This is a list of the gymnasts who represented their country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich from 26 August to 11 September 1972. Only one discipline, artistic gymnastics, was included in the Games.[1]

Female artistic gymnasts

Name Country Date of birth (Age)
Youngest competitor Krisztina Medveczky  Hungary 14 April 1958 (aged 14)
Oldest competitor Kayoko Saka  Japan 26 April 1944 (aged 28)
NOC Name Date of birth (Age) Hometown
 Australia Jennifer Sunderland 13 March 1954 (aged 18)
 Bulgaria Maya Blagoeva 25 July 1956 (aged 16) Kalenovtsi, Bulgaria
Elena Georgieva 26 January 1947 (aged 25) Godech, Bulgaria
Marieta Ilieva 13 December 1955 (aged 16) Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Irina Khitrova 29 October 1953 (aged 18) Ivaylovgrad, Bulgaria
Evdokia Pandezova 31 December 1947 (aged 24) Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Reneta Tsvetkova 19 November 1957 (aged 14) Ruse, Bulgaria
 Canada Lise Arsenault 14 December 1954 (aged 17) Cartierville, Quebec
Susan Buchanan 6 January 1952 (aged 20) Ottawa, Ontario
Jennifer Diachun 14 August 1953 (aged 19) Toronto, Ontario
Nancy McDonnell 26 March 1955 (aged 17) Toronto, Ontario
Teresa McDonnell 8 December 1953 (aged 18) Toronto, Ontario
Sharon Tsukamoto 10 August 1953 (aged 19) Toronto, Ontario
 Czechoslovakia Soňa Brázdová 17 February 1953 (aged 19) Zlín, Czechoslovakia
Zdena Bujnáčková 25 April 1955 (aged 17) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Zdena Dorňáková 25 June 1957 (aged 15) Valašské Meziříčí, Czechoslovakia
Hana Lišková 4 June 1952 (aged 20) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Marianna Némethová-Krajčírová 1 June 1948 (aged 24) Košice, Czechoslovakia
Marcela Váchová 16 June 1953 (aged 19) Brno, Czechoslovakia
 East Germany Irene Abel 12 February 1953 (aged 19) Berlin, East Germany
Angelika Hellmann 10 April 1954 (aged 18) Halle, East Germany
Karin Janz 17 February 1952 (aged 20) Lübben, East Germany
Richarda Schmeißer 20 August 1954 (aged 18) Zeitz, East Germany
Christine Schmitt 26 May 1953 (aged 19) Rostock, East Germany
Erika Zuchold 19 March 1947 (aged 25) Lucka, East Germany
 France Nadine Audin 3 April 1958 (aged 14) Montceau-les-Mines, France
Mireille Cayre 2 April 1947 (aged 25) Moulins, France
Catherine Daugé 13 October 1956 (aged 15)
Elvire Gertosio 20 May 1948 (aged 24)
Pascale Hermant 11 May 1957 (aged 15)
Véronique Tilmont 16 May 1955 (aged 17)
 Great Britain Barbara Alred 31 October 1953 (aged 18) Bradford, England
Pamela Hopkins 18 September 1953 (aged 18) Cardiff, Wales
Pamela Hutchinson 7 December 1953 (aged 18)
Avril Lennox 26 April 1956 (aged 16) Leicester, England
Yvonne Mugridge 27 April 1953 (aged 19) Sidcup, England
Elaine Willett 8 January 1956 (aged 16) Lewisham, England
 Hungary Ilona Békési 11 December 1953 (aged 18) Budapest, Hungary
Mónika Császár 17 November 1954 (aged 17) Budapest, Hungary
Márta Kelemen 17 September 1954 (aged 17) Budapest, Hungary
Anikó Kéry 31 March 1956 (aged 16) Budapest, Hungary
