Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Soviet Union
games=1972 Summer
competitors=373 (302 men, 71 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 |year=1974 |month=October |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-03-28]
flagbearer=Alexander Medved
sports=20
gold=50
silver=27
bronze=22
total=99
rank=1

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Medalists

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

Gold

=Athletics=

* Nikolay Avilov — Men's Decathlon
* Anatoly Bondarchuk — Men's Hammer Throw
* Valery Borzov — Men's 100 metres
* Valery 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=

*Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Zurab Sakandelidze, Gennady Volnov, Ivan Yedeshko, Sergey Kovalenko, Modestas Paulauskas, Anatoly Polivoda, Ivan Dvornyi, Mikhail Korkiya, Aleksandr Belov, Sergey Belov, and Aleksandr Boloshev — Men's Team Competition

=Boxing=

* Boris Kuznetsov — Men's Featherweight
* Vyacheslav Lemeshev — Men's 71-75kg

=Canoeing=

*Aleksandr Shaparenko — Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
*Yuliya Ryabchynskaya — Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles
*Nikolay Gorbachov and Viktor Kratasyuk — Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs
*Yekaterina Kuryshko and Lyudmila Pinayeva-Khvedosyuk — Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
*Vladislavas Cesiunas and Yury Lobanov — Men's C2 1000m Canadian Pairs
*Yury Stetsenko, Valery Didenko, Yury Filatov, and Vladimir Morozov — Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours

=Cycling=

*Valery Yardy, Gennady Komnatov, Valery Likhachov, and Boris Shukov — Men's Team Road Race
*Vladimir Semenets and 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
*Svetlana Chirkova, Alexandra Zabelina, Yelena Belova-Novikova, Galina Gorokhova, and Tatyana Samusenko-Petrenko — Women's Foil Team

=Gymnastics=

*Viktor Klimenko — Men's Pommeled 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
*Tamara Lazakovich, Elvira Saadi, Lyudmila Turishcheva, Lyubov Burda, Olga Korbut, and Antonina Koshel — Women's Team Combined Exercises

=Judo=

*Shota Chochishvili — Men's Half-Heavyweight (93 kg)

=Modern Pentathlon=

*Pavel Lednev, Boris Onyshchenko, and Vladimir Shmelyov — Men's Team Competition

=Rowing=

*Yury Malyshev — Men's Single Sculls
*Gennady Korshikov and Aleksandr Timoshinin — Men's Double Sculls

=Sailing=

*Vitaly Dyrdyra and Valentyn Mankin — Men's Tempest Class

=Shooting=

*Yakov Zheleznyak — Men's Running Game Target

=Volleyball=

*Nina Smoleyeva, Tatyana Tretyakova-Ponyaeva, Lyubov Tyurina, Inna Ryskal, Roza Salikhova, Tatyana Sarycheva, Tatyana Gonobobleva, Natalya Kudreva, Galina Leontyeva, Lyudmila Borozna, Lyudmila Buldakova, and Vera Duyunova-Galushka — Women's Team Competition

=Water Polo=

*Vyatcheslav Sobchenko, Vladimir Zhmudsky, Nikolay Melnikov, Leonid Osipov, Aleksandr Shidlovsky, Aleksandr Dreval, Vadim Gulyaev, Aleksandr Kabanov, Anatoly Akimov, 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
* Valery Borzov, Aleksandr Kornelyuk, Vladimir Lovetsky, and Juris Silovs — Men's 4x100m Relay
* Vladimir Golubnichy — Men's 20km Walk
* Leonid Litvinenko — Men's Decathlon
* Janis Lusis — Men's Javelin Throw
* Veniamin Soldatenko — Men's 50km Walk
* Nijole Sabaite — Women's 800 metres

=Equestrian=

* Yelena Petushkova, her horse Pepel — Dressage Individual

=Fencing=

*Leonid Romanov, Vasily Stankovich, 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
*Eduard Mikaelyan, Vladimir Shchukin, Mikhail Voronin, Viktor Klimenko, 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=

*Yevgeny 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 4x100m 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 — Archery, 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
*Igor Valetov, Georgy Zazhitsky, Grigory Kriss, Viktor Modzalevsky, and Sergey Paramonov — Men's Épée Team

=Football (Soccer)=

*Gennady Yevryuzhikhin, Oganes Zanazanyan, Vyacheslav Semyonov, Andrei Yakubik, Yury Yeliseyev, Vladimir Pilguy, Yevgeny Rudakov, Yozhef Sabo, Yevgeny Lovchev, Sergei Olshansky, Vladimir Onishchenko, Viktor Kolotov, Anatoly Kuksov, Yury Istomin, Vladimir Kaplichnyi, Murtaz Khurtsilava, 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 4x200m Freestyle
*Galina Stepanova-Prozumenshchykova — Women's 200m Breaststroke

