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Gymnastics at the
1972 Summer Olympics
List of gymnasts
Artistic
Team all-aroundmenwomen
Individual all-aroundmenwomen
Vaultmenwomen
Floormenwomen
Pommel horsemen
Ringsmen
Parallel barsmen
Horizontal barmen
Uneven barswomen
Balance beamwomen

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

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Name Country Date of birth (Age)
Youngest competitor Krisztina Medveczky  Hungary (1958-04-14)14 April 1958 (aged 14)
Oldest competitor Kayoko Saka  Japan (1944-04-26)26 April 1944 (aged 28)
NOC Name Date of birth (Age) Hometown
 Australia Jennifer Sunderland (1954-03-13)13 March 1954 (aged 18)
 Bulgaria Maya Blagoeva (1956-07-25)25 July 1956 (aged 16) Kalenovtsi, Bulgaria
Elena Georgieva (1947-01-26)26 January 1947 (aged 25) Godech, Bulgaria
Marieta Ilieva (1955-12-13)13 December 1955 (aged 16) Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Irina Khitrova (1953-10-29)29 October 1953 (aged 18) Ivaylovgrad, Bulgaria
Evdokia Pandezova (1947-12-31)31 December 1947 (aged 24) Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Reneta Tsvetkova (1957-11-19)19 November 1957 (aged 14) Ruse, Bulgaria
 Canada Lise Arsenault (1954-12-14)14 December 1954 (aged 17) Cartierville, Quebec
Susan Buchanan (1952-01-06)6 January 1952 (aged 20) Ottawa, Ontario
Jennifer Diachun (1953-08-14)14 August 1953 (aged 19) Toronto, Ontario
Nancy McDonnell (1955-03-26)26 March 1955 (aged 17) Toronto, Ontario
Teresa McDonnell (1953-12-08)8 December 1953 (aged 18) Toronto, Ontario
Sharon Tsukamoto (1953-08-10)10 August 1953 (aged 19) Toronto, Ontario
 Czechoslovakia Soňa Brázdová (1953-02-17)17 February 1953 (aged 19) Zlín, Czechoslovakia
Zdena Bujnáčková (1955-04-25)25 April 1955 (aged 17) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Zdena Dorňáková (1957-06-25)25 June 1957 (aged 15) Valašské Meziříčí, Czechoslovakia
Hana Lišková (1952-06-04)4 June 1952 (aged 20) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Marianna Némethová-Krajčírová (1948-06-01)1 June 1948 (aged 24) Košice, Czechoslovakia
Marcela Váchová (1953-06-16)16 June 1953 (aged 19) Brno, Czechoslovakia
 East Germany Irene Abel (1953-02-12)12 February 1953 (aged 19) Berlin, East Germany
Angelika Hellmann (1954-04-10)10 April 1954 (aged 18) Halle, East Germany
Karin Janz (1952-02-17)17 February 1952 (aged 20) Lübben, East Germany
Richarda Schmeißer (1954-08-20)20 August 1954 (aged 18) Zeitz, East Germany
Christine Schmitt (1953-05-26)26 May 1953 (aged 19) Rostock, East Germany
Erika Zuchold (1947-03-19)19 March 1947 (aged 25) Lucka, East Germany
 France Nadine Audin (1958-04-03)3 April 1958 (aged 14) Montceau-les-Mines, France
Mireille Cayre (1947-04-02)2 April 1947 (aged 25) Moulins, France
Catherine Daugé (1956-10-13)13 October 1956 (aged 15)
Elvire Gertosio (1948-05-20)20 May 1948 (aged 24)
Pascale Hermant (1957-05-11)11 May 1957 (aged 15)
Véronique Tilmont (1955-05-16)16 May 1955 (aged 17)
