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competed at the

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, 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

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was raised at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Canada finished in 27th position in the final medal rankings, with two silver medals and three bronze medals.

Silver

* Bruce Robertson –

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, men's 100m Butterfly * Leslie Cliff –

, women's 400m Individual Medley

Bronze

* Donna Gurr –

, women's 200m Backstroke * Erik Fish, William Mahony, Bruce Robertson, and

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–

, men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * David Miller, John Ekels, and Paul Cote –

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, 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) *

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– 2192 points (→ 32nd place) * Viola Muir – 1955 points (→ 39th place)

Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres *

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** 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) *

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** Qualifying Round – 2.15m ** Final – 2.15m (→ 9th place) * Richard Cuttell ** 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

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(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) *

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** First round – defeated Fatai Ayinla (NGA), 3:2 ** Quarterfinals – lost to

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(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 *

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** Final – 1:09.03 (→ 15th place) ;

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;

* Brian Keast *

* Ed McRae

Diving

Men's 3m springboard *

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– 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 *

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– 418.89 points (→ 5th place) * Teri York – 247.14 points (→ 19th place) *

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– 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

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. ;

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* Jules Sobrian * William Hare ;

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* Edward Jans * Jules Sobrian ; 50 m rifle, three positions * Alf Mayer * Arne Sorensen ; 50 m rifle, prone * Alf Mayer * Gil Boa ;

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* John Primrose * James Platz ;

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* Bruno De Costa * Donald Sanderlin

Swimming

Men's 100m freestyle * Brian Phillips ** Heat – 53.75s ** Semifinals – 53.73s (→ did not advance) *

** Heat – 54.07s ** Semifinals – 53.62s (→ did not advance) * Bruce Robertson ** Heat – 54.76s (→ did not advance) Men's 200m freestyle *

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** 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

** Heat – 3:35.64 * Bruce Robertson, Brian Phillips, Tim Bach, and

** Final – 3:33.20 (→ 5th place) Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle Relay *

, Deane Buckboro, Ian MacKenzie and Brian Phillips ** Heat – 7:57.69 * Bruce Robertson, Brian Phillips, Ian MacKenzie, and

** 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 **

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** David Hart ** Gabor Csepregi ** Guy Leclerc

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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