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Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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{{infobox country at games

| NOC = URS

| NOCname = Soviet Olympic Committee

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 1972

| flagcaption = Flag of the Soviet Union

| oldcode =

| website =

| location = Munich, West Germany

| start_date = {{start date|1972|8|26|df=y}}

| end_date = {{end date|1972|9|10|df=y}}

| competitors = 371 (298 men, 73 women){{cite journal |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1974/ore84/ore84k.pdf |title=The USSR and Olympism |journal=Olympic Review |publisher=International Olympic Committee |issue=84 |pages=530–557 |date=October 1974 |access-date=28 March 2008}}

| sports = 22

| flagbearer = Aleksandr Medved

| rank = 1

| gold = 50

| silver = 27

| bronze = 22

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year = 1952

| app_end_year = 1988

| summerappearances =

| winterappearances =

| seealso = {{flagIOC|RU1}} (1900–1912)
{{flagIOC|EST}} (1920–1936, 1992–)
{{flagIOC|LAT}} (1924–1936, 1992–)
{{flagIOC|LTU}} (1924–1928, 1992–)
{{flagIOC|EUN}} (1992)
{{flagIOC|ARM}} (1994–)
{{flagIOC|BLR}} (1994–)
{{flagIOC|GEO}} (1994–)
{{flagIOC|KAZ}} (1994–)
{{flagIOC|KGZ}} (1994–)
{{flagIOC|MDA}} (1994–)
{{flagIOC|RUS}} (1994–)
{{flagIOC|UKR}} (1994–)
{{flagIOC|UZB}} (1994–)
{{flagIOC|AZE}} (1996–)
{{flagIOC|TJK}} (1996–)
{{flagIOC|TKM}} (1996–)

}}

File:Aleksandr Medved 1972.jpg, 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URS/summer/1972/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043510/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URS/summer/1972/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Soviet Union at the 1972 Munich Summer Games |access-date=20 February 2011 |work=sports-reference.com}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://sportmail.ru/tokyo/history/1972/|title=XX Летние Олимпийские игры в Мюнхене – история Летних игр}}

Medalists

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

=Gold=

Image:Med 1.png

==[[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]==

==Basketball==

==Boxing==

==Canoeing==

==Cycling==

==Diving==

==Equestrian==

==Fencing==

==Gymnastics==

==Judo==

==Modern pentathlon==

==Rowing==

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

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

==Sailing==

==Shooting==

==Volleyball==

==Water polo==

==Weightlifting==

==Wrestling==

=Silver=

Image:Med 2.png

==[[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]==

==Equestrian==

==Fencing==

==Gymnastics==

==Judo==

==Modern pentathlon==

==Shooting==

==Swimming==

==Weightlifting==

==Wrestling==

=Bronze=

Image:Med 3.png

==[[Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Archery]]==

==Athletics==

==Cycling==

==Fencing==

==Football (soccer)==

==Gymnastics==

==Judo==

==Modern pentathlon==

==Sailing==

==Shooting==

==Swimming==

==Volleyball==

==Weightlifting==

==Wrestling==

Results by event

=Archery=

{{main|Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

Women's individual competition:

Men's individual competition:

=Athletics=

{{main|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 4 × 100 m relay

:* Heat — 39.15s

:* Semifinals — 39.00s

:* Final — 38.50s (→ Image:Med 2.png Silver medal)

Men's high jump

:* Qualifying round — 2.15m

:* Final — 2.23m (→ Image: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=

{{main|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) → Image:Med 1.png Gold medal

=Boxing=

{{main|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)

:* First round — lost to Duane Bobick (USA), 0:5

=Canoeing=

{{main|Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

=Cycling=

{{main|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=

{{main|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)

=Equestrian=

{{main|Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

=Fencing=

{{main|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=

{{main|Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

=Gymnastics=

{{main|Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

=Handball=

{{main|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

:* Nikolai Semenov

:* Mikhail Ischenko

:* Aleksandr Panov

:* Vladimir Maksimov

:* Valentin Kulev

:* Vasili Ilyin

:* Anatoli Shevchenko

:* Yuri Klimov

:* Mikhail Luzenko

:* Alexander Resanov

:* Valeri Gassi

:* Albert Oganesov

:* Yan Vilson

:* Yuri Lagutin

:* Ivan Usaty

=Judo=

{{main|Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

=Modern pentathlon=

{{main|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 (→ Image:Med 1.png Gold medal)