 Great Britain Barbara Alred (1953-10-31)31 October 1953 (aged 18) Bradford, England
Pamela Hopkins (1953-09-18)18 September 1953 (aged 18) Cardiff, Wales
Pamela Hutchinson (1953-12-07)7 December 1953 (aged 18)
Avril Lennox (1956-04-26)26 April 1956 (aged 16) Leicester, England
Yvonne Mugridge (1953-04-27)27 April 1953 (aged 19) Sidcup, England
Elaine Willett (1956-01-08)8 January 1956 (aged 16) Lewisham, England
 Hungary Ilona Békési (1953-12-11)11 December 1953 (aged 18) Budapest, Hungary
Mónika Császár (1954-11-17)17 November 1954 (aged 17) Budapest, Hungary
Márta Kelemen (1954-09-17)17 September 1954 (aged 17) Budapest, Hungary
Anikó Kéry (1956-03-31)31 March 1956 (aged 16) Budapest, Hungary
Krisztina Medveczky (1958-04-14)14 April 1958 (aged 14) Budapest, Hungary
Zsuzsa Nagy (1951-11-14)14 November 1951 (aged 20) Budapest, Hungary
 Italy Angela Alberti (1949-02-04)4 February 1949 (aged 23) Covo, Italy
Cinzia Delisi (1956-10-27)27 October 1956 (aged 15) São Paulo, Brazil
Maria Grazia Mancuso (1956-08-19)19 August 1956 (aged 16) Venice, Italy
Gabriella Marchi (1956-07-23)23 July 1956 (aged 16) Rimini, Italy
Rita Peri (1957-05-22)22 May 1957 (aged 15) Novara, Italy
Monica Stefani (1957-11-17)17 November 1957 (aged 14) Lucca, Italy
 Japan Kazue Hanyu (1950-09-08)8 September 1950 (aged 21) Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Takako Hasegawa (1951-01-01)1 January 1951 (aged 21)
Eiko Hirashima (1950-10-07)7 October 1950 (aged 21)
Miyuki Matsuhisa (1945-08-15)15 August 1945 (aged 27) Kyoto, Japan
Toshiko Miyamoto (1954-01-04)4 January 1954 (aged 18)
Kayoko Saka (1944-04-26)26 April 1944 (aged 28) Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
 Mexico Hilda Amezaga (1954-04-30)30 April 1954 (aged 18)
Ana María Casas (1955-12-24)24 December 1955 (aged 16)
Patricia García (1957-01-18)18 January 1957 (aged 15)
María Antonieta Hernández (1958-03-25)25 March 1958 (aged 14)
Patricia Ollinger (1953-09-09)9 September 1953 (aged 18)
Laura Rivera (1954-10-17)17 October 1954 (aged 17) Mexico City, Mexico
 Netherlands Ans Dekker (1955-03-01)1 March 1955 (aged 17) Beverwijk, Netherlands
Ikina Morsch (1956-07-05)5 July 1956 (aged 16) Heiloo, Netherlands
Linda Toorop (1955-09-12)12 September 1955 (aged 16) Sorong, Indonesia
Nel van der Voort (1951-10-11)11 October 1951 (aged 20) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ans van Gerwen (1951-01-17)17 January 1951 (aged 21) Eindhoven, Netherlands
Margo Velema (1955-10-21)21 October 1955 (aged 16) Eindhoven, Netherlands
 New Zealand Diane Foote (1954-09-01)1 September 1954 (aged 17) Dunedin, New Zealand
 Norway Trine Andresen (1955-11-28)28 November 1955 (aged 16) Oslo, Norway
Sidsel Ekholdt (1956-03-10)10 March 1956 (aged 16) Vestfossen, Norway
Bente Hansen (1953-08-22)22 August 1953 (aged 19) Oslo, Norway
Unni Holmen (1952-09-23)23 September 1952 (aged 19) Oslo, Norway
Gro Sandberg (1956-04-25)25 April 1956 (aged 16) Hokksund, Norway
Jill Schau (1948-08-20)20 August 1948 (aged 24) Bergen, Norway
