Australia At The 1972 Summer Olympics

	competitors	177 (148 men, 29 women)
	flagbearer	Dennis Green (opening)<br> Michael Wenden (closing)
	gold	8
	silver	7
	bronze	2
	total	17

Australia competed at the ''' 1972 Summer Olympics ''' in Munich , West Germany . Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games .

MEDALS

Gold

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 Competition

Silver

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 — Swimming , Men's 1.500m Freestyle

Bronze

Shane Gould — Swimming , Women's 100m Freestyle

Beverley Whitfield — Swimming , Women's 100m Breaststroke

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:

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 1500 metres

Christopher Fisher

Heat — 3:42.5

Semifinals — 3:42.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

Anthony Benson

Heat — 13:42.8 (→ did not advance)

Kerry O'Brian

Heat — DNS (→ 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 — Defeated Michel Belliard (FRA), 4:1

Third Round — Lost to Mohamed Majeri (TUN), 0:5

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race

Clyde Sefton — Silver Medal

David Jose — 29th place

John Trevorrow — 32nd place

Donald Allan — 58th place

Track 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 and Greg Rogers

Heat — 3:40.47 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Graham Windeatt , Bruce Featherstone , Michael Wenden , and Graham White

Heat — 7:49.03

Michael Wenden , Graham Windeatt , Robert Nay , and Bradford Cooper

Final — 7:48.66 (→ 5th place)

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