New Zealand at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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| New Zealand at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | NZL |
| NOC | New Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association |
| Website | www |
| in Munich | |
| Competitors | 89 (82 men, 7 women) in 14 sports |
| Flag bearer | David Aspin (Wrestling) |
| Medals Ranked 23rd |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Australasia (1908–1912) | |
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]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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 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 |
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| Rowing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Athletics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
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| Male | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Archery
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 | ||||||||||
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| 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
Boxing
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
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| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
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| 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
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechages | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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| 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
Gymnastics
Men's individual
- Apparatus qualifying and all-around
| Athlete | Floor | Pommel horse | Rings | Vault | Parallel bars | Horizontal bar | All-around total |
All-around rank | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
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| 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
Men's tournament
- Team roster
- Head coach
- Group B
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Qualification |
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 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
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New Zealand finished the men's field hockey tournament in ninth place.
Judo
| Athlete | Event | Pool | Repechages | Semifinal | Final | Rank | ||||||
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| Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Semifinal | Final | |||||
| Opposition Result |
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| Rick Littlewood | Men's middleweight | Bye |  Adamczyk (POL)W |
 Bijkerk (AUS)W |
Sekine (JPN) L |
did not advance | =11 | |||||
Rowing
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 | ||||
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| 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
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fraser Beer Noel Everett (helm) Ron Watson |
Dragon | 14.0 | 19.0 | 15.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | 51.0 | 5 | |
| Jock Bilger (helm) Murray Ross |
Flying Dutchman | 20.0 | 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 | DNF | 26.0 | 109.7 | 10 |
| Con Linton Steve Marten (helm) Jack Scholes |
Soling | 20.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 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
Four male shooters represented New Zealand in 1972.
- Mixed 25 m rapid fire pistol
| Athlete | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Total | Rank |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Graeme McIntyre | 270 | 253 | 523 | 26 |
Swimming
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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| 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
| Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
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| 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 |
