The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent 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
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSergey GrishchenkoDownhill2:03.1946Sergey GrishchenkoGiant Slalom?39DNF–DNF–
Men's slalom
AthleteClassificationFinalTimeRankTime 1RankTime 2RankTotalRankSergey Grishchenko1:49.6451:02.973259.70212:02.6722
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSvetlana IsakovaDownhill1:44.8339Nina Merkulova1:44.4837Galina Shikhova1:43.8834Galina ShikhovaGiant Slalom1:43.7434Nina Merkulova1:41.1833Svetlana Isakova1:40.2031Nina MerkulovaSlalomDSQ–––DSQ–Svetlana IsakovaDNF–––DNF–Galina Shikhova52.072353.74181:45.8119
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank20 kmRinnat Safin1'15:22.5971'22:22.5919Ivan Biakov1'17:42.7831'20:42.7812Viktor Mamatov1'16:16.2621'18:16.267Aleksandr Tikhonov1'12:48.6541'16:48.654
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 2TimeRankAleksandr TikhonovRinnat SafinIvan BiakovViktor Mamatov31'51:44.92
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmValery Tarakanov46:48.3216Vladimir Voronkov46:33.4312Yury Skobov46:04.595Fyodor Smishov46:00.8430 kmVladimir Dolganov1'40:48.8516Yury Skobov1'40:18.7015Fyodor Simashov1'38:22.506Vyacheslav Vedenin1'36:31.1550 kmIvan Garanin2'50:00.7817Ivan Pronin2'49:45.5915Fyodor Simashov2'45:08.938Vyacheslav Vedenin2'44:00.19
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankVladimir VoronkovYury SkobovFyodor SimashovVyacheslav Vedenin2'04:47.94
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmNina Baldycheva-Fyodorova17:25.6210Lyubov Mukhachova17:12.086Alevtina Olyunina-Smirnova17:07.404Galina Kulakova17:00.5010 kmNina Shebalina35:54.5910Lyubov Mukhachova34:58.564Alevtina Olyunina-Smirnova34:54.11Galina Kulakova34:17.82
Women's 3 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankLyubov MukhachovaAlevtina Olyunina-SmirnovaGalina Kulakova48:16.15
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Yuri Ovchinnikov1562477.5104.512 Vladimir Kovalev7112521.6808 Sergei Chetverukhin312672.420
Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Marina Sanaya19182198.616018
Pairs AthletesSPFSPointsPlacesRank Irina CherniaevaVasili Blagov65399.1526 Liudmila SmirnovaAndrei Suraikin22419.415 Irina RodninaAlexei Ulanov11420.412
Ice hockey
Medal round RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts1 5401331392532018156353202613645221171355523014244650509390 USSR 9-3 Finland USSR 3-3 Sweden USSR 7-2 USA USSR 9-3 Poland USSR 5-2 Czechoslovakia
Gold:Vladislav Tretiak Alexander Pashkov Vitaly Davydov Viktor Kuskin Alexander Ragulin Gennadi Tsygankov Vladimir Lutchenko Valeri 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
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankYury Svetikov1:00.824455.012954.083053.78313:43.6941Viktor Ilyin56.123955.503755.214155.25393:42.0837Sergey Osipov55.483555.273654.062954.18343:38.9933Yury Yegorov55.082854.582654.643553.70283:38.0029
(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankYury SvetikovSergey Osipov45.641245.48121:31.1212Yury YegorovViktor Ilyin45.661345.53131:31.1913
Women AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankNataliya Omsheva47.181847.392046.852046.85203:08.2720Nina Ignatyeva46.821546.841746.701746.09163:06.4517Nina Shashkova46.181346.381246.361645.46113:04.3812
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankMikhail ArtyukhovIndividual73.574.0183.01450:57.0197.18512380.18511Vyacheslav Dryagin66.070.0146.23550:29.4201.3259347.52529Anatoly Zaytsev66.568.0158.32650:10.4204.1758362.47522Aleksandr Nosov77.579.5201.3352:08.7186.43027387.7307
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankAnatoly ZheglanovNormal hill73.5102.375.0107.7210.021K'oba Ts'akadze77.5109.777.5110.2219.99Yury Kalinin78.5111.873.599.8211.620Gary Napalkov79.5112.476.0107.8220.27K'oba Ts'akadzeLarge hill93.069.790.095.5165.235Anatoly Zheglanov80.573.790.097.0170.732Sergey Yanin89.093.187.088.3181.421Gary Napalkov99.5111.392.098.8210.16
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mVladimir Komarov40.6514Valery Muratov39.801500 mValery Muratov2:11.8321Valery Lavrushkin2:07.1665000 mValery Lavrushkin7:39.26710,000 mValery Lavrushkin15:20.085
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mAlla Butova45.178Lyudmila Titova44.45Vera Krasnova44.011000 mLyudmila Savrulina1:33.4110Nina Statkevich1:32.215Lyudmila Titova1:31.8541500 mLyudmila Savrulina2:25.8514Kapitolina Seregina2:24.299Nina Statkevich2:23.1963000 mLyudmila Savrulina5:06.618Kapitolina Seregina5:01.886Nina Statkevich5:01.795
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
Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com