Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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Great Britain competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich under the IOC country code GBR. It was the seventeenth appearance of the European nation, being one of only four nations to have competed in every Olympics to that point.
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Great Britain | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
Gold
- Mary Peters — Athletics, Women's Pentathlon
- Richard Meade — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition
- Mary Gordon-Watson, Richard Meade, Bridget Parker, and Mark Philips — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
- Chris Davies and Rodney Pattisson — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman Team Competition
Silver
- David Hemery, David Jenkins, Alan Pascoe, and Martin Reynolds — Athletics, Men's 4x400 metres Relay
- Anne Moore — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition
- David Starbrook — Judo, Men's Half-Heavyweight (93 kg)
- David Wilkie — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke
- David Hunt and Alan Warren — Sailing, Men's Tempest Team Competition
Bronze
- Ian Stewart — Athletics, Men's 5000 metres
- David Hemery — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
- Ralph Evans — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
- George Turpin — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
- Alan Minter — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
- Michael Bennett, Ian Hallam, Ronald Keeble, and William Moore — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
- Brian Jacks — Judo, Men's Middleweight (80 kg)
- John Kynoch — Shooting, Men's Running Game Target
Results by event
In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Great Britain entered three men and three women. Their highest placing competitor was Lynne Evans, at 16th place in the women's competition.
Men's Individual Competition:
- Roy Matthews – 2385 points (17th place)
- John Snelling – 2356 points (26th place)
- Ronald Bishop – 2244 points (45th place)
Women's Individual Competition:
- Lynne Evans – 2313 points (16th place)
- Carol Sykes – 2273 points (21st place)
- Pauline Edwards – 2249 points (25th place)
Men's 3m Springboard:
- Christopher Walls – 332.07 points (17th place)
- John David Baker – 321.15 points (23rd place)
- Brian Wetheridge – 310.53 points (28th place)
Men's 10m Platform:
- Frank Dufficy – 271.77 points (21st place)
- Andrew Michael Gill – 268.68 points (22nd place)
- Brian Wetheridge – 262.59 points (28th place)
Women's 3m Springboard:
- Alison Jean Drake – 378.18 points (12th place)
- Heien Mary Koppeil – 242.22 points (22nd place)
Women's 10m Platform:
- Beverly Williams – 301.26 points (12th place)
- Heien Mary Koppell – 178.17 points (18th place)
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- * Defeated Mexico (6-0)
- * Lost to India (0-5)
- * Lost to New Zealand (1-2)
- * Defeated Kenya (2-0)
- * Drew with Australia (1-1)
- * Defeated the Netherlands (3-1)
- * Defeated Poland (2-1)
- Christopher Walls – 332.07 points (17th place)
- John David Baker – 321.15 points (23rd place)
- Brian Wetheridge – 310.53 points (28th place)
- Frank Dufficy – 271.77 points (21st place)
- Andrew Michael Gill – 268.68 points (22nd place)
- Brian Wetheridge – 262.59 points (28th place)
- Alison Jean Drake – 378.18 points (12th place)
- Heien Mary Koppeil – 242.22 points (22nd place)
- Beverly Williams – 301.26 points (12th place)
- Heien Mary Koppell – 178.17 points (18th place)
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- * Defeated Mexico (6-0)
- * Lost to India (0-5)
- * Lost to New Zealand (1-2)
- * Defeated Kenya (2-0)
- * Drew with Australia (1-1)
- * Defeated the Netherlands (3-1)
- * Defeated Poland (2-1)
- * Joe Ahmad
- * Michael Crowe
- * Michael Corby
- * Bernard Cotton
- * Tony Ekins
- * Graham Evans
- * John French
- * Terry Gregg
- * Dennis Hay
- * Christopher Langhorne
- * Peter Mills
- * Richard Oliver
- * David Austin Savage
- * Keith Sinclair
- * Paul Svehlik
- * Rui Saldanha
Men's Individual Competition:
- Jeremy Robert Fox – 5292 points (4th place)
- Barry Lillywhite – 4538 points (36th place)
- Robert Lawson Phelps – 4427 points (47th place)
Men's Team Competition:
- Fox, Lillywhite, and Phelps – 14257 points (9th place)
Alternate member : James Darby
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