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	Jean–Michel Jamin (FRA)	38.0
	Heikki Olamo (FIN)	38.0
5	Hans–Willi Eilermeier (FRG)	32.0
6	Karl–Heinz Benzinger (FRG)	29.5
7	Bruce Cockburn (AUS)	28.5
8	Graeme Cockburn (AUS)	28.0
9	Ricky McCormick (USA)	27.5
	Kim Reid (CAN)	27.5
	lan Walker (GBR)	27.5
12	Andres Botero (COL)	21.0
13	Pierre Clerc (SUI)	17.5
14	Pierre Plouffe (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	Karl–Heinz Benzinger (FRG)	4240
4	Bruce Cockburn (AUS)	3940
5	Graeme Cockburn (AUS)	3860
6	Max Hofer (ITA)	3850
7	Edgardo Martin (ARG)	3720
8	lan Walker (GBR)	3560
	Roby Zucchi (ITA)	3560
10	Jean Veys (BEL)	2990
11	Pierre Plouffe (CAN)	2930
12	Jean–Yves Parpette (FRA)	2740
13	Pierre Clerc (SUI)	2640
14	Paul Seaton (GBR)	2160
15	Heikki Olamo (FIN)	2060
16	Michel Finsterwald (SUI)	1770

Men's jump

Place	Name	Metres
1	Ricky McCormick (USA)	43.75
2	Max Hofer (ITA)	37.70
	Hagen Klie (FRG)	37.70
4	Carlos Garcia (MEX)	36.40
5	Bruce Cockburn (AUS)	35.50
6	Pierre Clerc (SUI)	35.40
7	Roby Zucchi (ITA)	35.10
8	Jean–Yves Parpette (FRA)	34.75
9	Paul Seaton (GBR)	34.40
10	Pierre Plouffe (CAN)	33.90
11	Graeme Cockburn (AUS)	33.10
12	Kim Reid (CAN)	31.90
13	Alan Dagg (IRL)	31.05
14	Wayne Grimditch (USA)	30.15

Women's slalom

Place	Name	Buoys
1	Liz Allen–Shetter (USA)	35.0
2	Willy Stähle (NED)	31.5
3	Pat Messner (CAN)	29.0
4	Sylvie Maurial (FRA)	28.0
5	Kaye Thurlow (AUS)	27.0

Women's figure skiing

Place	Name	Points
1	Willy Stähle (NED)	3140
2	Kaye Thurlow (AUS)	2750
3	Sylvie Maurial (FRA)	2560
4	Sylvie Hülsemann (LUX)	1780
5	Liz Allen–Shetter (USA)	1550

Women's jump

Place	Name	Metres
1	Sylvie Maurial (FRA)	27.40
2	Kaye Thurlow (AUS)	27.30
3	Liz Allen–Shetter (USA)	25.70
4	Willy Stähle (NED)	25.35
5	Petra Trautmann (FRG)	24.10
6	Karen Morse (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.

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Events at the 1972 Summer Olympics (Munich)

• Archery
• Athletics
• Basketball
• Badminton (demonstration)
• Boxing
• Canoeing
• Cycling
• Diving
• Equestrian
• Fencing
• Field hockey
• Football
• Gymnastics
• Handball
• Judo
• Modern pentathlon
• Rowing
• Sailing
• Shooting
• Swimming
• Volleyball
• Water polo
• Water skiing (demonstration)
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling