United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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{{Infobox Olympics United States
|games=1972 Summer
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|flagbearer=[[Olga Connolly]]
|gold=33
|silver=31
|bronze=30
|total=94
|rank=2
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The '''[[United States]]''' competed at the '''[[1972 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[Munich]], [[West Germany]].
==Medals==
The United States finished in second position in the final medal rankings, with 33 gold and 94 total medals.
===[[Image:Med_1.png]] Gold===
* [[Doreen Wilber]] — Archery, Women's Individual Competition
* [[John Williams (archer)|John Williams]] — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
* [[Vincent Matthews]] — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
* [[Dave Wottle]] — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
* [[Frank Shorter]] — Athletics, Men's Marathon
* [[Rodney Milburn]] — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
* [[Larry Black]], [[Eddie Hart]], [[Robert Taylor (athlete)|Robert Taylor]], and [[Gerald Tinker]] — Athletics, Men's 4x100 m Relay
* [[Randy Williams]] — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
* [[Ray Seales]] — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
* [[Maxine Joyce King]] — Diving, Women's 3 m Springboard
* [[John Writer]] — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
* [[Lones Wigger]] — Shooting, Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions
* [[Mark Spitz]] — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
* [[Mark Spitz]] — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
* [[Mark Spitz]] — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
* [[Mark Spitz]] — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
* [[Mike Burton]] — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
* [[John Hencken]] — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
* [[David Edgar]], [[Jerry Heidenreich]], [[John Murphy (swimmer)|John Murphy]], and [[Mark Spitz]] — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
* [[Steve Genter]], [[John Kinsella]], [[Frederick Tyler]], and [[Mark Spitz]] — Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
* [[Tom Bruce]], [[Jerry Heidenreich]], [[Michael Stamm]], and [[Mark Spitz]] — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay
* [[Sandra Neilson]] — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
* [[Keena Rothhammer]] — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle
* [[Melissa Belote]] — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke
* [[Melissa Belote]] — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke
* [[Catherine Carr (swimmer)|Catherine Carr]] — Swimming, Women's 100 m Breaststroke
* [[Karen Moe]] — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly
* [[Shirley Babashoff]], [[Jane Barkman]], [[Jennifer Kemp]], and [[Sandra Neilson]] — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
* [[Melissa Belote]], [[Catherine Carr (swimmer)|Catherine Carr]], [[Deena Deardurff]], and [[Sandra Neilson]] — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
* [[Dan Gable]] — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
* [[Wayne Wells]] — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight
* [[Benjamin Peterson]] — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
* [[William Allen]], [[William Bentsen]], and [[Harry Melges]] — Sailing, Men's Soling Team Competition
===[[Image:Med_2.png]] Silver===
* [[Robert Taylor (athlete)|Robert Taylor]] — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
* [[Wayne Collett]] — Athletics, Men's 400 meters
* [[Ralph Mann]] — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
* [[Bob Seagren]] — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
* [[George Woods]] — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
* [[Jay Silvester]] — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
* [[Mable Fergerson]], [[Kathy Hammond]], [[Madeline Manning-Jackson]], and [[Cheryl Toussaint]] — Athletics, Women's 4x400 m Relay
* [[Michael Bantom]], [[James Brewer]], [[Tommy Burleson]], [[Doug Collins]], [[Kenneth Davis]], [[James Forbes (basketball)|James Forbes]], [[Thomas Henderson (olympian)|Thomas Henderson]], [[Dwight Jones]], [[Robert Jones]], [[Kevin Joyce]], [[Tom McMillen]], and [[Edward Ratleff]] — Basketball, Men's Team Competition
* [[Richard Rydze]] — Diving, Men's 10 m Platform
* [[Bruce Davidson]], [[Kevin Freeman]], [[Michael Plumb]], and [[James Wofford]] — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
* [[Frank Chapot]], [[Kathryn Kusner]], [[Neal Shapiro]], and [[William Steinkraus]] — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
