United States at the 1972 Winter Olympics

United States at the Olympic Games

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IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee

At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo

Competitors

103 (77 men, 26 women) in 10 sports

Flag bearer

Dianne Holum (speed skating)

Medals
Rank: 5

Gold
3

Silver
2

Bronze
3

Total
8

Olympic history (summary)

The United States competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. The use of both the English alphabet and abbreviations threw the country directly in front of the USSR in the Parade of Nations.

Medalists

Medal

Name

Sport

Event

Gold

Cochran, BarbaraBarbara Cochran

Alpine skiing

Women's slalom

Gold

Henning, AnneAnne Henning

Speed skating

Women's 500 metres

Gold

Holum, DianneDianne Holum

Speed skating

Women's 1500 metres

Silver

United States men's national ice hockey team

Kevin Ahearn	Mark Howe	Ronald Naslund
Henry Boucha	Jeffrey Hymanson	Wally Olds
Charles Brown	Stuart Irving	Frank Sanders
Keith Christiansen	Jim McElmury	Craig Sarner
Mike Curran	Dick McGlynn	Peter Sears
Robbie Ftorek	Tom Mellor	Timothy Sheehy

Ice hockey

Men's competition

Silver

Holum, DianneDianne Holum

Speed skating

Women's 3000 metres

Bronze

Corrock, SusanSusan Corrock

Alpine skiing

Women's downhill

Bronze

Lynn, JanetJanet Lynn

Figure skating

Ladies' singles

Bronze

Henning, AnneAnne Henning

Speed skating

Women's 1000 metres

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hank Kashiwa	Downhill					1:55.60	25
David Currier						1:54.96	17
Mike Lafferty						1:54.38	14
Bob Cochran						1:53.39	8
David Currier	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Rick Chaffee		1:39.23	36	1:45.09	31	3:24.32	30
Hank Kashiwa		1:37.42	28	1:40.71	19	3:18.13	21
Bob Cochran		1:35.39	19	1:40.15	16	3:15.54	17

Men's slalom

Athlete	Classification		Final
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Rick Chaffee	1:47.81	3	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Bob Cochran	DSQ	–	DSQ	–	–	–	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	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marilyn Cochran	Downhill					1:41.96	28
Sandy Poulsen						1:41.25	21
Karen Budge						1:40.68	14
Susan Corrock						1:37.68	03 !
Sandy Poulsen	Giant Slalom					DSQ	–
Karen Budge						1:35.57	23
Marilyn Cochran						1:35.27	20
Barbara Cochran						1:33.16	11
Marilyn Cochran	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Patty Boydstun		48.11	13	47.48	9	1:35.59	8
Susan Corrock		48.09	12	47.67	10	1:35.76	9
Barbara Cochran		46.05	1	45.19	2	1:31.24	01 !

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Jay Bowerman	1'22:13.71	7	1'29:13.71	45
	Terry Morse	1'21:40.14	7	1'28:40.14	41
	Dennis Donahue	1'19:20.39	4	1'23:20.39	24
	Peter Karns	1'18:59.67	2	1'20:59.67	14

¹ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ²	Time	Rank
Peter Karns Terry Morse Dennis Donahue Jay Bowerman	1	1'57:24.32	6

² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
USA-1	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
USA-2	Boris Said Thomas Becker	Two-man	1:17.34	13	1:17.23	15	1:16.66	21	1:17.71	20	5:08.94	19

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
USA-1	Jim Hickey Jim Bridges Howard Siler Thomas Becker	Four-man	DSQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DSQ	–
USA-2	Boris Said James Copley Ken Morris Phil Duprey	Four-man	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

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Larry Martin	53:13.91	58
	Ronny Yeager	51:36.54	55
	Tim Caldwell	51:17.92	54
	Everett Dunklee	49:52.20	44
30 km	Clark Matis	1'52:18.52	53
	Bob Gray	1'46:38.31	42
	Mike Gallagher	1'43:39.41	30
	Mike Elliott	1'43:15.03	26
50 km	Joe McNulty	DNF	–
	Bob Gray	3'01:15.37	33
	Everett Dunklee	2'56:42.49	27
	Gene Morgan	2'54:01.52	24