 Poland Małgorzata Barlak (1952-07-07)7 July 1952 (aged 20) Katowice, Poland
Joanna Bartosz (1954-02-14)14 February 1954 (aged 18) Olsztyn, Poland
Danuta Fidusiewicz (1952-07-27)27 July 1952 (aged 20) Olsztyn, Poland
Dorota Klencz (1955-07-19)19 July 1955 (aged 17) Zabrze, Poland
Danuta Lubowska (1956-05-21)21 May 1956 (aged 16) Zabrze, Poland
Łucja Matraszek (1954-05-04)4 May 1954 (aged 18) Warsaw, Poland
 Romania Elena Ceampelea (1947-03-03)3 March 1947 (aged 25) Ploiești, Romania
Alina Goreac (1952-09-28)28 September 1952 (aged 19) Lugoj, Romania
Anca Grigoraș (1957-11-08)8 November 1957 (aged 14) Comănești, Romania
Paula Ioan (1955-04-01)1 April 1955 (aged 17) Bucharest, Romania
Marcela Păunescu (1955-01-11)11 January 1955 (aged 17) Craiova, Romania
Elisabeta Turcu (1953-05-02)2 May 1953 (aged 19) Ploiești, Romania
 Soviet Union Lyubov Burda (1953-04-11)11 April 1953 (aged 19) Voronezh, Russian SFSR
Olga Korbut (1955-05-16)16 May 1955 (aged 17) Grodno, Byelorussian SSR
Antonina Koshel (1954-11-20)20 November 1954 (aged 17) Smolevichi, Byelorussian SSR
Tamara Lazakovich (1954-03-14)14 March 1954 (aged 18) Gusevo, Russian SFSR
Elvira Saadi (1952-01-02)2 January 1952 (aged 20) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR
Ludmilla Tourischeva (1952-10-07)7 October 1952 (aged 19) Grozny, Russian SFSR
 Spain Pepita Sánchez (1952-05-05)5 May 1952 (aged 20) Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, Spain
 Sweden Marie Lundqvist-Björk (1947-02-21)21 February 1947 (aged 25) Västerås, Sweden
 Switzerland Patrizia Bazzi (1957-08-21)21 August 1957 (aged 15) Locarno, Switzerland
Käthi Fritschi (1954-08-18)18 August 1954 (aged 18) Lucerne, Switzerland
Liselotte Marti (1956-05-25)25 May 1956 (aged 16) Herisau, Switzerland
Jacqueline Sievert (1956-08-18)18 August 1956 (aged 16) Adliswil, Switzerland
Christine Steger (1957-12-18)18 December 1957 (aged 14) Kriens, Switzerland
Judith Steiger (1956-10-27)27 October 1956 (aged 15) Zürich, Switzerland
 United States Kimberly Chace (1956-05-04)4 May 1956 (aged 16) Manchester, Tennessee
Linda Metheny (1947-08-12)12 August 1947 (aged 25) Olney, Illinois
Joan Moore (1954-08-14)14 August 1954 (aged 18) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Roxanne Pierce (1954-10-14)14 October 1954 (aged 17) Springfield, New Jersey
Cathy Rigby (1952-12-12)12 December 1952 (aged 19) Long Beach, California
Nancy Thies (1957-06-10)10 June 1957 (aged 15) Denver, Colorado
 West Germany Angelika Kern (1952-08-31)31 August 1952 (aged 19) Emmendingen, West Germany
Andrea Niederheide (1957-11-02)2 November 1957 (aged 14) Hattingen, West Germany
Jutta Oltersdorf (1956-04-17)17 April 1956 (aged 16) Köndringen, West Germany
Ingrid Santer (1955-06-09)9 June 1955 (aged 17) Munich, West Germany
Uta Schorn (1957-08-07)7 August 1957 (aged 15) Cologne, West Germany
Ulrike Weyh (1957-08-01)1 August 1957 (aged 15) Itzehoe, West Germany
