SAPPORO 1972

SAPPORO 1972
The Games of the XI Winter Olympiad. February 3-13, 1972. Sapporo, Japan.
JAPAN
(85 athletes, 1-1-1, 11th overall)
B36-37
1
1105a
2
3344g
Ski Jumping, Individual Normal Hill:
Yukio Kasaya, Gold
Akitsugu Konno, Silver
3
Seiji Aochi, Bronze
BULGARIA
(4 athletes)
1977-83
4
CANADA
(47 athletes, 0-1-0, 17th overall)
1659
Vladislav Tretyak, Yuri Lyapkin, Vladimir Shadrin (all -- USSR) (Hockey (Gold))
5
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
(41 athletes, 1-0-2, 12th overall)
1793
1796-99
6
SLOVAKIA
289
Ondrej Nepela (Figure Skating (Gold))
712
Vladimir Dzurilla (Hockey (Bronze))
7
EAST GERMANY
(42 athletes, 4-3-7, 2nd overall)
1345-48, B163-64
FRANCE
(40 athletes, 0-1-2, 16th overall)
1332
8
HUNGARY
(1 athlete)
2114-22
9
C324
10
LIECHTENSTEIN
(4 athletes)
492-95
11
MONGOLIA
(4 athletes)
650-58
12
1062
Frantisek Pospisil (Czechoslovakia) (Hockey (Bronze))
13
NETHERLANDS
(11 athletes, 4-3-2, 4th overall)
1250
Stien Kaiser, Speed Skating, 3000 m, Gold (1-1-0 overall)
Ard Schenk, Speed Skating, Gold in 1500, 5000 and 10000 m
14
NORWAY
(67 athletes, 2-5-5, 7th overall)
743
Magne Myrmo (Cross-Country Skiing (Silver))
15
POLAND
(47 athletes, 1-0-0, tied for 13th overall)
1871-74, B124
16
17
ROMANIA
(13 athletes)
2294-2300
18
19
SOUTH KOREA
(5 athletes)
810-11
20
SPAIN
(3 athletes, 1-0-0, tied for 13th overall)
1701-02
21
2797b
Fransisco Fernandez Ochoa, Alpine Skiing, Slalom, Gold
22
SWEDEN
(58 athletes, 1-1-2, 10th overall)
1033
Gunnar Larsson (Cross-Country Skiing)
USA
(103 athletes, 3-2-3, 5th overall)
1461, C85
23
USSR
(78 athletes, 8-5-3, 1st overall)
(listed in Scott under Russia)
3370
Galina Kulakova (Cross-Country Skiing (3-0-0))
3935
Valery Kharlamov (Hockey (Gold))
24
3944-49
Vladislav Tretyak
(Hockey (Gold))
25
3961
Medal Count (8-5-3)
4410, 4412, 4415
Alexander Yakushev (Hockey (Gold))
Irina Rodnina, Figure Skating, Pairs, Gold
Andrei Suraykin (Figure Skating (Silver))
26
Alexander Yakushev (Hockey (Gold))
Irina Rodnina, Figure Skating, Pairs, Gold
Andrei Suraykin (Figure Skating (Silver))
4809
Alexander Maltsev (Hockey (Gold))
27
5022
Alexander Tikhonov (Biathlon (Gold))
5445
Vladislav Tretyak (Hockey (Gold))
28
RUSSIA
6358a-c
Valery Kharlamov
(Hockey (Gold))
Vladislav Tretyak
(Hockey (Gold))
Boris Mikhailov
(Hockey (Gold))
6576k
Vladimir Shadrin, Alexander Yakushev (Hockey (Gold))
7492d-e
Alexander Ragulin (Hockey (Gold))
Anatoly Firsov (Hockey (Gold))
29
WEST GERMANY
(78 athletes, 3-1-1, 6th overall)
B472-75
YUGOSLAVIA
(26 athletes)
1089-90
RA42
30
AJMAN
Mi1635-68, MiA1668
Magnar Solberg (Norway),
Biathlon, 20 km, Gold
Ulrich Wehling (East Germany),
Nordic Combined, Gold
Hockey, USSR, Gold
Ard Schenk (Netherlands), Speed
