United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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.

Medalists

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

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 4 × 100 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 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Steve Genter, John Kinsella, Fred Tyler, and Mark Spitz — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Tom Bruce, Jerry Heidenreich, Mike Stamm, and Mark Spitz — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Sandy 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
Cathy Carr — Swimming, Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Karen Moe — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly
Shirley Babashoff, Jane Barkman, Jenny Kemp, and Sandy Neilson — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Melissa Belote, Cathy Carr, Deena Deardurff, and Sandy Neilson — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 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
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 4 × 400 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
Gene Clapp, Fritz Hobbs, Bill Hobbs, Paul Hoffman, John Livingston, Michael Livingston, Tim Mickelson, Pete 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
Mike Stamm — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
Mike 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
Susie Atwood — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke
Dana Schoenfield — 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
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
Jamie McEwan — Canoeing, Men's C1 Canadian Slalom Singles
Neal Shapiro — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition
Tom McBreen — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
Doug Northway — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
John Murphy — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
Mitch Ivey — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke
John Hencken — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Jerry Heidenreich — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
Robin Backhaus — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
Steve Furniss — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Keena Rothhammer — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle
Susie 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
Archery

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.

Athletics

;Men
;;Road and track events
;;Field events
;;Combined event – Decathlon

Athlete	Event											Points	Rank
Jeff Bannister	Result	11.09	7.20	14.21	1.86	46.79		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
;;Field events
;;Combined event – Pentathlon

Athlete	Event						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

;Summary

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

;Men
;Women

Sprint

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

Cycling

Fifteen cyclists represented the United States in 1972.

Road

Track

;Pursuit
;Sprint
;Time trial

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

Diving

;Men
;Women

Equestrian

;Dressage
;Eventing
;Jumping

Fencing

19 fencers represented the United States in 1972.
;Individual
;;Men
;;Women
;Team

Football

;Summary

Team Roster
Coach: Bob Guelker
Gymnastics

;Men
;;Team
;;Individual final
;Women
;;Team
;;Individual finals

Handball

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:

United States - 14th place
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, and Harry WinklerThomas Jandris)]
Judo

Men's Lightweight

Kenneth Okada

Men's Half-Middleweight

Patrick Burris

Men's Middleweight

Irwin Cohen

Men's Half-Heavyweight

James Wooley

Men's Heavyweight

Douglas Nelson

Men's Open Class

Johnny Watts
Modern pentathlon

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1972.

Rowing

Qualification legend: FA = Final A ; FB = Final B ; SF = Semifinal; R = Repechage

Sailing

Shooting

Fourteen shooters represented the United States in 1972. Lones Wigger and John Writer won golds and Lanny Bassham and Vic 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
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

Men's 100m Freestyle

Mark Spitz
Jerry Heidenreich
John Murphy

Men's 200m Freestyle

Mark Spitz
Steve Genter
Fred Tyler

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Dave Fairbank, Gary Conelly, Jerry Heidenreich, and David Edgar
David Edgar, John Murphy, Jerry Heidenreich, and Mark Spitz

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Gary Conelly, Tom McBreen, Michael Burton, and John Kinsella
John Kinsella, Fred Tyler, Steve Genter, and Mark Spitz

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Tom Bruce, Jerry Heidenreich, Mike Stamm, and Mark Spitz
Water polo

;Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round
Final Round
Team Roster
Weightlifting

Wrestling

Water skiing (demonstration sport)

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

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