Canada competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, 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 Canadian flag 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 – Swimming, men's 100m Butterfly
Leslie Cliff – Swimming, women's 400m Individual Medley
Bronze
Donna Gurr – Swimming, women's 200m Backstroke
Erik Fish, William Mahony, Bruce Robertson, and Robert Kasting – Swimming, men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay David Miller, John Ekels, and Paul Cote – Sailing, 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) Marjory Saunders – 2192 points (→ 32nd place) Viola Muir – 1955 points (→ 39th place)
Athletics
Men's 1,500 metres
Kenneth Elmer
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) John Hawkins Qualifying Round – 2.15m Final – 2.15m (→ 9th place) Richard Cuttell Qualification Round – 2.09m (→ did not advance)
Boxing
Men's flyweight (– 51 kg) Chris Ius First round – bye Second round – defeated Ali Ouabbou (MAR), 3:2 Third Round – lost to Georgi Kostadinov (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) Carroll Morgan First round – defeated Fatai Ayinla (NGA), 3:2 Quarterfinals – lost to Hasse Thomsén (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
Jocelyn Lovell
Final – 1:09.03 (→ 15th place)
Individual pursuit
Ron Hayman
Individual pursuit
Jocelyn Lovell
Brian Keast
Ron Hayman
Ed McRae
Diving
Men's 3m springboard
Scott Cranham – 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
Beverly Boys – 418.89 points (→ 5th place) Teri York – 247.14 points (→ 19th place) Elizabeth Carruthers – 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)