Skating, 10000 m, Gold (3-0-0 overall)
31
Fransisco Fernandez Ochoa
(Spain), Alpine Skiing,
Slalom, Gold
Pal Tyldum (Norway),
Cross-Country Skiing, 50 km,
Gold (1-2-0 overall)
Barbara Cochran (USA),
Alpine Skiing, Slalom, Gold
Vyacheslav Vedenin (USSR),
Cross-Country Skiing, 30 km,
Gold (2-0-1 overall)
Ard Schenk (Netherlands), Speed
Skating, 5000 m, Gold (3-0-0 overall)
Monika Pflug (West Germany),
Speed Skating, 1000 m, Gold
32
Wolfgang Scheidel (East
Germany), Luge,
Men's Singles, Gold
Cross-Country Skiing, Men's
4 x 10 km, USSR, Gold
Marie-Theres Nadig
Dianne Holum (USA), Speed Skating,
(Switzerland), Alpine Skiing,
1500 m, Gold (1-1-0 overall)
Giant Slalom, Gold (2-0-0 overall)
Anna-Maria Muller (East
Germany), Luge, Women's
Singles, Gold
Anne Henning (USA), Speed Skating,
500 m, Gold (1-0-1 overall)
33
Gustavo Thoni (Italy), Alpine
Skiing, Giant Slalom,
Gold (1-1-0 overall)
Wolfgang Zimmerer / Peter
Utzschneider (West Germany),
Bobsleigh, Two-Man, Gold
Galina Kulakova (USSR),
Cross-Country Skiing, 5 km,
Gold (3-0-0 overall)
Cross-Country Skiing, Women's
3 x 5 km, USSR, Gold
Yukio Kasaya (Japan), Ski
Jumping, Individual Normal
Hill, Gold
Ard Schenk (Netherlands), Speed
Skating, 1500 m, Gold (3-0-0 overall)
Ondrej Nepela
(Czechoslovakia), Figure
Skating, Men's Singles, Gold
Stien Kaiser (Netherlands), Speed Beatrix Schuba (Austria), Figure
Skating, 3000 m, Gold (1-1-0 overall) Skating, Ladies' Singles, Gold
Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanov (USSR),
Figure Skating, Pairs, Gold
34
Marie-Theres Nadig
(Switzerland), Alpine Skiing,
Downhill, Gold (2-0-0 overall)
Erhard Keller (West Germany),
Speed Skating, 500 m, Gold
Sven-Ake Lundback (Sweden),
Cross-Country Skiing, 15 km, Gold
Bobsleigh, Four-Man,
Switzerland, Gold
Wojciech Fortuna (Poland),
Ski Jumping, Individual
Large Hill, Gold
Galina Kulakova (USSR),
Cross-Country Skiing, 10 km,
Gold (3-0-0 overall)
Bernhard Russi (Switzerland),
Alpine Skiing, Downhill, Gold
Paul Hildgartner / Walter Plaikner (Italy),
Luge, Doubles, Gold
35
Biathlon, 4 x 7.5 km, USSR, Gold
ANTIGUA
1694
Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanov (USSR), Figure Skating, Pairs, Gold
BARBUDA
1433
Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanov (USSR), Figure Skating, Pairs, Gold
36
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
1032c
Ulrich Wehling (East Germany), Nordic Combined, Gold
37
CHAD
264-267, C132-33
Yukio Kasaya (Japan), Ski Jumping, Individual
Normal Hill, Gold (254.2 pts (actually 244.2))
Pal Tyldum (Norway), Cross-Country Skiing, 50 km,
Gold (2:43:14.75) (1-2-0 overall)
Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanov (USSR), Figure
