American athletes at the Munich 1972 Olympics* |
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Event |
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Athletes |
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Archery | |||||
Individual M | USA | John Williams | |||
Dennis McComak | |||||
Edwin Eliason | |||||
Individual W | USA | Maureen Bechdolt | |||
Doreen Wilber | |||||
Linda Myers | |||||
Athletics | |||||
100 m M | USA | Eddie Hart | |||
Robert Taylor | |||||
Reynaud Robinson | |||||
200 m M | USA | Chuck Smith | |||
Lawrence Burton | |||||
Larry Black | |||||
400 m M | USA | Wayne Collett | |||
Vincent Matthews | |||||
John Smith | |||||
800 m M | USA | Kenneth Swenson | |||
David Wottle | |||||
Richard Wohlhuter | |||||
1500 m M | USA | Robert Wheeler | |||
David Wottle | |||||
James Ryun | |||||
5000 m M | USA | Leonard Hilton | |||
Steve Prefontaine | |||||
George Young | |||||
10000 m M | USA | Frank Shorter | |||
Jon Anderson | |||||
Jeff Galloway | |||||
Marathon M | USA | Jack Bacheler | |||
Kenneth Moore | |||||
Frank Shorter | |||||
110 m hurdles M | USA | Rodney Milburn | |||
Willie Davenport | |||||
Thomas Hill | |||||
400 m hurdles M | USA | James Seymour | |||
Ralph Mann | |||||
Richard Bruggeman | |||||
3000 m steeplechase M | USA | Charles Douglas Brown | |||
Stephen Savage | |||||
Michael Manley | |||||
4x100 m M | USA | Larry Black | |||
Eddie Hart | |||||
Robert Taylor | |||||
Gerald Tinker | |||||
4x400 m M | USA | Tommie Turner | |||
John Smith | |||||
Maurice Peoples | |||||
Lee Evans | |||||
20 km walk M | USA | Goetz Klopfer | |||
Thomas Dooley | |||||
Larry Young | |||||
50 km walk M | USA | Steven Hayden | |||
William Weigle | |||||
Larry Young | |||||
High jump M | USA | Christopher Dunn | |||
Dwight Stones | |||||
Ronnie Jourdan | |||||
Pole vault M | USA | Jan Johnson | |||
Robert Seagren | |||||
Stephen Smith | |||||
Long jump M | USA | Arnie Robinson | |||
Preston Carrington | |||||
Randy Williams | |||||
Triple jump M | USA | John Craft | |||
David Smith | |||||
Arthur Walker | |||||
Shot put M | USA | Brian Oldfield | |||
George Woods | |||||
Al Feuerbach | |||||
Discus throw M | USA | Tim Vollmer | |||
Jay Silvester | |||||
John Powell | |||||
Hammer throw M | USA | Thomas Gage | |||
George Frenn | |||||
Albert Schoterman | |||||
Javelin throw M | USA | Milton Sonsky | |||
Frederick Luke | |||||
William Schmidt | |||||
Decathlon M | USA | Jeff Bennett | |||
Bruce Jenner | |||||
Jeffrey Bannister | |||||
100 m W | USA | Mattline Render | |||
Barbara Ferrell | |||||
Iris Davis | |||||
200 m W | USA | Pam Greene | |||
Jackie Thompson | |||||
Barbara Ferrell | |||||
400 m W | USA | Mable Fergerson | |||
Kathy Hammond | |||||
Deborah Edwards | |||||
800 m W | USA | Cheryl Toussaint | |||
Wendy Koenig | |||||
Madeline Manning | |||||
1500 m W | USA | Francie Larrieu | |||
Francie Kraker | |||||
100 m hurdles W | USA | Mamie Rallins | |||
Patty Johnson | |||||
Lacey O'Neil | |||||
4x100 m W | USA | Martha Rae Watson | |||
Mattline Render | |||||
Mildred Netter | |||||
Iris Davis | |||||
4x400 m W | USA | Cheryl Toussaint | |||
Kathy Hammond | |||||
Mable Fergerson | |||||
