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United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Sporting event delegation

United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
inMunich
Competitors	400 (316 men and 84 women) in 21 sports
Flag bearer	Olga Connolly
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 33 Silver 31 Bronze 30 Total 94
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

TheUnited States competed at the1972 Summer Olympics inMunich,West Germany. 400 competitors, 316 men and 84 women, took part in 185 events in 21 sports.^[1]

Medalists

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Further information:1972 Summer Olympics medal table

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

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names arebolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Micki King	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard	August 28
Gold	Mark Spitz	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly	August 28
Gold	Gary Conelly^[a] Dave Edgar David Fairbank^[a] Jerry Heidenreich John Murphy Mark Spitz	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	August 28
Gold	Mark Spitz	Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle	August 29
Gold	Sandy Neilson	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle	August 29
Gold	John Writer	Shooting	50 m rifle three positions	August 30
Gold	Shirley Babashoff Jane Barkman Jenny Kemp Ann Marshall^[a] Sandy Neilson Kim Peyton^[a] Lynn Skrifvars^[a]	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	August 30
Gold	Mark Spitz	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly	August 31
Gold	Mike Burton^[a] Gary Conelly^[a] Steve Genter John Kinsella Tom McBreen^[a] Mark Spitz Fred Tyler	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	August 31
Gold	Dan Gable	Wrestling	Freestyle 68 kg	August 31
Gold	Wayne Wells	Wrestling	Freestyle 74 kg	August 31
Gold	Ben Peterson	Wrestling	Freestyle 90 kg	August 31
Gold	Dave Wottle	Athletics	Men's 800 m	September 2
Gold	Lones Wigger	Shooting	300 m rifle three position	September 2
Gold	John Hencken	Swimming	Men's 200 m breaststroke	September 2
Gold	Melissa Belote	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke	September 2
Gold	Cathy Carr	Swimming	Women's 100 m breaststroke	September 2
Gold	Mark Spitz	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	September 3
Gold	Keena Rothhammer	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle	September 3
Gold	Susie Atwood^[a] Shirley Babashoff^[a] Melissa Belote Cathy Carr Deena Deardurff Judy Melick^[a] Sandy Neilson Dana Shrader^[a]	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay	September 3
Gold	Mike Burton	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	September 4
Gold	Tom Bruce David Fairbank^[a] Gary Hall Sr.^[a] Jerry Heidenreich John Hencken^[a] Mitch Ivey^[a] Mark Spitz Mike Stamm	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay	September 4
Gold	Melissa Belote	Swimming	Women's 200 m backstroke	September 4
Gold	Karen Moe	Swimming	Women's 200 m butterfly	September 4
Gold	Vincent Matthews	Athletics	Men's 400 m	September 7
Gold	Rod Milburn	Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles	September 7
Gold	William Allen William Bentsen Buddy Melges	Sailing	Soling	September 8
Gold	Randy Williams	Athletics	Men's long jump	September 9
Gold	John Williams	Archery	Men's individual	September 10
Gold	Doreen Wilber	Archery	Women's individual	September 10
Gold	Larry Black Eddie Hart Robert Taylor Gerald Tinker	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay	September 10
Gold	Frank Shorter	Athletics	Men's marathon	September 10
Gold	Ray Seales	Boxing	Light welterweight	September 10
Silver	Victor Auer	Shooting	50 m rifle prone	August 28
Silver	Gary Hall Sr.	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly	August 28
Silver	Steve Genter	Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle	August 29
Silver	Mike Stamm	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	August 29
Silver	Shirley Babashoff	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle	August 29
Silver	Dana Schoenfield	Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke	August 29
Silver	Lanny Bassham	Shooting	50 m rifle three position	August 30
Silver	Tom Bruce	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke	August 30
Silver	Tim McKee	Swimming	Men's 400 m individual medley	August 30
Silver	Richard Sanders	Wrestling	Freestyle 57 kg	August 31
Silver	John Peterson	Wrestling	Freestyle 82 kg	August 31
Silver	Robert Taylor	Athletics	Men's 100 m	September 1
Silver	Bruce Davidson Kevin Freeman Michael Plumb James C. Wofford	Equestrian	Team eventing	September 1
Silver	Steve Genter	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	September 1
Silver	Shirley Babashoff	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle	September 1
Silver	Ralph Mann	Athletics	Men's 400 m hurdles	September 2
Silver	Bob Seagren	Athletics	Men's pole vault	September 2
Silver	Jay Silvester	Athletics	Men's discus throw	September 2
Silver	Gene Clapp Bill Hobbs Franklin Hobbs Cleve Livingston Mike Livingston Tim Mickelson Pete Raymond Lawrence Terry	Rowing	Men's eight	September 2
Silver	Mike Stamm	Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke	September 2
Silver	Jerry Heidenreich	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	September 3
Silver	Tim McKee	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley	September 3
Silver	Larry Black	Athletics	Men's 200 m	September 4
Silver	Richard Rydze	Diving	Men's 10 m platform	September 4
Silver	Susie Atwood	Swimming	Women's 200 m backstroke	September 4
Silver	Lynn Colella	Swimming	Women's 200 m butterfly	September 4
Silver	Wayne Collett	Athletics	Men's 400 m	September 7
Silver	George Woods	Athletics	Men's shot put	September 9
Silver	United States men's national basketball team Mike Bantom Jim Brewer Tommy Burleson Doug Collins Kenny Davis James Forbes Tom Henderson Bobby Jones Dwight Jones Kevn Joyce Tom McMillen Ed Ratleff	Basketball	Men's tournament	September 9
Silver	Mable Fergerson Kathy Hammond Madeline Manning Cheryl Toussaint	Athletics	Women's 4 × 400 m relay	September 10
Silver	Frank Chapot Kathryn Kusner Neal Shapiro William Steinkraus	Equestrian	Team jumping	September 11
Bronze	Jamie McEwan	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-1	August 28
Bronze	Robin Backhaus	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly	August 28
Bronze	Lynn Vidali	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley	August 28
Bronze	John Murphy	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	August 29
Bronze	Craig Lincoln	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard	August 30
Bronze	John Hencken	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke	August 30
Bronze	Jerry Heidenreich	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly	August 31
Bronze	Chris Taylor	Wrestling	Freestyle +100 kg	August 31
Bronze	Kate Schmidt	Athletics	Women's javelin throw	September 1
Bronze	Tom McBreen	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	September 1
Bronze	Keena Rothhammer	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle	September 1
Bronze	Jan Johnson	Athletics	Men's pole vault	September 2
Bronze	Mitch Ivey	Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke	September 2
Bronze	Susie Atwood	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke	September 2
Bronze	Larry Young	Athletics	Men's 50 km walk	September 3
Bronze	Bill Schmidt	Athletics	Men's javelin throw	September 3
Bronze	Neal Shapiro	Equestrian	Individual jumping	September 3
Bronze	Steve Furniss	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley	September 3
Bronze	Doug Northway	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	September 4
Bronze	Ellie Daniel	Swimming	Women's 200 m butterfly	September 4
Bronze	United States men's national water polo team Peter Asch Steve Barnett Bruce Bradley Stan Cole Jim Ferguson Eric Lindroth John Parker Gary Sheerer James Slatton Russ Webb Barry Weitzenberg	Water polo	Men's tournament	September 4
Bronze	Tom Hill	Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles	September 7
Bronze	Kathy Hammond	Athletics	Women's 400 m	September 7
Bronze	Peter Dean Glen Foster	Sailing	Tempest	September 8
Bronze	Donald Cohan Charles Horter John Marshall	Sailing	Dragon	September 8
Bronze	Arnie Robinson	Athletics	Men's long jump	September 9
Bronze	Dwight Stones	Athletics	Men's high jump	September 10
Bronze	Ricardo Carreras	Boxing	Bantamweight	September 10
Bronze	Jesse Valdez	Boxing	Welterweight	September 10
Bronze	Marvin Johnson	Boxing	Middleweight	September 10