Skating, Pairs, Gold (420.4 pts)
Ard Schenk (Netherlands), Speed Skating,
10000 m, Gold (15:01.35) (3-0-0 overall)
38
Hockey, USSR, Gold (9 points)
Wolfgang Zimmerer / Peter Utzschneider (West Germany), Bobsleigh, Two-Man, Gold (4:57.07)
39
DOMINICA
1975, 1982a
Yukio Kasaya (Japan), Ski Jumping, Individual Normal Hill, Gold
40
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Mi66-72, MiBL12
Bernhard Russi (Switzerland),
Alpine Skiing, Downhill, Gold
Ard Schenk (Netherlands), Speed
Skating, Gold in 1500, 5000
and 10000 m
Vyacheslav Vedenin (USSR), Cross-Country
Skiing, 30 km, Gold (2-0-1 overall)
Wolfgang Zimmerer / Peter
Utzschneider (West Germany),
Bobsleigh, Two-Man, Gold
Fransisco Fernandez Ochoa (Spain),
Alpine Skiing, Slalom, Gold
41
Beatrix Schuba (Austria), Figure Skating,
Ladies' Singles, Gold
Wojciech Fortuna (Poland), Ski Jumping,
Individual Large Hill, Gold
Ski Jumping, Individual Normal Hill:
Yukio Kasaya (Japan), Gold
Akitsugu Konno (Japan), Silver
Seiji Aochi (Japan), Bronze
42
FUJEIRA
Mi839-44
Wolfgang Zimmerer / Peter Utzschneider (West Germany), Bobsleigh, Two-Man, Gold
Yukio Kasaya (Japan), Ski Jumping, Individual Normal Hill, Gold
Anne Henning (USA), Speed Skating, 500 m, Gold (1-0-1 overall)
Ard Schenk (Netherlands), Speed Skating, Gold in 1500, 5000 and 10000 m
Gustavo Thoni (Italy), Alpine Skiing, Giant Slalom, Gold (1-1-0 overall)
Hockey, USSR, Gold
43
GRENADA GRENADINES
1848
Connie Carpenter-Phinney (USA) (Speed Skating)
44
GUYANA
2396c
Galina Kulakova (USSR), 3 x 5 km, Gold (3-0-0 overall)
2695
Karen Magnussen (Canada) (Figure Skating (Silver))
3209c-d
Erhard Keller (West Germany)
(Speed Skating (Gold))
Rosi Mittermaier (West Germany)
(Alpine Skiing)
45
PALAU
328
Annemarie Moser-Proll (Austria) (Alpine Skiing (0+2+0))
46
PARAGUAY
1408
Annie Famose (France) (Alpine Skiing)
C346
Medal Count
47
1899c,f-g, 1901-02, 1904
Gustavo Thoni (Italy) (Alpine Skiing) (1-1-0)
Rudolf Hohnl (Czechoslovakia) (Ski Jumping)
Dianne de Leeuw (Netherlands) (Figure Skating)
Willi Frommelt (Liechtenstein) (Alpine Skiing)
Galina Kulakova (USSR) (Cross-Country Skiing (3-0-0))
48
Brigitte Totschnig (Austria) (Alpine Skiing)
2076f
Beatrix Schuba (Austria), Figure Skating, Ladies' Singles, Gold
49
C681
Bobsleigh, Four-Man, Switzerland, Gold
2263
Fransisco Fernandez Ochoa (Spain), Alpine Skiing, Slalom, Gold
50
RAS AL KHAIMA
Mi731-36
Ski Jumping, Individual Normal Hill:
Wolfgang Zimmerer / Peter Utzschneider
(West Germany), Bobsleigh, Two-Man, Gold
Yukio Kasaya (Japan), Gold
Akitsugu Konno (Japan), Silver
Seiji Aochi (Japan), Bronze
Gustavo Thoni (Italy), Alpine Skiing,
Giant Slalom, Gold (1-1-0 overall)
Anne Henning (USA), Speed Skating,
500 m, Gold (1-0-1 overall)
