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Soviet Union at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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IOC code
  
URS

8
  
5

Soviet Union at the 1972 Winter Olympics

NOC
  
Soviet Olympic Committee

Competitors
  
78 (58 men, 20 women) in 9 sports

Flag bearer
  
Vyacheslav Vedenin (cross-country skiing)

Medals Ranked 1st
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 8 5 3 16

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. The use of both the English alphabet and abbreviations threw it directly behind the USA in the Parade of Nations.

Contents

Alpine skiing

Men
Men's slalom
Women

Biathlon

Men
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Cross-country skiing

Men
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Women
Women's 3 × 5 km relay

Figure skating

Men
Women
Pairs

Medal round

  • USSR 9-3 Finland
  • USSR 3-3 Sweden
  • USSR 7-2 USA
  • USSR 9-3 Poland
  • USSR 5-2 Czechoslovakia

    • Luge

    Men

    (Men's) Doubles

    Women

    Nordic combined

    Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing

    • Speed skating

    Men
    Women

    References

    Soviet Union at the 1972 Winter Olympics Wikipedia
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