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Swimming	17	14	12	43
Athletics	6	8	8	22
Wrestling	3	2	1	6
Shooting	2	2	0	4
Archery	2	0	0	2
Diving	1	1	1	3
Boxing	1	0	3	4
Sailing	1	0	2	3
Equestrian	0	2	1	3
Basketball	0	1	0	1
Rowing	0	1	0	1
Canoeing	0	0	1	1
Water polo	0	0	1	1
Total	33	31	30	94

Medals by day
Day	Date				Total
1	August 27	0	0	0	0
2	August 28	3	2	3	8
3	August 29	2	4	1	7
4	August 30	2	3	2	7
5	August 31	5	2	2	9
6	September 1	0	4	3	7
7	September 2	5	5	3	13
8	September 3	3	2	4	9
9	September 4	4	4	3	11
10	September 6	0	0	0	0
11	September 7	2	1	2	5
12	September 8	1	0	2	3
13	September 9	1	2	1	4
14	September 10	5	1	4	10
15	September 11	0	1	0	1
Total		33	31	30	94

Medals by gender
Gender				Total	Percentage
Male	23	24	24	71	75.53%
Female	10	6	6	22	23.41%
Mixed	0	1	0	1	1.06%
Total	33	31	30	94	100%

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Mark Spitz	Swimming	7	0	0	7
Shirley Babashoff	Swimming	2	2	0	4
Jerry Heidenreich	Swimming	2	1	1	4
Melissa Belote	Swimming	3	0	0	3
Sandy Neilson	Swimming	3	0	0	3
John Hencken	Swimming	2	0	1	3
Steve Genter	Swimming	1	2	0	3
Mike Stamm	Swimming	1	2	0	3
Susie Atwood	Swimming	1	1	1	3
Mike Burton	Swimming	2	0	0	2
Cathy Carr	Swimming	2	0	0	2
Gary Conelly	Swimming	2	0	0	2
David Fairbank	Swimming	2	0	0	2
Larry Black	Athletics	1	1	0	2
Tom Bruce	Swimming	1	1	0	2
Gary Hall Sr.	Swimming	1	1	0	2
Mitch Ivey	Swimming	1	0	1	2
Tom McBreen	Swimming	1	0	1	2
John Murphy	Swimming	1	0	1	2
Keena Rothhammer	Swimming	1	0	1	2
Tim McKee	Swimming	0	2	0	2
Kathy Hammond	Athletics	0	1	1	2
Neal Shapiro	Equestrian	0	1	1	2

^a Athletes who participated in the heats only.

Archery

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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.

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Edwin Eliason	Men's individual	1193	13	1245	4	2348	5
Dennis McComak		1199	9	1199	16	2398	11
John Williams		1268OR	1	1260	1	2528OR
Maureen Bechdolt	Women's individual	1106	29	1112	29	2218	28
Linda Myers		1200	3	1185	6	2385	5
Doreen Wilber		1198	4	1226OR	1	2424OR

Athletics

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On the victory podium after the conclusion of the men's 400 meters final, gold medalistVince Matthews and silver medalistWayne Collett talked to each other and failed to stand at attention during the medal ceremony. On the advice of Avery Brundage, theInternational Olympic Committee banned them from further competition. Since the third American competitor, world record holderJohn Smith, had pulled a hamstring while leading 80 meters into the final and had been ruled unfit to run, the United States were left unable to field a 4 x 400 relay team, and were thus forced to scratch from the event where they would have been heavily favored.^[2]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loseror, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

Men

Road and track events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eddie Hart	100 m	10.47	1Q	DNS		Did not advance
Rey Robinson		10.56	1Q	DNS		Did not advance
Robert Taylor		10.32	1Q	10.16	2Q	10.30	1Q	10.24
Larry Black	200 m	20.79	1Q	20.28	1Q	20.36	1Q	20.19
Larry Burton		20.80	1Q	20.68	1Q	20.78	2Q	20.37	4
Chuck Smith		20.79	1Q	20.66	2Q	20.86	3Q	20.55	5
Wayne Collett	400 m	46.00	2Q	45.80	1Q	45.77	3Q	44.80
Vincent Matthews		45.94	2Q	45.62	2Q	44.94	1Q	44.66
John Smith		46.00	2Q	46.04	2Q	45.46	3Q	DNF
Ken Swenson	800 m	1:51.1	2Q	—		DNF		Did not advance
Rick Wohlhuter		1:49.4	4			Did not advance
Dave Wottle		1:47.6	2Q			1:48.7	1Q	1:45.9
Jim Ryun	1500 m	3:51.5	9	—		Did not advance
Bob Wheeler		3:41.3	3Q			3:40.4	6	Did not advance
Dave Wottle		3:40.7	2Q			3:41.6	4	Did not advance
Leonard Hilton	5000 m	14:07.2	8	—				Did not advance
Steve Prefontaine		13:32.6	2Q					13:28.25	4
George Young		13:41.2	4					Did not advance
Jon Anderson	10,000 m	28:34.2	8	—				Did not advance
Jeff Galloway		29:35.0	11					Did not advance
Frank Shorter		27:58.23	3Q					27:51.32	5
Willie Davenport	110 m hurdles	13.97	2Q	—		13.73	3Q	13.50	4
Tom Hill		13.62	1Q			13.47	1Q	13.48
Rod Milburn		13.57	1Q			13.44	1Q	13.24 WR
Dick Bruggeman	400 m hurdles	54.36	6	—		Did not advance
Ralph Mann		50.18	2Q			49.53	2Q	48.51
Jim Seymour		49.81	2Q			49.33	1Q	48.64	4
Doug Brown	3000 m steeplechase	8:41.2	9	—				Did not advance
Mike Manley		8:50.4	10					Did not advance
Steve Savage		8:39.0	7					Did not advance
Larry Black Eddie Hart Robert Taylor Gerald Tinker	4 × 100 m relay	38.96	1Q	—		38.54	1Q	38.19 WR
Jack Bacheler	Marathon	—						2:17:38	9
Kenny Moore								2:15:39	4
Frank Shorter								2:12:19
Tom Dooley	20 km walk	—						1:34:58.8	15
Goetz Klopfer								1:38:33.6	19
Larry Young								1:32:53.4	10
Steve Hayden	50 km walk	—						4:36:07.2	27
William Weigle								4:22:52.2	17
Larry Young								4:00:46.0

