Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
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Flag bearer Aleksandr Medved | | |
Medals Ranked 1st |
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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]
The Soviet Union won 50 gold medal in the year, when the fiftieth anniversary of the USSR's founding was celebrated in the country. That fact pleased the Soviet authorities.[3]
Medalists
The USSR finished first in the final medal rankings, with 50 gold and 99 total medals.
Gold
Athletics
- Mykola Avilov — men's decathlon
- Anatoliy Bondarchuk— men's hammer throw
- Valeriy Borzov — men's 100 metres
- Valeriy Borzov — men's 200 metres
- Lyudmila Bragina — women's 1500 metres
- Nadezhda Chizhova — women's shot put
- Faina Melnik — women's discus throw
- Viktor Saneyev — men's triple jump
- Jüri Tarmak — men's high jump
Basketball
- Sergey Belov and Aleksandr Boloshev— men's team competition.
Boxing
- Boris Kuznetsov — men's featherweight
- Vyacheslav Lemeshev — men's 71–75 kg
Canoeing
- Aleksandr Shaparenko — men's K1 1000m kayak singles
- Yuliya Ryabchynskaya— women's K1 500m kayak singles
- Nikolai Gorbachev and Viktor Kratasyuk — men's K2 1000m kayak pairs
- Lyudmila Pinayeva-Khvedosyuk— women's K2 500m kayak pairs
- Yury Lobanov— men's C2 1000m Canadian pairs
- Vladimir Morozov— men's K4 1000m kayak fours
Cycling
- Boris Shukov— men's team road race
- Igor Tselovalnykov— men's 2000m tandem
Diving
- Vladimir Vasin — men's springboard
Equestrian
- Yelena Petushkova, Pepel, Ivan Kalita, Ikhor, Ivan Kizimov, Tarif — dressage team
Fencing
- Viktor Sidyak — men's sabre individual
- Tatyana Samusenko-Petrenko— women's foil team
Gymnastics
- Viktor Klimenko — men's pommel horse
- Nikolay Andrianov— men's floor exercises
- Lyudmila Turishcheva— women's all-around individual
- Olga Korbut — women's balance beam
- Olga Korbut — women's floor exercises
- — women's team combined exercises
Judo
- Shota Chochishvili — men's half-heavyweight (93 kg)
Modern pentathlon
- Boris Onyshchenko and Vladimir Shmelyov— men's team competition
Rowing
- Men's single sculls – 1st place ( gold medal)
- Men's double sculls – 1st place ( gold medal)
- Gennadi Korshikov
- Aleksandr Timoshinin
Sailing
- Valentyn Mankin— men's tempest class
Shooting
- Yakov Zheleznyak — men's running game target
Volleyball
- Vera Duyunova-Galushka— women's team competition
Water polo
- Aleksey Barkalov and Aleksandr Dolgushin— men's team competition
Weightlifting
- Mukharby Kirzhinov — men's lightweight
- Jaan Talts — men's heavyweight
- Vasily Alekseyev — men's super heavyweight
Wrestling
- Rustem Kazakov— men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
- Shamil Khisamutdinov — men's Greco-Roman lightweight
- Valery Rezantsev — men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight
- Anatoly Roshchin — men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight
- Roman Dimitriyev— men's freestyle light flyweight
- Zagalav Abdulbekov — men's freestyle featherweight
- Levan Tediashvili — men's freestyle middleweight
- Ivan Yarygin — men's freestyle heavyweight
- Aleksandr Medved — men's freestyle super heavyweight
Silver
Athletics
- Yevgeny Arzhanov— men's 800 metres
- Valeriy Borzov, Aleksandr Kornelyuk, Vladimir Lovetskiy and Juris Silovs — men's 4 × 100 m relay
- Vladimir Golubnichy— men's 20 km walk
- Leonid Lytvynenko — men's decathlon
- Jānis Lūsis — men's javelin throw
- Veniamin Soldatenko — men's 50 km walk
- Nijole Sabaite— women's 800 metres
Equestrian
- Yelena Petushkova, her horse Pepel — dressage individual
Fencing
- Vladimir Denisov, Anatoly Koteshev and Viktor Putyatin— men's foil team
- Viktor Sidyak, Eduard Vinokurov, Viktor Bazhenov, Vladimir Nazlymov and Mark Rakita — men's sabre team
Gymnastics
- Viktor Klimenko — men's long horse vault
- Mikhail Voronin — men's rings
- Nikolay Andrianov and Aleksandr Maleyev— men's team combined exercises
- Olga Korbut — women's asymmetrical bars
- Tamara Lazakovich — women's balance beam
- Lyudmila Turishcheva— women's floor exercises
Judo
- Vitali Kuznetsov — men's open class
Modern pentathlon
- Boris Onyshchenko— men's individual competition
Shooting
- Yevgeni Petrov — men's skeet shooting
- Boris Melnik — men's free rifle, three positions
Swimming
- Viktor Mazanov, Viktor Aboimov, Vladimir Bure and Igor Grivennikov — men's 4 × 100 m freestyle
- Galina Stepanova-Prozumenshchykova— women's 100m breaststroke
Weightlifting
- Dito Shanidze — men's featherweight
Wrestling
- Anatoly Nazarenko — men's Greco-Roman middleweight
- Nikolay Yakovenko — men's Greco-Roman heavyweight
- Arsen Alakhverdiyev — men's freestyle flyweight
- Gennady Strakhov — men's freestyle light heavyweight
Bronze
Archery
- Emma Gaptchenko— women's individual competition
Athletics
- Vasily Khmelevski— men's hammer throw
Cycling
- Omar Pkhakadze — men's 1000m sprint (scratch)
Fencing
- Vladimir Nazlymov — men's sabre individual
- Galina Gorokhova — women's foil individual
- Viktor Modzalevsky and Sergey Paramonov— men's épée team
Football (soccer)
- Arkady Andriasyan, Oleg Blokhin and Revaz Dzodzuashvili— men's team competition
Gymnastics
- Nikolay Andrianov— men's long horse vault
- Tamara Lazakovich — women's all-around individual
- Lyudmila Turishcheva— women's side horse vault
- Tamara Lazakovich — women's floor exercises
Judo
- Anatoly Novikov — men's half middleweight (70 kg)
- Givi Onashvili — men's heavyweight (>100 kg)
