1972 Men's Olympic Swimming Medalists

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
Event   Time  
100m Free Mark Spitz, USA 51.22 WR
  Jerry Heidenreich, USA 51.65  
  Vladimir Bure, USSR 51.77  
200m Free Mark Spitz, USA 1:52.78 WR
  Steven Genter, USA 1:53.73  
  Werner Lampe, W. Ger 1:53.99  
400m Free Brad Cooper, USA 4:00.27 OR
  Steven Genter, USA 4:01.94  
  Tom McBreen, USA 4:02.64  
1500m Free Mike Burton, USA 15:52.58 WR
  Graham Windeatt, AUS 15:58.48  
  Douglas Northway, USA 16:09.25  
100m Back Roland Matthes, E. Ger 56.58 OR
  Mike Stamm, USA 57.70  
  John Murphy, USA 58.35  
200m Back Roland Matthes, E. Ger 2:02.82 =WR
  Mike Stamm, USA 2:04.09  
  Mitchell Ivey, USA 2:04.33  
100m Brst Nobutaka Taguchi, JPN 1:04.94 WR
  Tom Bruce, USA 1:05.43  
  John Hencken, USA 1:05.61  
200m Brst John Hencken, USA 2:21.55 WR
  David Wilkie, GBR 2:23.67  
  Nobutaka Taguchi, JPN 2:23.88  
100m Fly Mark Spitz, USA 54.27 WR
  Bruce Robertson, CAN 55.56  
  Jerry Heidenreich, USA 55.74  
200m Fly Mark Spitz, USA 2:00.70 WR
  Gary Hall, USA 2:02.86  
  Robin Backhaus, USA 2:03.23  
200m I.M. Gunnar Larsson, SWE 2:07.17 WR
  Alexander McKee, USA 2:08.37  
  Steven Furniss, USA 2:08.45  
400m I.M. Gunnar Larsson, SWE 4:31.98 OR
  Alexander McKee, USA 4:31.983  
  Andras Hargitay, HUN 4:32.700  
4x100m Free USA (Dave Edgar, John
Murphy, Jerry Heidenreich,
Mark Spitz)
3:26.42 WR
  Soviet Union 3:29.72  
  East Germany 3:32.42  
4x200m Free USA (John Kinsella, Fred
Tyler, Steve Genter,
Mark Spitz)
7:35.78 WR
  West Germany 7:41.69  
  Soviet Union 7:45.76  
4x100m Mdly USA (Mike Stamm, Tom
Bruce, Mark Spitz,
Jerry Heidenreich)
3:48.16 WR
  East Germany 3:52.12  
  Canada 3:52.26  
Diving   Points
Platform Klaus Dibiasi, ITA 504.12
  Richard Rydze, USA 480.75
  Franco Cagnotto, ITA 475.83
Spring Vladimir Vasin, USSR 594.09
  Franco Cagnotto, ITA 591.63
  Craig Lincoln, USA 577.29

 

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