Seventeen NOCs won at least one medal and fourteen of them collected at least one gold. The Soviet Union finished at the top of the gold and overall medal counts with 8 and 16, respectively. Along with Norway, the Soviet team also won the most silver medals (5). East Germany, which ended the Games behind the Soviet Union with 14 medals, secured the most bronzes (7). The host nation, Japan, won a record total of three medals (one of each color), which included its first Winter Olympics gold medal.[2]
Three NOCs won a single medal: Canada (silver), Poland and Spain (gold). For the last two, these were their first-ever gold medals at the Winter Olympics,[3] and in the case of Spain, it was its first medal.[4] This was Canada's weakest result since the 1936 Winter Olympics, when its athletes also brought home a single silver medal.[5] The NOCs from the Republic of China and the Philippines sent athletes to the Winter Olympics for the first time, but failed to win any medals.[6][7]
Ard Schenk won three of the four gold that the Netherlands obtained in speed skating.
Ondrej Nepela won for Czechoslovakia its second and last Winter Olympics gold medal.
Wojciech Fortuna (ski jumper), Poland's first Winter Olympics gold medalist
Hosting the Olympic Winter Games for the first time,[1] Japan's record consisted of a single medal: a silver in alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics.[8] In Sapporo, Yukio Kasaya, Akitsugu Konno, and Seiji Aochi won the ski jumping normal hill (70 m) gold, silver, and bronze medal, respectively. Kasaya's gold was Japan's first-ever at the Winter Games.[2] This result would persist as the country's best for the next 20 years.[9]
Wojciech Fortuna of Poland won the ski jumping's large hill (90 m) event, while Spain's Francisco Fernández Ochoa prevailed in the alpine skiing's men's slalom, thus becoming their respective countries' first Winter Olympic champions.[3] Ochoa's gold medal was also Spain's first medal at the Winter Games.[4]Karen Magnussen's silver in the figure skating singles competition was Canada's sole medal and reflected what was the NOC's weakest performance since the 1936 Winter Games.[5] For the first time in its history, a delegation from Finland concluded its participation at the Winter Olympics without gold medals.[10]
Six Soviet Union medals were won by two cross-country skiers: Galina Kulakova, who took gold in both women's individual distances and in the relay event;[11] and Vyacheslav Vedenin, who won the 30 km—becoming the first Soviet skier to win an individual Olympic title—and the relay events, and came third in the 50 km.[12] East German lugers won eight medals for their NOC by taking every medal in the men's and women's singles, and placing two teams in the top three of the doubles event.[13][14]Paul Hildgartner and Walter Plaikner of Italy were the only non-East German athletes to win a luge medal, as they shared the doubles gold with Horst Hörnlein and Reinhard Bredow.[15] Italy's other gold medal was won by Gustav Thöni in the men's giant slalom;[16] he also took silver in the men's slalom,[17] thus contributing two of his country's five medals. Marie-Theres Nadig skied her way to victory in the women's downhill and giant slalom events,[18] winning half of Switzerland's gold medals and helping her country achieve its best result at that time.[n 1] Two-time world figure skating champion Ondrej Nepela added the Olympic men's singles title to his career and guaranteed Czechoslovakia's second and last gold medal in its Winter Olympics history.[19]
Half of the United States' eight medals were obtained in women's speed skating: Anne Henning won a gold in the 500 m and a bronze in the 1000 m, while Dianne Holum grabbed a gold in the 1500 m and a silver in the 3000 m.[20] Also in this discipline, Ard Schenk (three golds), Stien Baas-Kaiser (one gold and one silver), Atje Keulen-Deelstra (one silver and two bronzes), and Kees Verkerk (one silver) were responsible for all nine medals for the Netherlands.[21] This was the best performance by a Dutch delegation at the Winter Olympics,[n 2] and it took 26 years to be improved, when the Games returned to Japan.[22]
The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals won by an NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.
In the doubles event in luge, two gold medals were awarded for a first place tie and, consequently, no silver medal was awarded.[14] This explains the 36 gold and 34 silver medals distributed during the Games.
^ Switzerland also collected a total of 10 medals at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, but it won only three golds versus the four obtained in Sapporo.[23]
^ The Netherlands summed nine medals in Sapporo, just like at the 1968 Winter Olympics, but won four golds, one more than in Grenoble.[22]
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^"East Germany captures all luge singles". Sarasota Journal. Sarasota, Florida. Associated Press. 7 February 1972. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
^ ab"Both U.S. gold winners entered in 1,000 sprint". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. 11 February 1972. p. 24. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
^Stevenson, Jack (10 February 1972). "Russians praise Henning". The Free Lance-Star. Fredericksburg, Virginia. Associated Press. p. 8. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
^"Italian wins giant slalom gold". The Gazette. Montreal, Canada. Canadian Press/Associated Press/UPI. 10 February 1972. p. 26. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
^"Olympics hail Spain". St. Petersburg Times. St. Petersburg, Florida. Associated Press. 13 February 1972. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
^Stevenson, Jack (8 February 1972). "Nadig wins 2nd event; U.S. fourth in skating". The Telegraph. Nashua, New Hampshire. Associated Press. p. 16. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
^Kubatko, Justin. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
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External links
"Sapporo 1972". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
"1972 Winter Olympics". Olympedia.com. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
"Olympic Analytics/1972_2". olympanalyt.com.
