Malawi at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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.

Athletics
Men's 100 metres
 * Mustaff Matola
 * First Heat &mdash; 11.31s (→ did not advance, 84th place)

Men's 800 metres
 * Harry Nkopeka
 * Heat &mdash; 1:57.7 (→ did not advance, 55th place)

Men's 1500 metres
 * Harry Nkopeka
 * Heat &mdash; 4:00.9 (→ did not advance, 61st place)

Men's High Jump
 * Daniel Mkandawire
 * Qualification Round &mdash; 1.90m (→ did not advance, 38th place out of 43)

Men's Decathlon
 * Wilfred Ngwenya-Mwalwanda
 * 6,154 pts

Women's 200 metres
 * Mabel Saeluzika
 * Heat &mdash; 28.29s (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 metres
 * Emesia Chizunga
 * Heat &mdash; 58.86s (→ did not advance)

Boxing

 * Men

Cycling
Two cyclists represented Malawi in 1972.


 * Individual road race
 * Grimon Langson &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)
 * Raphael Kazembe &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)