1972 Olympics

 

 

Mens Athletics


Event: 100m Winner: Valery Borzov Country: URS
Event: 220m Winner: Valery Borzo Country: URS
Event: 400m Winner: Vincent Matthews Country: USA
Event: 800m Winner: David Wottle Country: USA
Event: 1500m Winner: Pekkha Vadala Country: FIN
Event: 5000m Winner: Lasse Viren Country: FIN
Event: 10,000m Winner: Lasse Viren Country: FIN
Event: Marathon Winner: Frank Shorter Country: USA
Event: 110m Hurdles Winner: Lasse Viren Country: FIN
Event: 400m Hurdles Winner: John Akii-Bua Country: UGA
Event: 3000m Steeplechase Winner: Kipchoge Keino Country: KEN
Event: 4x100m Relay Winner: USA
Event: 4x400m Relay Winner: GDR
Event: 20km Walk Winner: Peter Frenkel Country: GDR
Event: 50km Walk Winner: Bernd Kannenberg Country: FRG
Event: High Jump Winner: Yuri Tarmak Country: URS
Event: Pole Vault Winner: Wolfgang Nordwig Country: GDR
Event: Long Jump Winner: Randy Williams Country: USA
Event: Triple Jump Winner: Viktor Saneyev Country: URS
Event: Shotput Winner: Wladyslaw Komar Country: POL
Event: Discus Winner: Ludvik Danek Country: TCH
Event: Hammer Winner: Anatoly Bondarchuk Country: URS
Event: Javelin Winner: Klaus Wolfermann Country: FRG
Event: Decathlon Winner: Nikolai Avilov Country: URS

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Men's Athletics


Event: 100m Winner: Renate Stecher Country: GDR
Event: 200m Winner: Renate Stecher Country: GDR
Event: 400m Winner: Monica Zehrt Country: GDR
Event: 800m Winner: Hildegard Falck Country: FRG
Event: 1500m Winner: Lyudmila Bragina Country: URS
Event: 100m Hurdles Winner: Annelie Ehrhardt Country: URS
Event: 4x100m Relay Winner: FRG
Event: 4x400m Relay Winner: GDR
Event: High Jump Winner: Ukrike Meyfarth Country: FRG
Event: Long Jump Winner: Heide Rosendhal Country: FRG
Event: Shotput Winner: Nadezhda Chizhova Country: URS
Event: Discus Winner: Faina Melnik Country: URS
Event: Javelin Winner: Ruth Fuchs Country: GDR
Event: Pentathlon Winner: Mary Peters Country: GBR

Men Swimming

Event: 100m Freestyle Winner: Mark Spitz Country: USA
Event: 200m Freestyle Winner: Mark Spitz Country: USA
Event: 400m Freestyle Winner: Bradford Cooper Country: AUS
Event: 1500m Freestyle Winner: Michael Burton Country: USA
Event: 100m Backstroke Winner: Roland Matthes Country: GDR
Event: 200m Backstroke Winner: Roland Matthes Country: GDR
Event: 100m Breaststroke Winner: Nobutaka Taguchi Country: JAP
Event: 200m Backstroke Winner: Roland Mattes Country: GDR
Event: 100m Breaststroke Winner: Nobutaka Taguchi Country: JAP
Event: 200m Breaststroke Winner: John Hencken Country: USA
Event: 100m Butterfly Winner: Mark Spitz Country: USA
Event: 200m Butterfly Winner: Mark Spitz Country: USA
Event: 200m Individual Medley Winner: Gunnar Larson Country: SWE
Event: 400m Individual Medley Winner: Gunnar Larson Country: SWE
Event: 4x100m Freestyle Relay Winner: USA
Event: 4x200m Freestyle Relay Winner: USA
Event: 4x100m Medley Relay Winner: USA
Event: Springboard Diving Winner: Vladimir Vasin Country: URS
Event: Platform Diving Winner: Klaus Dibiasi Country: ITA Water Polo Winner: Soviet Union