Madeline Manning | |||||
High jump W | USA | Sandi Goldsberry | |||
Cindy Gilbert | |||||
Deanne Wilson | |||||
Long jump W | USA | Kim Attlesey | |||
Martha Rae Watson | |||||
Willie White | |||||
Shot put W | USA | Jan Svendsen | |||
Maren Seidler | |||||
Discus throw W | USA | Olga Connolly | |||
Javelin throw W | USA | Roberta Brown | |||
Sherry Calvert | |||||
Kathy Schmidt | |||||
Pentathlon W | USA | Gale Fitzgerald | |||
Jane Frederick | |||||
Basketball | |||||
Basketball M | USA | Michael Bantom | |||
Tommy Burleson | |||||
Douglas Collins | |||||
James Forbes | |||||
Robert Jones | |||||
Thomas Henderson | |||||
Kenneth Davis | |||||
Ed Ratleff | |||||
Thomas McMillen | |||||
James Brewer | |||||
Dwight Jones | |||||
Kevin Joyce | |||||
Boxing | |||||
Light-flyweight M | USA | Davey Armstrong | |||
Flyweight M | USA | Tim Dement | |||
Bantamweight M | USA | Ricardo Carreras | |||
Featherweight M | USA | Louis Self | |||
Lightweight M | USA | James Busceme | |||
Light-welterweight M | USA | Ray Seales | |||
Welterweight M | USA | Jesse Valdez | |||
Light-middleweight M | USA | Reggie Jones | |||
Middleweight M | USA | Marvin Johnson | |||
Light-heavyweight M | USA | Raymond Russell | |||
Heavyweight M | USA | Duane Bobick | |||
Canoe & Kayak | |||||
K1 500 m W | USA | Marcia Smoke | |||
K2 500 m W | USA | Linda Murray | |||
Nancy Purves | |||||
K1 1000 m M | USA | Robert Mitchell | |||
K2 1000 m M | USA | Alan Whitney | |||
John Brosius | |||||
K4 1000 m M | USA | Stephen Kelly | |||
Philip Rogosheske | |||||
John Van Dyke | |||||
Jerry Welborn | |||||
C1 1000 m M | USA | Andras Törö | |||
C2 1000 m M | USA | Roland Muhlen | |||
Andreas Weigand | |||||
K1 slalom W | USA | Lyn Ashton | |||
Louise Holcombe | |||||
Cynthia Goodwin | |||||
K1 slalom M | USA | Sandy Campbell | |||
Eric Evans | |||||
John Holland | |||||
C1 slalom M | USA | Wickliffe Walker | |||
Angus Morrison | |||||
James McEwan | |||||
C2 slalom M | USA | John Evans | |||
Tom Southworth | |||||
Russ Nichols | |||||
John Burton | |||||
Cycling | |||||
Road race M | USA | John Allis | |||
John Howard | |||||
Robert Schneider | |||||
Emile Waldteufel | |||||
Road race team M | USA | John Howard | |||
Ronald Skarin | |||||
Wayne Stetina | |||||
Richard Ball | |||||
Individual pursuit M | USA | John Van De Velde | |||
1000 m time trial M | USA | Steven Woznick | |||
Diving | |||||
Springboard M | USA | Michael Finneran | |||
David Bush | |||||
Craig Lincoln | |||||
Springboard W | USA | Cynthia Potter | |||
Janet Ely | |||||
Micki King | |||||
Platform M | USA | Richard Rydze | |||
Michael Finneran | |||||
Richard Early | |||||
Platform W | USA | Micki King | |||
Cynthia Potter | |||||
Janet Ely | |||||
Equestrian | |||||
Dressage individual | USA | Lois Stephens | |||
John Winnett | |||||
Edith Master | |||||
Dressage team | USA | Lois Stephens | |||
Edith Master | |||||
John Winnett | |||||
Eventing individual | USA | Kevin Freeman | |||
Michael Plumb | |||||
Bruce Davidson | |||||
Eventing team | USA | Michael Plumb | |||
Kevin Freeman | |||||
Bruce Davidson | |||||
Jumping individual | USA | Kathryn Kusner | |||
Neal Shapiro | |||||
Jumping team | USA | William Steinkraus | |||
