1972 Winter Olympics

Sapporo · Sapporo metro

17 nations · 35 events · 105 medals

Medal table

Every nation that won a medal, ranked by gold, then silver, then bronze.

#1Soviet UnionURS

Gold

8

Silver

5

Bronze

3

Total

16

#2East GermanyGDR

Gold

4

Silver

3

Bronze

7

Total

14

#3SwitzerlandSUI

Gold

4

Silver

3

Bronze

3

Total

10

#4NetherlandsNED

Gold

4

Silver

3

Bronze

2

Total

9

#5United StatesUSA

Gold

3

Silver

2

Bronze

3

Total

8

#6West GermanyFRG

Gold

3

Silver

1

Bronze

1

Total

5

Gold

2

Silver

5

Bronze

5

Total

12

#8ItalyITA

Gold

2

Silver

2

Bronze

1

Total

5

Gold

1

Silver

2

Bronze

2

Total

5

#10SwedenSWE

Gold

1

Silver

1

Bronze

2

Total

4

#11JapanJPN

Gold

1

Silver

1

Bronze

1

Total

3

#12CzechoslovakiaTCH

Gold

1

Silver

0

Bronze

2

Total

3

#13PolandPOL

Gold

1

Silver

0

Bronze

0

Total

1

#14SpainESP

Gold

1

Silver

0

Bronze

0

Total

1

Gold

0

Silver

4

Bronze

1

Total

5

#16FranceFRA

Gold

0

Silver

1

Bronze

2

Total

3

#17CanadaCAN

Gold

0

Silver

1

Bronze

0

Total

1

#	Nation	G	S	B	Total
1	Soviet Union URS	8	5	3	16
2	East Germany GDR	4	3	7	14
3	Switzerland SUI	4	3	3	10
4	Netherlands NED	4	3	2	9
5	United States USA	3	2	3	8
6	West Germany FRG	3	1	1	5
7	Norway NOR	2	5	5	12
8	Italy ITA	2	2	1	5
9	Austria AUT	1	2	2	5
10	Sweden SWE	1	1	2	4
11	Japan JPN	1	1	1	3
12	Czechoslovakia TCH	1	0	2	3
13	Poland POL	1	0	0	1
14	Spain ESP	1	0	0	1
15	Finland FIN	0	4	1	5
16	France FRA	0	1	2	3
17	Canada CAN	0	1	0	1

Medals by sport

Each sport's medal table by nation. Expand a sport to see which nations medaled and how many.

Alpine Skiing6 events · 6 nations

3G 2S 1B 6T

1G 1S 1B 3T

United StatesUSA

1G 0S 1B 2T

1G 0S 0B 1T

0G 2S 2B 4T

0G 1S 1B 2T

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Switzerland SUI	3	2	1	6
Italy ITA	1	1	1	3
United States USA	1	0	1	2
Spain ESP	1	0	0	1
Austria AUT	0	2	2	4
France FRA	0	1	1	2

Biathlon2 events · 5 nations

1G 0S 0B 1T

Soviet UnionURS

1G 0S 0B 1T

East GermanyGDR

0G 1S 1B 2T

0G 1S 0B 1T

0G 0S 1B 1T

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Norway NOR	1	0	0	1
Soviet Union URS	1	0	0	1
East Germany GDR	0	1	1	2
Finland FIN	0	1	0	1
Sweden SWE	0	0	1	1

Bobsleigh2 events · 3 nations

West GermanyFRG

1G 1S 1B 3T

1G 0S 1B 2T

0G 1S 0B 1T

Nation	G	S	B	Total
West Germany FRG	1	1	1	3
Switzerland SUI	1	0	1	2
Italy ITA	0	1	0	1

Cross Country Skiing7 events · 6 nations

Soviet UnionURS

5G 2S 1B 8T

1G 3S 3B 7T

1G 0S 0B 1T

0G 2S 1B 3T

CzechoslovakiaTCH

0G 0S 1B 1T

0G 0S 1B 1T

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Soviet Union URS	5	2	1	8
Norway NOR	1	3	3	7
Sweden SWE	1	0	0	1
Finland FIN	0	2	1	3
Czechoslovakia TCH	0	0	1	1
Switzerland SUI	0	0	1	1

Figure Skating3 events · 7 nations

Soviet UnionURS

1G 2S 0B 3T

1G 0S 0B 1T

CzechoslovakiaTCH

1G 0S 0B 1T

0G 1S 0B 1T

East GermanyGDR

0G 0S 1B 1T

0G 0S 1B 1T

United StatesUSA

0G 0S 1B 1T

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Soviet Union URS	1	2	0	3
Austria AUT	1	0	0	1
Czechoslovakia TCH	1	0	0	1
Canada CAN	0	1	0	1
East Germany GDR	0	0	1	1
France FRA	0	0	1	1
United States USA	0	0	1	1

Ice Hockey1 event · 3 nations

Soviet UnionURS

1G 0S 0B 1T

United StatesUSA

0G 1S 0B 1T

CzechoslovakiaTCH

0G 0S 1B 1T

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Soviet Union URS	1	0	0	1
United States USA	0	1	0	1
Czechoslovakia TCH	0	0	1	1

Luge3 events · 2 nations

East GermanyGDR

3G 2S 3B 8T

1G 0S 0B 1T

Nation	G	S	B	Total
East Germany GDR	3	2	3	8
Italy ITA	1	0	0	1

Nordic Combined1 event · 2 nations

East GermanyGDR

1G 0S 1B 2T

0G 1S 0B 1T

Nation	G	S	B	Total
East Germany GDR	1	0	1	2
Finland FIN	0	1	0	1

Ski Jumping2 events · 4 nations

1G 1S 1B 3T

1G 0S 0B 1T

0G 1S 0B 1T

East GermanyGDR

0G 0S 1B 1T

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Japan JPN	1	1	1	3
Poland POL	1	0	0	1
Switzerland SUI	0	1	0	1
East Germany GDR	0	0	1	1

Speed Skating8 events · 6 nations

4G 3S 2B 9T

United StatesUSA

2G 1S 1B 4T

West GermanyFRG

2G 0S 0B 2T

0G 2S 2B 4T

Soviet UnionURS

0G 1S 2B 3T

0G 1S 1B 2T

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Netherlands NED	4	3	2	9
United States USA	2	1	1	4
West Germany FRG	2	0	0	2
Norway NOR	0	2	2	4
Soviet Union URS	0	1	2	3
Sweden SWE	0	1	1	2

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