Canada at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Canada competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, held from 26 August to 11 September 1972. 208 competitors, 158 men and 50 women, took part in 136 events in 18 sports. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Montreal, the Canadian flag was raised at the closing ceremony.

Medallists

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 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
David Miller, John Ekels, and Paul Cote – Sailing, Soling class

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Canada entered three men and three women. Their highest placing competitor was Donald Jackson, who finished in 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 1,500 metres

Kenneth Elmer
Heat – 3:46.6 (→ did not advance)
Bill Smart
Heat – 3:49.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

Robert Finlay
Heat – 13:44.0 (→ did not advance)
Grant McLaren
Heat – 13:43.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's high jump

John Beers
Qualifying Round – 2.15m
Final – 2.15m (→ 6th place)
John Hawkins
Qualifying Round – 2.15m
Final – 2.15m (→ 9th place)
Richard Cuttell
Qualification Round – 2.09m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)

Chris Ius
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
First round – lost to Stefan Förster (GDR), 1:4

Men's featherweight (– 57 kg)

Dale Anderson

Men's lightweight (– 60 kg)

José Martinez

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

Carroll Morgan
First round – defeated Fatai Ayinla (NGA), 3:2
Quarterfinals – lost to Hasse Thomsén (SWE), KO-3

Canoeing

Cycling

Nine cyclists represented Canada in 1972.

;Individual road race

Brian Chewter – 52nd place
Tom Morris – 62nd place
Gilles Durand – 72nd place
Lindsay Gauld – did not finish (→ no ranking)

;Team time trial

Gilles Durand
Brian Chewter
Jack McCullough
Tom Morris

;Sprint

Ed McRae

;1000m time trial

Jocelyn Lovell
Final – 1:09.03 (→ 15th place)

;Individual pursuit

Ron Hayman

;Individual pursuit

Jocelyn Lovell
Brian Keast
Ron Hayman
Ed McRae

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)

Equestrian

thumb|Wendy Dell and High Wind performing at the dressage phase, representing Canada at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich Germany

Fencing

Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Canada in 1972.

;Men's foil

Herbert Obst
Magdy Conyd
Lester Wong

;Men's team foil

Magdy Conyd, Herbert Obst, Gerry Wiedel, Lester Wong

;Men's épée

Gerry Wiedel
Lester Wong
Herbert Obst

;Men's team épée

Magdy Conyd, Herbert Obst, Gerry Wiedel, Lester Wong

;Men's sabre

Bob Foxcroft

;Women's foil

Donna Hennyey

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Canada in 1972. It was the first time Canada had entered pentathletes at the Olympics, and the team was coached by Hungarian-born Joseph Bucsko (1930–1996).

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 pair

Trevor Josephson, Mike Neary and Glenn Battersby
Heat – 7:49.54
Repechage – 8:12.69
Semi-finals – 8:28.62
B-Final – 8:00.27 (→ 9th place)

Sailing

Shooting

Ten male shooters represented Canada in 1972.

;25 m pistol

Jules Sobrian
William Hare

;50 m pistol

Edward Jans
Jules Sobrian

;50 m rifle, three positions

Alf Mayer
Arne Sorensen

;50 m rifle, prone

Alf Mayer
Gil Boa

;Trap

John Primrose
James Platz

;Skeet

Bruno De Costa
Donald Sanderlin

Swimming

Men's 100m freestyle

Brian Phillips
Heat – 53.75s
Semifinals – 53.73s (→ did not advance)
Robert Kasting
Heat – 54.07s
Semifinals – 53.62s (→ did not advance)
Bruce Robertson
Heat – 54.76s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m freestyle

Ralph Hutton
Heat – 1:56.84
Final – 1:57.56 (→ 8th place)
Bruce Robertson
Heat – 1:59.02 (→ did not advance)
Ian MacKenzie
Heat – 2:01.22 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle Relay

Brian Phillips, Bruce Robertson, Tim Bach, and Robert Kasting
Heat – 3:35.64
Bruce Robertson, Brian Phillips, Tim Bach, and Robert Kasting
Final – 3:33.20 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle Relay

Ralph Hutton, Deane Buckboro, Ian MacKenzie and Brian Phillips
Heat – 7:57.69
Bruce Robertson, Brian Phillips, Ian MacKenzie, and Ralph Hutton
Final – 7:53.61 (→ 7th place)

Water polo

;Men's team competition

Preliminary round (group A)
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
William van der Pol
Allan Pyle
Patrick Pugliese
Clifford Barry
Donald Packer
Stephen Hart
Jack Gauldie
Robert Thompson
David Hart
Gabor Csepregi
Guy Leclerc