* [[Eugene Clapp]], [[Fritz Hobbs]], [[William Hobbs (rower)|William Hobbs]], [[Paul Hoffman (rower)|Paul Hoffman]], [[John Livingston (rower)|John Livingston ]], [[Michael Livingston]], [[Timothy Mickelson]], [[Peter Raymond]] and [[Lawrence Terry]] — Rowing, Men's Eights
* [[Victor Auer]] — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone
* [[Lanny Bassham]] — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
* [[Jerry Heidenreich]] — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
* [[Steve Genter]] — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
* [[Steve Genter]] — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
* [[Michael Stamm]] — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
* [[Michael Stamm]] — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke
* [[Tom Bruce]] — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke
* [[Gary Hall Sr.]] — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
* [[Tim McKee]] — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
* [[Tim McKee]] — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
* [[Shirley Babashoff]] — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
* [[Shirley Babashoff]] — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle
* [[Susan Atwood]] — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke
* [[Dana Schoenfeld]] — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke
* [[Lynn Colella]] — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly
* [[Richard Sanders (wrestler)|Richard Sanders]] — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
* [[John Peterson (wrestler)|John Peterson]] — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
===[[Image:Med_3.png]] Bronze===
* [[Craig Howard Lincoln]] — Diving, Men's 3 m Springboard
* [[Thomas Hill (athlete)|Thomas Hill]] — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
* [[Larry Young (athlete)|Larry Young]] — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
* [[Dwight Stones]] — Athletics, Men's High Jump
* [[Jan Johnson]] — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
* [[Arni Robinson]] — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
* [[Bill Schmidt]] — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
* [[Kathy Hammond]] — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
* [[Kathy Schmidt]] — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
* [[Ricardo Carreras]] — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
* [[Jesse Valdez]] — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
* [[Marvin Johnson]] — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
* [[James McEwan]] — Canoeing, Men's C1 Canadian Slalom Singles
* [[Neal Shapiro]] — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition
* [[Tom McBreen]] — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
* [[Douglas Northway]] — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
* [[John Murphy (swimmer)|John Murphy]] — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
* [[Mitchell Ivey]] — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke
* [[John Hencken]] — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke
* [[Jerry Heidenreich]] — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
* [[Robin Backhouse]] — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
* [[Steven Furniss]] — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
* [[Keena Rothhammer]] — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle
* [[Susan Atwood]] — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke
* [[Ellie Daniel]] — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly
* [[Lynn Vidali]] — Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley
* [[Peter Asch]], [[Steven Barnett]], [[Bruce Bradley]], [[Stanley Cole]], [[James Ferguson (water polo)|James Ferguson]], [[Eric Lindroth]], [[John Parker (water polo)|John Parker]], [[Gary Sheerer]], [[James Slatton]], [[Russell Webb]], and [[Barry Weitzenberg]] — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition
* [[Chris Taylor (wrestler)|Chris Taylor]] — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight
* [[Donald Cohan]], [[Charles Horter]], and [[John Marshall]] — Sailing, Men's Dragon Team Competition
* [[Peter Dean (sailor)|Peter Dean]] and [[Glen Foster (sailor)|Glen Foster]] — Sailing, Men's Tempest Team Competition
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==Results by event==
===[[Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Archery]]===
In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, the United States entered three men and three women. They took home both of the gold medals as well as a pair of 5th-place finishes.