Marie-Theres Nadig (Switzerland),
Alpine Skiing, Downhill, Gold (2-0-0 overall)
Ard Schenk (Netherlands), Speed Skating,
Gold in 1500, 5000 and 10000 m
51
SIERRA LEONE
2022c
Horst Hornlein / Reinhard Bredow (East Germany), Luge, Doubles, Gold
Paul Hildgartner / Walter Plaikner (Italy), Luge, Doubles, Gold
TANZANIA
492
Erhard Keller (West Germany), Speed Skating, 500 m, Gold
52
UMM AL QIWAIN
Mi727-61
Ulrich Wehling (East Germany), Nordic Combined, Gold
Ard Schenk (Netherlands), Speed Skating, 5000 m, Gold (3-0-0 overall)
Beatrix Schuba (Austria), Figure Skating, Ladies' Singles, Gold
Wojciech Fortuna (Poland), Ski Jumping, Individual Large Hill, Gold
53
Barbara Cochran (USA), Alpine Skiing, Slalom, Gold
Galina Kulakova (USSR), Cross-Country Skiing, 5 km, Gold (3-0-0 overall)
Galina Kulakova (USSR), Cross-Country Skiing, 10 km, Gold (3-0-0 overall)
Ard Schenk (Netherlands), Speed Skating, 1500 m, Gold (3-0-0 overall)
54
Ard Schenk (Netherlands), Speed Skating, 10000 m, Gold (3-0-0 overall)
Vyacheslav Vedenin (USSR), Cross-Country Skiing, 30 km, Gold (2-0-1 overall)
Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanov (USSR), Figure Skating, Pairs, Gold
Erhard Keller (West Germany), Speed Skating, 500 m, Gold
55
Paul Hildgartner / Walter Plaikner (Italy), Luge, Doubles, Gold
Magnar Solberg (Norway), Biathlon, 20 km, Gold
Anna-Maria Muller (East Germany), Luge, Women's Singles, Gold
Anne Henning (USA), Speed Skating, 500 m, Gold (1-0-1 overall)
56
Gustavo Thoni (Italy), Alpine Skiing, Giant Slalom, Gold (1-1-0 overall)
Fransisco Fernandez Ochoa (Spain), Alpine Skiing, Slalom, Gold
Bernhard Russi (Switzerland), Alpine Skiing, Downhill, Gold
Wolfgang Zimmerer / Peter Utzschneider (West Germany), Bobsleigh, Two-Man, Gold
57
Dianne Holum (USA), Speed Skating, 1500 m, Gold (1-1-0 overall)
Marie-Theres Nadig (Switzerland), Alpine Skiing, Downhill, Gold (2-0-0 overall)
Marie-Theres Nadig (Switzerland), Alpine Skiing, Giant Slalom, Gold (2-0-0 overall)
Wolfgang Scheidel (East Germany), Luge, Men's Singles, Gold
58
Hockey, USSR, Gold
Cross-Country Skiing, Men's 4 x 10 km, USSR, Gold
Cross-Country Skiing, Women's 3 x 5 km, USSR, Gold
Biathlon, 4 x 7.5 km, USSR, Gold
59
Bobsleigh, Four-Man, Switzerland, Gold
Yukio Kasaya (Japan), Ski Jumping, Individual Normal Hill, Gold
Pal Tyldum (Norway), Cross-Country Skiing, 50 km, Gold (1-2-0 overall)
Stien Kaiser (Netherlands), Speed Skating, 3000 m, Gold (1-1-0 overall)
60
Sven-Ake Lundback (Sweden), Cross-Country Skiing, 15 km, Gold
Ondrej Nepela (Czechoslovakia), Figure Skating, Men's Singles, Gold
Monika Pflug (West Germany), Speed Skating, 1000 m, Gold
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