Women Swimming


Event: 100m Freestyle Winner: Sandra Neilson Country: USA
Event: 200m Freestyle Winner: Shane Gould Country: AUS
Event: 400m Freestyle Winner: Shane Gould Country: AUS
Event: 800m Freestyle Winner: Keena Rothammer Country: USA
Event: 100m Breaststroke Winner: Catherine Carr Country: USA
Event: 200m Breaststroke Winner: Beverly Whitefield Country: AUS
Event: 100m Backstroke Winner: Melissa Belote Country: USA
Event: 200m Backstroke Winner: Melissa Belote Country: USA
Event: 100m Butterfly Winner: Mayumi Aoki Country: JAP
Event: 200m Butterfly Winner: Karen Moe Country: USA
Event: 200m Individual Medley Winner: Shane Gould Country: AUS
Event: 400m Individual Medley Winner: Gail Neall Country: AUS
Event: 4x100m Freestyle Relay Winner: USA
Event: 4x100m Medley Relay Winner: USA
Event: Springboard Diving Winner: Micki King Country: USA
Event: Platform Diving Winner: Ulrika Knape Country: SWE

Boxing

Event: Light Flyweight Winner: Gyorgy Gedo Country: HUN
Event: Flyweight Winner: George Kostadinov Country: BUL
Event: Bantamweight Winner: Orlando Martinez Country: CUB
Event: Featherweight Winner: Boris Kousnetsov Country: URS
Event: Lightweight Winner: Jan Szczepanski Country: POL
Event: Light Welterweight Winner: Ray Seales Country: USA
Event: Welterweight Winner: Emilio Correa Country: CUB
Event: Light Middleweight Winner: Dieter Kottysch Country: FRG
Event: Middleweight Winner: Uacheslav Lemechev Country: URS
Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Mate Parlov Country: YUG
Event: Heavyweight Winner: Teofilo Stevenson Country: CUB

Greco Roman Wrestling

Event: Light Flyweight Winner: Gheorge Berceanu Country: ROM
Event: Flyweight Winner: Peter Kirov Country: BUL
Event: Bantamweight Winner: Rustem Kazakov Country: URS
Event: Featherweight Winner: Georgi Markov Country: BUL
Event: Lightweight Winner: Shamil Khisamutdinov Country: URS
Event: Welterweight Winner: Vitezslav Macha Country: TCH
Event: Welterweight Winner: Vitezslav Macha Country: TCH
Event: Middleweight Winner: Csaba Hegedus Country: HUN
Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Valery Rezantsev Country: URS
Event: Heavyweight Winner: Nicolae Martinescu Country: ROM
Event: Super Heavyweight Winner: Anatoly Roshin Country: URS

Freestyle Wrestling

Event: Light Flyweight Winner: Roman Dimirtriev Country: URS
Event: Flyweight Winner: Klyomi Kato Country: JAP
Event: Bantamweight Winner: Hideaki Yanagida Country: JAP
Event: Featherweight Winner: Zagalav Abdulbekov Country: URS
Event: Lightweight Winner: Dan Gable Country: USA
Event: Welterweight Winner: Wayne Wells Country: USA
Event: Middleweight Winner: Levan Tediashvili Country: URS
Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Ben Peterson Country: USA
Event: Heavyweight Winner: Ivan Yarigin Country: URS
Event: Super Heavyweight Winner: Aleksandr Medved Country: URS

Judo

Event: Lightweight Winner: Takao Kawaguchi Country: JAP
Event: Welterweight Winner: Toyakazu Normura Country: JAP
Event: Middleweight Winner: Shinobou Sekine Country: JAP
Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Shota Chochoshhvili Country: URS
Event: Heavyweight Winner: Willem Ruska Country: NETH
Event: Open Category Winner: Willem Ruska Country: NETH

Men Fencing

Event: Foil Individual Winner: Witold Woyda Country: POL
Event: Foil Team Winner: Poland
Event: Epee Individual Winner: Csaba Fenyvesi Country: HUN
Event: Epee Team Winner: Hungary
Event: Sabre Individual Winner: Viktor Sidiak Country: URS
Event: Sabre Team Winner: Italy

Women Fencing

Event: Foil Individual Winner: Antonella Rango-Lonzi Country: ITA
Event: Foil Team Winner: Soviet Union

Modern Pentathlon

Event: Individual Winner: Andras Balczo Country: HUN
Event: Team Winner: Soviet Union

Men Canoeing

Event: Kayak-1 1000m Winner: Aleksandr Shaparenko Country: HUN
Event: Kayak-2 1000m Winner: Soviet Union
Event: Kayak-4 1000m Winner: Soviet Union
Event: Canadian-1 1000m Winner: Ivan Patzaichin Country: ROM
Event: Canadian-2 1000m Winner: Soviet Union
Event: Kayak Slalom Winner: Siegbert Horn Country: GDR
Event: Canadian Slalom Winner: Reinhard Eiben Country: GDR
Event: Canadian Two-Man Slalom Winner: German Democratic Republic