'''Men's Individual Competition:'''
* [[John Williams (archer)|John Williams]] — 2528 points (→ [[Image:Med_1.png|Gold]] '''Gold Medal''')
* [[Edwin Eliason]] — 2438 points (→ 5th place)
* [[Dennis McComak]] — 2398 points (→ 11th place)
'''Women's Individual Competition:'''
* [[Doreen Wilber]] — 2424 points (→ [[Image:Med_1.png|Gold]] '''Gold Medal''')
* [[Linda Myers]] — 2385 points (→ 5th place)
* [[Maureen Bechdolt]] — 2218 points (→ 28th place)
===[[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]===
'''Men's 800 metres'''
*[[Dave Wottle]]
:* Heat — 1:47.6
:* Semifinals — 1:48.7
:* Final — 1:45.9 (→ [[Image:Med_1.png]] '''Gold Medal''')
*[[Kenneth Swenson]]
:* Heat — 1:51.1
:* Semifinals — DNF (→ did not advance)
*[[Richard Wohlhuter]]
:* Heat — 1:49.4 (→ did not advance)
'''Men's 1500 metres'''
*[[James Ryun]]
:* Heat — 3:51.5 (→ did not advance)
*[[Dave Wottle]]
:* Heat — 3:40.7
:* Semifinals — 3:41.6 (→ did not advance)
*[[Robert Wheeler]]
:* Heat — 3:41.3
:* Semifinals — 3:40.4 (→ did not advance)
'''Men's 5000 metres'''
*[[George Young (athlete)|George Young]]
:* Heat — 13:41.2 (→ did not advance)
*[[Steve Prefontaine]]
:*Heat — 13:32.6
:*Finals — 13:28.25(→4th)
*[[Leonard Hilton]]
:* Heat — 14:07.2 (→ did not advance)
'''Men's 10000 metres'''
*[[Frank Shorter]]
*[[Jeff Galloway]]
*[[Jon Anderson (runner)|Jon Anderson]]
:* Heat — 28:34.2 (→ did not advance)
'''Men's 4x100m Relay'''
*[[Larry Black]], [[Robert Taylor (athlete)|Robert Taylor]], [[Gerald Tinker]], and [[Edward Hart]]
:* Heat — 38.96s
:* Semifinals — 38.54s
:* Final — 38.19s (→ [[Image:Med_1.png]] '''Gold Medal''')
'''Men's High Jump'''
*[[Dwight Stones]]
:* Qualifying Round — 2.15m
:* Final — 2.21m (→ [[Image:Med_3.png]] '''Bronze Medal''')
*[[Christopher Dunn]]
:* Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)
*[[Ronnie Jourdan]]
:* Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)
===[[Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Boxing]]===
'''Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)'''
*[[Davey Armstrong]]
:* First Round — Defeated [[Arif Dorgu]] (TUR), 4:1
:* Second Round — Lost to [[Enrique Rodríguez]] (ESP), 0:5
'''Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)'''
*[[Reggie Jones]]
:* First Round — Bye
:* Second Round — Lost to [[Valeri Tregubov]] (URS), 2:3
'''Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)'''
*[[Duane Bobick]]
:* First Round — Defeated [[Yuri Nesterov]] (URS), 5:0
:* Quarterfinals — Lost to [[Teófilo Stevenson]] (CUB), TKO-3
===[[Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Cycling]]===
====Road Competition====
'''Men's Individual Road Race'''
* [[John Howard (cyclist)|John Howard]] — 61st place
* [[John Allis]] — 63rd place
* [[Emile Waldteufel (cyclist)|Emile Waldteufel]] — did not finish (→ no ranking)
* [[Robert Schneider (cyclist)|Robert Schneider]] — did not finish (→ no ranking)
====Track Competition====
'''Men's 1.000m Time Trial'''
*[[Steven Woznick]]
:* Final — 1:08.56 (→ 12th place)
'''Men's Tandem'''
* [[Jeffrey Spencer]] and [[Ralph Therrio]] → 13th place
===[[Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Diving]]===
'''Men's 3 m Springboard'''
* [[Craig Howard Lincoln]] - 577.29 points (→ [[Image:Med_3.png]] '''Bronze Medal'''