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Tim Caldwell Mike Gallagher Larry Martin Mike Elliott	2'14:37.28	12

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km	Margie Mahoney	19:15.13	39
	Alison Owen-Spencer	18:54.76	36
	Barbara Britch	18:18.37	31
	Martha Rockwell	17:50.34	18
10 km	Trina Hosmer	40:40.56	41
	Margie Mahoney	39:27.95	36
	Alison Owen-Spencer	38:50.05	35
	Martha Rockwell	36:34.22	16

Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Barbara Britch Alison Owen-Spencer Martha Rockwell	53:38.60	11

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Gordon McKellen	10	9	2511.0	89	10
John Misha Petkevich	6	2	2591.5	47	5
Kenneth Shelley	5	3	2596.0	43	4

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Suna Murray	13	9	2426.2	102	12
Julie Lynn Holmes	2	8	2627.0	39	4
Janet Lynn	4	1	2663.1	27	03 !

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Barbara Brown Douglas Berndt	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

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 02 !	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

Leading scorers

Player	GP	G	A	Pts
4th Craig Sarner	5	4	5	9
6th Kevin Ahearn	5	4	3	7

Silver:

Team Roster

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bob Rock	55.98	38	55.25	35	53.85	26	1:13.96	44	3:59.04	44
Terry O'Brien	55.41	34	55.21	32	54.02	28	53.64	26	3:38.24	31
James Murray	55.31	33	55.22	34	53.94	27	53.46	23	3:37.93	28
Ralph Havens	55.17	30	54.84	28	54.31	32	54.00	32	3:38.32	32

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jack Elder Frank Jones	46.48	16	46.11	14	1:32.59	15
Robert Berkley Richard Cavanaugh	46.58	17	46.59	17	1:33.17	17

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peggy Frair	DNF	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	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

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Teyck Weed	Individual	61.0	61.0	129.8	40	52:26.2	183.805	29	313.605	38
Bob Kendall		62.5	66.5	139.0	38	54:34.0	164.635	38	303.635	39
Mike Devecka		67.0	68.0	157.1	27	50:00.0	205.735	6	362.835	21
Jim Miller		69.0	62.0	139.7	37	51:09.9	195.250	17	334.950	34

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Scott Berry	Normal hill	67.5	87.7	66.0	84.3	172.0	52
Greg Swor		70.5	93.0	67.0	86.4	179.4	50
Ron Steele		75.0	99.2	71.5	93.1	192.3	41
Jerry Martin		76.0	105.3	69.5	91.9	197.2	34
Scott Berry	Large hill	79.0	76.1	81.5	75.6	151.7	47
Greg Swor		80.5	77.2	91.5	95.6	172.8	30
Ron Steele		86.5	86.6	89.0	91.1	177.7	25
Jerry Martin		89.0	89.1	77.5	74.0	163.1	36

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	John Wurster	DNF	–
	Greg Lyman	41.30	20
	Neil Blatchford	40.67	15
	Pete Eberling	40.58	11
1500 m	Clark King	2:14.83	30
	Bill Lanigan	2:12.31	25
	Gary Jonland	2:09.55	14
	Dan Carroll	2:07.24	7
5000 m	Clark King	8:07.20	21
	Charles Gilmore	8:03.04	20
	Dan Caroll	7:44.72	10
10,000 m	Clark King	16:39.82	21
10,000 m	Dan Carroll	15:44.41	9

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Kay Lunda	44.95	7
	Sheila Young	44.53	4
	Anne Henning	43.33 OR	01 !
1000 m	Sheila Young	1:34.97	17
	Dianne Holum	1:32.41	6
	Anne Henning	1:31.62	03 !
1500 m	Leah Poulos	2:31.29	24
	Connie Carpenter-Phinney	2:23.93	7
	Dianne Holum	2:20.85 OR	01 !
3000 m	Jeanne Omelenchuk	5:32.87	22
	Leah Poulos	5:17.38	17
	Dianne Holum	4:58.67	02 !

References

Nations at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan

Africa	none

America	Argentina Canada United States

Asia	Republic of China Iran Japan North Korea South Korea Lebanon Mongolia Philippines

Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Finland France East Germany West Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Italy Liechtenstein Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia New Zealand

United States at the Olympics

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