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Preston Carrington	Long jump	8.22	2Q	7.99	5
Arnie Robinson		7.99	4Q	8.03
Randy Williams		8.34	1Q	8.24
John Craft	Triple jump	16.32	10Q	16.83	5
Dave Smith		14.55	32	Did not advance
Art Walker		15.29	29	Did not advance
Chris Dunn	High jump	2.12	20	Did not advance
Ron Jourdan		2.12	22	Did not advance
Dwight Stones		2.15	=1Q	2.21
Jan Johnson	Pole vault	5.10	10Q	5.35
Bob Seagren		5.10	=6Q	5.40
Steve Smith		4.80	18	Did not advance
Al Feuerbach	Shot put	19.94	=6Q	21.01	5
Brian Oldfield		19.95	5Q	20.91	6
George Woods		19.96	4Q	21.17
John Powell	Discus throw	59.30	13Q	62.82	4
Jay Silvester		61.20	6Q	63.50
Tim Vollmer		59.60	10Q	60.24	8
Fred Luke	Javelin throw	81.34	5Q	80.06	8
Bill Schmidt		78.96	10q	84.42
Milt Sonsky		79.96	8q	77.94	10
George Frenn	Hammer throw	62.14	27	Did not advance
Tom Gage		69.40	7Q	69.50	12
Al Schoterman		65.18	22	Did not advance

Combined event –Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Points	Rank
Jeff Bannister	Result	11.09	7.20	14.21	1.86	46.79	DQ	42.00	4.00	56.98	4:15.8	7022	21
Jeff Bannister	Points	783	861	741	734	958	0	724	807	724	690	7022	21
Jeff Bennett	Result	10.73	7.26	12.82	1.86	46.25	15.58	36.52	4.80	56.98	4:12.2	7974	4
Jeff Bennett	Points	872	873	653	734	984	789	616	1005	730	718	7974	4
Bruce Jenner	Result	11.35	6.53	13.56	1.92	49.49	15.59	42.24	4.55	66.02	4:18.9	7722	10
Bruce Jenner	Points	721	721	700	788	829	788	729	945	833	668	7722	10

Women

Track events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Iris Davis	100 m	11.34	1Q	11.27	1Q	11.36	2Q	11.32	4
Barbara Ferrell		11.47	3Q	11.38	3Q	11.49	4Q	11.45	7
Mattiline Render		11.60	5Q	11.67	6	Did not advance
Barbara Ferrell	200 m	23.38	2Q	23.30	4Q	23.39	7	Did not advance
Pam Greene		23.96	2Q	23.85	5	Did not advance
Jackie Thompson		23.67	3Q	23.22	3Q	23.18	6	Did not advance
Debra Edwards	400 m	54.43	5	Did not advance
Mable Fergerson		52.05	3Q	52.93	3Q	51.91	4Q	51.96	5
Kathy Hammond		53.45	1Q	52.44	4Q	51.92	4Q	51.64
Wendy Koenig	800 m	2:08.71	6	—		Did not advance
Madeline Manning		2:02.63	2Q			2:02.39	5	Did not advance
Cheryl Toussaint		2:08.90	6			Did not advance
Doris Brown	1500 m	DNS		—		Did not advance
Francie Kraker		4:14.73	4Q			4:12.76	8	Did not advance
Francie Larrieu		4:11.18	3Q			4:15.26	8	Did not advance
Patty Johnson	100 m hurdles	13.28	2Q	—		13.26	5	Did not advance
Lacey O'Neal		13.78	4Q			13.89	7	Did not advance
Mamie Rallins		13.51	3Q			13.76	7	Did not advance
Iris Davis Mildrette Netter Mattiline Render Martha Watson	4 × 100 m relay	43.07	3Q	—				43.39	4
Mable Fergerson Kathy Hammond Madeline Manning Cheryl Toussaint	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.60	2Q	—				3:25.15

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kim Attlesey	Long jump	5.80	29	Did not advance
Martha Watson		6.09	23	Did not advance
Willye White		6.39	5Q	6.27	11
Cindy Gilbert	High jump	1.70	32	Did not advance
Sandi Goldsberry		1.60	38	Did not advance
Deanne Wilson		1.70	=30	Did not advance
Maren Seidler	Shot put	16.18	14	Did not advance
Jan Svendsen	Shot put	14.96	16	Did not advance
Olga Connolly	Discus throw	51.58	16	Did not advance
Roberta Brown	Javelin throw	47.88	19	Did not advance
Sherry Calvert		51.38	15	Did not advance
Kate Schmidt		58.84	3Q	59.94

Combined event –Pentathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	SP	HJ	LJ	200 m	Points	Rank
Gale Fitzgerald	Result	14.47	11.25	1.65	5.97	23.97	4206	19
Gale Fitzgerald	Points	809	672	885	900	940	4206	19
Jane Frederick	Result	14.60	12.92	1.74	5.60	24.45	4167	21
Jane Frederick	Points	793	775	974	817	808	4167	21

Basketball

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Main article:Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round								Semifinal	Final /BM
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Czechoslovakia W 66–35	Australia W 81–55	Cuba W 67–48	Brazil W 61–54	Egypt W 96–31	Spain W 74–70	Japan W 99–33	1Q	Italy W 68–38	Soviet Union L 50–51

