Malawi at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Malawi at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codeMAW
NOCOlympic and Commonwealth Games Association of Malawi
in Munich
Competitors16 (13 men, 3 women) in 3 sports
Flag bearer Martin Matupi
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Rhodesia (1960)

Malawi competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 16 competitors, 13 men and 3 women, took part in 17 events in 3 sports.[1]

Competitors

The following is a list of competitors in the Games and selected biographies.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 8 3 11
Boxing 3 0 3
Cycling 2 0 2
Total 13 3 16

Mabel Saeluzika

Mabel Saeluzika
Personal information
Born (1956-05-01) 1 May 1956
Sport
Event200 metres

Mabel Saeluzika (born 1 May 1956) is a Malawian sprinter. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Saeluzika was seeded in the 2nd 200 metres heat at the 1972 Olympics.[4] She ran 28.29 seconds to place 6th and did not advance.[5][6]

At 16 years and 126 days old, Saeluzika was the 8th-youngest person to ever compete in athletics at the Olympics as of 2016.[7]

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

  • Moustafa Matola
  • First Heat – 11.31s (→ did not advance, 84th place)

Men's 800 metres

  • Harry Nkopeka
  • Heat – 1:57.7 (→ did not advance, 55th place)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Harry Nkopeka
  • Heat – 4:00.9 (→ did not advance, 61st place)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification Round – 1.90m (→ did not advance, 38th place out of 43)[8]

Men's Decathlon

  • 6,154 pts

Women's 200 metres

  • Heat – 28.29s (→ did not advance)[10]

Women's 400 metres

  • Heat – 58.86s (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Jungle Thangata Featherweight BYE  Antonio Rubio (ESP)
L TKO-3 		did not advance
Tatu Chionga Lightweight BYE  Karel Kaspar (TCH)
L 0–5 		did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Two cyclists represented Malawi in 1972.

Individual road race
  • Grimon Langson – did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Raphael Kazembe – did not finish (→ no ranking)

References

  1. ^ "Malawi at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mabel Saeluzika Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Malawi at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  4. ^ Mabel Saeluzika at Tilastopaja (subscription required)
  5. ^ Hugman, Barry J. (1988). The Olympic Games : complete track and field results 1896-1988. Internet Archive. London : Arena. p. 283. ISBN 978-1-85443-025-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  6. ^ "Monday's Olympic Results". Newspapers.com. The Miami Herald. 5 September 1972. p. 5B. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Athletics" (PDF). olympstats.com.
  8. ^ "Daniel Mkandawire Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  9. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mabel Saeluzika Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Monday's Olympic Results". Newspapers.com. The Miami Herald. 5 September 1972. p. 5B. Retrieved 11 March 2025.


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