Canada at the 1972 Summer Olympics
| Canada at the Olympic Games | ||||
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| IOC code: | CAN | |||
| NOC: | Canadian Olympic Committee external link |
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| 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich | ||||
| Flag bearer | Doug Roges | |||
| Medals | Gold 0 |
Silver 2 |
Bronze 3 |
Total 5 |
| Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
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| Winter Olympic Games appearances | ||||
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Canada competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.
Many felt that Canada's poor performance at the Olympics, which included not winning a gold medal may have the reason that
Canada didn't win a gold medal during the next Summer Olympics, the Games of the XXI
Olympiad, in 1976, which took place within their borders, in
Medals
Canada finished in 27th position in the final medal rankings, with two silver medals and three bronze medals.
Silver
- Bruce Robertson — Swimming, Men's 100m Butterfly
- Leslie Cliff — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley
Bronze
- Donna Gurr — Swimming, Women's 200m Backstroke
- Erik Fish, William Mahony, Bruce Robertson, and Robert Kasting — Swimming, Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
- David Miller, John Ekels, and Paul Cote — Sailing, Soling class
Results by event
Archery
In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Canada entered three men and three women. Their highest placing competitor was Donald Jackson, at 6th place in the men's competition. His score was only 30 points below the bronze medal score.
Men's Individual Competition:
- Donald Jackson - 2437 points (→ 6th place)
- Elmer Ewert - 2359 points (→ 25th place)
- Wayne Pullen - 2275 points (→ 41st place)
Women's Individual Competition:
- Mary Grant - 2350 points (→ 11th place)
- Marjory Saunders - 2192 points (→ 32nd place)
- Viola Muir - 1955 points (→ 39th place)
Athletics
Men's 1500 metres
- Kenneth Elmer
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- Heat — 3:46.6 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 3:49.2 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres
- Robert Finlay
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- Heat — 13:44.0 (→ did not advance)
- Grant McLaren
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- Heat — 13:43.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
- John Beers
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- Qualifying Round — 2.15m
- Final — 2.15m (→ 6th place)
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- Qualifying Round — 2.15m
- Final — 2.15m (→ 9th place)
- Richard Cuttell
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- Qualification Round — 2.09m (→ did not advance)
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
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- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Ali Ouabbou (MAR), 3:2
- Third Round — Lost to Georgi Kostadinov (BUL), 0:5
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
- Les Hamilton
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- First Round — Lost to Stefan Förster (GDR), 1:4
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
- Dale Andersen
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
- José Martinez
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
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- First Round — Defeated Fatai Ayinla (NGA), 3:2
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Hasse Thomsén (SWE), KO-3
Cycling
Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race
- Brian Chewter — 52nd place
- Tom Morris — 62nd place
- Gilles Durand — 72nd place
- Lindsay Gauld — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
- Jocelyn Lovell
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- Final — 1:09.03 (→ 15th place)
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
- Scott Cranham - 339.21 points (→ 14th place)
- Ken Sully - 336.12 points (→ 16th place)
- Ron Friesen - 313.11 points (→ 25th place)
Men's 10m Platform
- Ron Friesen - 272.94 points (→ 20th place)
- Scott Cranham - 263.52 points (→ 27th place)
- Ken Sully - 262.26 points (→ 29th place)
Women's 3m Springboard
- Beverly Boys - 418.89 points (→ 5th place)
- Teri York - 247.14 points (→ 19th place)
- Elizabeth Carruthers - 243.84 (→ 20th place)
Women's 10m Platform
- Nancy Robertson - 334.02 points (→ 7th place)
- Kathleen Rollo - 317.31 points (→ 9th place)
- Beverly Boys - 183.99 points (→ 14th place)
Modern Pentathlon
Individual:
- Scott Scheuermann — 4072 points (→ 54th place)
- Kenneth Maaten — 3987 points (→ 56th place)
- George Skene — 3297 points (→ 59th place)
Team:
- Scheuermann, Maaten, and Skene — 11335 points (→ 19th place)
Rowing
Men's Coxed Pairs
- Trevor Josephson, Michael Neary and Glenn Battersby
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- Heat — 7:49.54
- Repechage — 8:12.69
- Semi Finals — 8:28.62
- B-Final — 8:00.27 (→ 9th place)
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
- Brian Phillips
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- Heat — 53.75s
- Semifinals — 53.73s (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 54.07s
- Semifinals — 53.62s (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 54.76s (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Ralph Hutton
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- Heat — 1:56.84
- Final — 1:57.56 (→ 8th place)
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- Heat — 1:59.02 (→ did not advance)
- Ian MacKenzie
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- Heat — 2:01.22 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Brian Phillips, Bruce Robertson, Tim Bach, and Robert Kasting
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- Heat — 3:35.64
- Bruce Robertson, Brian Phillips, Tim Bach, and Robert Kasting
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- Final — 3:33.20 (→ 5th place)
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Ralph Hutton, Dean Buckboro, Ian MacKenzie and Brian Phillips
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- Heat — 7:57.69
- Bruce Robertson, Brian Phillips, Ian MacKenzie, and Ralph Hutton
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- Final — 7:53.61 (→ 7th place)
Water Polo
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Lost to Yugoslavia (4-12)
- Lost to Mexico (3-7)
- Lost to United States (1-8)
- Lost to Romania (4-16)
- Lost to Cuba (2-7) → Did not advance
- Team Roster
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- William van der Pol
- Allan Pyle
- Patrick Pugliese
- Clifford Barry
- Donald Packer
- Stephen Hart
- Jack Gauldie
- Robert Thompson
- David Hart
- Gabor Csepregi
- Guy Leclerc
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