Boxing

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Main article:Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Reggie Jones was controversially eliminated in the second round of thelight middleweight division (– 71 kg) byValeri Tregubov of theSoviet Union, nine years his senior, in a fight he was generally accepted to have won.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Davey Armstrong	Light flyweight	Dorgu (TUR) W 4–1	Rodríguez (ESP) L 0–5	—	Did not advance			=9
Tim Dement	Flyweight	Bye	Gharbi (TUN) W 5–0	Perez (COL) L 0–5	Did not advance			=9
Ricardo Carreras	Bantamweight	Bye	O'Brien (AUS) WTKO	Ganbat (MGL) W 3–2	Solomin (URS) W 3–2	Zamora (MEX) L 1–4	Did not advance
Louis Self	Featherweight	Apeang (FRA) W 5–0	Theotokatos (GRE) W 5–0	Botos (HUN) L 2–3	Did not advance			=9
James Busceme	Lightweight	Bye	Vichit (THA) W 5–0	Szczepański (POL) L 0–5	Did not advance			=9
Ray Seales	Light welterweight	Beyer (GDR) W 3–2	Montague (IRL) W 5–0	—	Molina (CUB) W 3–2	Vujin (YUG) W 5–0	Angelov (BUL) W 3–2
Jesse Valdez	Welterweight	Kalipe (TOG) W 5–0	Burga (PER) W 4–1	Jackson (UGA) W 4–1	Khohlov (URS) W 5–0	Correa (CUB) L 2–3	Did not advance
Reggie Jones	Light middleweight	Bye	Tregubov (URS) L 2–3	Did not advance				=17
Marvin Johnson	Middleweight	Bye	Jarmer (FRG) W 5–0	—	Montoya (CUB) W 5–0	Lemeshev (URS) LTKO	Did not advance
Ray Russell	Light heavyweight	Thega (KEN) WTKO	Gortat (POL) L 2–3	—	Did not advance			=9
Duane Bobick	Heavyweight	Nesterov (URS) W 5–0	—		Stevenson (CUB) LTKO	Did not advance		=5

Canoeing

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Main article:Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Slalom

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Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Best
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jamie McEwan	C-1	421.52	8	335.95	2	335.95
Angus Morrison		393.77	6	432.88	10	393.77	10
Wickliffe Walker		494.40	12	399.76	9	399.76	11
John Burton Tom Southworth	C-2	427.83	10	407.55	6	407.55	12
John Evans Russ Nichols	C-2	522.02	13	440.08	9	440.08	14
Sandy Campbell	K-1	500.62	35	381.99	23	381.99	28
Eric Evans		296.34	4	299.15	5	296.34	7
John Holland		345.19	15	337.82	14	337.82	19

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Best
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lyn Ashton	K-1	481.45	6	475.41	7	475.41	9
Cynthia Goodwin		576.80	15	528.50	11	528.50	14
Louise Holcombe		697.20	19	532.30	12	532.30	15

Sprint

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Men and Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
András Törő	Men's C-1 1000 m	439.92	5SF	—		4:25.23	6	Did not advance
Roland Muhlen Andreas Weigand	Men's C-2 1000 m	4:16.50	6R	4:02.01	2SF	3:52.25	2QF	4:01.28	6
Robert Mitchell	Men's K-1 1000 m	4:15.76	7R	4:02.43	4	Did not advance
John Brosius Alan Whitney	Men's K-2 1000 m	3:55.38	7R	3:47.91	2SF	3:46.43	6	Did not advance
Stephen Kelly Philip Rogosheske John van Dyke Jerry Welborn	Men's K-4 1000 m	3:32.94	7R	3:22.89	4	Did not advance
Marcia Smoke	Women's K-1 500 m	2:12.43	4R	2:06.19	1SF	2:09.13	2QF	2:07.98	9
Linda Murray Nancy Purves	Women's K-2 500 m	2:11.50	6SF	—		2:01.27	4	Did not advance

Key:QF - Qualified to medal final;SF - Qualified to semifinal;R - Qualified to repechage

Cycling

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Main article:Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Fifteen cyclists represented the United States in 1972.

Road

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Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
John Allis	Road race	4:17:09	63
John Howard		4:17:09	61
Robert Schneider		DNF
Emile Waldteufel		DNF
Richard Ball John Howard Ron Skarin Wayne Stetina	Team time trial	2:17:06.4	15

Track

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Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
John Vande Velde	Individual	4:32.87	12	Did not advance
David Chauner David Mulica Jim Ochowicz John Vande Velde	Team	4:38.19	17	Did not advance

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round of 16	Repechage 3	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jeffrey Spencer	Sprint	Cho (JPN), Quintyn (FRA) L	Edwards (BAR) W 12.46	Cooke (GBR), Kravtsov (URS) L	Kučírek (TCH) L	Did not advance					=9
Roger Young	Sprint	Burnside (BAH), Marion (ITA) L	Reece (BAR) W 11.99	King (TRI), Kučírek (TCH) L	Cardi (ITA) L	Did not advance					=9
Jeffrey Spencer Ralph Therrio	Tandem	Semenets / Tselovlnikov (URS) L	Díaz / Narváez (COL), Snellinx / Soetaert (BEL) L	—				Did not advance			13

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Steven Woznick	1 km time trial	1:08.56	12

Diving

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Main article:Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
David Bush	3 m springboard	327.06	20	Did not advance
Michael Finneran		378.84	7Q	178.50	5	557.34	5
Craig Lincoln		386.79	4Q	190.50	3	577.29
Richard Earley	10 m platform	287.94	12Q	174.51	2	462.45	6
Michael Finneran		289.80	11Q	140.67	11	439.47	9
Richard Rydze		302.16	5Q	178.59	1	480.75

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Janet Ely	3 m springboard	269.91	9Q	151.08	3	420.99	4
Micki King		289.14	3Q	160.89	1	450.03
Cynthia Potter		264.90	10Q	148.68	4	413.58	7
Janet Ely	10 m platform	204.33	6Q	148.35	3	352.68	4
Micki King		205.08	5Q	141.30	5	346.38	5
Cynthia Potter		173.82	21	Did not advance

Equestrian

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Main article:Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Ride-off
Athlete	Horse	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Edith Master	Dahlwitz	Individual	1480	=18	Did not advance
Lois Stephens	Fasching		1345	31	Did not advance
John Winnett	Reinald		1458	22	Did not advance
Edith Master Lois Stephens John Winnett	As above	Team	4283	9	—

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping		Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Bruce Davidson	Plain Sailing	Individual	–40.33	9	34.47	6	–10.00	=16	24.47	8
Kevin Freeman	Good Mixture		–51.33	=19	39.87	3	–10.00	=16	29.87	5
Michael Plumb	Free and Easy		–38.33	5	–33.53	22	–10.00	=16	–45.53	20
James Wofford	Kilkenny		–53.33	=26	–99.33	32	–0.50	13	–99.83	30
Bruce Davidson Kevin Freeman Michael Plumb James Wofford	As above	Team	–129.99	3	170.80	=3	–20.50	3	10.81

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Total		Jump-off
Athlete	Horse	Event	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank
Kathryn Kusner	Fleet Apple	Individual	4.00	=4Q	16.00	13	20.0	=10	Did not advance
Neal Shaprio	Sloopy		4.00	=4Q	4.00	=1	8.00	=1	8.00
William Steinkraus	Snowbound		12.00	=22	Did not advance
Frank Chapot Kathryn Kusner Neal Shaprio William Steinkraus	White Lightning Fleet Apple Sloopy Main Spring	Team	16.25	2Q	16.00	=1	32.25		—

Fencing

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Main article:Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

19 fencers represented the United States in 1972.