 Yugoslavia Nataša Bajin-Šljepica (1945-09-29)29 September 1945 (aged 26) Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Olga Bumbić (1946-09-04)4 September 1946 (aged 25)
Erna Havelka (1944-09-19)19 September 1944 (aged 27) Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Slaviča Kundačina (1955-04-26)26 April 1955 (aged 17)
Nevenka Puškarević (1952-04-30)30 April 1952 (aged 20)
Marija Težak (1957-06-01)1 June 1957 (aged 15) Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

Male artistic gymnasts

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Name Country Date of birth (Age)
Youngest competitor Fedele Spatazza  Italy (1954-06-26)26 June 1954 (aged 18)
Oldest competitor Jo Jong-ryol  North Korea (1940-02-01)1 February 1940 (aged 32)
NOC Name Date of birth (Age) Hometown
 Australia Ian Clarke (1944-03-20)20 March 1944 (aged 28)
Peter Lloyd (1949-09-22)22 September 1949 (aged 22) Melbourne, Victoria
 Bulgaria Dimitar Dimitrov (1946-03-11)11 March 1946 (aged 26) Kardam, Bulgaria
Bozhidar Iliev (1945-12-20)20 December 1945 (aged 26) Razgrad, Bulgaria
Ivan Kondev (1944-01-29)29 January 1944 (aged 28) Sliven, Bulgaria
Dimitar Koychev (1953-03-27)27 March 1953 (aged 19)
Geno Radev (1946-04-15)15 April 1946 (aged 26) Balchik, Bulgaria
Stefan Zoev (1943-01-19)19 January 1943 (aged 29) Sofia, Bulgaria
 Canada Bruce Medd (1953-06-30)30 June 1953 (aged 19) Ottawa, Ontario
Steve Mitruk (1947-01-17)17 January 1947 (aged 25) Hamilton, Ontario
André Simard (1945-04-29)29 April 1945 (aged 27) Alma, Quebec
 Cuba René Badell (1948-04-15)15 April 1948 (aged 24)
Jorge Cuervo (1950-05-04)4 May 1950 (aged 22)
Roberto León (1954-06-12)12 June 1954 (aged 18) Cárdenas, Cuba
Luis Ramírez (1948-01-13)13 January 1948 (aged 24) Havana, Cuba
Jorge Rodríguez (1948-04-18)18 April 1948 (aged 24) Havana, Cuba
Emilio Sagré (1950-11-11)11 November 1950 (aged 21)
 Czechoslovakia Jiří Fejtek (1946-09-22)22 September 1946 (aged 25) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Ladislav Morava (1946-02-07)7 February 1946 (aged 26)
Bohumil Mudřík (1941-12-03)3 December 1941 (aged 30) Zlín, Czechoslovakia
Vladislav Nehasil (1947-03-23)23 March 1947 (aged 25) Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia
Miloslav Netušil (1946-02-20)20 February 1946 (aged 26) Chomutov, Czechoslovakia
Pavel Stanovský (1948-04-18)18 April 1948 (aged 24)
 Denmark Ole Benediktson (1949-02-19)19 February 1949 (aged 23) Svostrup, Denmark
 East Germany Matthias Brehme (1943-02-07)7 February 1943 (aged 29) Markkleeberg, East Germany
Wolfgang Klotz (1951-11-04)4 November 1951 (aged 20) Torgau, East Germany
Klaus Köste (1943-02-27)27 February 1943 (aged 29) Frankfurt an der Oder, East Germany
Jürgen Paeke (1948-09-13)13 September 1948 (aged 23) Biesenthal, East Germany
Reinhard Rychly (1951-11-07)7 November 1951 (aged 20) Rostock, East Germany
Wolfgang Thüne (1949-10-08)8 October 1949 (aged 22) Heilbad Heiligenstadt, East Germany
 Finland Mauno Nissinen (1947-08-16)16 August 1947 (aged 25) Oulu, Finland
 France Henri Boério (1952-06-13)13 June 1952 (aged 20) Sétif, Algeria