Krisztina Medveczky 14 April 1958 (aged 14) Budapest, Hungary
Zsuzsa Nagy 14 November 1951 (aged 20) Budapest, Hungary
 Italy Angela Alberti 4 February 1949 (aged 23) Covo, Italy
Cinzia Delisi 27 October 1956 (aged 15) São Paulo, Brazil
Maria Grazia Mancuso 19 August 1956 (aged 16) Venice, Italy
Gabriella Marchi 23 July 1956 (aged 16) Rimini, Italy
Rita Peri 22 May 1957 (aged 15) Novara, Italy
Monica Stefani 17 November 1957 (aged 14) Lucca, Italy
 Japan Kazue Hanyu 8 September 1950 (aged 21) Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Takako Hasegawa 1 January 1951 (aged 21)
Eiko Hirashima 7 October 1950 (aged 21)
Miyuki Matsuhisa 15 August 1945 (aged 27) Kyoto, Japan
Toshiko Miyamoto 4 January 1954 (aged 18)
Kayoko Saka 26 April 1944 (aged 28) Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
 Mexico Hilda Amezaga 30 April 1954 (aged 18)
Ana María Casas 24 December 1955 (aged 16)
Patricia García 18 January 1957 (aged 15)
María Antonieta Hernández 25 March 1958 (aged 14)
Patricia Ollinger 9 September 1953 (aged 18)
Laura Rivera 17 October 1954 (aged 17) Mexico City, Mexico
 Netherlands Ans Dekker 1 March 1955 (aged 17) Beverwijk, Netherlands
Ikina Morsch 5 July 1956 (aged 16) Heiloo, Netherlands
Linda Toorop 12 September 1955 (aged 16) Sorong, Indonesia
Nel van der Voort 11 October 1951 (aged 20) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ans van Gerwen 17 January 1951 (aged 21) Eindhoven, Netherlands
Margo Velema 21 October 1955 (aged 16) Eindhoven, Netherlands
 New Zealand Diane Foote 1 September 1954 (aged 17) Dunedin, New Zealand
 Norway Trine Andresen 28 November 1955 (aged 16) Oslo, Norway
Sidsel Ekholdt 10 March 1956 (aged 16) Vestfossen, Norway
Bente Hansen 22 August 1953 (aged 19) Oslo, Norway
Unni Holmen 23 September 1952 (aged 19) Oslo, Norway
Gro Sandberg 25 April 1956 (aged 16) Hokksund, Norway
Jill Schau 20 August 1948 (aged 24) Bergen, Norway
 Poland Małgorzata Barlak 7 July 1952 (aged 20) Katowice, Poland
Joanna Bartosz 14 February 1954 (aged 18) Olsztyn, Poland
Danuta Fidusiewicz 27 July 1952 (aged 20) Olsztyn, Poland
Dorota Klencz 19 July 1955 (aged 17) Zabrze, Poland
Danuta Lubowska 21 May 1956 (aged 16) Zabrze, Poland
Łucja Matraszek 4 May 1954 (aged 18) Warsaw, Poland
 Romania Elena Ceampelea 3 March 1947 (aged 25) Ploiești, Romania
Alina Goreac 28 September 1952 (aged 19) Lugoj, Romania
Anca Grigoraș 8 November 1957 (aged 14) Comănești, Romania
Paula Ioan 1 April 1955 (aged 17) Bucharest, Romania
Marcela Păunescu 11 January 1955 (aged 17) Craiova, Romania
Elisabeta Turcu 2 May 1953 (aged 19) Ploiești, Romania
 Soviet Union Lyubov Burda 11 April 1953 (aged 19) Voronezh, Russian SFSR
Olga Korbut 16 May 1955 (aged 17) Grodno, Byelorussian SSR
Antonina Koshel 20 November 1954 (aged 17) Smolevichi, Byelorussian SSR
Tamara Lazakovich 14 March 1954 (aged 18) Gusevo, Russian SFSR
Elvira Saadi 2 January 1952 (aged 20) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR
