Luxembourg at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Luxembourg at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Luxembourg at the; 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	LUX
NOC	Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee
Website	www.teamletzebuerg.lu (in French)
in Munich
Competitors	11 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Charles Sowa
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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.^[2]

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.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Total score
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Score	Seed	Score	Seed
Marcel Balthasar	Individual	1144	36	1141	43	2285	39

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Total score
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Score	Seed	Score	Seed
Nelly Wies-Weyrich	Individual	1144	23	1108	33	2252	24

Athletics

Men
Track and road events

Athletes	Events	Final
Athletes	Events	Time	Rank
Charles Sowa	20 km walk	1:36:23.8	18
Charles Sowa	50 km walk	4:14:21.2	10

Cycling

Two cyclists represented Luxembourg in 1972.

Men

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

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Luxembourg in 1972.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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

One male shooter represented Luxembourg in 1972.

Open

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

Water skiing (demonstration sports)

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Sylvie Hülsemann	Women's figure skiing	1780	4

References

^ "Charel Sowa". olympedia.org. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
^ "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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[1] "Charel Sowa". olympedia.org. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

[sports-reference-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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