Swimming at the 1972 München Summer Games

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Host City: München, West Germany
Date Started: August 28, 1972
Date Finished: September 4, 1972
Events: 29

Participants: 532 (287 men and 245 women) from 52 countries
Youngest Participant: Françoise Monod (13 years, 131 days)
Oldest Participant: Gudmunður Gíslason (31 years, 228 days)
Most Medals (Athlete): Mark Spitz (7 medals)
Most Medals (Country): United States (43 medals)

Medalists

Glossary / /

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 100 metres Freestyle	Mark Spitz	Jerry Heidenreich	Vladimir Bure
Men's 200 metres Freestyle	Mark Spitz	Steve Genter	Werner Lampe
Men's 400 metres Freestyle	Brad Cooper	Steve Genter	Tom McBreen
Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle	Mike Burton	Graham Windeatt	Doug Northway
Men's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay	United States	Soviet Union	East Germany
Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay	United States	West Germany	Soviet Union
Men's 100 metres Backstroke	Roland Matthes	Mike Stamm	John Murphy
Men's 200 metres Backstroke	Roland Matthes	Mike Stamm	Mitch Ivey
Men's 100 metres Breaststroke	Nobutaka Taguchi	Tom Bruce	John Hencken
Men's 200 metres Breaststroke	John Hencken	David Wilkie	Nobutaka Taguchi
Men's 100 metres Butterfly	Mark Spitz	Bruce Robertson	Jerry Heidenreich
Men's 200 metres Butterfly	Mark Spitz	Gary Hall	Robin Backhaus
Men's 200 metres Individual Medley	Gunnar Larsson	Tim McKee	Steve Furniss
Men's 400 metres Individual Medley	Gunnar Larsson	Tim McKee	András Hargitay
Men's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay	United States	East Germany	Canada
Women's 100 metres Freestyle	Sandy Neilson	Shirley Babashoff	Shane Gould
Women's 200 metres Freestyle	Shane Gould	Shirley Babashoff	Keena Rothhammer
Women's 400 metres Freestyle	Shane Gould	Novella Calligaris	Gudrun Wegner
Women's 800 metres Freestyle	Keena Rothhammer	Shane Gould	Novella Calligaris
Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay	United States	East Germany	West Germany
Women's 100 metres Backstroke	Melissa Belote	Andrea Gyarmati	Susie Atwood
Women's 200 metres Backstroke	Melissa Belote	Susie Atwood	Donna-Marie Gurr
Women's 100 metres Breaststroke	Cathy Carr	Galina Prozumenshchikova-Stepanova	Beverley Whitfield
Women's 200 metres Breaststroke	Beverley Whitfield	Dana Schoenfield	Galina Prozumenshchikova-Stepanova
Women's 100 metres Butterfly	Mayumi Aoki	Roswitha Beier	Andrea Gyarmati
Women's 200 metres Butterfly	Karen Moe-Thornton	Lynn Colella	Ellie Daniel
Women's 200 metres Individual Medley	Shane Gould	Kornelia Ender	Lynn Vidali
Women's 400 metres Individual Medley	Gail Neall	Leslie Cliff	Novella Calligaris
Women's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay	United States	East Germany	West Germany

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