Ludmilla Tourischeva 7 October 1952 (aged 19) Grozny, Russian SFSR
 Spain Pepita Sánchez 5 May 1952 (aged 20) Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, Spain
 Sweden Marie Lundqvist-Björk 21 February 1947 (aged 25) Västerås, Sweden
 Switzerland Patrizia Bazzi 21 August 1957 (aged 15) Locarno, Switzerland
Käthi Fritschi 18 August 1954 (aged 18) Lucerne, Switzerland
Liselotte Marti 25 May 1956 (aged 16) Herisau, Switzerland
Jacqueline Sievert 18 August 1956 (aged 16) Adliswil, Switzerland
Christine Steger 18 December 1957 (aged 14) Kriens, Switzerland
Judith Steiger 27 October 1956 (aged 15) Zürich, Switzerland
 United States Kimberly Chace 4 May 1956 (aged 16) Manchester, Tennessee
Linda Metheny 12 August 1947 (aged 25) Olney, Illinois
Joan Moore 14 August 1954 (aged 18) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Roxanne Pierce 14 October 1954 (aged 17) Springfield, New Jersey
Cathy Rigby 12 December 1952 (aged 19) Long Beach, California
Nancy Thies 10 June 1957 (aged 15) Denver, Colorado
 West Germany Angelika Kern 31 August 1952 (aged 19) Emmendingen, West Germany
Andrea Niederheide 2 November 1957 (aged 14) Hattingen, West Germany
Jutta Oltersdorf 17 April 1956 (aged 16) Köndringen, West Germany
Ingrid Santer 9 June 1955 (aged 17) Munich, West Germany
Uta Schorn 7 August 1957 (aged 15) Cologne, West Germany
Ulrike Weyh 1 August 1957 (aged 15) Itzehoe, West Germany
 Yugoslavia Nataša Bajin-Šljepica 29 September 1945 (aged 26) Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Olga Bumbić 4 September 1946 (aged 25)
Erna Havelka 19 September 1944 (aged 27) Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Slaviča Kundačina 26 April 1955 (aged 17)
Nevenka Puškarević 30 April 1952 (aged 20)
Marija Težak 1 June 1957 (aged 15) Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

Male artistic gymnasts

Name Country Date of birth (Age)
Youngest competitor Fedele Spatazza  Italy 26 June 1954 (aged 18)
Oldest competitor Jo Jong-ryol  North Korea 1 February 1940 (aged 32)
NOC Name Date of birth (Age) Hometown
 Australia Ian Clarke 20 March 1944 (aged 28)
Peter Lloyd 22 September 1949 (aged 22) Melbourne, Victoria
 Bulgaria Dimitar Dimitrov 11 March 1946 (aged 26) Kardam, Bulgaria
Bozhidar Iliev 20 December 1945 (aged 26) Razgrad, Bulgaria
Ivan Kondev 29 January 1944 (aged 28) Sliven, Bulgaria
Dimitar Koychev 27 March 1953 (aged 19)
Geno Radev 15 April 1946 (aged 26) Balchik, Bulgaria
Stefan Zoev 19 January 1943 (aged 29) Sofia, Bulgaria
 Canada Bruce Medd 30 June 1953 (aged 19) Ottawa, Ontario
Steve Mitruk 17 January 1947 (aged 25) Hamilton, Ontario
André Simard 29 April 1945 (aged 27) Alma, Quebec
 Cuba René Badell 15 April 1948 (aged 24)
Jorge Cuervo 4 May 1950 (aged 22)
Roberto León 12 June 1954 (aged 18) Cárdenas, Cuba
Luis Ramírez 13 January 1948 (aged 24) Havana, Cuba
Jorge Rodríguez 18 April 1948 (aged 24) Havana, Cuba
Emilio Sagré 11 November 1950 (aged 21)
 Czechoslovakia Jiří Fejtek 22 September 1946 (aged 25) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Ladislav Morava 7 February 1946 (aged 26)
