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Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Winter Olympics


FieldValue
NOCTCH
NOCnameCzechoslovak Olympic Committee
gamesWinter Olympics
year1972
locationSapporo
competitors41 (37 men, 4 women)
sports6
flagbearerJiří Raška (ski jumping)
rank12
gold1
silver0
bronze2
appearancesauto
app_end_year1992
seealsoBOH (1900–1912)
CZE (1994–)
SVK (1994–)

CZE (1994–) SVK (1994–)

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. Ondrej Nepela won figure skating gold medal.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Figure skatingMen's singles
Cross-country skiingWomen's 5 km
Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team
Ice hockeyMen's competition

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics

;Men

EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank
20 kmPavel Ploc1'18:38.79111'29:38.7947
Stanislav Fajstavr1'19:53.3391'28:53.3344
Arnošt Hájek1'19:22.3791'28:22.3739
Ladislav Žižka1'16:36.81111'27:36.8136

: 1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss. ;Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

AthletesRaceMisses 2TimeRank
Ladislav Žižka
Pavel Ploc
Ján Húska
Arnošt Hájek32'03:08.1712

: 2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

;Men

EventAthleteRaceTimeRank
15 kmJán Michalko48:31.6430
Ján Fajstavr48:18.2229
Stanislav Henych47:25.8121
30 kmJán Michalko1'46:19.3640
Ján Fajstavr1'44:49.4534
Stanislav Henych1'39:24.299
50 kmJán Michalko2'58:31.8330
Ján Fajstavr2'51:12.9219

;Men's 4 × 10 km relay

AthletesRaceTimeRank
Stanislav Henych
Ján Fajstavr
Ján Michalko
Ján Ilavský2'11:27.558

;Women

EventAthleteRaceTimeRank
5 kmMilena Chlumová18:12.2227
Milena Cillerová17:56.2222
Alena Bartošová17:47.2516
Helena Šikolová17:07.32
10 kmMilena Cillerová37:40.7030
Alena Bartošová37:01.7327
Milena Chlumová36:59.8726
Helena Šikolová35:29.337

;Women's 3 × 5 km relay

AthletesRaceTimeRank
Alena Bartošová
Helena Šikolová
Milena Cillerová51:16.166

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

;Men

AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Ondrej Nepela142739.19

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics

First round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.

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Medal round

RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts
1540133139
2532018156
3532026136
4522117135
5523014244
650509390
  • Czechoslovakia 14-1 Poland
  • USA 5-1 Czechoslovakia
  • Czechoslovakia 7-1 Finland
  • Czechoslovakia 2-1 Sweden
  • USSR 5-2 Czechoslovakia

Leading scorers

PlayerGPGAPts
2nd Václav Nedomanský5639
9th Jiří Kochta5336
10th Richard Farda5156
Vladimír Dzurilla
Jiří Holeček
Vladimír Bednář
Rudolf Tajcnár
Oldřich Machač
František Pospíšil
Josef Horešovský
Karel Vohralík
Václav Nedomanský
Jiří Holík
Jaroslav Holík
Jiří Kochta
Eduard Novák
Richard Farda
Josef Černý
Vladimír Martinec
Ivan Hlinka
Bohuslav Šťastný

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Ladislav RyglIndividual65.571.0160.42451:09.2195.35516355.75526
Libor Foltman70.567.5155.030DNFDNF
Tomáš Kučera75.575.5191.8751:04.0196.13514387.9356
Jaroslav Svoboda71.571.5175.91953:20.2175.70533351.60528

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRank
Rudolf HöhnlNormal hill73.5100.873.5100.8201.629
Jiří Raška78.5112.378.0112.5224.85
Zbyněk Hubač79.0113.175.0104.7217.811
Karel Kodejška80.0114.775.5105.5220.27
Zbyněk HubačLarge hill91.596.191.598.6194.715
Leoš Škoda89.596.385.080.0176.326
Jiří Raška99.0111.189.093.6204.710

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