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1972 Winter Olympics (XI)
Sapporo, Japan
February 3 - February 13
Participants: 1,006(800 Men, 206 Women), 35 Nations
| Final Medal Count |
| Place | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 8 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | East Germany | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Norway | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | United States | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | West Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Austria | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Finland | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Sports: 8
Events: 35
| Alpine Skiing |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's Downhill | Bernhard Russi, SUI 1:51.43 | Roland Collombin, SUI 1:52.07 | Heinrich Messner, AUT 1:52.40 |
| Men's Slalom | Francisco Ochoa, ESP 1:49.27 | Gustavo Thöni, ITA 1:50.28 | Rolando THöni, ITA |
| Men's Giant Slalom | Gustavo Thöni, ITA 3:09.62 | Edmund Bruggmann, SUI 3:10.75 | Werner Mattle, SUI 3:10.99 |
| Women's Downhill | Marie-Therèse Nadig, SUI 1:36.68 | Annemarie Pröll, AUT 1:37.00 | Susan Corrock, USA 1:37.68 |
| Women's Slalom | Barbara Cochran, USA 1:31.24 | Daniele Debernard, FRA 1:31.26 | Florence Steurer, FRA 1:32.69 |
| Women's Giant Slalom | Marie-Therèse Nadig, SUI 1:29.90 | Annemarie Pröll, AUT 1:30.75 | Wiltrud Drexel, AUT 1:32.35 |
| Cross-Country Skiing |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's 15 km | Sven-Ake Lundbäck, SWE 45:28.24 | Fedor Simaschov, URS 46:00.84 | Ivar Formo, NOR 46:02.86 |
| Men's 30 km | Vyacheslav Vedenine, URS 1:36:31.15 | Pål Tyldum, NOR 1:37:25.30 | Johannes Harviken, NOR 1:37:32.44 |
| Men's 50 km | Pål Tyldum, NOR 2:43:14.75 | Magne Myrmo, NOR 2:43:29.45 | Vyacheslav Vdenine, URS 2:44:00.19 |
| Men's 4 x 10 km Relay | Soviet Union 2:04:47.94 | Norway 2:04:57.06 | Switzerland 2:07:00.06 |
| Women's 5 km | Galina Kulakova, URS 17:00.50 | Marjatta Kajosmaa, FIN 17:05.50 | Helena Sikolová, TCH 17:07.32 |
| Women's 10 km | Galina Kulakova, URS 34:17.82 | Alevtina Olunina, URS 34:54.11 | Marjatta Kajosmaa, FIN 34:56.45 |
| Women's 3 x 5 km Relay | Soviet Union 48:46.15 | Finland 49:19.37 | Norway 49:51.49 |
| Ski Jumping |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 70 m | Yukio Kasaya, JPN 244.2 | Akitsugu Konno, JPN 234.8 | Seiji Aochi, JPN 229.5 |
| 90 m | Wojciech Fortuna, POL 219.9 | Walter Steiner, SUI 219.8 | Rainer Schmidt, GDR 219.3 |
| Nordic Combined |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's | Ulrich Wehling, GDR 413.340 | Rauno Miettinen, FIN 405.505 | Karl-Heinz Luck, GDR 398.800 |
| Biathlon |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 20 km | Magnar Solberg, NOR 1:15:55.50 | Hansjörg Knauthe, GDR 1:16:07.60 | Lars Arvidsson, SWE 1:16:27.03 |
| 4 x 7.5 km Relay | Soviet Union 1:51:44.92 | Finland 1:54:37.25 | East Germany 1:54:57.67 |
| Figure Skating |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Women | Beatrix Schuba, AUT | Karen Magnussen, CAN | Janet Lynn, USA |
| Men | Ondrej Nepela, TCH | Sergey Tchetveroukhin, URS | Patrick Péra, FRA |
| Pairs | Irina Rodnina
Alexey Ulanov, URS | Ludmilla Smirnova
Andrey Suraikin, URS | Manuela Gross
Uwe Kagelmann, GDR |
| Speed Skating |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's 500 m | Erhard Keller, FRG 39.44 | Haase Borjes, SWE 39.69 | Valeriy Muratov, URS 39.80 |
| Men's 1,500 m | Ard Schenk, NED 2:02.96 | Roar Grönvold, NOR 1:31.61 | Göran Claeson, SWE 2:05.8 |
| Men's 5,000 m | Ard Schenk, NED 7:23.61 | Roar Grönvold, NOR 7:28.18 | Sten Stensen, NOR 7:33.39 |
| Men's 10,000 m | Ard Schenk, NED 15:01.35 | Cornelis Verkerk, NED 15:04.70 | Sten Stensen, NOR 15:07.08 |
| Women's 500 m | Anne Henning, USA 43.33 | Vera Krasnova, URS 44.01 | Ludmila Titova, URS 44.45 |
| Women's 1,000 m | Monika Pflug, FRG 1:31.40 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED 1:31.61 | Anne Henning, USA 1:31.62 |
| Women's 1,500 m | Dianne Holum, USA 2:20.85 | Christina Baas-Kaiser, NED 2:21.05 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED 2:22.05 |
| Women's 3,000 m | Christina Baas-Kaiser, NED | Dianne Holum, USA 4:58.67 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED 4:59.91 |
| Bobsled |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2-Man | West Germany II 4:57.07 | West Germany I 4:58.84 | Switzerland I 4:59.33 |
| 4-Man | Switzerland I 4:43.07 | Italy I 4:43.83 | West Germany I 4:43.92 |
| Luge |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's Singles | Wolfgang Scheidel, GDR 3:27.58 | Harald Ehrig, GDR 3:28.39 | Wolfram Fiedler, GDR 3:28.73 |
| Women's Singles | Anna-Maria Müller, GDR 2:59.18 | Ute Rührold, GDR 2:59.49 | Margit Schumann, GDR 2:59.54 |
| Doubles | Paul Hildgartner
Walter Plaikner, ITA 1:28.35 | Klaus Bonsack
Wolfram Fiedler, GDR 1:29.16 | Horst Hörnlein
Reinhard Bredow, GDR 1:28.35 |
| Ice Hockey |
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Soviet Union | United States | Czechoslovakia |
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