Bohumil Mudřík 3 December 1941 (aged 30) Zlín, Czechoslovakia
Vladislav Nehasil 23 March 1947 (aged 25) Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia
Miloslav Netušil 20 February 1946 (aged 26) Chomutov, Czechoslovakia
Pavel Stanovský 18 April 1948 (aged 24)
 Denmark Ole Benediktson 19 February 1949 (aged 23) Svostrup, Denmark
 East Germany Matthias Brehme 7 February 1943 (aged 29) Markkleeberg, East Germany
Wolfgang Klotz 4 November 1951 (aged 20) Torgau, East Germany
Klaus Köste 27 February 1943 (aged 29) Frankfurt an der Oder, East Germany
Jürgen Paeke 13 September 1948 (aged 23) Biesenthal, East Germany
Reinhard Rychly 7 November 1951 (aged 20) Rostock, East Germany
Wolfgang Thüne 8 October 1949 (aged 22) Heilbad Heiligenstadt, East Germany
 Finland Mauno Nissinen 16 August 1947 (aged 25) Oulu, Finland
 France Henri Boério 13 June 1952 (aged 20) Sétif, Algeria
Christian Deuza 3 January 1944 (aged 28) Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Bernard Farjat 7 September 1945 (aged 26)
Georges Guelzec 22 October 1947 (aged 24)
Christian Guiffroy 21 January 1941 (aged 31) Toulouse, France
Jean-Pierre Miens 1 November 1949 (aged 22)
 Great Britain Eddie Arnold 20 November 1949 (aged 22)
Bill Norgrave 15 April 1947 (aged 25)
Stan Wild 19 February 1944 (aged 28) Bolton upon Dearne, England
 Hungary István Bérczi 1 July 1945 (aged 27) Nagycenk, Hungary
Béla Herczeg 13 June 1947 (aged 25) Debrecen, Hungary
István Kiss 19 December 1948 (aged 23) Budapest, Hungary
Antal Kisteleki 16 January 1945 (aged 27) Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Zoltán Magyar 13 December 1953 (aged 18) Budapest, Hungary
Imre Molnár 30 March 1949 (aged 23) Miskolc, Hungary
 Italy Luigi Coppa 25 September 1950 (aged 21) Turin, Italy
Franco Donegà 13 September 1952 (aged 19) Genoa, Italy
Adolfo Lampronti 5 June 1949 (aged 23) Ferrara, Italy
Carmine Luppino 10 January 1948 (aged 24) Seminara, Italy
Maurizio Milanetto 14 July 1953 (aged 19) Padua, Italy
Fedele Spatazza 26 June 1954 (aged 18) Tunis, Tunisia
 Japan Shigeru Kasamatsu 16 July 1947 (aged 25) Kumano, Japan
Sawao Kato 11 October 1946 (aged 25) Gosen, Japan
Eizo Kenmotsu 13 February 1948 (aged 24) Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Akinori Nakayama 1 March 1943 (aged 29) Nagoya, Japan
Teruichi Okamura 27 May 1948 (aged 24) Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Mitsuo Tsukahara 22 December 1947 (aged 24) Tokyo, Japan
 Liechtenstein Bruno Banzer 17 June 1947 (aged 25)
 Mexico Rogelio Mendoza 2 May 1944 (aged 28) Mexico City, Mexico
 New Zealand Terry Sale 5 July 1951 (aged 21) Auckland, New Zealand
 North Korea Ho Yun-hang 20 October 1950 (aged 21)
Jo Jong-ryol 1 February 1940 (aged 32)
Kim Song-il 27 February 1946 (aged 26)
Kim Song-yu 7 November 1948 (aged 23)
Li Song-sob 4 June 1953 (aged 19)
Shin Heung-do 24 May 1942 (aged 30)
 Norway Tore Lie 3 November 1945 (aged 26) Bergen, Norway
