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Kayak Singles, Slalom, Women

Date30 August 1972 — 13:00
StatusOlympic
LocationKanuslalomanlage, Augsburg
Participants22 from 10 countries
FormatTwo runs, best score of two to count.

Canoe slalom singles appeared at the Olympics for the first time in 1972 and, unlike in the sprint events, up to three competitors from a single nation were allowed to compete. East Germany’s Angelika Bahmann, the reigning World Champion, was the favorite, but she would certainly be challenged by Czechoslovakia’s Ludmila Polesná, the 1967 and 1969 World Champion and 1971 runner-up. After the first run, Bahmann was in second after West Germany’s Magdalena Wunderlich, a relatively unheralded competitor. Poland’s Maria Ćwiertniewicz, meanwhile, was a distant third. Bahmann underwent a massive improvement in the second run and posted an impressive score that was more than sufficient to win gold. The biggest jump, however, came from West Germany’s Gisela Grothaus, who was ninth in round one, but runner-up in the second round and earned enough points to nab the silver medal. Ćwiertniewicz, meanwhile, improved her score, but not enough to pass Wunderlich, whose run one score allowed her to take bronze.

PosBibCompetitorNOCTotal TimeRun #1Run #2
1126Angelika BahmannGDR364.50413.07 (2)364.50 (1)Gold
2170Gisela GrothausFRG398.15521.10 (9)398.15 (2)Silver
3193Magdalena WunderlichFRG400.50400.50 (1)515.40 (9)Bronze
4253Maria ĆwiertniewiczPOL432.30450.64 (3)432.30 (3)
5257Kunegunda Godawska-OlchawaPOL441.05473.26 (5)441.05 (4)
6Victoria BrownGBR443.71525.07 (11)443.71 (5)
7162Ulrike DeppeFRG456.44466.32 (4)456.44 (6)
8329Bohumila KapplováTCH460.16606.70 (16)460.16 (7)
9362Lyn AshtonUSA476.41481.43 (6)476.41 (8)
10131Martina FalkeGDR482.20482.20 (7)– (DNF)
11127Sybille BoedeckerGDR482.88482.88 (8)526.10 (10)
12305Danielle KamberSUI521.81521.81 (10)585.86 (16)
13Heather GoodmanGBR527.50527.50 (12)549.92 (13)
14368Cindy GoodwinUSA528.50576.80 (15)528.50 (11)
15369Louise HolcombeUSA532.30697.20 (19)532.30 (12)
16336Ludmila PolesnáTCH537.47537.47 (13)641.80 (17)
17Rosine RolandBEL552.03– (DNF)552.03 (14)
18Barbara SattlerAUT557.67557.67 (14)568.88 (15)
19349Biruta Hercova-HercbergaURS614.42614.42 (17)658.54 (18)
20304Elisabeth KäserSUI632.88632.88 (18)– (DNF)
21Pauline GoodwinGBR673.60– (DNF)673.60 (19)
22334Růžena NovotnáTCH679.80709.62 (20)679.80 (20)