United States at the 1972 Winter Olympics

The United States competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

United States at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Sapporo
Competitors	103 (77 men, 26 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Dianne Holum (speed skating)
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 8
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Further information: 1972 Winter Olympics medal table

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Dianne Holum	Speed skating	Women's 1500 meters	February 9
Gold	Anne Henning	Speed skating	Women's 500 meters	February 10
Gold	Barbara Cochran	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom	February 11
Silver	Dianne Holum	Speed skating	Women's 3000 meters	February 12
Silver	United States men's national ice hockey team Kevin Ahearn Henry Boucha Charles Brown Keith Christiansen Mike Curran Robbie Ftorek Mark Howe Stuart Irving Jim McElmury Dick McGlynn Tom Mellor Ronald Naslund Wally Olds Frank Sanders Craig Sarner Peter Sears Timothy Sheehy	Ice hockey	Men's tournament	February 13
Bronze	Susan Corrock	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill	February 5
Bronze	Janet Lynn	Figure skating	Ladies' singles	February 7
Bronze	Anne Henning	Speed skating	Women's 1000 meters	February 11

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Dianne Holum	Speed skating	1	1	0	2
Anne Henning	Speed skating	1	0	1	2

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Classification		Final
				Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bob Cochran	Downhill	—						1:53.39	8
David Currier								1:54.96	17
Hank Kashiwa								1:55.60	25
Mike Lafferty								1:54.38	14
Rick Chaffee	Giant slalom	—		1:39.23	36	1:45.09	31	3:24.32	30
Bob Cochran				1:35.39	19	1:40.15	16	3:15.54	17
David Currier				DNF
Hank Kashiwa				1:37.42	28	1:40.71	19	3:18.13	21
Rick Chaffee	Slalom	1:47.81	3	DNF
Bob Cochran		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	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karen Budge	Downhill	—				1:40.68	14
Marilyn Cochran						1:41.96	28
Susan Corrock						1:37.68
Sandy Poulsen						1:41.25	21
Karen Budge	Giant slalom	—				1:35.57	23
Barbara Cochran						1:33.16	11
Marilyn Cochran						1:35.27	20
Sandy Poulsen						DSQ
Patty Boydstun	Slalom	48.11	13	47.48	9	1:35.59	8
Barbara Cochran		46.05	1	45.19	2	1:31.24
Marilyn Cochran		DSQ
Susan Corrock		48.09	12	47.67	10	1:35.76	9

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Jay Bowerman	Individual	1:29:13.71	7	45
Dennis Donahue		1:23:20.39	4	24
Peter Karns		1:20:59.67	2	14
Terry Morse		1:28:40.14	7	41
Jay Bowerman Dennis Donahue Peter Karns Terry Morse	Relay	1:57:24.32	1 (0+1)	6

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
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
Boris Said Thomas Becker		1:17.34	13	1:17.23	15	1:16.66	21	1:17.71	20	5:08.94	19
Jim Hickey Jim Bridges Howard Siler Thomas Becker	Four-man	DSQ
Boris Said James Copley Ken Morris Phil Duprey		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

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tim Caldwell	15 km	51:17.92	54
Everett Dunklee		49:52.20	44
Larry Martin		53:13.91	58
Ronny Yeager		51:36.54	55
Mike Elliott	30 km	1:43:15.03	26
Mike Gallagher		1:43:39.41	30
Bob Gray		1:46:38.31	42
Clark Matis		1:52:18.52	53
Everett Dunklee	50 km	2:56:42.49	27
Bob Gray		3:01:15.37	33
Joe McNulty		DNF
Gene Morgan		2:54:01.52	24
Tim Caldwell Mike Elliott Mike Gallagher Larry Martin	4 × 10 km relay	2:14:37.28	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Barbara Britch	5 km	18:18.37	31
Margie Mahoney		19:15.13	39
Alison Owen-Spencer		18:54.76	36
Martha Rockwell		17:50.34	18
Trina Hosmer	10 km	40:40.56	41
Margie Mahoney		39:27.95	36
Alison Owen-Spencer		38:50.05	35
Martha Rockwell		36:34.22	16
Barbara Britch Alison Owen-Spencer Martha Rockwell	3 × 5 km relay	53:38.60	11

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Total
		Rank	Rank	Points	Places	Rank
Gordon McKellen	Men's singles	10	9	2511.0	89	10
John Misha Petkevich		6	2	2591.5	47	5
Kenneth Shelley		5	3	2596.0	43	4
Julie Lynn Holmes	Ladies' singles	2	8	2627.0	39	4
Janet Lynn		4	1	2663.1	27
Suna Murray		13	9	2426.2	102	12

Mixed

Athlete	Event	SP	FS	Total
		Rank	Rank	Points	Places	Rank
Barbara Brown Douglas Berndt	Pairs	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

Summary

Team	Event	First round	Consolation game	Medal round
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Switzerland W 5–3	Bye	Sweden L 1–5	Czechoslovakia W 5–2	Soviet Union L 2–7	Finland W 4–1	Poland W 6–1

Roster

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

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	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

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ralph Havens	Singles	55.17	30	54.84	28	54.31	32	54.00	32	3:38.32	32
James Murray		55.31	33	55.22	34	53.94	27	53.46	23	3:37.93	28
Terry O'Brien		55.41	34	55.21	32	54.02	28	53.64	26	3:38.24	31
Bob Rock		55.98	38	55.25	35	53.85	26	1:13.96	44	3:59.04	44
Robert Berkley Richard Cavanaugh	Doubles	46.58	17	46.59	17	—				1:33.17	17
Jack Elder Frank Jones		46.48	16	46.11	14					1:32.59	15

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peggy Frair	Singles	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

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Jump 1	Jump 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mike Devecka	Individual	77.6	79.5	157.1	27	50:00.0	205.735	6	362.835	21
Bob Kendall		67.9	71.1	139.0	38	54:34.0	164.635	38	303.635	39
Jim Miller		80.8	58.9	139.7	37	51:09.9	195.250	17	334.950	34
Teyck Weed		66.5	63.3	129.8	40	52:26.2	183.805	29	313.605	38

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

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

Women

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

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
• Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com