Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Soviet Union at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
IOC code URS
NOC Soviet Olympic Committee
in Munich, West Germany
26 August 1972 (1972-08-26) – 10 September 1972 (1972-09-10)
Competitors371 (298 men, 73 women) [1] in 22 sports
Flag bearer Aleksandr Medved
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
50
Silver
27
Bronze
22
Total
99
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
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Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus (1994–)
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia (1994–)
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Aleksandr Medved, flag bearer of Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics opening ceremony Aleksandr Medved 1972.jpg
Aleksandr Medved, flag bearer of Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 371 competitors, 298 men and 73 women, took part in 180 events in 22 sports. [2]

Contents

The Soviet Union won 50 gold medals in the year, when the fiftieth anniversary of the USSR's founding was celebrated in the country. That fact pleased the Soviet authorities. [3]

Medalists

The USSR finished first in the final medal rankings, with 50 gold and 99 total medals.

Gold

Med 1.png

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Men's single sculls – 1st place ( Med 1.png gold medal)
Men's double sculls – 1st place ( Med 1.png gold medal)

Sailing

Shooting

Volleyball

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Silver

Med 2.png

Athletics

Equestrian

Fencing

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Shooting

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Bronze

Med 3.png

Archery

Athletics

Cycling

Fencing

Football (soccer)

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Volleyball

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Results by event

Archery

Women's individual competition:

Men's individual competition:

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • First heat — 10.51s (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:48.3
  • Semifinals — 1:46.3
  • Final — 1:45.9
  • Heat — 1:51.0
  • Semifinals — 1:49.6 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 1:48.6
  • Semifinals — 1:50.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Heat — 3:42.3
  • Semifinals — 3:41.6
  • Final — 3:40.2 (→ 8th place)
  • Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 3:42.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

  • Heat — 13:57.6 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 14:08.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m relay

  • Heat — 39.15s
  • Semifinals — 39.00s
  • Final — 38.50s (→ Med 2.png Silver medal)

Men's high jump

  • Qualifying round — 2.15m
  • Final — 2.23m (→ Med 1.png Gold medal)
  • Qualifying round — 2.15m
  • Final — 2.15m (→ 8th place)
  • Qualifying round — 2.15m
  • Final — 2.15m (→ 12th place)

Women's javelin throw

  • Qualifying round — 55.90 m
  • Final — 56.36 m (→ 8th place)

Basketball

Men's team competition
  • Defeated Senegal (94–52)
  • Defeated West Germany (87–63)
  • Defeated Italy (79–66)
  • Defeated Poland (94–64)
  • Defeated Puerto Rico (100–87)
  • Defeated Philippines (111–80)
  • Defeated Yugoslavia (74–67)
  • Defeated Cuba (67–60)
  • Defeated United States (51–50) → Med 1.png Gold medal

Boxing

Men's light middleweight (– 71 kg)

Men's heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Fifteen cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1972.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
  • Final — 1:07.73 (→ 8th place)
Tandem
Team pursuit

Diving

Men's 3m springboard

Men's 10m platform

Women's 3m springboard

Women's 10m platform

Equestrian

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1972.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's team competition

The Soviet team came away from the three-game opening round with no losses, but only one win. Ties with Denmark and Sweden and a win over Poland put the Soviet Union in a tie with Sweden at the top of the division. Since both teams moved on to the second round, the fact that Sweden won the tie-breaker mattered little. The Soviets' hopes were high after the first game of the second round, a win over East Germany that put the team on top of the division. However, their subsequent loss to Czechoslovakia dropped them to third in the group. This meant that they played in a game for fifth and sixth place against host nation West Germany. Their win was little consolation for being eliminated from medal contention.

Men's team competition:

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1972.

Men's individual competition

Men's team competition

Rowing

The Soviet Union had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1972. [4]

Men's single sculls

  • Heat — 7:42.67
  • Semifinals — 8:13.49
  • Final — 7:10.12 (→ Med 1.png Gold medal)
Men's coxless pair – 8th place
Men's coxed pair
  • Heat — 7:43.84
  • Semifinals — 8:07.34
  • Final — 7:24.44 (→ 5th place)
Men's coxless four – 4th place
Men's coxed four – 4th place
Men's eight – 4th place

Sailing

Shooting

Fourteen male shooters represented the Soviet Union in 1972. Yakiv Zhelezniak won gold, Boris Melnik and Yevgeny Petrov won silvers and Viktor Torshin won a bronze medal.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
50 m running target
Trap
Skeet

Swimming

Men's 100m freestyle

  • Heat — 52.87s
  • Semifinals — 52.60s
  • Final — 51.77s (→ Med 3.png Bronze medal)
  • Heat — 53.64s
  • Semifinals — 53.55s
  • Final — 52.44s (→ 6th place)
  • Heat — 53.78s
  • Semifinals — 53.68s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m freestyle

  • Heat — 1:56.15
  • Final — 1:57.24 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 1:57.92 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 1:57.04 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

  • Heat — 3:32.72
  • Final — 3:29.72 (→ Med 2.png Silver medal)

Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

  • Heat — 7:51.44
  • Final — 7:45.76 (→ Med 3.png Bronze medal)

Volleyball

Men's team competition
  • Defeated Tunisia (3–0)
  • Defeated South Korea (3–0)
  • Defeated Bulgaria (3–1)
  • Defeated Czechoslovakia (3–0)
  • Defeated Poland (3–2)
  • Lost to East Germany (1–3)
  • Defeated Bulgaria (3–0) → Med 3.png Bronze medal

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Medals by republic

In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different republics in one team.

RankRepublicGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR 602220102
2Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR 207936
3Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg  Byelorussian SSR 106218
4Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Georgian SSR 61310
5Flag of the Uzbek SSR.svg  Uzbek SSR 3003
6Flag of Lithuanian SSR.svg  Lithuanian SSR 2103
7Flag of the Kazakh SSR.svg  Kazakh SSR 1326
8Flag of Armenian SSR.svg  Armenian SSR 1124
9Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg  Azerbaijan SSR 1102
10Flag of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Estonian SSR 1012
11Flag of Tajik SSR.svg  Tajik SSR 1001
12Flag of Latvian SSR.svg  Latvian SSR 0213
Totals (12 entries)1064440190

Top 5 sports societies

In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different sports societies in one team.

PosSports society Med 1.png Med 2.png Med 3.png Total
1 Armed Forces 33181869
2 Dynamo 28101654
3 VSS Burevestnik 116522
4 VSS Spartak 93315
5 VSS Trud7119

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