* [[Michael Finneran (athlete)|Michael Finneran]] - 557.34 points (→ 5th place)
* [[David Bush (diver)|David Bush]] - 327.06 points (→ 20th place)
'''Men's 10 m Platform'''
* [[Richard Rydze]] - 480.75 points (→ [[Image:Med_2.png]] '''Silver Medal''')
* [[Richard Early]] - 462.45 points (→ 6th place)
* [[Michael Finneran]] - 439.47 points (→ 9th place)
'''Women's 3 m Springboard'''
* [[Maxine Joyce King]] - 450.03 points (→ [[Image:Med_1.png]] '''Gold Medal''')
* [[Janet Ely]] - 420.99 points (→ 4th place)
* [[Cynthia Potter]] - 413.58 (→ 7th place)
'''Women's 10 m Platform'''
* Janet Ely - 352.68 points (→ 4th place)
* Maxine Joyce King - 346.38 points (→ 5th place)
* Cynthia Potter - 173.82 points (→ 21st place)
===[[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Football]]===
*'''First Round (Group A)'''
:* Morocco 0-0 United States
:* Malaysia 3-0 United States
:* West Germany 7-0 United States → '''did not advance, 14th place over-all'''
*'''Team Roster'''
:* [[Mike Ivanow]] ([[goalkeeper (football)|GK]])
:* [[Casey Bahr]]
:* [[John Bocwinski]]
:* [[Horst Stemke]]
:* [[Neil Stam]]
:* [[Archie Roboostoff]]
:* [[Mike Seerey]]
:* [[John Carenza]]
:* [[Buzz Demling]]
:* [[Manuel Hernandez (soccer)|Manuel Hernandez]]
:* [[Hugo Salcedo]]
:* [[Al Trost]]
:* [[Joe Hamm]]
:* [[Steve Gay]]
:* [[Shep Messing]] ([[goalkeeper (football)|GK]])
:* [[Wally Ziaja]]
:* [[Mike Flater]]
:* [[Michael Margulis]]
:* [[James Zylker]]
* Coach: [[Bob Guelker]]
===[[Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Handball]]===
The United States, which had lost all three of its games in the [[Handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics|first Olympic handball tournament]], fared no better in the first round of the second tournament. The Americans lost to [[Hungary at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Hungary]], [[Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Yugoslavia]], and [[Japan at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Japan]] to finish last place in the division, sending them to the thirteenth- to sixteenth-place consolation round. There, they finally got their first handball win over [[Spain at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Spain]] before being defeated by [[Denmark at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Denmark]].
'''Men's Team Competition:'''
* United States - 14th place (1-4-0)
* Roster - [[Richard Abrahamson]], [[Fletcher Abram Jr.]], [[Roger Baker]], [[Dennis Berkholtz]], [[Larry Caton]], [[Vincent Dicalogery]], [[Elmer Edes]], [[Thomas Hardiman]], [[Rudolph Matthews]], [[Sandor Rivnyak]], [[James Rogers (team handball)|James Rogers]], [[Richard Schlesinger]], [[Kevin Serrapede]], [[Robert Sparks]], [[Joel Voelkert]], and [[Harry Winkler]]
===[[Modern Pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Modern Pentathlon]]===
'''Men's Individual Competition:'''
* [[Charles Richards (modern pentathlon)|Charles Richards]] — 5074 points (→ 9th place)
* [[John Fitzgerald (modern pentathlon)|John Fitzgerald]] — 5070 points (→ 11th place)
* [[Scott Taylor (modern pentathlon)|Scott Taylor]] — 4656 points (→ 29th place)
'''Men's Team Competition:'''
* Richards, Fitzgerald, and Taylor — 14802 points (→ 4th place)
