New Zealand at the 1972 Summer Olympics

New Zealand competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. For the first time at the Olympics, God Defend New Zealand was played instead of God Save the King/Queen. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 89 competitors, 82 men and 7 women, who took part in 63 events in 14 sports.[1]

New Zealand at the 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NZL
NOC	New Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Munich
Competitors	89 (82 men, 7 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	David Aspin (Wrestling)
Medals Ranked 23rd	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Other related appearances
Australasia (1908 · 1912)

Medal tables

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Tony Hurt Wybo Veldman Dick Joyce John Hunter Lindsay Wilson Joe Earl Trevor Coker Gary Robertson Simon Dickie (cox)	Rowing	Men's eight	2 September
Silver	Dick Tonks Dudley Storey Ross Collinge Noel Mills	Rowing	Men's coxless four	2 September
Bronze	Rod Dixon	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	10 September

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Rowing	1	1	0	2
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Total	1	1	1	3

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	1	1	1	3
Female	0	0	0	0
Total	1	1	1	3

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, New Zealand entered one man in the competition.

Athlete	Event	Round 1						Round 2						Total	Rank
		30 m	50 m	70 m	90 m	Total	Rank	30 m	50 m	70 m	90 m	Total	Rank
Robin Sampson	Men's individual	278	268	279	235	1060	53	309	210	289	247	1055	53	2115	53

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Track and road

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank[lower-roman 1]	Result	Rank[lower-roman 2]	Result	Rank[lower-roman 3]	Result	Rank
Laurie D'Arcy	Men's 100 m	10.77	5	Did not advance
Rod Dixon	Men's 1500 m	3:40.0	2 Q	N/A		3:37.9	1 Q	3:37.5
Jack Foster	Men's marathon	N/A						2:16:56	8
Sue Haden	Women's 800 m	2:04.86	4	N/A		Did not advance
Penny Hunt	Women's 400 m	52.82	2 Q	52.66	6	Did not advance
Roger Johnson	Men's 400 m hurdles	50.48	4	N/A		Did not advance
Terry Manners	Men's marathon	N/A						2:25:29	34
Brenda Matthews	Women's 100 m	11.77	5 Q	11.87	8	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m hurdles	13.81	5	N/A		Did not advance
Dave McKenzie	Men's marathon	N/A						2:22:19	22
Tony Polhill	Men's 1500 m	3:42.3	2 Q	N/A		3:41.8	3 Q	3:41.8	9
Dick Quax	Men's 5000 m	14:35.2	9	N/A				Did not advance
Bevan Smith	Men's 200 m	21.17	3 Q	21.04	4	Did not advance
Dick Tayler	Men's 5000 m	13:56.2	10	N/A				Did not advance
Gavin Thorley	Men's 5000 m	14:11.6	10	N/A				Did not advance
	Men's 10,000 m	DNF		N/A				Did not advance

1. Ranks given are within the heat
2. Ranks given are within the quarterfinal
3. Ranks given are within the semifinal

Field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Les Mills	Men's shot put	18.38	23	Did not advance
	Men's discus throw	59.22	14 Q	55.86	14
Robin Tait	Men's discus throw	56.60	20	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jeff Rackley	Men's welterweight	Bye	Meier (FRG) L 0 – 5	Did not advance				=17
Pat Ryan	Men's featherweight	Bye	Kobayashi (JPN) L 1 – 4	Did not advance				=17

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Donald Cooper	Men's K-1 1000 m	4:12.45	5 R	4:02.48	1 Q	4:01.97	5	Did not advance
Donald Cooper Tom Dooney	Men's K-2 1000 m	3:56.48	5 R	3:45.65	5	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Eight cyclists represented New Zealand in 1972.

Road

Men's individual road race

Athlete	Time	Rank
Bruce Biddle	4:15:04	3[lower-roman 1]
Paul Brydon	4:17:03	50
Vern Hanaray	DNF
Robert Oliver	DNF

1. Biddle was classified as the third-placed finisher after Jaime Huélamo of Spain was disqualified for failing a drugs test. The bronze medal was, however, not awarded to Biddle as he had not been drug-tested.

Track

Men's 1000 m time trial

Athlete	Time	Rank
Harry Kent	1:09.10	16

Men's team pursuit

Athlete	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Paul Brydon John Dean Neil Lyster Blair Stockwell	4:35.11	14	Did not advance

Brent Pascoe was the reserve rider, but did not compete.

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's individual

Apparatus qualifying and all-around

Athlete	Floor			Pommel horse			Rings			Vault			Parallel bars			Horizontal bar			All-around total	All-around rank
	C	O	Rank	C	O	Rank	C	O	Rank	C	O	Rank	C	O	Rank	C	O	Rank
Terry Sale	7.300	8.650	=104	6.500	8.050	=101	6.600	7.350	110	9.000	8.900	=71	6.650	8.500	110	6.150	8.400	110	92.050	110

Sale did not qualify for any of the apparatus finals.

Women's individual

Apparatus qualifying and all-around

Athlete	Vault			Uneven bars			Balance beam			Floor			All-around total	All-around rank
	C	O	Rank	C	O	Rank	C	O	Rank	C	O	Rank
Diane Foote	8.600	8.900	=69	7.950	7.800	113	8.400	8.100	94	8.350	8.750	=99	66.850	=104

Foote did not qualify for any of the apparatus finals.

