SAPPORO 1972

The Games of the XI Winter Olympiad. February 3-13, 1972. Sapporo, Japan.

Alpine Skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross-Country Skiing Figure Skating Ice Hockey Luge Nordic Combined Ski Jumping Speed Skating Medal Count

ALPINE SKIING

MEN

Downhill

1.Bernhard Russi (Switzerland)

Giant slalom

1.Gustav Thoni (Italy)

Slalom

1.Francisco Fernandez Ochoa (Spain)

2.Gustav Thoni (Italy)

WOMEN

Downhill

1.Marie-Theres Nadig (Switzerland)

2.Annemarie Moser-Proll (Austria)

Giant slalom

1.Marie-Theres Nadig (Switzerland)

2.Annemarie Moser-Proll (Austria)

Slalom

1.Barbara Cochran (USA)

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BIATHLON

20 km

1.Magnar Solberg (Norway)

4 x 7.5 km

1.USSR

(Aleksandr Tikhonov)

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BOBSLEIGH

Two-man

1.Wolfgang Zimmerer / Peter Utzschneider (West Germany)

3.Jean Wicki / Edy Hubacher (Switzerland)

Four-man

1.Switzerland

(Jean Wicki)

3.West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider)

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CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING

MEN

15 km

1.Sven-Ake-Lundback (Sweden)

2.Fyodor Simashev (USSR)

30 km

1.Vyacheslav Vedenin (USSR)

2.Pal Tyldum (Norway)

50 km

1.Pal Tyldum (Norway)

2.Magne Myrmo (Norway)

3.Vyacheslav Vedenin (USSR)

7.Lars-Arne Bolling (Sweden)

4 x 10 km

1.USSR (Vladimir Voronkov, Yuri Skobov, Fyodor Simashev, Vyacheslav Vedenin)

2.Norway (Pal Tyldum)

WOMEN

5 km

1.Galina Kulakova (USSR)

10 km

1.Galina Kulakova (USSR)

2.Alevtina Olyunina (USSR)

3 x 5 km

1.USSR (Lyubov Mukhachyova, Alevtina Olyunina, Galina Kulakova)

Galina Kulakova (USSR)

Lyubov Mukhachyova (USSR)

2.Finland (Helena Takalo, Hiikka Riihivuori)

3.Norway (Inger Anfles)

4.West Germany (Monika Mrklas)

5.East Germany (Gabriele Haupt)

6.Czechoslovakia (Alena Bartosova)

8.Sweden (Meeri Bodelid)

11.USA (Barbara Britch)

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FIGURE SKATING

Men

1.Ondrej Nepela (Czechoslovakia)

Ladies

1.Beatrix Schuba (Austria)

2.Karen Magnussen (Canada)

Pairs

1.Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanov (USSR)

2.Ludmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin (USSR)

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ICE HOCKEY

Final Round

USSR - Czechoslovakia 5:2

(Alexander Yakushev - Jiri Holecek)

(Alexander Maltsev (USSR))

1.USSR

(Vladislav Tretiak, Alexander Ragulin, Yevgeni Mishakov, Alexander Maltsev, Alexander Yakushev, Vladimir Vikulov, Anatoly Firsov, Valeri Kharlamov, Boris Mikhailov, Vladimir Shadrin)

Vladislav Tretiak (USSR)

3.Czechoslovakia (Vladimir Dzurilla, Jiri Holecek, Oldrich Machac, Frantisek Pospisil, Josef Horesovsky, Vaclav Nedomansky, Ivan Hlinka)

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LUGE

Men’s singles

1.Wolfgang Scheidel (East Germany)

Women’s singles

1.Anna-Maria Muller (East Germany)

Doubles

1-2.Horst Hornlein / Reinhard Bredow (East Germany),

Paul Hildgartner / Walter Plaikner (Italy)

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NORDIC COMBINED

Individual

1.Ulrich Wehling (East Germany)

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SKI JUMPING

Individual normal hill

1.Yukio Kasaya (Japan)

2.Akitsugu Konno (Japan)

3.Seiji Aochi (Japan)

Individial large hill

1.Wojciech Fortuna (Poland)

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SPEED SKATING

MEN

500 m

1.Erhard Keller (West Germany)

1500 m

1.Ard Schenk (Netherlands)

5000 m

1.Ard Schenk (Netherlands)

10000 m

1.Ard Schenk (Netherlands)

WOMEN

 500 m

1.Anne Henning (USA)

1000 m

1.Monika Pflug (West Germany)

3.Anne Henning (USA)

1500 m

1.Dianne Holum (USA)

2.Stien Kaiser (Netherlands)

3000 m

1.Stien Kaiser (Netherlands)

2.Dianne Holum (USA)

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MEDAL COUNT

1.USSR (8-5-3)

2.EAST GERMANY (4-3-7)

3.SWITZERLAND (4-3-3)

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