=Rowing=

{{main|Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

The Soviet Union had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1972.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URS/summer/1972/ROW/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055343/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URS/summer/1972/ROW/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Soviet Union Rowing at the 1972 München Summer Games |access-date=6 February 2018}}

Men's single sculls

:*Heat — 7:42.67

:*Semifinals — 8:13.49

:*Final — 7:10.12 (→ Image: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=

{{main|Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

=Shooting=

{{main|Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

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=

{{main|Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

Men's 100m freestyle

:* Heat — 52.87s

:* Semifinals — 52.60s

:* Final — 51.77s (→ Image: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 (→ Image:Med 2.png Silver medal)

Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

:* Heat — 7:51.44

:* Final — 7:45.76 (→ Image:Med 3.png Bronze medal)

=Volleyball=

{{main|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) → Image:Med 3.png Bronze medal

  • Team roster

:*Viktor Borsch

:*Vyacheslav Domany

:*Vladimir Patkyn

:*Leonid Zayko

:*Yuri Starunsky

:*Alex Saprikyne

:*Vladimir Kondra

:*Elim Chulak

:*Vladimir Poutyatov

:*Valery Kravchenko

:*Yevgeny Lapinsky

:*Yuri Poyarkov

=Water polo=

{{main|Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

=Weightlifting=

{{main|Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

=Wrestling=

{{main|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.

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template =

| event =

| team = Republic

| gold_AAA = 60 | silver_AAA = 22 | bronze_AAA = 20 | name_AAA = {{flagcountry|Russian SFSR}}

| gold_BBB = 20 | silver_BBB = 7 | bronze_BBB = 9 | name_BBB = {{flagcountry|Ukrainian SSR}}

| gold_CCC = 10 | silver_CCC = 6 | bronze_CCC = 2 | name_CCC = {{flagcountry|Byelorussian SSR}}

| gold_DDD = 6 | silver_DDD = 1 | bronze_DDD = 3 | name_DDD = {{flagcountry|Georgian SSR}}

| gold_EEE = 3 | silver_EEE = 0 | bronze_EEE = 0 | name_EEE = {{flagcountry|Uzbek SSR}}

| gold_FFF = 2 | silver_FFF = 1 | bronze_FFF = 0 | name_FFF = {{flagcountry|Lithuanian SSR}}

| gold_GGG = 1 | silver_GGG = 3 | bronze_GGG = 2 | name_GGG = {{flagcountry|Kazakh SSR}}

| gold_HHH = 1 | silver_HHH = 1 | bronze_HHH = 2 | name_HHH = {{flagcountry|Armenian SSR}}

| gold_III = 1 | silver_III = 1 | bronze_III = 0 | name_III = {{flagcountry|Azerbaijan SSR}}

| gold_JJJ = 1 | silver_JJJ = 0 | bronze_JJJ = 1 | name_JJJ = {{flagcountry|Estonian SSR}}

| gold_KKK = 1 | silver_KKK = 0 | bronze_KKK = 0 | name_KKK = {{flagcountry|Tajik SSR}}

| gold_LLL = 0 | silver_LLL = 2 | bronze_LLL = 1 | name_LLL = {{flagcountry|Latvian SSR}}

}}

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.

class="wikitable"

! Pos

! Sports society

! style="background-color:gold" |Gold

! style="background-color:silver" |Silver

! style="background-color:#CC9966" |Bronze

! Total

align=right|1Armed Forces33181869
align=right|2Dynamo28101654
align=right|3VSS Burevestnik116522
align=right|4VSS Spartak93315
align=right|5VSS Trud7119

Bibliography

  • {{cite book|title=XX Summer Olympic Games. Year 1972. |author=A. Dobrov|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|year=1973|location=Moscow|language=ru|url=http://www.sportlib.ru/books/olimp/olimp72letn/}}

References

{{reflist}}

  • {{cite book|title=All about Olympic Games.|author=Boris Khavin|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|edition = 2nd|year=1979|location=Moscow|language=ru}} – for medal stats by republic and by sports society

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