Individual

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1 pool		Round 2 pool		Quarterfinal pool		Semifinal pool		Final pool
Athlete	Event	W–L	Rank	W–L	Rank	W–L	Rank	W–L	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carl Borack	Foil	1–4	5	Did not advance
Joseph Freeman		5–1	2Q	2–3	5	Did not advance
John Nonna		0–5	6	Did not advance
George Masin	Épée	1–4	4Q	2–3	4	Did not advance
James Melcher		2–2	5	Did not advance
Stephen Netburn		3–2	4Q	2–3	5	Did not advance
Paul Apostol	Sabre	2–3	4Q	3–2	2Q	3–2	3Q	2–3	4	Did not advance
Alfonso Morales		3–2	3Q	2–3	4Q	1–4	5	Did not advance
Alex Orban		4–1	2Q	2–3	4Q	2–3	5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1 pool		Quarterfinal pool		Semifinal pool		Final pool
Athlete	Event	W–L	Rank	W–L	Rank	W–L	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Harriet King	Foil	2–3	5	Did not advance
Ann O'Donnell		1–4	6	Did not advance
Ruth White		2–3	3Q	1–4	5	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Round 1 pool				Round 2	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Classification pool				Final /BM /Pl.
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Carl Borack Martin Davis Joseph Freeman John Nonna Tyrone Simmons	Men's foil	Japan (JPN) L 4–12	Soviet Union (URS) L 4–12	—	3	—	Did not advance
Edward Bozek Paul Makler George Masin James Melcher Stephen Netburn	Men's épée	Thailand (THA) W 9–4	Soviet Union (URS) L 4–12	—	2Q	Sweden (SWE) L 2–9	Did not advance
Paul Apostol Robert Dow Alfonso Morales Alex Orban	Men's sabre	Cuba (CUB) L 7–9	France (FRA) L 5–11	—	3	—	Did not advance
Tatyana Adamovich Natalia Clovis Harriet King Ann O'Donnell Ruth White	Women's foil	Poland (POL) L 8–8 (43–47)	West Germany (FRG) L 2–9	Italy (ITA) L 6–10	4	—	Did not advance		—				Did not advance

Football

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Main article:Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	First round				Second round				Final /BM
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Morocco T 0–0	Malaysia L 0–3	West Germany L 0–7	4	Did not advance					14

Team Roster

Coach:Bob Guelker

Gymnastics

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Main article:Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Apparatus												Total
		F		PH		R		V		PB		HB		Total
		C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	Score	Rank
Marshall Avener	Team	8.50	8.90	8.95	9.30	9.15	9.15	8.95	9.15	8.10	9.15	8.15	8.90	103.65	=50
John Crosby		8.95	9.30	7.75	8.85	7.85	9.00	8.90	9.25	8.65	9.25	7.00	8.55	103.30	=77
Jim Culhane		8.35	8.65	8.35	8.90	8.50	8.80	9.10	8.90	8.65	9.00	8.25	8.30	103.75	=72
George Greenfield		8.10	8.95	6.35	8.70	8.85	8.90	8.80	8.60	7.75	9.05	8.80	9.35	102.20	=83
Steve Hug		8.85	8.85	9.15	9.40	9.00	9.05	9.15	9.15	9.10	9.30	9.15	9.30	109.45	=26Q
Makoto Sakamoto		8.95	9.00	5.35	8.75	9.35	9.30	9.30	9.05	9.30	9.30	9.20	8.85	105.70	56
Total		88.60		85.75		90.25		90.90		89.35		88.50		533.85	10

Individual final

Athlete	Event	Apparatus												Total
		F		PH		R		V		PB		HB		Total
		P	F	P	F	P	F	P	F	P	F	P	F	Score	Rank
Steve Hug	All-around	8.850	9.050	9.275	9.300	9.025	9.000	9.150	9.150	9.200	8.250	9.225	9.400	108.875	31

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Apparatus								Total
		V		UB		BB		F		Total
		C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	Score	Rank
Kimberly Chace	Team	9.10	9.10	9.10	9.20	9.25	8.95	9.10	9.25	73.05	=18Q
Linda Metheny		8.95	9.20	9.25	9.10	8.40	9.10	9.15	9.35	72.50	=26
Joan Moore		8.90	9.10	9.00	9.10	9.20	8.65	9.15	9.40	72.50	=26Q
Roxanne Pierce		8.90	9.25	9.20	9.30	9.00	9.00	8.95	8.95	72.55	25Q
Cathy Rigby		9.10	9.15	9.20	9.40	9.25	9.35	9.30	9.50	74.25	10Q
Nancy Thies		9.05	9.10	8.85	9.15	8.90	8.90	8.95	9.05	71.95	=35
Total		90.90		91.90		90.90		92.90		365.90	4

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus								Total
		V		UB		BB		F		Total
		P	F	P	F	P	F	P	F	Score	Rank
Kimberly Chace	All-around	9.100	9.200	9.150	8.400	9.100	9.400	9.175	9.400	72.925	28
Joan Moore		9.000	9.250	9.050	9.350	8.925	9.100	9.275	9.500	73.450	21
Roxanne Pierce		9.075	9.300	9.250	9.250	9.000	8.450	8.950	9.200	72.475	33
Cathy Rigby		9.125	9.400	9.300	9.500	9.300	9.350	9.400	9.550	74.925	10

Handball

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Main article:Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The United States, which had lost all three of its games in thefirst Olympic handball tournament, fared no better in the first round of the second tournament. The Americans lost toHungary,Yugoslavia, andJapan 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 overSpain before being defeated byDenmark.

