Luxembourg at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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.

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's 20 km Walk:

• Charles Sowa - 1:36:23.8 (→ 18th place)

Men's 50 km Walk:

• Charles Sowa - 4:14:21.2 (→ 10th place)

Cycling

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

Rapid fire pistol:

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

Water skiing (demonstration sports)

Women's figure skiing:

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

References

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