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Soviet Union at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Field	Value
NOC	URS
NOCname	Soviet Olympic Committee
games	Winter Olympics
year	1972
flagcaption	Flag of the Soviet Union
location	Sapporo
competitors	78 (58 men, 20 women)
sports	9
flagbearer	Vyacheslav Vedenin (cross-country skiing)
rank	1
gold	8
silver	5
bronze	3
appearances	auto
app_begin_year	1956
app_end_year	1988
seealso	RU1 (1900–1912)
EST (1920–1936, 1992–)
LAT (1924–1936, 1992–)
LTU (1924–1928, 1992–)
EUN (1992)
ARM (1994–)
BLR (1994–)
GEO (1994–)
KAZ (1994–)
KGZ (1994–)
MDA (1994–)
RUS (1994–)
UKR (1994–)
UZB (1994–)
AZE (1996–)
TJK (1996–)
TKM (1996–)

EST (1920–1936, 1992–) LAT (1924–1936, 1992–) LTU (1924–1928, 1992–) EUN (1992) ARM (1994–) BLR (1994–) GEO (1994–) KAZ (1994–) KGZ (1994–) MDA (1994–) RUS (1994–) UKR (1994–) UZB (1994–) AZE (1996–) TJK (1996–) TKM (1996–)

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event

Biathlon	Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
		Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km

Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay
		Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km
		Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km

Cross-country skiing	Women's 3 × 5 km relay

Figure skating	Pairs
	Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team
	Ice hockey	Men's competition
		Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km
		Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km
		Figure skating	Men's singles

Figure skating	Pairs
		Speed skating	Women's 500m
		Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km
		Speed skating	Men's 500m
		Speed skating	Women's 500m

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

;Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sergey Grishchenko	Downhill		2:03.19	46
Sergey Grishchenko	Giant Slalom	?	39	DNF	–	DNF	–

;Men's slalom

Athlete	Classification	Final	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Sergey Grishchenko	1:49.64	5	1:02.97	32	59.70	21	2:02.67	22

;Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Time	Rank	Time
Svetlana Isakova	Downhill		1:44.83	39
Nina Merkulova		1:44.48	37
Galina Shikhova		1:43.88	34
Galina Shikhova	Giant Slalom		1:43.74	34
Nina Merkulova		1:41.18	33
Svetlana Isakova		1:40.20	31
Nina Merkulova	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Svetlana Isakova	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Galina Shikhova	52.07	23	53.74	18	1:45.81	19

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics

;Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time 1	Rank
20 km	Rinnat Safin	1'15:22.59	7	1'22:22.59	19
Ivan Biakov	1'17:42.78	3	1'20:42.78	12
Viktor Mamatov	1'16:16.26	2	1'18:16.26	7
Aleksandr Tikhonov	1'12:48.65	4	1'16:48.65	4

;Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race	Misses 2
Aleksandr Tikhonov
Rinnat Safin
Ivan Biakov
Viktor Mamatov	3	1'51:44.92

Cross-country skiing

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

;Men

Event	Athlete	Race	Time
15 km	Valery Tarakanov	46:48.32	16
Vladimir Voronkov	46:33.43	12
Yury Skobov	46:04.59	5
Fyodor Smishov	46:00.84
30 km	Vladimir Dolganov	1'40:48.85	16
Yury Skobov	1'40:18.70	15
Fyodor Simashov	1'38:22.50	6
Vyacheslav Vedenin	1'36:31.15
50 km	Ivan Garanin	2'50:00.78	17
Ivan Pronin	2'49:45.59	15
Fyodor Simashov	2'45:08.93	8
Vyacheslav Vedenin	2'44:00.19

;Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race	Time	Rank
Vladimir Voronkov
Yury Skobov
Fyodor Simashov
Vyacheslav Vedenin	2'04:47.94

;Women

Event	Athlete	Race	Time
5 km	Nina Baldycheva-Fyodorova	17:25.62	10
Lyubov Mukhachova	17:12.08	6
Alevtina Olyunina-Smirnova	17:07.40	4
Galina Kulakova	17:00.50
10 km	Nina Shebalina	35:54.59	10
Lyubov Mukhachova	34:58.56	4
Alevtina Olyunina-Smirnova	34:54.11
Galina Kulakova	34:17.82

;Women's 3 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race	Time	Rank
Lyubov Mukhachova
Alevtina Olyunina-Smirnova
Galina Kulakova	48:16.15

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

;Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Yuri Ovchinnikov	15	6	2477.5	104.5	12
Vladimir Kovalev	7	11	2521.6	80	8
Sergei Chetverukhin	3	1	2672.4	20

;Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Marina Sanaya	19	18	2198.6	160	18

;Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Irina Cherniaeva
Vasili Blagov	6	5	399.1	52	6
Liudmila Smirnova
Andrei Suraikin	2	2	419.4	15
Irina Rodnina
Alexei Ulanov	1	1	420.4	12

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Medal round

Rank	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	5	4	0	1	33	13	9
2	5	3	2	0	18	15	6
3	5	3	2	0	26	13	6
4	5	2	2	1	17	13	5
5	5	2	3	0	14	24	4
6	5	0	5	0	9	39	0

USSR 9-3 Finland
USSR 3-3 Sweden
USSR 7-2 USA
USSR 9-3 Poland
USSR 5-2 Czechoslovakia

Vladislav Tretiak
Alexander Pashkov
Vitaly Davidov
Viktor Kuskin
Alexander Ragulin
Gennadi Tsygankov
Vladimir Lutchenko
Vladimir Vasiliev
Igor Romishevsky
Yevgeny Mishakov
Alexander Maltsev
Alexander Yakushev
Vladimir Vikulov
Anatoly Firsov
Valeri Kharlamov
Yury Blinov
Boris Mikhailov
Vladimir Petrov
Vladimir Shadrin
Yevgeny Zimin

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics

;Men

Athlete	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
Yury Svetikov	1:00.82	44	55.01	29	54.08	30	53.78	31	3:43.69	41
Viktor Ilyin	56.12	39	55.50	37	55.21	41	55.25	39	3:42.08	37
Sergey Osipov	55.48	35	55.27	36	54.06	29	54.18	34	3:38.99	33
Yury Yegorov	55.08	28	54.58	26	54.64	35	53.70	28	3:38.00	29

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Time	Rank	Time
Yury Svetikov
Sergey Osipov	45.64	12	45.48	12	1:31.12	12
Yury Yegorov
Viktor Ilyin	45.66	13	45.53	13	1:31.19	13

;Women

Athlete	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
Nataliya Omsheva	47.18	18	47.39	20	46.85	20	46.85	20	3:08.27	20
Nina Ignatyeva	46.82	15	46.84	17	46.70	17	46.09	16	3:06.45	17
Nina Shashkova	46.18	13	46.38	12	46.36	16	45.46	11	3:04.38	12

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

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping	Cross-country	Total	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points
Mikhail Artyukhov	Individual	73.5	74.0	183.0	14	50:57.0	197.185	12	380.185	11
Vyacheslav Dryagin	66.0	70.0	146.2	35	50:29.4	201.325	9	347.525	29
Anatoly Zaytsev	66.5	68.0	158.3	26	50:10.4	204.175	8	362.475	22
Aleksandr Nosov	77.5	79.5	201.3	3	52:08.7	186.430	27	387.730	7

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Distance	Points	Distance
Anatoly Zheglanov	Normal hill	73.5	102.3	75.0	107.7	210.0	21
K'oba Ts'akadze	77.5	109.7	77.5	110.2	219.9	9
Yury Kalinin	78.5	111.8	73.5	99.8	211.6	20
Gary Napalkov	79.5	112.4	76.0	107.8	220.2	7
K'oba Ts'akadze	Large hill	93.0	69.7	90.0	95.5	165.2	35
Anatoly Zheglanov	80.5	73.7	90.0	97.0	170.7	32
Sergey Yanin	89.0	93.1	87.0	88.3	181.4	21
Gary Napalkov	99.5	111.3	92.0	98.8	210.1	6

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

;Men

Event	Athlete	Race	Time
500 m	Vladimir Komarov	40.65	14
Valery Muratov	39.80
1500 m	Valery Muratov	2:11.83	21
Valery Lavrushkin	2:07.16	6
5000 m	Valery Lavrushkin	7:39.26	7
10,000 m	Valery Lavrushkin	15:20.08	5

;Women

Event	Athlete	Race	Time
500 m	Alla Butova	45.17	8
Lyudmila Titova	44.45
Vera Krasnova	44.01
1000 m	Lyudmila Savrulina	1:33.41	10
Nina Statkevich	1:32.21	5
Lyudmila Titova	1:31.85	4
1500 m	Lyudmila Savrulina	2:25.85	14
Kapitolina Seregina	2:24.29	9
Nina Statkevich	2:23.19	6
3000 m	Lyudmila Savrulina	5:06.61	8
Kapitolina Seregina	5:01.88	6
Nina Statkevich	5:01.79	5

Medals by republic

In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different republics in one team. |}}

Bibliography

References

(October 1974). "The USSR and Olympism". [[International Olympic Committee]].

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