United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
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The United States competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 400 competitors, 316 men and 84 women, took part in 185 events in 21 sports.^[1]

[edit] Medalists

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

[edit] 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
Rod 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
Ben Peterson — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
William Allen, William Bentsen, and Harry Melges — Sailing, Men's Soling Team Competition

[edit] 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

[edit] Bronze

Craig 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
Arnie 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

[edit] Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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)

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

Men's 200 metres

Men's 400 metres

Men's 800 metres

Dave Wottle

Heat — 1:47.6
Semifinals — 1:48.7
Final — 1:45.9 (→ Gold Medal)

Ken Swenson

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

Richard Wohlhuter

Heat — 1:49.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 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 5,000 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 10,000 metres

Heat — 28:34.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

Men's 4x100m Relay

Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker, and Eddie Hart

Heat — 38.96
Semifinals — 38.54
Final — 38.19 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's High Jump

Dwight Stones

Qualifying Round — 2.15 m
Final — 2.21 m (→ Bronze Medal)

Christopher Dunn

Qualification Round — 2.12 m (→ did not advance)

Ronnie Jourdan

Qualification Round — 2.12 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

Women's Javelin Throw

Sherry Calvert

Qualification Round — 51.38 m (→ did not advance, 15th place)

[edit] Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

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

[edit] Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

[edit] Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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 Earley - 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)

[edit] Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented the United States in 1972.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Carl Borack, Martin Jay Davis, Joseph Freeman, John Nonna, Tyrone Simmons

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Edward Bozek, Paul Makler, Jr., George Masin, James Melcher, Stephen Netburn

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Paul Apostol, Robert Dow, Alfonso Morales, Alex Orban

Women's foil

Women's team foil

Ruth White, Natalia Clovis, Tatyana Adamovich, Harriet King, Ann O'Donnell

[edit] Football

Main article: Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

Coach: Bob Guelker

[edit] Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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: