American athletes at the Munich 1972 Olympics* |
 
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Event |
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Athletes |
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 Archery | |||||
| Individual M | | USA | John Williams | ||
| Dennis McComak | |||||
| Edwin Eliason | |||||
| Individual W | | USA | Doreen Wilber | ||
| Linda Myers | |||||
| Maureen Bechdolt | |||||
 Athletics | |||||
| 100 m M | | USA | Robert Taylor | ||
| Reynaud Robinson | |||||
| Eddie Hart | |||||
| 200 m M | | USA | Chuck Smith | ||
| Lawrence Burton | |||||
| Larry Black | |||||
| 400 m M | | USA | Vincent Matthews | ||
| John Smith | |||||
| Wayne Collett | |||||
| 800 m M | | USA | Kenneth Swenson | ||
| David Wottle | |||||
| Richard Wohlhuter | |||||
| 1500 m M | | USA | Robert Wheeler | ||
| David Wottle | |||||
| James Ryun | |||||
| 5000 m M | | USA | Leonard Hilton | ||
| Steve Prefontaine | |||||
| George Young | |||||
| 10000 m M | | USA | Jeff Galloway | ||
| Jon Anderson | |||||
| Frank Shorter | |||||
| Marathon M | | USA | Jack Bacheler | ||
| Kenneth Moore | |||||
| Frank Shorter | |||||
| 110 m hurdles M | | USA | Willie Davenport | ||
| Thomas Hill | |||||
| Rodney Milburn | |||||
| 400 m hurdles M | | USA | James Seymour | ||
| Ralph Mann | |||||
| Richard Bruggeman | |||||
| 3000 m steeplechase M | | USA | Charles Douglas Brown | ||
| Michael Manley | |||||
| Stephen Savage | |||||
| 4x100 m M | | USA | Robert Taylor | ||
| Gerald Tinker | |||||
| Larry Black | |||||
| Eddie Hart | |||||
| 4x400 m M | | USA | Maurice Peoples | ||
| Lee Evans | |||||
| Tommie Turner | |||||
| John Smith | |||||
| 20 km walk M | | USA | Goetz Klopfer | ||
| Thomas Dooley | |||||
| Larry Young | |||||
| 50 km walk M | | USA | Steven Hayden | ||
| William Weigle | |||||
| Larry Young | |||||
| High jump M | | USA | Christopher Dunn | ||
| Dwight Stones | |||||
| Ronnie Jourdan | |||||
| Pole vault M | | USA | Stephen Smith | ||
| Jan Johnson | |||||
| Robert Seagren | |||||
| Long jump M | | USA | Preston Carrington | ||
| Randy Williams | |||||
| Arnie Robinson | |||||
| Triple jump M | | USA | John Craft | ||
| Arthur Walker | |||||
| David Smith | |||||
| Shot put M | | USA | George Woods | ||
| Al Feuerbach | |||||
| Brian Oldfield | |||||
| Discus throw M | | USA | Tim Vollmer | ||
| Jay Silvester | |||||
| John Powell | |||||
| Hammer throw M | | USA | Thomas Gage | ||
| George Frenn | |||||
| Albert Schoterman | |||||
| Javelin throw M | | USA | Milton Sonsky | ||
| Frederick Luke | |||||
| William Schmidt | |||||
| Decathlon M | | USA | Jeff Bennett | ||
| Bruce Jenner | |||||
| Jeffrey Bannister | |||||
| 100 m W | | USA | Barbara Ferrell | ||
| Iris Davis | |||||
| Mattline Render | |||||
| 200 m W | | USA | Pam Greene | ||
| Barbara Ferrell | |||||
| Jackie Thompson | |||||
| 400 m W | | USA | Mable Fergerson | ||
| Kathy Hammond | |||||
| Deborah Edwards | |||||
| 800 m W | | USA | Cheryl Toussaint | ||
| Madeline Manning | |||||
| Wendy Koenig | |||||
| 1500 m W | | USA | Francie Larrieu | ||
| Francie Kraker | |||||
| 100 m hurdles W | | USA | Lacey O'Neil | ||
| Mamie Rallins | |||||
| Patty Johnson | |||||
| 4x100 m W | | USA | Mildred Netter | ||
| Iris Davis | |||||
| Martha Rae Watson | |||||
| Mattline Render | |||||
| 4x400 m W | | USA | Madeline Manning | ||
| Cheryl Toussaint | |||||
| Kathy Hammond | |||||
| Mable Fergerson | |||||
| High jump W | | USA | Sandi Goldsberry | ||
| Cindy Gilbert | |||||
| Deanne Wilson | |||||
| Long jump W | | USA | Willie White | ||
| Kim Attlesey | |||||
| Martha Rae Watson | |||||
| Shot put W | | USA | Jan Svendsen | ||
| Maren Seidler | |||||
| Discus throw W | | USA | Olga Connolly | ||
| Javelin throw W | | USA | Roberta Brown | ||
| Sherry Calvert | |||||
| Kathy Schmidt | |||||
| Pentathlon W | | USA | Gale Fitzgerald | ||
| Jane Frederick | |||||
 Basketball | |||||
| Basketball M | | USA | Dwight Jones | ||
| Kenneth Davis | |||||
| Michael Bantom | |||||
| Ed Ratleff | |||||
| Douglas Collins | |||||
| Kevin Joyce | |||||
| Tommy Burleson | |||||
| James Forbes | |||||
| Thomas McMillen | |||||
| Robert Jones | |||||
| James Brewer | |||||
| Thomas Henderson | |||||
 Boxing | |||||
| Light-flyweight M | | USA | Davey Armstrong | ||
| Flyweight M | | USA | Tim Dement | ||
| Bantamweight M | | USA | Ricardo Carreras | ||
| Featherweight M | | USA | Louis Self | ||
| Lightweight M | | USA | James Busceme | ||
| Light-welterweight M | | USA | Ray Seales | ||
| Welterweight M | | USA | Jesse Valdez | ||
| Light-middleweight M | | USA | Reggie Jones | ||
| Middleweight M | | USA | Marvin Johnson | ||
| Light-heavyweight M | | USA | Raymond Russell | ||
| Heavyweight M | | USA | Duane Bobick | ||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Canoe & Kayak | |||||
| K1 500 m W | | USA | Marcia Smoke | ||
| K2 500 m W | | USA | Linda Murray | ||
| Nancy Purves | |||||
| K1 1000 m M | | USA | Robert Mitchell | ||
| K2 1000 m M | | USA | John Brosius | ||
| Alan Whitney | |||||
| K4 1000 m M | | USA | Jerry Welborn | ||
| Stephen Kelly | |||||
| Philip Rogosheske | |||||
| John Van Dyke | |||||
| C1 1000 m M | | USA | Andras Törö | ||
| C2 1000 m M | | USA | Andreas Weigand | ||
| Roland Muhlen | |||||
| K1 slalom W | | USA | Lyn Ashton | ||
| Louise Holcombe | |||||
| Cynthia Goodwin | |||||
| K1 slalom M | | USA | Sandy Campbell | ||
| Eric Evans | |||||
| John Holland | |||||
| C1 slalom M | | USA | Wickliffe Walker | ||
| Angus Morrison | |||||
| James McEwan | |||||
| C2 slalom M | | USA | Russ Nichols | ||
| John Burton | |||||
| John Evans | |||||
| Tom Southworth | |||||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Cycling | |||||
| Road race M | | USA | Robert Schneider | ||
| Emile Waldteufel | |||||
| John Allis | |||||
| John Howard | |||||
| Road race team M | | USA | John Howard | ||
| Ronald Skarin | |||||
| Wayne Stetina | |||||
| Richard Ball | |||||
| Individual pursuit M | | USA | John Van De Velde | ||
| 1000 m time trial M | | USA | Steven Woznick | ||
 Diving | |||||
| Springboard M | | USA | Michael Finneran | ||
| David Bush | |||||
| Craig Lincoln | |||||
| Springboard W | | USA | Cynthia Potter | ||
| Janet Ely | |||||
| Micki King | |||||
| Platform M | | USA | Richard Early | ||
| Richard Rydze | |||||
| Michael Finneran | |||||
| Platform W | | USA | Micki King | ||
| Cynthia Potter | |||||
| Janet Ely | |||||
 Equestrian | |||||
| Dressage individual | | USA | John Winnett | ||
| Lois Stephens | |||||
| Edith Master | |||||
| Dressage team | | USA | Lois Stephens | ||
| Edith Master | |||||
| John Winnett | |||||
| Eventing individual | | USA | Kevin Freeman | ||
| Michael Plumb | |||||
| Bruce Davidson | |||||
| Eventing team | | USA | Michael Plumb | ||
| Kevin Freeman | |||||
| Bruce Davidson | |||||
| Jumping individual | | USA | Kathryn Kusner | ||
| Neal Shapiro | |||||
| Jumping team | | USA | William Steinkraus | ||
| Frank Chapot | |||||
| Kathryn Kusner | |||||
| Neal Shapiro | |||||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Gymnastics | |||||
| Team W | | USA | Cathy Rigby | ||
| Joan Moore | |||||
| Kimberly Chase | |||||
| Linda Metheny | |||||
| Nancy Thies | |||||
| Roxanne Pierce | |||||
| Team M | | USA | Marshall Avener | ||
| George Greenfield | |||||
| James Culhane | |||||
| Steven Hug | |||||
| John Crosby | |||||
| Makoto Sakamoto | |||||
 Modern Pentathlon | |||||
| Individual M | | USA | Scott Taylor | ||
| Charles Richards | |||||
| John Fitzgerald | |||||
| Team M | | USA | Charles Richards | ||
| Scott Taylor | |||||
| John Fitzgerald | |||||
 Rowing | |||||
| Single sculls M | | USA | James Dietz | ||
| Double sculls M | | USA | John Van Blom | ||
| Thomas McKibbon | |||||
| Pair without coxswain M | | USA | Richard Lyon | ||
| Lawrence Hough | |||||
| Pair with coxswain M | | USA | Luther Jones | ||
| Aaron Herman | |||||
| Michael Staines | |||||
| Four with coxswain M | | USA | Michael Vespoli | ||
| Charles Ruthford | |||||
| Stewart Mcdonald | |||||
| Chad Rudolph | |||||
| David Sawyer | |||||
| Eight with coxswain M | | USA | Fritz Hobbs | ||
| Paul Hoffman | |||||
| Cleve Livingston | |||||
| Eugene Clapp | |||||
| Peter Raymond | |||||
| Lawrence Terry | |||||
| Michael Livingston | |||||
| William Hobbs | |||||
| Timothy Mickelson | |||||
 Sailing | |||||
| Soling | | USA | William Bentsen | ||
| William Allen | |||||
| Harry Buddy Melges | |||||
| Tempest | | USA | Peter Dean | ||
| Glen Foster | |||||
| Dragon | | USA | John Marshall | ||
| Donald Cohan | |||||
| Charles Horter | |||||
| Star | | USA | Alan Holt | ||
| Richard Gates | |||||
| Finn M | | USA | Edward Bennett | ||
| Flying Dutchman | | USA | Timothy Stearn | ||
| Scott Allan | |||||
 Shooting | |||||
| Rifle three positions | | USA | Lanny Bassham | ||
| John Writer | |||||
| Rifle prone | | USA | Lones Wigger | ||
| Victor Auer | |||||
| Free rifle | | USA | Lones Wigger | ||
| Lanny Bassham | |||||
| Moving target | | USA | Edmund Moeller | ||
| Charles Davis | |||||
| Rapid fire pistol | | USA | James McNally | ||
| Trap | | USA | James Poindexter | ||
| Skeet | | USA | Jack Johnson | ||
 Swimming | |||||
| 100 m freestyle W | | USA | Shirley Babashoff | ||
| Sandra Neilson | |||||
| Jennifer Kemp | |||||
| 100 m freestyle M | | USA | John Murphy | ||
| Jerry Heidenreich | |||||
| Mark Spitz | |||||
| 200 m freestyle W | | USA | Shirley Babashoff | ||
| Ann Marshall | |||||
| Keena Rothhammer | |||||
| 200 m freestyle M | | USA | Frederick Tyler | ||
| Steven Genter | |||||
| Mark Spitz | |||||
| 400 m freestyle W | | USA | Shirley Babashoff | ||
| Jenny Wylie | |||||
| Keena Rothhammer | |||||
| 400 m freestyle M | | USA | Steven Genter | ||
| Rick DeMont | |||||
| Tom McBreen | |||||
| 800 m freestyle W | | USA | Jo Harshbarger | ||
| Ann Simmons | |||||
| Keena Rothhammer | |||||
| 1500 m freestyle M | | USA | Douglas Northway | ||
| Michael Burton | |||||
| Rick DeMont | |||||
| 100 m backstroke W | | USA | Karen Moe | ||
| Susan Atwood | |||||
| Melissa Belote | |||||
| 100 m backstroke M | | USA | Mitchel Ivey | ||
| Michael Stamm | |||||
| John Murphy | |||||
| 200 m backstroke W | | USA | Susan Atwood | ||
| Lynn Skrifvars | |||||
| Melissa Belote | |||||
| 200 m backstroke M | | USA | Tim McKee | ||
| Mitchel Ivey | |||||
| Michael Stamm | |||||
| 100 m breaststroke W | | USA | Lynn Vidali | ||
| Judith Melick | |||||
| Catherine Carr | |||||
| 100 m breaststroke M | | USA | Mark Chatfield | ||
| John Hencken | |||||
| Thomas Bruce | |||||
| 200 m breaststroke W | | USA | Claudia Clevenger | ||
| Dana Schoenfield | |||||
| Barbara Mitchell | |||||
| 200 m breaststroke M | | USA | Brian Job | ||
| John Hencken | |||||
| Rick Colella | |||||
| 100 m butterfly W | | USA | Ellie Daniel | ||
| Dana Schrader | |||||
| Deena Dearduff | |||||
| 100 m butterfly M | | USA | David Edgar | ||
| Jerry Heidenreich | |||||
| Mark Spitz | |||||
| 200 m butterfly W | | USA | Lynn Colella | ||
| Ellie Daniel | |||||
| Karen Moe | |||||
| 200 m butterfly M | | USA | Robin Backhaus | ||
| Gary Hall | |||||
| Mark Spitz | |||||
| 200 m medley W | | USA | Lynn Vidali | ||
| Carolyn Woods | |||||
| Jennifer Bartz | |||||
| 200 m medley M | | USA | Tim McKee | ||
| Gary Hall | |||||
| Steven Furniss | |||||
| 400 m medley W | | USA | Mary Montgomery | ||
| Jennifer Bartz | |||||
| Lynn Vidali | |||||
| 400 m medley M | | USA | Tim McKee | ||
| Gary Hall | |||||
| Steven Furniss | |||||
| 4x100 m freestyle W | | USA | Jennifer Kemp | ||
| Shirley Babashoff | |||||
| Lynn Skrifvars | |||||
| Jane Barkman | |||||
| Sandra Neilson | |||||
| Kim Peyton | |||||
| Ann Marshall | |||||
| 4x100 m freestyle M | | USA | David Edgar | ||
| Jerry Heidenreich | |||||
| David Fairbank | |||||
| John Murphy | |||||
| Mark Spitz | |||||
| Gary Conelly | |||||
| 4x200 m freestyle M | | USA | Tom McBreen | ||
| Steven Genter | |||||
| Gary Conelly | |||||
| Michael Burton | |||||
| Frederick Tyler | |||||
| Mark Spitz | |||||
| John Kinsella | |||||
| 4x100 m medley W | | USA | Deena Dearduff | ||
| Catherine Carr | |||||
| Sandra Neilson | |||||
| Shirley Babashoff | |||||
| Dana Shrader | |||||
| Susan Atwood | |||||
| Melissa Belote | |||||
| Judith Melick | |||||
| 4x100 m medley M | | USA | Jerry Heidenreich | ||
| Gary Hall | |||||
| Thomas Bruce | |||||
| Michael Stamm | |||||
| Mark Spitz | |||||
| David Fairbank | |||||
| John Hencken | |||||
| Mitchel Ivey | |||||
 Water Polo | |||||
| Water polo M | | USA | Bruce Bradley | ||
| Barry Weitzenberg | |||||
| Stanley Cole | |||||
| Eric Lindroth | |||||
| Steven Barnett | |||||
| Peter Asch | |||||
| Gary Sheerer | |||||
| Russell Webb | |||||
| James Slatton | |||||
| John Parker | |||||
| James Ferguson | |||||
 Weightlifting | |||||
| Lightweight M | | USA | Daniel Cantore | ||
| Middleweight M | | USA | Russell Knipp | ||
| Frederick Lowe | |||||
| Light-heavyweight M | | USA | Michael Karchut | ||
| Middle-heavyweight M | | USA | Patrick Holbrook | ||
| Philip Grippaldi | |||||
| Heavyweight M | | USA | Alan Ball | ||
| Frank Capsouras | |||||
| Super-heavyweight M | | USA | Kenneth Patera | ||
 Wrestling | |||||
| Freestyle light-flyweight M | | USA | Sergio Gonzalez | ||
| Freestyle bantamweight M | | USA | Richard Sanders | ||
| Freestyle lightweight M | | USA | Danny Gable | ||
| Freestyle welterweight M | | USA | Wayne Wells | ||
| Freestyle middleweight M | | USA | John Peterson | ||
| Freestyle light-heavyweight M | | USA | Benjamin Peterson | ||
| Freestyle super-heavyweight M | | USA | Chris Taylor | ||
| * The list of American athletes in the 1972 Olympic Games is not yet complete | |||||
| This information about American athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in Munich 1972 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||