Modern pentathlon
- Pavel Lednev— men's individual competition
Sailing
- Viktor Potapov — men's Finn class
Shooting
- Viktor Torshin — men's rapid-fire pistol
Swimming
- Vladimir Bure — men's 100m freestyle
- Viktor Mazanov, Vladimir Bure, Igor Grivennikov and Georgi Kulikov — men's 4 × 200 m freestyle
- Galina Stepanova-Prozumenshchykova— women's 200m breaststroke
Volleyball
- Vyatcheslav Domanyi— men's team competition
Weightlifting
- Gennady Chetin — men's bantamweight
Wrestling
- Ruslan Ashuraliyev — men's freestyle lightweight
Results by event
Archery
Women's individual competition:
- Bronze medal)
- Keto Lossaberidze — 2402 points (→ 4th place)
- Alla Peounova — 2364 points (→ 8th place)
Men's individual competition:
- Victor Sidorouk— 2427 points (→ 7th place)
- Mikhail Peounov2397 points (→ 12th place)
- Mati Vaikjärv — 2363 points (→ 24th place)
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
- Vladimir Atamas
- First heat — 10.51s (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
- Silver medal
- Heat — 1:48.3
- Semifinals — 1:46.3
- Final — 1:45.9
- Heat — 1:51.0
- Semifinals — 1:49.6 (→ did not advance)
- Yevgeni Volkov
- 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)
- Yevgeny Arzhanov
- Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)
- Heat — 3:42.3 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres
- Nikola Puklakov
- Heat — 13:57.6 (→ did not advance)
- Heat — 14:08.6 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m relay
Men's high jump
- Qualifying round — 2.15m
- Final — 2.15m (→ 8th place)
- Kestusis Shapka
- 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
- 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
Boxing
Men's light middleweight (– 71 kg)
- Valeri Tregubov
- 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)
- Yuri Nesterov
- First round — lost to Duane Bobick (USA), 0:5
Canoeing
Cycling
Fifteen cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1972.
- Valery Likhachov — 34th place
- Anatoly Starkov — 35th place
- Valery Yardy — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Ivan Trifonov — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Omar Pkhak'adze
- Serhiy Kravtsov
- 1000m time trial
- Final — 1:07.73 (→ 8th place)
- Igor Tselovalnikov and Vladimir Semenets — Gold medal
Diving
Men's 3m springboard
- Vladimir Vasin – 594.09 points (gold medal)
- Viacheslav Strahov– 556.20 points (6th place)
- Vladimir Kapirulin – 329.46 points (18th place)
Men's 10m platform
- David Ambarzumian– 463.56 points (5th place)
- Vladimir Kapirullin – 459.21 points (7th place)
- Aleksander Gendrikson– 431.04 points (12th place)
Women's 3m springboard
- Natalia Kusnecova– 258.45 points (14th place)
- Tatjana Shtyreva– 252.42 points (16th place)
- Tamara Safonova – 252.09 points (17th place)
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
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1972.
- Leonid Romanov
- Galina Gorokhova
- Yelena Novikova-Belova
- Aleksandra Zabelina
- Svetlana Tširkova, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko
Football
Gymnastics
Handball
- 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
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1972.
Men's individual competition
- Silver medal)
- Bronze medal)
- Vladimir Shmelev— 5302 pts (→ 5th place)
Men's team competition
Rowing
The Soviet Union had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1972.[4]
Men's single sculls
- Men's coxless pair – 8th place
- 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
- Aleksandr Ryazankin
- Viktor Dementyev
- Sergey Kolyaskin
- Aleksandr Shitov
- Valery Bisarnov
- Boris Vorobyov
- Vladimir Savelov
- Aleksandr Martyshkin
- Viktor Mikheyev
Sailing
Shooting
Fourteen male shooters represented the Soviet Union in 1972.
won a bronze medal.- 50 m rifle, prone
- Yakiv Zhelezniak
- Valerii Postoyanov
Swimming
Men's 100m freestyle
- 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
- Georgy Kulikov
- Heat — 3:32.72
Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
- Alexsandr Samsonov, Viktor Mazanov and Georgi Kulikov
- Heat — 7:51.44
Volleyball
- 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
- 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
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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 |
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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 |
Totals (12 entries) | 106 | 44 | 40 | 190 |
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 | Total | |||
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1 | Armed Forces | 33 | 18 | 18 | 69 |
2 | Dynamo |
28 | 10 | 16 | 54 |
3 | Burevestnik |
11 | 6 | 5 | 22 |
4 | VSS Spartak |
9 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
5 | VSS Trud |
7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
Bibliography
- A. Dobrov (1973). XX Summer Olympic Games. Year 1972 (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport.
References
- Olympic Review (84). International Olympic Committee: 530–557. October 1974. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
- ^ "Soviet Union at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
- ^ "XX Летние Олимпийские игры в Мюнхене – история Летних игр".
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Soviet Union Rowing at the 1972 München Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. – for medal stats by republic and by sports society