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The List of 1972 Winter Olympics medal winners here represent the athletes who competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics held in Sapporo, Japan, from 3 to 13 February 1972. [1]
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The List of 1972 Winter Olympics medal winners here represent the athletes who competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics held in Sapporo, Japan, from 3 to 13 February 1972. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downhill | Bernhard Russi  Switzerland | Roland Collombin Switzerland | Heini Messner  Austria |
| Giant slalom | Gustav Thöni  Italy | Edy Bruggmann Switzerland | Werner Mattle Switzerland |
| Slalom | Francisco Fernández Ochoa  Spain | Gustav Thöni Italy | Roland Thöni Italy |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downhill | Marie-Theres Nadig Switzerland | Annemarie Moser-Pröll Austria | Susan Corrock  United States |
| Giant slalom | Marie-Theres Nadig Switzerland | Annemarie Moser-Pröll Austria | Wiltrud Drexel Austria |
| Slalom | Barbara Cochran United States | Danièle Debernard  France | Florence Steurer France |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Individual | Magnar Solberg  Norway | Hansjörg Knauthe  East Germany | Lars-Göran Arwidson  Sweden |
| Men's Relay |  Soviet Union (URS)Aleksandr Tikhonov Rinnat Safin Ivan Biakov Viktor Mamatov |  Finland (FIN)Esko Saira Juhani Suutarinen Heikki Ikola Mauri Röppänen |  East Germany (GDR)Hansjörg Knauthe Joachim Meischner Dieter Speer Horst Koschka |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-man |  West Germany (FRG)Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider | West Germany (FRG) Horst Floth Pepi Bader |  Switzerland (SUI)Jean Wicki Edy Hubacher |
| Four-man | Switzerland (SUI) Jean Wicki Hans Leutenegger Werner Camichel Edy Hubacher |  Italy (ITA)Nevio De Zordo Adriano Frassinelli Corrado Dal Fabbro Gianni Bonichon | West Germany (FRG) Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider Bodo Bittner Manfred Schumann |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 km | Sven-Åke Lundbäck Sweden | Fyodor Simachov  Soviet Union | Ivar Formo Norway |
| 30 km | Vyacheslav Vedenin Soviet Union | Pål Tyldum Norway | Johs Harviken Norway |
| 50 km | Pål Tyldum Norway | Magne Myrmo Norway | Vyacheslav Vedenin Soviet Union |
| 4×10 km | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Voronkov Yuriy Skobov Fyodor Simachov Vyacheslav Vedenin |  Norway (NOR)Oddvar Brå Pål Tyldum Ivar Formo Johs Harviken | Switzerland (SUI) Alfred Kälin Albert Giger Alois Kälin Eduard Hauser |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km | Galina Kulakova Soviet Union | Marjatta Kajosmaa  Finland | Helena Šikolová  Czechoslovakia |
| 10 km | Galina Kulakova Soviet Union | Alevtina Olyunina Soviet Union | Marjatta Kajosmaa Finland |
| 3×5 km | Soviet Union (URS) Lyubov Mukhachyova Alevtina Olyunina Galina Kulakova | Finland (FIN) Helena Takalo Hilkka Riihivuori Marjatta Kajosmaa | Norway (NOR) Inger Aufles Aslaug Dahl Berit Mørdre |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Ondrej Nepela Czechoslovakia | Sergei Chetverukhin Soviet Union | Patrick Péra France |
| Ladies' singles | Beatrix Schuba Austria | Karen Magnussen  Canada | Janet Lynn United States |
| Pairs | Soviet Union (URS) Irina Rodnina Alexei Ulanov | Soviet Union (URS) Liudmila Smirnova Andrei Suraikin | East Germany (GDR) Manuela Groß Uwe Kagelmann |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Wolfgang Scheidel East Germany | Harald Ehrig East Germany | Wolfram Fiedler East Germany |
| Women's singles | Anna-Maria Müller East Germany | Ute Rührold East Germany | Margit Schumann East Germany |
| Doubles | East Germany (GDR) Horst Hörnlein Reinhard Bredow Italy (ITA)Paul Hildgartner Walter Plaikner | None awarded | East Germany (GDR) Klaus-Michael Bonsack Wolfram Fiedler |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Ulrich Wehling East Germany | Rauno Miettinen Finland | Karl-Heinz Luck East Germany |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal hill individual | Yukio Kasaya  Japan | Akitsugu Konno Japan | Seiji Aochi Japan |
| Large hill individual | Wojciech Fortuna  Poland | Walter Steiner Switzerland | Rainer Schmidt East Germany |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres | Erhard Keller  West Germany | Hasse Börjes Sweden | Valery Muratov Soviet Union |
| 1500 metres | Ard Schenk  Netherlands | Roar Grønvold Norway | Göran Claeson Sweden |
| 5000 metres | Ard Schenk Netherlands | Roar Grønvold Norway | Sten Stensen Norway |
| 10000 metres | Ard Schenk Netherlands | Kees Verkerk Netherlands | Sten Stensen Norway |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres | Anne Henning United States | Vera Krasnova Soviet Union | Lyudmila Titova Soviet Union |
| 1000 metres | Monika Pflug West Germany | Atje Keulen-Deelstra Netherlands | Anne Henning United States |
| 1500 metres | Dianne Holum United States | Stien Kaiser Netherlands | Atje Keulen-Deelstra Netherlands |
| 3000 metres | Stien Kaiser Netherlands | Dianne Holum United States | Atje Keulen-Deelstra Netherlands |
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