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 codeNZL
NOCNew Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association
Websitewww.olympic.org.nz
in Munich
Competitors89 (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)
Other related appearances
 Australasia (1908 · 1912)

Medal tables
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldTony Hurt
Wybo Veldman
Dick Joyce
John Hunter
Lindsay Wilson
Joe Earl
Trevor Coker
Gary Robertson
Simon Dickie (cox)		RowingMen's eight2 September
 SilverDick Tonks
Dudley Storey
Ross Collinge
Noel Mills		RowingMen's coxless four2 September
 BronzeRod DixonAthleticsMen's 1500 metres10 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 278268279235106053309210289247105553211553

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 10.775 Did not advance
Rod Dixon Men's 1500 m 3:40.02 Q N/A 3:37.91 Q 3:37.5
Jack Foster Men's marathon N/A 2:16:568
Sue Haden Women's 800 m 2:04.864 N/A Did not advance
Penny Hunt Women's 400 m 52.822 Q 52.666 Did not advance
Roger Johnson Men's 400 m hurdles 50.484 N/A Did not advance
Terry Manners Men's marathon N/A 2:25:2934
Brenda Matthews Women's 100 m 11.775 Q 11.878 Did not advance
Women's 100 m hurdles 13.815 N/A Did not advance
Dave McKenzie Men's marathon N/A 2:22:1922
Tony Polhill Men's 1500 m 3:42.32 Q N/A 3:41.83 Q 3:41.89
Dick Quax Men's 5000 m 14:35.29 N/A Did not advance
Bevan Smith Men's 200 m 21.173 Q 21.044 Did not advance
Dick Tayler Men's 5000 m 13:56.210 N/A Did not advance
Gavin Thorley Men's 5000 m 14:11.610 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 18.3823 Did not advance
Men's discus throw 59.2214 Q 55.8614
Robin Tait Men's discus throw 56.6020 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 4:12.455 R 4:02.481 Q 4:01.975 Did not advance
Donald Cooper
Tom Dooney		 Men's K-2 1000 m 3:56.485 R 3:45.655 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 4:15:043[lower-roman 1]
Paul Brydon 4:17:0350
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 1:09.1016
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 7.3008.650=104 6.5008.050=101 6.6007.350110 9.0008.900=71 6.6508.500110 6.1508.400110 92.050110

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 8.6008.900=697.9507.800113 8.4008.100948.3508.750=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
 India752025812Advance to semi-finals
 Netherlands751120911Advance to semi-finals
 Great Britain7412151095th–8th place classification
 Australia732218885th–8th place classification
 New Zealand7232161179th / 10th place play-off
 Poland72231212611th / 12th place play-off
 Kenya7115817313th / 14th place play-off
 Mexico7007140015th / 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
Joe 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 14.019.021.015.03.00.0C51.05
Jock Bilger (helm)
Murray Ross		 Flying Dutchman 20.027.03.03.010.017.024.079.09
Bret De Thier Finn 15.011.721.03.033.041.0
DNF		26.0109.710
Con Linton
Steve Marten (helm)
Jack Scholes		 Soling 20.024.025.026.026.018.0C113.021

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 19719519058228
Mixed 50 m rifle, prone
Athlete Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Total Rank
Ian Ballinger 98100100100979659146
Mike Watt 9998100100999759329
Mixed 50 m running target
Athlete Slow run Fast run Total Rank
Graeme McIntyre 27025352326

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 1:02.9535 Did not advance
Women's 200 m freestyle 2:14.7822 N/A Did not advance
Colin Herring Men's 100 m freestyle 54.41=22 Did not advance
Men's 200 m freestyle 2:00.2926 N/A Did not advance
Susan Hunter Women's 100 m backstroke 1:10.0626 Did not advance
Women's 200 m backstroke 2:28.2821 N/A Did not advance
Women's 200 m individual medley 2:30.2917 N/A Did not advance
Women's 400 m individual medley 5:14.479 N/A Did not advance
John McConnochie Men's 200 m individual medley 2:15.0415 N/A Did not advance
Men's 400 m individual medley 4:49.8917 N/A Did not advance
Jaynie Parkhouse Women's 400 m freestyle 4:40.2419 N/A Did not advance
Women's 800 m freestyle 9:34.6516 N/A Did not advance
Mark Treffers Men's 400 m freestyle 4:14.1020 N/A Did not advance
Men's 1500 m freestyle 16:23.866 Q N/A 16:18.846

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=15 410.017
Brian Marsden Men's light heavyweight 142.515 120.0=17 172.5=9 435.012

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.
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