Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Winter Olympics
IOC code	TCH
NOC	Czechoslovak Olympic Committee
in Sapporo
Competitors	41 (37 men, 4 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Jiří Raška (ski jumping)
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992
Other related appearances
Czech Republic (1994–)   Slovakia (1994–)

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. Ondrej Nepela won figure skating gold medal.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Ondrej Nepela	Figure skating	Men's singles
Bronze	Helena Šikolová	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km
Bronze	Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team Vladimír Dzurilla Jiří Holeček Vladimír Bednář Rudolf Tajcnár Oldřich Machač František Pospíšil Josef Horešovský Karel Vohralík Václav Nedomanský Jiří Holík Jaroslav Holík Jiří Kochta Eduard Novák Richard Farda Josef Černý Vladimír Martinec Ivan Hlinka Bohuslav Šťastný	Ice hockey	Men's competition

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time 1	Rank
20 km	Pavel Ploc	1'18:38.79	11	1'29:38.79	47
	Stanislav Fajstavr	1'19:53.33	9	1'28:53.33	44
	Arnošt Hájek	1'19:22.37	9	1'28:22.37	39
	Ladislav Žižka	1'16:36.81	11	1'27:36.81	36

¹ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 2	Time	Rank
Ladislav Žižka Pavel Ploc Ján Húska Arnošt Hájek	3	2'03:08.17	12

² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Ján Michalko	48:31.64	30
	Ján Fajstavr	48:18.22	29
	Stanislav Henych	47:25.81	21
30 km	Ján Michalko	1'46:19.36	40
	Ján Fajstavr	1'44:49.45	34
	Stanislav Henych	1'39:24.29	9
50 km	Ján Michalko	2'58:31.83	30
	Ján Fajstavr	2'51:12.92	19

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Stanislav Henych Ján Fajstavr Ján Michalko Ján Ilavský	2'11:27.55	8

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km	Milena Chlumová	18:12.22	27
	Milena Cillerová	17:56.22	22
	Alena Bartošová	17:47.25	16
	Helena Šikolová	17:07.32
10 km	Milena Cillerová	37:40.70	30
	Alena Bartošová	37:01.73	27
	Milena Chlumová	36:59.87	26
	Helena Šikolová	35:29.33	7

Women's 3 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Alena Bartošová Helena Šikolová Milena Cillerová	51:16.16	6

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Ondrej Nepela	1	4	2739.1	9

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics

First round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Japan	2–8	Czechoslovakia

Medal round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	5	4	0	1	33	13	9
2	United States	5	3	2	0	18	15	6
3	Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	0	26	13	6
4	Sweden	5	2	2	1	17	13	5
5	Finland	5	2	3	0	14	24	4
6	Poland	5	0	5	0	9	39	0

• Czechoslovakia 14-1 Poland
• USA 5-1 Czechoslovakia
• Czechoslovakia 7-1 Finland
• Czechoslovakia 2-1 Sweden
• USSR 5-2 Czechoslovakia

Leading scorers

Player	GP	G	A	Pts
2nd Václav Nedomanský	5	6	3	9
9th Jiří Kochta	5	3	3	6
10th Richard Farda	5	1	5	6

Bronze:

Vladimír Dzurilla Jiří Holeček Vladimír Bednář Rudolf Tajcnár Oldřich Machač František Pospíšil Josef Horešovský Karel Vohralík Václav Nedomanský Jiří Holík Jaroslav Holík Jiří Kochta Eduard Novák Richard Farda Josef Černý Vladimír Martinec Ivan Hlinka Bohuslav Šťastný

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Events:

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

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ladislav Rygl	Individual	65.5	71.0	160.4	24	51:09.2	195.355	16	355.755	26
Libor Foltman		70.5	67.5	155.0	30	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
Tomáš Kučera		75.5	75.5	191.8	7	51:04.0	196.135	14	387.935	6
Jaroslav Svoboda		71.5	71.5	175.9	19	53:20.2	175.705	33	351.605	28

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Rudolf Höhnl	Normal hill	73.5	100.8	73.5	100.8	201.6	29
Jiří Raška		78.5	112.3	78.0	112.5	224.8	5
Zbyněk Hubač		79.0	113.1	75.0	104.7	217.8	11
Karel Kodejška		80.0	114.7	75.5	105.5	220.2	7
Zbyněk Hubač	Large hill	91.5	96.1	91.5	98.6	194.7	15
Leoš Škoda		89.5	96.3	85.0	80.0	176.3	26
Jiří Raška		99.0	111.1	89.0	93.6	204.7	10

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com