australia competed as part of a combined team with New Zealand .


MEDALS


Gold



Silver



Bronze



RESULTS 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 and Graeme Telford , who both placed 9th place in their respective competitions.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:


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:




Diving

Men's 3m Springboard:

Men's 10m Platform:
  • Donald Wagstaff - 435.84 points (11th place)

  • Kenneth Grove - 254.73 points (32nd place)


Women's 10m Platform :


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


Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition: