Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
- Malcolm Windeatt
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- Heat — 54.70s (→ did not advance)
- Brian Brinkley
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- Heat — 55.06s (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
- John Mills
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- Heat — 2:00.17 (→ did not advance)
- Brian Brinkley
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- Heat — 1:56.99 (→ did not advance)
- Michael Bailey
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- Heat — 2:00.79 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Brian Brinkley, John Mills, Michael Bailey, and Colin Cunningham
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- Heat — 7:58.33
- Final — 7:55.59 (→ 8th place)
Read more about this topic: Great Britain At The 1972 Summer Olympics
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