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competed at the

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. 33 competitors, 21 men and 12 women, took part in 27 events in 6 sports.

Medalists

Athletics

Men's 800 metres *

Byron Dyce Byron Dyce (born 27 March 1948) is a Jamaican former middle-distance runner who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He is still the current Jamaican National Record holder in the Mile and 1000 metres. He still ...

:* Heat — 1:48.0 (→ did not advance) Men's 1500 metres *

:* Heat — 3:45.9 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Relay * Michael Fray,

Donald Quarrie Donald O'Riley Quarrie CD (born 25 February 1951) is a Jamaican former track and field athlete, one of the world's top sprinters during the 1970s. At the 1976 Summer Olympics he was the gold medallist in the Olympic 200 meters and silver med ...

Lennox Miller Lennox Valencia Miller (8 October 1946 in Kingston, Jamaica – 8 November 2004 in Pasadena, California) was a champion runner and father of Inger Miller. Representing Jamaica, Miller won the silver medal in the 100 meters in the 1968 Summ ...

, and Horace Levy :* Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Cycling

Six cyclists represented Jamaica in 1972. ; Individual road race * Howard Fenton — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Michael Lecky — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Radcliffe Lawrence — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Xavier Mirander — did not finish (→ no ranking) ; Sprint * Honson Chin * Maurice Hugh-Sam ; 1000m time trial * Howard Fenton :* Final — 1:12.64 (→ 26th place) ;

Tandem Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...

* Honson Chin and Howard Fenton → 11th place ;

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

* Michael Lecky ;

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

* Radcliffe Lawrence * Howard Fenton * Maurice Hugh-Sam * Michael Lecky

Diving

Women's 3m Springboard * Betsy Sullivan — 210.39 points (→ 29th place)

Sailing

Swimming

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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