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round				Final round			Classification semifinal	Final /BM /Pl.
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Hungary L 15–28	Yugoslavia L 15–25	Japan L 16–20	4	Did not advance			13-16 semifinal Spain W 22–20	13th place final Denmark L 18–19	14

Men's Team Competition:

United States - 14th place (1-4-0)
Roster -Richard Abrahamson,Fletcher Abram Jr.,Roger Baker,Dennis Berkholtz,Larry Caton, Vincent DiCalogero,Elmer Edes,Thomas Hardiman,Rudolph Matthews,Sandor Rivnyak,James Rogers,Richard Schlesinger,Kevin Serrapede,Robert Sparks,Joel Voelkert, andHarry WinklerThomas Jandris)]

Judo

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Main article:Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kenneth Okada	63 kg	—	Byuadaa (MGL) L 00–00D	Did not advance								=19
Patrick Burris	70 kg	—	Dörbrandt (FRG) L 00–00D	Did not advance								=18
Irwin Cohen	80 kg	Bye	Gogolauri (URS) L 00–10	Did not advance								=19
Jimmy Wooley	93 kg	—	Marin (PUR) W 10–00	Kim (KOR) W 10–00	Bosman (NED) W 00–00D	Starbrook (GBR) L 00–10	Bye		Chochishvili (URS) L 00–10	Did not advance		=5
Douglas Nelson	+93kg	—	Bye	Tempesta (ITA) WWO	Ruska (NED) L 00–10	Did not advance	—	Ben Kassou (MAR) W 00–00D	Glahn (FRG) L 00–10	Did not advance		=9
Johnny Watts	Open	—	Djiba (SEN) W 02–00	Bajčetić (YUG) W 10–00	Parisi (GBR) L 00–00D	Did not advance	Bye	Did not advance				=11

Modern pentathlon

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Main article:Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1972.

Athlete	Event	Riding (cross-country steeplechase)			Fencing (épée)			Shooting (25 m rapid fire pistol)			Swimming (300 m freestyle)			Running (4000 m cross-country)			Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	MP points	W–L	Rank	MP points	Score	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	MP points	Rank
John Fitzgerald	Individual	2:12.90	7	1090	33–25	=14	848	188	=21	868	3:28.50	=4	1204	13:55.60	32	1060	5070	11
Charles Richards		2:18.30	=14	1060	28–30	=31	753	192	=8	956	3:21.70	1	1260	14:00.70	35	1045	5074	9
Scott Taylor		2:37.20	35	965	24–34	=42	677	177	=55	626	3:41.90	17	1100	12:39.10	2	1288	4656	29
John Fitzgerald Charles Richards Scott Taylor	Team	—	3	3115	—	11	2278	—	10	2450	—	1	3564	—	5	3393	14800	4

Rowing

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Main article:Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jim Dietz	Single sculls	7:57.85	4R	7:59.13	1SF	8:21.54	2FA	7:24.81	5
Larry Hough Dick Lyon	Coxless pair	7:33.16	4R	7:37.34	2SF	7:50.26	4FB	7:38.64	9
Aaron Herman Luther Jones Mike Staines	Coxed pair	7:50.00	1SF	Bye		8:25.40	5FB	8:04.80	11
Thomas McKibbon John Van Blom	Double sculls	7:08.91	4R	7:19.63	3	Did not advance
Dick Dreissigacker Charles Hewitt William Miller James Moroney	Coxless four	6:57.05	4R	7:13.95	4	Did not advance
Stewart MacDonald Chad Rudolph Charles Ruthford David Sawyier Mike Vespoli	Coxed four	6:56.01	4R	7:02.68	1SF	7:18.59	3FA	6:41.86	5
Gene Clapp Bill Hobbs Franklin Hobbs Paul Hoffman Cleve Livingston Mike Livingston Tim Mickelson Pete Raymond Lawrence Terry	Eight	6:06.01	1SF	Bye		6:27.53	3FA	6:11.61

Qualification legend:FA = Final A (medal);FB = Final B (non-medal);SF = Semifinal;R = Repechage

Sailing

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Main article:Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Race							Total
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Points	Rank
Edward Bennett	Finn	16.0	21.0	20.0	13.0	~~DNF~~	DNF	27.0	148.0	22
Scott Allan Tim Stearn	Flying Dutchman	25.0	25.0	17.0	27.0	26.0	~~DSQ~~	20.0	140.0	23
Peter Dean Glen Foster	Tempest	14.0	~~DSQ~~	5.7	3.0	8.0	14.0	3.0	47.7
Richard Gates Alan Holt	Star	19.0	~~DSQ~~	19.0	13.0	3.0	18.0	17.0	89.0	10
William Allen William Bentsen Buddy Melges	Soling	0.0	3.0	5.7	~~8.0~~	0.0	0.0	—	8.7
Don Cohan Charles Horter John Marshall	Dragon	8.0	~~18.0~~	10.0	11.7	0.0	18.0	—	47.7

Shooting

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Main article:Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Fourteen shooters represented the United States in 1972.Lones Wigger andJohn Writer won golds andLanny Bassham andVic Auer won silver medals.

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Bill McMillan	25 m rapid fire pistol	572	45
Jim McNally	25 m rapid fire pistol	589	10
Hershel Anderson	50 m pistol	540	34
Jimmie Doresy	50 m pistol	544	28
Charles Davis	50 m running target	540	19
Edmund Moeller	50 m running target	550	9
Victor Auer	50 m rifle prone	598
Lones Wigger	50 m rifle prone	597	7
Lanny Bassham	50 m rifle three positions	1157
John Writer	50 m rifle three positions	1166 WR
Lanny Bassham	300 m rifle three positions	1144	7
Lones Wigger	300 m rifle three positions	1155
Donald Haldeman	Trap	187	17
James Poindexter	Trap	192	6
Jack Johnson	Skeet	192	9
Tony Rosetti	Skeet	186	34

Swimming

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Main article:Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Key

Note-Ranks for first round are against the entire field, ranks for semifinals and finals are within the swimmer's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round on rank
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser
* = Swimmer competed in preliminary round(s) but not the final

