Jamaica at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Jamaica competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 33 competitors, 21 men and 12 women, took part in 27 events in 6 sports.^[2]

Jamaica at the 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JAM
NOC	Jamaica Olympic Association
Website	www.joa.org.jm
in Munich
Competitors	33 (21 men, 12 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Lennox Miller[1]
Medals Ranked 43rd	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
British West Indies (1960 S)

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Lennox Miller	Athletics	Men's 100 metres	1 September

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 800 metres

• Byron Dyce

• Heat – 1:48.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Byron Dyce

• Heat – 3:45.9 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

• Michael Fray, Donald Quarrie, Lennox Miller, and Horace Levy

• Heat – DNS (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Six cyclists represented Jamaica in 1972.

Individual road race

• Howard Fenton – did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Michael Lecky – did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Radcliffe Lawrence – did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Xavier Mirander – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Sprint

• Honson Chin
• Maurice Hugh-Sam

1000m time trial

• Howard Fenton

• Final – 1:12.64 (→ 26th place)

Tandem

• Honson Chin and Howard Fenton → 11th place

Individual pursuit

• Michael Lecky

Team pursuit

• Radcliffe Lawrence
• Howard Fenton
• Maurice Hugh-Sam
• Michael Lecky

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Women's 3m Springboard

• Betsy Sullivan – 210.39 points (→ 29th place)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics