Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics a 1.5 nm radius circle for course area C. Because of the distance to Munich and the fact that no sailing was scheduled for 6 and 7 September, the killings of 11 Israeli athletes had less impact on sailing than it had on the other events in Munich. Only a few of the sailing teams did not start at the last day of the races. Among them the Israelian Flying Dutchman team of: Yair Michaeli and Izchak Nir. During the sailing regattas at the 1972 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes: Sailing at
Sweden at the 1972 Summer Olympics seventh and eighth places, winning 19-18. Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1972. Men's Individual Competition: Men's Team Competition: Men's Single Sculls Ten male shooters represented Sweden in 1972. Ragnar Skanåker won gold in the 50 m pistol event. Men's 100m Freestyle Men's 200m Freestyle Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Sweden at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sweden competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 131 competitors, 104 men and 27 women, took part in 90 events in 18 sports. In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Sweden entered three men and two women.