Swimming at the 1972 Olympics | |||||
Events |
Olympic Champions |
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100 m freestyle W | ![]() | USA | Sandra Neilson | ||
100 m freestyle M | ![]() | USA | Mark Spitz | ||
200 m freestyle W | ![]() | AUS | Shane Gould | ||
200 m freestyle M | ![]() | USA | Mark Spitz | ||
400 m freestyle W | ![]() | AUS | Shane Gould | ||
400 m freestyle M | ![]() | AUS | Bradford Cooper | ||
800 m freestyle W | ![]() | USA | Keena Rothhammer | ||
1500 m freestyle M | ![]() | USA | Michael Burton | ||
4x100 m freestyle W | ![]() | USA | Ann Marshall | ||
Shirley Babashoff | |||||
Lynn Skrifvars | |||||
Jane Barkman | |||||
Sandra Neilson | |||||
Kim Peyton | |||||
Jennifer Kemp | |||||
4x100 m freestyle M | ![]() | USA | Mark Spitz | ||
Gary Conelly | |||||
David Edgar | |||||
Jerry Heidenreich | |||||
David Fairbank | |||||
John Murphy | |||||
4x200 m freestyle M | ![]() | USA | Mark Spitz | ||
John Kinsella | |||||
Tom McBreen | |||||
Steven Genter | |||||
Gary Conelly | |||||
Michael Burton | |||||
Frederick Tyler | |||||
200 m medley W | ![]() | AUS | Shane Gould | ||
200 m medley M | ![]() | SWE | Gunnar Larsson | ||
400 m medley W | ![]() | AUS | Gail Neall | ||
400 m medley M | ![]() | SWE | Gunnar Larsson | ||
4x100 m medley W | ![]() | USA | Deena Dearduff | ||
Catherine Carr | |||||
Sandra Neilson | |||||
Shirley Babashoff | |||||
Dana Shrader | |||||
Judith Melick | |||||
Susan Atwood | |||||
Melissa Belote | |||||
4x100 m medley M | ![]() | USA | Mark Spitz | ||
David Fairbank | |||||
John Hencken | |||||
Mitchel Ivey | |||||
Jerry Heidenreich | |||||
Gary Hall | |||||
Thomas Bruce | |||||
Michael Stamm | |||||
100 m backstroke W | ![]() | USA | Melissa Belote | ||
100 m backstroke M | ![]() | GDR | Roland Matthes | ||
200 m backstroke W | ![]() | USA | Melissa Belote | ||
200 m backstroke M | ![]() | GDR | Roland Matthes | ||
100 m breaststroke W | ![]() | USA | Catherine Carr | ||
100 m breaststroke M | ![]() | JPN | Nobutaka Taguchi | ||
200 m breaststroke W | ![]() | AUS | Beverley Whitfield | ||
200 m breaststroke M | ![]() | USA | John Hencken | ||
100 m butterfly W | ![]() | JPN | Mayumi Aoki | ||
100 m butterfly M | ![]() | USA | Mark Spitz | ||
200 m butterfly W | ![]() | USA | Karen Moe | ||
200 m butterfly M | ![]() | USA | Mark Spitz | ||
These facts about olympic Swimming and the Munich 1972 Swimming events are based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database | |||||