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Jamaica at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Jamaica at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Flag of Jamaica.svg
IOC codeJAM
NOCJamaica Olympic Association
Websitewww.joa.org.jm
in Munich
Competitors33 (21 men, 12 women) in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 43rd
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
British West Indies (1960)

Jamaica competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 33 competitors, 21 men and 12 women, took part in 27 events in 6 sports.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze Lennox Miller Athletics Men's 100 metres 1 September

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

  • Byron Dyce
  • Heat — 1:48.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Byron Dyce
  • Heat — 3:45.9 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

  • 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
  • Honson Chin and Howard Fenton → 11th place
Individual pursuit
  • Michael Lecky
Team pursuit
  • Radcliffe Lawrence
  • Howard Fenton
  • Maurice Hugh-Sam
  • Michael Lecky

Diving

Women's 3m Springboard

  • Betsy Sullivan — 210.39 points (→ 29th place)

Sailing

Swimming

References

  1. ^ "Jamaica at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.

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