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jerry Heidenreich	100 m freestyle	52.38	2Q	52.31	1Q	51.65
John Murphy		53.07	7Q	53.17	4q	52.08	4
Mark Spitz		52.46	3Q	52.43	2Q	51.22 WR
Steve Genter	200 m freestyle	1:55.42	2Q	—		1:53.73
Mark Spitz		1:55.29	1Q			1:52.78 WR
Fred Tyler		1:56.04	5Q			1:54.96	5
Rick DeMont	400 m freestyle	4:05.70	3Q	—		DSQ
Steve Genter		4:05.89OR	4Q			4:01.94
Tom McBreen		4:06.09	6Q			4:02.64
Mike Burton	1500 m freestyle	16:09.56	2Q	—		15:52.58 WR
Rick DeMont		DSQ				DSQ
Doug Northway		16:15.30	4Q			16:09.25
Mitch Ivey	100 m backstroke	58.15	1Q	57.99OR	1Q	58.48	4
John Murphy		59.93	3Q	58.64	2Q	58.35
Mike Stamm		58.63	2Q	58.74	2Q	57.70
Mitch Ivey	200 m backstroke	2:09.32	6Q	—		2:04.33
Tim McKee		2:08.19	4Q			2:07.29	5
Mike Stamm		2:07.51OR	2Q			2:04.09
Tom Bruce	100 m breaststroke	1:06.45	6Q	1:06.05	3Q	1:05.43
Mark Chatfield		1:05.89	1Q	1:06.08	4Q	1:06.01	4
John Hencken		1:05.96	2Q	1:05.68 WR	1Q	1:05.61
Rick Colella	200 m breaststroke	2:25.40	4Q	—		2:24.28	4
John Hencken		2:24.88	3Q			2:21.55 WR
Brian Job		2:26.91	11			Did not advance
Dave Edgar	100 m butterfly	57.30	5Q	56.88	3Q	56.11	5
Jerry Heidenreich		56.86	3Q	56.18	2Q	55.74
Mark Spitz		56.45	=1Q	55.98	1Q	54.27 WR
Robin Backhaus	200 m butterfly	2:03.11OR	2Q	—		2:03.23
Gary Hall Sr.		2:03.70OR	3Q			2:02.86
Mark Spitz		2:02.11OR	1Q			2:00.70 WR
Steve Furniss	200 m individual medley	2:09.97	3Q	—		2:08.45
Gary Hall Sr.		2:09.85	2Q			2:08.49	4
Tim McKee		2:10.44	4Q			2:08.37
Steve Furniss	400 individual medley	4:39.33	5Q	—		4:35.44	4
Gary Hall Sr.		4:38.95	4Q			4:37.38	5
Tim McKee		4:40.78	6Q			4:31.983
Gary Conelly* Dave Edgar David Fairbank* Jerry Heidenreich John Murphy Mark Spitz	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:28.84 WR	1Q	—		3:26.42 WR
Mike Burton* Gary Conelly* Steve Genter John Kinsella Tom McBreen* Mark Spitz Fred Tyler	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:46.42OR	1Q	—		7:35.78 WR
Tom Bruce David Fairbank* Gary Hall Sr.* Jerry Heidenreich John Hencken* Mitch Ivey* Mark Spitz Mike Stamm	4 × 100 medley relay	3:51.98	1Q	—		3:48.16 WR

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shirley Babashoff	100 m freestyle	59.51	=3Q	59.05OR	1Q	59.02
Jenny Kemp		1:00.42	10Q	59.93	5	Did not advance
Sandy Neilson		59.51	=3Q	59.41	2Q	58.59OR
Shirley Babashoff	200 m freestyle	2:08.48	5Q	—		2:04.33
Ann Marshall		2:08.12OR	4Q			2:05.45	4
Keena Rothhammer		2:07.48OR	1Q			2:04.92
Shirley Babashoff	400 m freestyle	4:31.98	8Q	—		4:23.59	4
Keena Rothhammer		4:24.82	2Q			4:24.22	6
Jenny Wylie		4:27.53OR	4Q			4:24.07	5
Jo Harshbarger	800 m freestyle	9:14.46	6Q	—		9:01.21	6
Keena Rothhammer		8:59.69	1Q			8:53.68 WR
Ann Simmons		9:11.94	5Q			8:57.62	4
Susie Atwood	100 m backstroke	1:08.30	12Q	1:06.26	2Q	1:06.34
Melissa Belote		1:06.60	2Q	1:06.08OR	1Q	1:05.78OR
Karen Moe		1:07.69	6Q	1:06.27	3Q	1:06.69	4
Susie Atwood	200 m backstroke	2:22.13	2Q	—		2:20.38
Melissa Belote		2:20.58	1Q			2:19.19 WR
Lynn Skrifvars		2:26.40	13			Did not advance
Cathy Carr	100 m breaststroke	1:16.01	1Q	1:15.00OR	1Q	1:13.58 WR
Judy Melick		1:16.75	3Q	1:16.22	2Q	1:16.34	5
Lynn Vidali		1:18.80	=22	Did not advance
Claudia Clevenger	200 m breaststroke	2:44.74	7Q	—		2:42.88	4
Barbara Mitchell		2:47.05	13			Did not advance
Dana Schoenfield		2:43.97	4Q			2:42.05
Ellie Daniel	100 m butterfly	1:04.33	3Q	1:04.25	3Q	1:04.08	6
Deena Deardurff		1:04.80	5Q	1:03.97	1Q	1:03.95	4
Dana Shrader		1:05.09	8Q	1:04.54	3Q	1:03.98	5
Lynn Colella	200 m butterfly	2:18.80	4Q	—		2:16.34
Ellie Daniel		2:17.18OR	1Q			2:16.74
Karen Moe		2:18.15	2Q			2:15.57 WR
Jenny Bartz	200 m individual medley	2:25.83	4Q	—		2:24.55	4
Lynn Vidali		2:24.92	1Q			2:24.06
Carolyn Woods		2:26.98	8Q			2:27.42	8
Jenny Bartz	400 m individual medley	5:07.31	2Q	—		5:05.56	4
Mary Montgomery		5:13.62	8Q			5:09.98	6
Lynn Vidali		5:09.67	4Q			5:13.06	7
Shirley Babashoff Jane Barkman Jenny Kemp Ann Marshall* Sandy Neilson Kim Peyton* Lynn Skrifvars*	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:58.93	2Q	—		3:55.19 WR
Susie Atwood* Shirley Babashoff* Melissa Belote Cathy Carr Deena Deardurff Judy Melick* Sandy Neilson Dana Shrader*	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:27.57	1Q	—		4:20.75 WR

Water polo

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Main article:Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round						Final round
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Romania W 4–3	Cuba W 7–6	Canada W 8–1	Mexico W 7–5	Yugoslavia W 5–3	1Q	West Germany T 4–4	Hungary L 3–5	Soviet Union T 6–6	Italy W 6–5

