| United States at the 1972 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | USA |
| NOC | United States Olympic Committee |
| in Sapporo | |
| Competitors | 103 (77 men, 26 women) in 10 sports |
| Flag bearer | Dianne Holum (speed skating) |
| Medals Ranked 5th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The United States competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
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Men
| Athlete | Event | Classification | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||||||
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Bob Cochran | Downhill | — | 1:53.39 | 8 | |||||
| David Currier | 1:54.96 | 17 | |||||||
| Hank Kashiwa | 1:55.60 | 25 | |||||||
| Mike Lafferty | 1:54.38 | 14 | |||||||
| Rick Chaffee | Giant slalom | — | 1:39.23 | 36 | 1:45.09 | 31 | 3:24.32 | 30 | |
| Bob Cochran | 1:35.39 | 19 | 1:40.15 | 16 | 3:15.54 | 17 | |||
| David Currier | DNF | ||||||||
| Hank Kashiwa | 1:37.42 | 28 | 1:40.71 | 19 | 3:18.13 | 21 | |||
| Rick Chaffee | Slalom | 1:47.81 | 3 | DNF | |||||
| Bob Cochran | DSQ | ||||||||
| Terry Palmer | 1:45.82 | 4 | 58.78 | 21 | 55.50 | 13 | 1:54.28 | 16 | |
| Tyler Palmer | Bye | 57.68 | 15 | 54.37 | 4 | 1:52.05 | 9 | ||
Women
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Karen Budge | Downhill | — | 1:40.68 | 14 | |||
| Marilyn Cochran | 1:41.96 | 28 | |||||
| Susan Corrock | 1:37.68 |  | |||||
| Sandy Poulsen | 1:41.25 | 21 | |||||
| Karen Budge | Giant slalom | — | 1:35.57 | 23 | |||
| Barbara Cochran | 1:33.16 | 11 | |||||
| Marilyn Cochran | 1:35.27 | 20 | |||||
| Sandy Poulsen | DSQ | ||||||
| Patty Boydstun | Slalom | 48.11 | 13 | 47.48 | 9 | 1:35.59 | 8 |
| Barbara Cochran | 46.05 | 1 | 45.19 | 2 | 1:31.24 |  | |
| Marilyn Cochran | DSQ | ||||||
| Susan Corrock | 48.09 | 12 | 47.67 | 10 | 1:35.76 | 9 | |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Bowerman | Individual | 1:29:13.71 | 7 | 45 |
| Dennis Donahue | 1:23:20.39 | 4 | 24 | |
| Peter Karns | 1:20:59.67 | 2 | 14 | |
| Terry Morse | 1:28:40.14 | 7 | 41 | |
| Jay Bowerman Dennis Donahue Peter Karns Terry Morse | Relay | 1:57:24.32 | 1 (0+1) | 6 |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Paul Lamey Howard Siler | Two-man | 1:18.13 | 16 | 1:16.93 | 12 | 1:15.52 | 15 | 1:16.04 | 16 | 5:06.62 | 16 |
| Boris Said Thomas Becker | 1:17.34 | 13 | 1:17.23 | 15 | 1:16.66 | 21 | 1:17.71 | 20 | 5:08.94 | 19 | |
| Jim Hickey Jim Bridges Howard Siler Thomas Becker | Four-man | DSQ | |||||||||
| Boris Said James Copley Ken Morris Phil Duprey | 1:12.31 | 13 | 1:12.34 | 7 | 1:11.80 | 14 | 1:11.98 | 12 | 4:48.43 | 14 | |
Men
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Caldwell | 15 km | 51:17.92 | 54 |
| Everett Dunklee | 49:52.20 | 44 | |
| Larry Martin | 53:13.91 | 58 | |
| Ronny Yeager | 51:36.54 | 55 | |
| Mike Elliott | 30 km | 1:43:15.03 | 26 |
| Mike Gallagher | 1:43:39.41 | 30 | |
| Bob Gray | 1:46:38.31 | 42 | |
| Clark Matis | 1:52:18.52 | 53 | |
| Everett Dunklee | 50 km | 2:56:42.49 | 27 |
| Bob Gray | 3:01:15.37 | 33 | |
| Joe McNulty | DNF | ||
| Gene Morgan | 2:54:01.52 | 24 | |
| Tim Caldwell Mike Elliott Mike Gallagher Larry Martin | 4 × 10 km relay | 2:14:37.28 | 12 |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Britch | 5 km | 18:18.37 | 31 |
| Margie Mahoney | 19:15.13 | 39 | |
| Alison Owen-Spencer | 18:54.76 | 36 | |
| Martha Rockwell | 17:50.34 | 18 | |
| Trina Hosmer | 10 km | 40:40.56 | 41 |
| Margie Mahoney | 39:27.95 | 36 | |
| Alison Owen-Spencer | 38:50.05 | 35 | |
| Martha Rockwell | 36:34.22 | 16 | |
| Barbara Britch Alison Owen-Spencer Martha Rockwell | 3 × 5 km relay | 53:38.60 | 11 |
Individual
| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rank | Points | Places | Rank | ||
| Gordon McKellen | Men's singles | 10 | 9 | 2511.0 | 89 | 10 |
| John Misha Petkevich | 6 | 2 | 2591.5 | 47 | 5 | |
| Kenneth Shelley | 5 | 3 | 2596.0 | 43 | 4 | |
| Julie Lynn Holmes | Ladies' singles | 2 | 8 | 2627.0 | 39 | 4 |
| Janet Lynn | 4 | 1 | 2663.1 | 27 | | |
| Suna Murray | 13 | 9 | 2426.2 | 102 | 12 | |
Mixed
| Athlete | Event | SP | FS | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rank | Points | Places | Rank | ||
| Barbara Brown Douglas Berndt | Pairs | 12 | 13 | 366.9 | 114 | 12 |
| Melissa Militano Mark Militano | 8 | 7 | 393.0 | 65.5 | 7 | |
| JoJo Starbuck Kenneth Shelley | 4 | 4 | 406.8 | 35 | 4 | |
Summary
| Team | Event | First round | Consolation game | Medal round | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| United States men | Men's tournament |  Switzerland W 5–3 | Bye |  Sweden L 1–5 |  Czechoslovakia W 5–2 |  Soviet Union L 2–7 |  Finland W 4–1 |  Poland W 6–1 |  |
First Round
Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
 United States | 5–3 | Switzerland |
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 |
Men
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Ralph Havens | Singles | 55.17 | 30 | 54.84 | 28 | 54.31 | 32 | 54.00 | 32 | 3:38.32 | 32 |
| James Murray | 55.31 | 33 | 55.22 | 34 | 53.94 | 27 | 53.46 | 23 | 3:37.93 | 28 | |
| Terry O'Brien | 55.41 | 34 | 55.21 | 32 | 54.02 | 28 | 53.64 | 26 | 3:38.24 | 31 | |
| Bob Rock | 55.98 | 38 | 55.25 | 35 | 53.85 | 26 | 1:13.96 | 44 | 3:59.04 | 44 | |
| Robert Berkley Richard Cavanaugh | Doubles | 46.58 | 17 | 46.59 | 17 | — | 1:33.17 | 17 | |||
| Jack Elder Frank Jones | 46.48 | 16 | 46.11 | 14 | 1:32.59 | 15 | |||||
Women
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Peggy Frair | Singles | DNF | |||||||||
| Kathleen Ann Roberts-Homstad | 47.68 | 19 | 46.64 | 15 | 46.17 | 14 | 45.49 | 12 | 3:05.98 | 15 | |
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Mike Devecka | Individual | 77.6 | 79.5 | 157.1 | 27 | 50:00.0 | 205.735 | 6 | 362.835 | 21 |
| Bob Kendall | 67.9 | 71.1 | 139.0 | 38 | 54:34.0 | 164.635 | 38 | 303.635 | 39 | |
| Jim Miller | 80.8 | 58.9 | 139.7 | 37 | 51:09.9 | 195.250 | 17 | 334.950 | 34 | |
| Teyck Weed | 66.5 | 63.3 | 129.8 | 40 | 52:26.2 | 183.805 | 29 | 313.605 | 38 | |
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Scott Berry | Normal hill | 67.5 | 87.7 | 66.0 | 84.3 | 172.0 | 52 |
| Jerry Martin | 76.0 | 105.3 | 69.5 | 91.9 | 197.2 | 34 | |
| Ron Steele | 75.0 | 99.2 | 71.5 | 93.1 | 192.3 | 41 | |
| Greg Swor | 70.5 | 93.0 | 67.0 | 86.4 | 179.4 | 50 | |
| Scott Berry | Large hill | 79.0 | 76.1 | 81.5 | 75.6 | 151.7 | 47 |
| Jerry Martin | 89.0 | 89.1 | 77.5 | 74.0 | 163.1 | 36 | |
| Ron Steele | 86.5 | 86.6 | 89.0 | 91.1 | 177.7 | 25 | |
| Greg Swor | 80.5 | 77.2 | 91.5 | 95.6 | 172.8 | 30 | |
Men
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Blatchford | 500 m | 40.67 | 15 |
| Pete Eberling | 40.58 | 11 | |
| Greg Lyman | 41.30 | 20 | |
| John Wurster | DNF | ||
| Dan Carroll | 1500 m | 2:07.24 | 7 |
| Gary Jonland | 2:09.55 | 14 | |
| Clark King | 2:14.83 | 30 | |
| Bill Lanigan | 2:12.31 | 25 | |
| Dan Carroll | 5000 m | 7:44.72 | 10 |
| Charles Gilmore | 8:03.04 | 20 | |
| Clark King | 8:07.20 | 21 | |
| Dan Carroll | 10,000 m | 15:44.41 | 9 |
| Clark King | 16:39.82 | 21 | |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Henning | 500 m | 43.33 OR | |
| Kay Lunda | 44.95 | 7 | |
| Sheila Young | 44.53 | 4 | |
| Anne Henning | 1000 m | 1:31.62 | |
| Dianne Holum | 1:32.41 | 6 | |
| Sheila Young | 1:34.97 | 17 | |
| Connie Carpenter-Phinney | 1500 m | 2:23.93 | 7 |
| Dianne Holum | 2:20.85 OR | | |
| Leah Poulos | 2:31.29 | 24 | |
| Dianne Holum | 3000 m | 4:58.67 | |
| Jeanne Omelenchuk | 5:32.87 | 22 | |
| Leah Poulos | 5:17.38 | 17 |
Sweden competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
The United States competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
The United States competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
The United States was the host nation for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California.
The United States competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
The United States competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
The United States competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
The United States was the host nation for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
The United States competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
The United States competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.
Norway competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
Switzerland competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
Finland competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
Finland competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
West Germany competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. Ondrej Nepela won figure skating gold medal.
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, where is won one silver medal.
Poland competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
Japan was the host nation for the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. It was the first time that Japan had hosted the Winter Olympic Games, but second time overall after the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. It was also the first Winter Olympic Games held in Asia. The host nation sent 90 athletes, consisting of 70 men and 20 women, along with 20 officers. The flag bearer for the Japanese team, Mineyuki Mashiko did not participate in the game, but instead held the position of team manager.