Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Soviet Union at the Olympic Games

Flag of the Soviet Union
IOC code  URS
NOC Soviet Olympic Committee
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors 371 (298 men, 73 women)[1] in 22 sports
Flag bearer Alexander Medved
Medals
Rank: 1		 Gold
50		 Silver
27		 Bronze
22		 Total
99
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Estonia (1920–1936, 1992–)
 Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–)
 Lithuania (1924–1928, 1992–)
 Unified Team (1992)
 Armenia (1994–)
 Belarus (1994–)
 Georgia (1994–)
 Kazakhstan (1994–)
 Kyrgyzstan (1994–)
 Moldova (1994–)
 Russia (1994–)
 Ukraine (1994–)
 Uzbekistan (1994–)
 Azerbaijan (1996–)
 Tajikistan (1996–)
 Turkmenistan (1996–)

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]

Medalists

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

Gold

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Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

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

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Main article: Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, the Soviet Union entered three men and three women. They took home a bronze medal as four of their archers, including all three women, finished in the top 8.

Women's individual competition:

Men's individual competition:

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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 4x100m 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

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Main article: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men's team competition
  • Preliminary round (group B)
  • 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)
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated Cuba (67-60)
  • Final
  • Defeated United States (51-50) → Med 1.png Gold medal

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's light middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • First round — bye
  • Second round — defeated Reggie Jones (USA), 3:2
  • Third round — lost to Alan Minter (GBR), 0:5

Men's heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

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Main article: Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m springboard

Men's 10m platform

Women's 3m springboard

Women's 10m platform

  • Alla Seiina - 314.76 points (10th place)
  • Natalia Kuznecova - 184.02 points (13th place)
  • Tatjana Shtyreva - 177.33 points (19th place)

Equestrianism

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Main article: Equestrianism at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

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Main article: Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Handball

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Main article: Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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:

  • Soviet Union - 5th place (3-1-2)
  • Team roster

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

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Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1972.

Men's individual competition

Men's team competition

  • Onishenko, Lednev and Shmelev — 15968 pts (→ Med 1.png Gold medal)

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's single sculls

  • Heat — 7:42.67
  • Semifinals — 8:13.49
  • Final — 7:10.12 (→ Med 1.png Gold medal)

Men's coxed pairs

  • Heat — 7:43.84
  • Semifinals — 8:07.34
  • Final — 7:24.44 (→ 5th place)

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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 4x100m freestyle relay

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

Men's 4x200m freestyle relay

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

Volleyball

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Main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men's team competition
  • Preliminary round (group A)
  • Defeated Tunisia (3-0)
  • Defeated South Korea (3-0)
  • Defeated Bulgaria (3-1)
  • Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-0)
  • Defeated Poland (3-2)
  • Semifinals
  • Lost to East Germany (1-3)
  • Bronze medal match
  • Defeated Bulgaria (3-0) → Med 3.png Bronze medal
  • Team roster

Water polo

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Main article: Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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.

 Rank  Republic Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russian SFSR 60 22 20 102
2  Ukrainian SSR 20 7 9 36
3  Byelorussian SSR 10 6 2 18
4  Georgian SSR 6 1 3 10
5  Uzbek SSR 3 0 0 3
6  Lithuanian SSR 2 1 0 3
7  Kazakh SSR 1 3 2 6
8  Armenian SSR 1 1 2 4
9  Azerbaijan SSR 1 1 0 2
10  Estonian SSR 1 0 1 2
11  Tajik SSR 1 0 0 1
12  Latvian SSR 0 2 1 3

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.

Pos Sports society Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Armed Forces 33 18 18 69
2 Dynamo 28 10 16 54
3 VSS Burevestnik 11 6 5 22
4 VSS Spartak 9 3 3 15
5 VSS Trud 7 1 1 9

Bibliography

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References

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