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United States at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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United States at the
1972 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC codeUSA
NOCUnited States Olympic Committee
in Sapporo
Competitors103 (77 men, 26 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearerDianne Holum (speed skating)
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
8
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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

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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.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Marilyn Cochran DSQ
Susan Corrock 48.09 12 47.67 10 1:35.76 9

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Roster

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

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kay Lunda 44.95 7
Sheila Young 44.53 4
Anne Henning 1000 m 1:31.62 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Leah Poulos 2:31.29 24
Dianne Holum 3000 m 4:58.67 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jeanne Omelenchuk 5:32.87 22
Leah Poulos 5:17.38 17

References

  • Official Olympic Reports
  • International Olympic Committee results database
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  • Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com
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