=Volleyball=

*Aleksandr Saprykin, Yury Starunsky, Leonid Zayko, Vladimir Patkin, Yury Poyarkov, Vladimir Putyatov, Vladimir Kondra, Valery Kravchenko, Yevgeny Lapinsky, Viktor Borshch, Yefim Chulak, and Vyatcheslav Domanyi — Men's Team Competition

=Weightlifting=

*Gennady Chetin — Men's Bantamweight

=Wrestling=

*Ruslan Ashuraliyev — Men's Freestyle Lightweight----

Results by event

=Archery=

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:
*Emma Gaptchenko — 2403 points (→ 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 Peounov 2397 points (→ 12th place)
*Mati Vaikiarv — 2363 points (→ 24th place)

=Athletics=

Men's 100 metres
*Vladimir Atamas:* First Heat — 10.51s (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres
*Yevgeny Arzhanov → Silver Medal:* Heat — 1:48.3:* Semifinals — 1:46.3:* Final — 1:45.9

*Ivan Ivanov:* 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 1500 metres
*Vladimir Panteley:* Heat — 3:42.3:* Semifinals — 3:41.6:* Final — 3:40.2 (→ 8th place)

*Yevgeny Arzhanov:* Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

*Ivan Ivanov:* Heat — 3:42.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres
*Nikola Puklakov:* Heat — 13:57.6 (→ did not advance)

*Vladimir Afonin:* Heat — 14:08.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay
*Alexandr Kornelyuk, Vladimir Lovetsky, Yuri Silov, and Valery Borzov:* Heat — 39.15s :* Semifinals — 39.00s:* Final — 38.50s (→ Silver Medal)

Men's High Jump
*Yevgeny Arzhanov :* Qualifying Round — 2.15m:* Final — 2.23m (→ Gold Medal)

*Rustam Akhmetov :* Qualifying Round — 2.15m:* Final — 2.15m (→ 8th place)

*Kestusis Shapka :* Qualifying Round — 2.15m:* Final — 2.15m (→ 12th 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)
*Semi Finals:* Defeated Cuba (67-60)
*Final:* Defeated United States (51-50) → Gold Medal

=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

=Cycling=

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race
* Valery Likhachev — 34th place
* Anatoly Starkov — 35th place
* Valery Yardy — did not finish (→ no ranking)
* Ivan Trifonov — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial
*Eduard Rapp:* Final — 1:07.73 (→ 8th place)

Men's Tandem
* 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)

=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:* Alexander 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

=Modern Pentathlon=

Men's Individual Competition
*Boris Onishenko — 5335 pts (→ Silver Medal)
*Pavel Lednev — 5328 pts (→ Bronze Medal)
*Vladimir Shmelev — 5302 pts (→ 5th place)

Men's Team Competition
*Onishenko, Lednev, and Shmelev — 15968 pts (→ Gold Medal)

=Rowing=

Men's Single Sculls
*Yuri Malishev:*Heat — 7:42.67:*Semi Finals — 8:13.49 :*Final — 7:10.12 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Coxed Pairs
*Vladimir Eshinov, Nikolay Ivanov and Yuri Lorenson:*Heat — 7:43.84:*Semi Finals — 8:07.34:*Final — 7:24.44 (→ 5th place)

=Swimming=

Men's 100m Freestyle
*Vladimir Bure:* Heat — 52.87s:* Semifinals — 52.60s:* Final — 51.77s (→ Bronze Medal)

*Igor Grivennikov:* Heat — 53.64s:* Semifinals — 53.55s:* Final — 52.44s (→ 6th place)

*Georgi Kulikov:* Heat — 53.78s:* Semifinals — 53.68s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle
*Vladimir Bure:* Heat — 1:56.15:* Final — 1:57.24 (→ 7th place)

*Viktor Mazanov:* Heat — 1:57.92 (→ did not advance)

*Georgi Kulikov:* Heat — 1:57.04 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
*Vladimir Bure, Viktor Mazanov, Viktor Aboimov, and Georgy Kulikov:* Heat — 3:32.72
*Vladimir Bure, Viktor Mazanov, Viktor Aboimov, and Igor Grivennikov:* Final — 3:29.72 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
*Viktor Aboimov, Alexsandr Samsonov, Viktor Mazanov, and Georgi Kulikov:* Heat — 7:51.44
*Igor Grivennikov, Viktor Mazanov, Georgi Kulikov, and Vladimir Bure:* Final — 7:45.76 (→ Bronze Medal)

=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:* Defeated Bulgaria (3-0) → 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

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.

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.

Bibliography

References

*cite book|title=All about Olympic Games.|author=Boris Khavin|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|edition = 2nd ed.|year=1979|location=Moscow|language=Russian - for medal stats by republic and by sports society