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United States at the 1972 Winter Olympics

{{infobox country at games

| NOC = USA

| NOCname = United States Olympic Committee

| games = Winter Olympics

| year = 1972

| flagcaption = Flag of the United States

| oldcode =

| website =

| location = Sapporo

| competitors = 103 (77 men, 26 women)

| sports = 6

| flagbearer = Dianne Holum (speed skating)

| rank = 5

| gold = 3

| silver = 2

| bronze = 3

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year =

| app_end_year =

| summerappearances =

| winterappearances =

| seealso =

}}

The United States competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Medalists

{{Further information|1972 Winter Olympics medal table}}

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

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class="wikitable sortable" style=font-size:95%
Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Dianne|Holum}}

|Speed skating

|Women's 1500 meters

|{{dts|February 9}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Anne|Henning}}

|Speed skating

|Women's 500 meters

|{{dts|February 10}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Barbara|Cochran}}

|Alpine skiing

|Women's slalom

|{{dts|February 11}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Dianne|Holum}}

|Speed skating

|Women's 3000 meters

|{{dts|February 12}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|United States|men's national ice hockey team}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|small=yes|style=width:32em|{{ubl|Kevin Ahearn|Henry Boucha|Charles Brown|Keith Christiansen|Mike Curran|Robbie Ftorek|Mark Howe|Stuart Irving|Jim McElmury|Dick McGlynn|Tom Mellor|Ronald Naslund|Wally Olds|Frank Sanders|Craig Sarner|Peter Sears|Timothy Sheehy}}}}

|Ice hockey

|Men's tournament

|{{dts|February 13}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Susan|Corrock}}

|Alpine skiing

|Women's downhill

|{{dts|February 5}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Janet|Lynn}}

|Figure skating

|Ladies' singles

|{{dts|February 7}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Anne|Henning}}

|Speed skating

|Women's 1000 meters

|{{dts|February 11}}

| width=22% align=left valign=top |

class=wikitable style=font-size:85%;float:right;text-align:center
colspan=6|Multiple medalists
Name

