John Hencken — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke Jerry Heidenreich — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly Robin Backhaus — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly Steve Furniss — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley Keena Rothhammer — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle Susie Atwood — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke Ellie Daniel — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly Lynn Vidali — Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley Peter Asch, Steven Barnett, Bruce Bradley, Stanley Cole, James Ferguson, Eric Lindroth, John Parker, Gary Sheerer, James Slatton, Russell Webb, and Barry Weitzenberg — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition Chris Taylor — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight Donald Cohan, Charles Horter, and John Marshall — Sailing, Men's Dragon Team Competition Peter Dean and Glen Foster — Sailing, Men's Tempest Team Competition Archery In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, the United States entered three men and three women. They took home both of the gold medals as well as a pair of 5th-place finishes. Athletics Men Road and track events Field events Combined event – Decathlon Women Track events Field events Combined event – Pentathlon Basketball Summary Boxing Canoeing Slalom Men Women Sprint Men and Women Key: QF - Qualified to medal final; SF - Qualified to semifinal; R - Qualified to repechage Cycling Fifteen cyclists represented the United States in 1972. Road Track Pursuit Sprint Time trial Diving Men Women Equestrian Dressage Eventing Jumping Fencing 19 fencers represented the United States in 1972. Individual Men Women Team Football Summary Team Roster Mike Ivanow (GK) Casey Bahr John Bocwinski Horst Stemke Neil Stam Archie Roboostoff Mike Seerey John Carenza Buzz Demling Manuel Hernandez Hugo Salcedo Al Trost Joe Hamm Steve Gay Shep Messing (GK) Wally Ziaja Mike Flater Mike Margulis Jim Zylker Coach: Bob Guelker Gymnastics Men Team Individual final Women Team Individual finals Handball The United States, which had lost all three of its games in the first Olympic handball tournament, fared no better in the first round of the second tournament. The Americans lost to Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Japan to finish last place in the division, sending them to the thirteenth- to sixteenth-place consolation round. There, they finally got their first handball win over Spain before being defeated by Denmark. Men's Team Competition: United States - 14th place (1-4-0) Roster - Richard Abrahamson, Fletcher Abram Jr., Roger Baker, Dennis Berkholtz, Larry Caton, Vincent DiCalogero, Elmer Edes, Thomas Hardiman, Rudolph Matthews,