Kubatko, Justin. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
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The 1972 Winter Olympics officially known as the XI Olympic Winter Games was a winter multi sport event held in Sapporo Japan from 3 to 13 February 1972 A total of 1 006 athletes representing 35 National Olympic Committees NOCs participated in 35 events from 10 different sports and disciplines 1 1972 Winter Olympics medalsLocationSapporo JapanHighlightsMost gold medals Soviet Union 8 Most total medals Soviet Union 16 1968 Olympics medal tables 1976 Seventeen NOCs won at least one medal and fourteen of them collected at least one gold The Soviet Union finished at the top of the gold and overall medal counts with 8 and 16 respectively Along with Norway the Soviet team also won the most silver medals 5 East Germany which ended the Games behind the Soviet Union with 14 medals secured the most bronzes 7 The host nation Japan won a record total of three medals one of each color which included its first Winter Olympics gold medal 2 Three NOCs won a single medal Canada silver Poland and Spain gold For the last two these were their first ever gold medals at the Winter Olympics 3 and in the case of Spain it was its first medal 4 This was Canada s weakest result since the 1936 Winter Olympics when its athletes also brought home a single silver medal 5 The NOCs from the Republic of China and the Philippines sent athletes to the Winter Olympics for the first time but failed to win any medals 6 7 Contents 1 Highlights 2 Medal table 3 Notes 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHighlights EditMain article 1972 Winter Olympics Ard Schenk won three of the four gold that the Netherlands obtained in speed skating Ondrej Nepela won for Czechoslovakia its second and last Winter Olympics gold medal Wojciech Fortuna ski jumper Poland s first Winter Olympics gold medalist Hosting the Olympic Winter Games for the first time 1 Japan s record consisted of a single medal a silver in alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics 8 In Sapporo Yukio Kasaya Akitsugu Konno and Seiji Aochi won the ski jumping normal hill 70 m gold silver and bronze medal respectively Kasaya s gold was Japan s first ever at the Winter Games 2 This result would persist as the country s best for the next 20 years 9 Wojciech Fortuna of Poland won the ski jumping s large hill 90 m event while Spain s Francisco Fernandez Ochoa prevailed in the alpine skiing s men s slalom thus becoming their respective countries first Winter Olympic champions 3 Ochoa s gold medal was also Spain s first medal at the Winter Games 4 Karen Magnussen s silver in the figure skating singles competition was Canada s sole medal and reflected what was the NOC s weakest performance since the 1936 Winter Games 5 For the first time in its history a delegation from Finland concluded its participation at the Winter Olympics without gold medals 10 Six Soviet Union medals were won by two cross country skiers Galina Kulakova who took gold in both women s individual distances and in the relay event 11 and Vyacheslav Vedenin who won the 30 km becoming the first Soviet skier to win an individual Olympic title and the relay events and came third in the 50 km 12 East German lugers won eight medals for their NOC by taking every medal in the men s and women s singles and placing two teams in the top three of the doubles event 13 14 Paul Hildgartner and Walter Plaikner of Italy were the only non East German athletes to win a luge medal as they shared the doubles gold with Horst Hornlein and Reinhard Bredow 15 Italy s other gold medal was won by Gustav Thoni in the men s giant slalom 16 he also took silver in the men s slalom 17 thus contributing two of his country s five medals Marie Theres Nadig skied her way to victory in the women s downhill and giant slalom events 18 winning half of Switzerland s gold medals and helping her country achieve its best result at that time n 1 Two time world figure skating champion Ondrej Nepela added the Olympic men s singles title to his career and guaranteed Czechoslovakia s second and last gold medal in its Winter Olympics history 19 Half of the United States eight medals were obtained in women s speed skating Anne Henning won a gold in the 500 m and a bronze in the 1000 m while Dianne Holum grabbed a gold in the 1500 m and a silver in the 3000 m 20 Also in this discipline Ard Schenk three golds Stien Baas Kaiser one gold and one silver Atje Keulen Deelstra one silver and two bronzes and Kees Verkerk one silver were responsible for all nine medals for the Netherlands 21 This was the best performance by a Dutch delegation at the Winter Olympics n 2 and it took 26 years to be improved when the Games returned to Japan 22 Medal table EditSee also Olympic medal table The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee IOC and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables By default the table is ordered by the number of gold medals won by an NOC The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals If nations are still tied equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically In the doubles event in luge two gold medals were awarded for a first place tie and consequently no silver medal was awarded 14 This explains the 36 gold and 34 silver medals distributed during the Games Host nation Japan RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 Soviet Union853162 East Germany437143 Switzerland433104 Netherlands43295 United States32386 West Germany31157 Norway255128 Italy22159 Austria122510 Sweden112411 Japan 111312 Czechoslovakia102313 Poland1001 Spain100115 Finland041516 France012317 Canada0101Totals 17 entries 363435105Notes Edit Switzerland also collected a total of 10 medals at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St Moritz but it won only three golds versus the four obtained in Sapporo 23 The Netherlands summed nine medals in Sapporo just like at the 1968 Winter Olympics but won four golds one more than in Grenoble 22 See also Edit Japan portal Olympics portal1972 Summer 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b Both U S gold winners entered in 1 000 sprint The Spokesman Review Spokane Washington Associated Press 11 February 1972 p 24 Retrieved 29 August 2010 Stevenson Jack 10 February 1972 Russians praise Henning The Free Lance Star Fredericksburg Virginia Associated Press p 8 Retrieved 29 August 2010 Italian wins giant slalom gold The Gazette Montreal Canada Canadian Press Associated Press UPI 10 February 1972 p 26 Retrieved 29 August 2010 Olympics hail Spain St Petersburg Times St Petersburg Florida Associated Press 13 February 1972 Retrieved 29 August 2010 Stevenson Jack 8 February 1972 Nadig wins 2nd event U S fourth in skating The Telegraph Nashua New Hampshire Associated Press p 16 Retrieved 29 August 2010 Kubatko Justin Ondrej Nepela biography and Olympic results Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 29 August 2010 Storybook finish for Winter Olympics The Tuscaloosa News Tuscaloosa Alabama Associated Press 14 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