French entered the final event of the modern pentathlon in fifth, but stormed away from the field with a dominant run to win gold. How they did it: The quartet claimed Great Britain's fourth swimming gold at an Olympics - the first time the nation has won that many at a single Games for 113 years - as they finished clear of China in the first-ever mixed medley relay. Host City: Munchen, West Germany Venue(s): Boxing Hall, Olympic Park, Munchen Date Started: August 27, 1972 Date Finished: September 10, 1972 Format: Single elimination tournament. Legendary hurdler Edwin Moses of the United States earned his first gold medal. See 40 Years of Olympic Boxing Team Heavyweights and Champions. Gimson and Burnet secured silver in the mixed Nacra 17 class behind the Italian duo of Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti, after finishing fifth in Tuesday's medal race. Dean set a British record of one minute 44.22 seconds to finish 0.04secs ahead of team-mate Duncan Scott. London 1908 William Philo (Middleweight, 71.7kg) Daley, who made his Olympic debut at the age of 13, won gold in his fourth Games alongside debutant Lee. It was the first time since 1908 that two male British swimmers have finished on the Olympic podium together. How they did it: The GB team overcame a scratchy first baton exchange between Philip and Lansiquot to finish third, 0.2 seconds clear of Switzerland. He was the National AAU champion in 1972, 1975-76, and 1979. Paris 1924 John Elliott (Middleweight, 72.6kg) Kottysch and Rudkowski, two old rivals, met for the gold medal with the German's harder punching triumphing over the more skillful Pole. Team GB's Boxing preview for Tokyo Olympics: Ones to watch and - ESPN Former British Pentathlon Olympic Gold Medalist Passes Away at 81 14 boxers from 14 nations competed. This page provides a list of the British athletes at the 1972 summer Olympics in Munich . Of the 1972 boxing gold medalists, only Yugoslavian light-hearvyweight [Mate Parlov] would have a top professional career. The British pair dominated the race, winning 10 of the 12 sprints on offer to finish on 78 points, as Kenny became the first British woman to win gold at three Olympic Games. Bradshaw claimed Britain's second track and field medal in Tokyo and finally landed her first major championship podium finish with pole vault bronze. How he did it: Yee, making his Olympic debut, led for much of the 10km run before being overtaken by Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway. The big surprise of the 1972 boxing tournament, and a very pleasant one for the home crowd, was the victory of West Germany's [Dieter Kottysch] in the light-welterweight. The competition was held from 28 August to 10 September 1972. The 800- and 1,500-metre runs boasted the worlds two best performers, Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe, both of Great Britain. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. The men's light flyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. How they did it: McCormack won a silver medal after losing a hard-fought men's welterweight contest to Cuba's Roniel Iglesias on points. We are deeply saddened to confirm the 1976 Modern Pentathlon Olympic Gold medallist and former Pentathlon GB Chairman, Jeremy (Jim) Robert Fox OLY MBE OBE passed away yesterday at the age of 81. The British pair held the gold medal spot after 10 sprints but then faded before securing silver with a late surge. Kottysch won the slenderest of decisions as two judges voted for him, two for Kottysch and the fifth judge had the fight even at 59-59 but gave the advantage to the German. How he did it: The reigning champion from Rio led from the front, competing first and setting a score of 15.583 that ensured he would become the first Olympic pommel champion to defend the title since 1980. It would mark the beginning of a gold-medal-winning run that lasted three Games (Munich 1972, Montreal 1976 and Moscow 1980). The American team that arrived in Germany was considered the best all round team to leave their shores since 1952 but only one, [Ray Seales], returned to the US as Olympic champion. But in a turn of events, his Romanian opponent had to forfeit. The 2016 champions beat India in a thrilling bronze-medal match. The competition was held from 27 August to 10 September 1972. How she did it: Artingstall guaranteed herself a medal with a quarter-final split-decision win against Australia's Skye Nicolson. These are the final results for the boxing competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics. A third meeting paired two of the favourites together with [Boris Kuznetzov], who had upset 1968 champion [Valerian Sokolov] to make the Soviet team, emerging victorious over [Ryszard Tomczyk], the European champion from Poland. Page claimed bronze in the women's trampoline final to add to her silver medal in Rio after finishing behind China's Zhu Xueying, who picked up gold, and Chinese compatriot Liu Lingling, who took silver. As Kuznetzov made his way through the bottom half of the draw so Waruinge did likewise in the top half of the draw. In his absence [Ricardo Carreras] of the USA, [Orlando Martinez] of Cuba and [Juan Francisco Rodrguez], a Spaniard who had been European flyweight champion, appeared the most likely medal contenders. It was a result that the Venezuelan trainer called )a national disaster). Whyte earned a historic first medal for Great Britain in BMX racing, winning silver by finishing just behind the Netherlands' Niek Kimmann. Bobick had won the Pan American Games gold medal in 1971 scoring a victory over young Cuban [Tefilo Stevenson] on his way to the title. Hungary. The favourite for the Olympic heavyweight title was America's new "Great White Hope", Minnesotan [Duane Bobick]. Gedo, a tall southpaw, had difficulty outpointing [Volodymyr Ivanov] in the quarter-finals but won both semi-final and final with ease.