Water skiing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Water skiing was one of two demonstration sports at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. It was the only time that the sport was demonstrated at any Olympic Games. 35 participants from 20 countries took part in six events: slalom, figure skiing, and ski jump for each of men and women skiers. The slalom events took place on September 1 and the figure skiing and ski jump events took place on September 2.
Event results[]
Men's slalom[]
Place | Name | Buoys |
---|---|---|
1 | Roby Zucchi (ITA) | 44.0 |
2 | Wayne Grimditch (USA) | 38.5 |
3 | (FRA) | 38.0 |
(FIN) | 38.0 | |
5 | (FRG) | 32.0 |
6 | (FRG) | 29.5 |
7 | (AUS) | 28.5 |
8 | (AUS) | 28.0 |
9 | Ricky McCormick (USA) | 27.5 |
(CAN) | 27.5 | |
(GBR) | 27.5 | |
12 | (COL) | 21.0 |
13 | (SUI) | 17.5 |
14 | (CAN) | 7.5 |
15 | Wolfgang Loscher (AUT) | 6.5 |
Men's Trick skiing[]
Place | Name | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Ricky McCormick (USA) | 5340 |
2 | Wayne Grimditch (USA) | 4510 |
3 | (FRG) | 4240 |
4 | (AUS) | 3940 |
5 | (AUS) | 3860 |
6 | (ITA) | 3850 |
7 | (ARG) | 3720 |
8 | (GBR) | 3560 |
Roby Zucchi (ITA) | 3560 | |
10 | (BEL) | 2990 |
11 | (CAN) | 2930 |
12 | (FRA) | 2740 |
13 | (SUI) | 2640 |
14 | (GBR) | 2160 |
15 | (FIN) | 2060 |
16 | (SUI) | 1770 |
Men's jump[]
Place | Name | Metres |
---|---|---|
1 | Ricky McCormick (USA) | 43.75 |
2 | (ITA) | 37.70 |
(FRG) | 37.70 | |
4 | (MEX) | 36.40 |
5 | (AUS) | 35.50 |
6 | (SUI) | 35.40 |
7 | Roby Zucchi (ITA) | 35.10 |
8 | (FRA) | 34.75 |
9 | (GBR) | 34.40 |
10 | (CAN) | 33.90 |
11 | (AUS) | 33.10 |
12 | (CAN) | 31.90 |
13 | (IRL) | 31.05 |
14 | Wayne Grimditch (USA) | 30.15 |
Women's slalom[]
Place | Name | Buoys |
---|---|---|
1 | (USA) | 35.0 |
2 | Willy Stähle (NED) | 31.5 |
3 | Pat Messner (CAN) | 29.0 |
4 | (FRA) | 28.0 |
5 | (AUS) | 27.0 |
Women's figure skiing[]
Place | Name | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Willy Stähle (NED) | 3140 |
2 | (AUS) | 2750 |
3 | (FRA) | 2560 |
4 | Sylvie Hülsemann (LUX) | 1780 |
5 | (USA) | 1550 |
Women's jump[]
Place | Name | Metres |
---|---|---|
1 | (FRA) | 27.40 |
2 | (AUS) | 27.30 |
3 | (USA) | 25.70 |
4 | Willy Stähle (NED) | 25.35 |
5 | (FRG) | 24.10 |
6 | (GBR) | 23.25 |
References[]
- Ed. Herbert Kunze (ed.). The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 3: The competitions (PDF) (PDF). München: proSport GmbH & Co. pp. 526–527.
Categories:
- 1972 Summer Olympics events
- Waterskiing at multi-sport events
- Discontinued sports at the Summer Olympics
- Olympic demonstration sports
- 1972 in water sports
- Men's events at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Women's events at the 1972 Summer Olympics