Luxembourg at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Luxembourg at the 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	LUX
NOC	Luxembourgish Olympic and Sporting Committee
Website	www.cosl.lu (French)
in Munich
Competitors	11 in 5 sports
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 3 0 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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.^[1]

Archery

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.

Women's:

• Nelly Wies-Weyrich - 2252 points (→ 24th place)

Men's:

• Marcel Balthasar - 2285 points (→ 39th place)

Athletics

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

Two cyclists represented Luxembourg in 1972.

Individual road race

• Erny Kirchen - 4:15:21.0 (→ 27th place)
• Lucien Didier - 4:17:13.0 (→ 56th place)

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Luxembourg in 1972.

Men's épée

• Robert Schiel
• Remo Manelli
• Alain Anen

Men's team épée

• Alain Anen, Aly Doerfel, Romain Manelli, Remo Manelli, Robert Schiel

Shooting

One male shooter represented Luxembourg in 1972.

Rapid fire pistol:

• Michel Braun - 577 pts (→ 38th place)

Water skiing (demonstration sports)

Women's figure skiing:

• Sylvie Hülsemann - 1780 pts (→ 4th place)

References

1. "Luxembourg at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 20 October 2014.