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.

Medalists

Athletics

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

Cycling

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

Women's 3m Springboard

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

Sailing

Swimming

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database