Luxembourg at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Luxembourg at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codeLUX
NOCLuxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee
Websitewww.teamletzebuerg.lu (in French)
in Munich
Competitors11 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Charles Sowa[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Luxembourg competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 11 competitors, 10 men and 1 woman, took part in 8 events in 5 sports.[2]

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Luxembourg entered one man and one woman. Their highest placing competitor was Nelly Wies-Weyrich, at 24th place in the women's competition.

Men
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Total score
Score Seed Score Seed Score Seed
Marcel Balthasar Individual 1144 36 1141 43 2285 39
Women
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Total score
Score Seed Score Seed Score Seed
Nelly Wies-Weyrich Individual 1144 23 1108 33 2252 24

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
Track and road events
Athletes Events Final
Time Rank
Charles Sowa 20 km walk 1:36:23.8 18
50 km walk 4:14:21.2 10

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Two cyclists represented Luxembourg in 1972.

Men
Athletes Events Final
Time Rank
Lucien Didier Individual road race 4:17:13.0 56
Erny Kirchen 4:15:21.0 27

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, all men, represented Luxembourg in 1972.

Men

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Rank
Alain Anen Men's épée 6 did not advance 68
Remo Manelli 6 did not advance 64
Robert Schiel 2 Q 3 Q 4 did not advance 16
Alain Anen
Aly Doerfel
Romain Manelli
Remo Manelli
Robert Schiel 		Team épée  Poland (POL)
L 6-9
 Mexico (MEX)
 Switzerland (SUI)
L 4-12 		3 did not advance 11

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

One male shooter represented Luxembourg in 1972.

Open
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Michel Braun 25 m rapid fire pistol 577 38

Water skiing (demonstration sports)

Main article: Water skiing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Women
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Sylvie Hülsemann Women's figure skiing 1780 4

References

  1. ^ "Charel Sowa". olympedia.org. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Luxembourg at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2014.


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