Canada competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, held from 26 August to 11 September 1972. 208 competitors, 158 men and 50 women, took part in 136 events in 18 sports. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Montreal, the Canadian flag was raised at the closing ceremony. Medalists Canada finished in 27th position in the final medal rankings, with two silver medals and three bronze medals. Silver Bruce Robertson — Swimming, Men's 100m Butterfly Leslie Cliff — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley Bronze Donna Gurr — Swimming, Women's 200m Backstroke Erik Fish, William Mahony, Bruce Robertson, and Robert Kasting — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay David Miller, John Ekels, and Paul Cote — Sailing, Soling class Archery In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Canada entered three men and three women. Their highest placing competitor was Donald Jackson, who finished in 6th place in the men's competition. His score was only 30 points below the bronze medal score. Men's Individual Competition: Donald Jackson - 2437 points (→ 6th place) Elmer Ewert - 2359 points (→ 25th place) Wayne Pullen - 2275 points (→ 41st place) Women's Individual Competition: Mary Grant - 2350 points (→ 11th place) Marjory Saunders - 2192 points (→ 32nd place) Viola Muir - 1955 points (→ 39th place) Athletics Men's 1,500 metres Kenneth Elmer Heat — 3:46.6 (→ did not advance) Bill Smart Heat — 3:49.2 (→ did not advance) Men's 5,000 metres Robert Finlay Heat — 13:44.0 (→ did not advance) Grant McLaren Heat — 13:43.8 (→ did not advance) Men's High Jump John Beers Qualifying Round — 2.15m Final — 2.15m (→ 6th place) John Hawkins Qualifying Round — 2.15m Final — 2.15m (→ 9th place) Richard Cuttell Qualification Round — 2.09m (→ did not advance) Boxing Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) Chris Ius First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Ali Ouabbou (MAR), 3:2 Third Round — Lost to Georgi Kostadinov (BUL), 0:5 Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Les Hamilton First Round — Lost to Stefan Förster (GDR), 1:4 Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) Dale Anderson Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) José Martinez Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg) Carroll Morgan First Round — Defeated Fatai Ayinla (NGA), 3:2 Quarterfinals — Lost to Hasse Thomsén (SWE), KO-3 Canoeing Cycling Nine cyclists represented Canada in 1972. Individual road race Brian Chewter — 52nd place