Great Britain competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. It was the seventeenth time that the nation had competed, being one of only four nations to have competed in every Olympics to that point. Great Britain competed under the IOC country code GBR.
Results by event
In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Great Britain entered three men and three women. Their highest placing competitor was Lynne Evans , at 16th place in the women's competition.
Women's:
- Lynne Evans - 2313 points (16th place)
- Carol Sykes - 2273 points (21st place)
- Pauline Edwards - 2249 points (25th place)
Men's:
- Roy Matthews - 2385 points (17th place)
- John Snelling - 2356 points (26th place)
- Ronald Bishop - 2244 points (45th place)