Frank Chapot | |||||
Kathryn Kusner | |||||
Neal Shapiro | |||||
Gymnastics | |||||
Team W | USA | Kimberly Chase | |||
Linda Metheny | |||||
Nancy Thies | |||||
Roxanne Pierce | |||||
Cathy Rigby | |||||
Joan Moore | |||||
Team M | USA | George Greenfield | |||
James Culhane | |||||
Steven Hug | |||||
John Crosby | |||||
Makoto Sakamoto | |||||
Marshall Avener | |||||
Modern Pentathlon | |||||
Individual M | USA | Scott Taylor | |||
Charles Richards | |||||
John Fitzgerald | |||||
Team M | USA | Charles Richards | |||
Scott Taylor | |||||
John Fitzgerald | |||||
Rowing | |||||
Single sculls M | USA | James Dietz | |||
Double sculls M | USA | John Van Blom | |||
Thomas McKibbon | |||||
Pair without coxswain M | USA | Richard Lyon | |||
Lawrence Hough | |||||
Pair with coxswain M | USA | Aaron Herman | |||
Michael Staines | |||||
Luther Jones | |||||
Four with coxswain M | USA | Stewart Mcdonald | |||
Chad Rudolph | |||||
David Sawyer | |||||
Michael Vespoli | |||||
Charles Ruthford | |||||
Eight with coxswain M | USA | Eugene Clapp | |||
Peter Raymond | |||||
Lawrence Terry | |||||
Michael Livingston | |||||
William Hobbs | |||||
Timothy Mickelson | |||||
Fritz Hobbs | |||||
Paul Hoffman | |||||
Cleve Livingston | |||||
Sailing | |||||
Soling | USA | William Allen | |||
Harry Buddy Melges | |||||
William Bentsen | |||||
Tempest | USA | Peter Dean | |||
Glen Foster | |||||
Dragon | USA | John Marshall | |||
Donald Cohan | |||||
Charles Horter | |||||
Star | USA | Alan Holt | |||
Richard Gates | |||||
Finn M | USA | Edward Bennett | |||
Flying Dutchman | USA | Timothy Stearn | |||
Scott Allan | |||||
Shooting | |||||
Rifle three positions | USA | Lanny Bassham | |||
John Writer | |||||
Rifle prone | USA | Lones Wigger | |||
Victor Auer | |||||
Free rifle | USA | Lones Wigger | |||
Lanny Bassham | |||||
Moving target | USA | Charles Davis | |||
Edmund Moeller | |||||
Rapid fire pistol | USA | James McNally | |||
Trap | USA | James Poindexter | |||
Skeet | USA | Jack Johnson | |||
Swimming | |||||
100 m freestyle W | USA | Shirley Babashoff | |||
Jennifer Kemp | |||||
Sandra Neilson | |||||
100 m freestyle M | USA | Jerry Heidenreich | |||
Mark Spitz | |||||
John Murphy | |||||
200 m freestyle W | USA | Ann Marshall | |||
Keena Rothhammer | |||||
Shirley Babashoff | |||||
200 m freestyle M | USA | Mark Spitz | |||
Frederick Tyler | |||||
Steven Genter | |||||
400 m freestyle W | USA | Jenny Wylie | |||
Keena Rothhammer | |||||
Shirley Babashoff | |||||
400 m freestyle M | USA | Rick DeMont | |||
Tom McBreen | |||||
Steven Genter | |||||
800 m freestyle W | USA | Jo Harshbarger | |||
Ann Simmons | |||||
Keena Rothhammer | |||||
1500 m freestyle M | USA | Douglas Northway | |||
Michael Burton | |||||
Rick DeMont | |||||
100 m backstroke W | USA | Karen Moe | |||
Susan Atwood | |||||
Melissa Belote | |||||
100 m backstroke M | USA | Mitchel Ivey | |||
Michael Stamm | |||||
John Murphy | |||||
200 m backstroke W | USA | Susan Atwood | |||
Melissa Belote | |||||
Lynn Skrifvars | |||||
200 m backstroke M | USA | Tim McKee | |||
Mitchel Ivey | |||||
Michael Stamm | |||||
100 m breaststroke W | USA | Catherine Carr | |||
Lynn Vidali | |||||