===[[Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Rowing]]===
'''Men's Single Sculls'''
*[[James Deitz]]
:*Heat — 7:57.58
:*Repechage — 7:59.13
:*Semi Finals — 8:21.54
:*Final — 7:24.81 (→ 5th place)
'''Men's Coxed Pairs'''
*[[Luther Jones]], [[Michael Staines]] and [[Aaron Herman]]
:*Heat — 7:50.00
:*Semi Finals — 8:25.40
:*B-Final — 8:04.80 (→ 11th place)
===[[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Swimming]]===
'''Men's 100m Freestyle'''
*[[Mark Spitz]]
:* Heat — 52.46s
:* Semifinals — 52.43s
:* Final — 51.22s (→ [[Image:Med_1.png]] '''Gold Medal''')
*[[Jerry Heidenreich]]
:* Heat — 52.38s
:* Semifinals — 52.31s
:* Final — 51.65s (→ [[Image:Med_2.png]] '''Silver Medal''')
*[[John Murphy (swimmer)|John Murphy]]
:* Heat — 53.07s
:* Semifinals — 53.17s
:* Final — 52.08s (→ 4th place)
'''Men's 200m Freestyle'''
*[[Mark Spitz]]
:* Heat — 1:55.29
:* Final — 1:52.78 (→ [[Image:Med_1.png]] '''Gold Medal''')
*[[Steve Genter]]
:* Heat — 1:55.42
:* Final — 1:53.73 (→ [[Image:Med_2.png]] '''Silver Medal''')
*[[Fred Tyler]]
:* Heat — 1:56.04
:* Final — 1:54.96 (→ 5th place)
'''Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay'''
*[[Dave Fairbank]], [[Gary Conelly]], [[Jerry Heidenreich]], and [[David Edgar]]
:* Heat — 3:28.84
*[[David Edgar]], [[John Murphy (swimmer)|John Murphy]], [[Jerry Heidenreich]], and [[Mark Spitz]]
:* Final — 3:26.42 (→ [[Image:Med_1.png]] '''Gold Medal''')
'''Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay'''
*[[Gary Conelly]], [[Tom McBreen]], [[Michael Burton]], and [[John Kinsella]]
:* Heat — 8:03.98
*[[John Kinsella]], [[Fred Tyler]], [[Steve Genter]], and [[Mark Spitz]]
:* Final — 7:35.78 (→ [[Image:Med_1.png]] '''Gold Medal''')
===[[Water Polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Water Polo]]===
====Men's Team Competition====
*'''Preliminary Round (Group A)'''
:* Defeated Romania (4-3)
:* Defeated Cuba (7-6)
:* Defeated Canada (8-1)
:* Defeated Mexico (7-5)
:* Defeated Yugoslavia (5-3)
*'''Final Round (Group I)'''
:* Drew with West Germany (4-4)
:* Lost to Hungary (3-5)
:* Drew with Soviet Union (6-6)
:* Defeated Italy (6-5) → [[Image:Med_3.png]] '''Bronze Medal'''
*'''Team Roster'''
:* [[Peter Asch]]
:* [[Steven Barnett]]
:* [[Bruce Bradley]]
:* [[Stanley Cole]]
:* [[James Ferguson (water polo)|James Ferguson]]
:* [[Eric Lindroth]]
:* [[John Parker (water polo)|John Parker]]
:* [[Gary Sheerer]]
:* [[James Slatton]]
:* [[Russell Webb]]
:* [[Barry Weitzenberg]]
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===[[Water Skiing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Water Skiing (demonstration sport)]]===
'''Men's slalom:'''
* '''[[Wayne Grimditch]] - 38.5 points, silver medal'''
* [[Ricky McCormick]] - 27.5 points, 9th place
'''Men's Figure skiing:'''
* '''Ricky McCormick - 5340 points, gold medal'''
* '''Wayne Grimditch - 4510 points, silver medal'''
'''Men's Jump:'''
* '''Ricky McCormick - 43.75 points, gold medal'''
* Wayne Grimditch - 30.15 points, 14th place
'''Women's Slalom:'''
* '''[[Liz Allen-Shetter]] - 35.0 points, gold medal'''
'''Women's Figure skiing:'''
* Liz Allen-Shetter - 1550 points, 5th place
'''Women's Jump:'''
* '''Liz Allen-Shetter - 25.70 points, bronze medal'''
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