 Poland Jerzy Kruża 29 November 1943 (aged 28) Ruda Śląska, Poland
Mikołaj Kubica 27 October 1945 (aged 26) Niedobczyce, Poland
Sylwester Kubica 28 December 1949 (aged 22) Niedobczyce, Poland
Wilhelm Kubica 29 December 1943 (aged 28) Niedobczyce, Poland
Mieczysław Strzałka 20 March 1947 (aged 25) Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Andrzej Szajna 30 September 1949 (aged 22) Wrocław, Poland
 Romania Mircea Gheorghiu 8 August 1948 (aged 24) Bucharest, Romania
Dan Grecu 23 September 1950 (aged 21) Bucharest, Romania
Petre Mihăiuc 5 July 1948 (aged 24) Bucharest, Romania
Nicolae Oprescu 1 March 1953 (aged 19) Bucharest, Romania
Gheorghe Păunescu 20 January 1948 (aged 24) Craiova, Romania
Constantin Petrescu 8 January 1951 (aged 21) Bucharest, Romania
 Soviet Union Nikolai Andrianov 14 October 1952 (aged 19) Vladimir, Russian SFSR
Viktor Klimenko 25 February 1949 (aged 23) Moscow, Russian SFSR
Aleksandr Maleyev 7 July 1947 (aged 25) Voronezh, Russian SFSR
Edvard Mikaelian 25 May 1950 (aged 22) Yerevan, Armenian SSR
Vladimir Shchukin 4 April 1952 (aged 20) Minsk, Byelorussian SSR
Mikhail Voronin 26 March 1945 (aged 27) Moscow, Russian SFSR
 Spain José Ginés 18 February 1946 (aged 26) Madrid, Spain
Agustín Sandoval 8 October 1947 (aged 24) Bélmez, Spain
Cecilio Ugarte 29 November 1947 (aged 24) Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
 Switzerland Robert Bretscher 6 August 1953 (aged 19) Winterthur, Switzerland
Max Brühwiler 8 March 1948 (aged 24)
Hans Ettlin 10 March 1945 (aged 27) Kerns, Switzerland
Philippe Gaille 8 October 1951 (aged 20)
Edwin Greutmann 14 October 1946 (aged 25) Beggingen, Switzerland
Peter Rohner 12 April 1949 (aged 23) St. Gallen, Switzerland
 United States Marshall Avener 10 December 1950 (aged 21) Brooklyn, New York
John Crosby Jr. 29 June 1951 (aged 21) New York, New York
Jim Culhane Jr. 13 August 1942 (aged 30) Rochester, New York
George Greenfield 5 May 1948 (aged 24) Altadena, California
Steve Hug 20 May 1952 (aged 20) Highland, Illinois
Makoto Sakamoto 8 April 1947 (aged 25) Tokyo, Japan
 West Germany Bernd Effing 26 April 1948 (aged 24) Neukirchen, West Germany
Eberhard Gienger 21 July 1951 (aged 21) Künzelsau, West Germany
Heinz Häussler 7 November 1940 (aged 31) Lindau, West Germany
Walter Mößinger 1 March 1949 (aged 23) Emmendingen, West Germany
Reinhard Ritter 24 September 1948 (aged 23) Haßloch, West Germany
Günter Spies 22 January 1948 (aged 24) Kenzingen, West Germany
 Yugoslavia Janez Brodnik 6 May 1944 (aged 28) Golnik, Yugoslavia
Ivica Hmjelovac 2 May 1946 (aged 26) Slavonski Brod, Yugoslavia
Zoran Ivanović 27 August 1949 (aged 22)
Milenko Kersnić 21 June 1946 (aged 26) Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Drago Šoštarić 30 January 1943 (aged 29) Maribor, Yugoslavia
Miloš Vratič 11 May 1948 (aged 24) Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

References

  1. ↑ "Munich 1972 Gymnastics Artistic Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
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