Great Britain at The 1972 Summer Olympics - Athletics

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Brian Green

• Heat, Round 1— 10.41
• Heat, Round 2— 10.58
• Semifinals — 10.52 (→ did not advance)

• Leslie Piggott

• Heat, Round 1— 10.54
• Heat, Round 2— 10.53 (→ did not advance)

• Donald Halliday

• Heat, Round 1— 10.58
• Heat, Round 2— 10.60 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Brian Green

• Heat, Round 1— 21.26
• Heat, Round 2— 21.41 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

• Martin Reynolds

• Heat, Round 1— 46.46
• Heat, Round 2— 46.11
• Semifinals — 46.71 (→ did not advance)

• David Jenkins

• Heat, Round 1— 46.15
• Heat, Round 2— 45.99
• Semifinals — 45.91 (→ did not advance)

• Gary Armstrong

• Heat, Round 1— 46.48
• Heat, Round 2— 47.10 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Andy Carter

• Heat — 1:47.6
• Semifinals — 1:46.5
• Final — 1:46.6 (→ 6th place)

• David Cropper

• Heat — 1:47.5
• Semifinals — 1:48.4 (→ did not advance)

• Colin Campbell

• Heat — 1:54.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Brendan Foster

• Heat — 3:40.8
• Semifinals — 3:38.2
• Final — 3:39.0 (→ 5th place)

• Raymond Smedley

• Heat — 3:42.1
• Semifinals — 3:45.8 (→ did not advance)

• John Kirkbride

• Heat — 3:45.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

• Ian Stewart

• Heat — 13:33.0
• Final — 13:27.6 (→ 3rd place)

• lan McCafferty

• Heat — 13:38.2
• Final — 13:43.2 (→ 11th place)

• David Bedford

• Heat — 13:49.8
• Final — 13:43.2 (→ 12th place)

Men's 10000 metres

• David Bedford

• Heat — 27:53.6
• Final — 28:05.4(→ 6th place)

• Lachie Stewart

• Heat — 28:31.4 (→ did not advance)

• David Holt

• Heat — 28:46.8(→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Ron Hill 2:16:30.6 (→ 6th place)

• Donald MacGregor 2:16:34.4 (→ 7th place)

• Colin Kirkham 2:21:54.8 (→ 20th place)

Men's 110m Hurdles

• Alan Pascoe

• Heat — 14.08
• Semifinals — 14.24 (→ did not advance)

• Berwyn Price

• Heat — 13.94
• Semifinals — 14.37 (→ did not advance)

• David Wilson

• Heat — 14.31 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdlles

• David Hemery

• Heat — 49.72
• Semifinals — 49.66
• Final — 48.52 (→ 3rd place)

Men's 3000m Steeplechase

• Andrew Holden

• Heat — 8:33.8 (→ did not advance)

• Stephen Hollings

• Heat — 8:35.0 (→ did not advance)

• John Bicourt

• Heat — 8:38.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay

• Berwyn Price, Donald Halliday, David Dear, and Brian Green

• Heat — 39.63

• Leslie Piggott, Donald Halliday, David Dear, and Brian Green

• Semifinals — 39.47 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400m Relay

• Martin Reynolds, Alan Pascoe, David Hemery and David Jenkins

• Semifinals — 3:01.3
• Final — 3:00.5 (→ 2nd place)

Men's Long Jump

• Alan Lerwill

• Qualification — 7.86
• Final — 7.91 (→ 7th place)

• Lynn Davies

• Qualification — 7.64 (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

• Michael Bull

• Qualification — 4.80 (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Geoff Capes

• Qualification — 18.94 (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus

• William Tancred

• Qualification — 57.24 (→ did not advance)

• John Watts

• Qualification — 53.86 (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin

• David Travis

• Qualification — 74.68 (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Barry Williams

• Qualification — 66.32
• Final — 68.18 (→ 16th place)

• Howard Payne

• Qualification — 64.56 (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

• Barry King 7468 points (→ 15th place)

• Peter Gabbett DNF

Men's 20 km Walk

• Paul Nihill 1:28:44.4 (→ 6th place)

• Philip Embleton 1:33:22.2 (→ 14th place)

• Peter Marlow 1:35:38.8 (→ 17th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Paul Nihill 4:14:09.4 (→ 9th place)

• John Warhurst 4:23:21.6 (→ 18th place)

• Howard Timms 4:34:43.8 (→ 25th place)

Women's 100 metres

• Andrea Lynch

• Heat, Round 1— 11.52
• Heat, Round 2— 11.57
• Semifinals — 11.64(→ did not advance)

• Anita Neil

• Heat, Round 1— 11.55
• Heat, Round 2— 11.58 (→ did not advance)

• Sonia Lannaman

• Heat, Round 1— 11.45
• Heat, Round 2— 11.72 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 metres

• Donna Murray

• Heat, Round 1— 23.76
• Heat, Round 2— 23.69
• Semifinals — 24.03 (→ did not advance)

• Delia Pascoe

• Heat, Round 1— 23.97
• Heat, Round 2— 23.72 (→ did not advance)

• Margaret Critchley

• Heat, Round 1— 24.04
• Heat, Round 2— 24.05 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 metres

• Jannette Roscoe

• Heat, Round 1— 53.67
• Heat, Round 2— 53.01 (→ did not advance)

• Verona Bernard

• Heat, Round 1— 53.31
• Heat, Round 2— 53.29 (→ did not advance)

• Janet Simpson

• Heat, Round 1— 54.13 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

• Rosemary Stirling

• Heat — 2:03.6
• Semifinals — 2:02.4
• Final — 2:00.2 (→ 7th place)

• Margaret Coomber

• Heat — 2:03.0 (→ did not advance)

• Patricia Cropper

• Heat — 2:03.6 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1500 metres

• Sheila Carey

• Heat — 4:13.0
• Semifinals — 4:07.4
• Final — 4:04.8 (→ 5th place)

• Joyce Smith

• Heat — 4:11.3
• Semifinals — 4:09.4 (→ did not advance)

• Joan Allison

• Heat — 4:14.9 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100m hurdles

• Judith Vernon

• Heat — 13.37 (→ did not advance)

• Ann Wilson

• Heat — 13.53 (→ did not advance)