Christian Deuza (1944-01-03)3 January 1944 (aged 28) Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Bernard Farjat (1945-09-07)7 September 1945 (aged 26)
Georges Guelzec (1947-10-22)22 October 1947 (aged 24)
Christian Guiffroy (1941-01-21)21 January 1941 (aged 31) Toulouse, France
Jean-Pierre Miens (1949-11-01)1 November 1949 (aged 22)
 Great Britain Eddie Arnold (1949-11-20)20 November 1949 (aged 22)
Bill Norgrave (1947-04-15)15 April 1947 (aged 25)
Stan Wild (1944-02-19)19 February 1944 (aged 28) Bolton upon Dearne, England
 Hungary István Bérczi (1945-07-01)1 July 1945 (aged 27) Nagycenk, Hungary
Béla Herczeg (1947-06-13)13 June 1947 (aged 25) Debrecen, Hungary
István Kiss (1948-12-19)19 December 1948 (aged 23) Budapest, Hungary
Antal Kisteleki (1945-01-16)16 January 1945 (aged 27) Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Zoltán Magyar (1953-12-13)13 December 1953 (aged 18) Budapest, Hungary
Imre Molnár (1949-03-30)30 March 1949 (aged 23) Miskolc, Hungary
 Italy Luigi Coppa (1950-09-25)25 September 1950 (aged 21) Turin, Italy
Franco Donegà (1952-09-13)13 September 1952 (aged 19) Genoa, Italy
Adolfo Lampronti (1949-06-05)5 June 1949 (aged 23) Ferrara, Italy
Carmine Luppino (1948-01-10)10 January 1948 (aged 24) Seminara, Italy
Maurizio Milanetto (1953-07-14)14 July 1953 (aged 19) Padua, Italy
Fedele Spatazza (1954-06-26)26 June 1954 (aged 18) Tunis, Tunisia
 Japan Shigeru Kasamatsu (1947-07-16)16 July 1947 (aged 25) Kumano, Japan
Sawao Kato (1946-10-11)11 October 1946 (aged 25) Gosen, Japan
Eizo Kenmotsu (1948-02-13)13 February 1948 (aged 24) Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Akinori Nakayama (1943-03-01)1 March 1943 (aged 29) Nagoya, Japan
Teruichi Okamura (1948-05-27)27 May 1948 (aged 24) Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Mitsuo Tsukahara (1947-12-22)22 December 1947 (aged 24) Tokyo, Japan
 Liechtenstein Bruno Banzer (1947-06-17)17 June 1947 (aged 25)
 Mexico Rogelio Mendoza (1944-05-02)2 May 1944 (aged 28) Mexico City, Mexico
 New Zealand Terry Sale (1951-07-05)5 July 1951 (aged 21) Auckland, New Zealand
 North Korea Ho Yun-hang (1950-10-20)20 October 1950 (aged 21)
Jo Jong-ryol (1940-02-01)1 February 1940 (aged 32)
Kim Song-il (1946-02-27)27 February 1946 (aged 26)
Kim Song-yu (1948-11-07)7 November 1948 (aged 23)
Li Song-sob (1953-06-04)4 June 1953 (aged 19)
Shin Heung-do (1942-05-24)24 May 1942 (aged 30)
 Norway Tore Lie (1945-11-03)3 November 1945 (aged 26) Bergen, Norway
 Poland Jerzy Kruża (1943-11-29)29 November 1943 (aged 28) Ruda Śląska, Poland
Mikołaj Kubica (1945-10-27)27 October 1945 (aged 26) Niedobczyce, Poland
Sylwester Kubica (1949-12-28)28 December 1949 (aged 22) Niedobczyce, Poland
Wilhelm Kubica (1943-12-29)29 December 1943 (aged 28) Niedobczyce, Poland
Mieczysław Strzałka (1947-03-20)20 March 1947 (aged 25) Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Andrzej Szajna (1949-09-30)30 September 1949 (aged 22) Wrocław, Poland