!Sport

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|{{gold1}}

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|{{silver2}}

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|{{bronze3}}

!Total

Dianne Holum

|Speed skating

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

Anne Henning

|Speed skating

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|1

|2

{{col-end}}

Alpine skiing

{{main|Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics}}

Men

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=3|Athlete

!rowspan=3|Event

!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Classification

!colspan=6|Final

style=font-size:95%

!colspan=2|Run 1

!colspan=2|Run 2

!colspan=2|Total

style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Bob Cochran

|align=left rowspan=4|Downhill

|colspan=6 rowspan=4 {{n/a}}

|1:53.39

|8

align=left|David Currier

|1:54.96

|17

align=left|Hank Kashiwa

|1:55.60

|25

align=left|Mike Lafferty

|1:54.38

|14

align=left|Rick Chaffee

|align=left rowspan=4|Giant slalom

|colspan=2 rowspan=4 {{n/a}}

|1:39.23

|36

|1:45.09

|31

|3:24.32

|30

align=left|Bob Cochran

|1:35.39

|19

|1:40.15

|16

|3:15.54

|17

align=left|David Currier

|colspan=6|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

align=left|Hank Kashiwa

|1:37.42

|28

|1:40.71

|19

|3:18.13

|21

align=left|Rick Chaffee

|align=left rowspan=4|Slalom

|1:47.81

|3

|colspan=6|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

align=left|Bob Cochran

|colspan=8|{{abbr|DSQ|Disqualified}}

align=left|Terry Palmer

|1:45.82

|4

|58.78

|21

|55.50

|13

|1:54.28

|16

align=left|Tyler Palmer

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|57.68

|15

|54.37

|4

|1:52.05

|9

Women

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Run 1

!colspan=2|Run 2

!colspan=2|Total

style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Karen Budge

|align=left rowspan=4|Downhill

|colspan=4 rowspan=4 {{n/a}}

|1:40.68

|14

align=left|Marilyn Cochran

|1:41.96

|28

align=left|Susan Corrock

|1:37.68

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Sandy Poulsen

|1:41.25

|21

align=left|Karen Budge

|align=left rowspan=4|Giant slalom

|colspan=4 rowspan=4 {{n/a}}

|1:35.57

|23

align=left|Barbara Cochran

|1:33.16

|11

align=left|Marilyn Cochran

|1:35.27

|20

align=left|Sandy Poulsen

|colspan=2|{{abbr|DSQ|Disqualified}}

align=left|Patty Boydstun

|align=left rowspan=4|Slalom

|48.11

|13

|47.48

|9

|1:35.59

|8

align=left|Barbara Cochran

|46.05

|1

|45.19

|2

|1:31.24

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Marilyn Cochran

|colspan=6|{{abbr|DSQ|Disqualified}}

align=left|Susan Corrock

|48.09

|12

|47.67

|10

|1:35.76

|9

Biathlon

{{main|Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Misses

!Rank

align=left|Jay Bowerman

|align=left rowspan=4|Individual

|1:29:13.71

|7

|45

align=left|Dennis Donahue

|1:23:20.39

|4

|24

align=left|Peter Karns

|1:20:59.67

|2

|14

align=left|Terry Morse

|1:28:40.14

|7

|41

align=left|Jay Bowerman
Dennis Donahue
Peter Karns
Terry Morse

|align=left|Relay

|1:57:24.32

|1 (0+1)

|6

Bobsleigh

{{main|Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Run 1

!colspan=2|Run 2

!colspan=2|Run 3

!colspan=2|Run 4

!colspan=2|Total

style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Paul Lamey
Howard Siler

|align=left rowspan=2|Two-man

|1:18.13

|16

|1:16.93

|12

|1:15.52

|15

|1:16.04

|16

|5:06.62

|16

align=left|Boris Said
Thomas Becker

|1:17.34

|13

|1:17.23

|15

|1:16.66

|21

|1:17.71

|20

|5:08.94

|19

align=left|Jim Hickey
Jim Bridges
Howard Siler
Thomas Becker

|align=left rowspan=2|Four-man

|colspan=10|{{abbr|DSQ|Disqualified}}

align=left|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

Cross-country skiing

{{main|Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics}}

Men

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Tim Caldwell

|align=left rowspan=4|15 km

|51:17.92

|54

align=left|Everett Dunklee

|49:52.20

|44

align=left|Larry Martin

|53:13.91

|58

align=left|Ronny Yeager

|51:36.54

|55

align=left|Mike Elliott

|align=left rowspan=4|30 km

|1:43:15.03

|26

align=left|Mike Gallagher

|1:43:39.41

|30

align=left|Bob Gray

|1:46:38.31

|42

align=left|Clark Matis

|1:52:18.52

|53

align=left|Everett Dunklee

|align=left rowspan=4|50 km

|2:56:42.49

|27

align=left|Bob Gray

|3:01:15.37

|33

align=left|Joe McNulty

|colspan=2|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

align=left|Gene Morgan

|2:54:01.52

|24

align=left|Tim Caldwell
Mike Elliott
Mike Gallagher
Larry Martin

|align=left|4 × 10 km relay

|2:14:37.28

|12

Women

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Barbara Britch

|align=left rowspan=4|5 km

|18:18.37

|31

align=left|Margie Mahoney

|19:15.13

|39

align=left|Alison Owen-Spencer

|18:54.76

|36

align=left|Martha Rockwell

|17:50.34

|18

align=left|Trina Hosmer

|align=left rowspan=4|10 km

|40:40.56

|41

align=left|Margie Mahoney

|39:27.95

|36

align=left|Alison Owen-Spencer

|38:50.05

|35

align=left|Martha Rockwell

|36:34.22

|16

align=left|Barbara Britch
Alison Owen-Spencer
Martha Rockwell

|align=left|3 × 5 km relay

|53:38.60

|11

Figure skating

{{main|Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics}}

Individual

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!{{abbr|CF|Compulsory figures}}