Judith Melick | |||||
100 m breaststroke M | USA | Mark Chatfield | |||
John Hencken | |||||
Thomas Bruce | |||||
200 m breaststroke W | USA | Claudia Clevenger | |||
Dana Schoenfield | |||||
Barbara Mitchell | |||||
200 m breaststroke M | USA | Brian Job | |||
Rick Colella | |||||
John Hencken | |||||
100 m butterfly W | USA | Ellie Daniel | |||
Dana Schrader | |||||
Deena Dearduff | |||||
100 m butterfly M | USA | David Edgar | |||
Mark Spitz | |||||
Jerry Heidenreich | |||||
200 m butterfly W | USA | Ellie Daniel | |||
Karen Moe | |||||
Lynn Colella | |||||
200 m butterfly M | USA | Robin Backhaus | |||
Gary Hall | |||||
Mark Spitz | |||||
200 m medley W | USA | Jennifer Bartz | |||
Lynn Vidali | |||||
Carolyn Woods | |||||
200 m medley M | USA | Gary Hall | |||
Tim McKee | |||||
Steven Furniss | |||||
400 m medley W | USA | Lynn Vidali | |||
Mary Montgomery | |||||
Jennifer Bartz | |||||
400 m medley M | USA | Gary Hall | |||
Tim McKee | |||||
Steven Furniss | |||||
4x100 m freestyle W | USA | Jane Barkman | |||
Sandra Neilson | |||||
Kim Peyton | |||||
Jennifer Kemp | |||||
Ann Marshall | |||||
Shirley Babashoff | |||||
Lynn Skrifvars | |||||
4x100 m freestyle M | USA | Mark Spitz | |||
Gary Conelly | |||||
David Edgar | |||||
David Fairbank | |||||
John Murphy | |||||
Jerry Heidenreich | |||||
4x200 m freestyle M | USA | Michael Burton | |||
Frederick Tyler | |||||
Mark Spitz | |||||
John Kinsella | |||||
Tom McBreen | |||||
Steven Genter | |||||
Gary Conelly | |||||
4x100 m medley W | USA | Susan Atwood | |||
Melissa Belote | |||||
Judith Melick | |||||
Shirley Babashoff | |||||
Deena Dearduff | |||||
Catherine Carr | |||||
Sandra Neilson | |||||
Dana Shrader | |||||
4x100 m medley M | USA | Mark Spitz | |||
David Fairbank | |||||
John Hencken | |||||
Jerry Heidenreich | |||||
Mitchel Ivey | |||||
Gary Hall | |||||
Thomas Bruce | |||||
Michael Stamm | |||||
Water Polo | |||||
Water polo M | USA | Steven Barnett | |||
Peter Asch | |||||
Gary Sheerer | |||||
Russell Webb | |||||
James Slatton | |||||
John Parker | |||||
James Ferguson | |||||
Bruce Bradley | |||||
Barry Weitzenberg | |||||
Stanley Cole | |||||
Eric Lindroth | |||||
Weightlifting | |||||
Lightweight M | USA | Daniel Cantore | |||
Middleweight M | USA | Russell Knipp | |||
Frederick Lowe | |||||
Light-heavyweight M | USA | Michael Karchut | |||
Middle-heavyweight M | USA | Patrick Holbrook | |||
Philip Grippaldi | |||||
Heavyweight M | USA | Alan Ball | |||
Frank Capsouras | |||||
Super-heavyweight M | USA | Kenneth Patera | |||
Wrestling | |||||
Freestyle light-flyweight M | USA | Sergio Gonzalez | |||
Freestyle bantamweight M | USA | Richard Sanders | |||
Freestyle lightweight M | USA | Danny Gable | |||
Freestyle welterweight M | USA | Wayne Wells | |||
Freestyle middleweight M | USA | John Peterson | |||
Freestyle light-heavyweight M | USA | Benjamin Peterson | |||
Freestyle super-heavyweight M | USA | Chris Taylor | |||
* The list of American athletes in the 1972 Olympic Games is not yet complete | |||||
This information about American athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in Munich 1972 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||