Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 284 competitors, 210 men and 74 women, took part in 159 events in 18 sports. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. The Great Britain team included 69-year-old equestrian Lorna Johnstone - the oldest British athlete ever to appear in the Olympic Games. Medallists Gold Mary Peters – Athletics, women's pentathlon Richard Meade – Equestrian, three-day event individual competition Mary Gordon-Watson, Richard Meade, Bridget Parker, and Mark Phillips – Equestrian, three-day event team competition Chris Davies and Rodney Pattisson (Helmsman) – Sailing, Flying Dutchman Silver David Hemery, David Jenkins, Alan Pascoe, and Martin Reynolds – Athletics, men's 4x400 metres relay Ann Moore – Equestrian, jumping individual competition David Starbrook – Judo, men's half-heavyweight (93 kg) David Wilkie – Swimming, men's 200m breaststroke David Hunt and Alan Warren (helmsman) – sailing, Tempest Bronze Ian Stewart – Athletics, men's 5000 metres David Hemery – Athletics, men's 400m hurdles Ralph Evans – Boxing, men's light flyweight George Turpin – Boxing, men's bantamweight Alan Minter – Boxing, men's light middleweight Michael Bennett, Ian Hallam, Ronald Keeble, and William Moore – Cycling, men's 4000m team pursuit Brian Jacks – Judo, men's middleweight (80 kg) Angelo Parisi – Judo, men's open category John Kynoch – Shooting, men's running game target Archery In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Great Britain entered three men and three women. Their highest placing competitor was Lynne Evans, at 16th place in the women's competition. Men's individual competition: Roy Matthews – 2385 points (→ 17th place) John Snelling – 2356 points (→ 26th place) Ronald Bishop – 2244 points (→ 45th place) Women's individual competition: Lynne Evans – 2313 points (→ 16th place) Carol Sykes – 2273 points (→ 21st place) Pauline Edwards – 2249 points (→ 25th place) Athletics Men's 100 metres Brian Green Heat, round 1 – 10.41 Heat, round 2 – 10.58 Semifinals – 10.52 (→ did not advance) Les Piggot Heat, round 1 – 10.54 Heat, round 2 – 10.53 (→ did not advance) Don Halliday Heat, round 1 – 10.58 Heat, round 2 – 10.60 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 metres Brian Green Heat, round 1 – 21.26 Heat, round 2 – 21.41 (→ did not advance) Men's 400 metres Martin Reynolds Heat, round 1 – 46.46 Heat, round 2 – 46.11