Soviet Union at the 1972 Winter Olympics

The Soviet Union participated in the Olympic Winter Games Sapporo in 1972 with a delegation of 76 (55 men, 21 women) athletes participate and won the first place in the medals table. The cross-country skiing Vyacheslav Wedenin was selected as the standard-bearer of the Soviet team for the opening ceremony.

Participants by sport

Alpine Skiing

Women:

  • Svetlana Isakova Departure: 39th place - 1:44,83 min Giant Slalom: 31st place - 1:40,20 min Slalom: DNF
  • Nina Merkulowa Departure: 37th place - 1:44,48 min Giant Slalom: 33rd - 1:41,18 min Slalom: DSQ
  • Galina Schichowa Departure: 34th place - 1:43,88 min Giant Slalom: 34 Olatz - 1:43,74 min Slalom: 19th Place - 1:45,81 min

Gentlemen:

  • Sergei Grischtschenko Departure: 46th place - 2:03,19 min Giant Slalom: DNF Slalom: 22 Square - 2:02,67 min

Biathlon

Gentlemen:

  • Ivan Bjakow Single (20 km): 12th Place - 1:20:42,78 h; 3 Error Season (4 x 7,5 km): - 1:51:44,92 h; 3 Error
  • Viktor Mamatow Single (20 km): 7th place - 1:18:16,26 h; 2 Error Season (4 x 7,5 km): - 1:51:44,92 h; 3 Error
  • Rinnat Safin Single (20 km): 19th Place - 1:22:22,59 h; 7 Error Season (4 x 7,5 km): - 1:51:44,92 h; 3 Error
  • Alexander Tikhonov Single (20 km): 4th place - 1:16:48,65 h; 4 Error Season (4 x 7,5 km): - 1:51:44,92 h; 3 Error

Hockey

Gentlemen:

  • Yuri Blinov
  • Vitaly Davydov
  • Anatoli Firsov
  • Valeri Kharlamov
  • Viktor Kuskin
  • Vladimir Lutschenko
  • Alexander Maltsev
  • Boris Mikhailov
  • Yevgeny Mischakow
  • Alexander Pashkov
  • Vladimir Petrov
  • Alexander Ragulin
  • Igor Romischewski
  • Vladimir Shadrin
  • Vladislav Tretiak
  • Gennadi Tsygankov
  • Valery Vasilyev
  • Vladimir Wikulow
  • Alexander Yakushev
  • Yevgeny Zimin

Figure skating

Women:

  • Marina Sanaja 18th Place

Gentlemen:

  • Sergei Tschetweruchin
  • Vladimir Kovalev 8th Place
  • Yuri Ovchinnikov 12th Place

Couples:

  • Irina Rodnina / Ulanov Alexei (URS I) Pair of running:
  • Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin (URS II) Pair of running:
  • Irina Tschernjajewa / Vasily Blagov (URS III) Pair of running: 6th place

Speed ​​Skating

Women:

  • Wera Krasnowa 500 m: - 44.01 sec
  • Lyudmila Titova 500 m: - 44.45 sec 1000 m: 4th place - 1:31,85 min
  • Alla Butowa 500 m: 8th place - 45.17 sec
  • Lyudmila Sawrulina 1000 m: 10th place - 1:33,41 min 1500 m: 14th Place - 2:25,85 min 3000 m: 8th Place - 5:06,61 min
  • Kapitolina Serjogina 1500 m: 9th place - 2:24,29 min 3000 m: 6th place - 5:01,88 min
  • Nina Statkewitsch 1000 m: 5th place - 1:32,21 min 1500 m: 6th place - 2:23,19 min 3000 m: 5th place - 5:01,79 min

Gentlemen:

  • Valeri Muratov 500 m: - 39.80 sec 1500 m: 21 space - 2:11,83 min
  • Vladimir Komarov 500 m: 14th Place - 40.65 sec
  • Valeri Lawruschkin 1500 m: 6th place - 2:07,16 min 5000 m: 7th place - 7:39,26 min 10,000 m: 5th place - 15:20,08 min

Toboggan

Women:

  • Nina Ignatjewa 17th Place - 3:06,45 min
  • Natalija Omschewa 20th Place - 3:08,27 min
  • Nina Schaschkowa 12th Place - 3:04,38 min

Gentlemen:

  • Viktor Ilyin 37th place - 3:42,08 min
  • Sergei Osipov 33rd - 3:38,99 min
  • Yuri Swetikow 41st place - 3:43,69 min
  • Yuri Yegorov 29th place - 3:38,00 min

Doubles:

  • Sergei Osipov / Yuri Swetikow (URS I) 12th Place - 1:31,12 min
  • Viktor Ilyin / Yuri Yegorov (URS II) 13th Place - 1:31,19 min

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Women:

  • Galina Kulakowa 5 km: - 17:00,50 min 10 km: - 34:17,82 min 3x5 km relay: - 48:16,15 min
  • Alevtina Smirnova Oljunina - 5 km: 4th place - 17:07,40 min 10 km: - 34:54,11 min 3x5 km relay: - 48:16,15 min
  • Lyubov Muchatschowa 5 km: 6th place - 17:12,08 min 10 km: 4th place - 34:58,56 min 3x5 km relay: - 48:16,15 min
  • Nina Fedorova - Baldytschewa 5 km: 10th place - 17:25,62 min
  • Nina Schebalina 10 km: 10th place - 35:54,59 min

Gentlemen:

  • Vyacheslav Wedenin 30 km: - 1:36:31,15 h 50 km: - 2:44:00,19 h 4x10 km relay: - 2:04:47,94 h
  • Ivan Garanin 50 km: 17th Place - 2:50:00,78 h
  • Ivan Pronin 50 km: 15th Place - 2:49:45,59 h
  • Valeri Tarakanow 15 km: 16th Place - 46:48,32 min
  • Vladimir Dolganow 30 km: 16th Place - 1:40:48,85 h
  • Fyodor Simaschow 15 km: - 46:00,84 min 30 km: 6th place - 1:38:22,50 h 50 km: 8th place - 2:45:08,93 h 4x10 km relay: - 2:04:47,94 h
  • Yuri Skobow 15 km: 5th place - 46:04,59 min 30 km: 15th Place - 1:40:18,70 h 4x10 km relay: - 2:04:47,94 h
  • Vladimir Voronkov 15 km: 12th Place - 46:33,43 min 4x10 km relay: - 2:04:47,94 h

Ski Jumping

  • Yuri Kalinin Normal hill: 20th Place - 211.6 points
  • Gari Napalkow Normal hill: 7th place - 220.2 points Large hill: 6th place - 210.1 points
  • Koba Zakadse Normal hill: 9th Place - 219.9 points Large hill: 35th place - 165.2 points
  • Sergei Janin Large hill: 21 Place - 181.4 points
  • Anatoli Scheglanow Normal hill: 21 Place - 210.0 points Large hill: 32nd - 170.7 points

Nordic Combined

  • Mikhail Artjuchow Single ( normal hill / 15 km): 11th Place
  • Vyacheslav Drjagin Single ( normal hill / 15 km): 29th place
  • Alexander Nosov Single ( normal hill / 15 km): 7th place
  • Anatoly Zaitsev Single ( normal hill / 15 km): 22 Place

Weblink

  • Soviet Olympic team in 1972 in the database of Sports- Reference.com (English)

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