 Romania Mircea Gheorghiu (1948-08-08)8 August 1948 (aged 24) Bucharest, Romania
Dan Grecu (1950-09-23)23 September 1950 (aged 21) Bucharest, Romania
Petre Mihăiuc (1948-07-05)5 July 1948 (aged 24) Bucharest, Romania
Nicolae Oprescu (1953-03-01)1 March 1953 (aged 19) Bucharest, Romania
Gheorghe Păunescu (1948-01-20)20 January 1948 (aged 24) Craiova, Romania
Constantin Petrescu (1951-01-08)8 January 1951 (aged 21) Bucharest, Romania
 Soviet Union Nikolai Andrianov (1952-10-14)14 October 1952 (aged 19) Vladimir, Russian SFSR
Viktor Klimenko (1949-02-25)25 February 1949 (aged 23) Moscow, Russian SFSR
Aleksandr Maleyev (1947-07-07)7 July 1947 (aged 25) Voronezh, Russian SFSR
Edvard Mikaelian (1950-05-25)25 May 1950 (aged 22) Yerevan, Armenian SSR
Vladimir Shchukin (1952-04-04)4 April 1952 (aged 20) Minsk, Byelorussian SSR
Mikhail Voronin (1945-03-26)26 March 1945 (aged 27) Moscow, Russian SFSR
 Spain José Ginés (1946-02-18)18 February 1946 (aged 26) Madrid, Spain
Agustín Sandoval (1947-10-08)8 October 1947 (aged 24) Bélmez, Spain
Cecilio Ugarte (1947-11-29)29 November 1947 (aged 24) Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
 Switzerland Robert Bretscher (1953-08-06)6 August 1953 (aged 19) Winterthur, Switzerland
Max Brühwiler (1948-03-08)8 March 1948 (aged 24)
Hans Ettlin (1945-03-10)10 March 1945 (aged 27) Kerns, Switzerland
Philippe Gaille (1951-10-08)8 October 1951 (aged 20)
Edwin Greutmann (1946-10-14)14 October 1946 (aged 25) Beggingen, Switzerland
Peter Rohner (1949-04-12)12 April 1949 (aged 23) St. Gallen, Switzerland
 United States Marshall Avener (1950-12-10)10 December 1950 (aged 21) Brooklyn, New York
John Crosby Jr. (1951-06-29)29 June 1951 (aged 21) New York, New York
Jim Culhane Jr. (1942-08-13)13 August 1942 (aged 30) Rochester, New York
George Greenfield (1948-05-05)5 May 1948 (aged 24) Altadena, California
Steve Hug (1952-05-20)20 May 1952 (aged 20) Highland, Illinois
Makoto Sakamoto (1947-04-08)8 April 1947 (aged 25) Tokyo, Japan
 West Germany Bernd Effing (1948-04-26)26 April 1948 (aged 24) Neukirchen, West Germany
Eberhard Gienger (1951-07-21)21 July 1951 (aged 21) Künzelsau, West Germany
Heinz Häussler (1940-11-07)7 November 1940 (aged 31) Lindau, West Germany
Walter Mößinger (1949-03-01)1 March 1949 (aged 23) Emmendingen, West Germany
Reinhard Ritter (1948-09-24)24 September 1948 (aged 23) Haßloch, West Germany
Günter Spies (1948-01-22)22 January 1948 (aged 24) Kenzingen, West Germany
 Yugoslavia Janez Brodnik (1944-05-06)6 May 1944 (aged 28) Golnik, Yugoslavia
Ivica Hmjelovac (1946-05-02)2 May 1946 (aged 26) Slavonski Brod, Yugoslavia
Zoran Ivanović (1949-08-27)27 August 1949 (aged 22)
Milenko Kersnić (1946-06-21)21 June 1946 (aged 26) Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Drago Šoštarić (1943-01-30)30 January 1943 (aged 29) Maribor, Yugoslavia
Miloš Vratič (1948-05-11)11 May 1948 (aged 24) Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

References

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