Women Canoeing

Event: Kayak-1 500m Winner: Yulia Ryabchinskaya Country: URS
Event: Kayak-2 500m Winner: Soviet Union
Event: Kayak Slalom Winner: Angelika Bahamnn Country: GDR

Rowing

Event: Single Sculls Winner: Yuri Malishev Country: URS
Event: Double Sculls Winner: Soviet Union
Event: Coxless Pairs Winner: German Democratic Republic
Event: Coxed Pairs Winner: German Democratic Republic
Event: Coxless Fours Winner: German Democratic Republic
Event: Coxed Fours Winner: German Federal Republic
Event: Eights Winner: New Zealand

Yachting

Event: Finn Winner: Serge Maury Country: FRA
Event: Star Winner: Australia
Event: Flying Dutchman Winner: Great Britain
Event: Soling Winner: USA
Event: Dragon Winner: Australia

Cycling

Event: Individual Road Race Winner: Hennie Kuiper Country: NETH
Event: 100km Team Time Trial Winner: Soviet Union
Event: 1000m Time Trial Winner: Niels Fredborg Country: DEN
Event: Sprint Winner: Daniel Morelon Country: FRA
Event: 200m Tandem Winner: Soviet Union
Event: 4000m Individual Pursuit Winner: Knut Knudsen Country: NOR
Event: 4000m Team Pursuit Winner: German Federal Republic

Equestrian Sports

Event: 3-Day Event Individual Winner: Richard Meade Country: GBR
Event: Three Day Event Team Winner: Great Britain
Event: Individual Dressage Winner: Liswlott Linsenhoff Country: FRG
Event: Team Dressage Winner: Soviet Union
Event: Grand Prix Jumping Individual Winner: Graziano Mancinelli Country: ITA
Event: Grand Prix Jumping Team Winner: German Federal Republic

Shooting

Event: Free Rifle, 300m, 3 Positions Winner: Lones Wigger Country: USA
Event: Small-Bore Rifle, 50m, Prone Winner: Ho Jui Li Country: PPK
Event: Small-Bore Rifle, 3 positions Winner: John Writer Country: USA
Event: Moving Target Winner: Laakov Zhelezniak Country: URS
Event: Clay Pigeon Winner: Angelo Scalzone Country: ITA
Event: Skeet Winner: Konrad Wirnhier Country: FRG
Event: Rapid Fire Pistol, 25m Winner: Jozef Zapedzki Country: POL
Event: Free Pistol, 50m Winner: Ragnar Skanaker Country: SWE

Men Archery

Men's Winner: John Williams Country: USA
Women's Winner: Doreen Wilber Country: USA

Men Gymnastics

Event: All-around Individual Winner: Sawao Kato Country: JAP
Event: Combined Exercises Team Winner: Japan
Event: Parallel Bars Winner: Sawao Kato Country: JAP
Event: Floor Exercises Winner: Nikolai Andrianov Country: URS
Event: Long Horse Vault Winner: Klaus Koster Country: GDR
Event: Side Horse Winner: Viktor Klimenko Country: URS
Event: Horizontal Bar Winner: Mitsuo Tsukahara Country: JAP
Event: Rings Winner: Akinori Nakayama Country: JAP

Women Gymnastics

Event: All-around Individual Winner: Lyudmila Tourischeva Country: URS
Event: Combined Exercises Team Winner: Soviet Union
Event: Asymmetric Bars Winner: Karin Janz Country: GDR
Event: Floor Exercises Winner: Olga Korbut Country: URS
Event: Side Horse Vault Winner: Karin Janz Country: GDR
Event: Balance Beam Winner: Olga Korbut Country: URS

Handball

Winner: Yugoslavia

Soccer

Winner: Poland Hockey Winner: Germany

Basketball

Winner: Soviet Union Men

Volleyball

Men's Winner: Japan
Women's Winner: Soviet Union

Weightlifting

Event: Flyweight Winner: Zygmunt Smalcerz Country: POL
Event: Bantamweight Winner: Imre Foldi Country: HUN
Event: Featherweight Winner: Norair Nurikian Country: BUL
Event: Lightweight Winner: Mukharbi Kirzhinov Country: URS
Event: Middleweight Winner: Yordan Bikov Country: BUL
Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Leif Jenssen Country: NOR
Event: Middle Heavyweight Winner: Andon Nikolov Country: BUL
Event: Heavyweight Winner: Jaan Talts Country: URS
Event: Super Heavyweight Winner: Vassily Alexeyev Country: URS