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Team roster

Jeff Archibald Arthur Borren Jan Borren John Christensen Greg Dayman Chris Ineson Ross McPherson Barry Maister	Selwyn Maister Trevor Manning Arthur Parkin Ramesh Patel Alan Patterson Kevin Rigby Ted Salmon Warwick Wright

Head coach

Ross Gillespie

Group B

27 August 1972 (1972-08-27) New Zealand  1–1  Australia

28 August 1972 (1972-08-28) New Zealand  7–0  Mexico

30 August 1972 (1972-08-30) New Zealand  2–1  Great Britain

31 August 1972 (1972-08-31) Netherlands  2–0  New Zealand

2 September 1972 (1972-09-02) New Zealand  3–3  Poland

3 September 1972 (1972-09-03) New Zealand  2–2  Kenya

4 September 1972 (1972-09-04) India  3–2  New Zealand

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Qualification
India	7	5	2	0	25	8	12	Advance to semi-finals
Netherlands	7	5	1	1	20	9	11	Advance to semi-finals
Great Britain	7	4	1	2	15	10	9	5th–8th place classification
Australia	7	3	2	2	18	8	8	5th–8th place classification
New Zealand	7	2	3	2	16	11	7	9th / 10th place play-off
Poland	7	2	2	3	12	12	6	11th / 12th place play-off
Kenya	7	1	1	5	8	17	3	13th / 14th place play-off
Mexico	7	0	0	7	1	40	0	15th / 16th place play-off

9th / 10th Place play-off

8 September 1972 (1972-09-08) New Zealand  2–1 (0–0)  Belgium

New Zealand finished the men's field hockey tournament in ninth place.

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Pool					Repechages			Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Rick Littlewood	Men's middleweight	Bye	Adamczyk (POL) W	Bijkerk (AUS) W	Sekine (JPN) L	Did not advance						=11

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

See also: List of New Zealand rowers at the Summer Olympics

1972 was the last year that only men competed at the Olympic rowing events.[2] New Zealand entered boats in four of the seven events.[3] The gold medal won by the 1972 New Zealand eight is one of New Zealand's most memorable performances, and was in 2008 rated by sports journalist Joseph Romanos as New Zealand's best ever team performance at the Olympic Games.[4]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Murray Watkinson	Single sculls	7:51.29	2 R	8:11.51	3 SA/B	8:30.88	5 FB	8:05.42	10
Dick Tonks Dudley Storey Ross Collinge Noel Mills	Coxless four	6:47.27	1 SA/B	Bye		7:03.99	1 FA	6:25.64
Warren Cole Chris Nilsson John Clark David Lindstrom Peter Lindsay	Coxed four	6:51,76	3 SA/B	Bye		7:21.94	3 FA	6:42.55	6
Tony Hurt Wybo Veldman Dick Joyce John Hunter Lindsay Wilson Athol Earl Trevor Coker Gary Robertson Simon Dickie (cox)	Eight	6:06.19	1 R	Bye		6:28.40	2 FA	6:08.94

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Fraser Beer Noel Everett (helm) Ron Watson	Dragon	14.0	19.0	21.0	15.0	3.0	0.0	C	51.0	5
Jock Bilger (helm) Murray Ross	Flying Dutchman	20.0	27.0	3.0	3.0	10.0	17.0	24.0	79.0	9
Bret De Thier	Finn	15.0	11.7	21.0	3.0	33.0	41.0 DNF	26.0	109.7	10
Con Linton Steve Marten (helm) Jack Scholes	Soling	20.0	24.0	25.0	26.0	26.0	18.0	C	113.0	21

Jonty Farmer, Jack Hansen, Geoff Smals and Bryan Treleaven were named as alternates but did not compete.

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Four male shooters represented New Zealand in 1972.

Mixed 25 m rapid fire pistol

Athlete	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total	Rank
Bruce McMillan	197	195	190	582	28

Mixed 50 m rifle, prone

Athlete	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Total	Rank
Ian Ballinger	98	100	100	100	97	96	591	46
Mike Watt	99	98	100	100	99	97	593	29

Mixed 50 m running target

Athlete	Slow run	Fast run	Total	Rank
Graeme McIntyre	270	253	523	26

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Heather Coombridge	Women's 100 m freestyle	1:02.95	35	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:14.78	22	N/A		Did not advance
Colin Herring	Men's 100 m freestyle	54.41	=22	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m freestyle	2:00.29	26	N/A		Did not advance
Susan Hunter	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:10.06	26	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:28.28	21	N/A		Did not advance
	Women's 200 m individual medley	2:30.29	17	N/A		Did not advance
	Women's 400 m individual medley	5:14.47	9	N/A		Did not advance
John McConnochie	Men's 200 m individual medley	2:15.04	15	N/A		Did not advance
	Men's 400 m individual medley	4:49.89	17	N/A		Did not advance
Jaynie Parkhouse	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:40.24	19	N/A		Did not advance
	Women's 800 m freestyle	9:34.65	16	N/A		Did not advance
Mark Treffers	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:14.10	20	N/A		Did not advance
	Men's 1500 m freestyle	16:23.86	6 Q	N/A		16:18.84	6

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
John Bolton	Men's middle heavyweight	NVL		N/A					DNF
Tony Ebert	Men's middleweight	137.5	=16	117.5	=17	155.0	=15	410.0	17
Brian Marsden	Men's light heavyweight	142.5	15	120.0	=17	172.5	=9	435.0	12

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
David Aspin	Men's freestyle middleweight	Birajdar (IND) Both DQ	Hagilou (IRI) L	Eliminated

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "New Zealand at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "New Zealand Rowing at the 1972 München Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
4. Romanos, Joseph (31 July 2017). "New Zealand's rowing eight wins gold". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 2 January 2018.