!{{abbr|FS|Free skating}}

!colspan=3|Total

style=font-size:95%

!Rank

!Rank

!Points

!Places

!Rank

align=left|Gordon McKellen

|align=left rowspan=3|Men's singles

|10

|9

|2511.0

|89

|10

align=left|John Misha Petkevich

|6

|2

|2591.5

|47

|5

align=left|Kenneth Shelley

|5

|3

|2596.0

|43

|4

align=left|Julie Lynn Holmes

|align=left rowspan=3|Ladies' singles

|2

|8

|2627.0

|39

|4

align=left|Janet Lynn

|4

|1

|2663.1

|27

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Suna Murray

|13

|9

|2426.2

|102

|12

Mixed

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!{{abbr|SP|Short program}}

!{{abbr|FS|Free skating}}

!colspan=3|Total

style=font-size:95%

!Rank

!Rank

!Points

!Places

!Rank

align=left|Barbara Brown
Douglas Berndt

|align=left rowspan=3|Pairs

|12

|13

|366.9

|114

|12

align=left|Melissa Militano
Mark Militano

|8

|7

|393.0

|65.5

|7

align=left|JoJo Starbuck
Kenneth Shelley

|4

|4

|406.8

|35

|4

Ice hockey

{{main|Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics}}

Summary

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Team

!rowspan=2|Event

!First round

!Consolation game

!colspan=6|Medal round

style=font-size:95%

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

align=left|United States men

|align=left|Men's tournament

|{{ih|SUI}}
W 5–3

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{ih|SWE}}
L 1–5

|{{ih|TCH}}
W 5–2

|{{ih|URS|1955}}
L 2–7

|{{ih|FIN}}
W 4–1

|{{ih|POL|1927}}
W 6–1

|{{silver02}}

;Roster

:*Mike Curran

:*Peter Sears

:*Wally Olds

:*Tom Mellor

:*Frank Sanders

:*Jim McElmury

:*Charles Brown

:*Dick McGlynn

:*Ronald Naslund

:*Robbie Ftorek

:*Stu Irving

:*Kevin Ahearn

:*Henry Boucha

:*Craig Sarner

:*Timothy Sheehy

:*Keith Christiansen

:*Mark Howe

First Round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.

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{{OneLegResult|{{ih|USA}}|| 5–3 |{{ih|SUI}}}}

|}

Medal round

border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Rank

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="150"|Team

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|T

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pts

align=center bgcolor="gold"

|1

|align=left|{{ih|URS|1955}}

|5

40133139
align=center bgcolor="silver"

|2

|align=left|{{ih|USA}}

|5

32018156
align=center bgcolor="#c96"

|3

|align=left|{{ih|TCH}}

|5

32026136
align=center

|4

|align=left|{{ih|SWE}}

|5

22117135
align=center

|5

|align=left|{{ih|FIN}}

|5

23014244
align=center

|6

|align=left|{{ih|POL|1927}}

|5

0509390

  • Sweden 5-1 USA
  • USA 5-1 Czechoslovakia
  • USSR 7-2 USA
  • USA 4-1 Finland
  • USA 6-1 Poland

Luge

{{main|Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics}}

Men

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Run 1

!colspan=2|Run 2

!colspan=2|Run 3

!colspan=2|Run 4

!colspan=2|Total

style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Ralph Havens

|align=left rowspan=4|Singles

|55.17

|30

|54.84

|28

|54.31

|32

|54.00

|32

|3:38.32

|32

align=left|James Murray

|55.31

|33

|55.22

|34

|53.94

|27

|53.46

|23

|3:37.93

|28

align=left|Terry O'Brien

|55.41

|34

|55.21

|32

|54.02

|28

|53.64

|26

|3:38.24

|31

align=left|Bob Rock

|55.98

|38

|55.25

|35

|53.85

|26

|1:13.96

|44

|3:59.04

|44

align=left|Robert Berkley
Richard Cavanaugh

|align=left rowspan=2|Doubles

|46.58

|17

|46.59

|17

|colspan=4 rowspan=2 {{n/a}}

|1:33.17

|17

align=left|Jack Elder
Frank Jones

|46.48

|16

|46.11

|14

|1:32.59

|15

Women

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Run 1

!colspan=2|Run 2

!colspan=2|Run 3

!colspan=2|Run 4

!colspan=2|Total

style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Peggy Frair

|align=left rowspan=2|Singles

|colspan=10|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

align=left|Kathleen Ann Roberts-Homstad

|47.68

|19

|46.64

|15

|46.17

|14

|45.49

|12

|3:05.98

|15

Nordic combined

{{main|Nordic combined at the 1972 Winter Olympics}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=4|Ski Jumping