Team Roster

Weightlifting

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Main article:Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Military press		Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total
Athlete	Event	Weight	Rank	Weight	Rank	Weight	Rank	Weight	Rank
Dan Cantore	–67.5 kg	140.0	9	117.5	12	162.5	7	420.0	9
Russell Knipp	–75 kg	160.0	4	127.5	11	170.0	9	457.5	8
Fred Lowe	–75 kg	147.5	11	135.0	9	175.0	4	457.5	9
Mike Karchut	–82.5 kg	160.0	8	145.0	4	NVL		DNF
Phil Grippaldi	–90 kg	170.0	6	140.0	9	195.0	2	505.0	4
Rick Holbrook	–90 kg	162.5	9	145.0	7	197.5OR	1	505.0	5
Alan Ball	–110 kg	167.5	18	162.5	6	185.0	14	515.0	11
Frank Capsouras	–110 kg	170.0	15	150.0	11	200.0	6	520.0	11
Ken Patera	+110 kg	212.5	3	NVL		DNF

Wrestling

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Main article:Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Key:

TO –Victory by fall.
SP - Win by technical superiority
PP - Win by technical points
D2 - Both wrestlers disqualified for passivity

Athlete	Event	Elimination stage								Final stage
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	TPP	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	FPP	Rank
Sergio Gonzalez	Freestyle 48 kg	Javadi (IRN) T (2.0)	Lacour (FRG) T (2.0)	Möbius (GDR) T (2.0)	EL	—			6.0	Did not advance
James Carr	Freestyle 52 kg	Kim (KOR) L TO (4.0)	León (PER) W TO (0.0)	Bertie (CAN) L TO (4.0)	EL			—	8.0	Did not advance
Richard Sanders	Freestyle 57 kg	Hatziioannidis (GRE) W TO (0.0)	Dumitru (ROM) W TO (0.0)	Maggiolo (ARG) W TO (0.0)	Yanagida (JPN) L PP (3.0)	Nath (IND) W TO (0.0)	Shavov (BUL) W PP (1.0)	Klinga (HUN) W TO (0.0)	4.0	—		3.0
Gene Davis	Freestyle 62 kg	Oidov (MGL) W TO (0.0)	Abe (JPN) L SP (3.5)	Abdulbekov (URS) L TO (4.0)	EL			—	7.5	Did not advance
Dan Gable	Freestyle 68 kg	Sali (YUG) W TO (0.0)	Rost (FRG) W SP (0.5)	Ioannidis (GRE) W TO (0.0)	Wada (JPN) W PP (1.0)	Cieślak (POL) W TO (0.0)	—		1.5	—	Ashuraliyev (URS) W PP (1.0)	2.0
Wayne Wells	Freestyle 74 kg	Demirtaş (TUR) W TO (0.0)	Sereeter (MGL) W TO (0.0)	Musil (TCH) W TO (0.0)	Nitschke (GDR) W PP (1.0)	Robin (FRA) W PP (1.0)	Pavlov (BUL) W TO (0.0)	—	2.0	Karlsson (SWE) W PP (1.0)	Seger (FRG) W PP (1.0)	2.0
John Peterson	Freestyle 82 kg	Barraclough (GBR) W TO (0.0)	Neumari (FRG) W PP (1.0)	Wypiorczyk (POL) W TO (0.0)	Tediashvili (URS) L PP (3.0)	Iorga (ROM) W PP (1.0)	Stottmeister (GDR) W PP (1.0)	—	6.0	—
Ben Peterson	Freestyle 90 kg	Kurczewski (POL) W PP (1.0)	García (MEX) W TO (0.0)	Strakhov (URS) T (2.0)	Khorrami (IRN) W PP (1.0)	Morgan (CUB) W TO (0.0)	Petrov (BUL) W TO (0.0)	—	4.0	—		2.0
Henk Schenk	Freestyle 100 kg	Csatári (HUN) L PP (3.0)	Hecher (FRG) L PP (3.0)	EL			—		6.0	Did not advance
Chris Taylor	Freestyle +100 kg	Medved (URS) L PP (3.0)	Eskander-Filabi (IRN) W PP (1.0)	Isogai (JPN) W TO (0.0)	Dietrich (FRG) W PP (1.0)	Duraliev (BUL) W PP (1.0)	—		6.0	—	Did not advance
Wayne Holmes	Greco-Roman 48 kg	Drechsel (GDR) L TO (4.0)	Sarı (TUR) L PP (3.0)	EL			—		7.0	Did not advance
David Hazewinkel	Greco-Roman 57 kg	An (KOR) L PP (3.0)	Björlin (FIN) L PP (3.0)	EL					6.0	—	Did not advance
Jim Hazewinkel	Greco-Roman 62 kg	Koletić (YUG) L TO (4.0)	Păun (ROM) L PP (3.0)	EL				—	7.0	—			Did not advance
Robert Buzzard	Greco-Roman 68 kg	Ranzi (ITA) L TO (4.0)	Hışırlı (TUR) L TO (4.0)	EL				—	8.0	—		Did not advance
Gary Neist	Greco-Roman 74 kg	Kecman (YUG) L PP (3.0)	Karlsson (SWE) L PP (3.0)	EL			—		6.0	—	Did not advance
Jay Robinson	Greco-Roman 82 kg	Ostrowski (POL) L PP (3.0)	Blanco (ARG) W TO (0.0)	Yağmur (TUR) L TO (4.0)	EL		7.0	Did not advance
Wayne Baughman	Greco-Roman 90 kg	Andersson (SWE) W PP (1.0)	Kowalewski (FRG) L TO (4.0)	Pércsi (HUN) L SP (3.5)	EL		—		8.5	Did not advance
Burke Deadrich	Greco-Roman 100 kg	Yakovenko (URS) L TO (4.0)	Skrzydlewski (POL) L TO (4.0)	EL			—		8.0	—	Did not advance
Chris Taylor	Greco-Roman +100 kg	Dietrich (FRG) L TO (4.0)	Kment (TCH) L D2 (4.0)	EL		—			8.0	—	Did not advance

Water skiing (demonstration sport)

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Men's slalom:

Wayne Grimditch - 38.5 points, silver medal
Ricky McCormick - 27.5 points, 9th place

Men's Figure skiing:

Ricky McCormick - 5340 points, gold medal
Wayne Grimditch - 4510 points, silver medal

Men's Jump:

Ricky McCormick - 43.75 points, gold medal
Wayne Grimditch - 30.15 points, 14th place

Women's slalom:

Liz Allen-Shetter - 35.0 points, gold medal

Women's Figure skiing:

Liz Allen-Shetter - 1550 points, 5th place

Women's Jump:

Liz Allen-Shetter - 25.70 points, bronze medal

References

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^"United States at the 1972 Munich Summer Games".sports-reference.com. Archived fromthe original on April 17, 2020. RetrievedFebruary 21, 2011.
^"400 metres, Men".Olympedia. RetrievedAugust 4, 2020.
^"Schande! Schande! Schande!".Time. September 11, 1972. Archived fromthe original on December 5, 2008. RetrievedFebruary 20, 2009.

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