Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics Great Britain , represented by the British Olympic Association , competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany . 284 competitors, 210 men and 74 women, took part in 159 events in 18 sports. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games . The Great Britain team included 69-year-old equestrian Lorna Johnstone - the oldest British athlete ever to appear in the Olympic Games.Medallists Gold Mary Peters — Athletics, Women's Pentathlon Richard Meade — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition Mary Gordon-Watson , Richard Meade, Bridget Parker , and Mark Phillips — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition Chris Davies and Rodney Pattisson — Sailing, Flying DutchmanSilver David Hemery , David Jenkins , Alan Pascoe , and Martin Reynolds — Athletics, Men's 4x400 metres Relay Ann Moore — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition David Starbrook — Judo, Men's Half-Heavyweight David Wilkie — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke David Hunt and Alan Warren — Sailing, TempestBronze 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 Angelo Parisi — Judo, Men's Open Category John Kynoch — Shooting, Men's Running Game TargetArchery 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: Women's Individual Competition: Men's 100 metres Brian Green Les Piggot Don Halliday Men's 200 metres Men's 400 metres Martin Reynolds David Jenkins Gary Armstrong Men's 800 metres Andy Carter Dave Cropper Colin Campbell Men's 1500 metres Brendan Foster Ray Smedley John Kirkbride Men's 5000 metres Ian Stewart Ian McCafferty David Bedford Men's 10000 metres David Bedford Lachie Stewart Dave Holt Men's Marathon Men's 110m Hurdles Alan Pascoe Berwyn Price David Wilson Men's 400m Hurdlles Men's 3000m Steeplechase Andy Holden Steve Hollings John Bicourt Men's 4 × 100 m Relay Men's 4 × 400 m Relay Martin Reynolds, Alan Pascoe, David Hemery and David Jenkins Men's Long Jump Men's Pole Vault Men's Shot Put Men's Discus Men's Javelin Men's Hammer Throw Barry Williams Howard Payne Men's Decathlon Barry King 7468 points Peter Gabbett DNF Men's 20 km Walk Paul Nihill 1:28:44.4 Phil Embleton 1:33:22.2 Peter Marlow 1:35:38.8 Men's 50 km Walk Paul Nihill 4:14:09.4 John Warhurst 4:23:21.6 Howard Timms 4:34:43.8 Women's 100 metres Andrea Lynch Anita Neil Sonia Lannaman Women's 200 metres Donna Murray Della Pascoe Margaret Critchley Women's 400 metres Jannette Roscoe Verona Bernard Janet Simpson Women's 800 metres Rosemary Stirling Margaret Coomber Patricia Cropper Women's 1500 metres Sheila Carey Joyce Smith Joan Allison Women's 100m hurdles Judy Vernon Ann WilsonBoxing Men's Light Flyweight Ralph Evans → Bronze Medal Men's Light Middleweight Alan Minter → Bronze Medal Canoeing Cycling Eleven cyclists represented Great Britain in 1972. ;Individual road race ;Team time trial Phil Bayton John Clewarth Phil Edwards David Lloyd ;Sprint ;1000m time trial ;Tandem ;Individual pursuit ;Individual pursuitMen's 3m Springboard: Men's 10m Platform: Women's 3m Springboard: Women's 10m Platform: Beverly Williams - 301.26 points Helen Mary Koppell - 178.17 pointsEquestrian Fencing 19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1972. ;Men's foil ;Men's team foil ;Men's épée ;Men's team épée ;Men's sabre ;Men's team sabre ;Women's foil ;Women's team foilHockey ;Men's Team CompetitionPreliminary Round Semi Final Round Classification Match Team Roster Judo Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1972.Men's Individual Competition: Men's Team Competition: Fox, Lillywhite, and Phelps - 14257 points Alternate Member: Men's Single Scull Men's Double scull Men's Coxless pair M M K Cooper, J T McCarthy Men's Coxed pair Men's Coxless four Men's Coxed four Flying Dutchman Rodney Pattison and Chris Davies Tempest Alan Warren and David Hunt Finn Dragon Simon Tait, Charles Currey and Ian Hannay Soling John Oakley, Barry Dunning and Charles Reynolds Star Stuart Jardine and John WastallShooting Fourteen male shooters represented Great Britain in 1972. John Kynoch won bronze in the 50 m running target event. ;25 m pistol ;50 m pistol ;300 m rifle, three positions ;50 m rifle, three positions ;50 m rifle, prone ;50 m running target ;Trap ;SkeetMen's 100m FreestyleMalcolm Windeatt Brian Brinkley Men's 200m Freestyle John Mills Brian Brinkley Michael Bailey Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Wrestling
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