!colspan=3|Cross-country

!colspan=2|Total

style=font-size:95%

!Jump 1

!Jump 2

!Points

!Rank

!Time

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

align=left|Mike Devecka

|align=left rowspan=4|Individual

|77.6

|79.5

|157.1

|27

|50:00.0

|205.735

|6

|362.835

|21

align=left|Bob Kendall

|67.9

|71.1

|139.0

|38

|54:34.0

|164.635

|38

|303.635

|39

align=left|Jim Miller

|80.8

|58.9

|139.7

|37

|51:09.9

|195.250

|17

|334.950

|34

align=left|Teyck Weed

|66.5

|63.3

|129.8

|40

|52:26.2

|183.805

|29

|313.605

|38

Ski jumping

{{main|Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Jump 1

!colspan=2|Jump 2

!colspan=2|Total

style=font-size:95%

!Distance

!Points

!Distance

!Points

!Points

!Rank

align=left|Scott Berry

|align=left rowspan=4|Normal hill

|67.5

|87.7

|66.0

|84.3

|172.0

|52

align=left|Jerry Martin

|76.0

|105.3

|69.5

|91.9

|197.2

|34

align=left|Ron Steele

|75.0

|99.2

|71.5

|93.1

|192.3

|41

align=left|Greg Swor

|70.5

|93.0

|67.0

|86.4

|179.4

|50

align=left|Scott Berry

|align=left rowspan=4|Large hill

|79.0

|76.1

|81.5

|75.6

|151.7

|47

align=left|Jerry Martin

|89.0

|89.1

|77.5

|74.0

|163.1

|36

align=left|Ron Steele

|86.5

|86.6

|89.0

|91.1

|177.7

|25

align=left|Greg Swor

|80.5

|77.2

|91.5

|95.6

|172.8

|30

Speed skating

{{main|Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics}}

Men

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Neil Blatchford

|align=left rowspan=4|500 m

|40.67

|15

align=left|Pete Eberling

|40.58

|11

align=left|Greg Lyman

|41.30

|20

align=left|John Wurster

|colspan=2|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

align=left|Dan Carroll

|align=left rowspan=4|1500 m

|2:07.24

|7

align=left|Gary Jonland

|2:09.55

|14

align=left|Clark King

|2:14.83

|30

align=left|Bill Lanigan

|2:12.31

|25

align=left|Dan Carroll

|align=left rowspan=3|5000 m

|7:44.72

|10

align=left|Charles Gilmore

|8:03.04

|20

align=left|Clark King

|8:07.20

|21

align=left|Dan Carroll

|align=left rowspan=2|10,000 m

|15:44.41

|9

align=left|Clark King

|16:39.82

|21

Women

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Anne Henning

|align=left rowspan=3|500 m

|43.33 {{OlyR|speed skating}}

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Kay Lunda

|44.95

|7

align=left|Sheila Young

|44.53

|4

align=left|Anne Henning

|align=left rowspan=3|1000 m

|1:31.62

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Dianne Holum

|1:32.41

|6

align=left|Sheila Young

|1:34.97

|17

align=left|Connie Carpenter-Phinney

|align=left rowspan=3|1500 m

|2:23.93

|7

align=left|Dianne Holum

|2:20.85 {{OlyR|speed skating}}

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Leah Poulos

|2:31.29

|24

align=left|Dianne Holum

|align=left rowspan=3|3000 m

|4:58.67

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Jeanne Omelenchuk

|5:32.87

|22

align=left|Leah Poulos

|5:17.38

|17

References

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.amateur-boxing.vip.interia.pl/Championships/OlympicGames2000.html Official Olympic Reports]
  • [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
  • {{cite web |title=Olympic Medal Winners |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp |access-date=2009-06-22}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042620/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1972/ Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com]

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