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Malawi at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Malawi competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 16 competitors, 13 men and 3 women, took part in 17 events in 3 sports.

Competitors

Sixteen athletes competed for Malawi at the 1972 Summer Olympics including 13 men and 3 women. They took part in 17 events in 3 sports as follows:

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • Moustafa Matola
* First Heat – 11.31s (→ did not advance, 84th place)

Men's 800 metres

  • Harry Nkopeka
* Heat – 1:57.7 (→ did not advance, 55th place)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Harry Nkopeka
* Heat – 4:00.9 (→ did not advance, 61st place)

Men's High Jump

* Qualification Round – 1.90m (→ did not advance, 38th place out of 43)

Men's Decathlon

* 6,154 pts

Women's 200 metres

* Heat – 28.29s (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 metres

* Heat – 58.86s (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men

Cycling

Two cyclists represented Malawi in 1972.

Individual road race
  • Grimon Langson – did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Raphael Kazembe – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Selected biographies of the athletes

Mabel Saeluzika (Athletics, women's 200 m)

Saeluzika (born 1 May 1956) competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics. She was seeded in the second 200 metres heat. She ran 28.29 seconds to place 6th in the heat and, as a result, did not advance to the final. At 16 years and 126 days old, Saeluzika was the 8th-youngest person to ever compete in athletics at the Olympics ().

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